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FEBRUARY 7, 1975 r~i BUSINESS STATISTICS ..Ov y. L$ u TTy it A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT h ll i sn TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1967=100 INDEX, 1967=100 -M70 170 ~ ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . index) 160 , - •* - ^ r^^ 150 - A • • *, » . > " 140 - ,- - ' M'. , • '% - t 130 Monthly i i i i i i i i i i i —L_J ! L_J 1972 i 1 1 1 L_J__ 1 1 L_l 1973 1 i 1 1 ! 1 1 ! I I i 1974 i 1 i i i 1 1 J F M AM JJAS O ND 1975 Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 1,000 350 Weekly - (Passenger cars) 300 - - 800 - y ^ ^ \ \ / \ f \ j 600 I / 400 V 250 1974 A \ / \ /\S fhtk i \ - 200 It J\ ~ \j Vn 200 150 100 50 1975 0 —1—1—1—1 1 1 1 1 1—1 1 1 i 1 1 i 1972 i 1 L_ J 1 1 —L—1—L—J—L, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1974 1973 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1975 - J L - J i 1 .1 1 1 I 1 1 1 rt J F M A M J J A S O N D 0 Data: Motor Vehicle Wifgrs. Assn. of the United States, inc. Billion $ 110 MANUFACTURERS SHIPMENTS &• INVENTORIES 100 - (seasonally adjusted) 90 Bill i o n q> 220 Billion $ 160 Billion $ 100 NEW CONSTRUCTION - - 200 - 180 (seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) Total Put in Place (left scale) 80 r ' \ Shipments (left scale) 80 160 /"' 70 60 ./ X. 140 s Inventorie ( r i g h t scale 50 axuIZTi u i i 1972 \ i i I . J _ L I i JL_1 1 1973 -l_L_U d l l l l l 1974 H 60 _ 120 100 Private 40 \ ) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I100 1 1 80 I i i i i i i 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1972 I i i i i i i 11 i i 11 i i i i 111 i i i i I i i i i 1.1 i i i i i I 2 0 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * A v a i l a b l e o n l y w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement p r o v i d e s selected w e e k l y Residential, Nonfarm ( r i g h t scale) a n d monthly d a t a subsequent t o those p u b l i s h e d in t h e latest monthly SURVEY 1974 1975 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1974 ITEM 1975 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 1967-100 do.. do.. 215.1 213.0 216.4 217.5 216.4 218.1 207.8 255.8 179.8 208.0 254.1 181.0 201.5 235.2 181.0 mil. $ do.. 8,548 5,788 8,934 6,021 9,012 6,626 ,133 ,563 9,097 6,407 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 374 ,742 ,567 179 381 ,730 ,558 170 970 4,985 4,564 225 851 ,179 ,733 286 732 70,581 69,931 85,876 36,139 259 78,902 94,076 37,345 250 78,204 92,698 56,874 351,431 26,294 109,620 55,360 99,325 56,810 351,606 25,687 109,471 55,627 percent, 1941-43*10, do... 8.18 97.07 108.35 8.18 97.06 108.40 thous. sh. tons. m i l . kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. thous. sh. tons. 1967=100. bil! 11,960 34,602 158,889 9,229 2,900 118,9 16.9 12,475 34,363 152,610 9,234 2,900 118-9 16.8 Jan. 26 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs . 13 Raw industrials . ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores.... FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3 / . . . . d o . . Member bank reserve balances 3/ do.. Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do.. Assets and l i a b i l i t i e s of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted do.. Savings deposits do.. Loans and investments, gross adjusted, t o t a l . do.., U. S. Government obligations do.., Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.., Real estate loans (gross) do.., Bond y i e l d s , domestic corporate (Moody's)3/ Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor'sTi/. Industrial, 425 stocks PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by u t i l i t i e s Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 86,036 36,610 -83 99,026 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ MONTHLY Feb. 2 Jan. 11 Feb. 1 203.4 244.2 178.9 257 276 38,285 -13 77,463 92,983 38,345 270 92,748 37,374 200 105,638 58,668 389,397 25,088 130,238 60,062 105,565 58,607 385,076 24,512 129,083 60,074 101,301 58,660 378,290 23,686 127,766 60,047 9.60 70.04 77.71 9.56 72.14 79.96 9.52 71.74 79.47 11,285 38,040 67,883 8,580 2,556 104,8 14.5 11,820 37,010 108,142 8,573 2,616 107.2 15.0 12,995 36,379 115,583 8,584 2,589 106 = 1 15.1 76,710 9.48 77.26 85.88 86,933 2,675 i rift e IU3.U Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 ITEM Nov. 1974 Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. 89,892 r85,144 47,165 2,581 8,467 5,721 r43,893 Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total U Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products m i l . $. do... do... do... do... 75,505 40,474 2,136 37,115 1,809 6,383 4,668 6,072 4,527 88,949 46,329 2,501 8,251 5,652 do... do... do... ...do... 6,174 10,029 1,258 6,384 5,438 7,823 1,218 7,612 6,005 10,199 1,456 7,675 5,802 10,871 1,483 do... do... .do... ..do... 35,031 12,337 532 2,675 33,524 11,980 539 2,537 42,620 14,287 583 2,941 42,727 14,430 637 2,891 r41,251 rl4,247 r577 r2,664 37,522 13,395 602 2,312 Paper and a l l i e d products Chemicals and a l l i e d products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products do... do... do... do... 2,850 5,610 3,425 1,729 2,719 5,463 3,694 1,584 3,577 7,556 5,056 2,124 3,582 7,201 5,042 2,195 r3,474 r6,791 r5,116 rl,987 3,113 6,223 4,969 1,731 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1 / Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products do... 76,178 74,617 85,937 88,093 r86,152 80,009 do do do... do... 41,055 2,162 6,792 4,714 39,465 2,048 6,687 4,730 45,016 2,338 8,415 5,277 46,548 2,428 9,022 5,528 r44,752 r2,242 r5,256 40,778 2,093 7,455 4,911 do do do do.... 6,614 5,382 9,783 1,232 6,630 5,387 8,418 1,226 7,356 5,644 7,787 5,545 10,494 1,422 r7,795 r5,350 r9,810 rl,464 7,641 5,018 8,179 1,314 . Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment. Instruments and related products Nondurable goods industries, total 1 / Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Machinery, except e l e c t r i c a l . . . . . Electrical machinery. Transportation equipment Instruments and related products.... rj Revi sed. 1/ 61,871 '..' 5,571 Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 70,639 10,324 1,337 r2,214 r8,031 r5,195 r7,227 r5,514 rl0,089 r l ,493 8,572 75,842 38,320 1,850 6,759 4,685 7,340 5,062 7,626 1,307 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 ITEM Nov. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)—Con. By industry group—Con. Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ mil. $. Food and kindred products do... Tobacco products do... Textile mill products do... Paper and allied products.... do... Chemicals and allied products do... Petroleum and coal products do... Rubber and plastics products do... INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total do... Durable goods industries, total do... Nondurable goods industries, total do... Book value (seasonally adjusted), total do. e . By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ do... Stone, clay, and glass products do... Primary metals do... Fabricated metal products.e,...,,,,9ee,..,.»...edo.8. Machinery, except electrical ..do... Electrical machinery do... Transportation equipment do... Instruments and related products do... Nondurable goods industries, total ]_/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total V Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders 3 1974 Sept. Dec. Oct. Nov. 35,123 12,180 528 2,637 2,898 5,895 3,456 1,794 35,152 12,089 552 2,642 2,891 6,140 3,663 1,754 40,921 13,497 563 2,796 3,484 7,346 5,036 2,078 41,545 13,924 639 2,656 3,512 7,286 5,105 2,121 r41,400 r!4,048 r573 r2,628 r3,532 r7,153 r5,161 r2,062 117,842 77,154 40,688 118,435 120,312 78,835 41,477 120,870 141,638 92,512 49,126 142,975 144,120 93,968 50,152 145,062 r!46,371 r95,132 r51,239 rl47,135 77,645 2,737 9,226 79,441 2,813 94,680 3,649 11,141 10,934 20,627 14,526 20,425 4,192 r95,787 r3,695 rll.290 rll,347 r21,132 rl4,639 r2Q8418 r4,209 8,792 16,365 12,30^ 17,763 3,170 16,703 12,559 18,233 3,268 93,184 3,552 10,940 10.705 20,237 14,299 205189 4,177 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 40,790 10,432 2,446 4,521 3,170 7,208 2,548 2,574 41,429 10,584 2,460 4,589 3,267 7,268 2,626 2,627 49,791 11,812 2,726 5,131 4,350 9,444 3,924 3,141 50,382 11,745 2,772 5,037 4,521 9,896 3,869 3,187 r51,348 rl2,151 r2,822 r5,006 r4,668 rl0,205 r3,892 r3,265 do. do. do. do. 78,052 42,980 35,072 78,601 72,686 39,105 33,581 76,292 89,802 47,429 42,373 87,147 87,914 45,418 42,496 86,369 r83,368 r42,402 r40,966 r84,282 do. do. do. do. do. do. 43,475 6,730 4,997 7,313 5,788 10,733 41,027 6,597 5,237 7,308 5,399 8,699 46,402 8,611 5,871 8,120 5,149 10,623 45,084 8,378 5,555 8,001 5,192 10,012 r43,084 r7,863 5,226 r7,559 r4,926 r9,675 do. do. do. 35,126 8,687 35,265 8,601 40,745 9,437 41,285 r41,100 r9,223 r31,877 UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL do... Durable goods industries, total do... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders do... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL ..do... By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ do... Primary metals do... Fabricated metal products do.!. Machinery, except electrical do... Electrical machinery do... Transportation equipment. .. .do!!! Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders do!!! 9,356 8,997 9,335 26,439 26,664 31,308 31,950 111,401 106,722 138,614 133,935 136,636 113,015 113,452 108,715 4,737 114,694 108,297 14,934 14,614 21,321 19,706 30,076 4,718 140,467 132,191 4,445 138,738 rl34,861 rl30,701 r4,160 rl36,869 109,862 14,844 15,122 22,002 19,718 30,355 4,832 135,695 19,636 20,264 29,933 21,993 34,721 4,772 134,224 18,993 20,292 30,142 21,640 34,234 4,514 rl32,656 r!8,286 r20,262 r29,907 r21,212 r34,201 r4,213 11,786 8,920 4,700 3,850 2,500 604 1,394 2,866 10,689 8,244 4,246 3,465 2,388 635 1,278 2,445 12,128 8,525 4,198 3,285 2,590 661 1,425 3,603 r l 1,961 r3,462 rll,290 r8,004 r3,524 r2,770 r2,624 r752 rl,371 r3,286 135.7 102.3 54.5 44.2 28.9 7.1 16.1 33.4 133.2 100.1 52.4 42.1 29.1 7.3 15.9 33.1 132.9 94.6 45. 35. 29. 7. 15. 38. H33.0 94.2 43.3 33.7 30.4 8.3 rl6.4 r38.9 H30.1 r92, 40, 31. r30, r8. r!7. r38.0 179 180 180 4,679 4,679 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL Private, total Residential (incl. farm) New housing units Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ Industrial „ Commerci al Public, total mil. $. do... ..!.!!do!!! .do... do... do... do * " !!!!!!!!!!!do!!! NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $. Pri vate, total do... Residential (incl. farm) !!!!do!!! New housing units !!!!!!do!!! Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ !!.do... Industri al .. !!!!!!! !do!!! Commercial * "* ' * " d o "* Publ i c, total .....!!!! *" do *" * CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: *" DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE.. .....1967-100. rj Revised. 61,871 1 / Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 157 i 159 I 2/ Except farm and public u t i l i t i e s r8,499 r3,869 r3,045 2,758 734 1,498 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 ITEM Nov. 1974 Sept* Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT* AND EARNINGS HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX. .1967=100., 120 114 103 94 86 p79 7,136.1 7,099.6 6,878.8 6,965.1 6,921.1 6,948.9 r7,699.1 r7,607,9 r8,282.1 8,994.1 8,926.2 8,664.5 9,397.5 9,343.3 9,061.5 8S743.5 8,702.8 8,729.0 1,383.9 128.7 1,290.8 897.0 851.5 175.0 1,000.1 83, 647, 332, 86, 1,170.6 124.1 787.3 449.4 112.2 1,444.1 141.1 1,084.7 464.4 118.5 1,324.8 140.7 924.2 251.9 166.3 r725.3 885.2 728.7 1,017.9 3,768 729. 935. 3,652. 669 1,495 473 635. 1,413. 468. FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL..................mil. Excl. Department of Defense Shi pments................... do Seasonally adjusted...................................do By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals.................................do Beverages and tobacco do Crude materials, inedible., exc. fuels.................do Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc........................do Animal and vegetable oils* fats, waxes................do Chemi cals .......... ................ Manufactured goods...... ............... Machinery and transport equipments total... Electrical Transport equipment, total........... Miscellaneous manufactured articles........ Commodities not classified................. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL....................................do Seasonally adjusted...................................do By commodity groups and principal commodities Food and live animals.................................do Beverages and tobacco .do Crude materials, inedible9 exec, fuels........... .do Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc........................do Animal and vegetable oils and fats.... ..do Chemi cal s .. do Manufactured g o o d s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machinery and transport e q u i p m e n t . . . . . . . Miscellaneous manufactured a r t i c l e s . . Commodities not c l a s s i f i e d . . . . . . . do ..........do ..do .do 156.2 61.4 94.3 77.6 566.6 731.3 2,567.8 466.1 544.7 705.4 2,645.9 460.9 1,013.2 373.3 178.6 1,071.3 346.1 150.2 ,139.5 597.7 1 : 183, 439, 224, 6,845.4 6,684.3 5,974.2 6,291.3 8,441. 8,519. 816.4 131.1 486.8 911.4 39.3 742.4 117.0 392.1 1,064.2 220.7 1,251.3 2,065.2 223.9 1,093.9 1,520.2 779.0 624.9 144.1 156.0 39.6 650.1 111.6 496.7 ,115.6 54.2 386.8 ,575.9 ,011.7 837.6 200.9 239. 216 9,186.0 8,635.1 8,975. 9,174. 657.8 113.4 504.1 2,268.3 791.9 102.6 465.3 ,201.1 79.6 49.9 427.5 1,886.5 2,126.5 395.8 ,800.5 ,111.5 826,6 230.3 906.8 215.5 r/ Revised. £ / Preliminary. USC0MM—DC—61,871 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail ^C WgiMM M i l ^. o \ WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 774.2 934.2 3,459.9 558.1 1,376.8 409.0 247.7 9,196.8 9,335.0 889.5 106.5 487.0 2,483.8 53.3 384.6 1,753.9 2,062.5 757.8 217.9
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