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January 7,1977 A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE BUSINESS STATISTICS *<:;x SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 INDEX, 1941-43 = 10 135 _ PRICES OF 4 0 0 Monthly INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Weekly ( W e d n e s d a y close)* - _ 125 - _J 115 - 105 - 95 - (ctvg. of d a i l y close) ^» yXr 120 V _ 110 100 90 80 \ - 85 _ 70 1975 - 75 i i i . i I i i i . i i i i i i 1973 I i i i i i 1 i i i 1974 i i I i i i i i 1 1 1 I 1975 1 1 60 J 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 II J FMAMJ J A S O N D 1 1 1 1 1976 Stand. & Poor's Corp. IS INDEX, 1967=100 INDEX, 1967=100 M 170 - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION A (E.E.I, seas. a d j . i n d e x ) / Monthly / - 160 150 170 ~~ - -\s - 140 130 —I—1—1—1 1 1 L-,1 1 1 .< 1 1973 l l l I 1 I I i I t 1 l„ 1 1 1 1974 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1975 i 1 1 i i J 1976 F M A M J J A S O N D Edison Electric Inst. 1967=100 200 CONSUMER PRICES 190 180 - 170 ~~ 160 Billion $ 160 NEW CONSTRUCTION (seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) „-" _ .•rvCT.?0 .«*...•"•"" ^*-** Food V-" ,*•** v /^ LVX ASS Services 150 „..•>* Bill:ionq> 100 ^, ^^^\*~s^ ^y^ *" ^ — 140 h - ASS Items <*? ~ 140 ^ ^^TY -— , Total Put in Place (left scale) 120 h^ """""""'x 80 / • - " - ' X ^ 100 r^ / ' - N / Private Residential, ^^-*1 - 60 // / ~ 40 NonFarm (right scale) 130 .J.I i i i.l i i i I.I - m n l i i L j j - - I L i . 1 1,1 1 1 I I 1 1i i i i I 1 i i.1.1 I 1973 1974 1975 80 1976 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1973 1974 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce •# 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 i J 1 i 1 i i i 1 i i i i i . l u i iu.l,J-J.JLjJ-,)-L,> l 1 .»- 20 1975 1976 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1977 1976 1975 ITEM Jan. 3 Dec. 27 Dec. 11 Dec. 25 190.8 205.6 181.0 188.3 200.3 180.3 200.2 197.2 202.2 199.6 196.8 201.5 200.8 196.3 203.8 mil. $ do. . 13,366 9,916 10,670 7,629 14,837 10,639 15,808 11.,327 15,938 11,583 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 574 4,514 3,486 103 541 5,206 4,112 107 495 3,792 3,005 187 435 ,686 919 164 467 86,120 101,720 34,836 211 86,569 103,807 35,611 414 93,021 103,571 34,353 174 93,650 104,772 35,494 513 93,953 108,600 35,190 104 106,414 67,949 384,408 39,520 120,455 59,400 113,646 69,049 387,582 40,434 120,984 59,744 108,690 87,764 398,103 48,203 115,581 63,289 113,747 88,300 403,197 49,762 116,496 63,472 401,729 49,458 116,394 63,522 9.42 89.46 100.18 9.40 90.19 100.88 8.44 104.08 115.65 8.47 105.14 116.75 8.44 104.71 116.39 thous. sh. tons mil. kw.-hr number thous. bbl, 8,655 37,128 61,802 8,223 9,425 35,969 0 8,242 13,650 42,630 206,494 8,070 13,935 41,885 212,285 8,070 10,500 40,978 156,908 8,070 thous. sh. tons percent 1,896 2,005 2,315 69.6 2,144 69.9 2,000 65.2 bil 9.5 10.7 15.8 15.7 12.1 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1967=100 .. do. . do. . ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ 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 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.. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do.. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 201.9 196.7 205.4 e94,283 112,772 35,935 441 111,416 88,624 106.34 118.27 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities. e_/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1975 Sept. Aug. June July Aug. Sept. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun § Bradstreet, Inc.) Fai lures, total number Commercial service do. . Construction do. . Manufacturing and mining do. . Retail trade do. . Wholesale trade do. . 891 133 177 123 378 80 853 117 152 140 365 79 775 111 150 100 326 689 105 119 92 284 798 108 130 127 358 75 714 109 122 114 293 76 Liabilities (current), total thous Commercial service do.. Construction do. . Manufacturing and mining do.. Retail trade do. . Wholesale trade do. . Failures annual rate (seas, adj.) No. per 10,000 concerns 222,442 31,684 32,497 57,046 70,^89 30,326 41.4 205,526 20,803 31,918 49,124 84,673 19,008 42.2 373,635 179,643 61,184 57,417 44,955 30,436 32.7 305,552 21,928 23,028 206,547 40,285 13,764 31.2 263,965 25,066 23,838 120,800 47,966 46,295 35.7 250,318 31,768 18,103 157,475 26,628 16,344 34.9 Nov. Aug. Sept. 1976 1975 Oct. Oct. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL mil. Private, total do. Residential (incl. farm) do. New housing units do. Nonresidential building, total 1/ do. Industrial do. Commercial do. Public, total do. NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES) , TOTAL bil. $ Private, total do. . Residential (incl. farm) do. . New hous ing units do. . r / Revised. 84116 1/ Except farm and p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s . 12,703 8,769 4,558 3,530 2,333 678 1,154 3,934 12,120 8,528 4,380 3,443 2,251 669 1,086 3,592 13,976 10,317 5,947 4,628 2,340 590 1,164 3,659 rl3,605 rl0,005 r5,641 r4,721 r2,305 r 592 rl,134 r3,600 rl3,668 rl0,357 r5,872 r4,807 r2,319 r570 rl,172 r3,311 13,257 10,271 ,790 ,683 ,290 579 ,118 ,986 136.2 95.6 49.4 37.5 138.0 97.3 50.4 38.9 147.5 110.2 60.0 46.5 rl46.3 rl08.7 r58.7 48.8 rl46.7 rll2.8 r63.5 51.1 150.2 116.3 66.6 52.9 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1975 ITEM Oct. Nov. Sept. Aug. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE--Con. NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL--Con. Private, total--Con. Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ bil. $.. Industrial do... . Commercial do... . Public, total do.. .. CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1967=100. . 25.6 7.6 12.4 40.6 25.9 7.7 12.4 40.7 26.6 6.9 13.0 37.3 26.3 6.9 12.7 37.6 r25.5 6.4 12.6 r34.0 190.2 191.0 rl99.5 rl98.9 r200.5 97 94 96 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS 83 HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEAS. ADJUSTED INDEX 1967-100.. LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession rate, total mo. rate per 100 employees New hires do. . Separation rate, total do. . Quit do. . Layoff do. . Seasonally adjusted:2/ Accession rate, total do.. New hires do.. Separation rate, total do.. Quit do.. Layoff do. . WORK STOPPAGES: Number of stoppages: Beginning in month number In effect during month do. . Workers involved: Beginning in month thous In effect during month do. . Days idle during month do. . 3.7 2.4 4.0 1.6 1.6 2.8 1.7 3.5 1.2 1.7 5.1 3.5 4.9 2.8 1.1 4.4 3.2 4.6 2.4 1.3 3.5 2.5 4.1 1.7 1.5 r3.7 2.2 r3.8 rl.4 1.7 3.7 r2.2 r3.8 1.6 rl.5 3.8 r2.5 r4.0 rl.7 rl.4 3.6 r2.4 r4.1 1.6 rl.7 3.5 2.3 4.0 1.5 1.6 426 823 300 656 379 718 384 637 422 675 143 246 2,327 63 143 1,737 112 396 5,223 300 413 5,359 121 381 4,517 285.02 14.20 132.52 88.48 81.82 9.34 24.24 1.30 14.93 287.12 14.65 133.55 88.66 81.98 9.45 24.34 1.30 15.17 309.30 18.77 148.44 89.89 82.77 10.15 25.38 1.44 15.23 312.04 18.88 150.11 90.22 83.04 10.18 25.50 1.43 15.73 313.96 19.42 151.21 90.32 83.11 10.28 25.61 1.36 15.76 9.51 9.44 8.85 8.72 8.63 do. . do. . do.. do. . 8.86 9.06 9.74 10.37 8.78 8.97 9.67 10.33 8.45 8.44 9.00 9.49 8.38 8.35 8.85 9.30 8.32 8.26 8.77 9.18 do. . do. . do-. . 9.32 9.94 9.40 9.27 9.83 9.36 8.79 9.07 8.75 8.66 8.91 8.66 8.58 8.83 8.54 mil. $ do. . do.. 9,750.9 9,719.3 9,225.7 9,526.4 9,513.3 9,408.9 8,898.4 8,828.8 9,688.1 9,208.7 9,159.0 9,871.7 10,085.1 10,080.7 9,727.6 do.. do. . do.. do.. do.. do.. 1,475.5 128.6 875.9 318.5 56.9 728.8 1,526.8 150.2 859.4 457.9 77.7 661.6 1,367.0 101.5 768.9 304.8 60.3 841.0 1,321.6 131.1 823.5 387.8 91.5 785.4 1,515.9 149.7 1,049.4 407.2 83.1 816.3 do. . do. . do. . do. . do.. do. . 980.7 4,260.3 706.4 1,670.8 530.9 278.2 914.2 3,946.7 664.2 1,532.8 471.8 353.3 892.8 3,728.9 755.3 1,363.6 508.0 191.3 910.0 3,846.6 766.6 1,355.1 544.8 215.7 906.7 4,229.0 833.3 1,502.1 560.1 212.2 do. . . do. . . 8,510.8 8,169.3 7,908.5 8,201.3 10,453.1 10,445.8 10,385.4 10,650.6 10,039.9 10,423.5 do. . . do. . . do... do. .. do. . . 759.9 128.0 457.7 2,345.5 48.8 725.1 120.4 415.3 2,089.4 66.2 880.7 104.9 619.5 3,164.6 35.6 851.2 123.5 678.6 2,959.6 43.2 776.5 139.1 602.4 2,823.1 18.6 FINANCE LIFE INSURANCE: INSTITUTE OF LIFE INSURANCE: ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES Government securities Corporate securities Mortgage loans, total Nonfarm Real estate Policy loans and premium notes Cash Other assets SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Domestic corporate (Moody's) By ratings: Aaa Aa A Baa By group: Industrials Public utilities Railroads bil. $ do.. do. . do. ., do. . do.. do. . do. . do. . percent FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE .) , INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted 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 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, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Animal and vegetable oils and fats r/ Revised, 84116 p/ Preliminary. 1/ Except farm and public utilities. 2/ Data reflect revised seasonal factors. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 Nov. Sept. Aug. FOREIGN TRADE--Con. GENERAL IMPORTS--Con. Seasonally adjusted--Con. By commodity groups--Con. Chemicals. .mil. $. Manufactured goods.................................... do... Machinery and transport equipment.................... .do. . . Miscellaneous manufactured articles.................. .do. . . Commodities not classified........................... .do. . . 302.4 1,194.0 2,138.6 918.7 217.4 298.5 1,121.2 2,018.6 841.9 211.9 368.3 1,538.0 2,307,2 1,215.3 218.9 368.4 1,558.1 2,445.0 1,124.1 233.5 33.8 33.8 r36.0 35.6 9.7 6.1 6.7 11.3 5.0 5.7 10.1 6.3 6.6 10.8 4.2 4.7 11.9 7.2 r6.6 10.3 5.1 5.0 11.7 7.2 6.5 10.2 5.3 5.4 12.0 7.3 2,257 101.0 318 = 0 212.6 rl,586 r60.4 247, 6 rl78. 3 2,222 75.3 280.5 234.4 2,075 77.6 245.7 238.2 2,056 83.0 321.6 235.7 1,868 83.6 301.4 193.8 210.9 456.6 184.8 429.1 315.4 rl66.2 304.7 91.5 296.2 218.7 215.5 477.0 169.0 444.2 300.6 206.7 420.7 142.8 414.7 305.9 224.1 392.7 108.2 369.6 295.1 207.8 330.7 84.9 345.0 295.3 799.2 120.8 236.3 632.6 80.7 191.4 848.1 136.3 285.9 749.3 143.3 266.3 797.0 129.2 252.6 471.6 1,520.1 2,354.4 1,117.7 216.4 473.9 1,606.8 2,723.7 1,231.3 253.4 METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL MILL SHAPES AND FORMS, INVENTORIES, E.O.M..mil. sh. tons. Producing mills, inventories, end of month: Steel in process ......................................do.. Finished steel. .do.. Service centers (warehouses), inventories, e.o.m........do. . Consumers (manufacturers only), inventories, e.o.m......do. . Receipts during period................................ do. . Consumption during period............................ .do. . ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT: Household electrical appliances, factory sales.........thous Air conditioners (room)............................... do. . Dishwashers do.. Disposers (food waste) .do. . Ranges................................................ do.. Refrigerators..........................................do.. Freezers.............................................. .do.. Washers do.. Dryers(incl. gas).....................................do.. 10.2 5.0 5.0 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Registrations(new vehicles): 1/ Passenger cars.........................................thous Imports, including domestically sponsored............ .do. . Trucks do.. r / Revised. 1/ _Data exclude r e g i s t r a t i o n s f o r one S t a t e ( c o u r t e s y of R. L. Polk § C o . ; r e p u b l i c a t i o n 6 USC0MM--DC-- 847U6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS prohibited). POSTAGE AND FEES PAID DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209
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