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\ of off" WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS February 27, 1981 Annual Subscription: domestic, $22.00; foreign, $27.50 (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 E C O N O M I C ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 INDEX, 1941-43=10 160 PRICES OF 400 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 150 1180 /V Monthly (avg. of daily close) Weekly (Wednesday close) — 140 h e v 130 120 100 90 /\ 1981 4 i\i a'V * :A 110 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1978 I I I I 1 I 1979 1 I 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 l 1980 / 1980 I ill J F M A M J J 1981 160 150 140 130 120 J L 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 170 III I A S O N D 110 Data. S t a n d & P o o r ' s Corp. MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 5 MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS RAW STEEL PRODUCTION Monthly (Ingots and all other forms) — 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1979 1978 1 l 1 l l 1 l l 1 l 1 I l i 1 i 1 l l I i i 1981 1980 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: A m e r . Iron & Steel Inst. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 2,200 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 2,800 PERSONAL INCOME 1967=100 325 PRODUCER PRICES 2,000 (seas, adj., at annual rate) All Commodities 1,800 Industrial Commodities 1,600 1,400 1,200 Wage and Salary Disbursements I (right scale) 1978 Data: U . S . D e p t . of L a b o r 1979 1980 1981 1978 1979 Data: U . S . D e p t . of C o m m e r c e WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. I I I I I I 1980 i 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 i I 1 , 0 0 0 1981 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1980 ITEM Feb. 16 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1981 Feb. 23 Jan. 31 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 1967=100.. clo.... do.... 296.0 262.6 321.3 295.0 254.2 326.9 276.2 285.8 273.7 258.0 285.0 271.6 258.0 281.2 thous.. 418 414 490 501 440 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun § Bradstreet)...number.. 3,697 3,500 223 3,818 3,598 142 4,371 3,718 221 4,181 3,583 372 321 131,721 139,545 39,096 170 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 262.6 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: £/ 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.... 121,714 134,465 42,319 -52 121,962 137,473 43,992 542 131,370 140,192 41,051 400 130,957 139,632 40,449 228 106,313 73,242 507,372 35,501 160,293 101,895 105,306 73,112 510,679 35,542 160,867 102,216 100,185 74,382 543,287 39,777 171,414 112,866 100,528 75,636 546,125 41,122 171,892 113,157 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. $ Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 12.74 118.44 134.47 13.18 116.47 132.44 13.93 130.34 148.02 14.05 128.59 145.68 14.23 128,24 145.44 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons. m i l . kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 15,185 46,274 134,933 8,696 15,675 44,076 157,439 8,696 17,135 45,556 116,058 e8,508 16,105 48,526 119,326 e8,508 16,520 47,616 95,636 e8,510 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,469 84.5 2,432 83.2 2,433 81.3 2,386 79.7 2,400 80.2 hi 1. 17.5 18.4 18.3 17.7 17.2 RAIL FREIGHT. REVENUE TON-MILES 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 1980 1979 ITEM III IV II III GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, CURRENT DOLLARS, TOTAL...bil. $ Personal consumption expenditures, total do.. Durable goods, total do.. Motor vehicles and parts do.. Furniture and household equipment do.. 2,441.1 1,529.1 213.3 94.7 82.4 2,496.3 1,582.3 216.1 95.4 83.8 2,571.7 1,631.0 220.9 100.6 83.6 2,564.8 1,626.8 2,637.3 1,682.2 194.4 77.5 81.3 208.8 87.0 84.6 674.2 105.3 347.7 85.3 Nondurable goods, total Clothing and shoes Food Gasoline and oil do.. do.. do.. do.. 611.5 100.3 314.3 72.1 639.2 102.5 329.0 77.6 661.1 102.2 336.2 89.4 664.0 102.3 338.4 90.9 Services, total Household operation Housing Transportation do.. do.. do.. do.. 704.3 99.5 244.9 58.2 727.0 102.7 253.0 59.9 749.0 104.2 259.8 61.4 768.4 109.3 267.3 61.6 799.2 116.1 275.7 65.8 Gross private domestic investment, total Fixed investment Nonresidential Residential Change in business inventories do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 421.7 408.3 288.5 119.8 13.3 410.0 410.8 290.2 120.6 415.6 413.1 297.8 115.2 2.5 390.9 383.5 289.8 93.6 7.4 377.1 393.2 294.0 99.2 Net exports of goods and services Exports Imports do.. do.. do.. 17.9 293.1 275.2 7.6 306.3 298.7 8.2 337.3 329.1 17.1 333.3 316.2 44.5 342.4 297.9 Gov't purchase of goods and services, total Federal National defense State and local do.. do.. do.. do.. 475.4 165.1 496.4 178.1 118.7 318.3 516.8 190.0 125.0 326.8 530.0 198.7 128.7 331.3 533.5 194.9 131.4 338.6 r/ Revised. 112.0 310.4 -16.0 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1980 1979 TTEM III III II GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. NATIONAL INCOME AND P R O D U C T — C o n . SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL R A T E S — C o n . GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, 1972 DOLLARS, TOTAL bil. $. Personal consumption expenditures, total do... Durable goods, tota 1 do... Nondurable goods, total do... Services, total do... 1,488.2 933.4 146.7 355.4 431.3 1,490.6 941.6 146.0 361.3 434.3 1,501.9 943.4 145.4 361.5 436.5 1,463.3 919.3 126.2 356.6 436.5 1,471.9 930.8 132.6 354.9 443.3 Gross private domestic investment, total Fixed investment Nonresidential Residential Change in business inventories do... do... do... do... do.., 232.6 225.0 166.4 58.6 7.6 221.5 222.2 164.1 58.1 -.7 218.3 219.2 165.0 54.2 200.5 199.2 156.1 43.1 1.3 Net exports of goods and services Exports Imports do. do. do. 41.1 151.3 110.2 42.2 154.8 112.6 50.1 165.9 115.8 51.7 160.5 108.9 57.6 160.5 102.8 Gov't purchases of goods and services, total Federal State and local do. do. do. 281.1 99.9 181.2 285.3 103.1 182.2 290.1 107.6 182.5 291.9 110.7 181.3 288.2 106.9 181.3 NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL do. Compensation of employees, total do. Proprietors' income, total \J do. Farm do. Nonfarm do. Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment do. 1,986.2 1.476.7 132.9 30.2 102.7 2,031.2 1,518.1 136.3 29.5 106.8 2,088.5 1.558.0 133.7 25.7 107.9 2,070.0 1.569.0 124.9 23.3 101.6 ,122.4 ,597.4 129.7 22.1 107.6 30.3 31.0 31.2 31.5 32.0 do. do. do. do. do. do. 262.0 88.4 173.6 -46.5 -16.1 146.8 255.4 87.2 168.2 -50.8 -15.1 156.5 277.1 94.2 182.9 -61.4 -15.4 165.4 217.9 71.5 146.5 -31.1 -17.6 175.3 237.6 78.5 159.1 -41.7 -17.9 185.3 do. do. do. do. do. 1,972.2 308.4 1.663.8 1,574.5 89.3 2,031.9 321.8 1,710.1 1,629.4 80.7 2,088.2 323.1 1.765.1 1,678.7 86.4 2,114.5 330.3 1.784.1 1,674.1 2,182.1 Jan. Oct. 2,051.8 1,293.1 455.0 342.8 316.9 277.2 244.1 127.5 2,077.2 1,306.1 459.3 345.4 321.2 279.6 246.0 129.1 2,234.2 1,381.7 475.8 358.8 338.6 305.6 261.7 141.9 2,257.1 1,400.4 485.2 366.2 341.4 310.5 263.3 143.5 r2,276.8 rl,410.9 r491.2 r370.1 341.8 313.0 r264.8 145.0 29.6 107.6 27.6 109.5 22.1 111.5 22.4 111.5 r23.2 rll2.2 31.2 50.9 229.5 265.1 82.9 2,000.7 31.4 51.6 235.2 272.7 86.1 2,027.4 r32.3 55.5 r265.6 313.8 90.4 r2,186.8 32.4 55.9 269.1 313.2 91.4 2,209.4 r32.5 56.7 r273.5 r314.6 r91.9 r2,228.2 bil. $. do... do... do... do... do... do... 1.725.1 1.647.2 1,599.9 219.4 650.1 730.4 77.9 1,756.9 1,676.7 1,629.3 232.0 657.0 740.4 80.2 rl,880.1 rl,777.3 rl,729.6 r222.3 r690.5 r816.7 rl02.8 1.897.2 1.800.3 1.752.4 223.4 706.8 822.3 96.9 rl,912.8 rl,814.1 rl,765.7 r224.4 r709.3 r832.0 98.7 Disposable personal income in 1972 dollars do... Personal consumption expenditures in 1972 dollars....do... Durable goods do... Nondurable goods do.., Services do... Implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures index, 1972=100. 1,018.9 944.9 147.2 364.3 433.4 1,028.9 954.2 153.7 364.4 436.1 r1,023.5 r941.5 rl39.1 356.0 r446.5 1,026.1 947.8 139.0 362.4 446.3 1,027.8 948.8 139.4 361.3 448.1 169.3 170.8 183.7 184.9 186.1 Corp. profits, total \J Profits before tax, total Profits after tax, total Inventory valuation adjustment Capital consumption adjustment Net interest PERSONAL INCOME, QUARTERLY TOTAL Less: Personal tax and nontax payments Equals: Disposable personal income Less: Personal outlays Equals: Personal saving 1979 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 government 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.., DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL INCOME Disposable personal income Personal outlays Personal consumption expenditures Durable goods Nondurable goods Services Personal saving r/ Revised. Dec. 1/ With inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustment. 110.0 195.3 200.2 155.5 44.7 -5.0 341.5 1,840.6 1,729.2 111.4 1980 Nov. r/ Dec. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued 3 1979 ITEM Dec. 1980 Jan. Oct. 1981 Nov. Dec. Jan. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NliW HOUSING UN L I S STARTED: Unadi ustod: 91.8 91.6 57.8 73.4 73.1 49.3 153.0 152.7 97.5 rl13.5 rll2.9 r71.2 do do.... r 1,563 r 1,056 r1,389 r965 rl,519 r1,009 rl,550 r1,019 rl,532 r971 1,585 941 do.... .do 1,247 776 1,271 780 1,333 819 1,355 812 r1,235 r743 1,231 703 r 14.7 r251 rl8. 3 r261 23.6 r236 17.8 r239 16.0 261 .... .... 5,372 4,116 9,336 r6,574 6,693 .... do do do Privately owned One - f am i . v structures 1 S e a s o n a l l y adjusted at annual rates: T o t a l privately owned O n e - f a m i l y structures NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS A U T H O R I Z E D BY BUILDING PERMITS (16,000 p e r m i t - i s s u i n g places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total O n e - f a m i l y structures M A N U F A C T U R E R S ' S H I P M E N T S OF MOBILE HOMES: 1,170 3,187 1,015 981 2,316 819 1,886 5,552 1,898 r1,391 r3,821 r 1,36 2 1,418 3,641 1,634 do do 13.31 12.80 11.68 13.15 12.66 11.79 12.69 12.32 11.15 15.34 14.73 13.07 17.96 16.49 14.78 1/16.62 15.10 14.09 12.071 12.036 11.580 13.888 15.661 14.724 do do do r96. 2 r95.7 r56.5 New m o r t g a g e loans of all savings and loan associations, By purpose of loan: Home p u r c h a s e All other p u r p o s e s 81 .5 80.9 46.4 .... .... .... FINANCE Money and interest rates: Open market r a t e s , New \ork C i t y : Financc c o . paper placed d i r e c t l y , 6-month Yield on U . S . G o v t , securities (taxable): r/ R e v i s e d . \J Beginning J a n . 1981, data are for top-rated o n l y . -fa U.S., GOVKRNMLiNT PRINTING OrFICC: Prior data covered a range of top-rated and r e g i o n a l dealer c l o s i n g s . .1981--340-999/26 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209