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..<°>, ^4rESO** WEEKLY u BUSINESS fr H STATISTICS fllu Wlarcfi 2 3 . u H 1979 TH Annual Subscription: domestic, $15.00; foreign, $18.75 (no single copies sold). Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS now has less than half the number of subscribers it had a year ago. In view of this decline, we invite you to express your views to help us make important decisions about WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS. Please answer the questions below, and return this notice to Current Business Analysis Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. Series presented every week: How useful do you find WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS? (you may want to consult the list alongside and circle the series you use) Very....Moderately Little Not at a l l . . . . 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Transportation Equipment Motor Vehicles, factory sales Passenger Cars (new): Retail Sales Retail Inventories Inventories/Sales Ratio WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1979 ITEM Mar. 11 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials. thous. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do. .. State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun S Bradstreet)...number 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... U.S. Government obligations do — Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do... Real estate loans (gross) do — Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. S Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10.. Industrial, 400 stocks do. ... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal. Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Rate of capaiblity utilization £>/ thous. sh. tons. . mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. thous. sh. tons.. percent.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 227.6 238.2 220.4 223.9 229.2 220.1 1967=100. do.. . do.. . INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs Mar. 18 Feb. 24 Mar. 10 270.3 262.1 275.9 270.9 262.0 277.1 276.0 263.1 285.2 346 343 303 364 357 3,383 3,066 175 3,204 2,900 133 3,307 3,147 123 3,191 3,031 100 101,472 112,763 35,664 264 102,048 112,254 35,981 131 111,153 127,262 40,944 408 111,054 125,978 39,812 165 111,381 126,486 40,398 171 111,201 93,087 396,235 46,786 127,137 76,061 112,267 93,262 440,526 46,297 128,042 76,391 101,116 76,157 447,916 36,186 133,591 82,297 98,781 76,023 444,508 36,140 133,899 82,387 97,743 76,396 449,572 38,342 133,848 82,611 8.81 87.84 96.58 8.79 89.12 97.98 9.65 99.07 110.51 9.73 96.28 107.26 9.75 98.44 109.67 7,210 40,950i 205,021 8,717 8,335 38,920 208,498 8,717 11,870 45,270 175,778 8,591 12,645 43,475 184,666 8,678 14,330 41,930 190,811 8,678 2,470 82.0| 2,500 83.0 2,604 86.7 2,692 89.6 2,801 93.3 275.8 261.4 286.0 227 ell2,037 124,930 39,967 92 9.76 99.71 111.18 203,373 2,840 94.6 bil.. 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, e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1979 1978 ITEM Feb. Feb. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income bil. $.. Wage and salary disbursements, total do. ... Commodity-producing industries, total do Manufacturing do.... Distributive industries do.. .. Service industries do. ... Government and nongovernment enterprises do. Other labor income do.... Proprietors' income 1/ Farm do.... Nonf arm do.... Rental income of persons with capital consumption adj us tment do Dividends do... . Personal interest income do.... Transfer payments do.... Less personal contrib. for social insurance do Total nonf arm income do 1,615.5 1,038.3 359.0 281.9 253.3 215.3 210.6 98.7 625.0 047.4 364.4 286.5 256.2 215.1 211.6 100.0 rl,786.6 rl,149.3 411.7 314.8 279.7 235.4 22.4 111.8 rl,811.6 rl,161.4 r417.7 r319.5 r283.7 r236.5 r223.5 113.1 rl,817.9 rl,172.6 r421.7 r322.4 r286.2 r239.8 r224.9 114.5 1,829.0 1,180.3 424.9 325.7 289.0 241.1 225.3 115.9 25.6 82.0 21.6 83.0 r29.0 92.6 r34.9 r93.3 29.7 r93.0 29.0 93.4 23.0 46.8 149.6 218.1 66.5 1,574.7 22.8 47.0 151.4 219.0 67.0 1,588.3 24.4 51.8 166.1 233.6 72.0 1,741.3 24.4 52.6 rl68.5 r235.9 r72.6 rl,760.3 24.5 53.6 rl70.4 r237.7 78.1 rl,771.3 24.7 54.2 172.7 237.3 78.6 1,782.8 thous.. do... . do 88.6 88.6 63.3 101.3 101.3 72.8 158.6 158.6 110.4 rl21.4 rll9.5 r81.4 r88.3 r88.1 r58.1 86.4 86.2 60.2 do.... do 744 290 1,659 1,171 2,107 1,502 r2,074 rl,539 rl,669 rl,148 1,411 964 do do.... 1,526 1,032 1,534 957 1,724 1,114 1,664 1,149 rl,324 r-84i 1,360 814 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 r/ Revised. 1/ With inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustment. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1978 ITEM Feb. Jan. 1979 Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES:' New m o r t g a g e l o a n s o f a l l s a v i n g s a n d l o a n 18.9 317 18.7 274 22.2 280 17.0 303 19.1 311 7,115 6,828 9,165 r8,426 6,615 1,380 4,212 1,523 1,364 4,022 1,442 1,794 5,775 1,596 r 1,692 r5,117 rl,617 1,398 3,933 1,284 100,071 97,950 91,053 2,868 88,185 6,897 r99,215 92,923 3,363 89,560 6,292 1,641 100,048 97,924 91,185 2,771 88,413 6,739 r99,139 93,047 3,280 89,767 6,092 1,559 103,776 101,659 96,029 3,100 92,929 5,629 103,740 101,632 95,906 2,990 92,916 5,725 102,961 100,867 94,436 2,762 91,673 6,431 rl01,628 95,751 3,275 92,476 5,877 1,196 rl01,867 95,855 3,387 92,468 6,012 1,208 102,183 96,300 3,232 93,068 5,883 1,251 83,871 68,557 48,492 24,648 678 3,905 84,188 68,838 48,699 24,724 684 3,901 87,036 r71,564 r50,963 25,872 903 4,368 r87,281 71,810 51,081 26,030 904 4,397 r87,465 71,984 51,172 26,099 908 4,379 p87,766 72,280 51,395 26,149 916 4,348 20,065 11,917 8,148 20,139 11,986 8,153 20,601 12,410 8,191 20,729 12,491 8,238 20,812 12,553 8,259 20,885 12,635 8,250 59,223 4,758 18,991 4,802 14,189 4,563 15,597 15,314 2,736 12,578 59,464 4,782 19,071 4,828 14,243 4,591 15,670 15,350 2,736 12,614 61,164 4,947 19,701 4,968 14,733 4,774 16,270 15,472 2,757 12,715 61,251 4,967 19,697 4,995 14,702 4,789 16,327 15,471 2,734 12,737 61,366 4,962 19,797 5,007 14,790 4,811 16,315 15,481 2,743 12,738 61,617 4,998 19,927 5,021 14,906 4,828 16,378 15,486 2,742 12,744 116.2 99.3 105.6 100.3 98.9 100.5 127.9 107.0 123.7 123.9 134.3 141.7 117.1 100.9 106.8 104.2 100.1 101.9 128.4 107.7 124.2 124.4 135.1 141.8 122.4 108.0 148.0 124.3 103.7 107.1 132.3 110.2 128.4 128.7 140.6 145.6 rl22.9 109.1 149.1 126.5 104.6 108.3 132.5 110.3 128.7 128.8 140.9 145.4 rl22.4 108.6 149.7 120.6 105.1 108.7 132.0 110.4 127.4 127.1 141.7 145.4 pl23.0 109.0 150.6 120.7 105.4 109.7 132.8 110.5 129.0 129.0 141.7 145.9 206.0 109.8 219.7 198.8 208.1 206.6 109.4 221.0 200.1 209.4 219.0 108.5 249.8 211.4 222.4 r220.7 108.6 249.1 212.5 224.1 r222.3 108.3 251.9 213.4 225.3 p223.1 do.... 223.8 199.9 187.7 207.0 224.9 199.7 187.3 206.8 234.7 213.0 200.8 217.8 238.3 214.6 202.0 218.9 238.0 217.6 202.1 221.4 239.0 217.8 202.8 221.7 mil. $.. do.... do.... 134,925 109,849 758 97,004 11,718 134,500 110,235 304 98,450 11,718 153,098 129,255 813 113,305 11,642 153,151 123,488 1,174 110,562 11,671 rl47,138 rll9,730 r4,366 101,279 11,592 147,306 120,764 1,604 103,486 11,544 134,925 31,822 19,301 90,159 134,500 30,805 26,047 90,703 153,098 39,452 31,919 100,825 153,151 36,972 31,152 103,325 rl47,138 r34,666 r29,931 99,354 147,306 33,845 29,280 99,999 associations, By p u r p o s e o f l o a n : LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, t o t a l , p e r s o n s 16 y e a r s o f a g e a n d o v e r ' L o n g - t e r m - 1 5 weeks a n d o v e r do.... EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLL OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ Service-Producing Transportation, communication, elec, gas, etc Government Federal do do. .. . do.... do... . do... . Indexes of aggregate weekly employee-hours (prod, workers): Private nonagric. payrolls, t o t a l , (seas, adj.)...1967=100.. Transportaion, communication, e l e c t r i c i t y , Retail trade gas....do.... do... . Services do... . ! 1 103,343 101,249 94,765 2,796 91,969 6,484 ! 102,527 96,647 3,311 93,335 5,881 1,260 Indexes of average hourly e a r n i n g s , s e a s o n a l l y adjusted: P r i v a t e n o n f a r m economy ( p r o d , o r n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r s ) : 1967 d o l l a r s Transportation, do... . communication, e l e c . , g a s , e t c 252.7 215.3 226.5 FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, t o t a l Reserve bank c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g , t o t a l Time l o a n s Gold c e r t i f i c a t e account Deposits, total r/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary do... . do.. .. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1979 Feb. Jan. FINANCE—Con. SECURITY MARKETS: BOND YIELDS: Domestic corporate (Moody's)......................percent By ratings: Aaa.............................................. do.. Aa. . do. . A ...do.. Baa . .. do.. 8.74 8.78 9.40 9.49 9.65 9.63 8.41 8.59 8.76 9.17 8.47 8.65 8.79 9.20 9.03 9.24 9.48 9.83 9.16 9.33 9.53 9.94 9.25 9.48 9.72 10.13 9.26 9.50 9.68 10.08 By group: Industrials .do. . Public utilities. do.. Railroads ........................................ do.. 8.60 8.87 8.20 8.65 8.90 8.32 9.21 9.58 9.01 9.31 9.67 9.15 9.44 9.85 9.21 9.42 9.84 9.22 STOCKS Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 stocks)............................ Industrial (30 stocks)................................. Public utility (15 stocks).................. ....... Transportation (20 stocks) 273.04 781.09 106.97 209.90 267.80 763.57 104.32 208.14 261.61 767.73 93.93 202.30 274.87 807.94 99.38 211.12 283.85 837.39 102.24 216.85 280.06 825.18 103.75 210.41 Standard & Poor's Corporation: Combined index (500 stocks).................. 1941-43=10 Industrial, total (400 stocks) .do .. Capital goods (111 stocks).....................do .. Consumer goods (189 stocks)............... do.. 90.25 99.34 99.42 80.14 88.98 97.95 96.25 79.11 94.71 105.23 103.38 81.71 96.11 106.92 105.82 82.53 99.71 111.15 112.08 84.42 98.23 109.49 110.66 81.80 Utilities (40 stocks)........................ do.. T r a n s p o r t a t i o n (20 stocks) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970=10 Railroad (10 stocks) 1941-43=10 F i n a n c i a l (40 stocks) 1970=10 New York City banks (6 stocks) 1941-43=10 Banks o u t s i d e N.Y.C. (10 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . do.. Property-Casualty Insurance (6 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . d o . . 52.40 13.13 46.13 10.46 40.32 90.14 101.86 51.60 12.91 44.69 10.33 38.74 89.56 99.37 49.04 13.17 43.56 11.21 43.61 99.93 101.35 49.32 13.10 43.37 11.36 43.19 100.78 105.07 50.33 13.46 44.45 11.68 44.12 102.32 108.73 50.74 13.08 44.92 11.28 41.91 97.54 108.22 ^U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1979--281-051/35 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS ~~~ POSTAGE AND FEES PAID . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-2G9
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