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JANUARY 3,1975 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS fy x\ %^> SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOM Billion $ 400 Billion $ 425 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS ( W e e k l y Reporting M e m b e r Banks of Federal Reserve System) 375 400 ^x^**"*"^"" J*-~J 350 325 1973 375 350 < V ^f®p 300 325 275 300 ( a v e r a g e o f Wednesday 250 —i-^i—»"f" i i 1 i i i i i i i i i 1971 i 1 i i i i i —i—• I_I_.I... 1 i 1972 i i i (Wednesday data) i 1 1..1 . i i 1973 i 1 i i i i i J 1974 I 1 , .1 1;, I F M A M J data) 1 1 I , 1 .i i J A S O N D 275 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1967 = 100 1967=100 170 _ ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION — H 170 (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . index) 160 - 150 ~ ^ A — A — / ^ ^ 140 - — i-S 130 Monthly —1—1—1—1—1 1—I—1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1971 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1, 1972 1 1 L. 1 J 1.. 1 - 1 1973 1 1 1 i i 1974 Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (Passenger cars) — 1,000 A 800 600 400 -^ -W\ n,^\ f\ - VM V \ / V ^ ^ ^** ^ - A" \/l V \r V V V - 200 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1971 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1972 1 1 1 1 _l_l__L_l_J_L_l 1 1 1 1 i 1973 Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. * Available only with subscription t o the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY i i i J—i—•—•—•—i—i— 1974 J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1973 1974 ITEM WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 1967=100.. do do mil. $.. do 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.. Dec. 22 Dec. 29 205.1 196.2 211.9 Dec. 14 206.0 197.1 212.3 Dec. 7 220.7 272.3 190.7 216.7 267.3 187.3 210.5 262.4 180.6 13,298 9,958 9,786 7,073 11,646 8,672 12,439 9,199 13,666 10,258 430 2,024 1,863 174 461 2,328 2,156 89 694 3,476 3,125 261 638 3,737 3,372 202 678 153 Dec. 21 Dec. 28 209.8 263.0 179.2 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank crecFit 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 do 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 71,682 85,577 35,203 311 72,233 87,260 35,430 472 77,921 93,258 37,051 355 78,473 92,253 36,292 -168 78,895 92,854 36,761 160 103,295 56,460 351,811 25,573 109,558 55,063 110,167 56,345 354,494 25,551 109,818 54,959 103,624 57,920 387,665 23,002 130,126 59,986 105,615 57,890 386,914 23,675 130,009 60,175 105,278 59,930 390,194 24,139 130,986 60,175 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do 8.06 94.82 106.21 8.08 95.74 107.09 9.55 67.41 75.14 9.54 67.67 75.47 9.54 67.90 75.77 66.88 74.61 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal thous. sh. tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw. -hr.. Motor vehicles (passenger cars) number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ 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. 2/ Tuesday price. 11,655 36,879 121,334 9,188 2,851 116.9 15.7 7,945 31,952 74 9,175 2,790 114.4 9,975 5,270 37,057 36,855 129,313 113,612 8,629 8,686 2,491 2,433 102.1 99.7 15. 4. U.3 14.1 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 10,400 37,146 112,479 8,664 2,542 104.2 2,427 99.5 MONTHLY 1973 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted thous. Civilian labor force do... Employed, total do... Agriculture do... Nonagricultural industries. do... Unemployed do... do... do... do... do... do... do... . 1974 Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 92,046 89,757 85,994 3,525 82,469 3,763 92,168 89,884 85,828 3,419 82,409 4,056 94,679 92,459 87,575 3,851 83,724 4,885 93,661 91,444 86,242 3,563 82,679 5,202 94,105 91,891 86,847 3,536 83,312 5,044 93,822 91,609 85,924 3,224 82,700 5,685 89,749 85,649 3,455 82,194 4,100 756 89,903 85,649 3,561 82,088 4,254 820 91,061 86,187 3,443 82,744 4,874 949 91,850 86,538 3,511 83,027 5,312 1,000 92,024 86,511 3,476 83,035 5,513 1,018 91,701 85,726 3,370 82,356 5,975 1,128 4.7 3.0 4.7 14.5 4.2 8.9 5.4 3.8 5.2 15.3 4.8 9.2 5.8 3.9 5.7 16.7 5.3 9.8 6. 4. 5. 16. 5, 10, 6. 4, 6. 17, 5. 11. 2. 3. 6. 5. 11. 5. 4. 2. 3. 6. 6. 12, 5. 5. 2,9 3,3 7,3 6,1 12*2 6.2 5.9 3,3 3,7 8.2 6,8 13,9 7.3 6.7 r94 p86 4. 3, 4. 14. 4, 8, Married men, wife present Occupation: White-collar workers Blue-collar workers Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers.. Construction Manufacturing. Durable goods 2.1 2.6 5.1 4.5 9.0 3.9 3.7 2.1 2.8 5.4 4.8 9.1 4.3 3.6 HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADDUSTED INDEX. 1967=100. 123 120 r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. 61,845 14.9 BUSINESS STATISTICS ITEM Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted Employed, total Agriculture Nonagricultural industries :.. Unemployed Long-term, 15 weeks and over Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group): All civilian workers Men, 20 years and over Women, 20 years and over Both sexes, 16-19 years White Negro and other races 79,336 95,117 36,820 393 115 103 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued Oct. FINANCE Commercial bank credit (last Wednesday of month, except for June 30 and Dec. 31 call dates), seas, adj.: Total loans and investments 1/ bil. $. Loans 1/ do... U.S. Government securities do... Other securities do... SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Dividend rates, prices, yields, common stocks (Moody's): Dividends per share, annual rate, composite dollars. Industrials do... Public utilities do... Railroads do... N.Y. banks ...do... Property and casualty insurance companies do... Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, total Electrical Transport equipment, total Miscellaneous manufactured articles Commodities not classified GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exec, fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc.... Animal and vegetable oils and fats r/ Revised. 61,845 Sept. Oct. 692.0 500.2 55.3 136.5 687.0 498.2 52.2 136.6 687.1 499.5 49.7 137.9 9.73 10.75 5.03 4.09 7.55 11.88 10.16 11.22 5.03 4.09 7.55 11.90 10.93 12.15 4.82 4.40 8.13 13.22 10.93 12.15 4.82 4.40 8.13 13.22 11.01 12.27 4.83 4.47 8.13 13.50 288.50 361.44 68.21 80.73 258.72 320.11 60.95 83.86 196.82 243.55 39.93 68.49 173.29 210.45 39.01 62.50 200.62 243.12 42.91 76.17 3.93 3.51 8.25 4.88 3.02 3,38 5.55 4.99 12.07 6.42 5.01 7.33 6.31 5.77 12.36 7.04 5.47 7.35 6,748.9 6,750.7 6,585.4 7,136.1 7,099.6 6,878.8 7,998.9 7,929.7 8,370.0 7,672.8 7,611.7 8,286.2 8,994.1 8,926.2 8,664.5 do... do... do... do... do... 1,216.7 110.6 747.5 177.1 59.1 1,383.9 128.7 897.0 156.2 61.4 1,020.7 97.6 777.8 338.7 110.6 1,000.1 83.7 647.3 332.2 86.9 1,170.6 124.1 787.3 449.4 112.2 .do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 552.9 709.2 2,555.6 488.9 924.2 378.5 162.3 566.6 731.3 2,567.8 466.1 1,013.2 373.3 178.6 812.0 999. 3,019. 625. 953. 461. 233. 729. 885. 3,139. 597. 1,183. 439. 224.6 728.7 1,017.9 3,768.3 669.4 1,495.9 473.3 216.0 do... do... 6,402.9 5,996.3 6,845.4 6,684.3 9,166.4 9,501.8 8,441.1 8,519.5 9,186.0 8,635.1 816.4 131.1 486.8 911.4 39.3 766.4 do... do... do... do... ~do* • • do... do... do... do... do do I 708. 128. 493. 797. 26. 5. 5. 11. 5. 4. 5. 650.1 657.8 112, 536. 2,498. 44. 111.6 496.7 2,115.6 54.2 113.4 504.1 2,268.3 79.6 209.4 1,140.4 1,953.6 785.2 160.5 220.7 1,251.3 2,065.2 779.0 144.1 380.5 1,711.0 1,993.4 935.5 187.6 386.8 1,575.9 2,011.7 837.6 200.9 427.5 1,886.5 2,126.5 906.8 215.5 63.4 67.5 .807 60.3 54.3 .770 73.3 122.7 .689 65.4 105.7 .694 70.8 r83.1 .706 202.7 122.2 205.4 123.5 230. 143. 211.1 123.4 216.6 125.1 371.0 301.1 28.9 .944 356.0 290.0 29.2 .971 552. 479. 15. .898 539.0 463.0 15.8 .945 512.9 441.6 18.8 .965 80.2 72.4 83.8 65.1 55.8 89.4 75.2 167.6 153.5 124.1 2/ 3.8 2/ 7.5 .1 2.2 .1 3.4 .2 2.9 1/ Excludes interbank loans. 2/ Less than 50 thousand pounds. Aug. 628.4 445.5 55.0 127.9 Chemicals do. #. Manufactured goods do!"* Machinery and transport equipment do... Miscellaneous manufactured articles do... Commodities not classified .'do.* DAIRY PRODUCTS Butter creamery: Production (factory) mil. lb. Stocks, cold storage, end of period do... Price, wholesale, 92-score (N.Y.) $ per lb. Cheese: Production (factory), total mil. lb. American, whole milk do... Stocks, cold storage, end of period do... American, whole milk do... Imports do..'. Price, wholesale, American, single daises (Chicago).$per lb. Condensed and evaporated milk: Production, case goods mil. lb. Stocks, manufacturers', case goods, end of month or year mil . lb . Exports: Condensed (sweetened) Evaporated (unsweetened) Nov. 624.2 441.1 55.1 128.0 Yields, composite percent. Industrials .do... Public utilities do... Railroad do... N.Y. banks .do... Property and casualty insurance companies.......do... FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL mil. $. Excl. Department of Defense Shipments do... Seasonally adjusted do... By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Animal and vegetable oils, fats, waxes 1974 1973 ITEM Price per share, end of mo., composite Industrials Public utilities Railroads 3 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1974 1973 ITEM Oct. Nov. Oct. Sept. Aug. Nov. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Con. Fluid milk: Production on farms Utilization in mfd. dairy products Price, wholesale, U.S. average .mil. lb. do... $ per 100 lb. 8,939 4,086 8.32 8,609 3,870 8.66 9,588 5,132 7.65 9,126 r4,410 8.00 9,133 4,330 8.26 mil. lb. do... 4.9 54.4 4.5 44.0 4.4 97.4 2.9 64.7 2.9 58.3 do... do... 7.6 78.1 7.0 63.5 12.6 184.9 10.8 166.6 9.7 146.2 do... do... 1.5 .2 4.3 .5 5.1 .3 4.4 .3 3.2 .3 $ per lb. .518 .522 .572 .574 .577 thous. sh. tons. do... 374 1,235 388 1,313 488 1,729 346 1,279 387 2,100 296 1,925 mil. $. do... do... do... do... 184.05 165.35 98.45 85.65 1,324.5 160.80 138.45 86.35 75.90 1,399.0 130.10 112,60 89.35 75.45 2,176.6 144.10 118.20 151.35 127.55 2,169.4 rl27.75 r99.55 rl29.05 rl08.45 r2,168.1 p90.95 p74.55 pl27.60 pl08.75 p2,131.4 do... do... do... do... do... 71.40 64.45 38.80 32.45 599.7 56.95 49.65 41.25 38.20 615.4 32.55 25.20 40.25 35.10 638.4 49.60 44.45 45.10 40.30 642.9 r42.65 r33.50 r62.80 r57.05 r622.8 *p-ll-30 *p-14.50 p51.60 p48.35 p559.9 Dry milk: Production: Dry whole milk Nonfat dry milk (human food) Stocks, manufacturers*, end of period: Dry whole milk Nonfat dry milk (human food) Exports: Dry whole milk Nonfat dry milk (human food) Price manufacturers' averaging selling, nonfat dry milk (human food) 8,644 £/8.'42 METALS AND MANUFACTURERS Steel mill products, exports Steel mill products, imports MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order backlog, end of month Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order backlog, end of month r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. *Gross new orders for Nov. 1974 totaled $21.90 mil. Targe cancellations for Nov., mostly in the automotive industry. USCCM4--DC--61,845 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C 20402 The net new order figure shown above reflects unusually POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail OV.UTIO/V ^e-i9ie WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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