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WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS OF C0 / w \ ^tesO^*' June 2, 1978 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/BURFAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 _ TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 475 (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 Monthly (average of Wednesday data) ~~ 450 425 400 375 350 325 300 1 1 lil 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1975 Data: Federal Reserve Board • i i i i 1 i i i ii i i i i i 1 i i i ii 1976 i i i i i 1 i i i ii 1977 1978 INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 PRICES OF 400 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 J F M A M J J A S O N D INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 Monthly (avg. of daily close) — Weekly (Wednesday close) 130 120 - - 120 110 - - 110 100 - 90 - 100 f 90 - 80 70 80 . . . . . 1 . . . . 1975 . i: Stand. & Poor's Corp. i i i i i i t i i ii 1976 _l_4_ J „ 1 1 I 1 1 -J—I—L.L. 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 JLJL-l— 1977 1978 MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst W E E K L Y BUSINESS S T A T I S T I C S updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF C U R R E N T BUSINESS. 1978 . J F M A M J J A S O N D 70 MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1977 ITEM May 21 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1967=100. 9 Foodstuffs do... 13 Raw industrials do... ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES mil. $, Nondurable goods stores 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. 1978 May 28 219.7 219.7 219.6 13,466 8,650 294 3,098 2,408 154 216.9 219.5 215.0 May 6 May 13 May 20 13,701 8,737 299 2,949 2,291 215 226.0 240.5 216.3 14,867 9,653 269 2,430 2,094 151 14,656 9,465 267 104,144 123,023 37,265 256 104,497 119,918 37,429 21 e/104,350 ~ 117,214 36,469 235 97.08 107.38 228.1 244.4 217.3 95,152 112,988 34,946 218 94,888 111,751 33,933 135 103,409 121,286 37,972 365 105,798 94,889 408,575 48,390 117,752 65,957 106,573 94,609 407,618 47,673 117,420 66,072 112,292 93,180 444,570 44,309 131,702 77,909 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 8.48 100.30 110.74 8.47 96.77 106.70 8.95 96.26 106.27 8.99 95.92 105.96 9.02 99.60 110*31 14,565 39,709 215,948 14,895 40,140 187,644 8,016 15,580 37,792 207,865 9.029 15,310 38,609 212,100 9,029 14,545 39,500 219,635 9,029 thOus. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. 8,016 229.4 245.9 218.5 135 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... PRODUCTION: Bitmunous coal Electric power by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars)... Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ May 27 225.0 237.9 216.5 14,595 9,588 292 2,423 2,151 108 Steel, raw thous. sh. tons.. 2,768 2,785 2,691 2,806 2,803 Rate of capability utilization 5/ .percent.. 88.5 88.5 89.0 92.3 92.2 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil.. 17.2 18.1 18.0 ILL mjL 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ 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 1977 ITEM Mar. 1978 Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. r/ Apr. 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 Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondefense Defense do do.... do do do.... MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: V New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.... New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.... Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondefense Defense Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable aoods industries, total do.... Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals do.... Transportation equipment r/ Revised. 1/ Data for April 1978 are advance estimates. 44257 61,177 9,349 15,408 58,640 9,067 14,377 54,426 8,305 13,140 62,766 9,515 15,313 67,473 9,957 16,675 68,803 10,276 17,193 58,428 8,757 14,500 56,999 8,687 13,692 59,973 8,776 14,420 63,077 9,591 15,176 64,457 9,310 15,676 66,899 9,849 16,393 3,645 16,791 14,140 2,651 3,508 16,583 14,088 2,495 3,911 17,974 15,296 2,678 3,951 18,459 15,690 2,769 4,296 18,978 16,095 2,883 4,400 19,732 16,728 3,004 61,808 60,407 58,378 66,343 71,712 71,187 59,294 8,970 14,809 58,800 8,661 15,115 r63,335 9,857 14,749 r66,681 9,946 16,392 69,016 10,228 18,085 69,311 10,187 17,442 3,551 17,149 14,611 2,538 3,575 17,966 14,687 3,279 3,994 19,382 16,511 2,871 3,998 20,538 17,882 2,656 4,262 21,992 17,507 4,485 4,557 21,078 17,101 3,977 169,681 171,448 188,433 191,804 196,039 198,423 169,938 17,322 53,083 171,739 17,296 54,506 188,194 19,594 60,856 191,798 19,948 62,072 196,359 20,866 64,480 198,778 21,204 65,532 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1978 1977 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. 2,702 110,365 79,490 30,875 2,769 111,748 80,089 31,659 3,472 r122,307 87,107 35,200 3,520 r124,388 89,301 35,087 r3,486 rl27,402 r90,712 r36,690 3,643 128,753 91,089 37,664 474 474 641 592 365 282 297 957 478 r482 r539 r577 359 277 319 967 465 423 530 404 306 314 424 1,024 482 427 518 425 313 320 441 1,020 r501 r445 r533 r433 r325 r328 460 1,006 521 467 662 428 338 338 442 1,017 ....do... do... do... do... 471 577 544 240 473 577 551 232 509 624 613 218 539 624 661 235 560 624 700 238 576 618 730 245 PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services do... Family living items do... Production items do... All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates...do... 590 562 583 686 597 565 592 r692 605 590 590 710 611 593 598 717 621 598 611 727 630 602 621 736 69 69 65 67 69 71 4.0 3.4 1.6 1.0 3.8 2.7 3.4 1.7 .9 3.7 2.4 3.5 1.5 1.2 3.2 2.2 3.1 1.4 .9 3.7 2.6 3.5 1.7 .9 4.2 3.0 3.8 1.9 4.0 3.0 3.8 1.9 4.0 2.9 3.6 1.9 4.0 3.0 3.8 2.0 4.0 3.0 3.8 2.0 number. 409 634 271 267 349 460 thous. do... 236 2,204 187 2,676 87 4,689 70 4,221 126 4,290 132 2,055 mil. $. rll,058.2 do... rll,050.4 do... rlO,164.1 10,548.0 rl0,542.4 r9,953.2 9,366.9 9,364.4 10,014.3 9,518.5 9,514.6 9,922.4 12,079.4 12,074.2 10,912.1 12,069.7 12,064.2 11,634.9 rl,289.9 157.2 rl ,260.0 r291.0 rl32.2 r943.7 rl,003.1 r4,753.4 960.5 1,810.2 rl ,234.9 112.0 rl ,332.2 r397.9 rl02.8 r902.1 r967.9 r4,347.9 879.4 1,627.0 1,132.7 138.0 1,049.8 188.9 96.0 830.2 829.9 3,852.0 1,271.5 168.0 1,063.4 141.0 97.2 883.2 848.4 3,941.9 1,465.7 213.6 1,337.5 165.2 141.5 1,031.1 1,067.7 5,144.4 1,472.8 144.3 1,388.6 284.5 145.4 971.3 988.7 5,098.2 do... rl3,142.1 do... rl2,424,0 rll ,934.6 rll,797.7 12,717.7 rl2,380.9 13,286.4 r!4,440.2 14,547.3 r!3,699.3 14,486.0 14,496.1 rl,314.3 rl21.7 r652.8 r3,511.9 r36.5 r461.5 rl,712.1 r2,887.2 1,126.9 138.1 650.4 3,422.2 29.3 418.9 1,982.9 3,392.7 1,111.4 162.4 675.2 3,502.3 46.6 472.7 2,195.4 3,573.2 1,257.5 174.7 768.5 3,431.2 46.0 604.2 2,334.1 4,050.7 1,161.5 201.5 712.4 3,513.5 42.7 611.6 2,383.0 4,085.5 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS-Con. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS—Con. ]_/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted)—Con. Supplementary series: Household durables mil. $. Capi tal goods i ndustri es.. do... Nondefense do... Defense . do... COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS...1910-14=100. Crops do... Commerc i a 1 vege ta bl es do... Cotton do... Feed grains and hay do... Food grains do... Fruit do... Tobacco do... Livestock and products Dairy products.. Meat animals Poultry and eggs PARITY RATIO ....do... LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession rate, total mo. rate per 100 employees New hires do.. Separation rate, total do.. Quit do.. Layoff do.. Seasonally adjusted: Accession rate, total do.. New hires do.. Separation rate, total do.. Quit do.. WORK STOPPAGES: Number of stoppages: Beginning in month Workers involved: Beginning in month Days idle during month FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments 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, fats, waxes Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, total Electrical Transport equipment, total GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonal ly 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 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... r/ Revised. 1/ Data for April 1978 are advance estimates. 447257 2.6 rl,147.1 rl55.4 r685.4 r4,774.8 r38.0 r439.9 rl,653.0 r2,996.5 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued T978 1977 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. FINANCE SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Domestic corporate (Moody's) By ratings: Aaa Aa A Baa By group: Industrials Public utilities Railroads percent. 8.51 8.49 8.74 8.78 8.80 do... do... do... do... 8.10 8.28 8.55 9.12 8.04 8.28 8.55 9.07 8.41 8.59 8.76 9.17 8.47 8.65 8.79 9.20 8.47 8.66 8.83 9.22 do... do... do... 8.36 8.66 8.26 8.32 8.65 8.17 8.60 8.87 8.20 8.65 8.90 8.32 8.66 8.93 8.41 200.20 186.95 129.90 117.50 1395.4 196.75 188.05 125.25 110.95 1466.9 230.55 205.45 146.25 130.95 1877.9 r234.40 r210.00 rl51.60 r!40.35 rl 960.7 p270.65 p241.60 pi 86.15 pi 68.75 p2045.2 62.55 53.00 53.30 49.15 213.6 55.15 51.35 51.50 45.70 217.3 83.80 76.35 63.00 55.55 394.9 r76.95 r71.30 r50.00 r44.30 r421.9 p68.90 p65.75 P72.70 P67.20 p418.1 METALS AND MANUFACTURERS MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic. Order backlog, end of month. Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic... 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