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January 18,1980 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS STATES O* * Annual Subscription: domestic, $22.00; foreign, $27.50 (no single copies sold). Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. LJ U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 550 . TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 525 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS |550 Weekly (Wednesday data) Monthly (average of Wednesday data) (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 500 475 450 425 400 375 375 350 L,,J„ <,, i i i i \ i > \ \ i i J. J 1976 L—J—-L J 1977 i L I I I I L_J I J «__J 1978 350 4__L 1979 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Federal Reserve Board THOUSANDS 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 • (Passenger cars) THOUSANDS 350 Monthly Weekly __ 1,000 _ 300 250 1978 1979 800 200 600 150 1 + 100 400 *^1980 200 50 01 i t i i i I i i i i i 1 i 1976 i i i i i i i i i i J_J 1977 ' ' i I ' i ' ' ' • • ' I ' ' ' ' ' 1979 1978 I I I ! i i J FMAMJ l l l jlo JASOND 1 i ii Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. 1910-14=100 900 PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS 800 240 700 220 600h 200 500 h 180 1967=100 2601 ~~ W H O L E S A L E PRICES All Commodities Industrial Commodities Farm Products and Processed Food and Feed (incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) 400 ' »» 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1976 1977 : U.S. Dept OT Agriculture ' ' I I I I I I I I I I I I M I I I I I t I I 1978 1979 160 I M I I I 1 I i I I 1 I 1 I I I 1 I I S I I 1976 1977 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly Irt the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1978 i | I 1 I I I II I I 1979 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1980 1979 ITEM Jan. Jan. 6 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2 / 9 Foods t u f f s 1 3 Raw i n d u s t r i a l s 1967=100.. .....^o.... ...do.... 251.5 245,6 255.6 13 Dec. 253.5 249.1 256.4 22 Dec. 285.6 253.7 309.8 29 Jan. 5 286.9 256.7 309.8 287.5 256.0 311.7 Jan. 12 285.4 251 2 311 7 thous . . 559 676 581 589 571 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, a l l p r o g r a m s do S t a t e programs (50 S t a t e s , D . C . , and P u e r t o Rico) do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & B r a d s t r e e t ) . . . n u m b e r . . 3,203 3,047 99 3,156 2,997 125 2,812 2,649 129 3,299 3,117 72 63 189 114,720 132,678 43,420 726 113,761 128,914 41,722 -122 123,682 139,051 43,816 119 124,728 141,347 44,056 496 125,463 143,400 44,767 550 el24,844 140,976 44,765 197 113,248 77,865 445,199 35,549 134,038 80,655 105,538 77,862 443,306 35,104 132,108 81,058 107,180 72,428 501,171 36,383 154,683 98,314 116,998 72,252 503,967 35,592 155,814 98,280 9.64 97,80 109.08 9.65 98.77 110.02 11.40 108.20 121.35 11.49 107.78 120.83 11.54 105.76 118.41 11.60 109.05 122,30 11,170 46,236 150,737 8,457 11,800 48,582 185,603 8,45 7 15,790 45,670 113,048 e8,581 10,655 39,326 0 e8,581 11,040 42,577 88,419 e8,627 107,898 tons.. 2,429 80.9 2,491 82.9 2 273 78.6 2,152 74.4 2,276 77.9 2,379 81.4 bil.. 12.7 15.8 17.6 12.0 14.4 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, S t a t e p r o g r a m s FINANCE: F e d e r a l Reserve bank c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g , total 3/ A s s e t s and l i a b i l i t i e s of l a r g e commercial b a n k s : Demand d e p o s i t s , a d j u s t e d Savings d e p o s i t s . do.... 4/ .do.... .do.... U.S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s Stock p r i c e s , Industrial, 500 s t o c k s 400 s t o c k s (Stand. do.... $ Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10.. do.... PRODUCTION: E l e c t r i c power, by u t i l i t i e s Steel, mil. raw thous. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES kw.-hr.. sh. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. _3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities. e_/ Estimated. MONTHLY Capability for a full order book BUSINESS STATISTICS 1979 19 78 ITEM Nov. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS. . . 1 9 1 0 - 1 4 = 1 0 0 . . Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 541 454 r483 516 309 349 483 1,116 556 461 r543 490 319 347 471 1,143 602 507 484 480 383 444 495 1,186 591 504 499 518 370 457 514 1,143 r594 r502 r545 r515 r358 451 509 1,198 598 496 518 503 372 440 452 1,208 632 709 800 250 656 722 835 261 702 759 929 232 681 771 891 219 r689 r789 882 248 705 795 900 264 658 638 645 764 71 664 541 652 770 72 740 702 733 862 70 747 709 740 870 68 749 715 739 872 68 757 722 747 880 68 1967=100.. do do 252.2 248.3 254.8 250.8 249.1 251.8 281.1 259.1 297.3 283.8 252.3 307.7 281.0 250.7 304.0 do 215.7 218.2 208.2 216.0 202.3 329.7 163.5 217.5 222.7 211.8 217.2 202.3 334.3 164.6 241.7 241.0 225.7 243.8 230.3 454.4 171.7 245.2 239.5 224.8 248.5 233.5 468.3 174.1 246.9 240.2 227.1 250.2 235.6 476.7 175.6 Fruit Tobacco do do.... do do do do Meat a n i m a l s P o u l t r y and eggs do do do do Commercial v e g e t a b l e s Cotton Feed g r a i n s and h a y Dec. PRICES PIAD BY" FARMERS: A l l commod., s e r v i c e s , PARITY RATIO int., taxes, do do do a n d wage r a t e s . . . d o . . . . do PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES: SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 C o m m o d i t i e s 9 Foodstuffs ALL COMMODITIES Food a n d f e e d s , p r o c e s s e d I n d u s t r i a l commodities C h e m i c a l s and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s F u e l s and r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s , and r/ Revised. „ power... do do do do do 249.4 242.5 229.2 252.8 238.1 488.7 177.0 1979 19 78 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. 1 Dec. COMMODITY PRICES—Con. PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES — C o n . ALL COMMODITIES--Con. I n d u s t r i a l commodities—Con. H i d e s , s k i n s and l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s . . . 215.8 290.0 202.7 235.5 230.0 203.9 179.4 163.2 180.1 182.5 216.2 288.6 203.8 236.6 231.1 205.2 179.7 163.6 180.5 182.8 250.7 309.7 217.6 263.6 252.2 222.8 200.3 171.3 186.2 188.1 25 3.6 308.8 219.6 269.4 255.6 227.2 202.4 171.9 193.6 196.3 248.5 299.0 221.0 270.9 257.1 229.3 204.3 172.4 194.4 197.0 248.9 289.8 222.9 273.5 259.2 231.0 205.7 172.8 195.1 197.6 $0,499 $0,494 $0,454 $0,447 $0,443 $0,439 25,707 22,087 27,494 21,301 26,987 22,898 28,094 26,779 26,239 23,815 25,956 26,516 28,634 27,695 26,464 12,211 4,519 3,530 3,571 12,521 4,695 3,526 3,612 13,172 5,489 3,363 4,082 12,718 5,642 2,942 3,930 11,738 5,105 2,808 4,161 do 7,788 9.176 486 7,833 9,424 502 8,430 10,699 5 51 7,676 10,424 582 7,066 10,613 515 do 22,124 22,117 24,188 25,509 24,057 do do do do 10,551 3,503 2,751 3,385 10,441 3,598 2,753 3,416 11,651 3,716 2,952 3,639 11,947 4,566 3,094 3,595 11,455 3,765 2,852 3,684 6,033 8,511 411 6,053 8,555 431 6,607 9,642 442 7,189 9,760 432 6,533 9,814 412 269,436 275,629 303,902 305,217 307,641 .do do do do 133,908 53,090 45,305 23,006 136,189 54,298 45,939 24,876 148,657 64,822 49,214 24,446 149,152 65,692 48,770 24,860 149,057 67,164 48,673 25,732 do do .do 101,565 43,523 16,017 102,468 47,051 16,042 114,765 50,422 17,105 114,876 50,883 17,244 115,121 52,060 17,349 9.40 9.49 9.93 10.71 11.37 11.35 do do do do 9.03 9.24 9.48 9.83 9.16 9.33 9.53 9.94 | 9.44 9.70 10.03 10.54 10.13 10.46 10.83 11.40 10.76 11.22 11.50 11.99 10.74 11.15 11.46 12.06 do do 9.21 9.58 9.01 9.31 9.67 9.15 9.66 10.19 9.50 10.28 11.13 9.89 | 11.00 11.73 10.35 11.02 11.68 10.44 274.07 804.29 98.40 211.93 274.87 80 7.94 99.38 211.12 309.44 878.50 107.03 262.04 293.20 840.39 102.68 241.91 287.66 815.78 102.69 239.49 298.88 836.14 108.17 253.27 94.71 105.23 103.38 81.71 96.11 106.92 105.82 82.53 108.60 121.06 119.95 88.06 104.47 '\ 116.95 114.66 83.76 103.66 116.12 113.59 81.48 107.78 120.78 119.27 84.52 ...1967=100.. do do do do do do do Dec. 1968=100.. 1967=100.. PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY-1967=$1.00.. Producer p r i c e s FINANCE CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT T o t a l e x t e n d e d and l i q u i d a t e d : Unadjusted: .mil. do Seasonally $.. adjusted: do By m a j o r holder: do do do.... do Credit unions Retailers By m a j o r c r e d i t Automobile type: do An By m a j o r holder: .. Credit unions Retailers By t y p e o f c r e d i t : Automobile Revolving Total outstanding, end of y e a r o r do do do.... month. By m a j o r h o l d e r : 1/ Commercial banks Finance companies Credit unions Retailers By t y p e o f c r e d i t : „ 1/ Mobile home. SECURITY MARKETS BOND YIELDS: By r a t i n g s : Aaa Aa A Baa By g r o u p : Public u t i l i t i e s Rai l r o a d s STOCKS: Prices: Public u t i l i t y Standard £ Poor's (15 s t o c k s ) Corporation: I n d u s t r i a l , t o t a l (400 s t o c k s ) . . C a p i t a l goods (111 s t o c k s ) . . . . Consumer goods (189 s t o c k s ) . . . 1/ Includes data not shown separately. 1941-43=10.. do MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1979 1978 ITEM Sept, Nov. Oct. Dec. FINANCE--Con. SECURITY MARKETS--Con. STOCKS-~Con. Prices—Con. Standard § Poor's Corporation—Con. Combined index (500 stocks)--Con. Utilities (40 stocks) ....................1941-43=10. Transportation (20 stocks) ..................1970=10. Railraod (10 stocks)..... ..........1941-43=10. Financial (40 stocks) ....................*..1970=10. New York City banks (6 stocks).........1941-43=10. Banks outside N.Y.C. (10 stocks).............do.. . Property-Casualty Insurance (6 stocks).......do... New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite,................................. .12/31/65=50. Industrial.......................................do... Transportation...................................do... Utility..........................................do... Finance..........................................do... 49.04 13.17 43.56 11.21 43.61 99.93 101.35 49.32 13.10 43.37 11.36 43.19 100.78 105.07 51.16 15.72 56.00 13.39 47.44 113.53 125.33 49.05 14.64 53.18 12.32 43.04 104.08 120.03 48.79 14.50 54.23 12.08 42.03 101.87 119.87 50.50 15.23 56.90 12.50 43.50 105.44 125.81 52.74 57.50 41.80 37.88 54.95 53.69 58.72 42.49 38.09 55.68 61.89 69.17 52.21 38.39 67.21 59.27 66.68 48.09 36.58 61.64 59.02 66.45 47.61 36.55 60.64 61.75 69.82 50.59 37.29 63.21 909 770 139 11.1 9.1 2.0 769 646 124 11.2 9.4 1.8 775 601 174 10.8 8.7 2.1 899 729 170 9.4 7.3 2.1 775 606 168 9.6 7.2 2.4 733 561 171 10.5 8.0 2.5 1,728 1,735 2.3 1,729 1,740 2.2 1,752 1,693 2.3 ,775 ,704 2.8 ,794 ,712 2.8 1,691 pl 9 591 2.4 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: Total, not seasonally adj usted.............8..........thous. Domes tics............................................do... Imports..............................................do... Total* seasonally adjusted at annual rate...............mil. Domestics•. ...........................................do... Imports .............................................. do... Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of month: Not seasonally adjusted...............................thous. Seasonally adjusted....................................do... Inventory-sales ratio, new cars (domestics)..............do... £,/ P r e l i m i n a r y . I ^ U . S . GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980—311-048/19 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