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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* 1967 = 100 150 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 1967=100 150 (E. E. i. sea. adj. index) 140 140 / \ 130 / 120 ~\ 110 A Monthly 100 ' ' ' • ' 1 ' 1 • ' I -• 1 1 ' 1968 Data: 1 .J 1 1 I—t—J™J —1—-1 1 1969 1 1 -1 - L L 1 J 1 —1—J 1970 Billion $ 800 1 1 1,1 J FMAMJJASOND 1957-59 = 100 220 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) Total (left scale) 800 700 Wage and Salary Disbursements (right scale) 700 200 - H 600 180 - 500 160 A 600 I 11 i i i 1 11 i i i 1 i i i i i 111 i i i 1 11 i i 111 i i i i l.i i i i i I i i i t i I 4 0 0 1968 1969 1970 140 1 I I 1 1 1 M I IMI 1 1 1 1 1 1 _J_LJ_.l 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1971 1968 U.S. Dept. of Commerce Data: Billion $ 35 SALES OF RETAIL STORES Dollars 3.80 (seasonally adjusted) 30 1 1971 (Seas, adj., at annual rates) Data: 1 Edison Electric Inst. Billion $ 900 PERSONAL INCOME 3Q& ,1,1,1 1969 1 1Li „i 1970 i i I l.i J i l l 1971 Federal Reserve Board Hours 48 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS 3.60 h- (Hours seasonally adjusted) -\ 46 3.40 Average Hourly Gross Earnings (left scale) \ 44 Total 25 20 -—r\ 3.20 Nondurable Goods 15 42 Durable Goods 40 ..„.A.., 10 1968 Data: u II » I i l n i 1969 U.S. Dept. of Commerce 111 M 111 1970 Average Hours Per Week (right scale) i 11 M 111 ' ' ' ' ' » ' i i i i I ' i i | ' 1971 1968 Uata: U.S. Dept. of Labor * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1969 • ' ' ' • ' ' • • • l 1970 i i i i i i i i i ii 1971 38 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS' 1970 1971 ITEM Mar. 7 Feb. Mar. 14 20 Feb. 27 Mar. 13 Mar. 6 108.8 ~ 117.2 117.4 109.8 110.0 109.1 6,394 4,498 6,526 4,522 6,653 4,603 6,892 4,569 6,694 4,739 271 1,952 1,833 227 239 1,925 1,808 237 286 3,260 2,782 179 290 3,206 2,717 212 306 190 270 52,107 61,002 27,466 198 52,319 60,860 27,233 71 55,946 67,381 30,192 279 55,816 66,919 29,895 322 55,719 66,502 29,517 114 56,000 66,413 29,451 130 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ 78,163 Demand deposits, adjusted. m i l . $.. 46,124 Savings deposits^ = * do.... 228,934 Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do.... 22,550 U.S. Government obligations.......... ....do.... 78,534 Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do». 8 = 33,725 Real estate loans (gross) do..ee 78,494 45,790 226,670 22,117 78,541 33,403 80,393 50,139 248,943 27,416 80,764 34,380 81,234 50,458 249,253 27,593 80,781 34,433 80,715 51,018 251,364 28,211 81,103 34,418 8.16 90 9 04 98.44 8.14 88.69 96.97 7.72 98.20 107.82 7.74 96.73 106.27 7.78 96.95 106.60 1,888 28,170 146,170 9,622 1,864 28,245 162,554 9,604 1,933 30,089 196,862 9,992 1,997 29,943 186,061 10,111 1,970 30,350 185,522 9,858 2,724 111.7 2,780 113.9 2,773 113.7 14.2 14.7 14.3 WHOLESALE, PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/.. 1967=100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores mil. $.. ..do.... INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do.... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)o do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)....number.. FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ m i l . S.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 31/ do.... Member bank reserve balances 3J do.... Excess reserves, estimated _3/ .....do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ .percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/....1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks...... do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3J Electric power, by utilitieso Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3J thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. • Steel, raw. Index of production .thous. sh. tonso. 1967=100. . RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 0 1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. bil.. 2/ Tuesday price MONTHLY 2,674 109.6 2,6581 108.9 14.8 15.0 _3_/ D a i l y a v e r a g e . 7..84 99.30 109.31 190,570 2,810 115.2 4 / Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1971 1970 ITEM Nov. Jan. Dec. Jan. Feb. £_/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income Wage and salary disbursements, total Commodity-producing industries, total Manufacturing Distributive industries Service industries.. •••• Government Other labor income Proprietors' income: Business and professional Farm. Rental income of persons Dividends r826. 7 r557. 8 r203. 0 rl60. 2 rl33. 4 rl02. 2 119. 2 31. 9 828. 9 559. 4 202. 3 160. 0 134. 0 103. 0 120, 1 32. 1 52.1 15.0 23. 24. 52 2 14 .9 23 .2 25 .9 52 1 14 .8 22 .8 26 .0 r67 .5 r83 .8 r30 .6 r805 .5 68 .0 84 .4 30 .6 807 .6 781.5 531.1 202.0 160.0 125.7 94.1 109.3 29.3 doQ. ..do.. do.. do.. 50o4 16.8 22.5 25.1 50.6 17.0 22.5 25.2 52. 15. 23. 25. P e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t income. do.. Transfer payments. • do • • Less p e r s o n a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s for s o c . i n s u r a n c e . . . . . d o . . T o t a l n o n a g r i c u l t u r a l income do.o INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ( F . R . INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) 1957-59=100 BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL do. . Durable m a n u f a c t u r e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . Primary m e t a l s O...do.. F a b r i c a t e d metal p r o d u c t s . do.. Machinery do.. 63.0 68.8 27.3 755.0 63.4 69.7 27.3 758.4 67. 81. 28. 791. 170.4 170.5 161.5 rl64.4 rl65.4 164.8 170.2 169.7 143.1 180.0 189.7 170.3 169.6 139.2 178.9 195.8 rl59.0 rl51.4 rl29.3 rl58.7 179.0 rl62.3 rl56.0 rl34.7 rl60.0 rl76.7 rl63.2 rl58.1 rl38.5 rl64.6 rl74.7 162.5 157.9 141 164 174 159.6 194.8 154.5 118.0 183.4 154.3 194o0 155.0 117.5 179.4 rl21.9 181.7 148.5 107.0 174.7 rl42.5 rl80.5 rl53.1 105.8 rl74.5 rl48.7 rl81.5 rl51.7 149 181 150 rl73.8 174 Transportation equipment. Instruments and related products. Clay, glass, and stone products. Lumber and products...... F u r n i t u r e and f i x t u r e s rj Revised. £_/ P r e l i m i n a r y Digitized for2526 FRASER do.. do.. .........do.. ...do.. .do.. 812.6 544.1 196.8 153.6 131.4 99.8 116.1 31.5 817.5 549.8 202.3 158.9 130.5 100.4 116.6 31.7 777.8 529.5 202.2 160.8 125.4 93.1 108.9 29.0 bil. $ do.. do.. ..do.. do.. ..do. . do. . do.. 67. 82. 28. 796. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1970 1971 Jan. Feb. 171.0 152.9 145.8 96.9 173.8 157.9 171.3 151.3 141.7 96.9 174.8 157.3 rl68.6 rl45.1 135.5 93.1 rl71.7 152.4 rl70.1 rl44.0 143.6 94.2 rl69.5 rl52.7 240.2 143.3 231.4 144.7 117.8 242.6 143.0 234.0 145.2 122.8 r243.7 154.2 218.9 142.7 121.6 r245.0 rl56.0 222.3 rl44.3 121.7 241.4 154.8 113.1 131.4 155.7 230.1 243.1 134.2 122.3 131.8 158.4 232.7 246.1 rl39.4 127.3 rl39.1 rl60.1 238.7 251.5 rl38.2 126.1 rl37.4 rl59.7 r240.0 253o0 rl39»2 131.1 rl38.0 156.1 r242.2 168.5 161.5 163.7 155.3 132.9 184.9 160.8 183.6 192.8 172.5 160.1 185.3 169.9 162.4 166.6 154.8 127.6 190.7 161.0 186.2 196.9 171.5 157.9 185.5 rl59.4 rl57.0 152.1 112.2 78.1 157.0 158.6 rl64.5 rl77.8 rl63.8 141.9 rl86.3 rl63.1 rl62.5 rl62.6 rl45.9 131.9 rl64.3 162.5 rl64.2 rl77.9 rl65.6 rl45.9 rl85.8 rl63.7 rl64.7 rl72.1 rl66.7 rl55.1 182.0 rl61.6 rl74.9 166.9 rl47.6 186.9 734 84 114 140 342 54 817 84 155 164 335 79 939 126 133 174 414 92 869 114 112 176 372 95 905 134 140 167 380 84 Liabilities (current), total thous. $.. 137,282 Commercial service .do.• • . 37,608 Construction.•.......................................do...• 20,835 Manufacturing and mining. do. • . . 42,260 Retail trade. .do.. •• 24,979 Wholesale trade. ..do. . •• 11,600 Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)....No. per 10,000 concerns.. 33.7 139,388 7,770 36,504 66,589 21,655 6,870 39.4 119,836 9,896 15,390 52,624 29,809 12,117 50.8 121,723 19,963 13,662 45,820 25,901 16,377 44.5 168,803 26,235 39,145 57,073 30,785 15,565 43.3 Nov. Jan. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS — Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY O U T P U T ) : — Con. SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. U T I L a ) ~ C o n . BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS—Con. MANUFACTURING, T O T A L — C o n . Nondurable manufactures .1957-59=100. . Textile mill products. do.... Apparel products. • do.... Leather and products do.... Paper and products. ... do.... Printing and publishing. do.... Chemicals and products..... Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Foods and beverages Tobacco products • ..do.... ...do.... ....do.... do.... do.... MINING . do Coal . do. Crude oil and natural gas...... ...do.... Metal mining do.... UTILITIES do... . Electric do.... BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Final products, total do.... Consumer goods do.o.. Automotive and home goods ................do.... Automotive products do. . . . Autos do.... Auto parts and allied products.............do.... Apparel and staples do..,. Equipment, including defense.... • ....do.... Business equipment.............................do...o Materials* ... o • do. ... Durable goods materials do.... Nondurable materials do.... INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Failures, total number. . Commercial service. o...... ............do.... Construction. ..do..«# Manufacturing and mining do» * » » Retail trade • do.... Wholesale trade. ...do.... rl69.6 rl45.2 173o0 rl52.8 144.4 1970 1969 Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. 35,963 9,799 5,072 1,847 1,186 26,164 2,838 1,347 2,120 6,800 2,131 8,636 29,419 9,275 5,453 1,399 1,180 20,144 1,681 1,000 2,137 6,436 2,097 4,998 27,051 7,810 4,664 1,327 871 19,241 1,412 1,018 2,026 6,816 2,079 3,969 29,570 8,886 5,114 1,457 1,143 20,684 1,616 1,038 2,209 6,674 2,184 5,061 31,849 9,539 5,293 1,459 1,362 22,310 1,820 1,079 2,465 7,227 2,241 5,503 30,534 8,927 4,942 1,384 1,228 21,607 1,746 1,090 2,386 6,859 2,217 5,342 30,218 8,234 4,291 1,464 1,210 21,984 1,841 1,046 2,260 6,523 2,211 6,077 30,208 8,380 4,447 1,388 1,245 21,828 1,775 1,099 2,394 6,866 2,242 5,422 r37,625 r9,318 r4,391 rl,799 rl,257 r28,307 r2,994 r1,478 r2,330 r7,463 r2,283 r9,265 r30,537 r8,676 r4,707 rl,34l rl,266 r21,861 rl,787 rl,102 r2,387 r6,989 r2,269 r5,364 43,535 44,623 42,927 44,014 45,347 44,883 46,216 44,507 43,543 44,918 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods stores. . ...» <>• Automotive group. Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group Nondurable goods stores Apparel group • Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places.........« Food group Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL Durable goods stores.... Automotive group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group Nondurable goods stores Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group Gasoline service stations..... General merchandise group with nonstores ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total r_/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. Digitized for2526 FRASER mil. $ .do... O .do... do... .do.. do... do... do... do... ....do... ....do... do... do... ...do.. do.. do.. do.. ....do.. do.. .........do.. do.. ...do.. ...do.o do.. do.. do.. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1970 Jan. 1971 Feb. Nov., 70,992 625 Contract construction® o . o. . . . . . 0 . .. o. .. . s . s . .. s . .. . Dse . . do.. «3,394 > 20,018 Manufacturing. .o.«>a....<i>.o..oo.o<s>0.eQ.ooo.o.»0««i>.0...,so<Ddo.ao 11,679 D u r a b l e g O O d S a ....oo.e®,seo.oooo<i>®a.< >o<Boo©B...o..., . ,, adOao® 8,339 Nondurable gOOdSe••..•«.aa..a..e.o.........a... .....dO... 71,135 626 3,466 19,937 11,625 8,312 70,085 625 3,303 18„538 10,455 8 5 083 r70,303 625 r3,319 rl8,842 rlO,756 r8,086 r70,609 r625 r3,236 rl8,811 rlO,717 r8,094 70,514 621 3,164 18,737 10,683 8,054 4,507 14,938 3,828 11,110 3,648 11,472 12,390 2,717 9,673 14,573 8,425 6,148 4,496 14,987 3,834 11,153 3,652 11,530 12,441 2,718 9,723 14,489 8,367 6,122 4,493 14,945 3,851 11,094 3,711 11,695 12,775 2,661 10,114 13,289 7 9 386 5,903 r4,437 rl4,851 r3,855 rlO,996 r3,723 rll,727 rl2,779 2,650 rl0,129 rl3,610 r7 s 700 r5,910 r4,466 rl5,129 r3,865 rll,264 r3,749 rll,777 rl2,816 r2,656 r10,160 r13,604 r7,683 r5,921 4,481 15,139 3,864 11,275 3,742 11,785 12,845 2,652 10,193 13,548 7,655 5,893 40.3 3.3 41.0 3.4 39.6 3.4 39.9 3.2 40.5 3.2 39.3 3.2 39.6 2.7 40.0 2.5 38.9 2.8 39.6 r2*7 r40.1 r2.6 r39.1 r2.9 r39.8 2.7 r40.4 r2.7 39.2 r2.9 39.4 2.8 40.0 2.7 38.8 2.8 101.2 100.0 103.1 100.1 98.7 102.1 90.4 85.7 97.4 r92.9 r89a6 r97.7 r93.4 r90.0 r98a3 92.5 89.2 97.2 3.29 3.17 3.49 3.36 3.01 2.90 3.29 3.17 3.48 3.36 3.01 2.90 3.39 3.28 3.58 3.46 3.15 3.04 r3.47 3.35 r3.69 3.57 3.17 3.06 r3.50 r3.39 3.72 r3.61 3.19 3.09 3.51 3.40 3.74 3.62 3.20 3ol0 Dec. Jan. Feb. ML LABOR FORCE s EMPLOYMENT A N D EARNINGS EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): T o t a l , seasonally adjustedo<. o s ,. 0 < ! 0 . e » 0 .. 1 .. 6 8 S . 0 o 8 o.«. 8 e 0 thous» M i n i n g OQOooooQOQOBooaoac.oooooffiooQOraoQooooooas3ooooQooQO.os QO a ao ! > <i J> o a Transportation, communication, electric, g a s , etc.......do... Wholesale and r e t a i l t r a d e * . . . • . • • . • . . . . . . . . . . c . s r a o . . . . . d o . . . Wholesale t r a d e * . . . . . . . < » . . . . . . . » . « , . . . . . . . . . . « , . . . „ . . . . . d o . . . Retail t r a d e . • . . . • . . • • . . • • o . e . . . a . . . o . . . . . . . o . . . . • • • . . d o . . • F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s t a t e . ^ 9 e , s . 9 9 0 , ...do... Gov er nment © . . . . . . . a . . . . . . © © . . . . a . . e . . . B f f l s . . o . r a . 0 . . 0 . 0 0 ® . do» . . r ederaJ................................................do... S t a t e and l o c a L . o > 0 ° < > » o o . < l . < l < > S S o . t , l > , . 0 , , , g > s . < , , , , g o d o . . g PRODUCTION WORKERS (MFC PAYROLLS)s TOTALs s e a s . a d j . . . . . . . . d o . . . Durable goods. e.........®.«»e.o®.«>.®.effl...«,aaoooeoea.®oosa®doaoo Nondurable goods. ..e....e«>«>.oc>.oo..o»o..,=,....„«,*««..«.....do.. • HOURS (GROSS) s A V G . W E E K L Y PER PROD. WORKER (MFG. PAYROLLS): Manufacturing, seasonally adjusted. . .......... . ... ... .. . . «,hours. Overtime hourso eo....oa.. 0 e......e...........a..a..,..do.ao Durable g O O d S © . . . . . . o . o s Q . o . o e o . o . a e . a o s o . o . a a a . a . e e a . o •do • oa Overtime hOUrSa ..........................a a a a . a . a a . a a .dOa a a Nondurable gOOdS.a......................................dO..• Overtime h O U r S . . . . . . . . . . . . . a... a... . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . . . . adoa a a MAN-HOUR.INDEXES, AGGREGATE WEEKLY, s e a s , a d j u s t e d : Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • .1967=100. Durable gOOdSa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . . . ........... odo a aa Nondurable g O O d S a . . . . . . . . . a. . . . . . . . . . aaaaa o.do..a HOURLY EARNINGS ( G R O S S ) , A V G . PER PROD. WORKER O N PAYROLLS: Manufacturing, n o t seasonally adjusted............0 .. o.dollars. Excluding overtime.........•..••..•....•••.••••....•..do.. . Durable goods................e..........................do... Excluding overtime. .....••....• .«».. . . « . . ...do.. . Nondurable goods.••....•a...«•.......e.o.a.eee.o........do... Excluding r / Revised. _p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . USCOMM—DC—2526 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 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 SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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