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January 14, 1977 A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE BUSINESS STATISTICS ^<°?%, ^ r £ S o* + SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* US. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Billion 450 TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS 425 ( W e e k l y R e p o r t i n g M e m b e r Banks o f Federal Reserve System) 1973 1974 1975 J 1976 FMAMJJASOND Federal Reserve Board Short tons 20,000 I R A W STEEL PRODUCTION Monthly (ingots and ail other forms) Short tons 5,000 Weekly 16,000 4,000 12,000 3,000 8,000 2,000 1976 4,000 J I L__J i i j I • i i i i i I i i i i i -I—I 1974 1973 L_J I L_J L_l I I I I ' -J i .t i I t i i i i I 1,000 J F M A M J J A S O N D ''''' 1975 1976 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Billion $ Billion $ 60 1/.0 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED AND REPAID (seasonally adjusted) SALES OF RETAIL STORES 16.0 - (seasonally adjusted) Total 50 15.0 ~ 40 /\A Extended ^/ 30 h X Nondurable V ~ 20 I I i I I i i I l 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1974 1975 j^f 13.0 12.0 Goods • I • • ' ' i 1976 110 / JrCfV Repaid " v VI y / i i i i i I i i i i i 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 M i1i 1I l i 1 I i i I I 1973 Data: Federal Reserve Board •& Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY - -J 14.0 s A j 1974 1975 1976 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1976 ITEM Jan. 3 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 188.3 200.3 180.3 190.3 199.6 183.4 199.6 196.8 201.5 200.8 196.3 203.8 201.9 196.7 205.4 mil. $. do. .. 10,670 7,629 10,499 7,379 15,808 11,327 15,938 11,583 12,156 8,414 541 ,206 ,112 107 708 5,041 3,964 233 435 3,686 2,915 164 466 3,817 3,047 103 556 86,569 103,807 35,611 414 86,011 102,215 35,551 324 93,650 104,772 35,494 513 93,953 108,600 35,190 104 94,282 112,778 35,441 447 e93,954 111,752 36,107 629 113,646 69,049 387,582 40,434 120,984 59,744 108,628 69,979 384,465 40,627 119,538 59,876 113,738 88,378 403,298 49,777 116,425 63,505 114,416 88,624 401,721 49,458 116,394 63,522 9.40 90.19 100.88 9.37 93.95 105.08 8.47 105.14 116.75 8.44 104.71 116.39 8.40 106.34 118.27 8.37 104.76 116.31 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs . . , ,do, . . State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUS. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun £ Bradstreet) number. 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: 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.. . 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, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ Dec. 18 1967=100. do. . . so... 203.2 198.4 206.5 137 thous. sh. tons . mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 9,450 10,570 13,935 10,500 9,690 35,969 0 8,242 41,376 153,822 8,242 41,885 212,285 8,070 40,978 156,911 8,070 40,379 8,278 8,070 108,289 thous. sh. tons. percent. 1,912 64.0 2,152 72.1 2,144 69.9 2,000 65.2 2,051 66.8 2,121 69.1 bil. 10.7 13.6 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, ej Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1975 1976 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 50 STATES, (F.W. DODGE): TOTAL VALUATION mil. $. Index (seasonally adjusted) 1967=100. Building, total mil. $. By type of building: Nonresidential do.. . Residential do. .. Non-building construction do. . . CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: Engineering News-Record: Building 1967=100. Construction do. .. REAL ESTATE: 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. . . 7,767 166 5,818 5,573 148 4,263 8,505 rl86 6,636 8,112 rl82 6,634 0 063 237 6 793 7,691 186 6,207 2,629 3,189 1,949 1,859 2,404 1,309 2,536 4,099 1,869 2,875 3,758 1,478 2 728 4 ,064 3 271 2,491 3,716 1,484 200.5 213.0 199.8 212.9 215.4 227.6 217.4 229.8 218.4 230.7 *218.9 *231.5 5,694 4,370 7,755 7,260 r6,815 p6,534 1,052 3,400 1,242 822 2,584 964 1,321 5,052 1,382 1,325 4,578 1,357 1,333 r4,187 1,304 3,967 rl,295 1,263 1976 1975 Dec. DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED) , TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive dealers Furniture, home furn., and equip, stores Building materials and hardware dealers r/ Revised, p/ Preliminary, are advance estimates. 84,134 mil. $ .. do... . do.. .. do.... do.. .. 50,526 15,248 8,422 2,389 2,090 60,681 16,855 8,412 2,925 2,073 Dec. Sept. 53,158 17,602 9,983 2,367 2,540 r55,962 rl8,259 rl0,561 r2,447 r2,508 r56,267 rl7,889 rl0,229 r2,592 2,473 Construction Cost Indexes as of Dec. 1, 1976: building, 219.7; construction, 231.8. 67 813 19 ,167 9 ,850 3 084 1/ Data for Dec. 1976 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — C o n t i n u e d 3 1975 1976 ITEM Nov. DOMESTIC TRADE--Con. RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES--Con. ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED)--Con. 1/ Nondurable goods stores Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores mil. $, do.. . do. . . do. . . do.. . do.. . do. . . Oct. 35,278 409 470 050 008 649 432 43,826 3,894 2,114 4,110 Nov. 11,778 3,817 14,005 35,556 2,327 551 455 11,636 3,989 8,315 r37,703 r2,477 rl,625 3:4,530 rl2,153 r4,116 r9,067 r38,378 r2,559 rl,646 r4,221 rll,580 r4,037 rl0,486 ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ. ) , TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive dealers Furniture, home furn., and equip, stores Building materials and hardware dealers do. . . do. . . do... do. . . do.. . 50,552 15,904 8,945 2,335 2,162 51,734 16,690 9,666 2,347 2,186 54,100 17,481 10,125 2,361 2,365 r54,634 rl7,559 rl0,098 r2,439 r2,319 r55,657 rl8,202 rl0,513 r2,509 2,480 Nondurable goods stores Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores do.. , do... do... do.. . do. . . do... do. . . 34,648 289 556 163 11,250 3,716 35,044 337 569 219 247 853 8,459 36,619 2,395 1,634 4,407 11,774 3,985 8,611 r37,075 r2,446 rl,667 r4,356 rll,909 r4,067 r8,939 r37,455 r2,403 rl,720 r4,392 rll,987 r4,090 r8,997 do.. . do.. . 78,428 75,129 73,041 74,676 81,141 81,848 83,875 81,658 do... do... 16,606 15,826 21,871 15,978 16,079 16,636 rl7,251 rl6,971 Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total 18,239 17,179 1976 FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of month mil. $ Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks do.. Loans to cooperatives do.. Other loans and discounts do.. Money and interest rates: Bank rates on short-term business loans: In 35 centers percent per annum New York City do.. 7 other northeast centers do. . 8 north central centers do. . 7 southeast centers do. . 8 southwest centers do.. 4 west coast centers do.. CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, total mi 1. $ Repaid, total do. . Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total do.. Repaid, total do. . Installment credit, total, outstanding do. . 35,868 18,570 4,467 12,841 36,290 18,741 4,872 12,677 16,664 14,178 15,569 13,811 15,239 14,227 14,579 13,255 159,216 15,685 14,282 171,160 15,775 14,294 172,918 16,055 14,491 173,930 34,609 27,490 6,166 691 262 36,564 28,710 6,712 922 220 r36,854 r28,718 r6,787 r999 r350 34,679 26,331 7,185 923 240 r31,301 16,380 4,041 10,880 35,566 18,390 4,360 12,816 8.29 7.99 8.53 8.15 8.70 8.37 8.67 .80 .48 .18 .70 .95 .75 .15 14,518 13,782 13,609 12,579 14,609 13,429 158,185 42,435 33,107 8,275 723 330 31,354 16,247 4,087 11,020 Oct. LEATHER AND PRODUCTS SHOES AND SLIPPERS, PRODUCTION, TOTAL thous. pairs Shoes, sandals, and play shoes, exc. athletic, total..do.. Slippers for housewear do.. Athletic do.. Other footwear do.. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION Air Carriers (Scheduled Service) Certificated route carriers--Quarterly data: Operating revenues Passenger revenues Cargo revenues Mail revenues Operating expenses Net income after taxes Domestic operations: Operating revenues Operating expens es Net income after taxes International operations: Operating revenues Operating expenses Net income after taxes r/ Revised, 84,134 p/ Preliminary. 1/ mil. $ do. . do.. do. . do.. do.. *4,174 *3,389 *344 *72 *3,950 *118 p4,815 p3,957 p384 p74 p4,364 p272 do. . do.. do. . *3,203 *3,075 *42 p3,739 p3,439 pl85 do.. do. . do. . *971 *875 *75 pi,076 p924 p87 Data for Dec. 1976 are advanced estimates. For 3d quarter 1975. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1976 ITEM Sept. Oct. Dec. METALS AND MANUFACTURES Industrial supplies, machinery and equipment: New orders index, seasonally adjusted .1967-69=100.. Industrial suppliers distribution: Sales index, seasonally adjusted ......1967=100.. Price index, not seasonally adjusted (tools, material handling equipment, valves, fittings, abrasives, fasteners, metal products, etc.)............................1967=100.. 145.1 148.2 169.2 171.2 171.9 166.1 159.3 190.2 186.6 186.8 172.0 172.9 180.4 181.5 182.9 744 655 89 8.8 7.6 1.2 701 600 102 9.4 8.0 1.4 792 645 147 9.9 8.2 1.7 869 731 138 9.4 7.6 1.9 841 721 120 9.4 7.9 1.5 p807 695 pll2 pl0.9 9.3 pi.5 1,443 1,530 1,419 1,508 1,415 1,509 1,364 1,468 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.3 1,423 1,510 2.3 1,465 1,554 2.0 74.21 64.90 179.64 66.41 59.49 43.95 215.93 61.93 53.64 47.15 73.10 67.10 59.95 49.53 157.63 54.35 69.38 56.88 208.02 75.51 13.72 14.98 14.67 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Passenger cars (new): Retail sales, total, not seasonally adj ... .....thous.. Domestics .do. . . . Imports do... . Total, seas, adjusted at annual rate............ .mil,. Domestics ..........................................do.... Imports do... . Retail inventories, end of mo., domestics: Not seasonally adjusted.............................thous.. Seasonally adjusted..................................do.... Inventory-retail sales ratio, domestics...................... Exports (BuCensus), assembled cars ....................thous.. To Canada. do.... Imports (BuCensus), complete units .............do.... From Canada, total................................... do... . Trucks and buses (new): Exports (BuCensus), assembled units....................do. .. . Imports (BuCensus), including separate chassis and bodies RAILROAD EQUIPMENT: thous.. Freight cars (all railroads and private car lines): Shipments. .number Equipment manufacturers do. . New orders ........................................... do.. Equipment manufacturers do. . Unfilled orders, end of month .do. . Equipment manufacturers ............................ do. . 38.70 58.65 74.99 56.21 67.54 5,757 5,022 r3,214 3,014 r45,941 38,793 7,426 6,388 4,049 4,049 40,135 34,025 3,960 3,458 6,427 5,227 26,082 20,625 3,906 3,434 4,273 4,073 26,549 21,364 103 680 494 494 24,839 20,077 p_/ Preliminary. USC0MM--DC--84,134 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209
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