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BUSINESS
STATISTICS
***
A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS'

July 24,
1970
1941-43 = 10.
130
PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
120

1941-43 = 10
130

Weekly
(Wednesday
close)

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Data: Standard & Poor's Corp.

Thousands
350

Thousands
1,400
MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION

1,200
1,000

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(Passenger cars)

300

-

-

250
1969

800

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Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn.

Billion $
900

Billion $
800

Mil
2.5

PERSONAL INCOME

PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS

(Seas, a d j . , at annual rates)

(Seas, a d j . , at annual rates)

800

H 700
Total
(left scale)

k
1.5

700

600
1.0

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Wage and Salary
Disbursements
(right scale)

600

500

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in the latest monthly SURVEY

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Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce

Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce

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provides selected weekly a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published
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1970

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BUSINESS STATISTICS
19 70

1969
J u l y 12
WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/

1957-59=100..

ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES
Nondurable goods stores

mil. $..
.....do....

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..
FINANCE:
Currency in circulation 3/
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/
Member bank reserve balances 3J
Excess reserves, estimated 3/

mil. $..
do....
.do....
..do....

Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: Uf
Demand deposits, adjusted
mil. $.
Savings deposits
•
do...
Loans and investments (adjusted), total
.do...
U.S. Government obligations
do...
Commercial and industrial loans (gross)
do...
Real estate loans (gross)
..do...

J u l y 19

June 27

July 4

109.2

109.3

111.4

111.3

111.1

6,630
4,502

6,659
4,460

7,190
4,760

6,902
4,708

7,118
4,877

271
1,100
1,033
150

247
1,080
1,012
133

247
1,694
1,579
180

309
1,729
1,609
158

370
228

180

51,383
61,141
27,176
9

51,462
61,302
27,275
176

54,172
62,895
27,254
64

54,180
62,974
27,769
-100

54,653
63,654
27,822
61

54,990
64,113
28,125
94

76,543
47,550
229,580
22,555
78,592
33,526

76,777
47,218
227,163
22,164
78,339
33,252

78,248
46,175
229,396
21,655
79,551
33,628

81,160
46,425
232,906
22,035
80,110
33,496

78,038
46,440
233,451
23,327
80,028
33,484

Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3f
percent..
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10..
Industrials, 425 stocks
do....
PRODUCTION:
Bituminous coal 2/
thous. sh. tons..
Electric power, by utilities
mil. kw.-hr..
Motor vehicles (passenger cars)
•
number..
Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3/
•
thous. bbl..

7.40
96.88
106.17

7.41
95.18
104.18

73.97
81.23

8.92
73.04
80.26

8.93
73.00
79.92

2,253
29,428
140,249
9,302

2,098
31,639
107,967
9,291

1,778
30,353
185,386
9,514

3,285
31,074
160,117
9,483

2,855
30,245
151,237
9,352

Steel j rawo.. =o o... 0« = »« o .o .... ..*....««... thou&9- sh. tons..
Index of production
195 7-59=100..

2,568
137.8

2,600
139.6

2,647
142.1

2,551
136.9

2,568
137.8

12.9

14.3

15.4

13.6

12.5

RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES
If Data do n o t always cover c a l e n d a r weeks.

Ml..
If Tuesday p r i c e .

MONTHLY

J u l y 18

J u l y 11

3 / Daily a v e r a g e .

110.7

75.23
82.37

117,295
2,442
131.1

4-/ Wednesday d a t a .

BUSINESS STATISTICS
19 70

1969

II £ /

II
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT: 1/
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES:
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL
Ml. $
Personal consumption expenditures, total
do..
Durable goods, total
do..
Automobiles and parts
do..
Furniture and household equipment
do..

r951.7
592.6
90.8
41.1
36.9

r959.5
603.1
89.1
37.7
38.3

9 70.1
614.2
91.8
39.5
38.9

248.
50.
122.
21.

25Z.0
50.9
124.6
21.7

258.8
51.3
128.8
22.4

262.1
52.1
130.3
22.8

238.7
33.3
83.0
16.5

244.5
34.5
84.7
16.8

249.8
34.8
87.0
17.1

255.2
35.2
89.0
17.7

260.2
35.8
90.9
17.9

136.0
128.7
95.7
33.0
7.4

139.
131.
9 7.
33.
7.

143.8
132.4
101.5
31.0
11.3

140.2
133.0
102.6
30.4
7.2

133.
131.
102.
29.
1.

133.8
131.2
102.7
28.5
2.6

do..
.do. .
do..

1.3
47.8
46.5

1.
5 7.
55.

2.6
58.3
55.6

2.6
58.8
56.2

3.
61.
5 7.

3.
62.
58.

do..
do..
do. .
do..

208.5
100.9
78.6
10 7.5

209.9
99.8
77.9
110.1

214.1
102.5
79.8
111.6

216.3
102.1
78.8
114.2

219.6
102.3
79.3
117.4

218.
99.
77.
118.

r907.6
561.8
89.1
39.8
35.8

r923.7
5 73.3
90.6
40.0
37.2

r942.6
582.1
89.5
40.2
36.7

do..
do..
do..
do..

239.2
47.9
119.1
20.3

244.0
50.0
120.8
20.8

do..
do..
do..
do..

233.5
32.7
81.4
16.2

Gross private domestic investment, total
Fixed investment
Nonresidential
Residential structures
Change in business inventories

.do..
do. .
do..
do..
do..

Net exports of goods and services
Exports
Imports
Gov't purchases of goods and services, total
Federal
National defense
State and local

Nondurable
Clothing
Food and
Gasoline

goods, total
and shoes
beverages
and oil

Services, total
Household operation
Housing
Transportation

r / Revised, p / P r e l i m i n a r y . If E s t i m a t e s of n a t i o n a l income and p r o d u c t and p e r s o n a l income have been r e v i s e d back t o 1967; r e v i s i o n s for
"the p e r i o d 196*7-69- w i l l appear i n t h e J u l y 1970 i s s u e of t h e SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS.




MONTHLY

BUSINESS STATISTICS — C o n t i n u e d

3
19 70

1969

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con.
NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT—Con. 1/
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS A T ANNUAL R A T E S — C o n .
NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL
bil. $
Compensation of employees, total
do..
Proprietors' income, total
do..
Business and professional
do..
Farm
do. .

r749.3
544.9
66.0
49.9
16.2

r764.0
557.5
66.7
50.5
16.2

r779.5
5 72.2
67.5
50.9
16.6

r785.2
582.1
67.2
50.6
16.6

r791.5
592.2
67.6
50.6
17.0

Rental income of persons
do..
Corp. profits and inventory valuation a d j . , total.-do..,
Corporate profits before tax, total
do..,
Corporate profits after tax
do..,
Net interest
do. .,

21.6
87.1
93.0
49.5
29.7

22.0
87.4
93.4
49.
30.

22.1
86.8
89.9
47.9
31.0

22.3
82.0
88.5
47.1
31.7

22.5
76.7
82.6
44.6
32.4

r725.8
113.8
612.0
577.7
34.3

r741.1
118.1
623.0
589.7
33.3

r758.1
117.5
640.6
598.7
42.0

r770.5
119.9
650.6
609.6
41.1

r782.3
117.0
665.3
620.5
44.8

PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total
Less: Personal tax and nontax payments
Equals: Disposable personal income
Less: Personal outlays
Equals: Personal saving

do..,
do..,
do..,
do..,
do..,

1969
May
PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCE: 1/
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, A T ANNUAL RATES:
Total personal income
bil. $
Wage and salary disbursements, total
do..,
Commodity-producing industries, total
do..
Manufacturing
.....do..
Distributive industries
do..
Service industries
-. . ..do..,
Government
..do..,
Other labor income
do..,
Proprietors' income:
Business and professional.
do..,
Farm
do. . ,
R e n t a l income of p e r s o n s
do..,
Dividends
do. . .
Personal interest income
do..,
Transfer payments
do..,
Less personal contributions for soc. insurance
do..,
Total nonagricultural income
do...

1970
Apr.

June

r740.
502.
195,
156.
118.
86.
101.

May

z/. J

r746.2
506.9
197.5
15 7.6
119.7
87.4
102.4
27.5

r787.6
535.0
203.9
161.3
126.7
94.6
109.8
29.6

r806.0
539.9
202.3
160.0
126.0
95.1
116.5
29.8

r799.8
540.6
200.9
159.2
127.2
95.5
117.0
30.0

50.6
16.2
22.0
24.4
59.0
64.5
25.8
718.9

50.7
16.2
22.0
24.6
59.5
64.8
26.0
724.3

50.7
17.2
22.6
25.2
63.7
71.1
27.5
764.3

51.0
16.9
22.6
25.2
64.2
84.1
27.7
783.0

51.3
16.5
22.6
25.3
64.5
76.6
27.7
777.1

thous.
do...
do...

157.7
155.5
91.3

150.8
147.3
82.7

117.8
114.7
r62.1

rl30.2
rl28.4
r73.8

rl25.4
rl23.1
r73.6

do...
do...

1,533
877

1,507
826

1,392
708

rl,224
r69 7

r1,225
r717

do...
do...

1,323
632

1,340
631

1,099
552

1,263
603

rl,321
r602

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED:
Unadjusted:
Total (private and public)
Privately owned
One-family structures
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates:
Total privately owned
One-family structures
NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING
PERMITS (13,000 permit-issuing places):
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates:
Total
One-family structures

1969
Mar.

19 70
Apr.

Feb.

FINANCE
LIFE INSURANCE (Institute of Life Insurance):
ASSETS, TOTAL, ALL U.S. COMPANIES
Government securities
Corporate securities
Mortgage loans, total
Nonf arm

bil. $.. r l 9 1 . 3 7
do... .
rll.25
.do... .
r83.08
do....
r70.38
do. . . .
r64.60

Real estate
.do. ...
Policy loans and premium notes
do....
Ca
sh
do
Other assets
do....
INSTITUTE OF LIFE INSURANCE:
PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES IN U.S.:
TOTAL
m i l . $..
Death b e n e f i t s
do....
Matured endowments
do. . . .
D i s a b i l t y payments
do....
Annuity payments
do. . . .
Surrender values
do....
Policy dividends
do....
TJ Revised* p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y =

2224


• 1/

See c o r r e s p o n d i n g n o t e on p .

r5.69
rll.73
1.38
r7.85

1,363.7
616.3
89.5
18.7
127.8
238.7
272.7

rl91.91
rll.15
r83.30
r70.56
r 6 4 . 76

19 7.68
10.96
84.76
72.34
66.62

198.51
10.98
85.02
72.53
66-84

199.40
10.94
85.34
72.62
66.94

r5.68
rll.94
1.35
r7.93

5.92
14.06
1.24
8.38

5.98
14.30
1.20
8.50

5.99
14.54
1.40
8.58

1,285.2
556.1
85.3
19.6
165.1
225.7
233.4

1,307.8
588.9
82.2
17.1
140.0
230.9
248.7

1,448.0
633.7
93.5
21.3
151.3
260.9
287.3

1,270
560
83
16
127
232,
249,

4

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
19 70

1969

ITEM

Mar.

May

Apr.

May

FINANCE— Con,
SECURITY MARKETS:
BONDS:
Prices (Standard & Poor's Corporation):
Industrials utiiitys and railroad (AAA issues):
C o m p o s i t e . . ^ . < > e . . 9 0 e . . . . . . . s . D S . , . . . . . d o l . per $100 bond
Domestic m u n i c i p a l (15 b o n d s ) . .
....do..
Yields:
Domestic m u n i c i p a l , Standard & P o o r ' s Corporation
(15 b o n d s ) .
.percent
STOCKS:
Dividend y i e l d s , p r e f e r r e d stocks^ 10 h i g h - g r a d e
(Standard & Poor's Corporation)
.................do..
Prices:
Standard & P o o r ' s C o r p o r a t i o n :
I n d u s t r i a l , p u b l i c u t i l i t y , and r a i l r o a d :
Combined i n d e x (500 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 1 0
I n d u s t r i a l , t o t a l (425 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
C a p i t a l goods (116 s t o c k s )
.......do..
Consumers' goods (184 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . .
P u b l i c u t i l i t y (55 s t o c k s )
..do..
R a i l r o a d (20 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Banks:
New York C i t y (9 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Outside New York C i t y (16 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . .
P r o p e r t y - l i a b i l i t y i n s u r a n c e (16 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . .

70.2
82.3

68.8
78.6

62.8
75.6

62.8
71.9

61.2
67.8

59.4
67.5

5.47

5.83

6.14

.55

7.02

7.06

6.20

6.33

6.97

6.98

7.26

7.57

104.62
114.53
108.66
91.57

99.14
108.59
102.68
88.12

88.65
96.95
95.97
85.09

85.95
94.01
93.18
82.28

76.06
83.16
80.47
71.65

75.59
82.96
80.77
73.10

66.91
49.97

63.29
46.43

59.04
37.33

5 7.19
36.05

51.15
31.10

49.22
28.94

46.69
92.78
86.04

43.55
85.81
79.17

47.49
81.37
84.94

45.21
79.47
82.45

39.65
70.75
67.40

41.03
71.16
69.94

841.9
91.7
160.9

741.1
99.8
155.2

768.4
100.0
161.9

784.4
104.2
158.9

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
REGISTRATIONS (new v e h i c l e s ) : 1/
Passenger c a r s .
.thous.
Foreign c a r s .
..do...
Trucks.....................................................do..,
1/ Courtesy of R. L. Polk & Co.; r e p u b l i c a t i o n p r o h i b i t e d .
Mar. 1970, d a t a f o r two S t a t e s a r e excluded.
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889.1
107.9
172.8

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