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July 11, 1975 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS o^^Ccv S >-4T£S O* * SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Thousands 350 (Passenger cars) 200 I I i -J- ' 1972 i -J- i _J_L_J L_J 1973 I l l i i _J i ! I L_J 1974 I I i i L__L_ 1975 J FMAMJ JASOND Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. Billion $ 160 1967 = 100 200 WHOLESALE 180 160 — Farm Products and Processed Foods a n d Feeds \ h \\ All Commodities 140 / \/ / • 120 • - " NEW CONSTRUCTION PRICES it l\ > . \\ ;v. ; / V . V v '! j \ s~ \ 1973 (seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) _ * ^ \ - 80 ' 120 /^^•*** 60 ~ \ Industrial 100 Commodities 1 1 I I 1 I I 1"I I' 1974 Private Residential, Nonfarm (right scale) 80 1 1 1 40 *' 20 I I I I I I I 1975 1972 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1974 1973 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce Dollars 5.00 4.80 Total Put in Place (left scale) 140 _ x / ^~~^r.. VV r/ -..•*V - - " ./ — / \ ..**"* 1972 \ ' I I 1 M 1 i 1 I i1 i 100 h / . v • S\ [x ..--11 ^ Billion $ 100 Billion $ 54 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS 52 16.0 CONSUMER 15.0 ~ (Hours seasonally adjusted) 48 INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED REPAID (seasonally adjusted) AND / V \ - 14.0 Extended 46 f%J f*S ./ C A V 4' \ 13.0 \ 44 A? - Repaid 42 / I A I \ /~--v^> A v e r a g e Hours Per Week » / \ . I (right scale) I I i i i i il i i i i i I i i i i i I i ii_u-L 1972 1973 1974 • ri . . i , 1975 12.0 40 11.0 38 100 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor yi 111111111 i M M 1972 Data: Federal Reserve Board * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly - f a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1973 i I 1 1 1 1 11 ! I 1974 11 1975 1 1 1 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1974 1975 ITEM July 6 June 14 July 5 . . .1967=100 do . . do. . 226.9 228.8 225.5 229.3 236.9 224.0 186.6 208.2 172.9 186.3 208.1 172.5 189.9 215.3 174.1 mil. $ do. . 10,943 7,065 9,666 6,946 11,47.2 11,331 7,572 11,295 7,425 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 § Brads tr-eet) .. .number 286 2,082 1,783 188 350 2,323 1,993 103 422 ,043 ,018 193 429 4,940 3,901 198 406 205 168 73,689 90,068 36,536 99 74,112 91,140 37,274 369 80,536 92,072 33,728 -73 80,775 93^,357 34,983 399 80,685 95,975 34,723 121 81 ,088 98 244 35 455 378 100,755 57,842 372,675 21,048 123,292 58,042 98,404 58,115 376,364 20,872 125,544 58,317 104,695 64,629 378,179 32,150 121,961 59,251 104,376 64,874 378,062 32,723 122,155 59,228 103,732 64,954 375,111 31,934 121,919 59,189 8.94 87.61 99.27 8.99 84.25 95.26 9.46 90.55 101.63 9.41 90.39 101.30 9.40 94.62 106.09 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 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.. v 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, 425 stocks do.. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous . sh. tons mil. kw.-hr number .....thous. bbl 7,880 36,218 155,713 9,005 6,270 37,715 114,755 8,900 13,760 36,082 152,729 8,350 13,585 39,104 149,589 8,359 13,385 39,709 151,679 8,398 Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous . sh. tons 1967=100 bil 2,802 114.9 17.0 2,780 113.9 13.8 2,118 86.8 15.6 2,047 83.9 15.7 1,997 81.9 15.4 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. 189.8 221.0 170.7 9.44 94.18 105.77 14 ,669 1 ,911 78.3 4/ Wednesday data BUSINESS STATISTICS 1974 1975 May Apr. May COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 1967=100 9 Foodstuffs do. . 13 Raw industrials do. . WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES do . . Farm products do. . Food and feeds, processed do. . Industrial commodities. . . . do. . Chemicals and allied products do. . Fuels and related products, and power do . . Furniture and household durables do. . Hides , skins, and 1 eather products do. . Lumber and wood products do. . Machinery and equipment do. . Metals and metal products do. . Nonmetallic mineral products do . . Pulp, paper, and allied products do . . Rubber and plastics products do. . Textile products and apparel do. . Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100 Motor vehicles and equipment 1967=100 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY-Wholesale prices 1967=$1.00 221 6 215 1 226 2 224.4 219.7 227.5 198.6 224.5 182.3 201.2 224.6 186.4 194 5 210 3 184 2 187.2 209.4 173.2 155 0 180 8 158 9 150 5 137 0 204 3 124 5 146 3 198 0 134 1 168 .7 150 .7 146 .6 133 .7 139 .1 121 .4 124 .9 155.7 168.6 157.4 153.6 142.8 210.5 126.1 146.0 192.2 137.2 174.0 152.3 147.5 135.6 141.7 122.8 126.1 170.4 171.1 177.3 168.9 181.8 233.0 138.5 143.2 169.6 158.8 186.1 170.8 170.0 149.7 134.3 139.5 143.0 172.1 177.7 179.4 169.7 182.4 236.5 138.5 147.5 174.9 159.7 185.7 173.0 169.7 149.4 134.4 139.9 143.0 173 2 184 5 179 0 170 3 182 1 238 8 138 6 147 7 183 0 160 .4 185 1 173 .1 169 .8 148 .9 135 .2 139 .9 142 .9 173. 18 179. 170. 181. 243.0 139.0 148.7 181.0 161.0 184.5 173.3 169.8 148.6 135.9 140.1 143.1 $0,645 $0,642 $0,587 $0,581 ).577 $0,576 1 1 , 8 79 8 : 365 A, 140 3 315 2 535 648 384 12,222 8,710 4,399 3,524 2,592 674 1,407 3,512 r9,056 r6,133 r2,610 rl,868 r2,024 r606 r994 r2,923 r9,761 r6>747 r2,984 r2,065 r2,134 r624 1,040 r3,014 10,623 7,273 3,324 2,314 2,218 719 1,055 3,350 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.) , TOTAL Private, total ., Residential (incl. farm) New housing units Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ . Industrial Commercial Public, total r/ Revised. 1/ Except farm and public utilities. Digitized for31,005 FRASER mil. $ do. . .do. . do. . do.. do. . do. . do. . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1974 ITEM May Apr. May CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE--Con. NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $ Private, total do. . Residential (incl. farm) do. . New housing units do . . Nonresidential buildings total 1/ do. . Industrial do. . Commercial do... Public, total do. . CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1967 = 100 122 84 37 27 26 8 12 38 4 0 4 6 2 4 5 5 138.2 97.9 48.0 39.7 29.9 7.6 16.4 40.3 136.9 98.4 48.3 39.6 30.5 8.0 16.4 38.5 rl24,4 r85.0 r37.3 r26.4 r26.7 r8.0 rl3.3 r39.3 rl21.0 r83.4 r36.7 r26.5 25.7 r7.4 rl2.6 r37.6 170.7 172.8 rl86.8 rl86.9 thous do.. do. . do. . do . . do . . 92,158 89,929 85,785 3,604 82,181 4,144 94,758 92,546 87,167 3,895 83,272 5,380 93,593 91,395 83,036 2,988 80,048 8,359 93,564 91,369 83,549 3,171 80,377 7,820 93,949 91,768 84,146 3,622 80,524 7,623 Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted do.. Employed, total do. . Agriculture do . . Nonagricultural industries do. . Unemployed do . . Long-term, 15 weeks and over do. . 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 Married men, wife present Occupation: White-collar workers Blue-collar workers Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers... Construction Manufacturing Durable goods 90,753 86,062 3,497 82,565 4,691 90,857 86,088 3,333 82,755 4,769 92,262 877 934 91, 829 83, 849 3, 265 80, 584 7, 980 1, 991 92,940 84,402 3,512 80,890 8,538 2,643 5.2 3.4 5.1 5.2 3.5 5.1 15.6 15.8 4.7 9.3 2.2 3.2 5.8 5.2 9.6 4.7 4.4 4.8 9.0 2.6 3.2 6.2 5.4 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted Civilian labor force Employed, total Agr i cul ture Nonagricultural industries Unemployed 10.4 5.1 4.8 78,421 64,220 44,036 24,847 8.7 6.8 8.5 20.6 8.0 14.2 5.2 4.6 12.5 9.3 18.1 11.4 11.3 84,086 3,238 80,848 8,176 2,403 14. 5.6 4.7 13.0 9.8 19.3 12.2 12.8 9.2 7.3 8.6 21.8 8.5 14.7 5.8 5.4 13.0 10.1 21.8 12.3 12.7 r76,349 r61,490 r43,400 r22,268 r703 r3,475 rl8,090 rl0,554 7,536 r76,439 r61,536 r43,423 r22,291 r709 r3,469 rl8,113 rl0,521 r7,592 20 thous. do. . . do. . . do. . . do . . . do . . . do. . . do. . . do . . . 78,357 64,170 44,019 24,885 668 669 4,066 20,151 11,908 8,243 3,994 20,184 11,959 8,225 76,368 61,560 43,414 22,338 706 3,486 18,146 10,635 7,511 Service-producing do . . . Transportation, communication, electric, g a s , etc....do... Wholesale and retail trade do... Wholesale trade . do. . . Retail trade do. . . Finance, insurance, and real estate do. . . Services do . . . Government do . . . Federal do. . . State and local do. . . Production or nonsupervisory workers on payrolls o f private nonagricultural establishments, seas, a d j . : Employees, total thous Manufacturing do. . Durable goods do . . Average weekly hours per worker, seasonally adjusted: Total private hours Contract construction .do. . Manufacturing do. . Overtime hours do . . Durab 1 e goods do . . Overtime hours do. . Hourly earnings, average, seasonally adjusted: Total private nonfarm payrolls dollars Mining do. . Contract construction do. . Manufacturing do. . 53,472 4,701 16,994 4,258 12,736 4,161 13,429 14,187 2,711 11,476 53,574 4,698 17,031 4,261 12,770 4,156 13,488 14,201 2,715 11,486 54,030 4,512 16,799 4,211 12,588 4,157 13,754 14,808 2,732 12,076 r54,081 4,511 rl6,794 r4,213 rl2,581 r4,163 rl3,754 rl4,859 2,729 rl2,130 r54,148 4,497 rl6,813 r4,207 rl2,606 4,160 rl3,775 rl4,903 r2,730 rl2,173 53,037 14,739 8,682 53,059 14,761 8,714 50,434 12,866 7,499 r50,357 rl2,826 r7,426 r50,445 rl2,868 r7,407 36.7 36.7 40.3 36.7 36.9 40.1 r36.0 r36.7 r39.1 2.3 r39.7 2.4 36.0 r36.9 39.0 2.3 39.4 2.2 EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ Private sector Nonmanufacturing industries Goods -producing Mining Contract construction Manufacturing Durable goods Nondurable goods Transportation, communication, e l e c , g a s , etc Wholesale and retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services r/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. Digitized for 31,005 FRASER do.. do. . do.. do. . 1/ Except farm and public utilities , 3.4 3.4 40.9 40.8 3.5 3.4 35.9 34.9 38.8 2.3 39.4 2.3 4.17 5.14 6.62 4.33 4.21 5.20 6.74 4.38 4.44 5.76 7.18 4.71 4.45 r5.69 r7.16 4.71 4.47 r5.80 r7.11 4.73 5.31 3.44 3.74 3.72 5.37 3.47 3.83 3.76 5.72 3.68 4.08 3.96 r5.74 r3.69 r4.07 r3.96 5.77 3.71 r4.08 r3.99 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1975 1974 ITEM May June Mar. Apr. May June p/ LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS--Con. Indexes of man-hours (aggregate weekly), seas, adj.: Private nonagric. payrolls, total................. .1967=100.. .....do.... .....do.... .....do.... .....do.... .....do.... do.... ... .do Transportation comm., elec., gas. Wholesale and retail trade.................... ......do.... .....do.... Retail trade .....do.... .....do.... 113.6 105.0 110.1 119.7 102.2 103.0 119.6 109.8 116.7 117.1 123.5 126.8 113.5 104.6 110.3 117.8 102.1 103.2 119.7 108.7 116.5 116.8 123.8 128.0 105.5 88.0 112.1 99.4 85.9 85.8 117.7 102.6 113.3 113.7 121.8 129.5 rl05.6 88.9 rl09.5 r99.4 86.3 85.7 rll7.2 rl02.5 112.8 rll2.9 rl20.4 rl29.0 106.1 r89.2 rll3.9 rl00.2 r86.4 84.8 117.9 rl01.7 r!13.7 rll4.2 rl21.2 130.1 ...mil. $.. .....do.... 181,680 148,852 183,425 150,615 184,253 151,477 184,344 151,271 185,010 151,610 .....do.... .....do.... 15,605 13,800 14,641 12,878 12,411 13,646 13,603 13,809 13,799 13,460 .....do.... do.... 14,669 13,407 14,387 13,301 12,797 13,234 13,181 13,423 13,149 13,274 do.... .....do.... 730.3 100.1 232.3 800.9 107.9 260.6 635.4 149.0 177.6 581.3 126.4 176.8 656.8 130.8 197.2 FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT [SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM) : Total outstanding, end of month. Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Repaid, total Seasonally adjusted: Repaid, total TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Registrations (new vehicles): 1/ r / Revised, p / P r e l i m i n a r y . USC0MM--DC-- 31,005 1/ Data f o r a l l months omit two S t ' i t e s except for May 197 5 which omits UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 d a t a f o r one S t a t e . POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-202 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail ^ 6 -191 16 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 106.0 88.8 113.7 95.2 86.8 85.0 117.9 101.5 113.7 114.4 121.7 130.0
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