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June 1 , 1979 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS **TBS<* Annual Subscription: domestic, $15.00; foreign, $18.75 (no single copies sold). Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1967= 100 INDEX, 1967= 100 210 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION _ (E.E.I, seas. adj. index) 200 210 Monthly 190 4 Weekly 1200 m -| 190 180 H 180 170 H 1 170 H 1 J -ST"- A 1979 160 1 ^"^ 160 —J 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 -J— I 1 1 1 |_.._1. ._! 1976 L___l 1 1 1 1 I t 1977 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 . . . . . . .1. i J......I t 1. . ... 1 . . J F M A M J 1979 1978 1978 — 150 \f 1150 J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. THOUSANDS 350 THOUSANDS 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 Monthly H — (Passenger cars) H 1,000 800 600 400 200 -y^\ vvAA A r\ - A/-A \r -\ -\ H - 0 H i i i i i 1 i i i i 1 . . . . i i 1976 • i i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i i J_i-.i. i 1978 1977 1979 i i J FMAMJ J A S O N D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. MILLION 3.5 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS 1967=100 240 CONSUMER PRICES 230 220 /t > ' Food ^ H 210 All Services 200 190 180 > ^ ^? ^ .^-- > H H : All Items 1 • • • • • 1 i i J • • 1976 : U.S. Dept. of Labor • • » » 1 • • * ' ' 1977 2.5 h r ' ^f ^ 170 160 ^gf / (seas.adj., at annual rates) 3.0 2.0 15 -A i i i i i l m n , M M . i l 11.111 1978 1979 k^/ f 1.0 I l I l I I I I li 1976 1977 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1978 1979 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1979 1978 ITEM May 27 May 20 May 5 Hay 12 May 19 1967=100.. . .do do.... 228.1 244.4 217.3 229.4 245.9 218.5 277.4 253.5 295.1 276.3 255.0 291,9 276.2 253.6 292.9 thous.. 267 256 308 291 280 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun § Bradstreet)...number.. 2 373 2^052 135 2,267 1,935 157 2,363 2,197 201 2,294 2,130 133 146 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 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)... J do.... 104,515 119,885 37,395 6 104,368 117,204 36,465 247 113,237 129,499 41,828 174 113,885 128,443 40,640 101 114,363 128,325 40,634 243 111,016 93,382 447,904 43,342 132,321 78,647 110,776 93,477 445,712 43,113 132,431 78,940 101,766 76,564 458,731 36,048 140,100 84,552 99,644 76,556 458,895 36,455 140,469 84,727 99,903 76,566 460,704 37,113 140,678 85,030 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.. .1941-43=10.. Industrial, 400 stocks do.... 9.02 99.60 110.31 9.07 97.08 107.38 9.92 101.72 113.82 9.96 99.46 111.09 9.98 98.42 109.74 14,750 39,500 219,635 8,839 15,470 40,944 202,517 8,839 15,470 39,522 208,793 8,633 15,465 41,605 212,835 8,633 15,880 40, 768 215,259 8,633 thous. sh. tons.. percent.. 2,803 92.2 2,805 92.3 2,814 92.4 2,809 92.2 2,869 94.2 bil.. 17.9 18.2 17.9 18.8 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw. -hr.. number.. thous . bbl.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES May 26 278.1 255.5 294.7 ell4,168 127,957 39,662 51 9.98 99.88 111.21 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . 3 / Daily average. 4/ Wednesday d a t a . 5/ C a p a b i l i t y for a f u l l order book 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/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1978 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not sesaonally adjusted) : Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment mil. $. do... do... 67,473 9,957 16,675 68,379 10,252 17,087 66,453 10,351 16,917 74,014 11,653 18,028 r81,633 rl3,122 rl9,809 74,470 11,378 17,489 do... do... do... 64,457 9,310 15,676 66,493 9,824 16,288 73,253 10,943 18,645 74,229 11,749 17,751 r77,742 rl2,270 rl8,381 72,370 10,889 16,579 do... do. .. do... do... 4,296 18,978 16,095 2,883 4,369 19,536 16,598 2,938 4,404 22,162 19,087 3,075 4,494 21,873 18,998 2,875 r4,712 r23,285 r20,048 r3,237' 4,744 22,309 19,241 3,068 do... 71,712 71,890 74,457 81,730 r87,696 79,109 do... do... do... 69,016 10,228 18,085 70,033 10,308 17,721 80,732 14,191 20,121 82,007 13,042 22,340 r84,344 rl3,259 r20,446 77,030 12,140 18,594 do... do... do... do... 4,262 21,992 17,507 4,485 4,513 21,440 17,409 4,031 4,593 24,820 22,058 2,762 4,651 27,288 23,270 4,018 r4,721 r28,031 r24,731 r3,300 4,772 24,665 21,378 3,287 do... 196 039 199,549 238,332 246,051 r252,114 256,756 do... do... do... 196,359 20,866 64,480 199,895 21,349 65,915 238,036 29,465 85,471 245,812 30,758 90,059 r252,412 r31,748 r92,122 257,075 32,998 94,140 Value (seasonally adjusted) : Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondefense Defense MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusetd) : Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondefense Defense Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment r / Revised. 1/ Data f o r Apr. 1979 are advance e s t i m a t e s . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1979 1978 ITEM Mar. Apr. 3,486 127,402 90,712 36,690 3,625 129,310 91,528 37,782 3,490 153,513 110,014 43,499 3,644 158,926 114,286 44,640 r3,653 rl63,669 rll8,967 r44,702 3,682 166,029 121,106 44,923 189.7 189.8 191.4 191.5 204.7 204.7 207.1 207.1 209.3 209.1 211.8 211.5 do.... ...do.... 185.9 188.3 181.6 186.8 170.7 168.3 170.0 204.9 213.0 187.4 190.1 183.5 188.8 171.8 169.9 171.3 206.5 214.6 199.8 203.2 195.8 201.0 180.3 182.0 181.9 221.1 230.4 201.8 205.5 198.3 204.0 182.2 183.6 183.7 223.3 232.9 203.8 207.6 200.5 206.9 185.7 184.9 185.9 225,1 235.0 206.3 210.1 203.3 209.9 189.6 187.2 188.9 227.0 237.1 do do.... 204.2 202.5 207.5 206.5 223.9 223.1 228.2 228.0 230.4 229.9 232.3 231.7 3/196.7 202.9 4/160.5 218.3 5/212.6 " 297.2 6/226,6 213.1 222.8 170.3 241.6 221.5 316.4 239.5 184.8 215.6 225.9 171.0 245.6 223.3 326.1 241.2 186.0 217.6 228.0 171.3 248.2 225.9 339.5 244.0 187.4 219.8 230.7 172.0 251.7 227.5 349.8 245.3 188.6 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS • ORDERS—Con. 1/ Unfilled o r d e r s , end of month ( s e a s o n a l l y adjusted)—Con. Supplementary s e r i e s : do.... do.... do COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: ALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, REVISED (CPI-W) 1967=100.. Special group indexes: Services ...... Food do.... do.... do.... do do.... do.... do.... 5/173.6 198.3 204.7 161.5 220.4 213.9 296.6 229.2 175.0 do.... do do do.... do.... do do 156.5 179.9 179.1 151.1 172.3 187.2 214.5 158.4 181.1 180.3 151.2 177.3 187.3 215.7 160.7 193.9 193.8 161.2 193.6 190.0 230.7 161.4 195.6 195.5 162,3 193.4 190.7 232.6 164,3 198.1 198.1 162.7 195.4 191.5 233.9 165.4 202.9 203.2 164.3 200.0 192.6 235.1 ,1967=$1.00.. $0,527 $0,522 $0,489 $0,483 $0,478 $0,473 thous.. do.... do 172.3 172.1 121.4 197.5 197.5 139.9 88.4 88.2 57.5 r84.7 r84.5 r59.3 153.3 rl52.9 rl09.8 161.4 161.1 121.1 2,011 1,413 2,176 1,482 1,679 1,139 rl,381 r953 rl,786 rl,266 1,749 1,279 rl,636 rl,044 rl,787 rl,175 r1,349 r850 rl,334 r819 rl,531 r981 1,437 968 24.6 276 23.2 260 19.1 311 18.6 272 23.4 270 9,418 9,026 6,679 r5,691 7,621 2,113 5,501 1,804 2,011 5,260 1,755 1,420 3,961 1,298 rl,272 r3,322 rl,097 1,670 4,566 1,385 49.50 52.77 38.95 39.26 51.44 51.75 55.48 41.19 39.69 55.04 55.77 61.31 43.69 38.79 57.59 55.08 60.37 42.27 39.21 56.09 56.19 61.89 43.22 38.94 57.65 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total ( p r i v a t e and public) Seasonally adjusted a t annual r a t e s : do do 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 ) : Seasonally adjusted a t annual r a t e s : MANUFACTURERS» SHIPMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES: New mortgage loans of a l l savings and loan a s s o c i a t i o n s , estimated t o t a l mil. $.. By purpose of loan: do do do FINANCE SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes 12/31/65=50.. do.... do do do 57.50 63.63 45.92 38.63 59.50 r / Revised. 1/ Data f o r April 1979 are advance e s t i m a t e s . 2/ Beginning Jan, 1978, data are for consumer p r i c e index a l l urban consumers. 5/ Includes TV and sound equipment and r e p a i r s formerly in "Health and r e c r e a t i o n . " 4/ R e s i d e n t i a l , 5 / Includes a d d i t i o n a l items not p r e v i o u s l y p r i c e d . 6/ Includes b o t t l e d g a s . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1979 1978 ITEM Mar,. Apr. Jan. Feb. do do.... do 136,643 113,604 332 101,577 11,718 141,394 116,621 1,750 103,500 11,718 147,138 119,730 4,366 101,279 11,592 147,749 121,207 1,603 103,486 11,544 rl51,782 rl24,276 r963 110,940 11,479 152 960 124,608 1,255 108,588 11,416 do do do do 136,643 33,697 27,900 91,666 141,394 36,663 28,321 92,331 147,138 34,666 29,931 99,354 147,749 34,288 29,723 99,999 rl51,782 r38,451 r31,714 100,654 152,960 38,426 34,125 101,767 . .mil. $ . . , do.... do.... . ...do . ...do ,,.do.... do.... 112,769 177,269 128,408 5,665 2,702 24,482 260,621 112,127 188,146 133,580 6,510 3,714 26,886 261,462 101,765 176,356 124,481 5,364 1,411 29,036 258,293 98,781 180,383 126,009 5,224 862 31,681 257,738 97,101 169,110 120,176 4,355 763 26,546 256,756 101,766 181,180 128,370 5,679 1,450 28,839 250,710 . ...do 94,013 126,550 93,202 128,296 76,480 142,539 76,023 142,730 76,831 141,430 76,564 138,139 . ...do , ...do.... . ...do 325,163 128,805 11,521 22,589 76,788 107,664 332,251 131,654 12,481 22,931 77,936 108,708 341,886 131,604 10,979 23,297 81,849 124,743 343,926 133,899 10,287 22,980 82,387 115,230 345,057 135,918 9,731 22,695 83,274 113,982 355,972 140,100 11,307 23,875 84,552 117,341 . ...do . ...do . ...do.... 109,907 44,038 65,869 112,417 44,335 68,082 98,848 34,984 63,864 100,582 36,140 64,442 102,134 36,939 65,195 102,759 36,048 66,711 Mar. Apr. FINANCE—Con. FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: U.S. Government s e c u r i t i e s Liabilities, total Large commercial banks of Federal Reserve System condition, Wednesday n e a r e s t end of t h e month: Deposits: I n d i v i d u a l s , p a r t n e r s h i p s , and corp: . ...do . ...do Commercial and i n d u s t r i a l U.S. Government s e c u r i t i e s , t o t a l r / Revised. 1/ Other domestic interbank and U.S. G o v ' t . , l e s s cash items in process of c o l l e c t i o n . -&U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 2 / Includes d a t a not shown s e p a r a t e l y . 1979—281-051/45 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209
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