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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* aiasi^^ 1971 1941-43 = 10 1941-43 = 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 (avg. *°da//ydose) __ _ \y \ 110 / ' 100 ~ 90 80 i i i i i l i i i i i ^ J i i - i, i—i—i 1968 i \ i - i ——1—L-.JL-JI 1969 I 1 I I 1 1 I 1 1970 i I i I I J F M A M J J A S O N D 1971 Data: Standard & Poor's Group Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — 1,000 (Passenger cars) - - (\ 800 s\ /\ A y^ 600 - 400 _ 200 Monthly 0 _J 1 1 _l l_l 1 1 1 1 1 —1—1—l—l , 1 , 1 1968 I I_JI_J—L_ 1. J 1- L 1 1 1 1 1 1 J, . 1969 1970 - 1 1 .,!., 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1971 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. 1967 = 100 1967=100 250 250 R A W STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and all other forms) 200 - - A 200 150 - - -\ 150 100 \ ^ 100 Monthly 50 L-L- I ' l l 1968 1 • . • • • 1 1969 1 1 1.-.1, 1 1 1 L, \ 1 _JL„ J _ i 1970 Data: Amer. Iron & steel Inst. * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected I_.I i 1 i 1971 i i i i J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 1971 May 23 May 30 May 15 May 22 May 29 1967=100. 114.9 113.9 108.9 108.9 108.8 108.4 mil. $. do... 7.069 4,788 7,107 4,697 7,702 5,294 7,397 5,008 7,467 5,010 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. 231 1,749 1,639 230 224 1,686 1,579 198 260 2,527 2,078 204 230 2,470 2,032 235 232 53,589 63,562 28,095 214 53,517 62,252 27,331 44 56,715 68,447 30,798 377 57,164 68,557 30,104 242 57,266 69,280 30,385 115 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted.. mil. $.. 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.... 77,707 46,505 229,496 22,858 78,566 33,697 78,278 46,076 228,086 22,779 77,835 33,453 82,287 53,159 254,269 26,506 81,467 34,750 82,080 53,261 255,324 26,154 81,785 34,867 82,007 53,397 253,551 25,259 81,923 34, 943 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3J percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/....1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do.... 8.49 73.52 80.27 8.56 72.77 79.49 7.95 103.78 114.78 7.99 102.90 113.75 8.08 101.07 111.82 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ thous. sh. tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (passenger cars)............. ...number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/ thous. bbl.. 1,943 28,318 180,628 9,607 2,276 27,851 172,111 9,600 2,085 28,755 197,400 9,850 2,067 28,617 196,044 9,848 1,801 29,200 176,334 9,751 2,609 106.9 2,670 109.4 2,960 121.3 2,927 120.0 2,909 119.2 15.6 15.1 15.2 15.1 13.3 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3J Member bank reserve balances _3/...... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ Steel, raw Index of production mil. $. do... do... do... thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.= RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES. .bil. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY May 8 225 57,165 68,949 30,248 175 8.12 99.59 110.17 191,266 2,914 119.4 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 1971 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total 1_/. ........ Stone, clay, and glass products. . Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery.... Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products • Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products ». 57,173 31,248 1,464 4,994 3,246 55,646 30,499 1,471 4,724 3,096 52,943 28,530 1,377 4,606 2,900 58,523 31,946 1,471 5,022 3,182 r60,739 r33,790 r1,625 r5,384 r3,284 59 ,737 32 ,768 1 ,743 5 ,828 3 ,229 .do. do. do. do. 5,844 3,870 7,630 1,223 5,593 3,747 7,834 1,112 5,090 3,693 7,236 985 5,717 4,072 8,414 1,087 r6,134 r4,122 r8,961 rl,099 5 ,775 3 ,950 7 ,955 1 ,094 do. do. •• .do. do. 25,925 8,717 430 1,862 25,147 8,396 439 1,729 24,413 8,350 436 1,730 26,577 8,926 448 1,890 r26,949 r9,101 463 r2,030 26 ,969 8 ,881 462 1 ,868 do. do. do. do. 2,430 4,392 2,085 1,618 2,347 4,310 2,118 1,519 2,328 3,907 2,237 1,373 2,479 4,371 2,317 1,544 r2,559 r4,374 r2,220 rl,606 2 ,483 4 ,743 2 ,245 1 ,647 do. . . . 55,223 54,539 56,504 57,803 r58,578 58, 463 mil. $. ..do... do... do... do... • SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1J Stone, clay, and glass products. Primary metals Fabricated metal products do.... .....do.... do.... ....do.... 29,757 1,502 4,692 3,189 29,633 1,443 4,426 3,032 30,545 1,613 4,746 3,230 31,352 1,614 4,805 3,189 r32,093 rl,668 r5,049 r3,228 31, 759 1,708 5,436 3,163 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment... Instruments and related products do..*. do.... do.... .........do.... 5,427 3,719 7,150 1,205 5,350 3,835 7,549 1,144 5,603 3,989 7,324 1,115 5,507 4,017 8,108 1,115 r5,680 r3,963 r8,351 rl,082 5,509 4, 062, 7, 640 1,128 r/ Revised. 2658 1_/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1971 1970 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Con* MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. A D J . ) ~ C o n . By industry group—ConNondurable goods industries, total 1_/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products. Textile mill products ....mil. $. do... .do.. . do... 25,466 8,759 444 1,819 24,906 8,587 454 1,736 25,959 8,787 483 1,910 26,451 8,960 471 1,919 Paper and allied products do... Chemicals and allied products ••• ..do... Petroleum and coal products do... Rubber and plastics products..... .do... INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total do... Durable goods industries, total do... Nondurable goods industries, total ..do... Book value (seasonally adjusted), total do... By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ do... Stone, clay, and glass products...................do... Primary metals do. . . Fabricated metal products do... 2,356 4,244 2,123 1,551 2,326 4,000 2,139 1,441 2,433 4,128 2,320 1,474 2,453 4,372 2,317 1,531 r2 r4 r2 rl 481 229 261 540 97,504 64,599 32,905 96,982 98,588 65,285 33,303 97,791 99,902 65,423 34,479 99,801 100,075 65,643 34,432 99,520 r99 r65 r34 r99 950 706 244 416 64,263 2,535 8,254 6,745 64,689 2,574 8,544 6,702 65,610 2,663 9,159 6,990 65,347 2,653 9,210 6,969 r65 r2 r9: r ? 352 652 234 033 do. do. .do. do. 13,447 9,551 15,515 2,583 13,572 9,587 15,442 2,637 14,013 9,468 14,913 2,648 14,011 9,431 14,692 2,621 rl3 r9 rl4 r2 968 487 629 619 ...do. do. .do. do. 32,719 7,487 2,159 3,423 33,102 7,579 2,165 3,427 34,191 7,863 2,187 3,245 34,173 7,857 2,239 3,262 r34 r7 r2 r3 064 829 195 281 do. do. ..do. do. do. .do. do. 2,686 6,640 2,345 1,958 56,352 30,412 25,940 2,713 6,704 2,374 1,948 54,802 29,594 25,208 2,821 7,147 2,529 1,940 54,508 30,090 24,418 2,791 7,173 2,490 1,940 59,630 33,027 26,603 2 r7 r2 rl r60 r33 r27 766 166 453 957 630 620 010 do. 54,339 53,374 57,377 58,288 r58 326 do. do. ..do. do. .do. do. 28,861 4,547 3,238 5,149 3,726 6,660 28,449 4,739 2,943 5,287 3,705 6,386 31,405 5,428 2,916 5,419 3,985 7,872 31,867 5,100 3,075 5,462 3,958 8,599 r31 r5 r3 r5 r3 r7 do. .do. do. 25,478 6,900 18,578 24,925 6,869 18,056 25,972 7,154 18,818 26,421 7,175 19,246 r26 553 r7 360 rl9 193 do... do... do... do... 86,944 83,991 2,953 86,487 86,100 83,086 3,014 85,322 83,437 80,316 3,121 83,511 84,540 81,394 3,146 83,994 r84 r81 r3 r83 do... do... do... 83,521 6,660 10,433 82,337 6,973 10,344 80,330 7,597 10,774 80,843 7,894 10,661 r80 526 r8 028 rlO 664 ..do... do... do... do... 16,777 13,660 30,436 2,966 16,714 13,530 29,273 2,985 15,656 13,144 27,981 3,181 15,610 13,084 28,471 3,151 rl5 rl3 r27 r3 HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX....1967=100. 103 100 75 77 78 P 78 13,826 6,833 1,840 5,154 14,032 6,891 1,828 5,313 14,957 7,210 2,119 5,628 15,206 7,258 2,164 5,784 15,492 7,347 2,153 5,993 15,718 7,426 2,113 6,179 3,619.7 3,577.5 3,375.6 3,646.3 3,596.9 3,409.1 3,532.3 3,481.8 3,735.4 3,558.3 3,527.0 3,689.7 4,156.0 4,107.9 3,814.6 3,873.0 3,829.0 3,543.1 3,380.7 3,217.9 3,391.1 3,263.2 3,422.0 3,686.3 3,193.8 3,553.4 3,911.5 3,569o2 3,897.6 3,757.8 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment.. Instruments and related products Nondurable goods industries, total 1_/...... Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products... NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) , TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) , TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders. Industries without unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Primary metals... Fabricated metal products • Machinery, except electrical.• •• Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders r26 485 r9 141 479 rl 773 184 231 703 945 864 435 226 209 748 633 067 985 222 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of month mil. $. Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks do... Loans to cooperatives do... Other loans and discounts do... FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments.... Seasonally adjusted GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonally adjusted rj £_/ Preliminary. Digitized for2658 FRASER Revised. , mil. $. .do... do... do. do. 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1970 1971 ITEM Apr. Jan. Mar. Apr. METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH; Consumers' (manufacturers only)*. ... . • • . • • . ..«» •mil. • •. sh. tons. Service centers (warehouses).........*^...^.^^ Producing mills: In process (ingots, semifinished, etc*).... . .. .. . do • Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc.)... . ©.do. Aluminum products; Ingot and mill products (net shipments).....,... .mil. lb. Mill products, total.... ....do... Plate and sheet......... . . a o dO. . . MACHINE TOOLS; Metal cutting type tools; Orders, new (net), total .mil. $. Domestic.........•...•.•..•...••.........•.. ...do... Shipments, total.............................. ...do... Domestic.................................... .. . do . . . Order backlog, end of lonth....,......,,,..... ...do... Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total... ...do... Domestic.••.••....•••••..s........so........ ...do... Shipments, total.............................. ...do... .do. Order backlog, end of month................... .do. PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS PULPWOOD: Receipts.............................thous. cords (128 cu. ft.). Consumption. do. .. Stocks, end of month..••.••••..••.........•..•••.........••do. . . Waste paper: Consumption .thous. sh. tons. Stocks, end of month...... do... PAPER AND BOARD: Production (Bu. of the Census): All grades, total, unadjusted............................ do. . . Paper do... 0 Paperboard. .do..• Wet-machine b o a r d . « . . . « . » . . . . . „ « . . . . . . . . . . . .do... C o n s t r u c t i o n paper and b o a r d . do... 9.6 6.9 9.7 13.5 10.5 12.9 11.0 rl2.3 11.3 10.5 6.7 11.7 ....... 11.8 lloO r935.6 r684.3 348.9 856.6 631.9 318.2 770.6 584.6 292.2 r775.4 r578.5 r280.1 960.5 749.0 398.7 75.95 60.00 98.20 82.50 764.1 59.20 46.30 83.05 69.15 740.2 36.75 27.30 57.65 43.50 449.8 39.00 31.70 59.40 47.65 429.4 r43.00 r36.50 r64.85 r51.75 r407.6 42.40 36.75 72.35 60.70 377.7 20.35 17.00 40.95 38.20 376.7 27.20 25.55 34.75 32.20 369.1 17o45 15*90 31.15 29.00 221.1 20.10 16.95 31.50 28.30 209.7 r25.25 r22.65 r30.25 r28.30 r204.7 13.90 13.15 26.45 24.85 192.2 5,813 5,593 4,715 5,611 5,536 4,811 5,073 5,487 5,589 4,984 5,207 5,406 5,318 5,484 5,249 868 569 872 563 814 528 r780 r507 893 502 r4,556 r2,071 2,142 11 332 4,624 2,053 2,198 14 359 4,521 2,005 2,149 14 353 r4,253 rl,865 r2,018 rl4 r356 4,679 2,023 2,227 17 412 ....... o . . . . . . ........ rj R e v i s e d . 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