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WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS j f / March 6, 1981 Annual Subscription: domestic, $22.00; foreign, $27.50 (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 E C O N O M I C ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 160 INDEX, 1941-43=10 PRICES OF 400 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 150 /v 1180 Monthly (avg. of daily close) Weekly (Wednesday close) — 140 170 * v 130 1981 t - l\ / M 160 150 140 120 r < A 110 100 v 90 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1978 I I I l I 1 I 1979 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1980 1 1 1 l 1 1 l 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 l 1981 130 / 120 r' 110 M I i A S O N D i \ \ i i l l J F M A M J J Data: S t a n d & P o o r ' s C o r p . THOUSANDS 350 THOUSANDS MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Monthly Weekly 300 (Passenger cars) 250 200 150 100 1980 * J 50 y 1978 1979 Data: M o t o r Vehicle M f g r s . Assn. of the U n i t e d States, 1980 160 i I I i i I I I I I i 0 J. F M A M J J A S O N D 1967=100 325 CONSUMER PRICES TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 170- 1981 Inc. 1967=100 1801 I I I I 1 I I I I (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) - 1 3 0 1 i i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 11 i i 11 i 1 1 1 1 i 11 i 1 1 1 i i i 1978 Data: F e d e r a l Reserve B o a r d 1979 1980 11 11 11 11 1981 1978 1979 Data: U . S . D e p t . of L a b o r WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. ' | 1980 1981 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1980 ITEM F e b . 23 1981 Mar. 1 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 1967=100.. do do.... 295.0 254.2 326.9 294.2 253.7 325.8 273.7 258.0 285.0 271.6 258.0 281.2 thous.. 414 406 501 440 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)...number.. 3,818 3,598 142 3,727 3,493 169 4,181 3,583 372 321 232 121,962 137,473 43,992 542 121,533 135,559 42,792 -207 130,957 139,632 40,449 228 131,721 139,545 39,096 170 132,431 141,281 40,055 295 105,306 73,112 510,679 35,542 160,867 102,216 103,241 72,586 509,565 35,602 159,977 102,530 100,557 75,636 546,125 41,122 171,892 113,157 102,846 75,538 540,543 40,209 170,055 113,418 13.18 116.47 132.44 13.54 112.38 127.95 14.05 128.59 145.68 14.23 128.24 145.44 14.32 128.48 145.98 SPOT MARKET PRICES 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 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 laons (gross) do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 272.8 258.1 283.4 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons.. m i l . kw.-hr.. number.. thous. b b l . . 16.075 44.076 157,439 8,696 15,615 44,588 145,243 8,696 16,105 48,526 119,326 e8,508 16,520 47,616 95,636 e8,510 18,240 42,136 129,048 e8,510 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. s h . tons.. percent.. 2,432 83.2 18.4 2,491 85.2 19.1 2,386 79.7 17.7 2,400 2,474 80.2 82.6 17.2 18.4 RAIL FREIGHT. REVENUE TON-MILES bil.. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar w e e k s . 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday d a t a . 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 ITEM Dec. 1980 Jan. O c t . r/ 1981 N o v . r/ Dec. g/ J a n . e/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY A D J . , TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) 1967=100.. BY MARKET GROUPINGS: PRODUCTS, T O T A L . .do Final products .do MATERIALS, TOTAL Durable goods materials Nondurable goods materials Energy materials BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MINING AND UTILITIES MINING Metal mining Coal Oil and gas extraction UTILITIES Electric MANUFACTURING, TOTAL Tobacco products.....•..•..•....•.••.< Textile mill products T.pathpr ?inH •nroHiirt. r/ Revised, JD/ Preliminary, e/ Estimated. 152.,5 152..7 146.,9 149.,4 150. 9 151.8 149.,8 147..2 149.,9 147.,0 147.,2 145.,8 148.J 147..4 149.,8 148.,1 150.5 148.6 .do .do .do .do 156.,6 155..8 180..2 129..4 157.,0 156.,0 181.,0 130..0 146.,4 140,.4 173..7 127.,2 150..4 146..4 174.3 130..4 152.,7 148.,6 177.,3 132.,0 153.8 149.9 178.2 133.1 .do .do .do .do .do .do .do 148.,2 131.A 136,.9 143.,4 127..2 166..9 186.,0 148..2 133..5 137,.6 141..0 129..9 164.,8 183,.4 150,.2 132,,1 90,,8 145.,7 135.,4 170..4 190,,3 152..3 135..4 107.,2 151.,6 136.,8 171..3 191..4 154.,7 137.,7 115.,0 158.,3 137.,5 173.,6 156.4 139.4 .do .do .do do.... do.... .do .do 153..2 165..3 148.,4 116,.6 148..0 131.,1 155.J 153..4 166..0 148.,5 118.,7 143.,4 131..5 157.,4 146,.4 161,,8 149,,4 123.,1 133.,8 127..5 153,.0 149..1 163,.3 149..5 124..7 135..0 129..9 154.. 3 150.,4 164..9 149.,7 151.1 165.7 156..8 153.8 .do .do .do .do Ho 137,.8 216..8 145,.4 263 .8 71,.2 138,.9 218,.0 147,.5 265,.5 74 .2 141,.5 209..1 130..1 259,.2 70,.2 142,.7 212..1 132,.8 259,.6 71,.2 144,.8 217..3 136..9 259..7 68,.3 146.2 .... 153.8 140.0 175.3 134.,0 137.7 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1979 ITEM Dec. 3 1980 Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS I N D I C A T O R S — C o n . INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)--Con. SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.)--Con. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS--Con. MANUFACTURING--Con. Durable manufactures 1967=100. Ordnance, pvt. and govt do... Lumber and products do... Furniture and fixtures do... Clay, glass, and stone products do... Primary metals do... Fabricated metal products Nonelectrical machinery Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments do... do... do... do... do... 144.8 77.5 132.4 161.0 144.7 77.1 131.6 160.8 r135.8 79.1 122.2 147.2 rl45.2 rl00.6 rl39.3 r80.0 rl24.9 rl47.2 rl47.8 rll3.5 pl40.4 p80.1 pl24.7 pl48.8 pl51.2 pll3.3 pl36.3 pl65.2 pl75.3 pl20.5 pl72.1 163.8 115.3 165.0 116.4 146.2 163.0 132.8 rl61.1 170.0 127.3 175.0 145.0 167.1 181.7 122.1 175.9 169.6 rl33.9 r163.4 rl73.3 rl21.7 rl69.9 230.0 229.9 233.3 233.2 254.1 253.9 256.4 256.2 258.7 258.4 226.4 228.6 219.4 228.2 215.2 199.8 207.2 249.3 250.9 252.6 240.7 251.0 239.6 253.2 254.9 242.5 252.4 240.5 255.5 257.1 243.8 254.1 242.0 181.6 118.8 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: ALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, RF.VISED (CPI-W) 1967=100. ALL ITEMS, ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U) 1/ do... Special group indexes: All items less food do... All items less medical care do... Commodities do... Nondurables do... Nondurables less food do... Durables do... Commodities less food do... Services do... Services less rent do... 261.6 229.9 231.9 222.4 232.0 220.5 201.3 210.4 253.1 266.1 Food Food at home Housing 2/ Shelter Rent 3/ Homeowner ship Fuel and utilities £/ Fuel oil and coal 5/ Gas (piped) and electricity Household furnishings and operation 2/ do... do... do... do... do. .. do... do... do... do... do... 241.7 238.7 243.6 259.4 182.9 286.9 255.1 488.0 270.8 195.8 243.8 240.6 247.3 264.0 184.1 292.5 258.6 514.0 273.0 196.9 Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public Medical care do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 172.2 227.7 227.5 171.7 198.2 223.0 250.7 171.0 233.5 233.5 173.9 197.2 226.8 253.9 1967=$1.00. $0,435 mil. $ . do... do... do... do... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY-Consumer prices 218.1 220.6 221.1 228.3 277.9 293.2 230.0 280.9 296.4 231.0 284.7 300.7 262.4 264.5 262.1 273.8 294.7 198.3 329.4 285.7 567.0 310.5 266.4 263.9 276.9 298.5 199.6 334.2 289.9 585.3 313.9 260.0 271.1 290.4 197.1 323.8 287.6 558.7 317.1 211.0 211.6 183.9 256.1 254.5 181.9 222.7 273.6 272.8 184.8 259.0 257.4 184.3 230.8 277.0 274.5 183.9 261.1 259.4 184.5 234.4 280.1 275.8 $0,429 $0,394 $0,390 $0,387 162,947 135,092 1,454 117,458 11,112 157,208 129,965 828 116,311 11,172 164,067 135,029 1,567 121,482 11,163 169,041 139,576 2,284 120,812 11,162 171,495 137,644 1,809 121,328 do... do... do... do... 162,947 35,708 29,520 113,355 157,208 35,202 31,232 108,927 164,067 33,088 30,518 118,248 169,041 34,809 31,528 121,191 171,495 31,546 27,456 124,241 do... do... do... do... do... 43,972 43,578 394 1,473 -997 45,170 44,928 242 1,241 -924 41,815 41,498 317 1,335 -951 41,678 40,723 955 2,156 -1,102 40,097 40,067 30 1,617 -1,471 bil. $. do... do... do... 1,132.5 93.8 191.5 847.2 1,144.8 93.2 193.1 858.5 1,204.5 107.9 210.3 886.2 1,221.2 1,234.1 109.6 214.3 r910.1 210.1 FINANCE Federal Reserve banks, condition, end of month: Assets, total Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Time loans U.S. Government securities Gold certificate account Liabilities, total Deposits, total Member-bank reserve balances Federal Reserve notes in circulation All member banks of Federal Reserve System, average of daily figures: Reserves held, total Required Excess Borrowings from Federal Reserve banks Free reserves Commercial bank credit, seas, adj.: Total loans and securitites U.S. Treasury securities Other securities Total loans and leases 109.3 212.5 899.4 11,161 r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. 1/ Beginning J a n . 1978, data are for consumer price index all urban consumers. 2/ Includes TV and sound equipment and repairs formerly in "health and recreation." 3/ Residential. 4/ Includes additional items not previously priced. 5/ Includes bottled gas. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued 3 1979 ITEM July 1980 Aug. May June July Aug. P E T R O L E U M , C O A L , A N D PRODUCTS PETROLEUM A N D PRODUCTS: Crude Petroleum: Gross input to c r u d e oil d i s t i l l a t i o n u n i t s . . . .. .mil b b l . . R e f i n e r y operating r a t i o % of capacity.. A l l o i l s , s u p p l y , d e m a n d , and stocks: New s u p p l y , total 1/ bbl.. Production: Crude petroleum .do N a t u r a l gas p l a n t liquids .do Imports: C r u d e and u n f i n i s h e d oils .do.... Refined p r o d u c t s . . . . .do C h a n g e in s t o c k s , all oils ( d e c r e a s e , -) 3 / . . .do.... D e m a n d , total Exports: Crude petroleum Refined p r o d u c t s 477,.9 87 474.0 86 423..4 75 421,,7 77 421..9 74 412.3 73 574..4 r581.6 520..5 511..4 500..9 498.4 259..3 49,.8 r265.0 r50.4 267..8 49.,7 256.4 48..2 265.,2 48.,2 261.1 48.2 206..8 58.,5 45..3 212.9 r53.4 r27.8 159.,9 43.,1 21.,1 166.,5 40.3 23.,3 145.1 42.,4 14,.8 147.0 42.1 23.7 546..5 r577.1 518.,2 5 0 6 .,0 511..3 497.4 .do.... ,do.... 7.,6 7..5 r7.6 r6.9 9 ..5 8..2 11..0 8.,6 7..4 9..1 2.4 7.5 .do.... .do.... .do .do.... .do .do.... .do .do , do 531..5 215,.9 4,.0 79..4 76,.0 33..9 5.,3 20..7 42..0 r562.6 r228.8 r4.9 r85.6 r79.0 r33.6 r5.9 r23.2 44.2 500..4 209..7 3.,5 74.4 6 9 .,2 31.,5 4.,6 13.,0 37.,7 486.,4 201..0 3..6 6 9 .,9 6 9 .,7 31.,7 4.,6 16.,2 36..5 494..8 210..0 3,.6 6 9 ..0 70..9 34..4 4..3 18..2 35,.7 487.5 207.3 4.3 66.2 70.9 32.3 4.3 17.8 35.5 .do.... .do .do .do.... 1,255,.0 403..0 124..6 727.,4 rl,282.8 r412.2 r125.6 r745.0 1,387.,1 4 7 5 ..1 147.,2 764.,8 1,410.A 4 7 3 .,2 149.,4 787.,8 1,425,.2 470..5 149..5 805,,2 1,448.9 478.8 148.2 821.9 .do Domestic p r o d u c t d e m a n d , total 2/ Gasoline Kerosene D i s t i l l a t e fuel o i l . R e s i d u a l fuel oil J e t fuel Asphalt Liquefied g a s e s S t o c k s , end of p e r i o d , total 3/ Crude petroleum Unfinished oils, natural gasoline, etc. 3 / . . . Refined p r o d u c t s 3/ r/ R e v i s e d . 1/ Includes small a m o u n t s of "other hydrocarbons and h y d r o g e n r e f i n e r y input," not shown s e p a r a t e l y . 2/ Includes data for items n o t shown s e p a r a t e l y . 3/ Beginning J a n . 1979, data reflect c o v e r a g e of a d d i t i o n a l p r o c e s s i n g facilities; not c o m p a r a b l e with d a t a shown for e a r l i e r p e r i o d s . ^ U . S . G O V E R N M E N T PRINTING O F F I C E : 1981-340-999/27 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 U.S. DEPARTMENT DF COMMERCE COM-2Q9
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