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M A R C H 28, 1975 *, l?Hl^si A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS ^< TO ' c °v jgf x <&yj SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS -43=10 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS (avg. Monthly o f daily close) ' ' ' ' ' i ' ' 1972 1973 1974 1975 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Thousands Thousands 1,400 350 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 (Passenger cars) _1_J 1972 1973 1 l 1974 1 I i 1975 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. Billion $ 1,300 1,000 1967 = 100 180 CONSUMER PRICES 900 170 B PERSONAL INCOME (Seas, a d j . , at annual rates) _ 1,200 800 150 " \ 1,000 r W a g e a n d Sola Disbursements (right scale) - y 700 I 600 -JU 1 1 1 L i J - i L I J_l L.1,1 1 1 1 I.JLi- i i i i i 1 i i i i i 11 i,i i 1972 1973 1974 M i l l !500 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce ~" Food AH Services 140 900 800 y 160 Total (left scale) 1,100 130 120 - /•.../* X / *-' 1 " W/^ ' All Items - _T"""""* of'l 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 11 i i i 111 i i i 1972 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly - *** - a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1973 i i 1974 1975 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1974 1975 ITEM Mar. 16 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1967=100. 9 Foodstuffs do... 13 Raw industrials do... ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES mil. $. Nondurable goods stores do... 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. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ do... Member bank reserve bal ances 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. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43 s !0. Industrial, 425 stocks do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal thous. sh. tons. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr. Motor vehicles (passenger cars) number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. bbl. Steel, raw thous. sh. tons. Index of production 1967=100. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil. Mar. 23 Mar. 1 Mar. 8 Mar. 22 Mar. 15 199.8 227.1 182.7 10,048 7,108 496 197.8 223.0 182.0 296 302 77,049 91,193 35,825 428 77,760 88,599 34,513 259 77,933 89,362 34,509 30 101,220 59,694 374,593 24,095 125,957 59,739 9.26 80.37 89.73 100,954 60,209 379,495 25,459 126,260 59,557 9.25 82.90 92.70 103,202 60,694 381,136 26,434 125,264 59,618 9.24 83.59 93.60 12,875 35,392 96,292 8,444 2,723 111.6 15.2 12,985 36,206 102,125 8,453 2,785 114.2 14.9 11,725 36,199 130,845 8,368 2,718 111.4 14.5 234.6 228.7 238.6 9,740 6,626 294 2,757 2,533 265 232.9 226.9 237.1 9,756 6,538 285 ,711 ,479 215 199.0 228.5 180.8 10,230 6,831 569 5,892 5,180 270 10,107 7,150 569 5,953 5,210 266 71,193 84,248 35,748 116 71,286 85,262 35,209 80 76,993 91,576 34,634 177 99,374 57,608 356,126 25,794 112,382 55,806 8.25 99.74 111.65 97,982 57,904 358,297 24,856 114,777 56,150 8.30 97.57 109.19 11,305 34,314 120,098 9,085 2,839 116.4 16.7 12,650 34,373 151,081 9,068 2,875 117.8 17.0 196.0 218.6 181.7 124,800 2,669 109.4 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 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 do. Other labor income do. Proprietors' income: Business and professional do. Farm do. Rental income of persons do. Dividends do. Personal interest income do. Transfer payments do. Less personal contributions for soc. insurance...do. Total nonagricultural income do. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total... Primary metals Transportation equipment Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Househol d durables Capital goods industries Nondef ense Defense 1975 1974 ITEM mil. do. do. do. !!!!!!.!. .do. ....... .do. do. do! do. !do. r/ Revised. 1/ Data for Feb. 1975 are advance estimates 61,913 Jan. Feb. 1,107.0 722.5 262.1 204.1 172.0 135.3 153.0 48.5 1,113.4 728.3 264.6 204.9 172.8 137.0 153.8 48.9 ,184.5 767.8 272.3 214.2 183.9 147.4 164.2 54.0 ,191.0 766.6 269.3 209.7 183.8 148.3 165.2 54.5 rl,191.1 765.7 r266.4 r206.4 rl83.2 r!49.8 r!66.2 54.9 ,194.0 763.7 260.7 202.5 183.8 151.7 167.6 55.3 58.7 42.1 26. 31. 97. 126. 46. ,055. 59.4 39.1 26.4 31.6 98.3 128.4 46.8 1,064.9 62.5 29.1 26.8 33.6 109.5 149.8 48.5 62 29 26 32 111 156 48.4 ,151.4 62*7 r26.0 27.0 33.9 rill.9 rl58.6 r49.5 rl,154.3 62. 23. 27. 33. 112. 165. 37,088 6,504 8,249 40,828 7,061 8,855 43,893 10,089 38,158 6,690 7,379 r37,259 r6,972 r7,550 40,199 7,089 8,407 39,994 6,766 8,654 40,073 6,884 8,262 44,752 8,572 9,810 40,549 7,379 7,874 r40,134 r7,241 r7,935 39,393 6,914 7,836 3,132 11,718 10,166 1,552 3,236 11,869 10,259 3,185 12,749 11,213 2,963 12,547 10,962 1,610 1,536 1,585 r2,914 rl2,434 rlO,790 rl,644 2,921 12,480 10,763 1,717 Nov. ,145.2 8,031 Dec. Jan. Feb. 49. ,160. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1974 ITEH Jan. Feb. 40,566 44,158 1975 Dec. Nov. Jan. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total mil. $. 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... Nondefense do... Defense do... Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total do... Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do... Primary metals do... Transportation equipment do... Supplementary series: Househol d durabl es do... Capital goods industries do... Nondefense do... Defense do... 42,402 36,024 r35,434 r36,062 r5,071 r7,253 41,515 5,956 9,345 42,267 6,624 8,822 43,182 7,863 9,775 37,842 6,297 8,050 3,168 13,186 11,003 2,183 3,153 13,479 11,415 2,810 12,127 10,459 2,064 3,057 12,974 10,623 2,351 1,668 r2,781 rll,712 rl0,077 r l ,635 112,191 115,522 130,701 128,563 rl26,741 111,384 14,033 31,047 113,584 13,773 31,607 132,656 18,286 34,201 129,944 17,202 34,375 r!25,873 rl5,033 r33,694 2,289 63,048 41,676 21,372 2,208 64,661 42,834 21,827 1,922 75,352 50,822 24,530 1,769 74,930 50,318 24,612 rl,636 r74,208 r499605 r24,603 1967=100. 139.7 141.5 154.3 155.4 156.1 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 135.6 139.7 137.0 142.1 131.3 123.3 144.8 148.0 136.8 141.5 139.3 145.2 133.5 123.4 145.8 149.1 150.4 154.2 152.0 157 147 138 158 151. 155. 153. 158. 147. 138.8 160.0 163 164.8 151.8 155.9 153.4 158.7 147.2 139.3 161.3 166.2 Food Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables do... do... do... do... 153.7 169.2 146, 149, 157.6 174.2 149.3 155.9 167.8 164.0 152.7 164.3 169. 163. 155, 161. 170, 163, 155, 163. Housing Shelter do... do... Rent do... Homeownership do... 142, 147, 127, 154.8 143.4 148.3 128.0 155.8 158.3 161.2 13Z.8 171.7 159. 163. 133. 174. 161, 164, 134, 175. do... do... do... do... 140.8 194.6 134.3 129.0 143.5 202.0 137.3 130.1 157.1 229.2 154.0 151.0 158.4 228.8 156.7 152.3 160.5 228.9 160.2 153.2 1967=$1.00. $0,716 $0,707 $0,648 $0,643 $0,641 thous. do... 1,437 803 1,881 1,046 1,017 802 880 682 r996 r742 do... do... 1,282 637 1,325 716 730 511 822 486 r682 495 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Production or nonsupervisory workers on payrolls of p r i vate nonagricultural establishments: Hourly earnings, average, seasonally adjusted: Total private nonfarm payrolls dollars. Mining do... Contract construction , do... Manufacturing do... Transportation, communication, e l e c , gas, etc. ..!do!.*! Wholesale and r e t a i l trade do... 4.05 4.94 ,48 19 22 32 4.08 5.00 6.52 4.39 r5.38 7.02 r4.62 r5.67 3.61 4.40 r5.58 r7.04 4.22 5.26 3.34 4.36 5.20 6.95 4.58 5.64 3.59 68 60 3.68 3.63 3.93 3.86 3.97 3.89 3.97 r3.89 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: Unadjusted indexes: All items Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodi ti es Nondurables Nondurables less food Durabl es Servi ces Services less rent Fuel and u t i l i t i e s Fuel o i l and coal Gas and e l e c t r i c i t y Household furnishings and operation PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY — Consumer prices CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned One-fami ly structures NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One-fami ly structures Finance, insurance, and real estate Servi ces r] Revised. £/ Preliminary. 61,913 do. ". ."do! 1 / Data for Feb. 1975 are advance estimates. r4.62 r5.69 3.63 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1974 ITEM Jan. Feb. 1975 Nov. Dec. Jan. H09.7 H08.6 r96.5 r94.0 rl00.9 r!13.1 r93.4 r!13.2 rill.6 Feb. p_/ LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS--Con. Indexes of man-hours (aggregate weekly), seas, a d j . : Private nonagric. p a y r o l l s , t o t a l 1967=100 Goods-producing.. ...........do.. Mining. ...do... Contract construction...............................do.. Manufacturing. do.. Durable goods do.. Nondurable goods do.. Service-producing. ...do.. Transportation, comm., e l e c , gas..... ........do.. Wholesale and retail trade..........................do.. Wholesale trade. .do.. Retail trade. .do.. Finance, insurance, and real estate.................do.. Services.......... ..............................do.. 113. 106. 107. 120. 103. 104. 102. 118. 110. 115. 115. 116. 123.3 125.0 113.7 106.1 108.8 125.1 102.6 103.0 102.1 118.9 109.9 116.0 115.2 116.3 123.7 125.7 Earnings per production or nonsupervisory worker on payrolls of private nonfarm establishments: Average hourly earnings index, seasonally adjusted: Current dollars 1967=100 1967 dol 1 ars do.. Mining ..do.. Contract construction.. .. ....do.. Manufacturing.........................................do.. Transportation, comm., e l e c , gas, etc ..do.. Wholesale and retail trade ..do.. Finance, insurance, and real estate do.. Servi ces do.. 151.7 108.4 154.3 156.0 148.7 161.4 148.5 142.8 156.4 Gross average weekly earnings: Current d o l l a r s , seasonally adjusted 1967 d o l l a r s , seasonally adjusted Spendable average weekly earnings (married worker with three dependents): Current d o l l a r s , seasonally adjusted.. 1967 d o l l a r s , seasonally a d j u s t e d . . . . 111.2 99.4 95.8 H29.3 r!13.6 r!13.7 r!13.5 H24.1 r!30.1 114.1 103.0 86. 86. 86. 118. 104. 113. 113. 113. 123.9 129.7 164.1 106.3 167.2 168.3 162.5 174.1 160.3 153.4 166.8 165.3 106.4 r!72.5 r!70.1 r!63.5 H74.7 161.0 r!55.1 168.3 H66.1 H06.2 r!74.2 H70.4 r!64.6 r!75.6 r!62.5 H55.3 H68.7 167.3 106.3 177.5 170.3 166.1 176.7 163.5 157.7 169.9 150.14 105.97 157.83 102.23 159.80 102.83 H59.28 rl01.84 159.56 101.37 131.04 92.49 136.98 88.73 138.50 89.12 rl38.09 r88.29 138.31 87.87 114.4 96.9 98. 95. r94.4 r92.0 119. 107. 115. 114. 115. 123.0 129.2 r!18.9 r!07.1 H14.2 rll4.5 rlM.l 152.7 107.7 156.1 158.0 149.6 162.5 149.1 143.1 157.5 148.64 106.19 129.89 92.80 r!23.7 r 90.2 r90.9 r89.3 118.7 r!05.6 r/ Revised, p/ Preliminary, USC0MM—DC—61,913 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-202 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail ^e-191* WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 106.6 89.8
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