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June 22, 1979 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS y UJ T l rH tr n 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 DEPOSITORY GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS Monthly UMKC LIBRARIES (average of Wednesday (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 550 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1550 Weekly data) 525 (Wednesday data) 500 475 450 425 400 375 J 1977 1976 I I I I 1978 I I I I 350 I L_ 1979 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Federal Reserve Board INDEX, 1967= 100 210 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION __ (E.E.I. seas. a d j . index) 200 INDEX, 1967=1 Monthly -J 190 A -i J - / 180 170 -i 160 H 150 1 1 I I 1 J J _ J L _JL _l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1976 • 1 1 1 1977 1 1 1 1 J J 1 1— __i_.J_ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - i 1978 i J FMAMJ 1979 JASOND Data: Edison Electric Inst. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 80 SALES OF RETAIL STORES 70 (seasonally a d j u s t e d ) "^N" J BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 35 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED AND 30 ~ LIQUIDATED Total -i 60 - 25 t""~~ Extended J 50 Nondurable Goods 40 30 __^_-*- Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 20 »** mm' V Liquidated 15 —— 1 1 1 l 1 1 l M 1 •I.i i i i 1 i i i i i . 1 L I L I .J-L-LJJL 1976 - (seasonally a d j u s t e d ) 1977 1978 11111111 1979 111 10 J. U.J-L 1-L.IJLJ X . i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 MJ._L.I- I.J I1..I.I 1976 1977 Data: Federal Reserve Board WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1978 M i l l 1979 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1979 ITEM June 10 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1967=100. do... do... June 17 230.0 244.5 220.3 229.2 240.5 221.5 May 26 278.1 255.5 294.7 June 2 June 9 277.6 254.5 294.6 276.3 250.5 295.5 June 16 277.8 254.4 295.1 thous. 292 287 287 262 323 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun § Bradstreet).?.number. 2,299 1,958 106 2,316 1,973 137 2,108 1,968 187 2,200 2,058 93 129 157 105,425 117,385 36,313 49 105,830 117,964 37,155 113 114,210 127,976 39,679 68 114,659 128,654 39,823 238 115,334 127,146 39,705 413 e!15,824 128,023 39,266 9 114,353 93,378 455,170 44,479 133,802 79,315 115,964 93,008 454,739 44,577 133,702 79,812 97,961 76,667 459,648 37,281 140,250 85,829 96,446 76,583 460,926 37,016 141,323 86,217 104,184 77,147 468,767 39,298 141,817 86,474 9.13 100.12 110.75 9.10 99.48 109.95 9.98 99.89 111.21 9.94 99.11 110.23 9.90 101.30 112.72 9.81 102.31 113.61 15,395 42,021 201,196 8,918 15, 736 42,783 188,837 8,918 16,415 40,818 196,123 8,553 13,745 40,451 176,735 8,547 15,970 44,056 195,926 8,547 186,307 thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,800 92.1 2,781 91.5 2,933 96.3 2,919 95.8 2,840 93.2 2,822 92.6 bil. 18.2 18.2 19.1 16.7 18.7 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 laons (gross) do... $-. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks ..do... 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. nil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 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 1978 ITEM Apr. 1979 May Feb. Mar. r/ Apr. r/ May DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Bldg. materials, hardware, garden supply, and mobile home dealers Automotive dealers Furn., home furn. and equip mil. $ do.. 63,838 23,165 67,952 25,085 60,653 21,131 71,998 26,071 70,383 25,566 73,885 26,576 do.. do.. do.. 3,665 14,382 2,901 4,115 15,415 3,074 2,708 13,100 2,882 3,733 16,207 3,318 4,083 15,472 3,149 4,398 15,772 3,341 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 40,673 7,472 6,010 13,865 12,862 42,867 8,017 6,431 14,528 13,455 39,522 5,925 4,700 14,215 13,024 46,127 7,881 6,304 16,238 14,937 44,817 8,151 6,516 15,106 13,806 47,309 8,593 6,930 16,235 14,922 do.. do.. do.. do.. 4,889 2,816 5,719 1,940 5,156 2,906 6,024 2,060 4,898 2,416 5,339 2,058 5,483 3,154 6,373 2,223 5,574 3,259 6,221 2,206 6,009 3,200 6,685 2,273 ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 1/ do.. Durable goods stores do.. Bldg. mat., hdwre, garden supply, etc. dealers.... do.. Automotive dealers do.. Furn., home furn. and equip do.. Nondurable goods stores do.. General merch. group stores do.. Department stores do.. Food stores do.. Grocery stores do.. 65,146 22,617 3,609 13,537 3,061 42,529 8,048 6,462 14,298 13,273 65,522 22,730 3,590 13,520 3,116 42,792 8,236 6,609 14,375 13,335 71,122 25,035 3,676 14,932 3,333 46,087 8,378 6,734 15,639 14,357 72,045 25,450 4,045 14,972 3,359 46,595 8,626 6,943 15,635 14,349 71,217 24,536 3,946 14,179 3,320 46,681 8,642 6,910 15,855 14,548 71,108 24,139 3,814 13,896 3,358 46,969 8,822 7,115 15,855 14,601 4,994 3,064 5,794 2,042 5,020 3,062 5,672 2,058 5,566 3,214 6,274 2,257 5,561 3,440 6,563 2,234 5,682 3,286 6,361 2,272 5,845 3,383 6,271 2,280 Nondurable goods stores General merch. group stores Department stores Food stores Grocery stores Gasoline service stations Apparel and accessory stores Eating and drinking places Drug and proprietary stores Gasoline service stations Apparel and accessory stores Eating and drinking places Drug and proprietary stores r/ Revised. do.. do.. do.. do.. 1/ Data for May 1979 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1978 ITEM 1979 Apr. May Feb. Mar. mil. $.. do.... do do do 141,394 116,621 1,750 103,500 11,718 141,977 116,607 1,167 102,826 11,718 147,749 121,207 1,603 103,486 11,544 151,782 124,276 963 110,940 11,479 rl53,422 rl25,070 rl,256 108,588 11,416 149,745 121,357 1,333 106,185 11,354 do do do.... do.... 141,394 36,663 28,321 92,331 141,977 33,647 30,135 94,570 147,749 34,288 29,723 99,999 151,782 38,451 31,714 100,654 rl53,422 r38,888 r34,587 101,767 149,745 32,736 29,503 103,748 mil. $ . . do do do do do.... 112,127 188,146 133,580 6,510 3,714 26,886 261,462 113,822 206,908 144,852 6,144 1,325 35,975 265,176 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 96,446 181,172 129,356 4,550 728 30,094 248,871 do 93,202 128,296 93,405 131,672 76,023 142,730 76,831 141,430 76,564 138,139 76,583 137,462 do do 332,251 131,654 12,481 22,931 77,936 108,708 339,652 134,601 12,296 23,023 79,156 117,686 343,926 133,899 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 84,552 117,341 356,725 141,323 10,229 23,541 86,217 117,286 do do.... do 112,417 44,335 68,082 111,295 43,425 67,870 100,582 36,140 64,442 102,134 36,939 65,195 102,759 36,048 66,711 104,201 37,016 67,185 mil. $.. do.... 23,985 19,970 26,898 21,383 21,797 21,325 26,615 24,086 25,833 21,741 do.... 24,682 25,104 26,202 26,698 25,801 11,870 5,271 2,753 3,742" Apr. May FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Large commercial banks of Federal Reserve System condition, Wednesday n e a r e s t end of the 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 do.... CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT Total extended and l i q u i d a t e d : Unadjusted: Seasonally adjusted: By major h o l d e r : 12,102 4,158 3,257 3,337 12,067 4,179 3,484 3,408 12,430 4,822 3,238 3,460 12,412 5,123 3,250 3,611 7,434 8,523 529 7,592 8,563 527 7,756 9,357 454 7,797 9,714 516 7,724 8,918 496 20,576 20,824 22,894 22,967 21,733 do do do do 9,655 3,279 2,587 3,279 9,807 3,318 2,635 3,273 10,800 3,617 2,836 3,681 10,947 3,789 2,722 3,468 9,790 3,894 2,614 3,436 do do do 5,622 7,840 417 5,715 7,919 426 6,191 9,040 398 do 237,855 243,371 275,818 278,347 282,439 do do do do 117,654 46,463 39,236 21,570 120,440 47,580 40,481 21,744 136,671 55,728 45,663. 23,246 137,445 56,885 46,301 22,929 139,816 58,225 46,322 23,097 do do do 87,747 38,426 15,287 90,359 38,967 15,396 103,780 45,586 16,008 105,426 45,240 16,092 107,159 45,782 16,197 51.75 55.48 41.19 39.69 55.04 54.49 59.14 44.21 39.47 57.96 55.08 60.37 42.27 39.21 56.09 56.19 61.89 43.22 38.94 57.65 57.50 63.63 45.92 38.63 59.50 do do do do By major c r e d i t t y p e : do do do.... do By major h o l d e r : By type of c r e d i t : By major h o l d e r : 2 / By type of c r e d i t : 2/ SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Industrial 12/31/65=50.. do do.... do r_/ Revised. 1/ other than domestic interbank and U.S. Gov't., less cash items in process of collection. 6,311 8,972 ! 408 6,337 8,043 412 56.21 62.21 45.60 37.48 58.80 2/ Includes data not shown separately. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1979 1978 ITEM Apr. Jan. Feb. Apr. METALS AND MANUFACTURERS MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net) , total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order backlog, end of month mil. $.. do.... do.... do.... do.... 258.90 230.80 206.00 188.35 2,013.6 302.20 273.70 178.70 158.65 2,137.1 420.75 377.25 177.30 158.60 3,224.1 360.95 310.35 208.05 184.70 3,377.0 r376.55 r343.95 r248.10 r221.15 r3,505.4 p355.00 p328.85 p233.30 pi96.85 p3,627.1 do do.... do.... do.... do.... 65.40 62.60 66.35 61.40 420.9 76.70 70.80 64.25 55.45 433.4 97.60 92.85 67.25 58.60 548.0 86.95 77.85 72.30 67.60 562.7 105.40 99.00 85.05 79.10 583.1 pl04.75 p85.50 p77.30 p69.95 p610.5 thous.. do.... .do.... do ,343 569 345 291 3,100 703 307 280 ,479 259 300 271 ,506 333 260 256 3,286 624 334 310 ,851 638 275 278 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 305 569 150 513 375 293 480 118 416 296 236 375 97 416 306 224 382 116 397 291 276 514 160 476 328 252 412 154 354 233 Trucks (new), retail sales and inventories, seasonally adj.: Retail sales: Light-duty, up to 14,000 lbs. GVW thous.. Medium-duty, 14,001-26,000 lbs. GVW do Heavy-duty, 26,001 lbs. and over GVW do Retail inventories, end of period do.... 292.2 15.1 17.9 719.7 301.4 14.5 16.4 721.1 299.5 14,5 19.5 816.1 283.3 15.3 20.7 847.0 268.3 14.7 19.7 921.7 236.5 15.9 19.2 926.8 Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order back log, end of month ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT: Household electrical appliances, factory sales 1/ Air conditioners (room) Dishwashers Disposers (food waste) Ranges Refrigerators Freezers Washers Dryers (incl. gas) TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT r / Revised. #U.S. p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 1/ Includes data not shown s e p a r a t e l y . GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1979—281-051/48 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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