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J U L Y26,1974
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BUSINESS
STATISTICS

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A WEEKLY
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS*

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Billion $

Billion $
375

375

T O T A L L O A N S A N D INVESTMENTS
350

( W e e k l y Reporting M e m b e r Banks of Federal Reserve System)

325

300

275

250
1971
Data: Federal Reserve Board

1972

1973

1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 10

1974

J F M A M J J A S O N D

1941-43 =

10

Data: Standard & Poor's Corp.

1967=100

1967=100

Data: Edison Electric Inst.

* A v a i l a b l e only with subscription to the S U R V E Y O F C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S ,

provides selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published


this S u p p l e m e n t
in t h e l a t e s t m o n t h l y S U R V E Y

WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1

2

1974

1973
ITEM

June 22

June 29

218.9

225.5

227.1

10 ,547
7 ,144

10 ,670
7 ,206

10,369
6,910

226
1 ,480
1 ;,344
184

267
2 ,197
1,,863
166

255
1 ,962
1 ,861
220

266

198

188

67 ,760
80,,350
32,,276
144

67 ,580
81,,412
32,,220
220

73,,344
89.,562
36.,560
214

73 ,836
87 ,209
35.,803
133

73,938
89,723
36,721
258

73,692
90,071
36,529
104

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...

98,,351
58,,423
330,129
24 ,048
j
105 j
,164
50.,015

97,,944
,250
58 j
330,,013
23,,839
104,,997
50,,003

100,,788
57,,929
371,,448
22,,316
120,,735
57,,585

100,,558
57.,853
372,,101
22,,123
121.,488
57,,809

99,007
57,781
373,233
21,808
122,989
58,044

Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/
percent*
Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.
Industrial, 425 stocks
...do...

'.69
104.44
116.87

7.72
103.62
115.96

8.78
90.31
102.00

8.81
92.06
104.17

8.87
88.84
100.64

June 23

June 30

1967=100.

171.6

171.9

219.8

mil. $.
do...

9 ,899
6 ,305

10 ,036
6 ,272

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.

207
1 ,530
1 ,390
187

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

WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/
ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES
Nondurable goods stores.

June 8

June 15

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..

12,,280
38,,075
220,707
9, 353

6,,100
38,414
208,088
9,366

12,,725
36,481
171,,084
8,998

13,,070
37,,152
173,,547
8,,962

13,050
38,193
152,962
8,988

Steel, raw
Index of production
RAIL FREIGHT. REVENUE TON-MILES

thous. sh. tons..
1967=100..
bil..

2,881
118.1
16.9

2,897
118.7
15.8

2,862
117.3
17.6

2,,808
115.1
18.0

2,842
116.5
17.8

III

IV

2J Tuesday price.

1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks.

MONTHLY

3J Daily average.

8.94
87.61
99.27

.......
155,713

,

2,802
114.9
«11«t f •

4/ Wednesday data.

BUSINESS STATISTICS
1972

1973

ITEM
IV
GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
NATIONAL INCOME:
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES:
NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL
bil. $
Compensation of employees, total
do..
Proprietors' income, total
do..
Rental income of persons
.....do..
Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj.,total.do..
Corporate profits before tax, total
do..
Corporate profits tax liability
.....do..
Corporate profits after tax..........
do..
Inventory valuation adjustment
do..,
Net interest..
...do..

978*6
731.2
77.1
24.9
98.8

1,015.0
757.4

80.6

24.7
104.3
119.6
52.7
66.9
-15.4
47.9

106.1

45.9
60.3
-7.3
46.6

1,038.2
774.9
81.5
24.6
107.9
128.9
57.4
71.6
-21.1
49.4

1,067.4
794.0
85.0
25.3

112.0

129.0
57.6
71.5
-17.0
51.1
1974

1973
Apr.

1,095.1
814.7
89.8
25.7
111.9
127.4
55.7
71.6
-15.5
53.0

May

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL
mil. $.
rlO,743
Private, total
do...
Residential (incl. farm)..
do...
New housing units
do...
Nonresidential buildings, total 1J
do...
Industrial.
do...
Commercial. •
do...
Public, total
do...
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL
bil. $.
RATES), TOTAL
rl34,0
Private, total
do...
Residential (incl. farm)
.do. . .
New housing units
do...
Nonresidential buildings, total JL/
do...
Industrial
do...
Commercial
.do. . .
Pwbi. 1C j LU LH1
do* • • *


xj Revised. 1/ Except farm and public utilities.
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
18,003
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

rll,539
r8,691
r4,924
r4,106
r2,312
480
rl,318
r2,848

r9,349

rl0,002

rll,010
r8,022
r3,994
r3,083
r2,440
r 586
rl,336
r2,988

11,659
8,516
4,326
3,311
2,514
640
1,361
3,143

rl34.5

rl36.3

rl35.5

rl36.2
r98 = 8
r49.6
r39. 3
r29.5
r6.9
rl6.3
r37.3

135.2
99* 2
49.7
39.7
29.6
7.5
16.1
36.0

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued

3
1974

1973
ITEM
Apr.

May

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

FOREIGN TRADE
EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL

5,596.1
5,560.8
5,491.6

6,061.8
6,020.8
5,557.3

7,340.1
7,298.2
7,605.5

8,547.3
8,519.6
7,673.9

8,418.0
8,381.4
8,234.0

768.6
74.8
717.3
142.0
38.0

834.7
68.4
778.8
141.0
54.4

1,156.8
87.2
992.6
178.6
96.5

1,257.3
79.1
1,113.8
161.6
100.9

1,181.8
94.9
1,080.4
222.7
124.2

443.7
565.5
2,249.7
389.6
888.8
324.3
168.4
5,348.6
5,355.6

460.1
578.9
2,568.2
439.3
1,094.8
334.7
146.7
6,033.4
5,700.0

650.2
795.5
2,734.3
489.5
1,107.9
382.9
174.2
6,692,3
7,392.4

734.8
934.3
3,376.3
594.3
1,367.3
477.9
197.8
7,823.2
7,845.2

774.7
952.0
3,185.7
575.6
1,256.7
468.1
207.8
8,370.8
8,141.2

658.5
98.9
398.3
503.5
13.6

732.7
102.5
443.8
610.6
15.8

743.4
86.2
387.9
1,577.0
24.5

910.4
104.1
488.0
1,819.6
35.3

823.4
113.1
478.6
2,292.1
40.3

221.3
992.9
1,710.2
609.8
141.4

213.1
1,179.2
1,954.4
649.7
131.6

226.3
1,081.4
1,770.2
640.2
155.1

262.3
1,312.8
1,984.3
735.6
170.8

310.4
1,290.7
2,120.1
723.1
179.0

. kw.-hr..

147,823
139,306
115,231
24,075
113,085
26,221
8,517
8,193
324

155,189
147,112
122,553
24,560
121,097
26,015
8,077
7,759
318

149,413
141,723
115,556
26,167
113,947
27,776
7,690
7,394
296

156,519
148,046
120,656
27,390
119,281
28,765
8,473
8,154
319

145,697
137,586
110,048
27,538
115,248
22,338
8,111
7,792
319

. bd. ft..

3,272
510
2,763
3,386
620
2,766
3,896
222
3,674

3,290
491
2,799
3,351
563
2,788
3,835
150
3,686

2,945
518
2,427
2,850
529
2,321
4,596
435
4,161

3,191
534
2,657
3,219
521
2,698
4,568
448
4,120

3,457
570
2,887
3,377
552
2,825
4,648
466
4,182

1,339
1,437
746

1,383
1,550
815

rl,750
rl,239
r705

1,748
1,388
810

116
88
51

118
96
57

144
r 75
47

147
82
50

444
157
131

471
162
136

rl,057
rl67
rl38

1,130
191
157

154.85
139.55
100.60
84.55
1,026.4

174.05
149.25
95.85
86.30
1,617.4

r254.25
r215.55
rl29.30
rll0.05
rl,742.4

243.75
218.10
123.00
108.15
1^863.2

70.95
66.50
38.25
35.30
458.5

45.75
38.05
37.95
33.05
631.7

r66.80
r56.80
r47.60
r40.80
r650.9

41.70
36.95
42.80
39.05
649.8

By commodity groups and principal commodities:

Animal and vegetable oils, fats, waxes

Machinery

and transport equipment, total...

Transport equipment, total
Commodities not classified
GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL
By commodity groups and principal commodities:
Beverages and tobacco

Chemicals

ELECTRIC POWER
PRODUCTION, TOTAL

Privately and muncipally owned utilities
Other producers (publicly owned)
Industrial establishments, total

LUMBER AND PRODUCTS
National Forest Products Association:

Shipments, total

Stocks (gross), mill, and of period, total

METALS AND MANUFACTURES
Castings, gray iron:
Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month....thous. sh. tons..
Shipments, total..•••••.••...••••••••.•.•.•..•«
do
For sale...........••••..«•..••••...••.......
do
Castings, malleable iron:
Orders, unfilled, for sale end of month..*•••.
do
Shipments, total....•.••.••••..•.•..•..•.......
do
For sale.....••••••••••••••..................
do
Steel castings:
Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month.......
do
Shipments total...............................
do
For sale....»............••••••••••..••«•••••
do
MACHINE TOOLS:
Metal cutting type tools:

159.95
145.90
76.30
;68.80
972.2
Metal forming type tools:
80.95
74.45
30.60
28.60
425.8

Domestic

£/ Preliminary.
18,003

r/ Revised.




4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1974

1973
Mar.

Feb.

Apr.

Mar.

PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS
PULPWOOD:
Receipts
.thous. cords (128 cu. ft.)
Consumption.
do..,
Stocks, end of month...................................do*.,

6,068

5,994
6,044
4,636

5,603
5,897
4,343

6,307
4,805

6,027
6,023
4,640

6,840
6,608
5,087

.thous. sh. tons
do..,

,078
546

1,012
509

1,069
537

r992
r545

1,082
593

WOOD PULP:
Production:
Total, all grades
do..
Dissolving and special alpha.......................do..,
Sulfate.
do..
Sulfite...
do..

4,217
155
2,845
206

3,983
125
2,715
186

4,100
144
2,730
196

r3s 776
rl35
2,490
174

4,253
171
2,833
194

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

390
271
351

365
257
335

405
298
327

382
305
290

411
307
337

Stocks, end of month:
Total, all mills
do..,
Pulp mills.........................................do...
Paper and board mills
do..,
Nonpaper mill
.......do..

788
341
381

777
330
377
70

702
310
329
63

309
r316
i. r 61

740
351
324
65

5,416
2,312
2,605
11
488

5,171
2,191
2,487
11
482

5,258
2,277
2,547
12
421

Waste paper:
Consumption.
Stocks, end of month

<»

Groundwood.
Def ibrated or exploded.....
Soda and semi chemical

PAPER AND BOARD:
Production (Bu. of the Census):
All grades, total, unadjusted
Paper.
Paper board.
Wet-machine board.
Construction paper and board

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

r4,923
r2,125
r2,354
rll
r432

5,422
2,350
2,579
13
481

rj Revised.
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