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n r°~i WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS n J**0***.. SPATES O* * February 9, 1979 U y* V pR 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 500 Weekly BILLIONS OF-DOLLARS 500 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 475 (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) Monthly _ (Wednesday data] 475 (average of Wednesday data) 1979 450 i N ^ " 450 425 425 1978 ~ ~ A ^ 400 400 977 375 375 350 - 325 - 300 -r I i . t i 1977 1976 1975 i i I i i i i 325 , , i i i i. i J 1978 350 _L_L_ ULJ_ F M A M J J A S O N D 300 Data: Federal Reserve Board INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 INDEX, 1941-43=10 1975 J F M A M J J A S O N D ta*. Stand. & Poor's Corp. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 260 130 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS ~-*; 120 - & INVENTORIES / - 240 J*s' (seasonally adjusted) Shipments (left scale) 110 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 220 NEW CONSTRUCTION 200 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 140 (seas, adj., at annual rates) 220 / 100 ^ 200 / 90 80 70 180 ^ - 160 I 1 1 1 | | ~L_ 140 Inventories (right scale) I M I M ...1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l_L,L_ 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1976 l 1 1 1 1 I...I 1 1 J L -U..1.I 1977 1978 1975 1976 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly In the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1977 1978 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 1979 ITEM Jan. SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2 / 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1967=100. do. . . do. . . Feb. 4 Jan. Jan. 20 27 218.6 216.5 219.9 219.1 217.7 219.9 253.5 249.1 256.4 254.9 251.2 257.3 257.3 253.8 259.5 446 3,959 3,335 129 447 3,567 3,144 120 676 3,156 2,99 7 125 494 3,236 3,073 184 427 101,173 118,311 38,091 315 100,698 120,178 37,450 158 113,761 128,939 41,725 -72 112,599 129,726 44,917 462 111,437 127,746 42,996 5 113,543 92,744 431,373 43,576 123,821 75,104 114,743 92,562 432,152 44,611 124,359 75,241 105,538 77,862 443,306 35,104 132,108 81,058 108,451 77,446 441,802 35,778 132,060 81,191 103,107 77,064 438,106 35,554 131,866 81,475 8.79 89.39 98.39 8.78 89.93 99.12 9.65 98.77 110.02 9.67 99.48 110.87 9.65 100.16 111.62 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous . INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do . . . State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUST. A N D COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)...number. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 5/ mi 1. $ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 5/ do.. Member bank reserve balances _3_/ do . . Excess reserves, estimated _3/ do. . Assets and liabilities o f large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adj usted T. . . 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. . 28 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor' s)~~4/... 1941-43=10 Industrial, 400 stocks do .. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, b y utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3y thous. sh. tons m i l . kw.-hr number thous. bbl 4,970 44,743 132,720 8,626 5,440 45,648 137,005 8,381 11,800 48,582 185,603 8,766 11,980 47,294 154,455 8,766 11,530 46,741 180,775 8,766 Steel, raw Rate o f capability utilization 5/ thous . sh. tons percent 2,221 73.8 2,282 75.8 2,491 82.9 2,418 80.5 2,558 85.2 bil 13.1 14.0 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES Feb. 3 259.5 254.8 262.7 110 5 5 8 126, 6 9 8 42 650 372 .60 9S . 9 3 11] . 3 2 1 8 4 , 0 78 2,626 87.4 15.0 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2 / Tuesday price. 5/ Daily average. 4 / Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability o f raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities, e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1978 ITEM Nov. r/ Sept. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery. , . . Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Foods and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products mil. $ . . do.... do.... do.. . . do. .. . 132,085 71,134 3,855 10,467 8,436 126,408 67,708 3,521 10,440 8,187 12,346 9,026 16,958 12,384 8,967 18,125 11,828 8,699 17,944 12,520 8,575 15,382 do.... do.... do.... do ... . 54,354 16,545 841 3,608 53,147 16,494 889 3,437 61,639 18,674 939 3,901 62,441 19,268 1,043 3,990 60,951 18,786 1,014 3,783 58,700 18,541 1,064 3,425 4,313 9,175 8,137 3,119 4,282 9,161 8,346 2,980 4,966 10,961 9,118 3,522 5,157 10,701 8,781 3,642 5,061 10,432 8,952 3,461 4,643 10,320 9,274 3,313 114, 342 117,938 127,919 130,614 132,380 133,771 do.... do.... do... . do. ... 60,228 2,986 8, 794 7,296 62,130 3,223 9,166 7,419 68,916 3,725 10,241 8,200 70,292 3,884 10,862 8,152 71,635 3,852 10,868 8,639 72,121 4,099 11,472 8,906 do.... do.... do.... do.... 10,390 7,502 14,527 2,431 10,670 7,640 14,906 2,485 12,062 8,509 16,738 2,716 12,371 8,526 16,674 2,715 12,320 8,519 17,373 2,761 12,565 8,644 16,500 2,634 do.... do 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 136,032 73,591 4,176 10,918 8,605 10,627 7,566 13,754 do.... do....i do.... r/ Revised. 133,527 71,888 4,039 10,643 8,637 9,970 7,668 14,890 P a p e r and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products 111,358 58,211 2,772 8,347 6,815 do.... do. .. . do... . Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products 114,188 59,834 2,991 8,484 7,137 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1977 ITEM Sept. Oct. Nov. r/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)—Con. By industry group--Con. Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and al lied products Chemcials and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total Durable goods industries, 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 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products mil. $. do .. . do. . . do. . . do. .. do. . . do. . . do. . . 54,114 16,326 821 3,513 4,345 9,626 8,160 3,197 55,808 16,844 884 3,600 4,558 10,104 8,299 3,270 59,003 17,853 933 3,657 4,812 10,450 9,040 3,426 60,322 18,517 1,046 3,752 5,051 10,673 8,837 3,483 60,745 18,551 988 3,684 5,109 10,942 8,980 3,552 do. . . do... do... ..do. .. 179,313 114,185 65,128 179,840 180,118 114,862 65,256 179,714 191,875 124,903 66,972 194,063 193,494 125,583 67,911 194,735 195,912 127,236 68,676 196,587 do. .. . .do. .. do. . . do. .. do . . . do. . . . .do.. , do. .. 115,212 4,361 17,977 14,756 25,852 15,240 21,431 5,733 115,424 4,259 17,779 14,760 26,379 15,433 21,258 5,727 126,176 4,740 17,678 16,374 29,707 17,023 23,614 6,384 126,784 4,699 17,751 16,706 30,048 16,959 23,425 6,461 12 do... do.. . .. do. . . do... ...do... do. .. . .do. . . . .do.. . do... do . . . do.. . do. . . 64,628 16,001 3,534 5,288 5,658 14,134 6,050 4,226 116,122 61,767 54,355 117,024 64,290 15,575 3,524 5,294 5,622 14,134 5,992 4,281 114,989 61,797 53,192 122,128 67,887 16,895 3,481 5,601 5,855 15,317 5,406 4,561 136,129 74,520 61,609 131,840 67,951 17,104 3,544 5,571 5,795 15,246 5,503 4,528 143,141 80,752 62,389 137,162 68,230 16,956 3,653 5,632 5,778 15,269 5,625 4,491 136,573 75,518 61,055 137,618 . .do. .. . . do. . . do. .. do. . . do. . . do. . . do. . . »do. .. do. . . 62,821 9,268 7,635 10,797 8,059 15,247 54,203 11,932 42,271 66,165 9,347 7,447 11,210 8,000 17,569 55,963 12,289 43,674 72,645 11,233 8,196 12,708 8,919 18,536 59,195 12,866 46,329 76,984 11,722 8,524 13,234 8,988 20,553 60,178 12,986 47,192 76,654 11,092 8,804 13,099 8,960 20,916 61,964 13,2 73 47,691 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... 189,398 180,896 8,502 189,469 193,029 184,482 8,547 193,659 224,149 214,067 10,082 233,921 231,261 221,233 10,128 230,464 235,753 225,619 10,134 2 35,704 180,799 18,332 23,175 46,681 25,473 5 7,864 8,670 184,834 18,513 23,203 47,221 25,833 60,527 8,825 213,650 24,753 24,990 50,912 29,006 73,733 10,271 220,341 25,612 25,361 51,776 29,466 77,612 10,123 225,361 25,834 25,526 52,558 29,910 81,052 10,343 15,730 12,438 7,431 6,345 13,813 11,071 6,442 5,409 19,787 14,990 9,037 7,436 rl9,634 rl4,989 r8,696 r7,332 18,729 14,512 8,269 7,043 do. . . do. .. do. . . do. . . 2,714 723 1,419 3,292 2,416 690 1,220 2,742 3,437 1,114 1,720 4,797 3,559 1,110 1,844 r4,645 3,479 1,078 1,788 4,217 NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES) , TOTAL bil. $ . Private, total do... Residential (incl. farm) do... New housing units do. .. 178.1 140.6 179.0 142.3 87.4 72.8 209 161. 94, 76, r209.8 161.9 93.6 r76.8 212.8 164.9 95.4 78.9 38.7 12.6 19.4 47.9 39.7 12.5 20.3 47.9 Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ 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 1/ Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical E lectrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders 357 4,782 18,118 16,598 30,257 17,120 24,016 6,494 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL Private, total Residential (incl. farm) New housing units Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ Industrial Commercial Pub lie, total Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ Industrial Commercial Public, total CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1/ Revised. mil. $. do ... do . . . do... do. . . do. . . do . .. do.. . 1972 = 1 0 0 . . 29.0 7.9 14.9 36.8 I 1/ I n c l u d e s d a t a f o r " o t h e r i n d u s t r i e s " n o t s h o w n . 163.4 | 164.8 I 38.2 12.6 18.9 48.0 180.5 2/ Includes additions and a l t e r a t i o n s . 184.3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1978 Nov. Dec. Sept. FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS ( M D S E . ) , INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL mi 1. E x c l . Department of Defense Shipments................. .do . Seasonally adjusted..................................do. By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food a n d live animals.......................... do. Beverages and tobacco . .do. Crude m a t e r i a l s , inedible, exc . fuels.. ......do. Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc. do. Oils and f a t s , animal and vegetable..................do. Chemi cal s . do . Manufactured goods do. Machinery and transport equipment, total.............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, inedible, e x c . fuels................do. Mineral f u e l s , lubricants, etc .do. Oils a n d fats, animal and vegetable .....do. Chemiclas .do. Manufactured goods...................................do. Machinery arid transport equipment................... .do. 9,692.6 9,690.2 9,477.9 11,399.9 11,396.1 10,999.0 12,714.4 12,713.1 13,428.9 13,157.4 13,153.6 13,010.5 13,672.3 13,655.4 13,261.5 1,142 142 1,131. 362 112 736.0 815.4 4,074.7 1,348.2 282.6 1,179.6 315.3 116.0 1,037.4 977.1 4,768.7 1,645.7 176.9 1,111.9 348.0 156.3 1,197.9 1,132.5 5,142.1 1,597.9 251.3 1,470.4 422.1 113.9 085.0 1 1 120.8 5 586.4 1,513.7 281.1 1,678.4 465.9 121.0 1,174.4 1,134.3 5,497.3 12,270.1 12,406.6 13,372.0 13,474.4 14,416.9 15,120.0 15,118.3 15,138.0 15,054.9 15,207.0 901.6 105.0 715.2 ,702.9 39.0 311.6 ,763.0 ,190.1 1,294.6 159.8 781.2 3,153.0 41.1 549.0 2,117.6 3,643.1 1,048.9 168, 2 829, 3 ,698. 9 30, 2 5 37, 9 ,215. 4 ,832.0 1,152.2 211.5 831.2 3,491.6 40.9 541.4 2,344.5 4,294.6 1,168.7 209.6 843.2 3,5 36.2 51.7 512.5 2,373.4 4,238.3 2,530 152.8 321.1 271.3 2,159 184.1 258.0 220.3 100 5 287 5 286 9 2,855 130.4 342.0 335.0 2,554 162.3 341.8 292.5 280.4 435.4 77.4 385.0 329.2 250. 349 75, 340, 272, 274 528 115 468 339 297.6 517.9 102.7 462.7 347.1 259.4 431.0 80.5 371.5 324.5 METALS A N D MANUFACTURERS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT: Household electrical appliances, factory sales.. Air conditioners (room) Di shwashers Disposers (food waste) Ranges............. Refrigerators...... Freezers Washers Dryers ( i n c l . g a s ) . thous. do... do.., do. . . .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. 5 2 .4 .3 8 TJ Revised. ^U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1979--281-051/29 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 U.S.MAIL
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