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SVIarch 2 . 1 9 7 9 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS #-* T0FC %. I Annua! Subscription: domestic, $15.00,- foreign, $ 1 8 . 7 5 (no single copies sold). Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 2 0 4 0 2 . I U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 1 0 140 INDEX, 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 1 0 140 PRICES OF 400 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 _ Monthly - ( a v g - of d a i l y close) 120 - 110 -J? ~ 100 90 _ 80 ~ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L L L 1 1 1 .,._L_L,_I J . 1 . i 1977 1976 I 1 \ 1 \ 1 t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1978 1 130 120 y 1979 1978 J 1979 ~ ~ 70 Weekly (Wednesday close) - 110 100 - 90 - 80 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ) J FMAMJ J A S O N D 70 Data: Stand & Poor's Corp. INDEX, 1967 == 100 210 INDEX, 1 9 6 7 = 100 210 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 200 _ Monthly 1979 - (E.E.I, seas. a d j . index) 190 A / 180 170 V> 160 150 i i i i 200 ~ J Weekly -k/ - -M ~ L U , II' k jUpHfl /I i I i i i * i i i \ I r 1 I i i 1 I i i I I I 1 i i i i i I I 1 1 1 1,11.1 160 1 I-,. i i i I I J F M A M J 1979 1978 1977 I I I 1 1 1 J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. 1967=100 240 CONSUMER PRICES 230 220 ~ Food V 210 All Services 200 >:.? 190 180 ^ (seasonally adjusted) ^ ^s"^ — — / All Items 170 160 ** ' ' I ' ' ! ' ' ' ' ' - _J-JL_U_JLi_i_JL.,l_LJ_ - U - I U L j J . L J 1 | | - L X I J 1-1 L 1 X L.L.. 1976 1977 1978 BUSINESS 1979 I i ii I ll I II I 1976 1977 Data: Federal Reserve Board Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor WEEKLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 35 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED A N D 30 LIQUIDATED — r-"' ** J* S — __ '* ^ STATISTICS u p d a t e s selected data t h a t are p u b l i s h e d In t h e S U R V E Y OF C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S . monthly 180 170 1978 ~ 1976 190 1978 1979 150 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 1978 Feb. SPOT MARKET PRICES, 2 2 COMMODITIES 2/. . . 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials . 1.967=100 . . ..... do... . .,. . do . . . . INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT C L A I M S , State programs 18 220.8 221.7 220.1 25 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock p r i c e s , 5 0 0 stocks (Stand. S Poor's)~4/...1941-43=10.. Industrial, 4 0 0 s tocks do ... . PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, b y utilities. Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate JS/.. . . . thous. sh. tons.. m i l . kw.-hr.. .number.. ...thous. b b l . . Steel, r a w Rate o f capability utilization 5 / thous. sh. tons.. percent.. 17 Feb. 24 270.3 262.1 2 75.9 263.7 257.4 268.0 267.3 259.1 273.0 455 373 424 419 383 3,594 3,257 3,664 3,298 3,202 3,039 180 3,174 3,013 175 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $ . . Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/.....do.... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do. . . . Excess reserves, estimated j[/ ........do.... Assets and liabilities o f large commercial b a n k s : 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... . Feb. Feb., 10 259.5 254.8 262.7 FAILURES, INDUST, A N D COMMERCIAL (Dun 8 Bradstreet)...number.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES. Feb. 220.5 220.9 220.1 thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs .do... . State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico).....do. . . . 19 79 143 101,414 114,732 37,098 185 101,402 115,247 36,672 292 110,552 126,657 42,608 330 110,564 125,740 41,582 112,969 92,747 433,004 45,392 125,152 75,587 109,208 92,776 431,179 44,944 125,465 75,708 101,765 76,480 131,604 81,849 99,721 76,621 440,562 35,189 132,075 81,818 8.77 88.83 97.79 8.80 87.56 96.38 9.60 99.93 111.32 440,733 34,984 123 111,066 125,128 40,774 174 elll,168 127,335 41,085 549 9.60 97.16 108.23 9.61 98.87 110.22 9.65 99.07 110.51 11,340 364 6,055 6,680 42,717 176,524 8,381 42,294 193,092 8,381 11,415 48,482 184.190 8,718 186,740 8,718 11,450 47,149 182,948 8,718 2,407 79.9 2,403 79.8 2,626 87.4 2,646 88.1 2,601 86.6 15.1 15.6 .bil.. 14.9 48,460 175,941 2,604 86.7 1/ Data do not always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . 5/ Daily a v e r a g e . 4/ Wednesday d a t a . 5 / C a p a b i l i t y f o r a f u l l order book based on c u r r e n t a v a i l a b i l i t y of raw m a t e r i a l s , f u e l s , s u p p l i e s , and i n d u s t r y f a c i l i t i e s , ej E s t i m a t e d . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 19 78 ITEM III II IV r/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS, TOTAL . .bil. $. Personal consumption expenditures, total..... do... Durable goods, total do... Motor vehicles and parts. do.. . Furniture and household equipment do . . . Nondurable g o o d s , total Clothing and : shoes Food Gasoline and oil Services, total Household operation Housing Transportation Gross private domestic investment, total Fixed investment Nonresidential Residential Change in business inventories Net exports o f goods a n d services Exports Imports Gov't purchase o f goods and services, total. Federal National defense State and local r / Revised. .do.. . do... do. .. do... 1,916.8 ,214, 177. 79. 72.0 1,958.1 1,255.2 187.2 84.0 75.3 ,992.0 , 2 76 . 7 183.5 84.1 72.1 087.5 322.9 197.8 92. 76. ,136.1 ,356.9 199.5 89.8 78.9 2,212.1 1,405.1 209.2 92.7 83.2 46.0 496.9 86.7 252.6 47.5 501.4 82.9 257.7 48.3 519. 87. 267. 49. 531.7 90.5 272.0 51.5 553.5 95.2 280.1 55.7 do ... do.. . do. .. d o . .. 557.5 83.7 186.9 45.0 571.1 84.6 192.0 47.3 591.8 89.6 198.1 49.7 605.8 88.9 204.1 52.1 625.8 92.6 210.1 53.7 642.5 93.7 217.0 55.2 ..do... do. .. do.. . do.. . do. .. 309.7 287.8 193.5 94.3 21.9 313.5 300.5 200.3 100.2 13.1 322.7 306.0 205.6 100.3 16.7 345, 325, 220. 105, 20. 350.1 336.5 227.5 109.0 13.6 360.1 348.5 235.2 113.3 11.6 -7.0 180.8 187.8 -23.2 172.1 195.2 -24.1 181.7 205.8 -5.5 205.4 210.9 -10.7 210.1 220.8 -7.8 222.0 229.7 399.5 146.8 94.4 252.7 412.5 152.2 97.1 260.3 416.7 151.5 97.9 265.2 424.7 147.2 98.6 277.6 439.8 154.0 99.6 285.8 454.6 162.3 102.1 292.3 do. . . do. .. do. . . do... do... do. .. do. .. 479, 81 246 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1978 1977 ITEM 3 III GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT--Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES--Con. NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL bil. $ Compensation of employees, total „.do.. Proprietors' income, total 1/ do. . Farm do . . Nonf arm do . . Rental income of persons with capital consumption ad j ustment . . do .. Corp. profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, total do. . Profits before tax, total do.. Profits after tax, total do . . Inventory valuation adjustment do. . Capital consumption adjustment do. . Net interest do. . PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total Less: Personal tax and nontax payments Equals: Disposable personal income Less: Personal outlays Equals: Personal saving do. . do. . .do.. do.. do.. 1,537.6 1,165.8 97.2 16.5 80.8 1,576.9 1,199.7 107.3 25.1 82.3 1,603.1 1,241.0 105.0 21.9 83.1 1,688.1 1,287.8 110.1 24.0 86.1 1,728.4 1,317.1 114.5 25.0 89.6 22.4 22.7 22.8 22.2 24.3 154.8 177.5 104.8 -7.7 -15.0 97.3 148.2 178.3 104.4 -14.8 -15.3 99.0 132.6 172.1 102.1 -23.5 -16.1 101.7 163.4 205.5 120.5 -24.9 -17.2 104.6 165.2 205.4 119.2 -20.9 -19.3 107.4 1,543.7 224.6 1,319.1 1,244.8 74.3 1,593.0 233.3 1,359.6 1,285.9 73.7 1,628.9 237.3 1,391.6 1, 309 .2 82.4 1,682.4 249.1 1,433.3 1,357.0 76.3 1,731.7 263.2 1,468.4 1,392.5 76.0 Jan. Oct. 1977 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: ALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, REVISED (CPI-W) 1967=100 ALL ITEMS, ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U) 2/ do. . Special group indexes: All items less food do. . All items less medical care do.. Commodities do.. Nondurables do. . Nondurables less food do.. Durables do. . Commodities less food do.. Services do. . Services less rent do. . 1978 Dec. 187.1 187.2 200.7 200.9 201.8 202.0 202.9 202.9 183.1 184.7 178.3 182.9 170.3 165.9 168.4 200.5 208.2 183.8 185.8 179.2 183.9 169.7 166.6 168.6 202.0 209.8 196.7 199.4 191.8 196.6 178.1 178.8 179.1 217.6 226.7 197.8 200.5 192.9 197.5 179.1 180.0 180.3 218.6 227.8 198.6 201.5 194.2 198.8 180.0 181.2 181.3 219.2 228.2 Food Food at home. .do., .do.. 196.3 193.7 199.2 197.0 216.8 215.4 217.8 216.1 219.4 217.9 Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operations do. . do. . do. . do . . do.. do. . do.. do. . 192.4 198.2 157.9 213.0 207.6 291.9 218.9 171.0 198.8 200.0 158.8 215.0 208.5 295.2 219.7 171.3 3/209.5 218.6 4/167.4 237.0 5/220.1 300.1 6/240.0 3/181.9 210.6 220.1 168.5 2 38.8 218.5 306.1 234.9 183.0 211.5 221.0 169.5 239.5 219.9 311.8 236.2 184.0 do. . do. . do.. do. . do. . do.. do. . 158.2 178.8 178.0 150.5 170.7 185.7 209.3 155.7 179.0 178.2 150.9 169.8 186.6 211.2 163.3 189.7 189.4 155.5 195.4 189.3 224.7 164.1 191.4 191.1 158.5 194.7 189.7 227.0 163.2 192.6 192.5 159.8 194.0 189.1 227.8 $0,537 $0,534 $0,498 $0,495 .493 mil. $. do. . . 24,534 18,910 18,725 19,426 25,397 23,187 25,946 22,079 27,398 21,283 do... 22,832 21,983 25,758 26,214 26,413 do. . do.. do. . do. . . . . . 10,907 719 035 465 10,529 3,573 2,919 3,219 12,182 4,605 3,401 3,518 12,476 4,512 3,530 3,571 12,454 4,659 3,526 3,612 do. . . do. .. do. . . 985 457 6,541 7,960 447 7,501 8,846 604 7,787 9,176 486 7,734 9,424 534 19,252 19,546 22,384 22,115 22,100 10,565 3,742 2,757 3,403 10,551 3,494 2,751 3,385 10,441 3,581 2,75 3 3,416 Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public Medical care PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices 1967=$1.00 . FINANCE CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT Total extended and liquidated: Unadjusted: Extended Liquidated Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total 7/ By major holder: Commercial banks Finance companies Credit unions Retailers By major credit type: Automobile Revolving Mobile home Liquidated, total 7/. By major holder: Commercial banks Finance companies Credit unions Retailers .do... do. . . . . .do. . . do. .. do. . . 8,946 3,029 2,432 3,145 9,002 3,051 2,405 3,418 r_/ Revised. 1/ With inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustment, 2/ Beginning Jan. 19 78, data are for consumer price index all urban consumers. _3_/ Includes TV and sound equipment and repairs formerly in "Health and recreation." 4/ Residential. 5/ Includes additional items not previously priced. 6/ Includes bottled gas. 7/ Includes data not shown separately. FRASER Digitized for MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1977 ITEM Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. FINANCE--Con. CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT--Con. Total extended and liquidated—Con. Seasonally adjusted--Con. Liquidated--Con. By type of credit: Automobile Revolving... Mobile home. .mil. .do. .do. 5,252 7,226 398 5,215 7,545 398 6,126 8,500 5 79 Total outstanding., end of year or month. .do. 230,829 230,126 265,576 By major holder: 1/ Commercial banks". .................. ^ Finance companies................... Credit unions....................... Retailers .do. .do. .do. .do. 112,373 44,868 37,605 23,490 112,778 44,877 37,402 22,526 132,457 51,984 44,635 22,464 133,908 53,099 45,305 23,006 137,413 54,309 45,939 23,006 By type of credit: 1/ Automobile...... Revolving....... Mobile home..... .do. .do. .do. 82,911 39,274 15,141 83,075 38,795 15,092 100,159 42,579 15,925 101,565 43,523 16,017 102,385 45,300 17,349 795 644 149 11.2 9.2 2.1 687 545 142 10.1 8.0 2.1 1,034 884 150 11.1 9.2 1.9 909 770 139 11.0 9.0 2.0 769 646 123 11.2 9.4 1.8 p783 645 p i 38 pll.O 9.0 p2.0 731 784 2.3 1,887 1,824 2.8 1,629 1,737 2.3 728 777 2.4 1,729 1,780 2.3 1,885 1,819 2.4 6,032 8,511 411 6,053 8,555 431 274,994 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: Total., not sesaonally adjusted. ....................... .thous Domestics ............................................. do.. Imports do . . Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rate................mil Domestics do.. Imports do. . R e t a i l i n v e n t o r i e s , new c a r s ( d o m e s t i c s ) , end of month: Not s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d . .thous Seasonally adjusted do.. 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