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J U L Y 26, 1974 Sr *res BUSINESS STATISTICS o* A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S * U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1941-43 = 10 150 140 1941-43 = PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS — — 130 — X - 120 110 f\ ~~ / — A 100 ~~ Monthly (avg. 90 —L-J—\—1—1 1 1 1 1—1—L— 1971 Data: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1972 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 , 1 ,1 1 1 1973 of daily close) 11 1 1 1 1 I 1 L™J I—L™ 1974 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1974 J Standard & Poor's Corp. 1967 = 100 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) Data: 1971 Edison Electric Inst. 1972 1973 F M A M J J A S O N D 1967= 100 200 1967=100 200 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) 150 100 - 50 Monthly I i i i i Data: 1971 Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1972 1973 * A v a i l a b l e only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1974 i J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1973 1974 July 14 July 21 June 29 July 6 July 13 1967=100, do.. do.. 173.3 172.5 172.8 179.9 179.5 180.1 226.9 228.8 225.5 229.3 236.9 224.0 232.2 241.1 226.0 mil. $, do.. 9,581 6,282 9,600 6,259 10,943 7,065 10,102 7,026 10,438 7,035 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, 270 1,670 1,535 165 258 1,630 1,495 176 286 352 1,783 188 350 2,322 1,993 103 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw Industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 2,082 224 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... 68,662 83,585 32,519 -5 68,613 84,049 33,677 457 73,689 90,068 36,529 104 74,105 91,071 37,202 298 74,876 91,146 36,855 242 99,861 58,446 335,337 23,743 106,301 50,660 98,925 57,998 331,676 23,137 106,673 50,628 100,528 57,885 373,688 20,982 123,575 58,183 98,404 58,105 376,364 20,872 125,544 58,317 100,787 58,097 375,685 20,482 125,780 58,390 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... 7.78 105.79 118.50 7.80 106.35 119.23 8.94 87.61 99.27 8.99 84.25 95.26 9.04 79.99 90.34 thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bl. thous. sh. tons. 1967=100. 10,610 40,284 173,682 9,309 2,766 113.4 11,705 39,068 177,610 9,330 2,826 115.8 8,205 36,218 155,713 9,005 2,802 114.9 6,270 37,715 114,755 8,900 2,780 113.9 12,095 40,513 125,924 8,865 2,760 113.1 bil. 15.6 15.8 16.9 13.5 15.7 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3j Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3J Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 1974 ITEM I rj II rj III rj IV rj I rj II £/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL .bil. Personal consumption expenditures, total ...do. Durable goods, total ... 1,248.9 781.7 132.4 60.4 54.3 1,277.9 799.0 132.1 59.2 54.9 1,308.9 816.3 132.4 59.3 55.5 1,344.0 823.9 124.3 51.2 55.4 1,358.8 840.6 123.9 48.0 57.5 1,383.5 866.8 130.2 50.9 59.6 ... ... 323.3 69.1 155.9 26.8 332.7 70.1 160.9 28.0 343.8 70.6 169.1 28.7 352.1 70.9 174.5 29.8 364.4 72.8 180.1 31.5 375.2 74.3 182.6 37.0 325.9 45.6 113.1 22.8 334.2 46.6 115.6 23.1 340.1 48.3 117.0 23.6 347.4 48.7 119.7 24.1 352.4 49.2 122.2 25.0 361.4 51.2 124.9 25.5 199.0 189.0 130.5 58.5 10.0 205.1 194.4 135.6 58.7 10.7 209.0 197.1 139.0 58.1 11.8 224.5 195.5 141.9 53.6 28.9 210.5 193.6 145.2 48.4 16.9 213.0 197.9 149.2 48.7 15.1 -.8 88.8 89.5 .5 95.4 94.9 6.7 103.7 96.9 9.3 113.6 104.3 11.3 131.2 119.9 .2 138.6 138.4 269.0 106.4 75.0 162.6 273.3 106.2 74.0 167.1 276.9 105.3 73.3 171.6 286.4 108.4 75.3 177.9 296.3 111.5 75.8 184.8 303.5 113.9 76.1 189.6 ... ... ... Gross private domestic investment, total ... ...do. ... ... ... Gov't, purchases of goods and services, total....do. ... ... ... r/ Revised, jg/ Preliminary. 18,016. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1974 1973 ITEM im II ^ III^ IV—^ 1,077.3 793.3 99.3 57.7 41.5 26.2 1,106.3 814.8 103.2 58.4 44.9 26.4 1,118.8 828.8 98.4 59.3 39.1 26.4 848.0 89.6 60.5 29.1 26.1 106.4 122.7 73.2 55.5 107.7 138.7 85.1 57.5 59.8 1,099.3 159.9 939.4 850.1 89.3 1,112.5 161.9 950.6 866.2 < 84.4 1,133.8 167.9 965.9 892.6 73.3 13U GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT—Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES—Con. bil. $.. NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj., total..do.... do.... PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total 1,027.6 759.1 89.1 57.0 32.1 26.3 1,051.2 776.7 92.8 57.1 35.6 25.7 103.9 120.4 71.5 49.2 105.0 124.9 74.0 51.1 1,013.6 144.1 869.5 804.2 65.3 1,039.2 147.2 892.1 822.5 69.6 105.2 122. 7 72.9 53.2 1,068.0 154.2 913.9 840.7 73.2 1974 1973 May June Mar. Apr. May June ^ PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Wage and salary disbursements, total Commodity-producing industries, total.... rl,038.9 683.2 248.2 194.4 163.7 126.4 145.0 45.3 rl,047.2 689.2 250.9 196.0 164.9 127.8 145.6 45.6 rl,117.1 732.1 265.3 205.5 173.9 138.2 154.6 49.4 rl,125.2 737.1 267.4 207.8 175.3 139.1 155.3 49.9 rl,134.4 745.3 270.0 210.1 177.8 141.1 156.3 50.5 1,141.8 752.5 271.8 211.8 179.5 142.3 158.9 51.1 57.2 35.6 25.7 29.0 88.9 116.3 42.4 994.9 57.2 35.9 26.2 29.2 89.9 116.6 42.6 1,002.9 59.9 36.1 26.4 31.9 99.0 129.5 47.0 1,071.6 60.2 32.6 25.5 32.1 100.4 134.6 47.2 1,083.1 60.6 29.1 26.4 32.5 101.8 135.8 47.6 1,095.8 60.9 25.6 26.4 33.0 103.3 137.1 48.0 1,106.7 Proprietors' income: Less personal contributions for soc. insurance Total nonagricultural income. do.... COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: Unadjusted indexes: 131.5 132.4 143.1 144.0 145.6 147.1 129.7 131.3 128.3 130.7 124.0 121.8 137.6 140.1 130.3 132.2 129.4 132.0 124.7 122.3 138.1 140.7 138.4 143.1 141.0 147.2 136.1 124.3 147.0 150.4 139.7 144.0 141.9 147.8 137.7 126.1 147.9 151.4 141.5 145.6 143.7 149.3 139.5 128.5 149.4 153.1 143.3 147.1 145.2 150.4 141.0 131.2 150.9 154.7 137.9 155.6 123.2 144.6 139.8 156.5 124.1 151.7 159.1 171.6 151.5 162.5 158.6 164.4 153.7 163.0 159.7 158.6 154.6 177.7 160.3 155.1 153.8 183.1 133.3 138.7 123.7 144.2 125.4 129.3 125.7 123.9 133.9 139.4 124.0 145.0 125.6 131.6 125.4 124.7 144.9 149.4 128.4 157.2 144.9 201.5 140.0 132.6 146.0 150.2 128.8 158.2 146.9 206.5 141.9 134.0 147.6 151.3 129.3 159.4 148.6 211.0 143.9 137.0 149.2 152.8 129.8 161.2 149.4 214.2 144.5 139.2 126.7 123.5 121.3 111.1 120.6 143.9 126.8 124.6 122.4 111.0 122.3 144.9 132.2 132.0 . 130.4 112.8 102.2 146.6 133.6 134.4 133.1 113.3 110.7 146.3 135.0 137.6 136.6 114.6 121.9 146.3 135.. 7 140.7 139.8 116.4 133.6 148.6 129.6 136.6 124.4 125.6 130.6 137.0 124.9 125.9 135.4 144.8 131.8 129.5 136.3 145.6 133.1 130.4 137.7 147.2 134.9 132.0 139.4 149.4 136.5 133.5 $0,760 $0,755 $0,699 $0,694 $0,687 $0,680 Special group indexes: Meats, poultry, and fish Fruits and vegetables Shelter Rent Transporta t ion Private New cars Used cars Public PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y - r/ Revised. 18,016 jd/ Preliminary, 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1974 1973 ITEM June May Mar. Apr. May June CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: 234.2 234.0 131.6 203.4 202.6 114.8 127.2 124.8 76.9 rl60.9 rl59.5 102.2 rl50.4 rl49.5 r96.5 149.4 147.5 99.3 2,330 1,243 2,152, 1,140 1,499 962 rl,630 996 rl,476 r933 1,595 1,015 1,838 954 2,030 934 1,461 784 1,300 734 rl, 116 r683 1,116 679 144.7 110.1 146.0 110.4 153.5 107.2 154.5 107.3 rl56.1 rl07.2 pl57.7 pl07.3 143.22 108.95 143.58 108.57 149.78 104.60 149.33 103.69 152.35 104.68 pl53.46 pi04.44 125.70 95.63 125.98 95.26 130.77 91.33 130.42 90.56 132.75 91.21 pl33.60 P 90.92 580 860 520 840 480 710 550 840 740 1,060 155 253 2,483 238 299 2,173 211 331 3,542 391 638 6,267 Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Earnings per production or nonsupervisory worker on ;payrolls of private nonfarm establishments: Average hourly earnings index, seasonally adjusted .1967=100.. 1967 dollars.................................... .....do.... Gross average weekly earnings: Current dollars, seasonally adjusted.......... ........... Spendable average weekly earnings (married worker with three dependents): Current dollars, seasonally adjusted.......... ............ WORK STOPPAGES: Number of stoppages: Beginning in month.............................. In effect during month®.......o................. co.„.do. Workers involved in stoppages: Beginning in month.............................. thou ~ In effect during month.......................... .....do.... Man-days idle during month........................ .....do.... 163 237 ; 1,973 rJ Revised. £_/ Preliminary. USC0MM--DC--18,016. UNITED STATES G O V E R N M E N T PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 First-Class Mail .O'v-UTIO,, WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS ....... ....... .......
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