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J A N U A R Y 17,1975 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS / V \ SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Billion $ 400 Bi lion $ 425 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS ( W e e k l y Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 400 1974 ^y ^v^x/1 375 i ^ \ v 1973 ^r (average I 1971 l ! 1972 I of Wednesday I I I I I I 300 data) I I I (Wednesday I I I I 1973 I I I I I I J. 1974 325 1 < ^ ^ ^ 350 SLP^^l J data) | 1 ,1 1 1 \ 1 I i l l F M A M J J A S O N D J 275 Data: Federal Reserve Board Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (Passenger cars) 1,000 Thousands 350 — - — \ 800 / \ A ~ \ A / 600 / 400 - 200 - 0 1—1 1—1—1 1 1 1 1 L_J 1 1 l_l 1971 !_...! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1972 1 I 1 1 1 i i i i 1973 i i i i i i i 1974 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. Billion $ 50 SALES OF RETAIL STORES (seasonally adjusted) 40 — , — Billion $ 15.0 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT K / 14.0 - CREDIT EXTENDED AND A \ f \ REPAID (seasonally adjusted) /\fS " \ fs/ f 13.0 Total 30 Extended 11.0 10 Nondurable _J.l I J L j J L l 1 1 l I m i l l 1971 1972 Goods f-J 10.0 M M i 1 I i i M i I i i i 1 i 1 i I I 1973 1974 / * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly II * Repaid / — 1 1 1 1 l 1 Data: Federal Reserve Board SURVEY A *"' „ / / ' v 1 9.0 ..ff s1 1 XJ_1_LJ_L 1971 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce / \ , „f A A./ t« \ \ N f^'"\f / VAV ^ — » - ' 20 A J \ \ A^-\/ I 12.0 j 1972 i i i I i 1 I i i i l i i i i i 1 i i iI i._ 1973 1974 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 1974 ITEM Jan. 12 Jan. 5 1975 Dec. 21 Jan. 4 Dec. 28 Jan. 11 1967=100.. do do.... 207.3 198.3 213.7 212.4 209.9 214.1 210.5 262.4 180.6 209.8 263.0 179.2 207.9 257.5 179.2 mil. $.. do.... 8,354 6,084 8,359 5,967 13,666 10,258 11,233 8,491 9,235 6,788 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.. 405 2,707 2,524 109 585 ,710 ,529 157 678 ,639 ,300 153 813 4,293 3,924 11 681 154 225 71,856 78,895 92,854 36,761 160 79,336 95,121 36,824 397 79,620 96,045 37,661 650 78,902 94,079 37,347 180 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/...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 deposi ts do Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do.... U0 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, 425 stocks do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. bil.. 72,470 87,499 35,656 388 87,397 36,296 86 110,220 56,524 356,836 25,659 110,281 55,110 103,733 57,062 355,565 25,954 110,198 55,221 105,359 59,716 390,024 24,059 130,805 60,183 103,350 57,947 388,811 239863 130,880 60,224 108,588 58,355 390,916 239668 131,535 60,288 8.10 8.12 93.42 103.96 9.54 67.90 75.77 9.59 *66.88 *74.61 9.60 *76.47 *68.56 10,780 36,558 130,557 9,093 2,835 116.2 15.5 10,400 37,146 112,479 8,664 2,542 104.2 14.9 8,880 33,096 21 8,700 2,427 99.5 10.6 97.68 109.14 9,885 34,695 90,424 9,129 2,847 116.7 13.0 207.8 255.8 179.8 9.60 70.04 77.71 10,540 34,296 52,654 8,644 2,483 101.8 12.1 115,583 2,589 106.1 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. *Tuesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 ITEM Nov. 1974 Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECIEVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS. .1910-14=100. Crops. .do. Commercial vegetables do... Cotton do... Feed grains and hay do... Food grains do... Fruit do... Tobacco do... 461 410 338 335 330 518 339 738 470 441 343 403 351 570 324 768 451 477 370 375 467 490 370 893 470 516 392 436 490 545 391 903 462 506 431 416 485 552 348 900 449 477 378 369 468 526 321 926 Livestock and products do... Dairy products do... Meat animals do... Poultry and eggs.... do... PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services do... Family living items do... Production items do... All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates...do... PARITY RATIO do... 506 511 637 242 495 519 606 250 427 466 513 218 430 484 508 221 423 496 486 227 425 492 488 233 452 470 439 519 89 458 472 448 525 90 528 535 522 599 75 530 537 525 603 78 537 552 526 610 76 540 556 529 613 73 mil. $. do... do... do... do... 44,552 14,104 8,083 2,159 1,912 49,824 13,409 6,378 2,552 1,771 43,800 13,858 7,591 2,116 2,057 r46,758 r!4,501 r7,978 r2,175 r2,161 r46,371 r13,167 r6,981 r2,200 1,931 52,312 13,435 6,125 2,641 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 30,448 2,214 1,286 3,204 9,207 2,996 8,543 36,415 3,386 1,741 3,272 9,932 2,908 11,618 29,942 1,997 1,330 3,583 9,841 3,426 7,034 r32,257 r2,096 r 1,399 r3,685 r!0,304 r3,546 r7,711 r33,204 r2,175 r!,392 r3,594 rlO,770 r3,359 r8,706 38,877 3,279 1,863 3,609 10,774 3,349 12,252 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 1/ Durabl e goods stores Automotive group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group Nondurabl e goods stores Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores r] Revised. ] / Data for Dec. 1974 are advance estimates. 61,858 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — C o n t i n u e d 3 1973 ITEM 1974 Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 42,976 14,090 8,183 2,046 1,890 42,116 13,270 7,400 1,975 1,835 46,177 14,419 8,193 2,198 1,958 r45,803 rl3,645 r7,514 r2,lll rl,957 r44,490 rl3,502 28,886 2,006 1,322 3,331 9,135 2,966 7,213 28,846 2,051 1,297 3,387 9,264 2,902 7,002 31,758 2,122 1,415 3,530 10,363 3,503 7,578 r32,158 r2,087 r1,429 r3,623 r l 0,431 r3,507 r7,533 r31,438 1,966 1,416 3,717 10,519 3,356 7,370 66,210 63,923 63,018 64,832 70,608 71,147 74,903 73,908 77,457 74,836 14,653 13,332 18,305 13,222 13,499 14,524 r!4,597 r!4,579 15,736 14,302 do... 77,915 63,994 43,680 25,061 648 4,099 77,924 63,961 43,638 25,090 652 4,115 78,844 64,401 44,289 24,733 682 3,939 r78,865 r64,334 r44,352 r24,585 r692 r3,911 r78,400 r63,834 r44,188 r24,194 r696 r3,852 Manufacturing do... Durable goods do... Nondurable goods do... Service-producing do... Transportation, communication, e l e c t r i c , gas, e t c . . . d o . . . 20,314 12,021 8,293 52,854 4,692 20,323 12,036 8,287 52,834 4,688 20,112 11,906 8,206 54,111 r!9,646 rll,626 r8,020 4,679 r!9,982 r l 1,841 r8,141 r54,280 r4,699 DOMESTIC TRADE—Con. RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES—Con. ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL ]_/ mil. Durable goods stores do. Automoti ve group do. Furniture and appliance group do. Lumber, building, hardware group do. Nondurable goods stores do... Apparel group do... Drug and proprietary stores do... Eating and drinking places do... Food group do... Gasoline service stations do... General merchandise group with nonstores do... ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, total do... Adjusted, total do... RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total do... Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total do... LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC.ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ....thous. Private sector do... Nonmanufacturing industries do... Goods-producing do... Mining do... Contract construction Nov. 6,935 2,105 1,924 54,206 r4,693 Wholesale and r e t a i l trade Wholesale trade Retail trade do... do... do... 16,904 4,205 12,699 16,826 4,205 12,621 17,166 4,275 12,891 17,160 r4,287 r!2,873 rl 7,042 r4,287 rl2,755 Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Government Federal do... do... do... do... 4,116 13,221 13,921 2,673 11,248 4,121 13,236 13,963 2,680 11,283 4,176 13,647 14,443 2,747 11,696 r4,185 rl3,705 rl4,531 2,748 H I , 783 r4,179 rl3,726 rl4,566 r2,746 rll,820 53,019 14,937 8,819 52,929 14,942 8,831 53,171 14,671 8,651 r53,091 r14,548 r8,593 r52,607 rl4,227 r8,384 36.9 37.9 40.6 3.8 41.3 4.0 39.6 3.4 33.1 37.0 37.2 40.6 3.7 41.4 3.9 39.7 3.3 33.0 36.7 36.5 40.0 3.3 40.8 3.5 39.0 3.0 32.5 36.6 37.2 40.1 3.2 40.7 3.4 39.0 2.9 32.4 36.2 37.2 39.5 r2.8 40.3 r3.0 r38.3 2.5 32.4 4.03 4.86 6.46 4.17 4.04 4.91 6.48 4.19 4.32 5.36 6.94 4.53 r4.35 5.40 6.90 4.57 r4.36 r5.25 T6.88 r4.58 5.17 3.29 3.64 3.56 5.20 3.30 3.68 3.58 5.56 3.55 3.92 3.80 r5.64 3.57 r3.91 r3.82 r5.66 r3.58 r3.86 150.3 151.6 156.5 147.2 151.1 153.1 156.9 147.9 162.1 167.3 167.9 159.6 r!63.3 H67.8 rl67.2 161.5 164.0 H66.8 rl66.8 162.4 do 160.0 146.9 141.3 154.2 160.6 147.5 142.8 155.5 171.8 158.7 152.9 164.4 r!74.1 H59.7 152.8 r!65.4 H74.9 H60.0 H53.3 H66.7 do !do 114.4 104.6 113.9 104.6 113.4 101.3 rl!3.0 rl00.3 rill.3 r96.8 State and local do... Production or nonsupervisory workers on payrolls of private nonagricultural establishments, seas, adj.: Empl oyees, total thous. Manufacturing do... Durabl e goods do... Average weekly hours per worker, seasonally adjusted: Total private hours. Contract construction do... Manufacturing do..., Overtime hours do!.. Durabl e goods do Overtime hours do Nondurable goods do Overtime hours do'.'.'.', Retail trade do.... Hourly earnings, average, seasonally adjusted: Total private nonfarm payrolls dollars.. Mining do Contract construction do.... Manufacturing do Transportation, communication, elec, gas, etc do.... Wholesale and retail trade do.... Finance, insurance, and real estate do.... Servi ces do.... Indexes of average hourly earnings, seasonally adjusted: Private nonfarm economy (prod, or nonsupervisory workers): Current do! 1 ars 1967=100.. Mi ning do Contract construction do.... Manufacturing do...'. Transportation, communication, elec, gas, etc do Wholesale and retail trade do Finance, insurance, and real estate do Servi ces Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours, production or nonsupervisory workers, seasonally a d j . : Private sector payrolls Manufacturing [[[...... r/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. 1 / Dec. 1974 data are advance estimates. 3.93 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1974 1973 ITEM Oct. Nov. Sept. Aug. Oct. Nov. FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT-AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of month .mil. $ Installment credit, total do.. Installment of credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, total do.. Repaid, total. do.. Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total do.. Repaid, total do., Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total . .mil. $ Ordinary (incl. mass-marketed ord.).................do.. Group do.. Industrial do'.. 174,840 143,610 176,969 145,400 187,369 154,472 187,906 155,139 188,023 155,328 188,084 155,166 14,454 12,937 14,098 12,308 15,209 12,879 13,294 12,627 13,837 13,648 12,431 12,593 14,149 12,449 14,275 12,549 14,394 12,882 14,089 13,412 13,626 13,224 12,609 13,009 20,326 14,614 5,165 547 20,293 14,177 5,578 538 *49,491 15,146 *33,829 516 21,579 14,519 6,542 519 22,623 16,237 5,793 593 22,483 15,073 6,876 534 Nov. Dec. 19 74 19 73 SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Standard § Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks) ..... 1941-43=10 Industrial, total (425 stocks) .do.. Capital goods (116 stocks) .do.. Consumers' goods (184 stocks) .do.. Public utility (55 stocks) .do.. Railroad (20 stocks) .do.. Banks: New York City (9 stocks) .do.. Outside New York City (16 stocks).. .do.. Property liability insurance (16 stocks) do.. Oct. Nov. Dec. 102.03 114.64 115.48 96.97 48.30 39.74 94.78 106.16 107.44 86.57 45.73 41.48 68.12 76.54 76.03 63.51 30.93 31.55 69.44 77.57 77.49 62.79 33.80 33.70 71.74 80.17 79.35 65.84 34.45 35.95 67.07 74.80 74.06 62.51 32.85 34.81 69.63 107.01 .117.72 65.33 101.09 111.89 42.00 58.99 60.47 44.15 65.48 66.22 47.51 70.52 77.71 44.43 65.05 81.06 Sept. ^Includes $28,500 mil. SGLI. USCOMM--DC-- 619858 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail OV-UT/O/^ ^6-191* WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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