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February 2 3 , 1 9 7 9 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS *>*TESCJf Annual Subscription: domestic, $15.00; foreign, $18.75 (no single copies sold). Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1550 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 550 _ TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 525 (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) Monthly (average of Wednesday data) - 500 H 475 - 450 - 425 - 400 - 375 - 350 —<—1 l L_ I 1 L... 1 1—1—1 , i . . i J—i i - J i j , „i, ,.<„-J^-L,! . I 1 1977 1976 Jnr^i J—1—i J—^—i 1979 1978 i J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Federal Reserve Board THOUSANDS 1,4001 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 • (Passenger cars) THOUSANDS 1350 Weekly Monthly 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 ' ' i » • i 1976 • I . , ' 1977 ' ' ' « ' ' i ' ' ' l ' i i 1978 ' 1979 J FMAMJ JASOND Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 2,0001 PERSONAL INCOME 1,900 (seas, adj., at annual rate) BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 11,500 1967=100 1701 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) 1,800 Total (left scale) 1,700 ^ X 1,600 1,500 ~* 1,400 1,300 I Wage and Salary Disbursements (right scale) I I I II I I II l I l I 1 I 1 I I i I 1 l I I l I 1 I I M l 1 i I II li Ii 1 i i i I i i i I 1976 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1977 1978 1979 1976 1977 Data: Federal Reserve Board WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1978 I I I I I I I I I II 1979 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1978 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 J a n . 27, Feb. 3 Feb. 10 1967=100. do... do... 219.9 219.1 220.3 2-20.8 221.7 220.1 257.3 253.8 259.5 259 5 254.8 262.7 263.7 257.4 268.0 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 S Bradstreet)...number. 438 3,757 3,389 146 455 3,594 3,257 175 423 3,231 3,067 127 424 3,199 3,038 180 421 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 100,846 117,212 37,304 370 101,414 114,732 37,098 185 111,437 127,746 42,996 5 110,552 126,657 42,608 330 110,564 125,740 41,582 364 116,985 92,785 434,584 44,359 124,471 75,386 112,969 92,747 433,004 45,392 125,152 75,587 102,924 76,968 438,301 35,710 131,795 81,490 101,765 76,480 440,733 34,984 131,604 81,849 99,721 76,621 440,562 35,189 132,075 81,818 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody*s) 5/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/.. .1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 8.77 90.83 100.01 8.77 88.83 97.79 9.65 100.16 111.62 9.60 99.93 111.32 9.60 97.16 108.23 6,110 44,407 147,469 8,381 6,570 42,717 176,524 8,381 11,530 46,741 180,882 8,699 11,415 48,482 184,190 8,718 11,340 48,460 186,740 8,718 2,317 76.9 2,407 79.9 2,558 85.2 2,626 87.4 2,646 88.1 14.7 15.1 15.5 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. thous. sh. tons. percent. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil. 17 267.3 259.1 273.0 143 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank crecfit outstanding, total 5/ do... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do... Excess reserves, estimated 5/ 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... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Feb. 111,066 125,227 40,874 274 9 98 110 2,601 86.6 1/ Data do n o t always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . 3 / Daily a v e r a g e . 4/ Wednesday d a t a . 5 / C a p a b i l i t y for a f u l l order book Fased on c u r r e n t a v a i l a b i l i t y of raw m a t e r i a l s , f u e l s , s u p p l i e s , and i n d u s t r y f a c i l i t i e s , e / Estimated. MONTHLY ITEM BUSINESS STATISTICS 1977 1979 1978 Jan. Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income bil. $. Wage and salary disbursements, total do.., Commodity-producing industries, total do.. Manufacturing do.. Distributive industries do.., Service industries do.., Government and nongovernment enterprises do.. Other labor income do.. Proprietors' income 1/ Farm do.. Nonfarm do.. Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment do.., Dividends do.. Personal interest income do... Transfer payments: do.. Less personal contrib. for social insurance do.. Total nonfarm income do.. 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 and utility vehicles do.. Autos do.. Auto parts and allied goods do.. Home goods do.. r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary, e/ Estimated. 1 ,609.2 1, 0 2 7 . 3 358.2 280.5 249.5 210.3 209.2 97.3 1,615.5 1,038.3 359.0 281.9 253.3 215.3 210.6 98.7 1,768.4 1,137.5 404.5 308.8 277.8 234.2 221.0 110.4 rl,785.8 rl,149.3 r411.7 r314.8 r279.7 r235.4 222.4 111.8 rl,807.6 rl,160.8 r417.6 r319.2 r283.4 r236.3 r223.5 113.1 28.5 83.2 25.6 82.0 27.1 92.0 28.2 r92.6 33.3 r93.2 29.7 93.7 22.9 48.3 147.3 217.2 62.8 1 ,565.5 23.0 46.8 149.6 218.1 66.5 1,574.7 24. 51. 165, 232. 71. 1,725.1 24.4 51.8 rl66.1 r233.6 72.0 rl,741.3 24.4 52.6 rl67.3 r235.4 r72.5 rl,757.9 24.5 53.6 168.4 236.6 78.1 ,768.9 139.7 138.8 rl48.7 149.5 pl50.5 el50.7 140.3 137.6 145.8 155.8 172.4 165.5 143.6 190.4 146.6 138.5 134.9 141.8 146.5 157.5 145.5 127.4 187.8 140.3 rl47.0 rl44.1 rl49.2 rl61.6 rl85.6 rl80.5 rl54.2 199.1 rl48.2 rl47.6 rl44.6 149.8 rl62.0 rl89.4 185.7 rl59.7 rl98.5 rl46.8 pl48.7 pl45.5 pl50.7 pl61.9 pl85.1 pl79.5 pl51.8 pl99.0 pl48.8 el49.0 el45.7 el50.8 el61.1 el81.1 el73.7 el45.9 e200.1 el49.7 1,815. 1,172. 421. 321. 286. 239. 225. 114. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1978 Dec. Nov. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)--Con. SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.)—Con. BY MARKET GROUPINGS—Con. PRODUCTS—Con. Final products--Con. Consumer goods—Con. Nondurable consumer goods 1967=100. Clothing do... Consumer staples do... Equipment do... Business do... Industrial equipment do... Commercial, transit, and farm equip do... Defense and space equipment do... Intermediate products Construction supplies Business supplies MATERIALS, TOTAL Durable goods materials Nondurable goods materials Energy materials BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MINING AND UTILITIES MINING Metal mining Coal Oil and gas extraction UTILITIES Electric MANUFACTURING, TOTAL Nondurable manufactures Foods Tobacco products Textile mill products Apparel products Paper and products , Printing and publishing Chemicals and products Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Leather and products Durable manufactures Ordnance, pvt. and govt Lumber and products Furniture and fixtures Clay, glass, and stone products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Nonelectrical machinery Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments 141.8 126.9 145.9 126.2 154.0 143.0 166.9 79.5 139.9 118.3 145.9 125.4 152.6 144.3 162.2 79.7 rl44.3 128.3 rl48.8 rl37.0 166.9 rl52.9 rl82.9 86.7 rl44.9 pl46.2 rl49.2 rl37.3 rl67.2 rl51.9 rl85.1 r87.2 pl50. pi 38. pl68. pl52. pl87. r87. do.., do... do... do.., do.., do... do.., 150.4 148.3 152.6 138.8 138.7 155.3 118.7 151.6 149.2 153.8 139.2 138.2 155.0 122.2 rl58.0 rl57.0 rl59.2 rl51.4 rl54.0 rl65.7 rl28.0 rl59.0 rl58.1 rl59.8 rl52.6 rl54.9 rl67.3 rl28,5 pl60.7 pl60.3 pl61.1 pl53.3 pl56.7 pl66.7 pl28.6 do.., do.., do.., do. ., do.. 133.9 113.4 104.3 74.6 118.4 137.4 115.0 121.4 54.8 121.1 144.1 rl27.6 122.1 144.0 rl24.5 r144.0 rl27.3 125.3 rl45.1 rl23.8 pl44.2 pl27.0 pl23.9 pl46.8 pl23.2 do.., do.. 156.7 175.9 162.3 183.6 162.4 184.1 rl62.7 pl63.4 do.., do.. do. ., do... do.. do. ., do.. 140.5 150.9 140.4 120.6 143.7 125.8 138.6 138.7 149.8 139.3 113.4 137.1 118.6 139.9 rl49.5 rl57.4 rl43.2 119.0 142.1 130.6 145.8 rl50.4 rl58.4 rl44.2 121.5 rl44.1 pl51.5 pl58.9 pl45.1 145.3 pl47.1 do.., do.., do.. do.. do.. 127.5 183.0 139.3 240.1 77.3 129.9 184.4 139.7 238.7 74.5 rl30.5 rl95.9 rl47.9 264.1 73.8 rl32.1 rl97.8 rl48.2 r262.2 r74.0 pl33.3 pl96.9 pl49.7 p261.6 p73.5 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 133.4 73.8 138.1 146.6 152.1 111.0 131. 72 138, 146 152 107. rl44.0 73.9 rl41.2 rl60.9 162.1 rl28.6 rl44.9 73.6 rl42.5 rl57.6 rl66.3 128.9 pl46.4 p74.2 pl45.3 pl56.6 pl68.0 pl31.8 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. . 136.4 151.7 147.3 122.2 164.7 136.9 rl50.1 144.0 116.2 163.4 rl46.0 rl60.3 157.9 rl37.0 rl46.9 rl60.6 rl59.1 139.3 175.3 rl76.2 pl48.1 pl61.4 pl61.8 pi39,3 pl78,9 thous do.. do.. 129.4 129.2 87.1 88.6 88.6 63.3 192.1 192.1 131.1 rl58.6 rl58.6 rll0.4 rl20.5 rll8.7 r80.8 do.. do.. r2,151 rl,561 rl,744* rl,290 r2,054 rl,436 r2,107 rl,502 r2,062 rl,529 do.. do.. 1,778 1,188 1,526 1,032 rl,727 rl,135 1,724 1,114 rl,664 rl,149 thous do.. rl8.5 r316 18.9 r317 r25.8 r286 22.2 r280 17.0 303 9,233 7,115 9,674 r9,165 8,295 1,752 5,448 2,033 1,380 4,212 1,523 2,017 6,077 1,580 rl,794 r5,775 rl,596 1,628 5,078 1,589 pl44.7 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public) Privately owned One-family structures Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned One-family structures NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One-family structures MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES: Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted at annual rates New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total mil. $ By purpose of loan: Home construction do.. Home purchase do .*! All other purposes .do*.'. r/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary, e/ Estimated. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1978 1977 ITEM Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. DOMESTIC TRADE RETAL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Bldg. materials, hardware, garden supply, and mobile home dealers Automotive dealers Furn., home furn. and equip Nondurable goods stores General merch. group stores Department stores Food stores Grocery stores Gasoline service stations Apparel and accessory stores Eating and drinking places Drug and propri etary stores ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 1/ Durabl e goods stores Bldg. mat., hdwre, garden supply, etc. dealers Automotive dealers Furn., home furn. and equip Nondurabl e goods stores General merch. group stores Department stores Food stores Grocery stores Gasoline service stations Apparel and accessory stores Eati ng and dri nki ng pi aces Drug and propri etary stores ^ mil. $ do.. 74,219 21,228 r52,127 rl6,295 67,063 23,621 r69,642 r23,426 r82,315 r24,526 do.. do.. do.. 2,963 10,927 3,815 2,304 9,976 r2,494 4,163 13,882 3,212 r3,863 rl3,118 r3,542 r3,487 rll,983 r4,171 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 52,991 14,572 11,817 14,894 13,787 35,832 5,368 4,325 12,880 12,043 43,442 8,200 6,579 14,211 13,188 r46,216 9,805 r7,871 r!4,624 rl3,585 r57,789 rl5,635 r12,541 rl6,477 rl5,166 do.. do.. do.. do.. 4,918 4,899 5,491 2,685 4,537 2,217 4,857 1,820 5,155 3,168 6,039 2,045 r5,089 r3,554 r5,808 r2,101 r5,151 r5,509 r6,130 r2,947 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 61,813 20,674 3,149 12,393 3,008 41,139 8,276 6,646 13,406 12,410 59,987 19,914 3,224 12,095 r2,773 40,073 7,432 6,066 13,636 12,704 67,389 23,599 r3,923 14,743 13,737 r68,572 r23,883 r3,891 rl3,894 r3,293 r44,689 8,507 r6,768 r!4,863 rl3,792 r69,443 r24,066 r3,803 r13,989 r3,222 r45,377 r8,827 r7,018 r!5,180 rl3,991 do.. do.. do.. do.. 4,898 2,875 5,469 2,008 4,796 2,723 5,415 1,944 5,064 3,139 6,051 2,110 r5,193 r3,336 r6,000 r2,162 r5,100 r3,291 r6,167 r2,201 13,954 3,215 43,790 8,251 6,592 r/ Revised. 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