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JANUARY 4, 1974 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Billion $ 350 Billion 350 TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 325 300 275 — — 250 Monthly (average of Wednesday v T m i i , I I I i i i i i i i i i i 1971 1970 Data: Federal Reserve Board -J—L-J—l™J—1 I I I '1 i L.JL i i i 1972 i 1 i data) i i i i J F M A M J 1973 J 1967 = 100 170 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION A S O N D 1 1967 = 100 170 (by utilities) (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) 160 150 140 130 Monthy 1970 1971 1972 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1973 Data: Edison Electric Inst. 1941-43 = 10 1941-43 = 10 140 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 120 1973 - - 1972 - \ 100 — / - \ - 80 1 , 1 1 J 1 1 L-l 1970 1971 1 1 1 I,I i i i.l I,I i i i 1972 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected weekly i i i i i 1 i 1973 i i i i J 130 120 110 100 ~ 90 i i I i i 1 i i i i i F M A M J J A S O N D 80 Weekly (Wednesday close) Monthly (avg. of daily close) J ^ V - 110 90 A / 140 I WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1972 Dec. 23 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1973 Dec, 8 Dec. 30 Dec. 15 Dec. 22 198.1 207.8 205.4 11,213 8,158 12,103 8,812 1967=100, 130.6 131.6 mil. $. do.., 12,749 9,213 8,911 6,079 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. 327 1,940 1,760 145 339 2,227 2,009 141 346 1,815 1,705 203 342 188 174 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ ....mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3_/....do... Member bank reserve balances 3_l do... Excess reserves, estimated 3_/ do.., 66,191 77,088 31,408 206 66,575 77,606 31,441 189 70,493 84,515 34,851 376 71,229 83,598 34,366 -108 71,682 85,480 35,128 263 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 obiigations do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do... Real estate loans (gross) do... 101,990 58,101 308,314 28,206 90,702 45,833 104,029 58,294 311,813 28,650 91,003 45,891 100,757 56,383 346,199 25,974 107,993 54,473 102,784 56,304 349,779 26,201 108,2 73 54,723 103,634 56,272 350,530 25,382 108,943 54,836 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... 7.48 115.95 129.33 7.48 116.93 130.59 8.02 92.16 103.37 8.04 93.57 104.75 106.21 ....thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 9,995 35,914 204,209 9,473 8,620 32,440 84 9,416 12,805 34,700 202,156 9,051 12,550 36,113 189,407 8,987 thous. sh. tons. 1967=100. 2,686 110.1 2,603 106.7 2,907 119.2 2,926 119.9 bil. 14.9 12.1 17.1 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2J Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3_/ Daily average. k) Wednesday data. 8.06 94.82 127,399 * Friday price. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1972 1973 ITEM Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 37 ,058 5 ,138 10 ,155 36,503 5,025 10,208 37 ,291 5,,846 8 ,281 40 ,945 6 ,155 10,134 42,285 r6,345 rll, 158 41,784 6,405 11,338 36 ,302 5,,437 9,,820 36,870 5,349 9,915 39,633 6,,165 10;,281 40,162 6,,266 10,,697 r41,567 r6,730 rl0,809 42,308 6,816 11,048 2,,734 10.,539 8,,966 1,,573 2,922 10,737 9,165 1,572 3,084 11,,687 10, ,135 1,,552 3,,042 12,032 10,,425 1.,607 r3,152 rl2,096 rlO,386 rl,710 3,169 12,381 10,741 1,640 37,,690 36,827 39,,737 42,,703 r44,517 43,724 37.,127 5.,512 10,,150 37,462 5,449 9,813 42,,689 7,,150 10,,948 42.,259 6,,325 10.,978 r44,037 r6,868 rll,368 44,164 6,750 11,412 2,,797 11,062 9,,625 1,,437 2,860 11,124 9,699 1,425 2,,996 12,,887 11,,032 1,855 3,,055 12,,832 11,,267 1.,565 r3,220 r13,488 rll,595 rl,893 3,276 13,669 11,883 1,786 78,,927 79,251 101,441 103,,198 rl05,436 107,381 79,,683 7,,874 25,584 80,275 7,974 25,482 102.,621 14.,798 29,,598 104,,716 14,,857 29,,878 rl07,185 rl4,996 r30,437 109,041 14,932 30,800 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): mil. $.. Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondef ense MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Primary metals.... Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted) Durable goods industries, total r/ Revised. _1/ Data for Nov. 1973 are advance estimates. 11,546 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1973 19 72 ITEM Oct. Nov. 2,035 48,644 29,208 19,436 Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 1,973 49,031 29,742 19,289 2,201 57,974 37,202 20,772 2,213 58,771 38,042 20,729 r2 ,281 r60,165 r39,253 r20,912 2,390 61,449 40,393 21,056 26,736 2 7^ 417 23,991 26 ^ 387 27,510 27^696 P 26^277 140.4 110.9 140.7 110.8 147.6 109.3 rl49.0 r110.0 rl49.7 rl09.6 pl50.1 pi09.0 139.13 109.89 138.76 "109.28 145.04 107.39 rl47.31 rl08.72 147.26 107.80 pl47.63 pl07.23 123,43 97.49 123.14 96.98 127=11 94.11 rl28.87 r95.11 128.82 94.30 pl29.ll p93.78 7.59 7.52 8.04 8.06 7.96 8.02 7.21 7.45 7.64 8.06 7-12 7.39 7.58 7.99 7.68 7.84 8.11 8.53 7.63 7.86 8.11 , 8.63 7.60 7.84 7.98 8.41 7.67 7.90 8.07 8.42 7.36 7.63 7.97 7.28 7.55 7.95 7.91 8.06 8.32 7.89 8.09 8.37 7.76 8.04 8.24 7.81 8.11 8.28 8.98 9.62 4.89 3.79 7.31 11.02 9.21 9.97 4.90 3.83 7.31 11.02 9.59 10.53 5.02 4.06 7.54 13.23 9.62 10.58 5.03 4.06 7.54 11.88 9.73 10.75 5.03 4.09 7.55 11.88 10.16 11.22 5.03 4.09 7.55 11.90 ....do.... 295.56 365.83 83.36 83.85 309.50 383.21 86.86 93.33 279.26 350.38 67.87 71.44 287.99 357.90 72.38 77.35 r288.50 361.44 68.21 80.73 258.72 320.11 60.95 83.86 .percent.. 3.04 2.63 5.87 4.52 3.05 2.70 3.43 3.01 7.40 5.68 2.83 3.69 3.34 2.96 6.95 5.25 2.75 3.20 3.37 2.97 7.37 5.07 2.70 3.28 3.93 3.51 8.25 4.88 3.02 3.38 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS—Con. 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.)—Con. Supplementary series: NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc Unadjusted...................................... Seasonally adjusted............................. do.... p23,465 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Earnings per production or nonsupervisory worker on payrolls of private nonfarm establishments: Average hourly earnings index, seasonally adjusted: 1967=100.. 1967 dollars Gross average weekly earnings: Spendable average weekly earnings (married worker with three dependents): FINANCE SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Yields: Domestic corporate (Moody's) By rating: Aaa Aa A Baa By group: .percent.. STOCKS: Dividend rates, prices, yields, common stocks (Moody ' s) : Dividends per share, annual rate, composite. .dollars.. Public utilities N.Y. banks Property and casualty insurance companies. ....do.... Price per share, end of mo., composite N.Y. banks Property and casualty insurance companies. do Prices: Standard & Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks) 1941-43-10.. Industrial, total (425 stocks) Consumers' goods (184 stocks) ....do.... 2.98 2.60 5.64 4.10 3.17 2 = 52 109.56 122.39 119.50 112.94 56.66 41.20 115.05 128.29 122.11 119.51 61.16 42.41 103.80 116.75 115.98 104.35 50.14 33.76 105.61 118.52 116.60 105.16 52.31 35.49 109.84 123.42 122.30 106.58 53.22 38.24 102.03 114.64 115.48 96.97 48.30 39.74 63.99 118.20 133.04 63.45 117.74 149.68 66.62 102.43 114.02 71.08 107.24 115.33 73.43 113.30 119.88 69.63 107.01 117.72 4,508.5 4,441.0 4,316.3 4,447.2 4,613.5 4,582.9 4,472.9 ;4,527.2 5,810.4 5,778.5 6,004.3 5,706.5 6,015.6 5,959.0 6,448.4 5,936.5 6,783.5 6,749.3 6,431.6 6,668.1 7,127.7 7,091.1 6,819.0 7,037.8 550.6 85.8 500.0 615.7 94.8 506.0 1,207.5 77.3 558.9 1,191.0 92.9 506.3 1,216.0 110.6 749.8 1,385.2 128.7 892.2 137.1 35.2 392.9 146.9 47.8 331.9 153.6 60.2 516.6 177.1 59.1 553.1 156.2 61.4 655.0 Bank s: Outside New York City (16 stocks) Property liability insurance (16 stocks).. do do FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL ..mil. $.. By commodity groups and principal commodities: Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels ....do.... Animal and vegetable oils, fats, waxes ....do.... r j Revised. 1/ Data for Nov. 1973 are advance estimates. 121 o 6 66.2 505.6 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1972 1973 Oct. Nov. Aug. Sept. • mil. $o ...do.., , e9 do.. g ...do... .do. .do. 445.7 1,885.9 334.8 754.8 131.0 426.4 1,904.1 341.3 721.8 264.9 128.7 607.1 2,067.6 414.1 665.4 331.0 126.8 648.8 2,319.4 429.9 885.8 336.9 147.7 709.2 2,551.0 489.1 919.0 378.5 163.8 731.3 2,564.0 466.1 1,009.3 373.3 178.6 GENERAL IMPORTS5 TOTAL... 8 . o o s .. B o e .,..e ...do..6 Seasonally adjusted® .................do... By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals do... Beverages and tobacco ..(.......................do... Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels. 08 .. 0 o....». 0 ..do, 0 . Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc..8,..,9.........1.....do... Animal and vegetable oils and fats,.,,,... ,.8.do... 5,008.5 4.737.5 5,201.4 5,147.9 5,997.4 6,020.9 5,286.3 5,575.1 6,373.3 5,904.5 6.787.2 6.733.3 585.1 107.1 347.3 412.4 15.5 545.1 117.3 383 1 417 0 10.1 696.9 91.2 408.7 776.4 23.5 615.7 91.0 386.8 694.9 21.2 707.0 128.0 490.7 794.7 25.5 809.0 127.0 478.7 908.3 37.4 Chemicals. ...........................................do... Manufactured goods. ................................a .do... Machinery and transport equipment do... Miscellaneous manufactured articles,.,,.,.....,.<,..s,.do... Commodities not classified..... ....,.......do... 165.8 1,086.4 1.523.6 618.2 147.1 177.4 ,072.5 ,713.6 621.4 143.9 189.2 968.9 ,507.6 666.2 144.9 206.1 1,136.0 1,943.9 781.3 160.2 216.2 1,239.6 2,055.2 772.2 143.4 1,069 932 137 11.2 9.6 1,032 891 141 11.6 9.8 838 686 152 11.6 9.9 1.7 875 754 121 11.6 1.5 979 858 121 9.8 8.4 1.3 p912 778 pl34 plO.l p8.4 pi.8 1,387 1,553 1.9 1,360 1,478 1.7 1,479 1,664 2.4 1,628 1,812 FOREIGN TRADE ~ Oct. Nov. Con. GENERAL E X P O R T S — C o m By commodity groups - Con* Manufactured goods....................... Machinery and transport equipment, total® Electrical Transport equipment, total Miscellaneous manufactured article Commodities not classified........ 282.8 206, 1,135. 1,683. 820. 155. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT RETAIL SALES, NEW PASSENGER CARS: Total, not seasonally adjusted................... Domestics Imports a................... Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rates....... Domestics Imports........................................ Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of month Not seasonally adjusted.......................... Seasonally adjusted®............................. Inventory-sales ratio, new cars (domestics)........ 1.6 1,288 1,492 1.9 1.8 1,313 1,473 1.8 10.2 jd/ Preliminary. 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