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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* ' a l , | , ut ,\j J ti a^i r?yf^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ G ^ ^ ^ e ^ i "?>)(! •'.!':'> A!iJl^^t^S^^^^fr^5ili^ilMiiS^ ^^iK« 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 1941-43 = (avg . ^Jaily dose) - 120 - 110 ^ \ / \ / / 100 - 90 80 1 1 L _ l .._J—J—1 1 1 t L__ L_JL_LJL_J 1968 1 1 I L_J 1 ™JL™J™l™JUa^J m JLJ_J__L m m L_ 1969 1- 1 1 1 1 1. I 1970 1 t 1 1 1971 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Standard & Poor's Group 1967 = 100 150 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 1967 == 100 160 (E. E. 1. s e a . a d j . index) 140 f\ 130 y^^ kJ7 120 ~ j-^ ^ no - _ — i _ l — t ~ J — 1 — L _ J — 1 — L . 1 L . . ™1™.JL-1™J~™I—1—I.-..J 1968 ,1 l^JL^ ™ 1 ™ X J — L „ | 1969 I I., A • 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 1 1 i 1970 1 1 1971 S 1970 Billion $ 110 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES 60 1 L 1 1 . 1 1 .1 If. I I . J F M A M J J A S O N D 140 L CONSUMER PRICES 100 ^y***" 55 ^s***^ - " ^ • ^S****"^^ /"**. 50 1967 = 100 (seasonally adjusted) Inventories ( r i g h t scale) , ' Shipments '\ / w \,> H 90 «•*% J> 1 - //V / (left scale) _j 80 *,** Book v a l u e , e n d o f month 45 i \ i i_x l i n n 1968 70 Si 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1M 1 I I .1 i I I I M 1 I M I I 1 I M 1 1 1969 1970 1971 U.S. Dept. of Commerce ' M i | 1968 U.S. Dept. of Labor * 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 1969 120 Weekly I Data: Edison Electric Inst. Billic 65 130 110 Monthly 100 140 1971. I I I I I I I I I I I 1970 M I I I I I II I 1971 100 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 ITEM 1971 June 20 June 27 1967=100.. 113.6 113.7 mil. $.. .do.... 7,497 5,000 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.. June 12 June 19 June 26 ToTTr IOTTF 107.8 108.9 7,203 4,770 7,294 5,003 7,709 5,176 7,873 5,307 245 1,692 1.578 220 247 1,694 1,579 180 232 2,394 1,949 205 244 2,343 1,903 193 250 195 230 54,261 63,084 27,703 273 54,172 62,918 27,273 88 57,478 69,024 30,285 291 57,851 68,342 29,907 85 58,078 68,430 30,207 238 58,005 68,953 29,953 258 80,053 46,163 230,395 22,224 80,115 33,480 78,248 46,599 231,659 22,429 79,551 33.790 84,927 53,545 254,884 25,453 81,960 35,087 82,959 53,524 253,672 25,566 81,579 35.187 83,350 53,474 257,456 25,583 82,795 35,351 8.80 76.00 83.49 8.89 73.97 81.23 8.14 100.96 111.73 8.13 100.29 111.01 8.13 100.52 111.28 thous. sh. tons.. ...mil. kvr*-hr*. .number.. *„.****thous.-= bbl = = 1,974 30,957 184,457 9,503 1,778 30,353 185,613 9.514 2,265 ?9 5 348 159,817 9,745 2,257 32,251 192,520 9,752 1,670 32,835 185,878 9,757 «. ..thous. sh. tons.. .1967=100.. 2,644 108.4 2,647 108.5 2,786 114.2 2,737 112.2 2,748 113.6 15.5 10.6 14.0 15.7 15.0 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES .2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores... FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ .mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ^/....do.... Member bank reserve balances 3/ o do.... Excess reserves, estimated _3/ • • • ...... do. •.. Assets and liabilities of large, commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted ..mil. $.. 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 _3_/« Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3J Steel, raw... Index of production June 5 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil.. \J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2J Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3/ Daily a v e r a g e . BUSINESS 8.14 98.41 108.72 178,062 2,647 108.5 47 Wednesday d a t a . STATISTICS 1970 1971 Apr. May Feb. Mar. 55,646 30,499 1,471 4,724 3,096 56,358 31,300 1,529 5,071 3,239 58,523 31,946 1,471 5,022 3,182 60,739 33,790 1,625 5,384 3,284 r59,681 r32,780 rl,755 r5,816 r3,247 r59,898 33,198 1,763 5,954 3,363 5,593 3,747 7,834 1,112 5,695 3,832 7,943 1,119 5,717 4,072 8,414 1,087 6,134 4,122 8,961 1,099 r5,747 r3,895 r7,991 rl,100 5,600 3,910 8,306 1,119 do. do. ....do. do. 25,147 8,396 439 1,729 25,058 8,428 456 1,709 26,577 8,926 448 1,890 26,949 9,101 463 2,030 r26,901 r8,950 r461 rl,905 26,700 9,007 484 1,940 do. do. ..do. do. 2,347 4,310 2,118 1,519 2,328 4,376 2,139 1,537 2,479 4,371 2,317 1,544 2,559 4,374 2,220 1,606 r2,486 r4,655 r2.265 rl,662 2,507 4,556 2,221 1,646 Apr. May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total 1_/. Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products mil. $.. do.... .do.... do.... do.... • Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products » do. »...*. .do. do. do. Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products.. Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products. ..... Rubber and plastics products..... • • do. 54,539 55,661 57,803 58,578 r58,426 59,122 « ..do. do. do. do. 29,633 1,443 4,426 3,032 30,488 1,475 4,786 3,178 31,352 1,614 4,805 3,189 32,093 1,668 5,049 3,228 r31,771 rl,721 r5,425 r3,181 32,277 1,700 5,611 3,300 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment. ...........<..». Instruments and related products... ....do. do. do. do. 5,350 3,835 7,549 1,144 5,596 3,993 7,484 1,137 5,507 4,017 8,108 1,115 5,680 3,963 8,351 1,082 r5,484 r4,006 r7,675 rl,134 5,489 4,085 7,817 1,137 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products r/ Revised. 2694 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1971 1970 Apr. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. A D J . ) — C o n . By industry group—Con. Nondurable goods industries, total 1_/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products*... Textile mill products. May Feb. Mar. Apr. Con. 24,906 8,587 454 1,736 25,173 8,541 444 1,740 26,451 8,960 471 1,919 26,485 9,141 479 1,989 r26,655 r9,153 r476 r1,921 2,326 4,000 2,139 1,441 2,325 4,200 2,156 1,484 2,453 4,372 2,317 1,531 2,481 4,229 2,261 1,540 r2,466 r4,329 r2,287 rl,578 98,588 65,285 33,303 97,791 98,625 65,222 33,403 97 635 100,075 65,643 34,432 99,520 99,950 65,706 34,244 99,416 rl00,222 r65,980 r34,242 r99,426 64,689 2,574 8,544 6,702 64,447 2,573 8,609 6,648 65,347 2,653 9,210 6,969 65,352 2,652 9,234 7,033 r65,391 r2,650 r9,132 r7,040 13,572 9,587 15,442 2,637 13,618 9,454 15,309 2,681 14,011 9,431 14,692 2,621 13,968 9,487 14,629 2,619 rl3,946 r9,473 rl4,753 r2,615 do. do. do. do. 33,102 7,579 2,165 3,427 33,188 7,581 2,142 3,431 34,173 7,857 2,239 3,262 34,064 7,829 2,195 3,281 r34,035 r7,777 r2,195 r3,256 ...do. do. do. do. do. ....do. .do. 2,713 6,704 2,374 1,948 54,802 29,594 25,208 2,697 6,798 2,414 1,920 54,909 29,825 25,084 2,791 7,173 2,490 1,940 59,630 33,027 26,603 2,766 7,166 2,453 1,957 60,630 33,620 27,010 r2,777 r7,097 r2,449 rl,951 r58,711 r31,787 r26,924 do. 53,374 55,139 58,288 58,326 r57,279 ..do. .do. do. ...do. O ...do. do. 28,449 4,739 2,943 5,287 3,705 6,386 29,977 4,874 3,391 5,468 4,052 6,830 31,867 5,100 3,075 5,462 3,958 8,599 31,773 5,184 3,231 5,703 3,945 7,864 r30,636 r5,030 r3,145 r5,302 r3,907 r7,218 do. ..do. do. 24,925 6,869 18,056 25,162 6,810 18,352 26,421 7,175 19,246 26,553 7,360 19,193 r26,643 r7,270 rl9,373 UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL do... Durable goods industries, total do... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders do... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL do... By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1_/. .............. ..do. . . Primary metals. .do... Fabricated metal products........................do... 86,100 83,086 3,014 85,322 84,653 81,612 3,041 84,797 84,540 81,394 3,146 83,994 84,435 81,226 3,209 83,748 r83,467 r80,235 r3,232 r82,598 82,337 6,973 10,344 81,824 7,061 10,556 80,843 7,894 10,661 80,526 8,028 10,664 r79,389 r7,633 rl0,629 Machinery, except electrical do. Electrical machinery..•• .......do. Transportation equipment... do. Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders...do. 16,714 13,530 29,273 2,985 16,586 13,587 28,619 2,973 15,610 13,084 28,471 3,151 15,633 13,067 27,985 3,222 rl5,453 rl2,966 r27,527 r3,209 ......mil. $. do... do... do. . . Paper and allied products........................do. Chemicals and allied products do. Petroleum and coal products .• do. Rubber and plastics products do. INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total do. Durable goods industries, total do. Nondurable goods industries, total do. Book value (seasonally adjusted), total do. By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ do. Stone, clay, and glass products. do. Primary metals do. Fabricated metal products do. Machinery, except electrical do. Electrical machinery ...„.« ..do. Transportation equipment. do. Instruments and related products...............do. Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products.. Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products.•• Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products. Rubber and plastics products NEW ORDERS. NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total. • Nondurable goods industries, total. NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) , TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1_/... Primary metals. Fabricated metal products.... • Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders. Industries without unfilled orders COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted index: All items. • Special group indexes: All items less food........ All items less medical care Commodities Nondurables. Nondurables less food Durables. ... • Services Services less rent Food Meats, poultry, and fish. Dairy products Fruits and vegetables. r_/ Revised. 2694 .1967=100.. • 115.2 115.7 119.4 119.8 120.2 ..do. do. ..do. ..do. • do. .........do. do. ...do. 115.4 115.0 112.6 113.4 112.3 110.1 120.1 122.1 116.0 115.6 113.1 113.9 112.7 111.1 120.7 122.8 120.4 119.1 115.5 115.7 115.4 115.0 126.6 129.0 120.6 119.4 116.1 116.4 115.7 115.2 126.6 128.9 120.9 119.8 116.6 116.9 116.0 115.7 126.8 129.1 do. do. .do. .......do. 114.6 117.7 111.0 114.6 114.9 117.4 111.3 116.4 115.9 113.6 114.0 112.6 117.0 115.6 114.2 116.0 117.8 115.7 114.6 120.0 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1970 ITEM COMMODITY PRICES Apr. 1971 Feb. May May Apr. Mar. Con. CONSUMER PRICE I N D E X — C o n . Unadjusted indexes—-Con. H O U S i n g o a o a « o a o s s „ s . . . . . . . . a s a oaooo.a.aci Shel t er « . . « « . .. . „.« 0 0 . e «o.>o .°.- a .-> 117.6 121.9 109.1 126=5 118.2 122.7 109 ,.4 127c5 122,6 127,3 113.6 132.3 122126. 113. 131 4 7 9 2 122-5 I26„5 114.4 130,9 . « . » . „ d O . C . S 106.7 108.3 106.8 108.4 113.1 117.2 113 8 117. 4 114.1 117.3 ......do..B. 106.6 I06»6 112.8 113 , 3 113.9 114.4 112.8 115«0 113.2 115.7 115.9 118.1 1 1 6 o4 118 = 6 117.0 119.1 118.1 120.2 111.2 109.= 7 106.3 99.7 125.5 114., 9 119.1 112.4 111.9 112.1 110.5 106.1 104*9 126.1 115.4 119.7 112.8 112,6 117. 115. 115. 105. 134. 120s 125.8 115.4 117.5 8 9 3 8 0 6 8 8 7 118.1 116.2 113.8 109.8 136.4 121.2 127.5 116.3 118.4 118.8 117 = 0 113.9 112.8 136.4 121.6 128.1 116.5 118.9 I967=S1C00O. $0,868 $0,864 30^838 SO ,,835 $0,832 ....bil. 199.57 10.87 85.35 72.85 67.17 199.17 10.90 84.63 72.98 67.32 209.88 11.13 91.04 74.44 68.87 211.50 11,02 92,63 74.52 68.97 212-70 10.95 93.76 74 u 54 68.99 6„04 6,06 14«95 1.22 8.43 6,45 I6a22 1.58 9.03 6.48 16,29 1.56 6o54 16.37 1.37 9.18 .ol967=100o^ a 0 u u 3 a dO s u « . do.,., Homeownership ,: c u o o e d O . » . . Fuel and utilities* * „ .,« * « „ « .. .„ »..-. . - . „ „ Fuel oil and coal ...o.......a.. ..-. Gas and electricity*..«o.o.......a»„ Household furnishings and operation..« . Appar el and upk eep ....o....» »««.. ».-.-.-.,., •.,»., Transportation. ....... c a „ .* . ° c o.<»..-. ..««* Private., .» „ . a » ^ . u . c « u « „ . „ „ ....« * «. ,. . « . N e w car s o = c . <-. U sed car s» . n « <•, * . . ..-, ,,. n c . . n « . « . , - . . . » f . » . P u b l i C * . . . . . . . . a . o o a . o . . a c. a a a = o » . a o .:: a a Health and recreation,, * e <•„„, . a 0 a ..-. „ .. „ «.. M e d i c a l careo ..c...*...<,.....,*....*,... Personal care,, Reading and recreation n . s o .e<, a PURCHASING POWER OF T H E DOLLAR A S MEASURED B Y Ccnsumer priccso o . -. o o .... * .,, .«. . . <•. a o...u.,. „. <:.. » ... . n a . d o . . . « 3 a c u r d O o e o a a a « o . n C l O o . a «• , „ a , n = o d O a e « . «a„..doo«a. .-! a 0 a :> adOra 0 0 = w .,n0„0d0..oJ a r> = a 0 0 d O a 0 0 a a 0 a ., . . d O . . » a c e, a o a » d O 0 0 0 ra do.,.. 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