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July 9, 1976 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS S ?ATSS Of + SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 INDEX, 1941-43=10 135 _ Monthly PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS ~ (avg. o f d a i l y close) 125 ~ 115 - 105 - ~ 95 - - Weekly (Wednesday close) - 85 75 ^O^J \ L-J 1 L ^ J U J — U - L - _ ™L~J—L 1 i 1973 1 1—1 ,1,.. 1. J I J—J—L-J—1—1 1974 LJ—L.J—1_ L t 1 1 1975 1 1 1 L_l L_J I I I I I I I I I L_J- J F M A M J J A S O N D 1976 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Thousands 1,400 Monthly MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 Thousands 350 (Passenger cars) 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 I I I I-U I .I I I I I I i » i 1973 » I i » i i i I i i i 1974 i i I i i I i i i i i J F M A M J J A S O N D 1976 1975 Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. Short tons 20,000 R A W STEEL PRODUCTION Monthly (ingots and all other forms) Short tons 5,000 H 4,000 16,000 h 12,000 3,000 8,000 2,000 4,000 I I I I I I 1973 I I I I I I 1974 I I I I J I I I I I I 1975 ' ' i i i Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. •* Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1,000 I i 1976 J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1975 July 5 June 28 June 12 June 19 June 26 July 3 210.9 213.7 208.9 1967=100. do. . . do... 189.9 215.3 174.1 189.8 221.0 170.7 205.6 207.4 203.2 207.7 210.7 205.6 209.5 214.4 206.1 mil. $. do. .. 11,556 7,629 11,009 7,687 12,804 8,389 13,192 8,531 12,796 8,216 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. 407 4,532 3,546 205 459 5,004 3,917 168 365 3,446 2,628 225 355 3,477 2,656 151 351 88,772 101,087 34,008 611 88,540 104,753 33,610 -152 e88,374 108,856 34,782 458 9.03 104.25 117.38 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs. 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores , 220 FINANCE: Currency in circulation _3/ mi 1. $ . Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3_/....do... Member bank reserve balances _3/ do... Excess reserves, estimated 5/ do... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks:£/ Demand deposits, adjusted. do. .. Savings depos its do. .. Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do... U.S. Government obligations ...do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.. . Real estate loans (gross) do... 80,685 95,949 34,706 91 81,094 98,243 35,481 396 88,614 98,233 33,155 -43 103,335 64,981 374,668 31,583 121,885 59,204 107,114 65,508 376,814 32,011 122,321 59,207 104,778 79,586 328,425 42,809 112,311 61,371 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/. . .percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand § Poor's) 4/... „ 1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... 9.40 94.62 106.09 9.44 94.18 105.77 9.06 98.74 110.90 9.04 102.01 114.79 9.02 103.25 116.25 thous . sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous.bbl. 13,150 39,709 151,679 8,398 6,900 38,092 114,669 8,400 14,005 39,785 194,378 8,274 14,110 41,514 193,163 8,274 14,120 40,781 195,301 8,274 thous. sh. tons. percent. 1,997 1,911 2,697 89.3 2,664 88.2 2,715 89.9 bil. 14.7 11.4 16.1 16.4 16.1 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal. Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate J5/ Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/.. .. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do n o t always c o v e r c a l e n d a r weeks. 2 / Tuesday p r i c e . 3/ Daily average. 4 / Wednesday d a t a . 5/ Capability for a full based on c u r r e n t a v a i l a b i l i t y of raw m a t e r i a l s , f u e l s , s u p p l i e s , and i n d u s t r y f a c i l i t i e s . e_/ E s t i m a t e d . MONTHLY 2,663 87.7 o r d e r book BUSINESS STATISTICS 1975 ITEM 1976 Apr. May Feb. Mar. mil. do. .do. do. do. 81,827 42,112 2,217 6,689 5,183 80,361 41,349 2,229 6,279 5,053 91 ,827 46 ,129 2 ,209 6 ,910 5 ,663 96,180 49,439 2,467 7,602 6,020 r95,287 48,766 r2,414 7,467 r6,075 95,302 49,587 2,442 7,979 6,279 do. do. do. do. 7,789 5,299 9,381 1,373 7,507 5,240 9,492 1,362 8 ,063 5 ,927 11 ,236 1 ,484 8,725 6,175 11,973 1,572 r8,411 r6,009 11,942 1,536 8,299 5,976 12,115 1,562 do. do. do. do. 39,715 13,535 585 2,446 39,012 13,256 605 2,528 45 698 14 302 604 3 266 46,741 14,596 659 3,521 r46,5 21 rl4,425 r623 r3,192 45,715 14,422 617 3,314 do. do. do. do. 185 183 982 998 3,171 7,007 4,988 1,957 992 239 132 199 3,933 8,740 5,833 2,382 r3,904 r8,952 r6,045 r2,341 3,970 8,378 5,998 2,271 do. 80,703 79,734 90 912 93,050 r93,848 94,511 do. do. do. do. 41,221 2,181 6,338 5,113 40,494 2 ,140 6 022 5 ,033 45 700 2 392 6 780 5, 735 47,546 2,469 7,140 5,901 47,741 r2,374 7,096 r5,994 48,537 2,346 7,658 6,252 7 723 5 878 10, 946 1,531 8,036 6,002 11,658 1,570 r8,077 r6,194 11,614 rl,566 8,097 6,194 11,537 1,566 Apr. May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products' Primary metals •... Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products T Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products^ Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products r/ Revised. 31,515 do. , . .do. do. do. 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 471 448 132 1,402 7 5 9 1 326 414 033 365 3 8 6 2 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1976 1975 ITEM Apr. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)--Con, By industry group--Con. Nondurable goods industries, total 1/... Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total Book value (seasonally adjusted), total... By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/.. . . Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products.... May Feb. Mar. Apr. May il. $ .do., .do., .do., .do., .do., .do., .do.. 39,482 13,844 605 ,484 ,165 ,637 ,014 39,240 13,435 598 2,589 3,193 6,611 5,064 1,897 45,212 14,362 635 3, 295 3,911 8,057 5,972 2,173 45,504 14,345 676 3,308 3,774 8,373 5,865 2,266 r46,107 rl4,763 644 r3,238 r3,882 r8,183 r6,084 r2,214 45,974 14,615 610 3,388 3,997 7,856 6,090 2,201 .do., .do., .do., .do.. 151,351 100,729 50,622 150,184 150,109 100,276 49,833 148,951 148,093 96,039 52,054 147,328 148,928 96,785 52,143 148,150 rl49,358 r97,093 r52,265 rl48,121 150,285 97,403 52,882 149,166 .do., .do., .do., .do., .do., .do., .do., .do.. 99,803 3,773 13,770 11,885 22,478 14,088 21,335 4,045 99,378 3,728 14,114 11,678 22,312 13,837 21,336 4,018 95,696 3,576 13,924 10,958 20,821 13,136 21,342 3,790 96,193 3,535 14,035 10,942 20,901 13,222 21,492 3,744 r96,133 r3,568 rl4,227 rl0,692 r20,851 rl3,258 r21,498 r3,732 96,578 3,638 14,431 10,640 20,814 13,355 21,621 3,753 .do., .do., .do., .do., .do., .do., .do., .do.. 50,381 11,480 3,037 4,267 4,738 10,931 4,157 3,069 49,573 11,079 3,059 4,226 4,658 10,888 4,066 3,055 51,632 11,774 3,371 4,709 4,686 11,039 4,378 3,036 51,957 11,846 3,360 4,658 4,738 11,138 4,388 3,030 r51,988 rll,845 r3,331 r4,678 r4,747 rll,088 r4,290 r3,032 52,588 11,921 3,403 4,735 4,786 11,231 4,421 3,017 do. . do.. do.. do. . 79,126 39,260 39,866 78,008 77,833 38,717 39,116 78,900 91,998 46,139 45,859 90,201 96,943 50,156 46,787 93,389 r95,672 48,945 r46,727 r94,141 95,147 49,361 45,786 96,048 do. . do. . do. . do.. do. . do. . 38,391 4,802 4,813 6,946 5,316 8,738 39,575 6,010 4,844 7,117 5,183 8,769 44,975 6,678 5,575 7,404 6,043 10,601 47,895 7,397 5,519 7,650 6,096 12,405 47,841 7,238 r5,788 r8,064 r6,396 11,572 50,016 8,819 6,144 8,095 6,660 11,556 do. . do. . do. . 39,617 8,911 30,706 39,325 9,010 30,315 45,226 10,711 34,515 45,494 10,648 34,846 r46,300 rl0,958 r35,342 46,032 11,065 34,967 UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL do.. Durable goods industries, total do.. Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders do.. UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL do.. By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ do. . Primary metals do. . Fabricated metal products do.. Machinery, except electrical do. . Electrical machinery do. . Transportation equipment do. . Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders....do.. 126,643 122,734 3,909 125,347 124,122 120,108 4,014 124,513 119,487 114,063 5,424 118,757 120,251 114,782 5,469 119,093 rl20,628 114,952 r5,676 rll9,390 120,467 114,720 5,747 120,929 121,512 15,088 18,712 27,381 19,577 32,759 3,835 120,593 15,077 18,523 27,169 19,346 32,495 3,920 113,374 13,817 17,310 24,435 18,778 30,749 5,383 113,722 14,074 16,927 24,049 18,874 31,497 5,371 113,828 14,216 rl6,722 r24,039 rl9,076 31,454 r5,562 115,308 15,376 16,614 24,036 19,542 31,475 5,621 NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.) , TOTAL mil. $ . Private, total do. . . Residential (incl. farm) do... New housing units do. . . Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ do... Industrial do. .. Commercial do. .. Pub lie, total do. . . NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $. Private, total do. . . Residential (incl. farm) do... New housing units do. . . Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ do. . . Industrial do. .. Commercial do. .. Public, total do. .. CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1967=100 . rl0,016 815 017 073 134 624 040 902 rl0,900 r7,724 r3,856 r2,664 r2,205 r711 rl,037 r3,176 r9,136 6,583 3,069 2,414 1,974 573 937 2,341 rl0,392 r7,728 r3,983 r3,055 2,069 586 1,007 r2,664 rll,193 r8,293 r4,405 r3,383 r2,061 r582 rl,008 r2,900 11,919 8,781 4,776 3,721 2,031 556 995 3,138 rl26.2 84.7 37.6 26.8 25.9 7.5 12.7 36.3 rl27.0 r89.9 r43 r31 r26 rl39.3 99.3 49.5 38.2 27.7 8.2 13.2 34.8 rl44.5 rl06.4 r57.5 r43.8 26.9 7.6 rl3.3 r38.1 rl42.1 rl04.2 r56.1 r44.2 r25.4 r7.2 r!2.6 r37.9 140.0 103.4 55.0 43.9 24.6 6.7 12.1 36.8 187.8 189.1 193.5 194.2 194.7 196.5 r/ Revised. 317515 2/ Except farm and public utilities. Nondurable goods industries, total Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products 1/. NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) , TOTAL By i n d u s t r y g r o u p : Durable goods industries, total 1/ Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment.. . Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. rl2 r37 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1975 ITEM May 1976 June Apr. May- June LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted..............................thous Civilian labor force............... ................do.. Employed, total,......................................do.. Agri culture do.. Nonagricultural industries .do.. Unemployed. do.. 93,949 91,768 84,146 3,622 80,524 7,623 96,191 94,013 85,444 3,869 81,575 8,569 95,260 93,112 85,588 2,897 82,691 7,525 95,618 C9 3.474 86,584 3,273 83,311 6,890 95,724 93,582 87,278 3,415 83,863 6,304 98 ,251 96 ,114 88 ,460 3 ,780 84 ,680 7,655 92,769 84,519 3,528 80,991 8,250 2,529 92,569 84,498 3,350 81,148 8,071 2,751 93,719 86,692 3,179 83,513 7,027 2,294 94,439 87,399 3,417 83,982 7,040 2,035 94,557 87,697 3,329 84,368 6,860 1,998 94 ,643 87 ,500 3,294 84 ,206 7,143 2,215 7.5 5.6 7.3 7.5 5.4 7.3 19.1 19.2 6.8 6.7 12.5 13.0 4.1 4.6 9.1 7.7 3.9 4.8 9.0 7.6 16.0 15.3 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.7 7. 3 5. 6 6. 8 18. 5 6, 6 12. 2 4. 0 4. 6 9. 0 7.6 14.1 c7.3 7.4 7.5 6.0 7.1 14. 5. 5. 12.8 9.8 20.9 11.9 12.3 8.7 7.0 8.2 20.7 8.0 14.0 5.5 4.8 12.4 9.6 20.5 12.0 12.7 .number. .do.. . r555 r850 r 5 33 r876 339 531 thous. do. .. do. .. rl87 r265 r3,319 174 r298 r3,362 143 180 493 550 1,398 3,222 Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted..... ..do.. Employed, total....................................... do.. Agriculture. .do.. Nonagricultural industries .do. . Unemployed............................................do.. Long-term, 15 weeks and over......................do. . Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group): All civilian workers. Men, 20 years and over. Women, 20 years and over............................ Both sexes, 16-19 years White. . ................... Negro and o t h e r r a c e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M a r r i e d men, w i f e p r e s e n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Occupation: White-collar workers. B l u e - c o l l a r workers Industry: P r i v a t e n o n f a r m wage and s a l a r y w o r k e r s . . . . Cons t r u c t i o n Manufacturing Durable g o o d s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WORK STOPPAGES: Number o f s t o p p a g e s : B e g i n n i n g i n month In e f f e c t d u r i n g month. Workers i n v o l v e d : B e g i n n i n g i n month In e f f e c t d u r i n g month Days i d l e d u r i n g m o n t h oj C o r r e c t e d . r_/ R e v i s e d . USC0MM--DC—31,515 446 i 650 p65 3 p912 p222 p402 p4,633 p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail ^e-19^ WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 20 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209 18.4 6.8 13.3 4.4 4.4 9.3 7.8 17.0 7.6 7.5
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