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BUSINESS STATISTICS A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLICATION A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* MARCH 2, U.S; 0EPAWTMENT GTF C ( J M 1973 1941-43 = 10 140 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 1941-43 = 120 - 110 - 100 — 90 80 Monthly (avg. of daily dose) -J—J i i i 1 i i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1_L_±.,-L._1„ 1970 I i 1971 i I—1—1—J—I— i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J—1 , 1 L- 1972 1973 J FMAMJJASOND Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1967=100 170 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. 1. seas. adj. index) 160 150 - 140 - 130 — Monthy 120. -JL_J—l l 1 1 I i I i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—L..L-I_ 1_„ —i—•—i—i—i—1—i—i—« 1970 1971 • i 1 1972 1 1 1 J_l L__ 1 1 1 1 1973 Data: Edison Electric Inst. 1967 = 100 1967=100 200 200 RAW STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and all other forms) 150 — 100 — 150 1973 100 1972 — 50 50 Weekly Monthy 0 _,_!__! 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1970 1 1 . 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1971 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1972 1973 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. * 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 . _JL_ i_.l., 1 1 1 1.., ,| I 1 1 SURVEY J i I i i FMAMJJASOND WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1973 1972 ITEM WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2J 1967=100. Feb. 10 Feb. 3 Feb. 17 Feb. 19 Feb. 26 112.2 112.5 136.1 138.5 142.8 8,171 5,465 8,400 5,603 243 mil. $. ...do.-.-. 7,371 4,991 7,503 4,972 8,257 5,359 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. 279 3,161 2,468 230 252 3,118 2,474 166 285 2,274 2,079 219 276 2,251 2,062 170 194 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $• Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/....do... Member bank reserve balances 3J do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do... 59,774 74,667 32,257 311 59,736 74,000 31,823 130 64,229 77,398 32,548 434 64,277 77,183 31,812 113 64,673 77,675 31,826 194 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... 85,456 56,228 269,417 27,161 82,228 39,235 84,111 56,422 270,897 27,455 82,494 39,135 97,765 58,186 309,971 28,896 92,300 46,496 97,004 58,175 310,585 27,638 93,339 46,562 96,192 58,122 311,008 27,018 94,403 46,713 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... 7.68 105.62 117.43 7.67 105.38 117.07 7.54 116.03 130.00 7.57 113.66 127.23 7.57 115.10 128.97 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal • thous. sh. tons. Electric power, by utilities .........mil. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (passenger cars) number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/. .thous. bbl. 11,175 32,705 178,414 9,460 10,650 32,627 175,908 9,454 11,410 36,197 213,564 9,410 10,545 35,799 200,453 9,384 10,780 36,947 223,826 9,329 2,416 99.0 2,439 100.0 2,875 117.8 2,886 118.3 2,883 118.2 14.5 14.0 16.6 15.7 16.0 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores. Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES • thous. sh. tons. 1967=100. bil.J 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3J Daily a v e r a g e . 4/ Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1971 1972 ITEM Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. 29,696 4,209 6,822 29,535 4,565 6,983 37,182 5,560 9,246 36,557 5,437 9,287 r34,801 r5,465 r8,311 30,913 4,610 6,844 31,965 4,704 7,381 36,086 5,752 8,759 36,750 5,747 8,797 r36,378 r5,997 r8,391 2,720 9,801 8,243 1,558 2,654 10,149 8,398 1,751 3,016 10,897 9,038 1,859 3,310 11,008 9,207 1,801 r3,216 rl1,008 r9,256 rl,752 30,026 31,043 37,792 37,167 r36,350 31,001 4,662 7,000 32,554 4,644 8,366 36,759 5,727 8,990 37,619 5,914 8,849 r37,562 r5,968 r8,480 2,600 9,850 8,131 i,719 2,692 10,745 8,166 2,579 3,094 11,359 9,694 1,665 3,210 11,676 9,762 1,914 r3,l40 rll,767 rl0,072 rl,695 69,415 70,923 78,504 79,115 r80,665 69,901 6,043 21,289 70,490 5,983 22,274 79,174 8,335 24,869 80,047 8,503 24,922 r81,231 r8,474 r25,009 Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. • ..mil. $. Primary metals • .do... Transportation equipment..•• .do.•. Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total • .do... Primary metals do... Transportation equipment do.•. Supplementary series: Household durables. • .do..« Capital goods industries do... Nondef ense • • do. •. Defense ......•••• ...•• .do. •. MANUFACTURERS'" ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do... New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total....................do... Primary metals*.••••••••••••• ..--••—..•••• .-••••do.., Transportation equipment do. .. Supplementary series: Household durables ° do... Capital goods industries do... do Nondef ense -•• do Defense »• Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total • do.. Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do.. do# Primary metals • Transportation equipment do.. r/ Revised. 9013 1/ Data for Jan. 1973 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1971 ITEM 1972 Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. 1,810 43,483 25,385 18,098 1,848 44,079 25,153 18,926 2,238 48,522 28,444 20,078 2,139 49,191 29,000 20,191 r2,064 r49,948 r29,8l4 r20,134 26,051 25,529 25,715 24,685 26,736 27,169 r23,991 r26,387 26,059 27,614 123.1 123.2 126.6 126.9 127.3 123.9 122.7 118.9 119.5 118.8 117.2 130.7 133.3 120.3 118.9 116.1 124.4 124.0 122.8 118.7 119.2 118.1 117.3 131.5 134.1 120.3 120.7 116.4 120.9 127.1 126.2 122.3 123.1 121.3 120.1 134.6 137.2 124.9 131.3 117.1 124.5 127.4 126.6 122.7 123.5 121.7 120.3 134.9 137.6 125.4 131.5 117,7 126.5 127.6 126.9 122.9 123.8 121.7 120.3 135.4 138.0 126.0 131.2 118.3 127.3 do. do. do. do. do. ....do. do. ...do. 126.8 131.6 116.9 137.0 117.9 118.1. 118.2 119.6 127.3 132.3 117.5 137.8 118.7 118.7 119.0 119.5 130.4 136.0 120.3 141.8 120.6 118.1 120.9 121.8 130.8 136.2 120.5 142.0 121.7 119.3 122.2 122.1 131.2 136.8 121.0 142.6 121.9 119.4 122.5 122.3 ....do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... .do... 121.8 118.6 116.3 110.4 107.2 139.7 123.9 130.1 117.9 121.1 120.2 119.0 116.4 112.2 105.3 143.4 124.3 130.5 118.1 121.4 124.3 121.2 118.7 110.1 115.2 144.1 127.2 133.9 120.8 124.0 125.0 121.4 119.0 110.2 116.0 144.1 127.4 134.1 121.0 124.1 125.0 121.3 118.9 110.6 115.0 144.5 127.5 134.4 121.5 124.0 1967=$1.00. $0,812 $0,812 $0,790 $0,788 $0,786 r242.8 53.5 rl89.2 r269.8 r6.9 r242.8 r52.5 rl90.3 r274.6 r7.4 r25l.2 r55.7 rl95.5 r305.9 6.6 r254.3 r56.7 rl97.7 r307.7 r6.2 r262.9 r57.8 r205.0 r311.7 r7.3 r236.0 r52.6 rl83.4 r270.9 r236.2 r52.9 rl83.3 r274.9 r251.6 r55.7 rl95.9 r304.8 r252.7 r56.2 rl96.5 r308.4 r255.5 r56.8 rl98.7 r312.8 4,088.4 4,055.9 3,858.0 4,278.7 4,128.4 3,864.4 3,806.5 r4,074.2 4,278.4 r4,435.4 4,510.2 4,442.7 r4,317.9 5,007.1 r4,736.2 4,613.4 4,582.7 r4,472.8 5,189.8 r5,136.4 r4,725.3 r4,693.2 r4,560.5 4,795.0 r5,001.6 Sept. June July Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS 1 ORDERS—Con. 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, adj.)—Con. Supplementary series: Household durables ... ....mil. $• Capital goods industries. • do... Nondefense • do... Defense. • • do... NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted • .number. Seasonally adjusted • do... COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: Unadjusted indexes: All items Special group indexes: All items less food..... All items less medical care Commodities* Nondurables. ........•• Nondurables less food Dur ab 1 e s . • Services. • Services less rent* Food. .••• • Meats, poultry, and fish.. Dairy products*• ••• Fruits and vegetables 1967=100. • • do... do... • ...do... do. .. ...do... . . do... ....do... •..•••••.•••do... ••••• •• do.• • • ..do... do... do... Housing. ••• • Shel t er Rent Homeowner ship. Fuel and utilities Fuel o i l and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation Apparel and upkeep. Transportation Private. • New cars. Used cars • • Public... • • Health and recreation Medical care Personal care.. • Reading and recreation PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices FINANCE MONEY SUPPLY AND RELATED DATA (avg. of daily figures): Unadjusted for seas, variation: Total money supply.............. ...bil. $• Currency outside banks......... ...do... Demand deposits.... • do... Time deposits adjusted... do... U.S. Government demand deposits.••••• ....do... Adjusted for seas, variation: Total money supply • .do... Currency outside banks...•• • •••• do... Demand deposits do... Time deposits adjusted..... • ..........do... FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonally adjusted. • • •• mil. $. do... do..• do. .. do... 1971 Aug. 1972 Aug. ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, TOTAL mil. kw.-hr. Electric utilities, total do... By fuels.. • do.. . By water power • • do... Privately and municipally owned utilities do... Other producers (publicly owned)....................do... Industrial establishments, total........... ......do... By fuels. .......... • do... By water power. * • .do. •. r/Revised. j>/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 9013 154,507 146,075 123,923 22,152 119,754 26,322 8,432 8,198 234 1/ Data f o r J a n . 1973 a r e advance estimati 146,241 137,819 118,840 18,979 114,428 23,391 8,422 8,197 225 154,360 145,523 122,254 23,269 119,219 26,304 8,837 8,537 299 166,652 157,846 134,292 23,553 129,089 28,756 8,807 8,522 285 171,861 162,822 140,075 22,747 133,735 29,087 9,040 8,756 284 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS~Cor.lir.ued 1972 1971 ITEM Dec. 1973 Jan. Nov. Jan. METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL (RAW): Production Index ».„ thous. sh. tons. daily average 1967=100. MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total mil. $• ' Domestic *..*s . . «,*. ................ .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... 8,784 81.3 10,001 92.6 11,657 107.9 11,398 109.0 rll,878 rl09.9 12,373 114.5 70.80 62.75 70.65 62.60 407.5 51.15 47.95 39.60 33.65 419.0 94.45 84.35 63.85 56.05 629.6 112.70 103.45 66.20 58.80 676.1 118.30 104.20 92.40 83.45 702.0 pi22.40 pi 00.40 P64.05 P56.30 p760.4 20.75 19.95 34.80 32.40 161.8 19.60 17.95 16.35 13.70 165.0 47.35 42.10 27.40 25.95 226.2 53.20 48.90 30.65 26.05 248.8 37.65 34.10 25.95 21.45 260.5 P57.45 P26.90 741 649 92 9.3 8.0 1.3 721 610 111 10.3 8.8 1.5 1,069 932 137 11.2 9.6 1.6 1,032 891 141 11.6 9.8 1.8 847 719 128 11.1 9.2 1.9 876 736 140 12.2 10.3 1.9 1,447 1,590 2.4 1,588 1,521 2.1 1,288 1,492 1.9 1,313 1,473 1.8 1,311 rl,454 1.9 1,528 1,504 1.7 885.0 98.2 206.8 685.1 91.4 165.0 838.5 116.5 181.4 869.1 122.0 222.6 913.2 125.4 239.5 P49.90 P25.45 P291.0 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: Total, not seasonally adjusted thous. Domestics do... Imports do... Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rates mil. Domestics*, o 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. REGISTRATIONS(new vehicles): 1/ Passenger cars. ...•••.•••••••..• .thous. Importcars (incl. domestically sponsored) o do... Trucks. ••••••.• doo.. r_/ Revised. p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 1/ Courtesy of R. L. Polk & Co.; r e p u b l i c a t i o n p r o h i b i t e d . Data for Dec. 1971 and J a n . 1972 omit d a t a , for 2 S t a t e s ; f i g u r e s for Oct.—Dec . 1972 omit 4 S t a t e s . USCOMM—DC—9013 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375
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