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March 4, 197 .<:;x ^ 4 T E S O* * A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE BUSINESS STATISTICS SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 475 (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 Monthly average of Wednesday d a t a ) - System) 450 - 425 - AHO 4UU 375 - 350 - 325 , 300 i i i i 1974 . 1 i i i i . i . i 1975 i i 1 i i i i i i i i i i 1976 1 J 1977 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Federal Reserve Board INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 PRICES OF 4 0 0 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 — INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 Monthly Weekly (Wednesday close) - (avg. of daily close) 130 120 " H 120 110 " 110 inn 100 90 - 90 80 " 80 70 —I—I—L_™J—I—I—I—I—L-J—I—I—I—I—I—I—I 1974 I L*J I I I 1975 I I l I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1976 I I I,..I L I l l i I i F M A M J J A S O N D J 1977 70 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. THOUSANDS 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (Passenger cars) 1,200 THOUSANDS 350 Monthly Weekly - 300 1,000 - 800 - 600 III 400 200 l-J—I—I—I 1974 1975 I I I I I L- J I I LJ L_J_ 1976 Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. ^ A v a i l a b l e 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 1977 f Q 200 YTC n\ [ \ fad * i 150 K 100 .! i i i 1 ,1, 1 I I I I I , . J F M A M J J A S O N D 0 I 0 250 1977 50 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 Feb. 21 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Feb. 26 212.2 207.8 215.2 213.7 210.0 216.1 213.4 208.6 216.7 mil. $. do. . . 11,096 7,426 378 4,771 3,758 185 11,715 7,505 353 4,619 3,640 204 11,905 8,049 702 4,578 3,774 157 11,929 8,021 552 4,562 3,756 219 12,237 8,133 422 175 140 84,369 100,692 34,540 500 84,061 103,686 33,656 -117 91,303 109,657 35,352 179 91,610 109,255 34,661 295 91,968 107,838 34,567 174 e91,873 110,067 34,188 263 100,547 74,786 377,520 41,107 116,738 59,748 9.23 99.85 112.02 101,978 75,269 374,475 40,083 116,098 59,723 9.19 101.69 114.31 109,046 91,515 397,243 47,6.15 114,771 63,945 8.46 102.36 113.67 107,896 91,976 395,617 48,003 114,819 64,121 8.46 100.73 111.82 8.48 101.50 112.77 8.50 100.19 111.33 13,290 36,358 178,049 8,014 12,805 3.6,680 168,999 8,062 9,460 43,359 121,756 8,020 10,845 41,425 161,446 8,020 12,400 40,603 199,617 8,020 2,404 80.5 2,458 82.3 2,003 65.2 2,116 68.9 2,260 73.6 14.9 15.9 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's)~£/..1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do. . . thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. thous. sh. tons. percent. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES Feb. 19 195.9 203.4 190.7 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3_/. .. .do. . . Member bank reserve balances 5/ do. . . Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do.. . Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks:4/ Demand deposits, adjusted T.. .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... Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/. . Feb. 12 195.2 205.0 188.6 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thou's. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do. . . State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun § Bradstreet)...number. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 5/ Feb. 5 Feb. 28 1967=100. do. . . do. .. bil. 212.5 205.4 217.5 200,126 2,306 75.1 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 5/ Daily average. £/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities. e_/ EstimatedT MONTHLY ITEM BUSINESS STATISTICS 1975 1976 Dec. Jan. 43,213 5,937 9,383 43,210 6,544 9,638 51,869 7,454 11,307 51,408 r7,086 12,265 r50,726 r6,752 rll,996 49,448 6,901 12,481 46,772 6,412 10,913 47,289 6,850 10,444 49,267 7,355 10,164 51,427 7,283 11,705 r55,520 r7,298 rl4,269 53,499 7,250 13,068 3,138 14,154 12,163 1,991 3,157 14,419 12,219 2,201 3,202 15,609 13.320 2,289 3,263 15,639 13,350 2,289 r3,319 rl6,671 rl4,208 r2,463 3,233 16,171 13,731 2,440 Oct. 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 adjusetd): 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. . Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total do. . Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusetd): Durable goods industries, total do.. Primary metals do.., Transportation equipment do.. , r/ Revised. 84,204 1/ Data for Jan. 1977 are advance estimates. 42,026 42,307 r53,016 r51,449 r50,726 49,448 45,985 6,666 10,856 45,904 6,674 9,476 r50,993 7,019 rll,431 r52,424 7,529 rl2,191 r57,497 r7,252 rl5,580 55,178 7,907 13,296 3,169 12,991 11,054 1,937 3,203 13,103 11,663 1,440 3,379 rl7,203 14,302 r2,901 3,284 rl6,064 12,878 r3,186 r3,314 rl8,303 rl4,305 r3,998 3,379 16,574 14,688 1,886 162,726 161,822 ri64,998 r!65,040 rl66,639 168,808 163,582 14,742 50,236 162,197 14,567 49,268 rl64,522 15,804 r50,958 rl65,519 16,051 r51,445 rl67,494 rl6,004 r52,753 169,172 16,660 52,981 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. 29,210 2,669 107,216 78,767 28,449 2,629 rl08,198 78,398 r29,800 2,650 rl08,623 77,925 r30,698 r2,644 rll0,253 r78,022 r32,231 77.1 76.1 55.6 72.9 72.5 54.0 rl49.8 148.4 109.1 rl28.2 rl27.1 r89.4 rl07.3 rl06.6 r72.1 do.. . do.. . rl,336 rl,025 rl,259 r973 rl,715 rl,269 rl,706 rl,236 rl,884 rl,331 do. . . do... 1,091 812 1,147 851 1,492 998 1,590 1,072 rl>514 rl,053 rl49.51 rl20.07 1.71 r6.91 38.63 9.29 r30.47 8.06 r25.00 r29.44 rl50.47 rl20.88 1.72 r7.03 39.02 9.24 r30.65 8.10 r25.13 r29.58 87 rl52.70 rl22.62 1.80 r6.95 39.18 9.33 r31.15 8.32 r25.89 r30.08 96 rl52.62 rl23.22 rl.81 r7.04 r39.59 r9.45 r31.06 8.36 r25.91 r29.40 99 rl53.44 rl23.61 rl.82 r6.99 r39.57 r9.51 r31.32 8.40 r25.99 r29.83 105 2.2 1.3 3.4 .9 1.9 3.8 2.1 3.7 1.3 1.6 3.5 2.5 4.1 1.7 1.5 3.0 1.9 3.4 1.2 1.5 2.2 1.3 r3.5 1.0 rl.8 3.9 2.5 3.6 1.6 1.3 4.1 2.6 3.5 1.6 1.1 3.5 2.3 4.0 1.5 1.6 3.8 2.4 3.6 1.5 1.3 4.0 2.5 3.6 1.7 1.1 537 400 251 Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS--Con. 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted)--Con. Supplementary series: Household durables mil. $. Capital goods industries do.. . Nondef ense do.. . Defense do. . . 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 3 thous. do. . . do... 2,623 108,533 79,323 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS EMPLOYEE-HOURS of wage and salary workers, nonagric. estab., for 1 week in the month, seas. adj. at annual rate 2/ bil. hours Total private sector 2/ do. . Mining do. . Contract construction 2/ do. . Manufacturing do.. Transportation, communic, e l e c , gas, etc do.. Wholesale and retail trade 2/ do. . Finance, insurance, and real estate do. . Services 2/ do. . Government 2/ do. . HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEAS. ADJUSTED INDEX 1967=100 LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession rate, total mo. rate per 100 employees New hires do. . Separation rate, total do. . Quit do. . Layoff do. . Seasonally adjusted: Accession rate, total do. . New hires do. . Separation rate, total do.. Quit do. . Layoff do. . WORK STOPPAGES: Number of stoppages: Beginning in month number Workers involved: Beginning in month thous Days idle during month . do.. 239 86 1,854 75 1,191 161 4,138 262 3,228 89 1,770 mil. $ do.. do. . 9,328.7 9,303.5 9,249.9 8,763.8 8,754.2 9,097.2 10,085.1 10,080.7 r9,698.6 9,687.4 9,682.3 r9,589.3 10,798.6 10,794.5 rlO,410.4 do.. do.. do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do.. do. . do. . do. . 1,382.0 139.3 819.8 350.9 68.8 780.7 895.3 4,038.2 633.3 1,563.9 478.5 8,884.5 8,521.5 1,333.3 187.9 835.8 268.4 78.9 753.2 893.8 3,579.0 665.1 1,212.2 477.9 9,009.0 r9,000.9 1,515.9 149.7 1,049.4 407.2 83.1 816.3 906.7 4,229.0 833.3 1,502.1 560.1 10,023.1 rlO,555.1 1,299.2 126.5 1,118.2 379.1 79.0 827.9 904.8 4,067.7 733.2 1,537.3 541/4 11,061.6 rl0,622.9 1,220.8 191.9 1,101.9 361.1 94.8 930.7 996.6 4,833.8 892.0 1,976.2 611.0 11,450.2 rll,020.4 do. . do.. do.. do.. do.. do. . do. . do. . do. . 712.1 137.2 524.4 2,547.5 46.0 327.9 1,211.1 2,269.4 878.7 759.7 141.5 483.8 2,790.7 57.8 350.0 1,190.5 2,229.7 838.8 776.5 139.1 602.4 2,823.1 18.6 471.6 1,520.1 2,354.4 1,101.0 924.3 137.9 578.3 3,069.9 62.2 473.9 1,606.8 2,723.7 1,231.3 1,031.4 155.4 668.1 3,332.8 50.0 453.6 1,629.0 2,795.4 1,114.2 FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Animal and vegetable oils, fats, waxes Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, total Electrical Transport equipment, total Miscellaneous manufactured articles GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonal ly adj usted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Animal and vegetable oils and fats Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment Miscellaneous manufactured articles.. r/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. 1/ Data for Jan. 1977 are advance estimates, 2/ Data reflect adjustments to correct employment levels (back to July 1975) for four industry divisions. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1976 Oct. Dec. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION HOTELS AND MOTOR-HOTELS: Restaurant sales index..................same month 1967=100. Hotels: Average room sale..........................dollars. Rooms occupied....................percent of total. Motor-hotels: Average room sale................... .dollars. Rooms occupied..............percent of total. 1977 117 r29.23 r45 r20.16 r49 108 29.41 138 33.43 122 32.54 21.24 58 23.36 70 22.07 60 128 31.46 46 21.88 50 87.05 71.05 161.95 130.95 1,062.4 73.75 66.15 117.00 101.20 1,019.2 190.55 168.60 112.60 96.95 1,149.0 201.30 191.35 117.10 106.10 1,233.2 171.10 150.50 161.95 145.70 1,242.4 pl54.55 pl40.70 p94.45 p80.50 pi,302.5 28.25 23.60 48.15 39.75 218.6 32.80 29.30 39.25 33.20 212.1 48.80 39.05 50.50 41.95 214.6 43.85 39.00 59.90 46.60 198.6 58.15 53.50 47.55 40.65 209.2 p46.15 p42.50 p50.85 p36.50 p204.5 1,800 210.3 259.7 178.5 rl,952 r268.0 r224.5 rl93.4 2,056 83.0 321.6 235.7 1,868 83.6 301.4 193.8 1,967 219.2 239.4 224.3 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 194.9 360.9 83.8 279.3 202.9 rl76.7 r300.2 rll4.9 r369.6 266.4 224.1 392.7 108.2 369.6 295.1 207.8 330.7 84.9 345.0 295.3 1,714 186. 245. 202. 187. 289. 81. 277. 217.8 .thous. .do.. . do.. . 820.9 100.7 241.2 676.7 89.3 205.0 797.0 129.2 252.6 762.7 130.3 240.9 845.6 124.5 264.2 METALS AND MANUFACTURES MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total...........................mil. $ Domestic .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.. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT: Household electrical appliances, factory sales........thous Air conditioners (room)...............................do.. Dishwashers. .do.. Disposers (food waste)............................... do.. Ranges Refrigerators Freezers Washers Dryers (incl. gas) TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT REGISTRATIONS (new vehicles): 1/ Passenger cars. Imports, including domestically sponsored. Trucks r / Revised, p / P r e l i m i n a r y . USC0MM--DC-- 847204 1/ Courtesy of R.L. Polk $ Company; r e p u b l i c a t i o n p r o h i b i t e d . 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