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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* JANUARY 29, 1971 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS 1941-43 = 10 120 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 Weekly (Wednesday close) (avg.^daiiydose) — — 110 A 971 \ ^ \ / 110 - 100 90 ~ - 80 i i i i i l i i i i i , i i i i . 1968 1 i . i i 1 1 J i 1 ,„!, 1 1969 1 [ I I I 1,1 1970 ,1 .,,1 . 1 L ,.J_L_J—1—1 i, 1971 J i! i i i I. i i i i i • I 7 0 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Standard & Poor's Group Thousands 350 Thousands 1,400 MOTOR V E H I O i PRODUCTION 1,200 — (Passenger cars) 1,000 ~ A 800 . A A 600 - 400 - 200 Monthly 0 J_™L^J 1 I 1 1 1 1 1—L^. i i i i 1968 i i * i i i i 1. 1, ,L J .1 1969 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. i ,J_»L_j_„ I , 1 1 1 1 1 , 1970 1971 J FMAMJ J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. 1967=100 250 1 9 6 7 = 100 250 RAW STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and all other forms) 200 150 Monthly 50 I i i J i i i i i 1968 ' • I ' 1969 I L_J ' ' ' i ' ' I I L J_J 1970 ta: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. $ 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 SURVEY I I I JI L__J L-J L 1 1971 J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1971 1970 ITEM Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 2 1967=100.. 116.4 116.5 106.2 106.7 106.5 mil. $.. do.... 6,114 4,367 5,980 4,207 6,487 4,766 6,508 4,801 6,397 4,620 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.. 387 1,957 1,848 182 316 1,985 1,872 185 442 3,097 2,754 178 506 3,148 2,820 214 453 FINANCE: Currency in circulation _3/ .....mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/....do.... Member bank reserve balances _3/...... do.... Excess reserves, estimated J3/.. do.... 53,040 62,869 28,988 -241 52,521 62,749 29,400 204 57,424 67,695 29,740 338 57,021 68,522 30,601 -786 56,654 67,328 30,107 -82 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ 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.... 84,435 46,590 230,654 23,356 79,295 33,948 82,386 45,978 226,809 22,601 78,874 33,520 87,739 48,035 252,620 28,061 81,618 34,052 87,110 48,800 252,707 28,637 81,455 34,308 84,053 48,835 250,233 28,259 81,006 34,285 8.33 91.65 100.92 8.28 89.91 99.02 8.19 92.27 101.09 8.16 92.35 101.07 8.10 92.56 101.04 1,989 29,073 55,242 9,965 1,893 31,129 169,705 10,040 2,013 30,921 190,276 10,030 2,413 98.9 2,534 103.9 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. &. Poor's) 4-/. .1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. 1,8.93 30,052 138,485 9,519 1,657 30,558 151,670 9,565 Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. bil.. 2,549 104.5 14.1 2,520 103^3 14.0 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday pric e. MONTHLY 2,366 97.0 11.0 Jan. 9 Jan. 16 227 1.2.8 Jan. 23 107.3 216 56,099 67,607 31,000 85 8.02 93.78 102.40 187,632 2,596 106.4 14.4 ... 3j Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 1969 ITEM Nov. Sept. Nov. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS 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 mil. $. ..do... ..do... 30,986 4,849 8,236 30 149 4 651 8 050 31,664 4,955 7,220 30,041 4,509 6,702 r28,668 r4,266 r6,498 29,347 4,246 7,424 do, do. do. 31,011 5,064 7,843 30 603 5 022 7 705 30,863 5,049 7,169 29,369 4,592 6,538 r28,815 r4,452 r6,264 29,925 4,596 7,180 2,082 4,457 2,199 6,381 2 ,078 4 ,476 2 ,259 6 ,275 2,104 4,269 2,1,21 6,630 2,085 4,524 2,184 6,423 r2,051 r4,230 r2,036 r6,567 2,215 4,032 2,038 6,231 do. 30,430 29,740 31,166 28,936 r28,245 29,459 do. do. do. 31 048 4 755 8 215 30 209 4 661 6 916 29,856 4,709 7,026 28,504 4,348 6,062 r29,009 r4,544 r6,310 30,088 4,926 6,824 032 499 347 744 2 ,079 4 ,092 1 ,926 6 ,536 2,107 3,482 2,005 6,759 2,015 3,954 2,125 6,552 2,074 r4,077 r2,016 r6,873 2,201 3,981 2,063 6,224 do. 85 854 85 ,445 79,776 78,664 r78,243 78,351 do. do. 86 ,600 8 ,018 32 ,359 86 ,206 7 ,657 31 ,570 79,559 6,726 28,013 78,693 6,481 27,537 r78,883 r6,573 r27,583 79,048 6,903 27,228 do do .....do do MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1_/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (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 Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment r/ Revised. 2455 do. do. do. do. .do. 1_/ Data for Dec. 1970 are advance estimates. 2 4 2 6 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1969 1970 Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' O R D E R S — C o n . 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, a d j . ) — C o n . Supplementary series: Household durables mil. $. Defense products (old series).....................do... Defense products (new series)... do... Producers' capital goods industries ......do... 1,632 30,630 20,705 24,732 1,633 30,246 20,372 24,993 1,525 27,028 19,554 23,480 1,455 26,456 19,496 23,611 rl,476 r26,302 rl9,475 r23,915 1957-59=100. 222 217 162 146 148 GOLD, MONETARY STOCK, U . S . , end of month mil. $. SILVER, PRICE AT NEW YORK dol. per fine o z . MONEY SUPPLY AND RELATED DATA (avg. of daily figures): Unadjusted for seas, variation: Total money supply bil. $• Currency outside banks .do... Demand deposits do... Time deposits adjusted*. do... U.S. Government demand deposits do... Adjusted for seas, variation: Total money supply..................................do... Currency outside banks do... Demand deposits. .do... Time deposits adjusted................. .do... SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Yields: Domestic corporate (Moody's)...................percent. By rating: Aaa. •••......••.••.•••.•.•.•.••do... Aa. • do... A do... Baa do... By group: Industrials do... Public utilities do... Railroads. • do ... Domestic municipal, Standard & Poor's Corporation (15 bonds) percent. 10,367 1,923 10,367 1.807 11,117 1.802 11,117 1.746 11,117 1.760 205.3 46.4 158.9 193,4 5.2 209.8 46.9 162.9 1.93.2 5.6 211.4 48.2 163.1 218.4 213.0 48.5 164.5 222.5 6.1 r215.3 r49.2 rl66.1 224.6 5.6 203.5 45.9 157.6 194.0 203.6 46.0 157.7 194.6 212.8 48.2 164.6 218.5 213.0 48.5 164.5 222.2 r213.5 r48.7 rl64.8 225.0 7.76 8.13 8.68 8.63 8.65 7.35 7o58 7.84 8.25 7.72 7.93 8.21 8.65 8.09 8.47 8.78 9.39 8.03 8.44 8.71 9.33 8.05 8.42 8.74 9.38 7.61 7.94 7.83 7.95 8.39 8.15 8.40 8.80 9.10 8.35 8.74 9.06 8.37 8.77 9.06 6.37 6.91 6.45 6.55 6.20 7,955 8,132 7,414 7,527 7,233 11,916 114.0 11,812 109.3 10,727 102.6 10,699 99.0 10,009 95.7 7,560 649 528 653 105 1,157 7,654 704 519 662 131 1,146 7,767 526 490 632 90 1,156 6,867 601 505 608 105 1,149 6,119 501 457 592 123 1,041 701 297 149 598 237 449 3,185 1,112 1,337 703 291 142 699 230 598 2,964 1,015 1,260 625 403 121 638 255 1,151 2,831 973 1,120 607 424 112 605 250 419 2,625 880 1,060 541 399 95 515 200 345 2,345 771 963 r846.4 r585.7 r278.7 911.7 630.9 314.6 r824.5 r637.9 334.7 r808.9 r614.6 r298.0 716.1 540.1 260.0 646 717 760 632 r641 19.7 12.6 9.5 .475 6.0 19.6 12.4 10.6 .424 6.7 18.8 11.8 10.6 .423 6.6 18.8 11.7 8.7 .436 5.4 rl8.6 rll.8 r8.8 r.438 r5.5 1,697 1,119 14,104 1,868 1,395 1,070 11,538 1,773 1,258 825 5,329 1,879 rl,377 r921 rl5,484 2,211 1,256 860 13,848 1,832 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEAS. ADJUSTED INDEX FINANCE METALS AND MANUFACTURES PIG IRON: Production (excl. ferroalloys) thous. sh. tons. STEEL (RAW): PRODUCTION thous. sh. tons. Index • daily average 1967=100. STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total (all grades) thous. of short tons. Semifinished products .do. • . Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling do... Plates do... Rails and accessories. ...............do... Bars and tool steel, total do... Bars: Hot rolled (incl. light shapes) do... Reinforcing do... Cold finished do... Pipe and tubing do... Wire and wire products............... .........do... Tin mill products .do... Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total .do... Sheets: Hot rolled.. do... Cold rolled............................o.do... Aluminum products: Ingot and mill products (net shipments) mil. lb. Mill products, total do... Plate and sheet do... TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON (excluding 1inters): 2J Consumption. .thous. bales. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total millions. Consuming 100 percent cotton. do... Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total.....billions. Average per working day ....do... Consuming 100 percent cotton ...do... Men's apparel, cuttings: Tailored garments: Suits .thous. units. Coats (separate), dress and sport.. do... Trousers (separate), dress and sport.. do... Shirts (woven fabrics), dress and sport thous. doz. r_/ R e v i s e d . j>/ P r e l i m i n a r y , o t h e r months, 4 w e e k s . http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 2465 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2J Data for Dec. 1970 a r e advance e s t i m a t e s . 2/ Data for Dec. 1969 and S e p t . and Dec. 1970 cover 5 weeks; MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1970 1969 Sept. Nov. Oct. Dec. Nov. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MOTOR VEHICLES: FACTORY SALES (from plants inU.S.), total...............thous.. Domestic. ..•••..•••••••..•••......•.••••••••.•.•..•.. .do.. • . Passenger cars, totals. e.g...e9...0...,,ll..do...l> Domestic* do.... Trucks and buses, -total.................................do.... Domestic..............••.....•.......................do..». Retail sales, new passenger cars: Total5 not seasonally adjusted.................«..........do.. . • Domestics*..............................................do.... Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rates.................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).*..... . ....... .ratio. . Truck trailers, shipments: Complete trailers and chassis...........................number.. Trailer bodies and chassis, sold separately..............do.... REGISTRATIONS (new vehicles): 1/ Passenger cars............ ...............................thous. . Import cars.... ..do.... Trucks. do.... RAILROAD EQUIPMENT: Freight cars (ARCI & AAR): Shipments. number. . Equipment manufacturers.•••..••.•••....• do.... New orders. ....*....„..OEO.*oeaSS0.„OfflooSe.so.ss.o.«..*>«> do .<>.<» Equipment.manufacturers.....•.•...•••.•••...•......•..do. Unfilled orders, end of month « do...« Equipment manufacturers.•..»•• ..«.....».....«..do. 856.4 808.6 682.1 644.0 174.3 164.5 790.6 743.4 624.0 588.8 166.7 154.6 632.0 582.2 493.6 454.2 138.4 128.0 501.4 465.6 392.5 365.4 108.9 100.1 454.7 424.3 364.1 341.1 90.6 83.2 797 706 91 9.3 8.1 1.2 721 639 83 9.0 7.8 1.2 580 489 91 8.8 7.8 1.0 754 630 125 7.4 6.0 1.4 540 436 105 6.4 5.0 1.4 536 425 110 6.8 5.2 1.6 1,452 1,603 2.4 1,467 1,542 2.4 261 496 2.3 1,053 1,280 2.6 1,018 1,167 2.8 1,220 1*294 3.0 10,768 7,754 3,727 9,899 6,556 4,039 r8,780 r5,817 rl,398 8,037 5,240 1,574 7,924 5,287 1,393 757.5 93.6 146.8 912.5 101.7 185.0 612.1 102.8 153.3 719.0 112.6 154.2 537.2 99.8 118.1 6,273 4,941 8,264 3,456 43,460 35,361 5,765 4,640 9,022 4,753 46,751 35,508 6,147 4,922 2,073 1,726 21,672 17,621 4,675 3,787 3,053 2,516 20,049 16,349 4,569 3,573 8,164 8,026 23,644 20,802 | 1 TJ R e v i s e d . 1/ Courtesy of R.L. Polk & Co.; r e p u b l i c a t i o n p r o h i b i t e d . 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