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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* US. I I P A ^ 1967=100 170 1967 = 100 170 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities). (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . index) 160 **~°\/ 150 ~ lACl I4U 130 Monthy 120 —1™J—L™l—1 1 1 1 1 1—L_ —J—L~J—L—l—1 1970 1 1 L 1 1 1 1971 I I i I i 1 1 1 1 i 1972 1 i i i 1 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1973 Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 350 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 1,000 Monthly Weekly (Passenger cars) ' 800 600 - 400 - 200 , , 0 i i i i 1970 i 1 i i i i i I I I 1971 1 1 I 1 1 . I 1 _J„J—1 1972 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1973 _L_J J L_J I 1 I I I I Data: Motor Vechicle Mfrs. Assn. Million 3.5 1967 = 100 IbO CONSUMER PRICES 140 All Services 130 All Items \^\ 120 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS — W^^ ^ ^ ^ « — <"•"" L' —»• r U.S. Dept. of Labor 1971 2.5 — 2.0 1.5 h i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1970 — ^ • • " " * * Food 100 3.0 ^*-r**~~*' "* - ^ \ - .--<.—JZs 110 (Seas, adj., at annual rates) — 1972 m i l l 1973 1.0 i i I il I i i I l h i | i i I 1970 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce ^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 1971 L F M A M J J A S O N D 1972 1973 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1972 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 1} 1967=10.0*. May 5 May 27 May 20 May 19 May 12 May 26 119.9 119.5 156.2 158.8 160.6 8,638 5,637 8,786 5,786 9,712 6,276 9,896 6,419 9,803 6,240 211 2,090 1,732 179 210 2,003 1,663 212 214 1,690 1,540 200 198 1,645 1,497 219 190 173 61,309 75,620 33,157 194 61,208 75,554 32,646 86 66,133 81,406 32,488 -518 66,450 81,718 32,267 -70 66,851 82,451 32,933 326 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.... 88,862 57,533 280,078 27,331 85,085 40,979 88,593 57,590 279,578 27,024 84,987 40,951 97,247 58,095 322,578 24,495 102,487 48,200 94,896 58,252 322,717 24,031 102,461 48,378 94,910 58,321 323,600 23,693 103,013 48,585 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3J percent=. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4-/.. 1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do.... 7.72 106.89 119.27 7.70 110.31 123.41 7.59 108.43 121.41 7.60 110.44 123.66 7.61 106.43 118.95 7.64 104.07 116.29 12,505 31,470 195,345 9,761 12,645 32,379 183,362 9,802 11,520 32,857 210,737 9,374 11,505 33,495 214,691 9,377 11,890 33,258 217,638 9,346 209,094 ....thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. 2,703 110.8 2,665 109.2 2,981 122.2 2,929 120.1 3,015 123.6 3,010 123.4 bil.. 15.6 15.9 16.6 16.7 16.9 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^/ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3_/. . ..do. .. . Member bank reserve balances 3J do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3J do.=.= PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars)..... Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/ Steel, raw Index of production thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. ..number.. thous. bbl.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. _3_/ Daily average. MONTHLY 163.8 66,768 82,295 32,314 140 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 1972 ITEM Mar. Apr. Feb. Jan. Mar. Apr. COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: Unadjusted indexes: Special group 1967-100., 124.0 124.3 127.7 128.6 129.8 130.7 do.... 124.5 123.6 119.7 120.6 118.9 117.3 124.9 123.9 119.9 120.7 119.1 117.7 127.4 127.3 123.4 124.7 120.9 119.9 127.9 128.2 124.5 126.2 121.6 119.9 128.4 129.5 126.1 128.3 122.4 120.2 129.1 130.5 127.4 129.7 123.3 121.0 132.1 134.7 122.4 126.8 117.3 121.4 132.4 135.0 122.4 125.9 117.4 122.1 135.7 138.3 128.6 136.1 119.1 130.5 136.2 138.7 131.1 142.8 121.0 133.3 136.6 139.2 134.5 152.7 121.5 136.8 137.0 139.6 136.5 155.4 121.8 141.8 127.9 132.7 118.0 138.2 128.2 133.0 118.4 138.5 131.4 136.9 121.5 142.6 132.0 137.3 122.1 142.9 132.3 137.7 122.6 143.2 132.8 138.1 123.0 143.6 119.6 118.7 119.7 120.1 119.9 118.6 120.2 120.5 122.8 120.7 124.1 122.2 124.1 127.2 124.5 122.6 124.6 127.8 125.0 123.0 125.1 128.3 125.5 123.6 121.3 118.4 115.9 111.7 103.9 142.3 121.8 118.6 116.1 111.7 106.4 142.7 123.0 121.0 118.5 111.1 112.8 144.3 123.6 121.1 118.7 111.0 112.4 144.3 124.8 121.5 119.1 110.8 113.7 144.5 125.8 122.6 120.3 111.1 117.3 143.9 indexes: do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... Household f u r n i s h i n g s 9110 and o p e r a t i o n . . . . I 1 ! MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1973 1972 Feb. Apr. COMMODITY PRICES--Con. CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES—Con. Unadjusted indexes—Con. Health and recreation Medical care 125.0 131.4 118.7 121.7 125.5 131.7 119.1 122.3 127.8 134.9 121.8 124.1 128.1 135.3 122.4 124.3 128.6 135.8 123.1 124.5 $0,806 $0,805 $0,783 $0,778 $0,770 135.5 109.2 rl36.6 rl09.9 rl42.3 rill.3 142.5 rll0.7 rl43.4 rll0.4 133.19 107.32 135.03 rl08.63 139.11 108.79 140.62 rl09.22 rl41.73 rl09.12 118.75 95.69 92 120.20 r96.70 95 122.51 95.81 122 123.70 r96.08 118 rl24.55 r95.90 rl21 400 530 440 640 310 480 380 590 410 670 thous. do... do... 127 165 1,544 146 217 2,031 118 145 1,433 141 200 1,281 110 156 1,330 mil. $. do... do.. . do... 4,345.8 4,306.3 3,869.4 4,286.1 3,935.1 3,885.1 3,817.1 3,860.0 4,789.1 4,747.2 4,977.1 4,719.5 4,900.6 4,864.0 5,064.6 4,831.1 5,975.7 5,922.8 5,379.5 5,878.7 do... do... do... 376.5 49.5 436.5 361.7 34.3 399.2 688.6 62.9 586.4 669.4 74.5 663.1 802.3 78.4 840.7 135. 38. 343. 434. 131.6 35.8 293.9 387.6 105.3 44.0 403.8 478.2 106.7 44.8 384.7 457.6 121.2 61.0 441.8 534.0 1967=100. do. . . Personal care do... Reading and recreation PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices do. . . .1967=$!.00. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Earnings per production or nonsupervisory worker on payrolls of private nonfarm establishments: Average hourly earnings index, seasonally adjusted 1/: Current dollars 1967=100. 1967 dollars do... Gross average weekly earnings: Current dollars, seasonally adjusted 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted Spendable average weekly earnings (married worker with three dependents): Current dollars, seasonally adjusted 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEAS. ADJUSTED INDEX 1967=100. Work stoppages: Number of stoppages: Beginning in month number. In effect during month do... Workers involved in stoppages: Beginning in month In effect during month Man-days idle during month FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments • Seasonally adjusted Exports of U.S. merchandise, total By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco... Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Animal and vegetable oils, fats, waxes.. Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, total Electrical Transport equipment, total Miscellaneous manufactured articles Commodities not classified GENERAL IMPORTS, 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 • Animal and vegetable oils and fats Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment.... Miscellaneous manufactured articles Commodities not classified do. ..do. do. do. do. do. do. .........do. do. 2,053.6 322.7 863.8 284.0 134.4 1,799.6 291.3 714.7 271.4 144.9 1,956.4 369.7 733.8 275.1 118.9 2,026.9 352.4 803.9 270.8 132.6 2,527.8 409.7 1,083.4 325.7 145.7 do. do. 4,843.6 4,515.3 4,248.0 4,413.0 5,423. 5,280. 4,944.6 5,540.8 5,595.6 5,432.1 do. do. do. do. do. 472.9 80.9 313.4 426.8 15.4 475.3 68.3 291.7 354.9 12.3 616. 109. 388. 532.7 568.4 76.3 341.2 494.9 16.8 630.1 83.5 383.8 595.1 14.7 do. do. ...do. do. do. 192.0 930.0 1,668.7 610.4 133.0 187.7 804.9 1,429.7 496.1 127.3 189.1 ,107.8 ,675.9 631.5 162.8 190.2 983.8 1,560.0 584.2 128.7 202.7 1,078.2 1,813.0 643.2 151.3 1973 1972 Mar. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Paints, varnish, and lacquer: Factory shipments, total Trade products. Industrial finishes mil. do. do. 226.0 117.4 108.7 261.0 140.2 120.8 190.0 95.0 95.0 225.5 114.5 111.0 r235.0 rl24.7 110.3 142 106 1,387 330 1,514 114 rl,504 278 1,312 88 1,446 215 1,268 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip Cattle hide and side kip Goat and kid Sheep and 1 amb xj Revised. £/ Preliminary. 9110 thous. skins. thous. hides and kips. thous. skins. do... 126 rl,749 r1,840 216 245 1,773 1,741 1/ Adjusted for interindustry shifts in employment and for overtime in manufacturing industry. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1972 Nov. METALS A N D MANUFACTURES Castings, gray iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month....thous. sh. tons. Shipments, total........................................ d O . e . 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.. Aluminum products: Castings, shipments...... .mil. pounds 843 1,205 595 879 1,209 610 1,102 1,319 692 1,140 1,206 641 rl,245 r1,425 r709 1,237 1,351 683 79 77 42 87 80 45 87 54 75 47 r98 88 r52 110 87 52 300 121 99 304 132 109 311 135 111 318 144 120 r338 rl48 rl23 362 150 124 149.3 152.6 171.6 154.3 rl86.3 *178.6 1973 1972 Mar. MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, n e w ( n e t ) , total... .mil. $., Domestic. .............do.... Shipments, total do. . ., Domestic...........................................do..., Order backlog, end of month..........................do.... Metal forming type tools: Orders, n e w ( n e t ) , total.............................do.... Domestic. .do. . . . Shipments, total. ....do.... Domestic. ...do... Order backlog, end of month..........................do. .. , Industrial trucks ( e l e c t r i c ) , shipments: Hand (motorized).....................................number. , Rider-type.............................................do.... Ind. trucks, tractors (combustion engines), shipments....do..., rj R e v i s e d . _p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . USCOMM—DC—9110 * / Aluminum c a s t i n g s UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS Apr. Apr. Jan. 95.70 77.35 56.75 48.15 472.4 66.70 57.20 49.55 44.40 489.6 124.80 103.25 66.15 58.60 760.6 130.40 117.80 74.40 67.40 816.6 170.80 149.10 98.80 83.95 888.6 P160.10 23.40 21.75 33.50 28.85 157.2 27.65 26.50 26.35 21.95 158.5 56.85 49.55 27.15 25.70 290.2 72.45 66.40 28.70 25.85 334.0 76.70 72.05 35.35 33.55 375.4 p81.05 P74.40 P30.65 P28.60 P425.8 1,297 1,404 3,282 1,253 1,279 3,281 1,544 1,525 3,828 1,696 1,626 3,797 1,849 1,978 4,809 shipped i n Mar. 1973 t o t a l e d 1 9 4 . 8 m i l . l b s . POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 P145.95 P75.90 P68.75 P972.8
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