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June 4,1976 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS v^TOFcc, ^ r E S o* * SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1967-100 INDEX, 1967=100 y> 170 - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION J (E.E.I, seas. a d j . index) / Monthly 170 V 160 ~ 150 ~^\/ - 140 - - 130 1 I 1 I 1 |_J—1—1—1—1—I— 1973 i i i 1974 i i 1 i i i i 1 i 1975 1976 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Thousands 350 Monthly (Passenger cars) J 1973 1974 I I I L. 1976 1975 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. MILLION 3.0 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS 1910-14 = 100 PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS 800 (seas, a d j . , at annual rates) 2.5 700 600 _ Prices 500 - 2.0 — 1.5 -~ / 400 / 300 M Prices Received 1.0 _L/(incl. interest, taxes, a n d w a g e rates) i i i Li i i i i 1973 i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1I1 I I 1974 1975 1976 .5 Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture # Available only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly i i i I i i i i 1973 i i i i i i i i 1974 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce SURVEY i l i I l I I I i i l 1975 1976 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 197 ITEM May 24 May 31 May 15 May 22 May 29 1967=100. do. . . do. . . 195.5 212.2 184.7 192.5 211.0 180.5 202.9 202.9 202.7 203.5 204.3 202.8 202.1 200.5 203.2 202.6 203.1 202.1 mil. $. do. . . 11,538 7,885 11,278 7,522 12,565 8,459 12,307 8,087 12,390 8,129 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. 392 4,924 4,039 242 361 357 3,701 2,840 186 247 309 3,627 2,777 175 311 5,166 4,195 79,203 98,458 34,702 71 79,439 97,106 34,209 86,799 105,284 35,393 164 486 87,445 101,114 33,728 -26 87,516 102,306 34,145 250 101,633 63,392 373,333 29,794 123,590 59,231 101,411 63,716 373,038 30,235 122,729 59,301 103,415 79,632 376,411 41,734 113,676 60,243 9.53 89.06 100.36 9.54 89.71 101.06 9.03 100.88 113.40 9.05 102.77 115.99 9.08 101.18 113.75 12,685 36,554 137,165 8,422 11,975 35,130 119,864 8,470 13,975 35,446 190,265 8,080 13,810 35,975 195,532 8,250 14,075 36,225 195,424 8,250 2,195 2,122 '"J5I6 13.3 2,707 89.6 15.6 2,725 90.2 15.9 2,728 90.3 16.1 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 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.. Commercial and industrial loans (gross) Real estate loans (gross) do.. do. . Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. £ Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10 Industrial, 425 stocks do.. 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.. Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5_/ RATT. FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MTT.F.S • • • ~ thous. sh. tons. . percent. . bil. . May 8 254 e87,395 103,544 33,673 159 9 99 111 187,289 2,759 91.4 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 1975 ITEM Apr. Jan. Feb. Apr. Mar. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS..1910-14=100 Crops do. . Commercial vegetables do. . Cotton do. . Feed grains and hay do. . Food grains do. . Fruit do. . Tobacco do. . 420 419 458 286 393 427 341 922 431 425 477 272 402 430 343 924 472 426 496 421 373 390 315 874 475 430 454 420 379 410 329 874 468 433 467 426 381 400 345 874 478 431 465 424 377 392 345 876 Livestock and products do.. Dairy products do. . Meat animals do. . Poultry and eggs do. . 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.. PARITY RATIO do. . 420 479 491 222 435 474 535 202 512 599 601 249 513 588 612 244 497 572 597 228 518 559 648 223 533 558 515 613 69 542 558 531 622 69 569 589 554 659 72 571 589 558 661 72 574 592 562 664 70 574 594 560 665 72 thous do. . do. . 81.1 80.2 62.5 98.4 97.9 77.8 72.9 72.5 54.0 r91.6 r89.9 r72.6 rl20.0 rll9.6 r93.1 138.3 138.0 109.2 do. . do. . 986 763 982 774 1,236 957 rl,547 rl,295 rl,433 rl,119 372 067 do.. do.. 677 503 837 603 1,120 828 1,134 850 rl,134 r827 1,102 822 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 - MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1976 ITEM Mar. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE--Con. NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED--Con. Manufacturers' shipments of mobile homes: Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted at annual rates CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: E. H. Boeckh and Associates, Inc.: Average, 20 cities: Apartments, hotels, office buildings Commercial and factory buildings Residences Apr. Jan. Feb. | thous. . do. . . J 16.0 193 1967=100.. do... . do. . . . 182.6 185.8 180.6 18.9 190 15.3 263 18.9 287 21.6 244 194.4 200.5 191.8 191.7 196.0 190.3 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS AGGREGATE HOURS of wage and salary workers, nonagric. estab., for 1 week in the month, seas.adj. at annual ratej bil. hours Total private sector do. . Mining do. . Contract construction do. . Manufacturing do. . Transportation, communic,, elec, gas, etc do= = Wholesale and retail trade do. . Finance, insurance, and real estate do. . Services do. . Government do. . 145.38 116.34 1.59 6.29 36.98 9.30 29.80 8.01 24.37 29.04 145.58 116.32 1.56 6.58 36.94 9 = 33 29.66 7.92 24.32 29.26 150.30 120.50 1.71 6.72 39.12 9 = 25 30.53 8.10 25.07 29.80 149.78 120.62 1.71 6.65 39.07 9,35 30.53 8.14 25.16 29.17 149.74 120.22 1.72 6.26 39.16 9.34 30.52 8.12 25.10 29.52 FINANCE Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, adj.: Total (233 SMSA's) bil. $ New York SMSA do. . Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do.. 6 other 1 eading SMSA' s do. . 226 other SMSA's do. . Commercial bank credit (last Wednesday of month, except for June 30 and Dec. 31 call dates), seas, adj.: Total loans and investments \J bil. $ Loans 1/ do. . U.S. Government securities do. . Other securities do. . MONEY SUPPLY AND RELATED DATA (avg. of daily figures): Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Total money supply „ bil. $ Currency outside banks do. . Demand deposits do. . Time deposits adjusted do. . U.S. Government demand deposits do. . Adjusted for seasonal variation: Total money supply do. . Currency outside banks do. . Demand deposits do. . Time deposits adjusted do. . Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt, annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits New York SMSA do. . Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do.. 6 other leading SMSA's do. . 226 other SMSA's do. . 22,180.1 10,241.1 11,939.0 4,899.9 7,039.0 22,705.7 10,810.3 11,895.4 4,770.6 7,124.9 23,845.0 11,517.7 12,327.3 4,789.0 7,538.3 25,524.9 12,212.0 13,312.9 5,321.1 7,991.8 |r26,475.0 12,629.6 |rl3,845.4 r5,561.5 r8,283.9 697.0 498.3 58.5 140.2 699.1 495.0 64.0 140.1 720.5 495.4 80.2 144.9 725.2 496.2 84.4 144.6 730.5 498.9 88.3 143.3 281.4 68.8 212.6 429.4 3.8 286. 69. 217. 430. 4. r301.0 r73.8 r227.2 r452.8 3.8 r292.9 r74.1 r218.8 r455.5 r4.5 r295.2 75.1 r220.1 r459.9 r3.9 284.1 69.4 214.7 428.7 284. 69. 215. 430. r295.1 74.2 r220.8 r454.4 r296.5 r75.1 r221.5 r457.3 r298.0 75.7 r222.3 r458.5 124.8 320.4 81.9 117.0 67.8 127.5 330.3 81.8 114.3 68.8 132.4 366.0 82.9 115.4 70.3 140.9 375.4 89.6 128.0 74.6 144.6 377.5 92.5 131.4 77.2 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 Chemcials Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, total Electrical Transport equipment, total Miscellaneous manufactured articles Commodities not classified mil. $ do. . do. . 9,441.9 9,413.0 8,685.2 9,078.6 9,016.9 8,647.6 8,769.8 8,760.2 9,103.4 8,742.4 8,737.6 8,800.1 9,847.4 9,842.2 8,955.6 do. . do. . do. . do. . do.. do. . do. . do.. .do. . do. . do. . do. . 1,276.6 120.1 892.3 399.6 120.8 788.2 949.6 4,026.6 651.8 1,571.5 488.0 237.0 ,219. 101. 810. 391. 73. 737. 948. 3,910.1 646. ,410. 482. 274. ,333.3 187.9 835.8 268.4 78.9 748.7 849.0 ,589.3 665.1 ,212.2 277.9 254.0 1,159.8 137.6 794.1 281.7 73.9 714.9 890.5 3,879.3 688.5 1,477.0 500.4 201.6 ,244.3 118.1 904.5 303.9 77.9 863.8 ,019.0 ,330.9 792.2 ,541.1 611.8 216.5 GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL 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 and fats do. . do. . ,404. ,466. 8,190.1 7,958.5 ,009.0 ,176.0 8,111.2 8,940.9 10,199.2 9,606.5 do. . do. . do.. do. . do. . 657. 143. 460. ,480. 55. 684. 119. 475. ,441. 40. 759.7 141.5 483.7 ,790.7 37.8 669.5 158.3 439.5 2,302.3 51.5 890.1 167.8 539.6 2,748.2 34.4 r_/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 31,460 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1/ Excludes interbank loans. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1975 1976 Jan. Apr. FOREIGN TRADE Apr. Feb. Con. GENERAL IMPORTS--Con. By commodity groups -- Con. Chemicals. .mil. $ Manufactured goods do. . Machinery and transport equipment do. . Miscellaneous manufactured articles. .do. . Commodities not classified........................... .do. . 340.8 1,313.3 2,079.5 687.8 185.4 351.9 1,243.1 1,899.2 703.8 231.2 350.0 1,190.5 2,229.7 838.7 186.6 316.6 1,108.6 2,104.9 790.2 169.7 410.1 1,470.7 2,724.0 999.2 215.0 13.8 5.1 5.2 8.3 13.3 5.0 5.5 8.4 10.6 5.1 5.0 r6.5 10.4 5.1 5.3 6.5 10.4 6.0 6.0 NA 9. 6. 10.0 6.4 rl0.2 6.7 10.1 6.5 414.3 1,409.6 2,606.2 931.7 189.9 METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Consumers' (manufacturers only) .mil. sh. tons Receipts during period do.. Consumption during period. .do. . Service centers (warehouses)............................do. . Producing mills: In process (ingots, semifinished, etc.)...............do.. Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc.) ........... .do. . ALUMINUM PRODUCTS: Ingots and mill products (net shipments).............mil. lb Mill products, total....................... .....do.. Plate and sheet.....................................do. . Inventories, total (ingots, mill prod., scrap), e.o.m...do.. MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total .mil. $ Domestic. .do. . Shipments, total...................................... do. . Domestic............................................do. . Order backlog, end of month do. . Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total..... .....do.. Domestic............................................do. . Shipments, total.................... do. . Domestic .do. . Order backlog, end of month do. . r / Revised. p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 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