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July 6, 1979 WEEKLY /£\ BUSINESS STATISTICS Annual Subscription: domestic, $22.00; foreign, $27.50 (no single copies sold). Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. **TESO** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 550 _ TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 525 (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve F ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1550 Monthly (average of Wednesday System) data) H 500 H 475 -j 450 /"' - H 425 -| 400 -i H , , 1,1 ..!._ 375 350 —1—1 U,.1. .1.. J .±....l__l_J._JL_ 1 1 1 » . 1 . . • . . .,,-L..-t_.L_l_ .1 ,. L ..!,.. 1 J 1977 1976 1 l— . .1. 1 .1 1. 1 1 1979 1978 JFMAMJ JASOND Data: Federal Reserve Board THOUSANDS 350 THOUSANDS 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 • (Passenger cars) Monthly Weekly - 300 1,000 250 1979 rig 800 ft 200 t 150 ^1 600 f h 400 100 1978 p 200 i I i i i i i I i i I 1976 i i I i i i i i i i 1977 i i I i i i i i i i i i I i I 1 I I 1979 1978 1 1 1 t . . 1 • i i i 220 "~ MILLION 3.5 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS (seas.adj., at annual rates) Food ^? *' A 210 i 2.0 i i i 1.5 190 180 1+ ^ All Items 170 160 l l l l l l l l l l l I I I I I I I I I I I 1976 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1977 i i i i i 1 i i i i i I I I I I I I M I I 1978 3.0 h 2.5 \ All Services 200 1979 1.0 111111111 • 1111111111111 • 1 1976 1977 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. , J F M AM J J A S ON D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. 1967=100 240 _ CONSUMER PRICES 230 } 111111111111111111 1978 1979 50 0 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1978 ITEM 1979 July 1 June 24 June 9 June 16 June 23 229.4 240.0 222.2 230.0 238.1 224.4 276.3 250.5 295.5 277.8 254.4 295.1 276.8 256.1 292.0 thous. 297 348 323 312 344 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all .programs do.... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun $ Bradstreet)...number. 2,314 1,975 135 2,235 1,913 104 2,124 1,984 129 2,125 1,996 157 171 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 1967=100. do... do... FINANCE: Currency in circulation If 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 obi igat ions do.. . Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do... Real estate loans (gross) do. .. 105,668 124,897 37, 742 226 105,550 126,014 37,503 168 115,334 127,146 39, 705 413 115,852 128.086 39,329 72 115,870 130,177 40,580 124 113,680 92,874 453,062 44,247 135,113 80,213 113,522 92,883 451,932 42,742 135,528 80,530 104,232 77,154 468,851 39,297 141,845 86,502 103,850 77.129 468,167 38,818 142,101 86,954 100,728 77,004 469,655 37,370 143,489 8'7,491 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. $ Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 9.12 96.01 106.13 9.16 95.40 105.40 9.90 101.30 112.72 9.81 102.31 113.61 9.76 101.63 112.73 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/ thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 15,915 44,493 195,587 8,918 12,810 47,138 189,74 3 8,918 15,970 44,056 195,926 8,427 15,340 43,950 182,414 8,427 15,505 45.356 190,004 8,427 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5_/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,749 90.5 2,687 89.0 2,840 93.2 2,822 92.6 2,831 92.9 bil. 18.0 17.5 18.7 18.9 19.0 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES June 30 281.3 265.1 293.0 141 el 15,800 129,707 40,365 351 9.72 102.27 113.40 184,380 2,804 92.0 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. If Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average.,. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities, e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1978 Apr. 1979 May Feb. Mar. Apr. r/ May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondefense Defense mil. $. do.. , do... 68,379 10,252 17,087 67,357 10,086 16,833 r73,956 11,653 18,028 r81,626 13,122 19,809 74,169 11,024 17,550 79,204 12,799 19,358 do. .. do.. . 66,493 9,824 65,417 9,628 r74,167 11,749 r77,735 12,270 72,088 10,551 76,855 12,221 do. .. do... do... do. .. 4,369 19,536 16,598 2,938 4,133 19,058 16,257 2,801 r4,480 r21,825 rl8,950 2,875 r4,709 r23,281 r20,044 3,237 4,597 22,344 19,157 3,187 4,529 22,536 19,517 3,019 MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1_/ New o r d e r s , net (not s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) : Durable goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l do... New o r d e r s , n e t ( s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) : Durable goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l do... Primary m e t a l s do... T r a n s p o r t a t ion equipment do... Supplementary s e r i e s : Household d u r a b l e s do.. . C a p i t a l goods i n d u s t r i e s do... Nondefense do.. . Def ense do.. . Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total do... Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do... Primary metals do... Transportation equipment do... r_/ Revised. 1/ Data for May 1979 are advance estimates. 71,890 70,723 r81,101 r87,519 79,281 79,579 70,033 10,308 17,721 70,045 10,754 18,019 r82,385 13,042 22,340 r84,162 13,259 20,446 77,223 11,819 18,949 78,979 11,717 19,922 4,513 21,440 17,409 4,031 4,150 22,202 18,124 4,078 r4,706 r27,611 r23,593 4,018 r4,840 r27,730 r24,430 3,300 4,812 24,755 21,294 3,461 4,298 25,390 21,445 3,945 199,549 202,915 r246,479 r252,372 257.478 257,859 199,895 21,349 65,915 204,516 22,476 67,963 r246,251 30,758 90,059 r252,676 31,748 92,122 257,817 33,016 94,419 259,937 32,512 96,015 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1979 1978 ITEM Feb. Mar. Apr. 3,644 132,453 93,395 39,058 r3,713 rl59,296 rll4,656 44,640 r3,844 r 16 3, 742 rll9,040 r44,702 r4,061 rl66,159 rl21,181 r44,978 193.3 193.3 207.1 207.1 209.3 209.1 211.8 211.5 189.0 191.9 185.5 190.7 172.8 172.0 173.0 208.0 216.2 201.8 205.5 198.3 204.0 182.2 183.6 183.7 223.3 232.9 203.8 207.6 200.5 206.9 185, 7 184, 9 185, 9 225 1 235 0 206.3 210.1 203.3 209. .9 189. .6 187. .2 188. .9 227. .0 237.1 207.5 206.5 210.3 209 .,7 228.2 228.0 230.4 229.9 232. 231. 3/198.3 204.7 4/161.5 220.4 5/213.9 6/296.6 229.2 3/175.0 199.9 206.6 162.7 222.5 215.5 295.6 232.5 176.0 215.6 225.9 171.0 245.6 223.3 326.1 241.2 186.0 217.6 228.0 171.3 248.2 225.9 339.5 244.0 187.4 219.8 230.7 172.0 251.7 227.5 349.8 245.3 188.6 158.4 181.1 180.3 151.2 177.3 187.3 215.7 159.8 183.2 182.6 152.5 184.6 187.4 216.9 161.4 195.6 195.5 162.3 193.4 190.7 232.6 164.3 198.1 198.1 162.7 195.4 191.5 233.9 165.4 202.9 203.2 164.3 200.0 192.6 235.1 $0,522 $0,517 $0,483 $0,478 $0,473 thous.. do.... do.... 197.5 197.5 139.9 211.1 211.0 154.9 84.7 84.5 59.3 153.3 152.9 109.8 rl60.4 rl60.1 rl20.6 do.... do.... 2,176 1,482 2,037 1,463 1,381 953 1,786 1,266 rl,735 rl,273 do 1,787 1,175 1,645 1,087 1,334 819 1,531 981 rl,435 r966 23.5 260 26.6 268 18.6 272 23.4 270 24.6 273 9,026 10,436 5,691 r7,707 8,629 2,011 5,260 1,755 2,259 6,423 1,754 1,272 3,322 1,097 rl,702 r4,620 1,385 1,877 5,263 1,489 Apr. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS—Con. 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted)—Con. Supplementary series: Household durables mil. $.. Capital goods industries .. * do.... Nondefense do.... Defense do.... COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: ALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, REVISED (CPI-W) 1967=100.. ALL ITEMS, ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U 2/ do Special group indexes: All items less food do.... All items less medical care do.... Commodities do.... Nondurables do.... Nondurables less food do.... Durables do Commodities less food do.... Services do. •.. Services less rent do.... Food do .... Food at home do.... Housing do.... Shelter do.... Rent \ do.... Homeownership do.... Fuel and utilities do.... Fuel oil and coal do.... Gas and electricity do.... Household furnishings and operations do.... Apparel and upkeep do.... Transportation do.... Private .. do.... New cars do.... Used cars do.... Public do.... Medical care do.... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY-Consumer prices 1967=$1.00.. 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 (14,000 p e r m i t - i s s u i n g p l a c e s ) : S e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d a t annual r a t e s : Total 3 One-family structures do.... MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES: Unadjusted 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.... All other purposes do.... May 3,625 129,310 91,528 37,782 1 191.4 191.5 187.4 190.1 183.5 188.8 171.8 169.9 171.3 206.5 214.6 ' FOREIGN TRADE 14,267.3 15,586. EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL mil. $.. 12,932.5 12,494.6 12,069.7 14,257.0 15,584. 12,928.5 12,478.9 Excl. Department of Defense Shipments do.... 12,064.2 13,882.6 14,452. 11,786.0 Seasonally adjusted do.... 13,506.8 11,630.4 By commodity groups and principal commodities: 1,528.1 1,581. 1,684.2 Food and live animals do.... 1,472.8 1, 314.3 202.3 223. 143.6 171.2 Beverages and tobacco do.... 144.3 1,668.0 1,837. 513.5 1,466.5 Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels do.... 1,388.6 467.0 435. 292.0 363.6 Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc do.... 284.5 129.6 173.2 171. 119.3 Oils and fats, animal and vegetable do.... 145.4 r/ Revised. 1/ Data for May 1979 are advance estimates. 2/ Beginning Jan. 1978, data are for consumer price index all urban consumers. 5/ Includes TV and sound equipment and repairs formerly in "Health and recreation." 4/ Residential. 5/ Includes additional items not previously priced. 6/ Includes bottled gas. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1978 ITEM Apr. May Feb. Mar. Apr. May FOREIGN TRADE—Con. EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCt. REEXPORTS, TOTAL—Con. By commodity groups arid principal commodities—Con. Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, total mil. $. do... do... 971.3 988.6 5,095.1 1,018.7 1,100.4 5,120.6 1,155.6 1,135.3 5,394.3 1,522.3 1,384.1 6,325.1 1,289.8 1,228.5 5,843.9 1,320.8 1,355.0 5,341.4 do... do... 14,486.0 14,491.5 14,199.2 14,008.5 13,776.3 14,806.3 15,764.8 15,273.3 16,172.0 16,035.8 16,511.5 16,341.9 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 1,161.5 201.5 r708.9 3,513.5 42.7 611.6 2,383.0 4,085.5 1,143.4 189.2 r837.7 3,234.1 51.5 583.9 2,359.3 4,020.4 1,102.5 156.2 738.0 3,524.9 50.6 440.5 2,120.7 3,932.6 1,242.6 221.9 859.3 3,947.9 55.7 655.1 2,424.0 4,438.3 1,325.7 205.3 870.1 4,240.6 44.2 648.1 2,251.0 4,750.0 1,245.1 217.1 1,006.0 4,165.9 40.6 698.3 2,596.4 4,509.3 GENERAL INPORTS, TOTAL Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Oils and fats, animal and vegetable Chemiclas Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total (all grades) thous. short By products: Semifinished products Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling Plates Rails and accessories Bars and tool steel, total Bars: Hot rolled (incl. light shapes) Reinforcing Pipe and tubing Wire and wire products Tin mill products Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total Sheets: Hot rolled Cdld r o l l e d r/ tons. 8,055 8,610 7,996 10,293 7,438 do... do.., do... do.., do... 434 413 714 146 1,423 491 460 767 155 1,509 410 391 648 155 1,440 545 542 850 183 1,851 462 477 739 167 1,369 do.., do.., do.., do.., do... do.., do... do... 827 412 737 231 449 3,509 1,207 1,445 884 437 779 228 502 3,719 1,297 1,527 858 380 601 195 461 3,695 1,322 1,499 1,109 499 781 245 753 4,543 1,674 1,800 781 427 637 207 426 2,952 1,084 1,165 Revised. 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