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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* i- X^r^aKS^'^:^ 1941-43 = 10 120 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 (av9.TJatdose) — — 110 \ / \ / X v A T ' 100 - 90 80 i- . . . . . ™J_I—1—1—i 1968 1 1—L i 1 1 1 1 i 1969 I 1 1 1 1 I I 1 L™ l I i i 1970 1 i i i i i 1971 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Standard & Poor's Group 1967 = 100 250 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION 1967=100 250 Monthly (ingots a n d a l l other forms) 200 - 150 - 100 50 \ _J 1—J 1.. . 1 1 ! ^ i \ 1 I—I 1, ,1 1 ...1 i 1968 1 i i i i i i i I 1969 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 i I i i i 1970 200 ~ 1 m i i i 1971 Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1967 = 100 Million 2.5 140 _ CONSUMER PRICES - PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS (Seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates^ 2.0 -~- 130 All 1?0 All Items ^ Services C^ y ^ ^ ., ~~~ „—• » * ^ — **~*~ ..«-•. 1.5 y- ****"** 1.0 - 110 I * ^ ' "• \ Food 100 -J L • 1 f 1 l..i-JULJ_ .11 1 - L d j L L . L . U 1968 1969 1970 „JUU_±JJLLJU 0 1971 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * A v a i l a b l e only w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent t o those published in the latest m o n t h l y L,l l I I 1 I I I I I I I U I I I I I I L 1968 1969 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce SURVEY j l i i n i L 1970 1971 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1972 1971 Jan. 8 Jan. 1 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 1967=100. 106.5 107.3 107.3 108.2 110.5 mil. $. do... 6,720 4,769 6,765 4,699 7,366 5,149 7,271 5,177 7,180 4,973 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. 453 3,174 2,798 227 399 3,211 2,801 216 406 2,953 2,454 119 480 3,041 2,912 162 FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/....do... Member bank reserve balances _3/ do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do-,. 56,654 67,347 30,242 32 56,099 67,643 31,029 92 61,448 75,667 31,951 358 61,026 76,311 32,872 409 60,689 75,632 32,836 66 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: UJ 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... 84,265 49,030 250,707 28,396 81,121 34,354 82,748 48,974 248,628 28,349 80,895 34,244 91,934 54,737 273,837 29,013 83,922 38,464 91,712 55,191 273,312 28,965 83,283 38,485 90,062 55,375 271,977 28,065 82,926 38,602 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3J percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) _4/..1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... 8.10 92.56 101.04 8.02 93.78 102.40 7.70 102.21 113.00 7.67 103.07 113.86 7.65 103.59 114.32 2,128 30,921 190,276 10,030 2,038 31,565 187,632 10,033 2,214 29,533 96 9,256 1,792 32,392 179,880 9,364 1,929 32,324 175,443 9,251 2,534 103.9 14.2 2,596 106.4 14.5 2,004 82.1 11 .4 2,152 88.2 12.7 2,312 94.8 13.9 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 2J Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3J thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. Steel, raw. ..,,,....thous. sh. tons. Index of production .«=. 1967=100. RAIL FREIGHT , REVENUE TON-MILES. . . . bil . 1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2J Tuesday price. MONTHLY Jan. 22 111.1 416 201 203 60,232 75,891 33,734 279 7.63 103.88 114.76 160,513 2,220 91.0 3_/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data BUSINESS STATISTICS 1971 1970 IV IV 2.1 II GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL bil. $. Personal consumption expenditures, total do... Durable goods, total do... Automobiles and parts do... Furniture and household equipment do... Nondurable Clothing Food and Gasoline goods, total and shoes beverages. and oil.. Services, total Household operation Housing Transportation 1,020.8 r644.9 r96.6 r43.8 r38.8 rl,040.0 r657.4 r99.1 r45.3 r39.4 rl,053.4 r668.8 rl02.8 r48.2 r39.6 1,073.0 677.7 103.2 47.5 40.5 270. 54. 134. 23. r273.2 r55.4 r!34.4 23.8 r277.8 57. rl36. r23. r280.2 r57.4 rl37.3 r24.5 283.9 58.0 138.6 25.0 265.0 36.7 91.8 18.1 268. 36. 94. 18. 275.0 37.7 r96.5 18.6 r280. r38. r98. rl9. r285.8 r39.9 100.7 rl9.2 290.6 40.6 102.9 19.4 138.6 133.5 104.8 28.7 5.1 137.3 133.6 100.8 32.8 3.7 rl43.3 rl40.2 rl04.7 r35.4 r3.1 rl52.9 rl48.3 rl08.3 r40.0 r4.6 rl50.8 rl52.0 109.3 r42.7 r-1.2 156o5 154.6 110.4 44.2 1.9 983.5 620.9 90.4 38.8 37.0 988.4 624.7 84.9 32.7 37.6 do... do... do... .do... 265.5 52.4 132.4 22.9 do... do... do... do... Gross private domestic investment, total do... Fixed investment do. .. Nonresidential » do... Residential structures. do... Change in business inventories.................do... Net exports of goods and services Exports Imports do... do. .. do... 4.0 63.7 59.7 2.7 63.2 60.5 r4.7 r66.2 r6l.5 r.l r66.5 r66.4 r.O r68.2 r68.2 -2.0 61.2 63.2 Gov't purchases of goods and services, total Federal National defense State and local do... do... do... do... 220.1 96.1 74.2 124.0 223.7 95.9 73.2 127.9 r227.9 r96.4 r72.6 rl31.6 r229.6 r96.0 r71.4 rl33.6 r233.8 r97.6 r70.2 rl36.2 240.9 100.6 71.5 140.3 r_/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. 8081 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — C o n t i n u e d 3 1970 1971 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT--Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTAL AT ANNUAL R A T E S — C o n . 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 a d j . , total.do... Corporate profits before tax, total .....do... Corporate profits after tax do... Net interest do... PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total do... Less: Personal tax and nontax payments do... Equals: Disposable personal income do... Less: Personal outlays do... Equals: Personal saving do... 802.1 609.3 65.9 51.5 14.4 23.7 69.0 71.6 39. 34. 816. 115. 701. 643. 58. 802.2 606.5 66.0 51.4 14.5 23.4 73.0 78.5 42.9 33.4 809.8 113.5 696.2 638.9 57.4 r831.7 r627.3 r66.4 r51.6 14.8 23.8 r79.5 r83.0 r44.8 r34.8 r833.5 rill.6 r722.0 r663.3 r58-6 r847.3 r638.0 r67.2 r5l.9 15.2 24.2 r82.5 r86.9 r47.8 r35.4 r853=4 rll3.8 r739.6 r676.0 r63.6 Sept. Oct. 1970 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1_/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Defense products (old series) Defense products (new series) Producers' capital goods industries MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary m e t a l s r855.2 r645.6 r69.2 r52.3 17.0 24.5 r80.0 r85.8 r48.2 r35.9 r864.6 rll6.0 r748.5 r687.6 r61.0 1971 mil. 2; do.. do.. 27,723 4,169 5,925 28,766 4,178 7,060 32,627 4,237 7,626 32,617 4,430 7,901 r32,288 r4,618 r8,047 do.. do.. do.. 27,680 4,316 5,617 29,185 4,439 6,726 31,543 4,270 7,620 31,166 4,421 7,262 r32,106 r4,825 r7,467 do.. do.. do.. do.. 2,181 3,860 2,036 5,815 2,263 3,877 2,021 5,821 2,397 3,431 1,765 6,652 2,367 3,511 1,768 6,592 r2,562 r3,587 rl,839 r6,477 do.. 27,138 29,823 32,432 32,544 r32,327 do.. 27 ,560 4 ,348 5 ,490 30,140 4,818 6,689 31,026 4,517 7,130 31,126 488 970 r32,564 r4,809 r7,575 193 814 016 871 2,294 3,970 2,051 5,925 2,379 3,018 1,467 6,425 398 249 953 806 r2,672 r3,947 r2,110 r6,565 76,206 77,263 74,568 74,499 r74,542 76,530 6,308 25,527 77,485 6,687 25,490 74 362 5 612 24 128 74,323 5,680 23,838 r74,776 r5,664 r23,945 1,608 25,985 19,475 22,470 1,639 26,078 19,506 22,574 1 24 18 22 769 122 880 759 1,800 23,862 19,065 22,972 rl,907 r24,223 rl9,336 r23,058 118.5 119.1 122.2 122.4 122.6 119.6 118.3 115.1 115.3 115.4 114.7 124.9 127.3 120. 118. 115. 6 115. 6 115. 7 115. 2 125. 6 128.0 123.1 121.7 118.1 118.7 118.2 116.4 129.8 132.3 123.5 122.1 118.4 118.8 118.7 117.1 130.0 132.5 123.7 122.3 118.5 118. 118. 117. 130. 132. 114.9 114.3 113.5 109.4 121.9 127.1 111.8 132.5 110.7 113.9 109.9 115.1 115.3 113.7 113.6 110.6 122.6 127.9 112.6 133.4 111.3 114.9 110.7 115.3 119.1 119.1 116.1 116.6 125.5 130.1 116.1 135.1 116.3 117.8 115.7 119.4 118.9 118.4 116.0 115.6 125.9 130.6 116.4 135.7 116.3 117.8 115.7 119.5 119.0 118.1 115.9 117.8 126.4 131.3 116.6 136.7 116.8 118.1 116.2 119.5 do.. Transportation equipment do.. Supplementary series: Household durables ...do.. Defense products (old series) do.. Defense products (new series) ........do.. Producers' capital goods industries do.. Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.. Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.. Primary metals do.. Transportation equipment do.. Supplementary series: Household durables do.. Defense products (old series) do.. Defense products (new series) do.. Producers' capital goods industries do.. 2 3 2 5 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted index: All items Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodities Nondurables Nondurables less food Durables Services Services less rent Food Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products. Fruit and vegetables Hou sing.. Shelter. R ent Homeowner ship Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation vj Revised. 8081 2J P r e l i m i n a r y . 1967=100. do... do... do... do... do... do... do. . . do... do... do... .do... do... ....do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 1_/ Data for Dec. 1971 a r e advance e s t i m a t e s . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1971 Sept. COMMODITY PRICES — Con. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX—Con. Unadjusted indexes—-Con* Apparel and upkeep* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1967=100 Transportation., ....................................... do.*, Private,, .................... ................. .do. • New cars...* d0o. Used cars. ........................do... Public. ............................................ .do. •, Health and recreation.................................do.., Medical care.............^..........................do.., Personal care.......................................do.• . Reading and recreation..............................do... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices...................................1967=$1.00, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public)...........................thous. Privately owned.....................................do... One-family structures............................. do. •« Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned.................................do... One-family structures...............................do... NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (13,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total.................................................do... One-family s t r u c t u r e s . do... CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: E . H. B o e c k h a n d A s s o c i a t e s , I n c . : A v e r a g e , 20 c i t i e s : Apartments, h o t e l s , office b u i l d i n g s . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 6 7 = 1 0 0 . Commercial and f a c t o r y b u i l d i n g s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Residences.......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . 119.0 116.0 114.2 112.5 108.8 132.5 119.2 116.9 115.2 114.1 109.5 133.4 120.6 118.6 116.4 105.6 111.6 139.3 121. 119. 117. 109. 111. 139* 121. 118. 116. 109. 110. 139. 118.7 123.4 114.5 116.0 119.1 124.2 115.0 116.2 123.6 130.4 117.6 120.5 123.5 129.6 117.9 120.5 123.7 129.7 117.9 120.8 $0,844 $0,840 $0,818 $0,817 $0,816 128.3 126.9 67.4 rl24.1 121.4 69.0 175.6 173.8 102.1 rl81.8 rl79.7 rl02o9 rl74.9 rl72.2 r92.5 ,693 934 2,054 1,240 2,002 1,187 r2,031 rl,159 r2,303 rl,283 1,523 712 r885 1,900 865 2,173 980 rl,952 r897 129.4 127.9 126.1 129.9 128.4 126.2 138.5 138.1 137.5 138.5 138.1 137.5 138.5 138.1 137.5 r_/ R e v i s e d . USCOMM—DC—8081 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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