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June 13, 1975 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS .***TO'cQ, SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1967=100 200 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION Weekly (ingots and all other forms) 1967=100 200 150 150 1974 / 100 100 I 1975- ^ ' 50 0 50 I I I I L-J I _J L_ I I I 1972 I I i I I I—L_J 1973 I I I I L_J L_J I i M I ' l i t 1974 1975 i J0 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1967 = 100 200 WHOLESALE PRICES 180 Farm Products and Processed Foods and Feeds \ 160 140 120 |\ i \ . \ h / / \ ! , ' V \ ' V 1 .; ^' All Commodities / t^ /—"> ty^" 100 _LJ_l_LjJ_l_U_l.J.,. I „.••*"*" _ \ \ S 4.80 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS \ 48 s>~~^ - 46 44 -i ~~ \ Industrial 42 Commodities . I 1 1 1 1 1 I I I IMi i n i 1972 52 (Hours seasonally adjusted) J ./^-^1/ \ \/ /'«. v/..•• \ \ /A' v 54 5.00 * — Hours Dollars 1973 1974 m u l l M M 1972 1975 i-\/- — T .\ A v e r a g e Hours Per Week I ( r i g h t scale) I M i l 1973 40 %J Ill 1974 38 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor Billion $ 16.0 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT 15.0 CREDIT EXTENDED AND REPAID (seasonally adjusted) 1910-14 = 100 800 PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS 700 Prices Received JL/(incl. interest, taxes, a n d w a g e rates) I i i i i i 1972 1973 1974 300 M 1972 1975 Federal Reserve Board 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture * 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 I I M M I II M I I M M I 1974 1975 WEEKLY 2 BUSiNESS STATiSTiCS1 1975 1974 ITEM May 24 May 31 June 7 194.7 207.9 185.9 11,182 7,770 195.5 212.2 184.7 11,491 7,960 192.5 211.0 180.5 11,221 7,591 186.1 205.9 173.4 267 2,189 1,854 166 411 ,257 ,343 275 392 4,917 4,031 242 358 73,344 89,554 36,279 225 79,117 97,448 34,.518 -15 79,227 98,466 34,732 85 79,472 97,616 34,212 161 100,788 57,929 371,448 22,316 120,735 57,585 101,767 63,011 373,320 29,511 124,398 59,211 101,633 63,392 373,333 29,794 123,590 59,231 101,759 64,644 372,961 30,163 122,801 59,273 8.78 90.31 102.00 9.56 92.27 9.53 89.06 104.04 100.36 9.54 89.71 101.06 13,510 33,512 148,198 8,384 137,165 8,422 11,655 35,130 119,864 8,470 2,227 91.3 15.3 2,195 90.0 15.5 2,122 87.0 13.8 2,064 Apr. May June 1 June 8 1967=100 do.. do.. mil. $ do.. 216.9 212.9 219.5 10,204 6,656 219.8 214.7 223.3 10,752 7,250 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 209 2,234 1,898 173 73,062 89,737 36,349 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES...., Nondurable goods stores 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) do... Bond yields domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's7 4/...1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... 179 96,980 57,797 OCC juu CCfZ } UUJ 21,914 120,593 57,362 8.75 86.89 98.13 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. 11,775 34,743 141,970 8,990 12,725 36,481 171,084 8,998 Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons. 1967=100. bil. 2,901 118.9 15.8 2,862 117.3 17.8 May 17 211 13,630 36,554 79,869 96,925 34,563 366 9.52 92.60 104.07 148,629 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1975 1974 ITEM May Apr. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS. ..1910-14=100.. do.... do.... do.... do.... do do do do.... do.... ..do.... do.... Mar. Feb. r464 r458 r386 r462 351 r489 r325 r766 r442 r453 r420 r416 365 r450 r344 r780 r427 r435 484 458 431 425 477 r275 419 458 321 r922 r286 393 427 341 922 272 402 430 343 924 469 r522 r433 r486 419 r420 r479 487 483 225 r420 r419 435 452 428 462 307 407 407 375 923 473 471 611 208 491 222 474 535 202 535 562 532 557 541 557 516 615 515 612 530 621 r78 r70 r69 69 548 565 536 627 72 230.8 220.1 238.4 221.6 215.1 226.2 201.9 236.1 181.1 198.6 224.5 182.3 201.2 224.6 186.4 194.5 210.3 184.2 ...do.... do.... do.... 152.7 186.2 159.1 155.0 180.8 158.9 171.3 174.6 182.6 170.4 171.1 177.3 172.1 177.7 179.4 173.2 184.5 179.0 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 146.6 132.3 197.9 122.9 145.4 150.5 137.0 204.3 124.5 146.3 168.4 178.1 232.3 139.1 141.7 168.9 181.8 233.0 138.5 143.2 169.7 182.4 236.5 138.5 147.5 170.3 182.1 238.8 138.6 147.7 577 534 r203 rl79 do.... do.... do do do.... r490 r505 479 r562 r493 r514 477 564 83 1967=100.. do.... do.... PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates PARITY RATIO SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES Fuels and related products, and power... r/ Revised. 61,965 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATIST8CS— Continued *3 1975 1974 ITEM Apr. May Feb. Mar. Apr. COMMODITY PRICES—Con. WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES - Con. Industrial commodities - Con. Lumber and wood products 1967=100 Machinery and equipment do.. Metal s and metal products do.. Nonmetallic mineral products do.. Pulp, paper, and allied products do.. Rubber and plastics products do.. Textile products and apparel do.. Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100 Motor vehicles and equipment 1967=100 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY — Who! esale pri ces 1967=$1.00 200.2 130.8 161.2 146. 144, 129. 137, 119, 123, 198. 0 134. 1 168. 7 150. 7 146. 6 133. 7 139.1 121. 124, 169.3 157.7 186.3 170.3 169.8 150.0 136.5 138.2 141.5 169.6 158.8 186.1 170.8 170.0 149.7 134.3 139.5 143.0 0.655 $0,645 $0,584 $0,587 $0,581 91,736 89,493 85,192 92,158 89,929 85,785 3,604 82,181 4,144 93,111 90,913 82,604 2,890 79,714 93,564 91,369 83,549 90,753 86,062 3,497 82,565 91,511 84,027 3,326 80,701 7,484 1,822 93,593 91,395 83,036 2,988 80,048 8,359 91,829 83,849 3,265 80,584 7,980 1,991 174. 159, 185, 173, 169 149 134, 139, 143 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.. Agriculture .....do.. Nonagricultural industries do.. Unemployed do.. Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted... do.. Employed, total do.. Agriculture do.. Nonagri cultural 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 W h i te Negro and other races Married men, wife present Occupation: White-collar workers Blue-collar workers Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers.. Construction Manufacturing Durable goods 3,437 81,756 4,301 90,324 85,787 3,515 82,272 4,537 875 4,691 877 8.9 7.0 8.6 20.4 13.5 4.7 4.5 10.9 8.8 15.9 11.0 10.9 78,357 64,170 44,019 24,885 668 4,066 20,151 11,908 8,243 76,708 61,923 43,626 22,595 702 3,596 18,297 10,722 7,575 r76,368 r61,560 r43,414 22,338 706 r3,486 r!8,146 rl0,635 r7,511 r 76,381 r61,524 r43,423 r22,273 r702 r3,470 rl8,101 rl0,565 r7,536 53,327 4,704 16,945 4,251 12,694 4,154 13,367 14,157 2,705 11,452 53,472 4,701 16,994 4,258 12,736 4,161 13,429 14,187 2,711 11,476 54,113 4,561 16,832 4,222 12,610 4,164 13,771 14,785 2,733 12,052 r54,030 r4,512 rl6,799 r4,211 r12,588 r4,157 rl3,754 rl4,808 2,732 r!2,076 r54,108 r4,511 rl6,818 r4,214 rl2,604 4,164 r!3,758 rl4,857 r2,729 r!2,128 52,958 14,744 8,693 53,037 14,739 8,682 50,768 12,996 7,567 r50,434 r!2,866 r7,499 r50,373 r12,840 r7,438 5.2 3.4 5.1 15.6 4.7 9.3 2.2 3 5 5 9 4 4 EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ...thous. Private sector do... Nonmanufacturing industries do... Goods-producing do... Mining. do... Contract construction. do... Manufacturing do... Durable goods do... Nondurabl e goods do... 78,226 64,069 43,922 24,899 665 4,087 20,147 11,913 8,234 Service-producing do... Transportation, communication, electric, gas, etc...do... Who! esale and retai 1 trade do... Wholesale trade do... Retail trade do... Finance, insurance, and real estate do... Services do... Government do... Federal do... State and 1 oca! do... Production or nonsupervisory workers on payrolls of private nonagricultural establishments, seas, adj.: Employees, total thous. Manufacturing do... Durable goods do... Average weekly hours per worker, seasonally adjusted: Total private hours. Contract construction do... Manufacturing do... Overtime hours do... Durable goods do... Overtime hours do... Hourly earnings, average, seasonally adjusted: Total private nonfarm payrolls dollars. Mining do... Contract construction do... Manufacturing do... Transportation, communication, e l e c , gas, etc d o . . . Wholesale and retail trade do... Finance, insurance, and real estate do... Services do... £ / Preliminary. 92,262 84,086 3,238 80,848 8,176 2,403 8.7 6.8 8.5 20.6 8.0 14.2 5.2 4.6 12. 9. U 11. 11. 5.0 3.5 5.0 14.0 4.5 8.8 2.4 2.9 6.3 5.2 9.9 5.0 4.9 r/ Revised. 8,309 3.171 80,377 7,820 8.2 6.2 8.1 19.9 7.4 8.1 14.6 5. 4. 13. 9. 19. 12. 12.8 36.6 36.3 39.3 2.8 39.7 2.9 36. 36, 40, 3, 40. 3. 36.0 36.6 38.8 2.3 39.6 2.4 35.9 34.9 38.8 2.3 39.4 2.3 r36.1 r36.8 39.0 r2.3 39.6 r2.4 4.11 5.08 4.17 5.14 6.62 4.33 5.31 3.44 3.74 3.72 4.42 5.71 6.97 4.67 5.68 3.67 4.02 3.95 4.44 r5.76 r7.18 4.71 r5.72 r3.68 r4.08 4.45 r5.70 r7.14 r4.71 5.72 3.68 r4.06 r3.97 3.96 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 4 Continued 197'1 ITEM 197b Apr. May Apr. May Feb. 179,495 147,047 181,680 148,852 185,381 "! 52,712 1849253 151,477 184,344 151,271 14,856 13,577 15,605 13,800 11,031 12,271 12,411 13,646 13,603 13,809 14,179 13,026 14,669 13,407 139465 13,228 12,797 13,234 13,181 13,423 264.53 847.79 85.48 181.13 251.83 830.25 76.03 167.57 231.85 724.89 81.02 159.91 240.18 765.06 78.90 162.28 244.32 790.93 75.77 166.35 254.71 836.56 77.29 169.69 92.46 103.66 104.19 87.73 44.03 40.26 89.67 101.17 100.69 87.34 39.35 37.04 80.10 89.29 88.50 75.06 40.37 37.80 83.78 93.90 92.78 80.42 39.55 38.35 84.72 95.27 96.76 80.75 38.19 38.55 90.10 101.56 101.96 85.15 39.69 38.90 63.93 103.39 96.25 59.92 93.23 85.91 53.46 76.33 84.98 52.58 76.76 86.29 54.75 79.64 84.76 57.17 83.76 94.63 49.21 53.95 35.87 32.59 58.72 47.35 52.53 33.62 30.25 52.85 42.48 46.00 30.21 31.31 47.59 44.35 48.63 31.62 31.04 47.83 44.91 49.74 31.70 30.01 47.35 47.76 53.22 32.28 31,02 50.06 FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT-AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): mil. Total outstanding, end of month.... ...... ..do. Insta1lment credit, total................... Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, total .do Repaid, total .do Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total.............. •..-. .do Repaid, total... ' .do SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks).....,........,................. Public utility (15 stocksJ........................... Transportation (20 stocks)......... Standard & Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks).... ..1941-43= 10. Industrial, total (425 stocks) .....do Capital goods (116 stocks) ..do Consumers' goods (184 stocks)................do Public utility (55 stocks)... ...do Railroad (20 stocks).. .......do Banks: New York City (9 stocks)........,... do Outside New York City (16 stocks) .. do Property liability insurance (16 stocks)...........do New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composi te 12/31 /65=50. 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