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January 23, 1970 A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STATISTICS COMMERCE PUBLICATION A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS INDICATORS Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 - 300 - 250 1969 200 r J * 150 * 100 1^-1970 50 U Weekly ^ L™LJ„J 1969 1968 1967 1970 0 L.JU—i j . \ i J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Billion $ 800 Billion $ 900 PERSONAL INCOME 1957-59 = 100 220 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) (Seas, a d j . , at annual rates) 700 200 — H 600 180 - H 500 160 - 400 140 800 Total (left scale) 700 Wage and Salary Disbursements (right scale) 600 5 0 0 i''"Ti • T i • i • i i 1967 1968 1969 , i i . . . 1 i . i i . , i i 1 i 1 : i i . .1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I1I 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1970 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1968 1969 1970 Data: Federal Reserve Board Million 2.5 1957-59 = 100 150 CONSUMER PRICES , ' ' PRIVATE NONFARM HOUSING STARTS (Seas, a d j . , a t annual rates) 2.0 h I4U All Services 130 — _ « ^ «<»** S s V-' 1.5 h **' ^s*\„„ 4// - .* 1.0 Items 120 ' 110 ^ ^ = .5 h - Food .11 I I 1 1 1 1 1 ,l,,l 1 1l 1 I 1 I I 1 MM i l l Li. 1.1, L I , i l l I 1 1 i i i I I 1967 1968 1969 1970 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1967 1968 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce ^ A v a i l a b l e only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected il i I I I i I I ll ' ' » ' ' ' ' ' • ' ' weekly a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1969 1970 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1970 1969 ITEM Jan. 11 Jan. 18 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 J a n . 10 J a n . 17 114.1 99.8 100.5 112.1 112.6 113.2 mil. $. do... 5,905 4,110 5,937 4,060 7,875 5,902 6,283 4,483 5,973 4,325 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. 337 1,603 1,509 157 266 1,562 1,469 192 320 1,627 1,534 103 345 1,889 1,788 131 429 172 182 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 2 / mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 2/. ..do... Member bank reserve balances 2 / do... Excess reserves, estimated jj do... 50,472 60,210 27,955 202 50,023 59,683 28,567 -226 53,757 64,183 27,855 240 53,975 65,141 28,661 53,586 64,706 28,714 -264 53,040 62,846 28,920 3 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: j±/ Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $. 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... 84,812 48,958 230,347 28,228 73,921 32,138 73,836 32,137 82,875 46,139 231,555 23,270 80,514 34,063 90,501 46,632 235,732 23,912 81,634 33,576 85,507 46,453 231,694 23,495 79,909 33,472 6.91 100.80 109.64 6.90 101.62 IIO.63 8.26 91.18 100.55 8.32 92.06 101.49 8.36 92.63 102.01 1,725 28,057 194,304 9,026 1,817 27,733 193,027 9,043 1,731 27,455 38,696 9,506 1,676 27,564 30,991 9,494 1,446 30,760 155,828 9,528 thous. sh. tons. 1957-59=100. 2,405 129.1 2,513 134.9 2,454 131.7 2,603 139.7 2,541 136.4 bil. 13.8 14.3 10.6 11,1 13.0 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ „... 1957-59=100. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) %J percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) hj.1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 2j thous. sh. tons. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (passenger cars) number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. bbl. Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do n o t always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2 / Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 2J D a i l y a v e r a g e . -SB 8.33 91.65 100.92 143,559 2,549 136.8 Uj Wednesday d a t a BUSINESS STATISTICS 1968 1969 ITEM III GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCTS: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT AJtfNUAL RATES: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL bil. Personal consumption expenditures, total do. Durable goods, total do. Automobiles and parts do. Furniture and household equipment do. 876.4 544.9 IV II III IV S/ 38.6 35.0 892.5 550.7 86.3 39.0 34.6 908.7 562.0 88.4 39.4 35.5 924.8 572.8 90.6 40.0 36.8 942.8 579.8 89.8 40.8 35.8 953.1 589.2 89.6 40.9 35.6 do. do. do. do. 233.3 47.4 116.1 19.5 234.3 47.3 116.4 19.5 238 48 118 20 242.1 50.0 119.1 21.0 245.1 50.8 119.9 21.8 249.4 50.6 122.6 22.0 do. do. do. do. 225.8 31.6 77.9 16.3 230.1 31.9 79.8 16.5 235.0 32.7 81.3 17.1 240.1 33.1 82.8 17-3 244, 3384. 17. 250.2 34.2 86.3 17.9 Gross private domestic investment, total Fixed investment Nonresidential.., Residential structures Change in business inventories do. do. do. do. do. 125.2 118.0 88.1 29.9 7.2 133.9 123.4 91.5 31.9 10.5 135.2 128.6 95.3 33.3 6.6 137.4 130.5 97.8 32.7 6.9 143.3 132.5 101.1 31.4 10.7 142.4 134.5 103.0 31.6 7.8 Net exports of goods and services Exports Imports do. do. do. 3.6 53.4 49.7 1.2 50.6 49.4 1. 47. 46. 1 57. 55 2.7 57.8 55.2 2.6 59.1 56.4 Gov't purchases of goods and services, total...do. Federal do. National defense. do. S t a t e and l o c a l do. 202.5 100.9 78.8 101.7 206,7 101.9 79.3 104.8 210, 101. 79. 108.5 212.9 100.6 78.5 112.3 217.0 103.2 80.3 113.8 218.9 102.7 79.2 116.2 Nondurable Clothing Food and Gasoline goods, total and shoes beverages and oil Services, total Household operation Housing... i Transportation g/ P r e l i m i n a r y 7235 0 „ , &5^B MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1963 1969 ITEM IV III GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT—Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES—Con. NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL bil. $.. Compensation of employees, total do.... Proprietors' income, total do.... Business and professional do.... Farm do.... Rental income of persons do.... Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj.,total.do.... Corporate profits before tax, total do.... Corporate profits after tax do.... Net interest do.... PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total Less: Personal tax and nontax payments Equals: Disposable personal income Less: Personal outlays Equals: Personal saving ....do.... do.... do.... do.... .do.... II III 724.1 519.8 64.1 49.3 14.8 21.2 90.6 91.5 50.0 28,4 73'7.3 532.3 64.I 49.7 14.4 21.4 90.3 94.5 51.6 29.3 751.3 546.0 64.6 49.7 14.9 21.5 89.5 95.5 r51.7 29.8 765. 558. 66. 50. 16. 21. 89. 95r51. 30, 780.6 571.9 67.3 50.5 16.8 21.7 BS.B 92.5 r49*7 30.9 696.1 102.6 593.4 560.2 33.2 711.2 107.0 604.3 566.2 38.0 724.4 114.2 610.2 577.7 32.5 740.5 118.5 622.0 756.5 117.5 639.0 596.0 43.1 33.3 1968 Nov. PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income .bil. $. Wage and salary disbursements, total do... Commodity-producing industries, total do.,. Manufacturing do... Distributive industries do... Service industries do... Government do... Other labor income do... Proprietors' income: Business and professional do... Farm do... Rental income of persons do... Dividends do... Personal interest income do... Transfer payments do... Less personal contributions for soc. insurance..do... Total nonagricultural income do... INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.)...1957-59=100. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL do... Durable manufactures do... Primary metals . <, do... Fabricated metal products do... Machinery do... Transportation equipment do... Nondurable manufactures do... MINING do... UTILITIES do... Electric do... BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Final products, total do... Consumer goods do... Automotive and home goods do... Automotive products do... Autos do... Auto parts and allied products do... Apparel and staples do... Equipment, including defense. do... Business equipment do... Materials do... Durable goods materials do... Nondurable materials do... COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted indexes: All items 1957-59=100. Special group indexes: All items less food do... All items less medical care do... Commodities do... Nondurables do... Nondurables less food do... Durables do... Services do... Services less rent .........do... 9 Food do... Meats, poultry, and fish do... Dairy products do... Fruits and vegetables do... r / Revised. 7235 JD/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 1969 Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. 711.5 482.2 187.5 150.5 113.5 82.0 99.1 25.0 716.0 485.8 189.6 151.8 113.3 83.O 99.9 25.1 760.7 519.9 201.5 160.7 121.8 89.4 107.2 26.6 763.7 522.2 201.8 160.6 122.3 90.3 107.8 26.8 r767.4 r525.1 r201.7 rl59.8 rl23.5 r91.5 rl08.4 26.9 49.7 14.3 21.4 24.O 56.7 61.5 23.2 691.5 49.8 14.4 21.4 23.6 57.3 62.1 23.4 695.9 50.5 16.8 21. 25. 60. 66. 26. 738. 50.6 16.7 21.8 25.3 60.6 66.7 26.9 741.3 r50.4 rl6.3 21.8 25.4 61.1 r67.2 r26.9 r745.1 rl67.8 168.7 173.9 173.1 rl71.4 rl69.2 r171.0 rl27.9 rl73.7 187.4 rl80.0 rl67.1 rl26.6 r207.2 r2l6.3 rl70.1 r172.1 rl34.8 rl75.4 rl88.5 176.4 rl67.5 rl27.8 r210.6 r220.6 rl75.2 rl78.7 rl49.3 179.1 r201.2 178.8 rl70.9 rl31.6 222.5 234.1 r174.1 rl77.3 150.4 rl79.5 rl98.9 rl75.7 r170.1 rl30.2 r224.4 rl71.9 rl72.5 151.1 rl79 rl88 rl68 rl71. rl32, r224 rl67.6 159.2 179.5 rl80.8 rl79.8 182.1 152.8 rl85.5 rl90.3 rl68.1 rl58.6 177.9 rl67.9 rl60.2 rl79.4 177.8 174.5 182.2 154.1 rl84.5 r!89.3 rl68.8 rl58.9 rl79.0 rl72.2 rl62.8 rl79.3 176.6 169.9 rl85.4 rl57.6 192.4 r200.4 rl76.0 rl66.6 rl85.5 rl70.7 rl60.8 rl76.8 rl72.8 I64.O rl84.4 155.8 rl91.8 r200.8 rl75.9 rl65.8 rl86.3 rl68.0 rl59.6 rl67.6 rl67.5 rl53.9 185.6 rl85.9 r!94.6 rl74.6 I63.I rl86.5 123.4 123.7 129.3 129.8 130.5 124.4 121.9 117.1 120.3 120.2 109-3 137.4 142,0 120.5 114.6 122.6 123.8 124.7 122.2 117.2 120.7 120.3 108.7 138.1 142,9 121.2 114.4 122.6 126.4 130.0 127.6 121.7 125.8 124.4 111.6 146.0 151,7 127.5 129.0 125.5 126.8 130.8 128.2 122 126 125 113 146 152 127 127 125.8 124.0 131.4 128.9 122.9 126.7 125.5 113.5 147.2 153.1 128.1 127.2 126.3 127.0 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1968 1969 ITEM Nov. COMMODITY PRICES—Coru CONSUMER PRICE INDEX—Con. Unadjusted indexes—Con. Special group indexes—Con. Housing................. Shelter............... Rent................ Homeowner ship. Fuel and utilities.... Fuel oil and coal...... Gas and electricity.... Household furnishings and operation. Apparel and upkeep...... Transportation.......... Private............... New cars............ Used cars........... Public................ 1957-59=100. .......do... .......do... ....do... ....do... ....do... ....do... ....do... ....do... ....do... ....do... ....do... ....do... ....do... Health and recreation................................do... Medical care. .do... Personal care do... Reading and recreation.............................do... Seasonally adjusted indexes: Food.................... ....do... Apparel and upkeep...... ....do... Transportation* *..<,...„. ....do.., PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR" AS MEASURED 'Br— Consumer prices .1957-59=41.00. CONSTRUCTION AM) REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total, incl. farm (private and public).... ....thous. Privately owned....................................do... Total nonfarm (private and public)..........•..•••.• .do... Privately owned .......•••• .do... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total, incl. farm (private only).....................do... Total nonfarm (private only) .do... NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BI BUILDING PERMITS (13,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total .... thous. One-family s t r u c t u r e s do... Dec. Sept. Oct. 121.7 126.9 116.3 131.1 122.3 127.6 116.7 132.0 128.6 136,1 119.7 142.6 129.2 137,0 120.1 143.6 111.3 115.9 109-9 114.8 124.0 121.2 118.9 103.8 111.5 116.2 110.0 115.1 124.3 120.2 117.5 102.7 118.7 144.3 113.3 118.1 112.0 119.0 128.7 123.6 120.5 99.5 121.4 150.3 132.4 148.2 122.8 128.0 132.8 149.1 123.4 128.2 121.0 123.2 121.6 123.7 120.6 "l39'.'k 120.7 $0,810 Dec. Nov. 113.5 118.4 112.2 119.3 129.8 125.7 122.8 104.2 125.8 150.3 129.8 137.7 120.5 144.5 114.2 118.9 113.2 119.6 130.7 125.6 122.7 105.1 124.9 151.1 114.6 119.2 113.7 120.0 130.8 126.4 123.4 104.9 123.9 153.0 138.4 157.6 127.3 131.6 138.6 156.9 127.3 132.0 139.1 157.4 127.8 132.3 139.6 158.1 128.1 132.7 127.1 128.4 124.0 127.1 129.0 125.4 128.6 129-. 8 125 c l $0,774 $0,770 3.767 130.5 138.5 121,0 145.4 j 130.3 130.I 126.8 B 762 129.5 127.1 127.5 125.1 99.8 96.4 98.9 95.5 132.9 129.3 131.2 127.6 rl25.8 rl23.4 rl24.5 r122.1 r97.4 r94.6 r95«9 r93.1 81.8 80.5 81.5 80.2 1,733 1,705 1,507 1,492 1,542 1,522 rl,392 rl,379 rl,297 rl,277 1,245 1,240 1,425 729 1,463 736 1,201 565 1,183 574 r1,191 r596 1,177 631 r / Revised. USCOMM—DC—7235 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT OF CURRENT Digitized for SURVEY FRASER BUSINESS
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