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J y n e 24, WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS ^t0FC%. LJ Annua! 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=100 190 - ELECTRIC POWER P R O D U C T I O N (E.E.I, seas. adj. index) ~ Monthly - 180 170 160 190 A - A - / - / JK 150 1 1 1 1 1 1—L_l UJL™J L—1 1 J L_L 1 JL_I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-.-1 1 L 1 1 1 1975 1974 1 1 L_J 1 1 1 1 l_ 1 1 1977 1976 J FMAMJ JASOND Data: Edison Electric Inst. SHORT TONS 5,000 SHORT TONS 20,000 R A W STEEL P R O D U C T I O N Weekly Monthly (ingots and all other forms) 16,000 " 12,000 " 4,000 1976 4 % - 8,000 3,000 2,000 1977 4.000 1 1 1 l„J—Lj™l III.™ 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 i J—1 1 1 L L,.. 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1J 1976 1975 1974 1 L™1_JL_ I ,, I J 1977 1 1 1 1 1 1 1l L F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1,600 PERSONAL INCOME (seas, adj., at annual rates) 1,500 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1,200 1967 = 100 140 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 1,400 Total (left scale) 1,300 W 1,200 Wage and Salary Disbursements (right scale) 1,100 1,000 i i i i i • M I I II ' 1974 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce a 1975 i ' i ' 1976 I M M I 1977 1974 1975 Data: Federal Reserve Board WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly In the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1976 1977 1,000 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1976 ITEM WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1977 June 12 June 19 May 28 June 4 June 11 June 18 1967=100 do.. do.. 205.6 207.4 203.2 207.7 210.7 205.6 216.9 219.5 215.0 215.5 218.6 213.3 212.7 216.3 210.2 208.2 210.8 206.3 mil. $ do.. 12,670 8,300 351.4 3,445.4 2,682.2 225 12,962 8,439 342.6 3,473.5 2,615.1 151 14,182 9,063 299 2,965 2,307 215 13,867 8,944 284 3,065 2,387 112 14,059 9,067 309 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 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 159 FINANCE: Currency in circualtion 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... 88,601 98,214 33,127 -70 88,775 101,056 33,971 57 94,876 111,762 33,956 167 95,384 109,183 34,431 391 95,915 104,445 33,744 46 105,190 80,195 383,061 42,679 112,775 62,009 106,285 79,641 382,529 42,424 112,527 61,480 106,573 94,609 407,618 47,673 ' 117,420 66,072 109,343 94,412 409,836 48,273 117,982 66,304 107,465 94,447 412,965 49,630 117,713 66,423 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 9.06 98.74 110.90 9.04 102.01 114.79 8.47 96.77 106.70 8.45 96.93 106.91 8.42 98.20 108.26 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. 14,035 39,785 194,378 8,228 14,110 41,514 193,163 8,228 14,895 40,140 187,644 8,016 14,250 39,557 185,737 8,036 15,205 40,553 213,248 8,036 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 3/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,697 89.3 16.1 2,664 88.2 16.4 2,785 89.0 17.0 2,732 87.3 15.0 2,674 85.5 17.1 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil. 161 96,131 103,442 34,175 314 8.36 99.62 109.90 211,339 2,605 83.3 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price, 5/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplie , and industry facilities, e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1976 1977 ITEM Apr. May Feb. Mar. Apr. May GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: .bil. $.. ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do 1,352.5 876.9 301.7 234.8 212.3 175.3 187.6 68.4 1,362.9 883.3 303.5 235.8 213.9 177.2 188.7 69.0 1,464.2 946.9 323.4 252.7 230.1 193.4 200.0 75.8 1,486.5 961.0 332.3 258.3 231.5 196.1 201.0 76.8 rl,497.7 r970.2 r336.8 r260.6 r233.7 197.6 202.2 77.8 1,507.2 979.2 340.7 264.1 235.3 199.8 203.4 78.8 ...do.... ...do Rental income of persons with capital consumption 23.3 72.7 27.5 72.5 24.1 79.7 24.7 81.4 r24.1 r82.0 23.5 83.0 23.3 33.4 120.0 188.7 54.1 1,317.3 23.4 33.9 120.7 187.1 54.4 1,323.3 25.2 37.6 131.7 202.8 59.6 1,426.2 25.2 38.1 133.3 206.3 60.4 1,447.8 24.6 38.4 rl34.5 r207.1 60.9 rl,459.4 25.8 38.7 135.6 204.2 61.4 1,469.4 128.4 129.6 133.2 rl35.2 pl36.3 el37.8 128.0 126.3 136.1 141.1 155.2 152.1 134.3 163.1 133.1 134.0 129.6 135.2 128.9 127.3 137.4 143.2 154.0 153.4 134.4 155.6 137.2 135.1 132.1 135.8 rl33.9 rl31.8 rl41.0 146.1 rl61.8 152.7 132.8 rl84.5 rl37.3 rl38.9 rl24.2 rl42.9 rl35.1 rl33.3 rl43.0 rl52.3 rl78.2 r176.1 155.8 rl83.7 rl37.9 139.1 123.9 rl43.3 pl35.9 pl34.0 pl43.0 pl52.4 pl75.1 pl71.2 pl50.6 pl84.9 pl39.7 pl39.5 el37.2 el35.2 el43.6 el52.8 el73.0 el67.4 el48.5 el87.0 el41.6 el40.0 pl43.2 el43.4 Service industries Government and government enterprises Proprietors' income: 1/ ...do.... ...do ...do Less personal contrib. for social insurance.... ...do ...do Total nonfarm income INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT) BY MARKET GROUPINGS: PRODUCTS, TOTAL ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do.... ...do.... ...do ...do.... ...do ...do ...do r / Revised. 1/ Includes i n v e n t o r y v a l u a t i o n and c a p i t a l consumption a d j u s t m e n t s . 84,381 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1976 ITEM May Feb. Mar. Apr. 112.9 134.1 125.3 144.6 77.3 134.7 128.0 141.3 113.5 134.6 126.9 143.7 78.2 135.0 130.9 139.0 rll9.0 rl43.1 rl33.2 rl54.6 r78.5 rl41.8 135.7 rl47.8 rll9.8 rl44.4 rl33.8 rl56.6 r78.4 rl41.9 rl36.4 rl47.4 pl21.6 pl46.7 pl35.9 pl59.1 p79.3 pl43.0 pl37.8 pl48.0 do. . . do... do... do... 129.2 124.5 146.9 118.8 130.6 126.8 146.2 120.6 rl32.4 rl28.0 rl50.3 rl20.8 rl35.4 rl31.9 rl52.6 rl22.4 pl36.8 pl34.2 pl53.8 pl22.1 do. . . do. . . do... do. .. do... do. .. do... 131.2 113.5 124.3 114.4 111.3 150.8 165.7 132.0 113.0 118.3 119.2 110.8 153.0 169.8 rl36.4 rll6.5 rI52.5 100.8 rll5.8 rl58.8 rl36.1 r!20.3 rl35.8 124.1 rll7.0 rl54.0 pl35.3 pi 19.0 pl27.5 pl!8.4 pll7.3 pl53.4 do. . . do. .. do.. . do. .. do. .. do.. . do.. . do.. . do. .. do... do.. . do... 128.5 140.7 129.2 115.4 135.7 126.1 133.9 122.0 168.7 131.6 198.2 87.7 129.6 140.9 131.2 114.5 138.0 130.3 134.0 120.5 166.6 132.7 185.6 91.4 132.9 145.7 rl37.1 rll7.0 133.0 rl25.2 136.5 rl22.4 rl75.1 pl36.2 pl47.5 pl39.3 145.4 r220.4 75.0 rl35.0 146.8 rl38.5 117.0 rl33.1 123.5 rl36.6 rl24.0 rl77.5 145.1 r225.8 r73.8 do. . . do... do. .. do... do... do.. . do. . . do... do... do... do. .. 120.1 69.1 122.8 131 7 132 7 105 4 121 5 133 5 130.0 110.6 145.4 121.7 71.4 123.0 131.0 133.9 113.2 121.4 134.0 131.8 112.9 149.0 rl24.0 r72.4 132.2 137.1 139.0 rl00.4 rl26.0 rl39.4 137.6 113.4 157.0 rl26.8 r72.5 rl32.1 rl36.5 rl43.7 rl07.2 rl27.8 rl40.4 rl38.1 rl20.5 rl56.9 pl28.3 p74.0 pl32.5 pl37.4 pl43.8 pll2.3 pl29.1 pl42.7 pl39.7 pll9.7 pl56.8 thous. do. . . do. .. 137.4 137.2 107.8 148.3 147.9 112.2 112.7 112.5 87.2 rl73.6 rl73.6 rl25.8 rl84.1 rl83.8 rl40.6 do. .. do.. . 1,385 1,071 1,435 1,091 1,802 1,424 r2,089 r1,503 1,899 1,433 do. .. do... 1,082 803 1,158 807 1,529 1,064 1,712 1,208 rl,563 rl,530 do. . . do... 23.3 328 24.1 246 18.0 275 23.4 275 24.2 252 EMPLOYEE-HOURS of wage and salary workers, nonagric. estab., for 1 week in the month, seas. adj. at annual rate bil. hours. Total private sector do. . . Mining do.. . Contract construction do. . . Manufacturing do. . . Transportation, communic, e l e c , gas, etc do... Wholesale and retail trade do. .. Finance, insurance, and real estate do. . . Services do. .. Government do. .. 149.81 121.82 1.72 7.04 38.97 9.33 31.26 8.16 25.32 27.99 151.49 122.23 1.71 6.96 39.59 9.30 31.04 8.19 25.45 29.26 154.92 124.96 1.87 7.16 40.06 9.59 31.52 8.43 26.33 29.96 rl55.51 rl25.89 rl55.84 rl26.18 rl.96 r7.42 r40.55 r9.55 31.77 r8.51 r26.43 r29.66 Apr. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)--Con. SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.)--Con. BY MARKET GROUPINGS—Con. PRODUCTS--Con. Final products--Con. Equipment 1967=100. Business do... Industrial equipment do. .. Commercial, transit, and farm equipment....do... Defense and space equipment do. .. Intermediate products do... Construction supplies do... Business supplies do... MATERIALS, TOTAL Durable goods materials Nondurable good materials Energy materials BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MINING AND UTILITIES MINING , , Metal mining, Coal Oil and gas extraction UTILITIES Electric . .. 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 pl35.4 pl37.9 pl23.6 pl77.6 pl46.2 p226.9 p73.7 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public) Privately owned One-family structures Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned One-family structures NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One-family structures Manufacturers' shipments of mobile homes: Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted at annual rates LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS rj Revised. 84,381 p_/ Preliminary, ef Estimated. rl.94 r7.25 r40.48 r9.57 r31.76 r8.50 r26.39 r29.62 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1976 FINANCE SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Standard § 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. . . 1977 Apr. May Feb. 101.93 114.67 115.86 94.39 101.16 113.76 115.09 91.67 100.96 112.14 110.71 87.93 100.57 111.88 111.52 86.85 99.05 109.89 110.76 84.03 98.76 109.10 109.28 83.43 52.14 14.08 50.21 52.57 14.38 52.83 53.68 15.00 54.14 Apr. May Utilities (40 Stocks) do. . . Transportation (20 Stocks).................... 1970=10. Railroads (10 Stocks).................... 1941-43=10. 46.07 45.69 44.91 46.09 52.88 14.12 49.27 Financial (40 Stocks)......................... T 970=10. New York City banks (6 Stocks)...........1941-43=10. Banks outside N.Y.C. (10 Stocks).............. .do. .. Property-Casualty Insurance (6 Stocks).........do... 54.42 99.93 99.56 53.06 98.87 92.36 11.75 51.20 102.44 109.29 11.57 49.34 100.68 107.00 11.41 47.94 97.47 108.19 11.59 47.63 96.14 117.06 914 788 126 10.3 8.9 1.4 921 794 128 10.2 8.6 1.5 811 666 144 10.8 9.0 1.9 ,084 896 189 12. 10. 1. 1,029 822 207 11.7 9.2 2.5 pi,054 834 p220 pll.7 9.2 p2.5 609 491 2.0 1,608 1,467 2.0 645 550 2.1 1,697 1,586 1.8 1,697 1,579 2.1 1,747 1,606 2.1 226.8 12.6 9.4 516.4 213.4 12.8 9.6 529.0 r270.2 rl4.4 rl2.6 550.0 295.5 17.5 14.3 564.4 258.4 14.3 14.0 566.3 234.8 13.8 14.6 583.5 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: Total, not seasonally adjusted. thous Domestics. .do.. Imports do.. Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rate.................mil Domestics do.. Imports................................................ do.. Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of month: Not seasonally adjusted. .thous Seasonally adjusted .do. . Inventory-sales ratio, new cars (domestics) .ratio 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. . r_/ Revised. 84,381 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail United States Government Printing Office OFFICIAL BUSINESS Penalty for private use, $300 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS Washington, D.C. 20402 Postage and Fees Paid U.S. Government Printing Office
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