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February 20,1976 ,v-._ BUSINESS v s / STATISTICS A WEEKLY y SUPPLEMENT TO THE l^T SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/1 Billion $ 450 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 425 " ( W e e k l y Reporting M e m b e r Banks o f Federal Reserve 400 Monthly System) - 350 ^ S A A ** ^ 375 Billion $ 450 -A * J 325 300 (average of Wednesday data) 275 250 . . . . . 1 . I_J_ . . i . . . i \ i i i i . 1 . 1974 1973 . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1975 J F M A M 1976 J J AS ON D Data: Federal Reserve Board INDEX, 1967=100 170 160 * - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION / (E.E.I. seas. adj. index) / Monthly - - -| 150 140 130 —L- i l 1 1 I 1 I 1 I l i i . . . 1 . i i i i 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1974 1973 . i . 1975 . . 1 i . . . i 1 1976 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. 1967=100 220 WHOLESALE PRICES 1967=100 140 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION A (F.R.B. seas. a d j . index) A 130 A 120 200 ~~ -^ Farm Products and Processed Foods a n d Feeds * 180 ' 160 140 - /' 'M J f / C ft / Industria Commodities All Commoc Mes -J 110 ! • • • . . I IIli1 il Iii 1973 1974 » » » » 11 ' ' 1975 ' « i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l-L-J 120 1976 Data: Federal Reserve Board .tfti'l 1111111 I I l l i 1 i i i i i 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor • A v a i l a b l e only with subscription t o the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly a n d monthly d a t a subsequent t o those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY 1974 I ll I 111llI 1 1975 . . i i i 1 i ii i ^ J 1976 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1976 1975 ITEM WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw indus trials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Jan. 24 Jan. 31 202.3 237.6 180.8 202.9 239.2 180.9 191.4 202.6 183.9 188.7 196.8 183.1 190.3 200.0 183.8 480 778 692 549 987 244 9,697 6,847 370 132 10,745 7,095 10,748 7,506 609 5,659 5,039 244 486 932 870 218 451 4,855 3,818 244 218 76,469 92,509 36,974 395 77,079 90,314 36,045 72 84,357 98,391 36,228 234 83,652 101,098 35,075 172 e83,480 102,555 35,113 455 102,003 59,455 378,399 22,918 127,253 60,599 99,572 59,217 374,463 23,253 126,072 59,667 104,882 71,669 377,928 39,963 118,028 59,836 103,739 72,458 375,657 40,460 117,173 59,749 103,109 73,627 377,242 40,604 117,440 59,684 9.42 78.95 87.92 9.35 79.92 89.04 9.31 98.24 110.02 9.28 98.53 110.36 9.26 101.91 114.31 thous . sh. tons . mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 12,480 37,424 81,068 8,580 12,040 37,291 101,023 8,500 11,370 40,803 176,747 8,242 11,685 39,256 167,950 8,242 11,620 40,031 165,291 8,062 thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,721 2,675 2,253 75.5 2,320 77.7 2,286 76.6 14.6 14.6 15.0 1967=100. do. . . do.. . mil. $ . do... INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do. . : State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun $ Bradstreet)..number. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $ . Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do.. . Excess reserves, estimated _3/ „.,,do.,. Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits adjusted do ,. . Savings deposits do. .. Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do... U.S. Government obligations do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do... Real estate loans (gross) do... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. £ Poor's) 4/. .1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal lilectric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES Feb. 7 Feb. 15 Feb. 8 bil. Feb. 14 193.7 203.4 187.1 9.25 100.77 113.10 169,831 2,341 78.4 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4_/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities. e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1976 1975 1974 ITEM Dec. Jan. Dec. Oct. Jan. p/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL) 1967=100 BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Products, total do.. Final products do. . Consumer goods do. . Durable consumer goods do. . Automotive products do. . Autos do. . Auto parts and allied goods do.. Home goods do. . Nondurable consumer goods do. . Clothing do. . Consumer staples do. . Equipment Business Defense and space equipment Intermediate products Materials Durable goods materials Nondurable goods materials Fuel and power, industrial BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL Durable manufactures Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery Transportation equipment Instruments Lumber and products Clay, glass, and stone products Furniture and fixtures r_/ Revised. 31,298 £/ Preliminary. do.. do. . do.. do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do . . do . . do. . do. . do . . do. . do. . do. . do.. do. . 117,4 113.7 116.7 rll7.4 118.5 119.3 118. 118. 123. 110.1 87.5 69.8 121.5 123.0 128.5 102.0 135.4 110. 127. 83. 120, 114, 114, 116, 115.4 114.9 120.1 104.0 80.3 62.6 114.4 117.5 126.3 95.0 134.5 107.8 122.3 83.8 117.6 110.5 110.3 109.2 117.8 rll6.9 rll7.0 rl27.0 118.3 108.9 101.2 123.9 rl23.6 rl30.5 104.5 rl37.3 117.8 rll7.8 rl28.6 119.0 rl09.7 100.0 rl28.4 rl24.2 T132.5 106.1 rl39.6 rll9.9 r!19.8 rl30.8 120.5 rll2.8 rlOO.l rl36.9 rl24.9 rl35.1 120.6 120.6 132.1 121.5 112.9 98.8 139.9 126.4 136.1 rl42.4 102.6 115.7 81.1 rll7.0 rll6.5 rllO.l rl25.0 rl20.6 rl02.8 rll6.4 r80.2 rll7.8 rll6.5 rll0.5 rl24.6 rl20.3 rl03.6 rll7.3 r80.9 rl20.4 rll6.4 rlll.O rl24.8 rll4.5 143.2 104.3 118.1 81.2 121.1 117.3 112.2 125.8 115.3 116.1 112.2 108.6 124.1 124.8 83.6 139.5 101.3 116.9 120.4 111.8 108.2 107.2 118.2 119.6 78.9 139.1 99.9 115.3 110.6 rll5.8 rl07.6 r97.0 115.9 112.9 rll6.4 rl07.8 r98.1 rll7.1 rll4.1 rll7, rl08, r94. rll/, rll5, 94.7 rl34.5 116.8 rll3.0 110.8 94.1 rl37.0 rllS.O rll0.3 110.7 r95.4 rl38.2 118.3 113.9 111.2 118.2 109.4 96.3 119.1 116.5 94.2 140.0 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1974 Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. IND. PROD. (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTIFY OUTPUT)--Con. SEAS. ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.)--Con. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS--Con. MANUFACTURING--Con. Nondurable manufactures Textile mill products Apparel products Leather products Paper and products Printing and publishing Chemicals and products Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Foods Tobacco products 3 1975 Nov. Jan. 1967=100 do.. do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . 121. 102. 98. 69. 116. 109. 143. 125.8 148.9 125.7 96.2 117.2 95.6 94.0 66.1 114.3 104.1 139.0 126.8 135.4 122.3 104.7 rl27.2 rl23.2 98.0 83.8 rl27.0 106.5 rl52 126 153 rI27 111 r129.0 rl24.7 101.3 r83.5 rl27.3 rl06.2 rl54.1 rl28.2 rl54.4 rl30.4 113.7 do.. do. . do.. do. . do. . do. . 104.4 134.7 85.3 103.6 152.6 163.0 107.0 133.8 111.3 102.9 152.1 162.5 rl06.4 119.8 114.6 rl04.8 rl52.9 r.163.4 r 106.0 rl22.1 119.9 rl02.8 rl54.2 165.4 rl03.3 120.5 rl06.4 rl01.2 r155.0 1967=100 do. . do. . 213.1 264.4 183.4 205.1 247.2 180.1 201.4 233.2 181.9 191.7 210.1 179.8 189.7 203.3 180.6 do. . do. . do.. do . . do. . do. . do. . do... 171.5 183.7 188.2 166.1 174.0 229.0 137.7 143.2 171.8 179.7 186.4 167.5 176.0 232.2 138.8 14 2.1 178.9 197.3 186.2 174.7 182.3 256.5 141.1 152.4 1.78.2 191.7 182.6 175.4 182.9 257.0 141.5 154.4 178.7 193.8 181.0 176.1 183.4 258.0 142.0 154.6 Lumber and wood products do. . Machinery and equipment do. . Metals and metal products do. . Nonmetallic mineral products do. . Pulp, paper, and allied products do.. Rubber and plastics products do. . Textile products and apparel do. . Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100 Motor vehicles and equipment 1967=100 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY-Wholesale prices 1967=$1.00 165.4 154.0 184.6 164.3 167.2 149.4 138.4 137.0 140.7 164.7 156.6 185.5 168.5 169.8 149.6 137.5 137.1 140.2 179.1 164.1 187.2 177.1 170.9 151.5 141.3 146.6 150.0 178.3 165.3 187.0 177.7 171.3 151.8 143.2 147.2 150.6 183.1 165.8 187.1 178.0 173.1 151.9 144.0 147.5 150.9 $0,583 $0,582 $0,559 $0,561 $0,560 mil. $ do.. do. . do.. do. . do. . do. ., do . . do. . do. . do.. do.. 52,253 13,353 6,239 2,533 1,760 38,900 3,358 1,914 3,621 10,678 3,406 12,036 41,315 12,051 6,732 1,931 1,498 29,264 1,770 1,379 3,443 10,568 3,278 5,588 52,046 16,919 9,734 2,308 2,317 35,127 2,300 1,505 4,208 11,432 3,817 8,226 r50,526 r 15,248 r8,422 r2,389 r2,090 r35,278 r2,409 r1,470 r4,050 rll,008 r3,649 r9,432 r60,346 rl6,801 r8,336 r2,949 2,113 r43,545 r3,863 r2,072 r4,140 rll,691 r3,781 r13,902 do . . do.. do. . do . . do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do.. do.. do.. 45,109 13,554 7,646 2,004 1,843 31,555 2,032 1,461 3,721 10,330 3,399 7,371 46,006 14,1.26 7,747 2,040 1,895 31,880 2,118 1,436 3,784 10,672 3,465 7,261 50,165 1.5,775 9,025 2,241 2,089 34,390 2,243 1,519 4,078 11,264 3,738 7,958 r 50,293 rl5,763 r8,760 r2,349 r2,2()9 r34,530 r2,271 rl,562 r4,184 rll,219 r3,690 r8,296 r51,699 rl6,813 r9,833 r2,359 2,097 r34,886 r2,337 rl,546 r4,251 rl 1,166 r3,823 r8,442 do. . do. . 72,056 74,082 71,028 73,327 75,854 74,642 76,620 73,839 71,127 73,081 do . . do.. 19,080 14,166 12,693 14,390 15,870 15,374 r!6,606 rl5,810 21,720 15,914 MINING Metal mining Coal Oil and gas extraction UTILITIES Electric rl30.6 1.26.9 81.4 129.8 rl09.2 rl56.7 rl29.4 157.7 ri30.2 COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES Farm products Food and feeds, processed Industrial commodities Chemicals and allied products Fuels and related products, and power Furniture and household durables Hides, skins, and leather products DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED) , TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive dealers Furniture, home furn., and equip, stores Building materials and hardware dealers Nondurable goods stores Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.) , TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive dealers Furniture, home furn., and equip, stores Building materials and hardware dealers Nondurable goods stores Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted) , total Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total r/ Revised, 31,298 p/ Preliminary. 1/ Data for Jan. 19/6 are advance estimates. MONTHF.^ BUSINESS STM1SB *j$mwmm<&\ 1974 1976 Jan. Dec. Jan, Oct. riNANCii tiCURTTY MARKETS: BONDS: Domestic corporate (Moody' s) By rat ings: Aaa Aa A Baa. By group: Industrial s Publ i c ut ilit i es Rai 1 roads STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks) Publ i c uti l.:i ty (15 stocks) Transportation (20 stocks) „....,.. .percent. 9.56 do. ... do. . . do... do. .. 8.89 9.03 9.75 10.55 \ jj | | .. do., .. do. .. do. . . 9.23 10.02 9.59 194.39 596.50 67.05 141.10 9.33 9.44 8.83 8.99 9.75 10.62 8.. 86 9.06 9,74 10,37 78 97 67 1.0.33 8.79 8.99 9.68 10.35 8. 60 8.90 9.57 1 0. 24 | | ! 9.19 10.10 9.52 9.32 9.. 94 9.40 9.27 9.83 9,36 9.26 9.87 9.37 9. J 6 9.68 9.32 1 j | 1 215.31 659.09 77.46 153.06 253,38 831.26 80,99 164 .1 7 259.28 855.51 82.94 170.59 256.42 840.80 81.60 .1 66.84 285.28 929.34 87.19 190.80 1975 1974 Nov. 9.. 45 9.51 Dec. Sept.. Oct. Dec. ML-'l'ALS AMD MANUFACTURES MACHINE TOOLS: '.Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net) , total Domest i c Shipments , total. . Domest i c Order backlog, end of month } i e t a. 1 .-• f o r m L n g t y p e t o o.! s : O r d e r s , nav: ( n e t ) , tev.a.'i Dome st i c S h i p m e n t s , total Domest i c Order b a c k l o g , end o f m o n t h r/ Revised, p / Preliminary. USCDMM--L)C--31,298 „ 90.95 74 .,55 128.90 1.10.05 2,130,2 59.30 45.1.5 164.30 138.20 2,025.2 do. . , do. , . do. , . do. . . do . , . *-ll.30 *-14.5() 51.60 48.35 559.9 18,15 12.85 56.85 49.45 521 .2 *_/ Data reflect unusually large UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mai! '^>6-l9l<6 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS mi 1. $ . . do. . . do. . . do. . . do. . . 91.60 85.45 170.00 143.10 1,261.00 1 9, 70 17.55 40.75 34,45 275.6 89.55 77.95 159.4 5 130.50 1,191.1 30 = 20 26.85 47.55 42.75 258.2 r80.85 r73. 15 ! rl34.55 [ rl05.95 f rl,1.37.4 '.' r2 ' . 20 I rl8.80 j I 1 r40.85 r.34.25 r238.6 nccilations for \'ov. 1974. POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209 p87.75 p71.45 pi65.00 pi33.35 |pl,060.2 p27,70 p23.05 p46.35 p58.75 p220.0
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