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January 2 3 , 1 9 7 6 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS ,<>v ^ 7 - E S O* + SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS i I I I . I 1972 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. J 1975 1974 1973 F M A M J J A S O N D Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 Mo tMy MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 " — ~~ (Passenger cars) 1,000 800 -y^y\ 600 / \ i \ \ / \ A f\^y / A \ / \ V 400 / ^\ 1 ^~ (\s 200 0 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1972 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1973 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1974 . . I . 1 1 1 1 • 1975 . J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. Bill ic 1967=100 16.0 CONSUMER 15.0 INSTALLMENT 140 h CREDIT EXTENDED A N D REPAID (seasonally adjusted) TOTAL INDUSTRIAL (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) PRODUCTION 14.0 130 h Extended 13.0 12.0 11.0 10.0 l:MMI II I l i I i l l 1972 1973 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1974 1975 * 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 1972 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce SURVEY 1974 1975 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1975 1976 Jan. 11 207.8 255.8 179.8 Jan. 18 Dec. 27 1967=100. do. . . do.. . 208.0 254.1 181.0 190.8 205.6 181.0 188.3 200.3 180.3 190.3 199.6 183.4 mil. $. do. .. 8,900 6,556 9,081 6,555 13,663 10,197 10,670 7,629 10,451 7,444 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. 969 4,985 4,564 225 851 5,179 4,733 286 574 4,508 3,478 103 541 5,198 4,100 107 692 233 181 78,922 94,058 37,312 137 78,191 92,672 38,207 42 86,140 101,744 34,857 260 86,577 103,860 35,658 470 86,065 102,243 35,531 299 85,211 97,989 35,808 181 106,062 59,152 105,565 58,607 390,303 25,253 131,041 60,618 385,076 24,512 129,083 60,074 106,414 67,949 384,408 39,520 120,455 59,400 113,646 69,049 387,582 40,434 120,984 59,744 108,542 69,806 384,489 40,533 119,798 59,858 9.60 70.04 77.71 9.56 72.14 79.96 9.42 89.46 100.18 9.40 90.19 100.88 9.37 93.95 105.08 9.34 97.13 108.77 12,995 36,379 115,583 8,584 11,285 38,040 67,883 8,580 7,630 37,128 61,802 8,223 9,425 35,969 0 8,242 10,730 41,376 153,822 167,780 2,574 2,556 104.8 14.4 1,896 62.9 9.7 2,005 67.2 10.5 2,152 72.1 13.4 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation 5/ 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 7.. .do. . . Savings depos its 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, 425 stocks do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ c. Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES .thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. thous. sh. tons. percent. bil. . 15.0 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 5/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data, based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities. MONTHLY Jan. 10 Jan. 3 Jan. 17 191.4 202.9 183.8 2,236 74.9 5/ Capability for a full order book BUSINESS STATISTICS 1974 1975 Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. p/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL) 1967=100 BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Products, total do. . Final products do. . Consumer goods do. . Durable consumer goods do. . Automotive products do. . Autos do. . Auto parts and allied goods do.. Home goods do.. Nondurable consumer goods do. . Clothing do. . Consumer staples do. . Equipment Business Defense and space equipment Intermediate products Materials Durable goods materials. Nondurable goods materials Fuel and power, industrial BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL Durable manufactures Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery Transportation equipment Instruments Lumber and products Clay, glass, and stone products . v Furniture and fixtures r_/ Revised, p / Preliminary. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 31,260 Bank of St. Louis Federal Reserve 121.7 117.4 rll6.2 rll6.7 rll7.3 118.5 121.4 120.9 126.3 119.7 102.1 91.0 123.6 129.7 128.8 103.1 135.6 118.7 118.2 123.4 110.1 87.5 69.8 121.5 123.0 128.5 102.0 135.4 rll6.9 rll6.9 rl26.8 rll8.3 rl06.7 97.9 rl23.5 rl25.0 rl30.2 101.5 rl37.8 rll7.0 116.9 127.2 rll8.0 rl08.9 101.2 rl23.9 rl23.4 rl30.6 104.5 rl37.5 rll7.8 rll7.6 rl28.3 rll8.6 rl09.2 100.0 rl26.9 rl23.9 rl32.0 118. 118. 129. 120. 110. 101, 127, 125. 133. rl39.1 140.0 do. . do. . do. . do . . do. . do.. do. . do. . 113.2 131.0 83.7 123.0 122.1 123.5 122.1 112.7 110.7 127.1 83.4 120.5 114.8 114.2 116.2 113.0 rl02.8 rll5.6 81.6 rll6.6 rll5.1 rl08.7 123.4 rl21.3 rl02. 115. r81. rll7. rll6. rllO, 124. rl21, rl02 116 r80 rll8 rll6 rlll.O rl24.5 rll9.8 103.3 117.2 80.3 120.0 117.9 113.1 125.6 116.3 do. . do.. do.. ,, ,, do, . do. . 120.9 117.9 121.0 128.2 128.9 116.1 112.2 108.6 124.1 124.8 rll4.7 rl07.0 r97.2 116.1 rill.7 rll5.6 rl07.7 r98.0 rll5.9 rll2.9 rll6.3 rl08.0 rlOl.O rll6o2 rll3.6 117.5 109.3 102.6 117.4 114.8 do. . do. . do,. do.. do.. 93.7 142.3 105.2 118.8 120.5 83.6 139.5 101.3 116.9 120.4 r94.3 134.5 rll5.5 111.7 rll0.6 r94.7 rl34.7 rll6.8 rll2.8 rll0.8 r94.1 rl37.2 117.0 112.3 110.7 95.9 137.9 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1975 1974 ITEM Dec. Sept. Oct. Nov. 125.4 112.8 100.1 74.7 124.3 110.0 148.3 127.0 155.7 125.4 103.8 121.9 102.9 98.0 69.7 116.1 109.8 143.1 125.8 148.9 125.7 96.2 rl25.7 121.2 96.1 81.2 rl24.0 rl07.1 r-148.8 rl27.1 rl52.0 rl27.4 109.3 rl27.0 rl23.1 98.0 r83.8 rl26.5 rl06.5 rl52.0 rl26.5 rl53.1 rl27.1 111.9 rl28.3 124.2 105.0 136.8 67.6 106.4 152.3 162.9 104.4 134.7 85.3 103.6 152.6 163.0 rl05.3 118.5 113.6 103.4 rl56.1 rl67.8 rl05.8 119.8 114.6 103.8 156.6 168.4 rl05.4 123.2 rll9.9 rl01.9 rl57.0 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. IND. PROD. (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)--Con. SEAS. ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.)--Con. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS--Con. MANUFACTURING--Con. Nondurable manufactures Textile mil 1 products Apparel products Leather products Paper and products Printing and publishing Chemicals and products Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Foods Tobacco products MINING Metal mining Coal Oi 1 and gas extraction UTILITIES. Electric - 1967=100. do... do... do... do. .. do... do.. . do. .. do... do. . . do... do. . do. . do.. do. . do.. do.. . . . . . . 83,4 127.5 rl06 rl53 rl28 152 rl28 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 mil. $ . . do... . do.... do.... do.... 46,351 13,085 6,965 2,159 1,897 52 253 13,353 6,239 2,533 1,760 48,275 15,453 8,539 2,184 2,203 r52,046 rl6,919 r9,734 r2,308 r2,317 r50,580 rl5,274 r8,392 r2,399 2,119 Nondurable goods stores Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking pi aces Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores do... . do.... do... . do.... do.... do.. .. do. ... 33,266 2,191 1,378 3,592 10,705 3,400 8,751 38,900 3,358 1,914 3,621 10,678 3,406 12,036 32,822 2,191 1,450 3,983 10,712 3,757 7,709 r35,127 r2,300 rl,505 r4,208 rll,432 r3,817 r8,226 r35,306 r2,398 rl,473 r4,057 rll,086 r3,630 r9,391 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. . . . 44,529 13,035 6,979 2,067 1,892 45,109 13,554 7,646 2,004 1,843 49,549 15,440 8,699 2,214 2,064 r50,165 rl5,775 r9,025 r2,241 r2,089 r50,350 rl5,787 r8,728 r2,359 2,239 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 ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, t o t a l Adjusted, total .RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total ^ Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total do.... do.. .. do.... do... . do.... do... . do. .. . 31,494 1,982 1,402 3,715 10,455 3,397 7,409 31,555 2,032 1,461 3,721 10,330 3,399 7,371 34,109 2,251 1,525 3,940 10,969 3,803 8,102 r34,390 r2,243 rl,519 r4,078 rll,264 r3,738 r7,958 r34,563 r2,261 rl,565 r4,191 rll,299 r3,670 r8,259 do... . do.. . . 76,738 73,964 72,056 74,082 72,327 73,049 75,854 74,642 76,620 73,839 ...do.... '..do.... 15,745 14,305 19,080 14,166 14,744 15,530 rl5,870 rl5,374 16,595 15,803 AGGREGATE HOURS of wage and salary workers, nonagric. estab., for 1 week in the month, seas. adj. at annual rate bi1. hours Total private sector do. . Mining do. . Contract construction do.. Manufacturing do.. Transportation, c o m m u n i c , e l e c , gas, etc do.. Wholesale and retail trade do. . Finance, insurance, and real estate do.. Servi ces do. . Government do.. 149.99 121.31 1.36 7.36 40.34 9.69 30.17 8.09 24.29 28.68 148.48 120.13 1.47 7.33 39.32 9.64 29.96 8.09 24.31 28.35 47.26 18.00 1.65 6.55 38.06 9.18 29.91 8.00 24.66 29.26 rl48.29 rll8.49 1.72 6.48 r38.17 r9.24 r30.04 8.04 r24.81 r29.80 rl48.41 rll8.93 rl.72 r6.51 r38.16 r9.32 r30.11 r8.11 r25.01 r29.48 111.3 99.2 99.7 112.9 96.8 98.3 119.6 106.8 115.7 116.4 125.1 129.3 109.9 96.7 106.0 112.1 93.6 94.9 119.1 106.2 114.7 115.2 125.1 129.3 108.1 92.4 119.9 98.6 90.3 87.7 119.0 101.1 115.2 116.7 123.5 131.1 rl08.5 r92.7 rl25.0 r97.3 r90.8 r87.8 119.5 rl01.2 115.6 116.9 rl23.7 rl32.0 rl09.0 r92.8 rl25.2 r97.7 r90.8 r87.9 rl20.2 rl02.1 rll5.8 rll7.4 rl25.0 rl33.1 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Indexes of aggregate weekly hours, seasonally adjusted: Private nonagric. payrolls, total 1967=100 Goods-producing do. . Mining . do.. Contract construction do. . Manufacturing do. . Durable goods do. . Service-producing do. . Transportation, comm., e l e c , gas do.. Wholesale and retail trade do.. Retai 1 trade do. . Finance, insurance, and real estate do. . Services do.. r_/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary, Digitized for31,260 FRASER 1_/ Data for Dec. 1975 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT CSHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM) : il. $. Total outstanding, end of month .do... Installment credit, total Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, total............................... .do... .do... Repaid, total Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total............................... .do... Repaid, total .do... Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): il. $. Value, estimated total .do... Ordinary (incl. mass-marketed ord.)......... .do... Group .do... Industrial.................................. SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Prices (Standard § Poor's Corporation): Industrial, utility, and railroad (AAA issues): Composite..........................dol. per $100 bond Domestic municipal (15 bonds) . do.. Yields: Domestic municipal, Standard § Poor's Corporation (15 bonds) percent Domestic corporate (Moody's).... .....do.. By ratings: Aaa do.. Aa do.. A , do.. Baa do.. By group: Industrials do.. Public utilities .do.. Railroads do.. 1975 1974 ITEM Oct. Nov. Dec. Sept. 188,084 155,166 190,121 156,124 190,069 156,332 190,839 rl58,391 192,995 159,200 12,431 12,593 14,271 13,313 14,791 13,722 rl5,029 rl4,358 14,085 13,275 12,609 13,009 12,702 13,516 14,973 13,916 rl4,831 rl4,002 14,877 14,074 22,842 15,109 7,170 563 35,571 16,953 18,111 507 23,390 15,495 7,350 545 24,510 17,111 6,791 608 22,763 15,273 6,884 606 56.3 72.6 56.1 68.6 55.8 66.0 56.0 66.0 56.3 66.2 56.1 67.4 6.47 9.60 6 93 9 56 7 23 9 55 7.22 9.51 7.21 9.44 7 06 9 45 95 10 74 38 8.86 9.06 9.74 10.37 8.78 8.97 9.67 10.33 9 35 9 98 9 42 9.32 9.94 9.40 9.27 9.83 9.36 89 03 75 55 8.89 9.13 9.87 10.50 8 9 9 10 9.27 10.12 9.58 9 23 10 02 9 59 8 9 9 0 Dec. rj R e v i s e d . USC0MM--DC-- 31,260 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 8 8 9 10 79 99 68 35 9 26 9 87 9 37
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