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July 18, 1975 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS ,^OF^ SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1-43=10 Monthly PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS i i (avg. of daily close) i ' ' 1972 1974 1973 1975 J FMAMJ J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. INDEX, 1967=100 INDEX, 1967=100 - 170 160 - -| 160 150 - 140 - 170 - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . index) 130 Monthly _ L _ 1 J . 1 J__L J . . . . . 1 ! .—1—I-..I ., 1 1 1 1 L 1 1 1 1972 i i i 1973 i i 1 i i i i i 1974 1 i 1975 i i 1 1 J FMAMJ J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. 1967=100 200 1967=100 200 RAW STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and oil other forms) 150 100 50 J_L_ 1972 I I I I I 1973 1974 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected 1975 J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 July 6 July 13 .June 21 June 28 .July 5 July 12 1967=100. do. , . do. .. 229.3 236.9 224.0 232.2 241.1 226.0 186.3 208.1 172.5 189.9 215.3 174.1 189.8 221.0 170.7 mil. $ . do.. . 9,666 6,946 10,291 6,948 11,487 7,677 11,449 7,527 10,979 7,638 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. 350 2,323 1,993 103 35 2 2,319 2,039 224 429 4,928 3,891 198 407 4,450 3,469 205 435 168 239 74,112 91,140 37,274 369 74,876 91,157 36,868 278 80,775 93,357 34,983 399 80,685 95,975 34,723 121 81,071 98,240 35,471 394 81,895 95,240 34,580 87 98,632 58,070 375,345 20,938 124,934 58,157 101,224 58,064 125,827 58,420 104,376 64,874 378,062 32,723 122,155 59,228 103,335 64,981 374,668 31,583 121,885 59,204 106,487 65,327 376,702 31,883 122,344 59,170 8.99 84.25 95.26 9.04 79.99 90.34 9.41 90.39 101.30 9.40 94.62 106.09 9.44 94.18 105.77 6,270 37,715 114,755 8,900 11,960 40,513 125,924 8,865 13,585 39,104 149,589 8,359 15,385 39,709 151,679 8,398 6,640 38,092 114,669 8,400 2,780 113.9 2,760 113.1 13.8 16.1 2,047 83.9 15.7 1,997 81.9 15.4 1,911 78.3 11.8 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 o f large commercial banks: AJ 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, 425 stocks do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3/ thous . s h . tons . m i l . kw.-hr. number. thous. b b l . Steel, raw Index o f production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. s h . tons. 1967=100. bi.l. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 375,773 20,353 193.5 231.8 170.8 9.44 94.80 106.54 140,808 1,906 78.1 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS ITEM May Mar. Apr. May June p_/ DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive dealers Furniture, home furn., and equip, stores Building materials and hardware dealers m i l . $. do. . . do. . . do. .. do. .. 47,033 15,45 7 8,787 2,175 2,210 45,609 1.5,150 8,649 2,122 2,193 44,937 13,270 7,641 1,971 1,631 r45,896 rl4,588 r8,422 r2,010 r1,879 r51,015 rl5,905 r9,185 r2,113 2,159 48 16 9 2 555 064 438 135 491 016 463 152 616 667 518 Nondurable goods stores Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores do. . . do. . . do. .. do . .. do. . . do . . . do. . . 3 1 , 5 76 2,044 1,393 3,606 10,217 3,408 7,439 30,459 1,978 1,364 3,702 9,942 3,537 7,070 31,667 2,077 430 668 706 424 039 r31,308 rl,949 rl.,407 r3,773 rl0,178 r3,468 r7,059 r35,110 r2,245 rl,518 r4,148 rl1,640 r3,699 r8,049 32 2 1 4 10 3 7 ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. AD.) , TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive dealers Furniture, home furn., and equip, stores Building materials and hardware deaJers do. . . do. . . do . . . do. . . do. .. 44,894 14,289 7,854 2,215 2,040 44,593 14,049 7,830 2,137 1,996 45,926 13,353 7,336 2,046 1,819 r46,712 r14,064 r7,800 r2,132 rl,883 r47,951 rl4,582 8,218 2,128 1,972 48 285 15 ,105 do. . . do. . . do. . . do. .. do. . . do... do .. . 30,605 075 389 402 795 312 558 30,544 2,069 1,402 3,441 9,782 3,421 7,454 32,573 2,099 1,488 3,821 10,805 3,497 7,599 r32,648 r2,179 r . 1 , 4 55 r3,898 rl 0,598 r3,532 r7,638 r33,369 2,230 1,488 3,902 10,831 3,550 7,983 33,180 do.. . do. . . 68,277 67,078 68,622 67,943 73,169 72,273 73,545 72,003 72,716 71,374 do. . . do... 14,393 14,091 13,715 13,984 14,342 14,882 rl3,917 rl4,624 15,883 15,171 Nondurable goods stores Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nons tores ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total r/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. 3.1,013 !_/ Data for June 1975 are advanced estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1974 ITEM May Apr. June May FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of month mi 1. $ . Farm mortgage loans : Federal land banks do. .. Loans to cooperatives do. .. Other loans and discounts do... 24,041 12,142 2,694 9,205 24,606 12,400 2,733 9,473 28,808 14,641 3,741 10,426 29,214 14,917 3,650 10,646 29,575 15,180 3,499 10,895 bil. $ . do.. 20,564.7 8,970.1 20,457.3 9,065.7 22,182.9 10,241.1 r22,696.7 10,810.3 22,748.5 10,826.1 do... do... do. .. 11,594.6 4,820.8 6,773.8 11,391.6 4,768.0 6,623.6 11,941.8 4,899.9 7,041.9 rll,886.5 r4,770.6 r7,115.9 11,922.4 4,858.9 7,063.5 673.4 481.4 57.2 134.8 677.5 484.5 56.4 136.6 694.7 496.4 58.7 139.6 69.6.1 492.4 64.4 139.3 698.3 489.6 68.8 139.9 bil. $ do. . do. . do.. do.. do. . do. . do. . do. . r257.30 rll.64 rl20.18 r82.73 r76.66 r7.86 r21.06 rl.49 rl2.36 r258.03 rll.64 r-119.91 r83.22 r77.10 r7.90 r21.30 rl.45 rl2.60 272.14 12.34 125.51 87.19 80.77 8.58 23.39 1.69 13.44 273.52 12.37 126.26 87.64 81.13 8.78 23.46 1.48 13.53 Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits New York SMSA do. . Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do.. 6 other leading SMSA's do.. 226 other SMSA' s do . . 117.1 275.3 81.1 122.3 65.4 116.9 279.9 79.8 120.0 64.3 125.0 318.3 82.2 118.2 67.8 rl27.6 328.2 r82.0 rll5.5 r68.7 129.3 333.9 83.1 121.5 68.2 251.83 r829.84 76.03 167.57 251.00 831.43 71.81 169.77 240.18 765.06 78.90 162.28 244.32 790.93 75.77 166.35 254.71 836.56 77.29 169.69 89.67 101.17 100.69 87.34 39.35 37.04 89.79 101.62 100.10 90.07 37.46 37.31 83.78 93.90 92.78 80.42 39.55 38.35 84.72 95.27 96.76 80.75 38.19 38.55 90.10 101.56 101.96 85.15 39.69 38.90 59.92 93.23 85.91 56.70 86.06 82.88 52.58 76.76 86.29 54.75 79.64 84.76 57.17 83.76 94.63 47.35 52.53 33.62 30.25 52.85 47.14 52.63 33.76 29.20 51.20 44.35 48.63 31.62 31.04 47.83 44.91 49.74 31.70 30.01 47.35 47.76 53.22 32.28 31.02 50.06 645.56 21,337 628.48 21,397 626.61 21,822 654.66 21,899 687.94 21,938 billions . . percent.. .millions .. *13.78 *57.4 *1,921 **13.70 **57.5 **1,882 13.30 52.4 1,820 P12.19 p50.3 pi,689 billions. . millions.. do. . .. *11.16 *254 *60 **11.08 r**242 **57 10.95 225 58 pl0.07 p224 p57 Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas. adj.: Total (233 SMSA's) New York SMSA Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) 6 other leading SMSA's 226 other SMSA's Commercial bank credit (last Wednesday of month, except for June 30 and Dec. 31 call dates), seas. adj.: Total loans and investment 1/ Loans 1/ U. S. Government securities Other securities 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 bil. $ . do. . . do... do. . . , SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks) Public utility (15 stocks) Transportation (20 stocks) Standard £, Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks) 1941-43=10 Industrial, total (425 stocks) do.. Capital goods (116 stocks) do. . Consumers ' goods (184 stocks) do.. Public utility (55 stocks) do.. Railroad (20 stocks) do. . Banks: New York City (9 stocks) do.. Outside New York City (16 stocks) do.. Property liability insurance (16 stocks) do.. New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite 12/ 31/65=50 Industrial do. . Transportation do. . Utility do. . Finance do.. Shares listed, N.Y. Stock Exchange, end of period Market value, all listed shares bil. $.. Number of shares listed millions.. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION Air Carriers (Scheduled Service) Certificated route carriers: Passenger-miles (revenue.) Passenger-load factor Ton-miles (revenue) , total Domestic operations: Passenger-miles (revenue) Express and freight ton-miles Mail ton-miles r/ Revised. 31,013 p_/ Preliminary. 1/ Excludes interbank loans. * For Mar. 19 74. ** For Apr. 19 74. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1975 1974 Mar. May METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Consumers' (manufacturers only) .mil. sh. tons. Receipts during period do... Consumption during period do.. . Service centers (warehouses) .do.. . Producing mills: In process (ingots, semifinished, etc.) do... Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc.). do... ALUMINUM PRODUCTS: Ingots and mill products (net shipments) mil. lb Mill products, total ....do.. Plate and sheet do.. Inventories, total (ingots, mill prod., scrap), e.o.m....do.. MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total mil. $ Domestic do. . Shipments, total do. . Domestic .do.. Order backlog, end of month. do .. Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net) , total do. . Domestic do. . Shipments, total do.. Domes tic... do.. Order backlog, end of month do.. Apr. May 11.6 6.9 7.1 5.9 11.8 7.0 6.8 5.9 8.2 5.4 8.2 5.1 *1,304.8 *996.5 *540.9 *4,182 *1,330.8 **968.9 **518.5 **4,233 r643.5 r522.4 r261.3 r5,866 712.1 580.5 296.9 5,957 233.80 205.85 119.90 104.50 1,977.1 198.65 168.60 125.75 111.15 2,050.0 61.85 51.05 178.55 147.25 1,747.7 r76.80 r67.35 rl77.10 rl50.20 rl,647.4 p82.00 p73.95 pi 71.35 pl39.10 pi,558.0 55.35 45.95 52.70 44.75 652.5 45.55 37.85 61.45 56.65 636.6 17.35 13.05 65.00 52.80 387.6 rl9.25 rl4.20 r43.10 r36.95 r363.8 pl9.35 pl2.30 p43.90 p38.85 p339.2 thous do.. do .. mil do. . do.. 882 767 115 9.4 8.2 1.3 812 698 114 9.0 7.8 1.2 669 524 146 7.8 6.2 1.6 660 518 142 7.4 5.8 1.6 741 603 138 7.8 6.2 1.5 770 619 152 8.5 6.9 1.7 .thous do.. ratio 655 461 2.1 ,638 ,420 2.2 ,482 ,290 2,5 568 359 2.8 1,584 1,373 2-6 1,602 1,381 2.4 13.8 5.1 5.2 r8.2 13.3 r5.0 r5.5 8.3 12, 4. 5. 9.9 6.3 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: Total, not seasonally adjusted Domestics Imports Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rates..... Domestics Imports Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of month: Not seasonally adjusted Seasonal ly adj usted Inventory-sales ratio, new cars (domestics) „.... r_/ Revised. p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . USCOMM—DC—31,013 For Mar 1974. For Apr. 1974. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 U.S. POSTAGE AND FEES PAID DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-202 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail QUJT/O/V ^e-ieT 6 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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