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BUSINESS STATISTICS n W n ^ y *H UJLJtfry T l r^ A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^j^g^#gf 1967 = 150 1967=100 150 100 ELECTRIC P O W E R (E. E. 1. sea. a d j . index) PRODUCTION (by utilities) 140 f\ 130 J 120 **^ ~ no Monthly 100 —U-i J 1.J—Lj 1—1 L-JL^ _ J L_J—L_J 1968 1 1—L_J 1 \— 1 1 L_J 1969 1 1 L_J L_J L.._ 1 1-1—1 1 1 1970 1 1 I 1 -L J 1971 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (Passenger cars) 1,000 Thousands 350 - - 800 f\ y\ f\ A 600 - 400 _ 200 Monthly 0 i i i i i 1 i i i i i i i 1968 i i i i t i i i i i i t i i 1969 i i i i i i 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 I 1970 1 JL 1 1971 J FMAMJJASOND Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. 1967 = 100 1967=100 250 250 R A W STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots a n d a l l other forms) 200 - H 200 150 - 150 100 100 Monthly 5 0 JL.,, 1 -J—1—1—L 1 1 1 1 1 , 1968 1 1 L 1 1 1 — L - J — t - J — 1 — -JL_J—1 1969 1 t 1 1 1 L J 1_ _ l 1970 Data: Amer. Iron £ Steel inst. * 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 t i i 1 i 1971 i i i i JFMAMJJASOND WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1970 ITEM Feb. 27 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 117.2 116.4 109.6 110.0 109.8 6,283 4,352 6,647 4,414 6,399 4,648 6,571 4,740 6,587 4,648 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 & B r a d s t r e e O o o . onumber.. 284 1,982 1,868 205 241 1,987 1,869 169 375 3,208 2,752 264 322 3,185 2,754 213 286 179 212 FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ • ..mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/»°....do,... Member bank reserve balances 3/o O ...do.... Excess reserves, estimated 37 do.... 52,202 61,657 28,059 249 52,080 61,226 27,577 172 55,442 66,187 30,007 286 55,664 66,526 29,766 183 55,946 67,381 30,192 279 55,816 66,919 29,895 322 77,867 46,088 225,371 21,766 78,399 33,799 78,321 45.633 224,613 21,530 78,215 33,489 81,041 49,456 250,871 28,576 80,265 34,290 80,134 49,893 250,947 28,259 80,349 34,307 80,406 50,132 248,973 27,754 80,740 34,378 8.28 87.44 96.08 8.23 89.35 98.00 7.79 96.63 106.02 7.74 97.39 106.92 7.72 98.20 107.82 PRODUCTION: 1,916 Bituminous coal ^/.o .... ...o .. .thous. sh. tons.. 28,968 Electric power, by utilities .mil. kw.-hr.. 162,844 Motor vehicles (passenger cars) number.. 9,600 Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/ .o.....thous. bbl.. 1,923 28,487 158,935 9,582 1,754 31,828 191,082 9,960 1,818 31,596 181,571 9,939 1,820 30,089 196,862 9,992 2,640 108.2 2,690 110.3 2,622 107.5 2,664 109.2 2,724 111.7 14.8 14o8 13.9 13o9 14.2 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2} 1967=100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores...... m i l . $.. O do.... • Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted • m i l . $.. Savings deposits ......do..** Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total.........do.... U.S. Government obligations. O ..do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do...Real estate loans (gross) o o ..do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3J~o percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/....1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks. O ..do.... Steel, rawo... o Index of production » o thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES. . .. o o 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. o . . .bil. . 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. Feb. 20 110.0 7.74 96.73 106.27 186,061 2,780 113.9 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1971 1970 ITEM Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec. Feb. Jan. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS 1910-14=100.. 287 217 336 161 168 158 207 600 346 351 420 197 289 221 333 171 169 159 215 603 348 344 436 181 270 231 284 187 184 175 247 605 304 366 352 145 265 225 279 177 192 170 204 610 300 365 343 148 271 232 305 178 199 171 216 611 304 361 357 144 284 238 326 182 201 173 233 612 323 355 403 136 331 360 309 383 75 333 362 312 386 75 340 371 319 395 68 r341 372 320 396 67 343 372 322 399 68 346 375 325 403 70 109.3 112.8 112o0 108.3 109.7 114.0 112.1 108.7 110.9 107.0 111.7 111.3 111.0 107.1 110o7 111.7 111.8 108.9 U1.8 112.2 $0c915 $0,912 $0,902 $0,901 r$0.894 4.0 2.9 4.8 2.1 1.7 3.6 2.5 4o3 1.9 lo6 3.0 1.9 4*3 1.4 2.1 2.4 1.4 4.1 1.2 r2.3 p3.6 P 2.0 P 4.4 pl05 P 2.0 PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates.....do.... WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX: Industrial commodities. • PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y - -do. ... p p p p 112.7 113.8 113.4 112.5 p$0.887 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: rj Revised. for FRASER 2507 £_/ Preliminary. Digitized o..o... ....... MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1969 1971 1970 Dec. Oct. Jan. Nov. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, A N D E A R N I N G S — C o n o LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS—Cono Seasonally adjusted: Accession rate, total m o . rate per 100 employees. New hires «o....do.o. 4.6 3.5 4.2 3.3 3.6 2.4 3o7 2.3 3.8 2.3 P3.8 4.5 2.5 1.4 5.0 2.5 lo5 5.0 1.9 2.2 4.8 1.7 2.0 4.4 1.9 rl.8 P4.6 196 51 260 55 410 159 270 72 160 449 280 222 446 276 3,882 420 233 3,730 650 608 10,056 510 469 3,458 370 527 2,438 440 286 2,709 13,204 6,714 1,732 4,758 13,388 6,738 1,804 4,846 14,573 7,137 1,973 5,463 14,616 7,156 2,020 5,439 14,773 7,186 2,030 5,557 14.957 7,210 2,119 5,628 9,560.4 4,198.2 9,547.5 4,054.0 10,791.8 4,899.8 10,542.4 4,824.0 rl0,896.4 5,016.1 10,710.0 4,825.9 5,362.2 Total 2.3?. SMSA's (except N = Y e ) o«..do.o. 2,212=9 6 other leading SMSA's do..o 3,149.3 226 other SMSA» s do0.. MONEY AND INTEREST RATES: Home mortgage rates (conventional 1st mortgages): New home purchase (U.S. average) ...percent. 8.07 Existing home purchase (U.So average) do..o 8.08 LIFE INSURANCE: Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Total life insurance premiums collected. o..mil. $o 2,009 Ordinary (inclo mass-marketed ord.) D o...«do0.o 1,370 Group .0...0 o.odoo.. 393 Industrial o «, .do. . . 246 Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and UoSo Govto, annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA's)ratio, of debits to deposits. 69.4 New York SMSAo « ..««,.. o . ..«,.... o • ...... o.«.. do„«, . 145.7 49.2 Total 232 SMSA's (except N„Y.) »o .,..do... 69 0 6 6 other leading SMSA's. ° «« O ..do.o. 40o8 226 other SMSA's.o.o o.u..o o..o..do... 5,493.5 2,277.4 3,216.1 5,892.1 2,497.4 3,394.6 5,718.4 2,420.1 3,298.3 r5,880.3 2,480.1 r3,400.2 5,884.0 2,475.2 3,408.8 8.16 8.13 .33 .20 8o26 8.18 8.20 8.12 8.02 7.93 1,524 1,182 238 104 1,708 1,308 305 95 1,596 1,198 304 95 2,082 1,457 392 234 69.3 139.9 50.5 71.6 4108 78.2 175.9 53.5 78.4 43.4 75.7 168.5 51o7 75o8 41.9 77.0 170.6 52.4 76.7 42o6 Separation rate, totalo....o Quit Layoff. STRIKES A N D LOCKOUTS: Beginning in period: Work stoppages ..o Workers involved... In effect during month: Work stoppages o Workers involvedo. Man-days idle during period o o o ..do... do... do.. . . . . o . . .number o . .„thouso o number. ....thous. ...odo... • P2.3 pi.8 pi.8 FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS A N D DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED B Y T H E FARM CREDIT ADM.: T o t a l , end of montho. .............oo.o..o..o..00 ....mil. $• Farm mortgage loans: Federal land bankso..... do... Loans to cooperatives. ... o. . „ o. odo.. . Other loans and discountSo . . . . o . oo.......do..o Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U . S . G o v t , accounts, annual rates, seaso a d j . : Total (233 SMSA's)..<, bilo $. New York SMSA = do. = , 76 0 4 168O3 52.8 77.3 42.9 FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSEo), INCLo REEXPORTS, TOTAL.. . .«,. -o. ...o. ..milo $o Exclo Department of Defense Shipments 0 0 0 ...........0 . 0 odo..o Seasonally adjusted. .......o....oo...o..o...do. 00 3,421.0 3,362,4 3,238.4 3,290.7 3,230.3 r3,405.7 3,975.3 3,916.7 r3,688.7 3,544o8 3,494d r3,499o3 3,736.9 3,685o2 r3,570.2 3,532.3 3,481.8 3,735.4 GENERAL IMPORTS , TOTAL Seasonally adjusted. 3,245.6 3,005.5 r3,125.8 r3,223.1 3,598.9 r3,500.5 3,405.8 r3,428.4 3,555.5 r3,404.3 3,422.0 3,686.3 9o62 9.24 11.90 9.56 8.47 12.43 10.28 9.62 13.22 9.28 8.77 12.93 9.82 9.74 12.26 38.0 36.9 42.0 40.1 r34.7 38.2 240o0 74.8 232.0 83 0 6 194.1 54.2 219.2 82.9 r218.2 r85.8 215o0 103.4 161.9 160.3 134.3 153.4 rl52.6 152*2 19.5 23.0 30.7 26.8 27.5 33.1 1,453.5 103.2 l,432o4 108.5 1,530.2 139.8 1,507.5 158.2 rl,560.4 rll2.2 1,556.4 I70o2 663.7 664.2 729,8 705.6 r727.7 722.7 261 1,632 431 1,840 292 1,665 531 1,835 215 1,784 225 2,117 213 rl,588 202 2,013 188 1,705 204 1,949 0 o o <, o . <, . d o . „ . .......0.. .do... FOOD A N D KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO BEER: Production o . . 0 m i l . bbl o Taxable withdrawals « o „ .do0.. Stocks, end of month. o .. o..do 0 .. u VEGETABLE OILS A N D RELATED PRODUCTS: Corn o i l : Production, crudeo.o o...mil. l b . Cottonseed cake and m e a l : Production o.o..thous. sho tons. Stocks (at oil m i l l s ) , end of month-o O..dou.. Cottonseed o i l : Production, crude „ 0 .e»«mil« lbo Linseed o i l : Production, crude ( r a w ) . . 0 . . . 0 o...o..do.o. Soybean cake and meal: Production. o.thouso sh. tonso 0 Stocks (at oil mills), end of montho ... o ooo.dc.o Soybean oil: Production, crude 0....0 o.. u . 0 miL lb. Q LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip Cattle hide and side kip„...o Goat and kid o.... 0 Sheep and lambo. r/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 2507 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis „ 0 ..thous. skins. hides and kips. o. . . oa . . O t h o u s u skins* 0 .do.. . 0 .«thous. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1969 19/0 ITEM Nov. Dec. Sept. Oct. 1,096 1,260 735 1,091 1,273 716 911 1,150 685 843 1,087 662 r826 r929 r550 881 1,056 597 117 82 48 91 63 44 72 58 42 r90 r53 r38 77 72 43 446 152 125 334 137 116 318 146 123 r316 12.4 r!02 320 140 114 5,255 5,427 4,521 5,274 5,025 4,788 5,537 5.147 5,813 5,645 5,670 5,912 5,112 5,340 5,716 5,038 4,942 5,873 818 598 780 608 832 571 868 571 r801 r562 751 568 839 321 440 77 796 230 469 99 821 326 427 68 872 401 405 66 r885 420 r396 r68 830 386 373 70 4,455 1,958 2,150 11 336 4,253 1,885 2,046 8 314 4,092 1,762 1,959 16 356 4,584 2,014 2,169 16 385 r4,264 r1,864 r2,054 rl4 r333 3,960 1,792 1,831 14 323 Nov. Dec METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, gray irons Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month.»«.»nothous« she tons. Shipments , For t O t a l o . u S a l e.k . . . . . . . . o . o . o o o o . o o o o o . . e o . . . o « . . o . o o o o o o . o o o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •-- . . . . . . dOe, . . « . ^o o c u o o „ o o B o o o «dOo oo Castings, malleable iron; Orders» ur.f ill ed, for sal e, end of montho...»«<•> = o . . <>.-, « a,, . r. . do.-, „ c 115 79 Shipments, t O t a i o u a o o o o « « « o o « . . . « a o o « « o . . o « « . . . o « o o c > » « o . e Q O m o « 49 For sal e Q .. .....•««•.......... a.......... ...... o ...»... do. ©- • Steel castings: 430 Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of montho..« . «=«». = « » <. o » e » » do. .. 151 Shipments« total ...............a ..* e e.... . . . » . » <> 0 • . = •> . . . o » d o . . . F o r sal e. •. . «.. o u » . . . . » . . . .«.». . . . . . . . =.. . a. •... . c... o . o d o . . .128 P U L P 9 PAPER,AND PAPER PRODUCTS PULFwTOOD: Receipts, o..o.oo..oothou8o cords (128 cu» ft.)o Consumption,,........ .«*.»..« o» * .<-,. o o » 0 . *.. o..« o n « . o . <, • »n o o d o D • a Stocks, end of month. »«...............«.... =....... ... ..o do0«, c Waste paper: Consumption....„......... = .....:.....oo.0.......thouso sh. tons« Stocks, end of montho ....o....o..... o.........o......o o.odo... WOOD PULP: Stocks, end of month: Total, all mills. . .. . . . ..».-..........................a doo.. P u l p m i l1 S . e . . . . . a . - » ° . o . e e . . o o e . . o . o u . . . a . n B a a . . o o . o d 0 . n . Paper and board m i l 1 s . . . . . . . . . . • • • . . . . • . < > . a . a . . . a . c o o do.o« Nonpaper m i l l s . . . . . . . . . . . . » . . . < > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a. » . . » • do. • • PAPER AND BOARD: Production (Bu. of the Census): All grades, total, unadjusted......... ..............o..doooo •tape r o « o » e o o « t > » o o e o o o o o o o o Q a » » « s o o o « i . o . o 6 . o s a r a a a o u a e . a . Q O e o a Paper board ••...•••••.....„• .....do... Wet-machine board...««....<>•«........................do... Construction paper and boar do .......... .». „...... B . . . . d c Q . . rj Revisedo USCOMM—DC— 2507 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE A N D U.S. GOVERNMENT FEES PAID PRINTING OFFICE
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