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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* 1941-43 = 10 140 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 13Q 1941-43* 120 -r- y^^^/^^ — 110 100 — — \ / ~ 90 (®vg. 80 ^L-J L^,L,ui.,J L-J L-J L™, 1 , » • 1 • 1 1970 1 1 , 1—1—L_J—L__ - 1.. t 1 1 • 1 -I .,.,1 L .J » 1 ; L„ II , 11 *A u L . J 1972 1971 fflo<iffi|Jy " " o f daily ;cieisej.. (Wtfcffrftjjitoty ^ M ^ ,1- 4 , ' ill, .Iv'll •!• if,,!-! - , , 1 , T , h JL J • 1 , L..J 1973 J FMAMJJASOND J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1967-100 170 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. 1. seas. a d j . tadexj) 160 - 150 - 140 - 130 Monthy 120 —i-J—l I L-J J — l — L _ I _ J L _ - 1 1.-L 1970 L-J—LL-L-U-»LV. I l l l l 1 l l I I I -J-JL J-,-1 1972 1971 1 , 1 i j__l 1 1 1973 Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thous<a rids Thousands 350 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 1,000 Monthly (Passenger cars) ~~ ~ ' 800 600 - 400 - 200 - 0 —L-J. 1 L - L 1 1, 1. . ,1 .L--L—, 1970 i i I l_i—l_l 1971 I l J l ...L 1 i—1—1—1—1—1—1—III 1972 Data: Motor Vechicle Mfrs. Assn. $ 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 I 1 l I i 1 i 1973 I l I l J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1972 ITEM Mar. 18 1973 Mar. 25 Mar. 10 Mar. 17 Mar. 24 15.0 114.9 146.1 148.4 148.9 148.6 mil. $.. 8,022 do.... 5,279 8,138 5,327 8,997 5,653 8,697 5,721 9,055 5,804 242 2,946 2,297 213 232 2,838 2,205 196 234 2,201 2,016 221 228 2,129 1,948 138 212 280 187 FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ mil. $... 60,222 Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/....do.... 72,901 Member bank reserve balances 3/ do.... 32,108 Excess reserves, estimated 3J do.... 393 60,257 73,313 31,558 -133 64,565 77,626 31,306 0 64,683 78,559 32,031 304 65,157 78,981 31,623 91 65,248 79,843 32,002 274 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: i\j Demand deposits, adjusted T.do.... 90,233 Savings deposits ...do. 57,114 Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do.... 276,411 U.S. Government obligations do.... 28,436 Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... 83,217 Real estate loans (gross) do.... 39,631 88,843 57,382 275,836 27,989 83,462 39,557 95,489 58,091 313,599 25,663 96,250 46,955 95,320 58,213 316,725 25,348 97,531 47,052 96,763 58,299 317,296 25,180 98,502 47,229 7.66 107.75 119.71 7.67 106o84 118.72 ,'.5/ 111.68 125.09 7.59 114.45 128.40 7.61 114.98 129.06 thous. sh. tons.. 11,680 mil. kw.-hr.. 31,390 number.. 179,967 thous. bbl.. 9 , 5 1 1 12,300 31,422 184,061 9,528 11,725 34,639 211,158 9,381 11,350 33,452 210,622 9,382 10,560 33,552 210,318 9,266 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1967=100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 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... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 2/» percent^* Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3J Steel, raw... Index of production Mar. 3 thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. 2.561 105.0 2,652 108.7 2,919 119.6 2,923 119.8 2,977 122.0 Ml.. 15.3 15.2 16.6 16.1 15.8 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 7.63 110.49 123.81 213,363 2,984 2-977 3/ Daily average. 4_/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1972 1973 ITEM Jan. Dec. Jan. 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 m e t a l s do. Transportation equipment ..do. Supplementary series: Household durables do. Capital goods industries do. Nondef ense , 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. xj Revised. 1/ Data for Feb. 1973 a r e advance e s t i m a t e s . 9041 535 ,565 ,983 32,611 4,880 7,974 36,557 5,437 9,287 34,801 5,465 8,311 r35,218 r5,670 r8,954 39,130 6,331 9,884 ,965 ,704 ,381 32,041 4,798 7,512 36,750 5,747 8,797 36,378 5,997 8,391 r38,056 r 5,8 35' r9,444 38,352 6,227 9,260 ,654 149 ,398 ,751 2,674 9,946 8,182 1,764 3,310 11,008 9,207 1,801 3,216 11,008 9,256 1,752 r3,184 rll,733 r9,721 r2,0l2 3,207 11,607 9,726 1,881 31,043 33,568 37,167 36,350 r37,737 41,292 ,554 ,644 ,366 32,466 4,888 7,632 37,619 5,914 8,849 37,562 5,968 8,480 r39,414 r6,206 r9,837 39,710 6,710 9,327 ,692 ,745 ,166 579 2,670 9,969 8,196 1,773 3,210 11,676 9,762 1,914 3,140 11,767 10,072 r3,087 rl2,342 rl0,433 3,361 12,088 10,041 1,695 rl,909 2,047 :923 71,880 79,115 80,665 r83,181 85,344 490 ,983 ,274 70,915 6,073 22,394 80,047 8,503 24,922 81,231 8,474 25,009 r82,589 r8,845 r25,404 83,943 9,326 25,472 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1973 1972 ITEM Jan. Jan. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS—Con. 1_/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, a d j . ) — C o n . Supplementary series; Household durables Capital goods industries Nondef ense Defense. mil. $. do... do. . . ....do... 1,848 44,079 25,153 18,926 1,844 44,102 25,167 2,139 49,191 29,000 2,064 49,948 29,814 rl,964 r50,559 r30,528 18,935 20,191 20,134 r20,031 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: Unadjusted indexes: All items 1967=100. Special group indexes: All items less food do... All items less medical care.....................do... Commodities do... Nondurables do... Nondurables less food do... Durables do... 123.2 123.8 126.9 127.3 127.7 124.0 122.8 118.7 119,2 118.1 117.3 124 .2 123 . 4 119 . 4 120 . 3 118 . 4 117 .1 127 , 4 126 .6 122 .7 123 .5 121 .7 120 , 3 127 = 6 126.9 122.9 123.8 121.7 120.3 127,4 127.3 123.4 124.7 120.9 119.9 135.4 138 = 0 126.0 131.2 118.3 127.3 135.7 1.33.3 128.6 136.1 119.1 130.5 Services. Services less rent. Food Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables .do. .do. .do. do. do. do. 131.5 134.1 120.3 120.7 116.4 120.9 131 .8 134 .4 122 .2 126 .3 116 .9 123 .9 134 .9 137 ,6 125 .4 131 5 117 .7 126 .5 Housing Shelter Rent Homeowner ship Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 127.3 132.3 117.5 137.8 118.7 118.7 119.0 119.5 127 .6 132 5 117 8 138 0 119 3 118 7 119 4 119. 6 130 136 120. 142. 121. 119. 122. 122. 8 2 5 0 7 3 2 1 131.2 136.8 121.0 142 121 119 122 122 131.4 136.9 121.5 142.6 122.8 120.7 124,1 122.2 do... do... do. . . do... do. . . do... 120.2 119.0 116.4 112.2 105,3 143.4 120. 118. 115. 111. 103, 143. 7 3 7 9 0 5 125. 121. 119. 110. 116. 144. 0 4 0 2 0 1 125.0 121.3 118.9 110.6 115.0 144.5 123.0 121.0 118.5 111.1 112.8 144.3 do... do... do... do... 124.3 130.5 118.1 121.4 124. 131, 118. 121. 7 0 4 5 127. 134. 121. 124. 4 1 0 1 127.5 134.4 121.5 124.0 127.8 134.9 121.8 124.1 1967=$1.00. $0,812 $0,808 $0,788 $0,786 $0,783 139.73 113.04 1.36 6.80 38.50 9.31 28.17 7.50 21.40 26.69 140.40 113.60 1.36 6.78 38.88 9.30 28.27 7.47 21.54 26.80 144.81 117.37 1.35 6.77 40.74 9.53 29.18 7.66 22.14 27.44 rl44.64 rll7.21 1.32 r6.40 r40.83 r9.62 29.17 7.70 r22.17 r27.43 rl44.64 rll7.19 rl.32 r6.53 r40.59 r9.66 r29.03 r7.69 r22.36 r27.45 134.6 109.1 134.8 108.7 140.7 110.9 rl42.0 rill.6 142.5 111.5 131.35 LQ.6..4a 132.43 1Q6.75 139.13 109.61 rl38.75 r109.08 rl39.11 rl08.79 117 u 30 95.09 118.15 95.24 123.43 97.24 rl23.14 r96.81 rl22.51 r95.81 491.4 325.7 59.7 106.0 496.6 328.5 61.0 107.1 549o4 373.6 60.6 115.1 554.2 376.6 62.0 115.6 r562.8 r384.3 r62.0 rll6.5 7.62 7.45 7.45 7.35 7.50 7.44 7.51 7.45 r7.67 r7.60 „ 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 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Man-hours of wage and salary workers, nonagricultural establishments, for 1 week in the month, seasonally a d j . at annual rate, total bil. man-hours. Private sector, total do... Mining do . . . Contract construction do... Manufacturing do... Transportation, communication, elec., gas, etc do... Wholesale and retail trade do... Finance, insurance, and real estate do... Services do... Government do... Earnings per production or nonsupervisory worker on payrolls of private nonfarm establishments: Average hourly earnings index, seasonally adjusted 2/' Current dollars 1967=100. 1967 dollars do... Gross average weekly earnings: Current dollars, seasonally adjusted 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted Spendable average weekly earnings (married worker with three dependents): Current dollars, seasonally adjusted 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted FINANCE Commercial bank credit (last Wednesday of month, except for June 30 and Dec. 31 call dates), seas, adj.: Total loans and investments 3/ bil. $. Loans 3_/ do... U.S. Government securities do... Other securities do. • . MONEY AND INTEREST RATES: Home mortgage rates (conventional 1st mortgages): New home purchase (U.S. average) percent. Existing home purchase (U.S. average) do... r_/ Revised. jg/ Preliminary. 1_/ Data for Feb. 1973 are advance estimates, manufacturing only, fluctuations in overtime. 3/ Excludes interbank loans 2] Adjusted for interindustry employment shifts and, for MONTHLY BUSINESS STAT!STICS™Cenf?nu©d 4 1972 ITEM J anffl METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Consumers' (manufacturers only) .mil. tons, Receipts during period-.. ....«.»... ,, . „ «•, n.,..,;..... .do... Consumption during per iodo . .»o.c»«......«.„...a..... .do... Service centers (warehouses )« . » . . .,. . . .» . ,,. . ..., „ ..,». .do.„. Producing mills: In process (ingots, semifinished, etc, ) . . ..„. „.,.,. .do... Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc.) .do... MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools? Orders, nev/ (net) , total. .«,....,... ... K ...,.,.«,.„. .mil. $. Domestic.. „.. .. „ ........«,... ..... ...«.„. . ..........do.c» Shipment s, total. > .. .. .... . . ... .». . .. « .. <> . u . . u ...do... ..» Domestic ................................... *.... . o » d o » „ . Order backlog, end of month.,.., .«... . .. -,,»- -.. ,, .. o ., . d O « . r. Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net) . total *».»....,..„.,. c........... ,..do... Domestic, „...................................... ...do... Shipments, total ....„...„......................... a ...do... Domestic.................o..................... ...do... Order backlog, end of month...................... ...do... Feb. 1973 Nov. 10.0 5.3 5.3 7.1 Jan. 8.9 6.0 6.0 r7.8 8.3 rll.2 rlO.l rll .3 rl0.2 11.0 0 5.4 Feb* 7.0 7.0 rll.2 r9.0 rll. r9. 51.15 47.95 39.60 33.65 419.0 60.80 55.25 46.40 40.10 433.4 112.70 103.45 66.20 58.80 676.1 118.30 104.20 92.40 83.45 702.0 rl24.80 rl03.25 r66.15 r58.60 r760.6 pi29.05 pll6.30 p74.05 P 67.30 p815.6 19.60 17.95 16.35 13.70 165.0 24„.95 21.80 22.70 19.30 167.3 53.20 48.90 30.65 26.05 248.8 37=65 34.10 25.95 21.45 260,5 r56.85 r49.55 r27.15 r25.70 r290.2 P 70.10 721 610 111 10.3 8.8 1.5 813 698 115 10.4 8.9 1.5 1,032 891 141 11.6 9.8 1.8 847 719 128 11.1 9.2 1,9 876 736 140 rl2.1 rl0.2 1.9 920 775 146 12.3 10.3 2.0 1,588 1,521 2.1 1,684 1,566 2,1 313 473 1.8 1,311 1,454 1,9 1,528 rl,535 1,649 1,563 685.1 91.4 165.0 680.0 97.1 165.7 869.1 122.0 222.6 .913.2 125.4 239.5 752.5 106.9 193.8 P 63.90 P 26.90 P 24.50 P 333.4 TRANSPORTAT ION EQUIPMENT RETAIL SALES., NEW PASSENGER CARS: Total, not seasonally adjusted.« n ................... u .thous. Domestics»..•,»... o.„»0« ,: „». e .«.„«..». o . ».<......., ..o..do... . Impor t s ........................„.»..>:.......... .... ..do... Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rates......... o. ...mil. Domestics o.« ...,....«. * n... . <,, o . . . a.. « . . . = .... .-.-.». -.... ..do... I m p O r t S o o *...-. o n .,». o . . . o o <-. o . o o o . . . o . . . . . . . . . » c o . a odOo o . Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of month: Not seasonally adjusted..so..*.*..................... .thous» ..do... Seasonally adjusted,,...., „,. ,».. o.«•.. « ............... ... .ratio., Inventory-sales ratio,, new cars (domestics)o.: c c.-..« ; REGISTRATIONS (new vehicles): 1/ Passenger cars....................................... .thous. Import cars (incl. domestically sponsored)......... ..do... Trucks. „... u .....-.co.........................a.... ..do... r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. 1/ Courtesy of R. L. 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