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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 Monthly M O T O R VEHICLE P R O D U C T I O N (Passenger cars) - -\ y* / \ ^y\i \ A 600 - 400 - 200 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... J__l 1969 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1970 1 1 1 1 1 ' • • ' 1 1 • • • ' • J 1972 1971 F M A M J J A S O N D 1967 = 100 1967 = 100 200 200 R A W STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and all other forms) 150 - 100 - 50 Monthly 0 i i i i i 1 i i i 1969 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 l l I I I 1970 Billion $ i_i i i i 1 i i i i _.i i 1971 Billion $ 70 120 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES (seasonally adjusted) I i i i 1 i i i i i J F M A M J J A S ON D 1972 Billion $ 12.0 11.0 C O N S U M E R INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED A N D REPAID (seasonally adjusted) - H 110 Extended ^ J V 10.0 f 100 AA. i £ v ^ ' 9.0 /\J,\ *^\/ ^ 90 Shipments (left scale) r\ 8.0 Repaid 50 •••••* i Il i IiIIi i 1969 1970 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1 • • • • ' • ' • • ' 1971 i i i i iIi i i ii 1972 80 7.0 * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -L-L.I 1 11111 1 1 1 1969 1970 Data: Federal Reserve Board SURVEY ' ' I ' l l 1I I l 1 1971 i I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1972 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1971 1972 ITEM Feb. 27 Mar. 6 Feb. 12 Feb. 19 Feb. 26 1967=100 110.0 109.1 112.4 112.2 112.5 mil. $ do.. 7,224 4,724 6,879 4,793 7,213 4,986 7,214 4,938 7,344 4,921 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 290 3,208 2,717 212 306 3,204 2,702 190 319 3,181 2,552 255 279 3,096 2,469 230 FINANCE: Currency in circulation ^/ mil. $ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total j5/....do.. Member bank reserve balances 3J do.. Excess reserves, estimated _3/«.• .do.. 55,816 66,944 29,916 347 55,719 66,520 29,542 170 59,577 74,232 31,952 80 59,774 74,693 32,290 325 59,736 74,037 31,871 178 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: f*J Demand deposits, adjusted..... mil. $ Savings deposits. .do. . Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do.. U.S. Government obligations do.. Commercial and industrial loans ( gross J..........do.. Real estate loans (gross).... do.. 81,467 50,653 249,763 27,660 80,857 34,581 80,720 51,024 251,337 28,222 81,111 34,402 85,013 56,032 269,480 27,497 82,148 38,897 85,555 56,218 269,705 27,156 82,591 39,008 84,111 56,421 270,934 27,455 82,467 39,087 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/....percent Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's)4/.1941-43=10 Industrial, 425 stocks » do.. 7.74 96.73 106.27 7.78 96.95 106.60 7.70 105.55 117.20 7.68 105.62 117.43 7.67 105.38 117.07 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 2,081 29,943 186,061 10,011 1,956 30,350 185,522 9,858 1,807 33,806 174,590 9,505 1,862 32,705 178,414 9,460 1,780 32,627 175,908 9,454 2,780 113.9 14.6 2,773 113.7 14.3 2,362 96.8 13.8 2,416 99.0 14.4 2,439 100.0 14.0 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons 1967=100 bil 252 166 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3J Daily average. UJ Wednesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 1971 Oct. Nov. Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total 1_/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals. • Fabricated metal products 53,006 28,766 1,407 4,178 3,430 51,947 27,981 1,373 4,511 3,185 60,146 32,617 1,942 4,430 3,686 59,366 32,288 1,853 4,618 3,604 r57,364 r31,223 rl,674 r4,478 r3,429 Machinery, except electrical.....................do. Electrical machinery ....do. Transportation equipment do. Instruments and related products .do. 4,467 4,521 7,060 955 4,400 4,004 6,913 870 5,114 4,761 7,901 1,050 4,862 4,728 8,047 1,015 r5,172 r4,917 r7,173 rl,004 Nondurable goods industries, total 1_/ do. Food and kindred products........................do. Tobacco products. • .do. Textile mill products • • do. 24,240 8,286 493 1,827 23,966 7,975 437 27,529 9,169 501 27,078 9,239 506 r26,141 r9,206 r487 Paper and allied products do. Chemicals and allied products...................-do. Petroleum and coal products • do. Rubber and plastics products do. 2,024 3,642 2,348 1,273 2,007 3,850 2,289 1,333 2,267 4,368 2,381 1,679 2,215 4,270 2,341 1,563 r2,145 r3,978 r2,328 rl,534 do. 54,464 55,718 57,439 59,061 r59,074 do. do. do. do. 29,185 1,551 4,439 3,582 30,166 1,617 4,624 3,507 31,166 1,772 4,421 3,547 32,106 1,892 4,825 3,683 r31,858 rl,849 r4,804 r3,589 .do. .do. .do. .do. 4,440 4,497 6,726 900 4,908 4,380 7,142 984 5,064 4,568 7,262 992 4,981 4,607 7,467 962 r5,137 r4,912 r6,872 r945 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: 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. r/ Revised. 8158 mil. $. do... ....do... do... do... 1_/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1970 1971 Dec, Jan. Oct. Nov. mil. $.. do..., .do..., do.... 25,279 8,310 493 1,920 25,552 8,497 489 26,273 8,690 511 26,955 9,122 502 r27,216 r9,227 r486 do..., do.... do.... ...do..., 2,073 4,033 2,347 1,357 2,150 4,064 2,317 1,448 2,166 4,266 2,373 1,592 2,194 4,360 2,328 1,583 r2,202 r4,406 r2,327 rl,637 do.... do.... do.... do.... 100,135 64,781 35,354 100,476 100,977 65,133 35,844 100,878 99,957 63,962 35,995 100,740 100,104 63,894 36,210 100,793 rl00,214 r63,878 r36,336 rl00,549 do.... do.... do.... do.... ..do.... do.... do.... 65,152 2,278 9,139 6,972 14,072 10,186 14,133 2,417 65,308 2,281 9,443 7,061 13,970 10,022 14,032 2,421 64,494 2,296 9,283 7,372 64,399 2,272 9,201 7,191 13,690 9,851 13,425 2,388 13,698 9,870 13,515 2,426 r64,242 r2,263 r9,195 r7,084 rl3,539 r9,861 rl3,639 r2,417 do..., do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... ....do.... do.... 35,324 8,765 2,191 3,398 2,769 6,758 2,418 2,165 35,570 8,932 2,207 36,246 9,201 2,221 36,394 9,169 2,262 r36,307 r9,192 r2,321 6,725 2,407 2,132 2,772 6,730 2,474 2,124 6,697 2,484 2,129 "r2]780 r6,758 r2,433 r2,170 NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) , TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total do do.... do.... 54,075 29,823 24,252 53,516 29,551 23,965 60,177 32,544 27,633 59,470 32,327 27,143 r57,739 r31,586 r26,153 NEW ORDERS, NET ( SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total Ij Primary metals Fabricated metal products • Machinery, except electrical .... Electrical machinery Transportation equipment. do. . .. 55,468 57,255 57,490 59,576 r59,408 do.... do.... ....do.... do.... do.... do.... 30,140 4,818 3,975 4,498 4,641 6,689 31,666 5,558 3,468 4,854 4,250 7,900 31,126 4,488 3,353 5,292 4,737 6,970 32,564 4,809 3,644 5,154 4,725 7,575 r32,138 r4,848 r3,585 r5,154 r4,757 r7,233 .........do.... ...........do.... .....do.... 25,328 6,729 18,599 25,589 6,831 18,758 26,364 7,192 19,172 27,012 7,179 19,833 r27,270 r7,267 r20,003 80,268 77,263 3,005 81,837 78,833 3,004 77,546 74,499 3,047 77,656 74,542 3,114 r78,027 r74,900 r3,127 80,527 82,064 77,375 77,888 r78,222 77,485 6,687 11,218 14,505 14,469 25,490 3,042 78,985 7,621 11,179 14,451 14,339 26,248 3,079 74,323 5,680 10,505 14,504 14,669 23,838 3,052 74,776 5,664 10,465 14,676 14,784 23,945 3,112 r75,057 r5,708 rl0,461 rl4,696 rl4,629 r24,305 r3,165 869 114 112 176 372 95 905 134 140 167 380 84 759 110 119 142 313 75 819 131 125 129 353 81 730 93 101 126 353 57 121,723 19,963 13,662 168,803 26,235 39,145 144,702 15,912 13,288 128,998 16,533 11,601 111,322 18,170 12,473 45,820 25,901 16,377 57,073 30,785 15,565 54,706 40,771 20,025 63,619 23,026 14,219 44,742 27,953 7,984 44.5 43.3 38.1 41.6 37.5 r22,685 r22,071 23,372 22,338 23,977 25,128 r22,799 r26,609 P 25,436 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. A D J . ) — C o n . By industry group—Con. Nondurable goods industries, total 1J 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 INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total Book value (seasonally adjusted), total By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1_/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals do.... 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 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 do.... do.... do.... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL do.... By industry group: Durable goods industries, total l_/» do.... Primary metals. ........••....• •• ••••• .do.. .. Fabricated metal products ....do.... Machinery, except electrical. .do.... Electrical machinery • do.... Transportation equipment do.... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders...do.... INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Failures, total • number.. Commercial service. •• .do.... Construction • do.... Manufacturing and mining................... ...do.... Retail trade do. . .. Wholesale trade do.... Liabilities (current), total Commercial service Construction thous. $. . .do.. • do... Manufacturing and mining Retail trade Wholesale trade do. do. .do. Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns.. NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted number . . Seasonally adjusted. • .do. xj Revised, 8158 JD/ Preliminary. 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. P 24,748 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1972 1971 ITEM Nov. Jan. Feb. LABOR FORCE, E M P L O m E N T , AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted 1_/. thous. Civilian labor force do... Employed, total do... Agriculture do... Nonagricultural industries. .....do... Unemployed. • do... Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted do... Employed, total. ...do... Agriculture. do... Nonagricultural industries. do... Unemployed... ...... .do... Long-term, 15 weeks and over do... Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in" the group): All civilian workers Men, 20 years and over Women, 20 years and over. Both sexes, 16-19 years White Negro and other races• •• •• Married men. 85,628 82,652 77,238 2,877 74,361 5,414 83,730 78,718 3,406 75,312 5,012 1,075 85,653 82,703 77,262 2,846 74,415 5,442 83,361 78,475 3,285 75,190 4,886 1,073 87,715 85,019 80,204 3,262 76,942 4,815 85,116 80,020 3,419 76,601 5,096 1,311 87,541 84,883 80,188 2,948 77,240 4,695 85,225 80,098 3,400 76,698 5,127 1,273 87,147 84,553 79,106 2,869 76,237 5,447 85,707 80,636 3,393 77,243 5,071 1,198 87,318 84,778 79,366 2,909 76,458 5,412 85,535 80,623 3,357 77,266 4,912 1,294 6.0 4.3 5.7 17.5 5.5 9.5 3.3 5.9 4.3 5. 16. 5. 9. 3. 6.0 4.4 5.8 16.7 5.6 9.4 3.3 6.0 4.3 5.8 17.3 5.4 10.4 3.2 5.9 4.2 5.5 17.8 5.3 10.6 3.0 5.7 4.0 5.0 18.8 5.1 10.5 2.8 3.5 7.6 6.4 11.1 7.1 7.4 3.5 7.4 6.2 10.9 6.8 7.2 3.4 7.5 6.2 9.7 6.6 6.7 3.6 7.5 6.3 11.2 6.9 6.7 3.6 7.1 6.1 9.8 6.4 6.7 3.3 7.0 5.9 10.3 6.0 6.1 mil. $. do... 125,077 100,101 123,815 99,244 133,263 107,097 137,237 109,545 135,830 103,826 do. • . do... 7,545 8,605 7,489 8,346 10,711 9,377 11,966 9,518 8,766 9,485 do... do... 8,916 8,829 9,081 8,979 10,572 9,306 10,130 9,230 10,184 9,547 Occupation: White-collar workers Blue-collar workers Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers.... Construction. Manufacturing Durable goods. • FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of month.... Installment credit, total Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, total Repaid, total Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total • Repaid, total 1_/ Data b e g i n n i n g J a n . 1972 r e f l e c t USCOMM—DC-8158 adjustment t o t h e 1970 Census and a r e not d i r e c t l y comparable w i t h e a r l i e r UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS figures. POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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