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JANUARY 18. 1974 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1-43 = 10 1941-43 = 10 140 Weekly (Wednesday close) 1970 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1967 = 125 1972 1971 100 ' ' ' I i i i i L_ J F M A M J J A S O N D 1973 Billion$ Billion$ / - TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 130 90 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) / 120 - (seasonally adjusted) 80 120 // V / 115 110 — / — Inventories (right scale) 70 60 105 — \ ,,,,, i,, S f , /] 1. — i. i. 1970 1971 Data: Federal Reserve Board i i i i 111 i ii ii i i i i 1972 1973 Billion $ 50 -n 1 0 0 - Shipments T (left scale) "S « 1 i 1X /i ii ii t" i i i 1 i ii ii ii ii i i i i i 1971 1970 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce Billion$ SALES OF RETAIL STORES 14.0 (seasonally adjusted) 13.0 JV- ~ CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED A N D — REPAID (seasonally adjusted) 12.0 11.0 Extended - 10.0 20 10 ' fsj - /V A Repaid 9.0 Goods Ky > i i i 111 i i9 i0 i 1973 1972 50 Nondurable no ^ ^ \ / — JC* - 8.0 » II I I ) I I I 1970 1971 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1972 1973 i.i i i I_LI i M 1i,1 LI I _L_i .1.1 .1 1. 1 II II I.i I I IJ 111,11 1, JJLIJJL 1972 1973 1970 1971 Data: Federal Reserve Board * 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 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1974 1973 Jan. 13 Dec. 22 Dec. 29 Jan. 5 1967=100 131.9 133.6 205.4 "206.0 207.3 mil. $ do.. 7,601 5,297 8,064 5,462 13,479 10,147 9,890 7,189 8,456 6,124 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 345 2,334 2,1.21 125 412 2,383 2,171 161 430 2,024 1,863 174 461 2,323 2,154 89 405 109 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.. 66,553 78,912 32,604 560 66,023 78,233 32,506 -130 71,682 85,480 35,128 263 72,233 87,276 35,446 497 72,462 87,479 35,635 -390 do.. do.. do.. do.* do.., do.., 106,253 58,612 311,248 29,157 91,465 45,010 102,695 58,515 309,276 28,939 91,028 46,125 103,209 56,241 351,100 25,441 109,119 54,894 110,167 56,345 354 494 "25'551 109,818 54,959 112,172 57,013 356,706 25,429 110,711 55,130 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent, Stock prices. 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.. 1941-43=10, Industrial, 425 stocks do.., 7.47 119.57 133.62 7.47 119.43 133.60 8.06 94.82 106.21 8.08 95.74 107.09 97.68 109.14 thous. sh. tons, mil. kw.-hr, number, thous. bbl, 9,060 34,331 170,197 9,289 10,225 38,111 204,609 9,308 11,250 36,879 121,334 9,188 7,945 31,952 73 9,175 9,885 34,695 90,424 9,129 thous. sh. tons, 1967=100, 2,688 110.2 2,736 112.1 2,851 116.9 2,790 114.4 2,847 116.7 bil. 13.0 14.5 15.4 11.3 12.7 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 1) ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: Demand deposits, adjusted Savings deposits Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total U.S. Government obligations Commercial and industrial loans (gross) Real estate loans (gross) 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 1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 4/ 2_/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 8.10 "Friday price. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 1972 ITEM Nov. Dec. 2./ 127.0 rl27.3 126.6 124.3 rl22.4 rl32.3 138.2 129.8 118.4 151.8 rl42.9 rl24.4 122.8 rl32.8 rl38.2 rl30.9 122.5 rl47.1 rl42.3 rl24.9 rl23.2 133.2 rl38.9 rl34.1 124.8 rl52.0 rl41.5 123.9 122.0 130.7 134.4 122.9 106.2 154.5 141.0 125.0 112.2 128.4 101.5 114.4 80.1 127.7 124.4 123.5 126.4 119.5 130.1 118.0 rl33.2 rl08.5 rl25.8 79.8 131.0 131.3 rl32.3 rl30.3 rl28.3 rl30.8 116.4 rl34.6 rl08.8 rl26.2 80.1 rl30.5 rl31.5 133.0 rl29.9 rl26.7 rl30.9 ...... rl34.6 rl09.3 rl27.1 79.9 rl31.2 rl3l.3 rl33.4 rl29.5 rl23.8 132.5 109.9 127.6 80.6 131.0 131.0 133.6 129.7 118.7 120.4 116.3 125.4 122.3 116.8 106.6 126.6 122.7 124.3 120.3 rl26.3 rl23.3 rl27.8 131.5 130.0 107.3 141.5 128.9 128.8 130.4 rl26.3 rl23.6 rl30.8 rl32.6 rl28.5 rl08.9 rl41.0 rl27.4 rl31.2 rl28.8 126.9 rl24.1 rl30.0 rl32.9 rl30.5 rl08.3 rl41.8 132.6 129.6 128.4 127.1 124.0 130.4 134.1 131.0 103.3 143.5 Nov. Dec. Sept. 120.2 121.1 126.8 118.6 116.3 127.4 131.0 138.3 126.6 160.6 126.9 119.1 116.8 127.7 135.0 142.9 133.9 160.0 130.5 126.0 114.8 128.9 100.7 113.4 79.6 127.6 122.8 121.4 124.6 122.6 119.5 115.3 122.9 122.2 115.7 105.0 125.1 126.8 123.1 118.5 Oct. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) 1967=100.. BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Products, total Final products Auto parts and allied goods Nondurable consumer goods Consumer staples Defense and space equipment Intermediate products Materials Durable goods materials Nondurable goods materials BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL Fabricated metal products Clay, glass, and stone products Furniture and fixtures rj Revised . p/ Preliminary. 11,559 129.4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1973 19 72 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. 125.6 125.7 110.1 85.9 131.3 112.6 126.2 124.2 111.1 87.4 133.6 111.3 130.7 rl30.2 115.4 86.4 134.8 113.6 rl30.3 129.3 114.3 83.1 rl35.3 112.1 143.2 124.4 151.5 119.4 112.5 109.7 124.7 102.6 110.0 148.2 155.2 144.7 125.5 154.7 119.7 102.5 108.2 128.1 98.6 108.2 148.5 155.6 rl53.0 126.0 163.6 rl23.2 109.1 rill.8 rl36.6 rl09.8 rl09. 7 155.8 165.1 rl53.2 129.2 rl61.4 rl22.5 113.7 rill.3 rl38.3 rl03.0 rl09.8 rl56.2 rl65.3 rll0.4 138.2 rl04.1 rl07.9 rl53.5 rl62.0 39,790 13,229 7,775 1,959 1,759 26,561 2,055 1,201 2,782 7,991 2,668 7,487 38,713 13,173 7,825 1,846 1,747 25,540 1,891 1,250 2,913 8,134 2,681 6,354 47,004 13,725 7,274 2,330 1,664 33,2 79 3,177 1,668 2,910 8,948 2,724 10,755 39,417 13,640 8,300 1,808 1,711 25,777 1,899 1,236 2,957 8,071 2,713 6,362 40,906 13,718 7,843 1,972 1,937 27,188 1,974 1,226 3,339 8,859 2,827 6,594 42,525 14,267 8,457 2,063 1,836 28,258 2,042 1,278 3,261 8,992 2,876 6,989 r43,721. rl5,171 r8,982 r2,049 r2,068 r28,550 r2,030 rl,300 r3,341 r8,929 r2,981 r7,172 r43,070 rl4,331 r8,482 r2,005 rl,867 r28,739 r2,019 rl,332 r3,308 r9,194 r3,051 r6,995 r44,638 rl4,173 r8,117 r2,192 1,924 r30,465 r2,212 rl,305 r3,228 r9,247 r2,98 7 r8,508 r43,035 rl4,15 7 8,215 2,078 1,902 r28,878 2,005 1,341 3,356 9,175 2,923 7,184 56,816 54,658 53,283 54,700 r58,682 r58,974 60,873 r59,817 63,102 60,928 12,814 11,944 16,906 11,830 12,437 13,013 rl3,181 rl3,332 14,640 13,324 89,400 86,969 82,703 3,363 79,340 4,266 89,437 86,997 82,881 3,163 79,719 4,116 91,298 89,006 84,841 3,436 81,406 4,165 92,046 89,757 85,994 3,525 82,469 3,763 92,168 89,884 85,828 3,41.9 82,409 4,056 87,023 82,525 3,556 78,969 4,498 1,068 87,267 82,780 3,650 79,130 4,487 1,001 89,403 85,127 3,370 81,757 4,276 778 89,764 85,695 3,471 82,224 4,069 776 89,952 85,688 3,636 82,052 4,264 855 5.2 3.5 5.0 15.6 4.6 10.1 2.5 3.1 5.8 5.3 10.5 4.6 4.2 5.1 3.4 5.1 15.7 4.6 9.6 2.4 3.3 5.6 5.2 9.8 4.4 3.9 4.8 3.1 4.8 14.4 4.2 9.4 2.1 2.9 5.1 4.8 9.9 4.2 4.1 4.5 2.9 4.4 13.9 4.1 8.3 4.7 3.0 4.7 14.6 4.2 9.1 2.1 2.2 2.7 5.1 4.5 9.1 3.7 3.6 2.7 5.5 4.9 9.6 4.2 3.5 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)—Con. SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INC. UTIL.)—Con. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS—Con. MANUFACTURING, TOTAL--Con. Printing and publishing Foods * : : : do MINING ...do Coal UTILITIES rl31.2 129.3 82.3 135.3 r]12.7 rl52.4 129.0 163.4 rl25.7 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 1/ General merchandise group with nonstores ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 1/ .mil. $.. ...do Lumber, building, hardware group Drug and proprietary stores General merchandise group with nonstores ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, total RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total ...do.... ...do LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over. Nonagricultural industries Unemployed Long-term, 15 weeks and over Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group): All civilian workers Men, 20 years and over Women, 20 years and over Both sexes, 16-19 years White Negro and other races Married men Occupation: White-collar workers Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers... Construction Manufacturing Durable goods r/ Revised, jd/ Preliminary. 1/ Data for Dec. 19 73 are advance estimates, 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 Nov. Sept FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of months .<,„ .. .>. . . .. «> „.«, « » .. . . » « .mil. $ » Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks.» ......... - .do» » «, Loans to cooperatives. .. . • ,... .> «..«•.».»c •.. do.. ..» Other loans and discounts.<.........„................ c do... Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas. adj.: Total. (233 SMSA1 s )....................,...........'„„., ,bi.l. $ c New York SMSA. do.,.. Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.)..««.«.. .. < do... 6 other leading SMSA' .do,.. . 226 other SMSA's.,......................„....„.„»,..-do... Commercial bank credit (last Wednesday of month, except for June 30 and Dec* 31 call dates), seas... adj.: To Lai. loans and investments 1 / ,,, a , «. „«..» .. ...on..... «bil. Loans 1_/ . « .. „ do. . . U.S. Government securities. « « « . . . . . . • . „ . „do. . . Other securities ... * <> „ »* « -..... ,. «. ..,«...... do - =,« CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of monLh. „..... „„„..«,«... o . =«.mil„ $« Installment credit, t o t a l . . « ... n = ..<.»,„<>..., do * ,,, Installment credit^extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended , total. «.. • • . . o * . . . ...« « «,. „ „ .«.. . . d o . .. Repa id, total . . . . . 0 U 0 U J . . . . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . u . . do... Seasonally adjusted: Extended , total do. * .= Repaid, total ,«.... ..do. •. Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA1s).............. ratio of debits to deposits™ New York SMSA,, „ „ „., .„.„„.,...,< „,, „ » .,,....„„...,..»do.,. c 0.do. Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.)... ...do. 6 other leading SMSA's......... ...do. 226 other SMSA's............... rj Revised. USC0.MM--DC- - 21,346 10,592 2,738 8,016 21,454 10,781 2,711 7! 961 21,505 10,926 17,914.5 8,025.3 9,889.1 4,192.1 5,697.1 r18,388.6 8,137.2 rl0,251.3 4,413.5 r5,837.8 19.091.1 8,437.9 10.653.2 4,550.7 6.102.5 618 o 2 438.1 56.3 123 08 621.7 440.0 54,9 126.8 624.6 443.6 54.5 126.5 173,0.35 142,093 174,840 143,610 176,969 145,400 12,624 11,341 14.454 12^937 14,098 12,308 13,691 12,332 14,149 12,449 14,275 12,549 107.4 266.4 72.4 111.5 57.5 2,662 7,917 rl09o5 265.3 r 74. 7 116.3 r58.8 113.4 274.9 77.,4 119.5 61.3 1/ Excludes interbank loans® 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 •O^T'O/V WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS First-Class Mail 625..4 444.5 53.2 127.7
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