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FbBRllAHV 8, 1974 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1 9 6 7 — 100 1967-100 170 170 ELECTRIC P O W E R PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) —I 160 150 140 \ i \ " 1972 ' b 130 i 120 i i i i l ,i, i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1970 Data: hdison Electric Inst. 1967 = 1 _.. I...1 i. ! 1971 i Monthy , 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 i 1972 -j 1973 1 130 Weekly I 1 140 1 ,_.!.. 1. , , , 1 , . : ! ; ! 1 2 0 j F M A M J J A S C N D 100 1967=100 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) 150 .00 50 i ! i L_i 1971 1970 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. J 1972 Bi!lion$ Billion$ 90 130 Ri!!ion$ ! 100 140 NEW CONSTRUCTION 120 J/r~ 70 i I I i. i, i i I 0 F M A M J J A S O N D J (Seas, adj., at annual rates) (seasonally adjusted) — I I I I I I I 1973 Billion$ MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES 80 Monthy i I I L_J 120 Total Put in Place (left scale) J Inventories (right scale) i 100 60 i 1 60 100 s' 50 80 \ Private Residential, (right scale) Shipments (left scale) ...i.J_l. . i_L_1 1 1 I M I I ,i . i i i i 1 i i i i i 90 M i M 111 i n ..] 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1973 1972 1970 1971 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 60 ''''I 1970 U.S. Dept. * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected weekly 1971 Nonfarm 1 i.I i i i 1972 i1 1973 i 20 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1974 1973 Feb. 3 27 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 135.6 136.1 212.4 214.2 215.1 mil. $. do... 8,107 5,242 8,294 5,374 8,468 6,068 8,739 8,657 5,885 267 2,312 2, J .1.0 170 285 2,274 2,079 219 585 2, 702 2,520 15 7 466 2,798 2,618 257 179 71,214 86,633 37,642 -509 70,581 86,008 36,581 -94 mil. $. do... do... do... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: kj Demand deposits, adjusted Savings deposits Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total U.S. Government obligations Commercial and industrial loans (gross) Real estate loans (gross) = : do... do... do... do... do... do... Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 6,122 374 64,809 77,501 32,509 -155 64,229 77,410 32,553 455 71,855 87,273 36,190 98,343 58,531 307,644 28,601 91,635 46,451 97,765 58,186 309,971 28,896 92,300 46,496 103,733 57,062 355,565 25,954 110,198 55,221 103,374 56,956 354,288 26,071 110,212 55,481 98,730 56,944 352,928 26,309 109,763 55,534 8.12 93.42 103.96 8.16 95.67 106.61 8.18 97.07 108.35 7.50 116.73 130.87 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3J percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. do... Industrial, 425 stocks PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ 26 Jan. 19 1967=100. 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 & iirads freet) .. .number. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3J Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3_/ Member bank reserve balances 3_/ Excess reserves, estimated _3/ Jan. 12 -2 7 = 54 116.03 130.00 thous. sh. tons.. mil. kv7.-hr-s number.. thous. bbl = s 11,320 35,297 204,449 9,417 11,410 36 j197 213,564 9,410 10,780 36,558 130,557 9,093 11,705 35.531 133,714 9,152 11,935 34,602 158,889 9,229 thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. 2,851. 116.9 2,875 117.8 2,835 116.2 2,887 118.3 2,900 118.9 bil.. 16.0 16.6 15.5 15.9 16.5 2_/ Tuesday price- MONTHLY 37 Daily average. _4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 1972 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. 66,567 36,503 1,987 5,025 3,974 63,675 34,636 1,736 5,051 3,866 75,281 40,945 2,189 6,155 4,655 77,081 42,285 2,314 6,345 4,811 r76,387 41,356 r2,136 6,383 r4,668 71,739 38,163 1,927 6,081 4,518 5,130 5,109 10,208 1,232 5,326 4,959 9,134 1,175 6,468 5,654 10,134 1,299 6,237 5,642 11,158 1,302 r6,174 r5,571 10,911 rl,258 6,411 5,490 8,689 1,209 30,064 10,126 515 2,368 29,039 10,183 489 2,294 34,336 11,982 516 2,631 34,796 12,187 534 2,758 r35,031 rl2,337 r532 r2,675 33,576 11,982 540 2,573 2,406 4,845 2,618 1,604 66,993 2,288 4, 740 2,685 1,490 67,104 2,815 5,769 3,121 1, 743 73,060 2,863 5,643 3,135 1,809 75,269 r2,850 r5,610 r3,425 1, 729 r77,019 2,690 5,521 3,605 1,636 75,548 36,870 2,01.3 5,349 4,015 36,614 1,964 5,567 4,047 40,162 2,046 6,266 4,345 41,567 2,178 6,730 4,648 41,896 r2,162 6,792 r4,714 40,321 2,183 6,693 4,724 5,488 4,937 9,915 1,206 5,534 4,901 9,601 1,181 6,243 5,288 10,697 1,192 6,353 5,372 10,809 1,245 r6,614 r5,382 10,624 rl,232 6,647 5,436 9,094 1,216 Nov. Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS ANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Transportation equipment Instruments and related products r/ Revised. 1_/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. CORRECTION for p. S-35 of the Jan. 1974 SURVEY: Imports of crude and unfinished oils for Oct. 1973 should read 119.5 mil. bbl. instead of 149.-5 mil. bbl. 11,22 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1972 Nov. 1973 Dec. Sept. Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS7 SHIPMENTS ( SEAS. AD J .) — C o n . By industry group—Con. Nondurable goods industries, total _!/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products mil. $. do... do... do... 123 008 511 331 30,490 10,284 501 2,381 702 739 536 532 348 498 499 r35 123 rl2 180 r528 637 do. do. do. do. 2 5 2 1 446 072 640 662 2,433 5,314 2,668 1,648 2 5 3 1 739 575 100 706 2 5 3 1 807 687 170 748 r2 r5 r3 1 898 895 456 794 do. do. do. .'do. 106 69 37 106 623 334 289 974 107,415 69,803 37,612 107,719 115 75 39 116 045 707 338 114 116 76 40 117 496 399 09 7 224 rll 7 r77 r40 rll8 842 154 668 435 do. do. do. do. 69 2 9 7 613 454 670 762 70,218 2,463 9,658 7,832 76 2 9 8 249 702 323 519 76 2 9 8 951 720 222 513 rll rl r9 r8 645 737 226 792 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products* B * ^ - do. do. do. do. 14 10 15 2 175 279 9 79 719 14,386 10,381 16,150 2,717 15 11 17 3 952 834 690 031 16 12 17 3 164 102 766 083 rl6 rl2 rll r3 365 302 763 170 Nondurable goods industries, total 1. / „ Food and kindred products Tobacco products ........ Textile mil 1 products do. do. do. do - 37 9 2 4 361 434 319 034 37,501 9,421 2,369 4,044 39 10 2 4 865 02 7 398 436 40 10 2 4 273 172 425 407 r40 rlO r2 r4 790 432 446 521 do. do. do. do. 2 7 2 2 871 019 345 345 2,875 7,018 2,300 2,383 3 7 2 2 070 175 391 551 3 7 2 2 089 185 474 578 r3 rl rl rl 170 206 548 574 do. do. do. do. 67 36 30 67 075 827 248 726 65,814 36,730 29,084 68,908 76 42 34 75 978 703 275 129 79 44 34 77 349 517 832 758 r 78 43 r35 r79 917 845 072 441 do. do. do. do. do. do. 37 5 3 5 5 9 462 449 983 886 152 813 38,325 5,557 4,393 6,101 5,010 10,226 42 259 325 982 922 5 537 10 9 78 5 7 5 11 037 868 135 174 816 368 44 6 r4 rl r5 11 315 730 997 313 788 573 do. do. do. 30 264 7 815 22 449 30,583 7,739 22,844 32 870 8 260 24 610 33 721 8 465 25 256 do.. do.. do.... do.. 83 79 3 84 175 251 924 216 85,314 81,345 3,969 86,020 107 103 4 109 800 198 602 410 110 105 4 111 076 436 640 897 rll2 107 r4 rll4 600 921 679 324 do.. do.. do.... do.. do.. do.... do.. 80 7 10 14 15 25 3 275 974 580 350 639 482 941 81,986 7,964 10,926 14,917 15,748 26,107 4,034 104 14 13 19 18 29 4 716 857 842 798 857 878 694 107 14 14 20 19 30 4 185 996 329 621 300 437 712 109 14 rl4 r21 rl9 31 r4 606 934 614 321 706 385 718 11,048 8,506 4,946 4,181 10,502 8,114 4,677 3,954 2,051 420 1,137 2,388 12,527 9,405 5,369 4,411 2,487 560 1,408 r3,122 12,173 9,294 5,055 4,144 2,563 600 1,442 2,879 rll,922 r8,981 r4,716 r3,844 r2,504 r582 rl,405 r2,941 97.5 57.2 47.8 24.5 4.6 13.6 29.3 131.6 98.4 57.5 48.0 24.8 4.8 13.9 33.1 136.9 103.7 59.0 48.2 27.2 6.3 15.1 r33.2 134.9 102.7 56.3 46.0 28.0 rl36.8 rl02.9 54.6 r44.1 r28.9 r6. 7 rl6.1 r33.8 143 144 155 156 Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total Durable goods indusl.ri.es, total Nondurable goods industries, total Book value (seasonally adjusted), total By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1_/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and copl products Rubber and •-las Lies 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 1J Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total _1/ Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders r35 126 r8 687 r26 439 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL mil. $.. Private, total do.. Residential (incl. farm) do.. New housing units do.. Nonresidential buildings, total 2J do.. Industrial do.. Commercial do.. Public, total do.. NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $.. Private, total do.. Residential (incl. farm) do.... New housing units do.. Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ do.. Industrial do.. Commercial do, . Public, total do.. CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1967=100.. rj Revised. 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 11,572 2,121 399 1,187 2,542 126.8 2J Except farm and public utilities. 6.6 15.6 32.2 156 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued .L9 72 19 74 1.9 73 ITEM Dec. Oc t. Nov. Dec. Jan. p./ 92,046 89,757 85,994 3,525 82,469 3,763 89,749 85,649 3,455 82,194 4,1.00 756 92,168 89,884 85,828 3,419 82,409 4,056 89,903 85,649 3,561 82,088 4,254 820 91,983 89,701 85,643 3,202 82,441. 4,058 90,033 85,669 3,643 82,026 4,364 740 91,354 89,096 84,088 3,197 80,891 5,008 90,543 85,811 3,794 82,017 4,732 768 5.0 3.4 5.2 14.4 4.6 8.9 2.4 3.1 5.6 5.1 9.1 5.0 4.7 4„6 3.0 4.4 14.0 4.1 8.4 2.1 2.6 5.1 4.5 9.0 3.9 3.7 4.7 3.0 4.7 14.5 4.2 8.9 2.1 2.8 5.4 4.8 9.1 4.3 3.6 4.8 3.0 5.0 14.4 4.4 8.6 2.2 3.1 5.2 5.0 8.2 4.3 3.9 5.2 .3.4 5.2 15.6 4.7 9.4 2.3 3.2 6.0 5.3 9.1 5.1 5.0 108.4 95.9 1.01.4 99.3 99 .,6 98.8 106.6 112.0 121.1 119.6 111.7 103.8 110.3 103.0 1.04.0 101.4 109.0 113.7 122.8 123.4 1.12.5 105.1 115.3 103.6 rl04.6 rl02.0 rl08.3 rl.1.4.6 rl23.4 124.1 r 112.0 rl06.8 rl12.3 rl03.5 rl04.6 rl02.0 rl07.5 rl13.2 123.6 124.1 11.0.2 104.8 104.6 100.7 100.7 100.8 108.6 111.9 122.2 123.6 Jan. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 1.6 years of age and over 89,437 86,997 Employed, total.................<>...o.....n.B...o ......do.... 82,881 Agr iCU 1. tUTC! .. o ..... o ... o o .... o o o <, o o c -......do.... o o . o = o o «. « o 3,163 79,719 ......do.... Unemp loycd 4,116 87,261 82,841 Agriculture. .» 3,577 79,264 4,420 ......do.... 977 Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group): 5.1 3.3 5.0 15.5 White .....oo 4.5 9.6 2.4 3.2 5.6 Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers...,,. 5.1 Construction. 9.7 Manufacturing...............•....„<>...»>..... 4.4 4.0 Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours, production or nonsupervisory workers, seasonally adjusted: Private sector oayrolls 108.2 r„1967-100.. 95.8 99.7 99.9 Durable goods................................... ......do.... 99.6 Nondurab1e goods............................... 100.4 Transportation, communication, elec., gas, etc.. .do.... 106.0 Wholesale and retail trade 112.0 do 1.21.4 118.4 88,122 85,718 81,043 2,955 78.088 4,675 87,000 82,619 3,489 79,130 4, 38 L 917 rj Revised, jj/ Preliminary. 1J Seasonally adjusted data (back to 1967) have been adjusted to reflect new seasonal factors introduced with publication of data for 1.9 74. 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