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July 23,1976 v J0* \ A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS O'CQ, ****** U SUPPLEMENT TO THE TSw SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 INDEX, 1941-43=10 PRICES OF 4 0 0 135 Monthly (avg. of daily close) INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Weekly (Wednesday close) L 125 h 115 105 95 85 75 i i i 1973 1975 1974 J 1976 I I F M A M J J A S O N D Stand. & Poor's Corp. Thousands Thousands 1,400 1,200 350 Monthly MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION h~ (Passenger cars) 1,000 800 600 400 200 h 0 ' ' • i I ' 1973 l l I I 1974 I I I I I I 1976 1975 J F MAM J J A S O N D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. DOLLARS 5.40 MANUFACTURING HOURS & 5.20 EARNINGS HOURS I 52 I50 (Hours seasonally adjusted) 4.60 (seas, adj., at annual rates) -I 48 5.00 4.80 MILLION 3.0 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS 46 Average Hourly Gross Earnings (left scale) 44 Average Hour Per Week (right scale) 4.40 42 40 I I I I I I H I i I I I I I I I I I I I I 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1974 1975 11 I I 11 \ 38 1976 i i i I i I l I i Ii II I I i I i l 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce • * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis SURVEY 1974 i i l l II l I I I lI i l i I II i I i ll 1975 1976 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1975 ITEM 1976 July 12 July 19 June 26 July 3 July 10 July 17 1967=100. do... do... 193.5 231.8 170.8 196.4 238.6 171.6 209.5 214.4 206.1 210.9 213.7 208.9 215.6 222.2 211.0 219.3 223.6 216.3 mil. $. do... 11,302 7,738 11,300 7,614 12,591 8,077 13,357 8,609 11,711 7,833 INTTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, programs do... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)...number. 518 5,004 3,917 239 481 5,148 4,009 192 338 3,445 2,633 220 399 3,351 2,581 158 443 146 160 81,898 95,272 34,612 133 82,164 93,566 34,864 73 88,540 104,753 33,610 -152 88,378 108,868 34,789 465 89,240 107,981 34,616 655 e89,949 104,273 33,942 52 104,392 65,664 379,746 32,326 122,077 59,124 104,511 65,638 375,280 32,058 121,719 59,116 103,865 79,500 379,487 41,400 112,395 61,356 percent.. 1941-43=10.. do 9.44 94.80 106.54 9.43 94.61 106.25 9.02 103.25 116.25 9.03 104.25 117.38 8.99 103.83 116.66 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.. 7,825 38,798 140,808 8,391 10,720 38,646 95,371 8,346 13,995 40,781 195,301 8,274 8,305 41,263 174,918 8,191 6,695 39,025 133,489 8,190 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons.. percent.. 1,906 1,963 2,715 89.9 2,663 87.7 2,591 85.3 15.1 13.7 16.1 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES If 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... U.S. Government obligations do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do... Real estate loans (gross) do... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3_/ Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand $ Poor's) 4/ Industrial, 400 stocks RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bi 1. . If Data do not always cover weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities, ef MONTHLY 14.4 5/ Capability Eastimated. 8.96 105.95 119.02 142,645 2,585 85.1 11.7 for a full order book BUSINESS STATISTICS 1975 1976 ITEM May r_/ June r/ Mar. r/ 113.7 116.4 128.1 128.6 129.5 129.9 116.2 115.6 120.4 118.8 118.2 124.3 121.4 128.9 116.2 102.5 161.1 117.3 125.5 110.0 129.8 109.8 126.6 120.2 133.9 81.6 120.8 112.6 128.9 112.6 104.3 123.2 119.2 128 126 136 140 155 149 133 169 132.0 134.4 130. 135. 112. 134. 125. 143. 77. 134. 128. 141. 128. 122. 146.7 119.6 128.2 126.4 135.9 141.0 155.1 151.1 134.3 165.1 133.1 133.9 129.7 135.0 113.2 134.5 125.3 145.2 77.3 134.9 128.1 128.7 126.8 136.3 142.7 154.0 152.0 134.4 158.9 136.5 133.9 129.0 127.2 136.6 143.3 154.5 154.0 136.9 157.8 137.1 134.0 141.7 129.1 124.1 146.8 118.8 134.5 113.8 135.8 127.2 145.6 77.0 135.4 130.0 140.8 130.9 126.9 147.3 120.1 134.8 114.4 136.6 128.2 146.4 77.2 135.4 129.6 129.7 113.3 111.9 122.4 114.4 148.1 .164.6 131. 113. 122. 114. 111. 151. 131.0 113.7 124.3 114.4 111.7 150.5 131.6 114.0 118.3 119.2 112.1 151.3 131.5 114.3 Apr. r/ May r/ June e/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) 1967=100. BY MARKET GROUPINGS: PRODUCTS, TOTAI do. . . Final products do... Consumer goods do... Durable consumer goods do... Automotive products do... Autos and utility vehicles do... Autos do... Auto parts and allied goods do... Home goods do... Nondurable consumer goods do... Clothing do... Consumer staples do... Equipment do... Business do... Industrial equipment do... Commercial, transit, and farm cqpt do... Defense and space equipment do... Intermediate products do... Construction supplies do... Business supplies do... MATERIALS, TOTAL do. . . Durable goods materials do... Nondurable goods materials do... Energy materials do... BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MINING AND UTILITIES do. . . MINING do... Metal mining do... Coal do... Oil and gas extraction do... UTILITIES do... Electric do... r/ Revised. e/ Estimated. Digitized for31,525 FRASER 109.2 126.0 118.1 109.8 127.3 131.4 128.1 147.3 119.9 122.4 112.2 150.6 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1975 ITEM May 1976 June Mar. Apr. May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)--Con. SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.)—Con. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS--Con. MANUFACTURING, TOTAL 1967=100. Nondurable manufactures do... Foods do. .. Tobacco products do... Textile mill products do... Apparel products do... Paper and product s do... Printing and publishing do... Chemicals and products do... Petroleum products do... Rubber and plastics products do... Leather products do... Durable manufactures Ordnance, pvt. and govt Lumber and product s Furniture and fixtures Clay, glass, and stone products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Nonelectrical machinery Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments do... do... do... do. . . do... do... do... do... do... do... do... r/114.6 125.5 124.3 109.9 124.2 105.1 113.9 113.3 144.7 122.8 164.7 75.6 r/127.9 140.7 128.3 122.4 136.4 126.3 132.2 121.0 170.6 131.8 203.5 86.0 r/128.4 140.6 129.2 115.5 135.7 126.2 133.9 122 168 131 198 87 r/129.0 140.7 130.8 r/105.5 r/107.0 79.9 108.6 113.0 112.4 90 106 122 112 97 129 r/119.0 69.5 121.1 130.6 133.7 101.4 120.2 132.9 127.8 111.2 144.4 r/120.0 69.1 122.8 131.3 132.6 104.5 121.5 133.5 130.1 110.8 145.4 121.1 69.1 123.0 131.0 132.5 111.5 121.6 135.0 131.6 112.8 149.3 117.0 116.1 92.8 110.9 rll().3 90.3 118.8 118.4 92.4 rl37.5 rl37.2 rI07.8 rl49.1 rl48.8 r!12.3 1 085 1,080 874 1,417 1,110 rl,367 rl,055 r1,430 r1,067 r938 r667 '1,188 r882 r1,082 r803 1,158 r807 20.0 201 21.6 244 23.6 237 24.4 5,370 5,971 5,816 r6,545 6,603 1,012 3,089 1,269 989 3,636 1,346 1,156 3,375 1,285 1,344 r3,881 rl,320 1,266 4,032 1,305 106.3 89.4 119.4 99.3 86.6 85.4 106.0 88.9 118.4 94.9 86.8 85.2 110.2 94.8 124.8 93.4 94.0 92.0 rll().7 94.5 rl24.9 r98.8 92.7 r91.0 111.4 96.1 r124.5 r98.7 94.6 r93.5 118.0 100.3 113.9 114.8 122.9 130.3 117.8 100.6 113.7 115.0 123.2 129.9 120.9 102.4 116.8 118.1 125.5 133.7 H21.9 rl02.9 118.2 rll9.7 rl26.1 rl34.3 122.0 r!02.0 r!17.8 rll9.3 rl26.2 rl35.C> 3.9 2.0 3.9 1.3 1.8 4.5 2.5 3.6 1.3 1.5 4.2 2.6 3.5 1.5 1.1 3.9 2.5 3.5 rl.6 1.1 p4. P3. p3. pi. p. 3.5 1.8 4.1 1.3 2.6 3.5 1.8 3.9 1.3 2.1 4.4 2.9 3.9 1.7 1.2 4.1 2.7 3.7 rl.7 1.3 p3. p2. p3. pi. pi. 687.94 21,938 723.00 22,016 791.85 22,700 781.60 22,784 r/111.8 120.8 138.0 134.4 120.9 168.1 133.0 189.0 91.2 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public) thous. Privately owned do... One-fami ly structures do... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned do... One-family structures do... NEW PRIVATE MOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total do... One-family structures do... Manufacturers' shipments of mobile homes: Unad j us ted do... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates do. .. New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total mil. .$. By purpose of loan: Home construction do... Home purchase do... Al 1 other purposes do... 853 20.0 209 260 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Indexes of aggregate weekly employee-hours, seas, adj.: Private nonagric. payrolls, total 1967=100. Goods-producing do... Mining do... Contract construction do... Manufacturing do... Durable goods do... Service-producing do... Transportation, communication, electricity, gas..do... Wholesale and retail trade do... Retail trade do.. . Finance, insurance, and real estate do... Services do... 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: Accession rate, total do.. New hires do.. Separation rate, total do.. Quit do.. Layoff do.. FINANCE SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Shares listed, N.Y. Stock Exchange, end of period: Market value, all listed shares bi 1. $. Number of shares listed millions. rj Revised. j>/ P r e l i m i n a r y , e/ Estimated. 775.60 22,956 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1975 JTJ-M May 1976 Juno Apr. Mar. May June M1-TAI.S AND MANUI-ACTURMS ST1-K1. MILL SlIAIMiS AND FORMS, rNVI:NTORTGS> 1-.0.M.. .mi 1. sh. tons..| Producing mills,inventories, end of month: Steel in process do. -..] Hi ni shed steel do. Service centers (warehouses), Inventories, e.o.in.. , .do. Consumers (manufacturers only"), inventories, e.o.m do. Receipts during period do., Consumption during period. do ALUMINUM PRODUCTS: Ingots and mi 1L products (net shipments) mi 1. lb. J Mill products, total do.. PI at c and sheet .. do.. Inventories, total (ingots, mill prod., scrap), e.o.m do... 37.3 37.0 33.5 10.2 6.4 8.0 12.7 4.5 5. 1 10.6 6.3 7.7 12.4 4.9 5.2 10. 6. 6. 10. 6. 6. 10.4 6.8 6.5 rl 0.0 5.3 r5.7 r747.9 575.1 308.3 6, OS) 2 r832.4 608.7 332.7 6,086 r1,138. r830. M54. r5,891 1,082.3 838.8 466.0 5,822 741 603 138 8.0 6.4 1.6 770 619 151 8.3 6.6 1.7 947 816 131 914 788 126 rl0.8 r9.4 10.3 thous do.. ratio 1,584 1,437 2.7 1,602 1,444 2.6 1,587 rl,475 rl.9 1,609 r1,491 number do.. do.. do.. do.. do. . 5,975 5,434 1,813 1 ,813 68,007 58,333 6 ,741 6 ,275 631 631 60 ,890 51 , 682 5,555 4,819 1 ,867 1,666 32,161 25,227 33.7 11.9 6.9 10.0 5.5 5.5 TRANSPORTAT TON IIQU r PMI-NT Retail sales, new passenger cars: Tot a 1 , not seasons 1 ly adjusted Dome.sti cs Import.s Tot a I, seasona i ly adjusted at annua L rate Domest i cs Import s Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of month: Not seasonal ly adjusted Seasona 11 y adjusted Inventory-sa I es rat io, new cars (domest ics) RAILROAD I-QUI PMI-NT: Freight cars (all railroads and private car lines'): Shi pment s Equipment manufacturers New orders IZquipment manufacturers Unf i. 1 I ed orders, end of month liquipment manufacturers thous do.. do. „ mil do.. do. . 1.4 922 794 128 10.2 r8.6 1.6 p956 830 pi 26 plO.O 8.7 pi. 3 2.0 1,608 1,467 2.0 1,660 1,501 2.1 5,118 4,401 1,782 1,782 28,794 22,577 4,765 4,144 1 ,262 1,262 25.247 19,695 8.9 1.4 r/ Revised, p / Preliminary USCOMM--l)C--31,5~25 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail ^OV-UT/O/^ WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DCPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209
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