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\ WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS W June 23, 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/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1967=1 INDEX, 1967=100 210 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 200 — (E.E.I. seas. adj. index) Monthly 190 - / 180 V/ 170 - 160 150 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1975 1 1 1 1 1 Data: Edison Electric Inst 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1976 i i i i i 1 i 1977 i i i i 1 I 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1978 J F M A M J J A S O N D THOUSANDS THOUSANDS Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. 1967=100 160 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 150 - BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 70 SALES OF RETAIL STORES (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) (seasonally adjusted) 60 Tofal f 50 40 I I I I I II 1975 Data.- Federal Reserve Board 1976 1977 I I.I I I I I 1978 30 Nondurable Goods , J-l-i—LJ-1..I 1 l.l-L. 1 I 1 1 1 1 L_L.il L. I I 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 11 1 11 1 1 1 i LJL.i.J 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1976 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. 1977 1978 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1977 ITEM June 11 1978 June 18 May 27 June 3 June 10 1967=100. do... do... 212.7 216.3 210.2 208.2 210.8 206.3 229.4 245.9 218.5 232.0 250.2 230.0 244.5 220.3 mil. $. do... 13,514 8,754 13,979 8,985 15,185 9,646 14,859 9,656 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 S Bradstreet)..number. 309 2,958 2,302 159 310 2,962 2,307 166 256 2,267 1,935 157 14,844 9,507 243 2,352 84 106 105,425 117,421 36,351 69 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 220.1 292 2,011 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: £/ 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... 95,933 104,434 33,734 33 96,146 103,365 34,104 246 104 , 368 117,216 36,471 237 104.818 116.819 37,038 487 107,719 94,475 413,484 49,789 117,744 66,472 111,166 94,139 416,431 50,788 118,457 66,819 110,776 93,477 445,712 43,113 132,431 78,940 113,353 93,400 450,770 43,432 134,546 79,106 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. S Poor's) 4/... 1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 8.42 98.20 108.26 8.36 99.62 109.90 9.07 97.08 107.38 9.12 97.24 107.51 9.13 100.12 110.75 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. 15,330 40,553 213,248 8,262 15,030 42,217 214,938 8,262 15,470 40,944 202,517 8,839 14,030 41,488 169,378 15,390 42,021 201,196 8,880 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,674 85.5 2,605 83.3 2,805 92.3 2,749 90.5 2,800 bil.. 17.3 17.2 18.4 16.4 18.3 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 8,880 92.1 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, ej Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1978 1977 ITEM Apr. May Feb. Mar. Apr.,£/ May e/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT) SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTILJ 1967=100.. BY MARKET GROUPINGS: PRODUCTS, TOTAL .do.... Final products .do Consumer goods .do Durable consumer goods .do .do Automotive products Autos and utility vehicles .do Autos .do.... Auto parts aind allied goods .do.... Home goods .do.... 136.1 137.0 139..2 rl40..9 142..9 143.7 135.8 134.1 142.9 151.5 173.9 171.2 150.6 181.3 138.8 136.5 134.7 143.1 152.2 172.8 167.4 148.5 186.6 140.6 139..6 136,.4 rl43..8 rl51..2 rl62..8 153..9 131..5 185..3 rl44..6 141..5 rl38,.7 rl46..0 rl57..6 rl75..9 171..0 149.,7 rl88,.5 rl47..3 142. 8 140.0 147.,3 161. 8 184.,1 183.,0 159.,1 187..2 149..2 143.1 140.2 147.3 160.3 178.3 174.0 151.4 189.0 150.2 Nondurable consumer goods .do Clothing .do Consumer staples .do Equipment .do Business .do Industrial equipment .do.... Commercial, transit, and farm equip.... .do Defense and space equipment .do 139.4 124.4 143.6 122.1 147.1 136.3 159.5 79.9 139.5 125.5 143.4 123.2 148.9 138.4 161.2 80.0 rl40..8 rl21..1 rl46..3 126..2 154..2 rl44..6 rl65.,5 r79..2 rl41..4 122..8 rl46..5 rl29,.0 157,.4 rl46,.9 rl69,.4 r81..5 141..6 142.3 146.,4 130..1 159,.0 148..1 171.,7 81.,5 146.8 130.6 159.9 149.1 172.1 81.5 .do .do .do .do .do .do .do 142.3 137.2 147.5 136.5 133.8 153.7 121.3 143.5 138.7 148.4 137.8 135.2 155.4 122.3 rl51.,4 rl48..6 154 .2 138..6 137..0 158 .5 117..7 rl51..9 rl48..4 rl55..4 rl40.0 138..7 rl60,.3 rll8.0 152.,6 148.8 156..5 143..1 141..9 161..5 123,.2 153.5 149.5 .do.... .do .do .do .do.... 135.7 119.2 126.1 118.4 117.5 137.1 119.5 120.5 122.4 118.3 rl37,.7 rll4,.4 119,.9 56.5 rl20,.4 rl38,.8 rI20..2 rl27.6 78,.6 rl24.5 142..2 126..8 122..1 129..7 126,.8 142.6 127.1 Intermediate products Construction supplies Business supplies MATERIALS, TOTAL Durable goods materials Nondurable goods materials BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MINING AND UTILITIES MINING Metal mining Coal Oil and gas extraction r/ Revised. ]>/ Preliminary, e/ Estimated. 144.6 143.5 162.3 125.1 132.9 126.8 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1977 ITEM Apr. 1978 May Feb. Mar. Apr. May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT) --Con. SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. U T I L . ) — C o n . BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS—Con. MINING AND UTILITIES—Con. UTILITIES 1967=100. . Electric .do.... 154.0 170.4 156.7 175.4 rl63.5 184.3 rl59.6 179.1 pl59.2 el59.9 .do.... .do .do .do .do .do .do 135.8 147.0 138.0 112.1 134.6 121.4 136.3 137.1 148.5 138.3 105.2 136.0 123.5 139.5 rl 39.4 rl50.6 rl40.8 rll7.7 rl36.4 121.1 rl43.9 rl41.4 151.5 rl41.2 115.3 136.1 122.8 144.9 p143.0 pl52.6 pl42 .2 el43.8 el53.2 pl46.1 ei.47.0 .do .do.... .do .do.... .do 123.4 180.6 143.4 226.0 74.7 124.4 182.8 142.4 232.4 76.2 rl28.3 rl83.7 139.0 240.0 73.0 rl29.1 rl84.9 rl41.2 r242.7 70.9 pl28.5 pl86.0 pl41.8 p247.0 p71.9 el42 .9 .do .do .do .do .do .do 128.0 74.6 130.6 135.4 145.0 112.2 129.3 74.4 133.0 137.5 145.0 117.1 rl31.5 71.2 135.5 rl50.1 rl52.6 106.2 rl34.4 r72.9 rl36.5 rl49.5 rl54.2 rl06.5 pl36.4 p72 .5 p 136.4 pl49.0 pl55 .6 pi13.0 el37.2 e72.9 .do .do .do .do.... 127.6 142.9 139.6 119.8 157.8 128.2 142.6 141.8 120.3 157.4 rl36.9 rl50.1 146.4 118.4 163.5 rl38.1 151.5 rl49.5 rl26.5 rl67.9 pi 39.3 pl52.3 pl51.6 pl30.1 pl68.6 el40.1 el53.2 el52.8 el28.8 el69.0 58,634 20,559 58,893 20,961 52,479 17,230 r63,334 r21,863 r62,196 r22,161 65,926 24,023 3,251 12,851 2,730 3,515 12,878 2,763 2,419 10,710 2,523 r3,116 rl4,008 r2,882 r3,538 rl3,877 r2,866 4,027 14,723 3,092 .do .do do 38,075 6,911 5,470 37,932 6,860 5,457 35,249 5,488 4,404 r41,471 r7,317 r5,867 r40,035 r7,417 r5,9 87 41,903 7,992 6,443 Food stores Grocery stores .do .do 13,047 12,172 12,846 11,984 12,617 11,796 rl4,333 rl3,374 rl3,634 rl2,744 14,227 13,251 Gasoline service stations Apparel and accessory stores Eating and drinking places .do .do.... .do 4,631 2,754 5,250 4,826 2,543 5,466 4,313 2,080 4,761 r4,804 r2,847 r5,610 r4,757 r2, 716 r5,750 5,019 2,792 6,037 58,142 19,833 3,135 12,055 2,386 58,003 19,516 3,129 11,734 2,843 61,661 20,558 3,382 12,273 2,921 r62,690 r20,938 r3,341 rl2,683 r2,887 r63,878 r21,903 r3,512 rl3,340 r3,032 63,775 21,686 3,511 12,870 3,133 .do .do.... do .do .do 38,309 7,059 5,588 12,933 12,060 38,847 7,066 5,629 13,085 12,235 41,103 7,763 6,309 13,906 12,977 r41,752 r7,866 r6,336 rl3,900 rl2,947 r41,975 r8,023 r6,431 rl4,176 rl3,275 42,089 8,195 6,581 14,241 13,278 .do .do.... .do.... .do 4,723 2,726 5,232 1,834 4,710 2,700 5,283 1,845 4,952 2,755 5,510 1,957 r4,983 r2,885 r5,772 rl,992 r4,869 r2,99 5 r5,808 rl,987 4,887 2,924 5,766 2,013 mil. $.. .do.... do .do .do 135,084 111,163 379 99,967 11,636 131,108 108,982 400 97,394 11,629 134,500 110,235 304 98,450 11,718 136,643 113,604 332 101,577 11,718 r141,394 rll6,621 rl,750 103,500 11,718 141,428 116,058 1,167 102,826 11,718 135,084 40,297 25,773 83,757 131,108 36,114 29,009 85,333 134,500 30,805 26,047 90,703 136,643 33,697 27,900 91,666 rl41,394 r36,663 r28,321 92,331 141,428 33,098 29,586 94,570 MANUFACTURING, TOTAL Nondurable manufactures Foods Tobacco products Textile mill products Apparel products Paper and products Printing and publishing Chemicals and products Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Leather products Durable manufactures Ordnance, pvt. and govt Lumber and products Furniture and fixtures Clay, glass, and stone products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Nonelectrical machinery Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments pl37!6 el29.0 ell6.4 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 1/ mil. $.. Durable goods stores .do Bldg. materials, hardware, garden supply, and mobile home dealers .do Automotive dealers .do Furn., home furn. and equip do Nondurable goods stores General merch. group stores Department stores ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL .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 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 FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, total Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Time loans U.S. Government securities Gold certificate account Liabilities, total Deposits, total Member-bank reserve balances Federal Reserve notes in circulation r/ Revised, 442B2 p/ Preliminary, e/ Estimated. ~ .do .do .do .do 1/ Data for May are advance estimates. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1977 ITEM Apr. 1978 May Feb. Mar. Apr. May FINANCE—Con. SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks') Public utility (15 stocks) Transportation (20 stocks) Standard S Poor's Corporation: Combined index (500 stocks) ...1941-43=10.. Industrial, total (400 stocks) do.... Capital goods (111 stocks) do.... Consumer goods (189 stocks) do.... Utilities (40 stocks) do Transportation (20 stocks) 1970=10.. Railroads (10 stocks) ...1941-43=10.. Financial (40 stocks) 1970=10.. New York City banks (6 stocks) ...1941-43=10.. Banks outside N.Y.C. (10 stocks).. do.... Property-Casualty Insurance (6 stocks) do New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite Industrial Transportation Utility Finance do.... 308..71 929,10 107..71 231..00 312.,74 926,.31 110..49 240.75 267..80 763 ,57 104..32 208..14 265..75 756..24 105.,48 204..50 276,.65 794..66 105..85 214.,50 288.45 838.56 104.85 225.96 99..05 109..89 110..76 84..03 52..57 14..38 52..83 11..41 47..94 97.,47 108..19 98.76 109,.10 109.,28 83.,43 53.,68" 15..00 54..14 11.,59 47.,63 96.,14 117.,06 88..98 97,.95 96..25 79..11 51..60 12.91 44.69 10..33 38..74 89..56 99..37 88..82 97..65 93..12 78..68 51,.72 12.,70 43.61 10.,50 38..66 90..36 101..01 92 .71 102.07 97..86 82.69 52.,16 13,.30 44.,77 11..20 42.04 97..09 107..52 97.41 107.70 104.69 86.84 51.71 14.01 46.05 11.87 45.20 102.28 107.88 53..92 58.,47 41. 51 40.,24 54.,30 53. 96 58. 13 43.25 41.,14 54. 80 49.41 52..80 38.,90 39.,02 50.,60 49.,50 52.,77 38.,95 39.,26 51.,44 51.,75 55.,48 41.,19 39.,69 55. 04 54.49 59.14 44.21 39.47 57.96 1,029 822 207 11.8 9.4 2.5 1,054 834 220 1]..5 8.9 2.5 777 628 149 10.5 8.5 1.9 rl,078 883 rl95 rll.8 9.8 2.1 1,043 863 180 12.5 10.3 2.2 pi,159 963 pl96 pl2.1 9.8 p2 .3 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Passenger cars (new): Retail sales, total, not seasonally adj Domestics Imports Total, seas, adjusted at annual rate Domestics Imports mil.. do r/ Revised, p/ Preliminary USC0MM--DC--44282 UNITED STATES G O V E R N M E N T PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE C0M-209
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