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M A R C H 7, 1975
A WEEKLY
BUSINESS
STATISTICS
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS*
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
INDEX, 1967=100
INDEX, 1967=100
-
170 ~ ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION
(E. E. I. seas. a d j . index)
160
-
150
-
140
-
130
Monthly
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1973
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Data: Edison Electric Inst.
1967=100
200
R A W
STEEL
PRODUCTION
(ingots a n d a l l other forms)
150
100
50
h
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1972
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1973
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Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst.
Billion $
160
Billion $
100
NEW CONSTRUCTION
Million
3.0
PRIVATE H(DUSING STARTS
(seas, a d j . , at a nnual rates)
(seas, a d j . , at a n n u a l rates)
140
[_
Total Put in Place
(left scale)
\
80
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-
2.5
2.0
-
-
1.5
-
-
60
100 h
8 0
Private
I i i i i i I 1 1 i i 1 1
1972
Residential,
Nonfatm
(right scale)
i i i i i I 11 i i 11 i i i i 1 1 1 i i i 1 1
1973
1974
40
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1.0
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I l I I l 1 l l l 1 1
M l I l 1 I I , 1 1 l..l I I 1 l 1 l I 1 l i l l 1 1 I 1 1 1 L l_L.
1972
1975
Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce
* 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
1974
1975
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1
2
1975
1974
ITEM
1967=100.
do...
do...
233.7
236.9
231.5
Mar. 2
239.3
243.8
236.2
mil. $.
do...
6,102
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.
Feb. 23
WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/.....
9 Foodstuffs
.
13 Raw industrials....
ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES
Nondurable goods stores
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 loans (gross)
do...
Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/
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 3/
Steel, raw
Index of producti on
RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES
thous. sh. tons.
mil. kw.-hr.
number.
thous. bbl.
thous. sh. tons.
1967=100
bil.
ITEM
Feb. 8
Feb. 22
202.3
237.6
180.8
202.9
239.2
180.9
203.5
239.1
182.0
9,406
6,308
9,220
6,649
9,455
6,743
9,516
6,693
269
,891
,676
187
313
2,801
2,586
185
693
5,549
4,987
244
609
5,663
5,038
244
564
70,686
86,207
35,388
114
70,438
85,136
34,851
206
76,489
92,544
37,044
398
77,079
90,314
36,045
72
77,319
90,670
35,158
203
96,963
57,011
351,399
25,680
109,852
98,174
57,145
353,853
25,328
110,458
55,661
101,582
58,977
377,067
22,752
126,468
59,859
99,572
59,217
374,463
23,253
126,072
59,667
99,013
59,466
377,922
24,398
126,196
59,753
8.18
96.40
107.54
9.42
78.95
87.92
9.35
79.92
89.04
9.29
81.44
90.86
11,640
35,657
151,227
9,166
2,891
118.5
16.8
11,950
37,424
81,068
8,580
2,721
111.5
14.6
12,040
37,291
101,023
8,500
2,675
109.6
14.8
12,000
35,585
90,841
8,458
2,710
111.1
14.3
55,667
8.18
93.44
104.14
12,970
34,794
161,689
9,179
2,887
118.3
16.8
V Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/
MONTHLY
Feb. 15
221
Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data.
BUSINESS STATISTICS
1974
1973
Dec.
Jan.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL
mil. $.,
Private, total
do
Residential (incl. farm)
do
New housing units
do
Nonresidential buildings, total 1/
do
Indus tri al
do
Commerci al
do
Publ i c, total
do
NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL
RATES), TOTAL
b i l . $..
Private, total
do
Residential ( i n c l . farm)
do
New housing units
do....
Nonresidential buildings, total 1/
do
Indus tri al
do
Commerci al
do
Public, total
" "do*
CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE
1967=100..
New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations,
estimated total
mil. $..
By purpose of loan:
Home constructi on
do
Home purchase
do...".
All other purposes...
do
LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS
MAN-HOURS o f wage and salary workers, nonagricultural establishments, f o r I week i n the month, seasonally a d j .
at annual r a t e , t o t a l
b i l . man-hours..
Private s e c t o r , t o t a l
do
Mining
do
Contract construction
do
Manufacturing.
.do
rj
Revised, p/
61,896
rl0,688
r8,243
4,246
3,465
r2,387
635
rl,277
2,445
9,453
7,131
3,593
2,949
2,151
508
1,181
2,322
11,961
8,499
3,869
3,045
2,758
734
1,498
3,462
133.2
100.1
52.4
42.1
29.1
7.3
15.9
33.1
132.6
97.8
49.7
39.8
28.7
6.8
15.8
34.8
133.0
94.2
43.3
33.7
30.4
8.3
16.4
33.9
159
161
180
r!81
rl83
2,525
2,343
2,399
1,961
r2,212
534
1,423
568
451
1,368
524
456
1,498
445
391
1,198
372
rl,255
151.65
123.47
1.46
151.11
122.96
1.47
7.76
42.27
152.80
122.87
1.56
7,56
41.41
r 150.30
rl21.14
r l .31
7.45
r40.28
H49.32
rl20.02
rl.42
r7.43
7.98
42.67
Preliminary. 1 / Except farm and public u t i l i t i e s .
rll,257
r8,006
r3,526
r2,772
2,624
752
1,371
r3,251
rl29
92,
r41,
r31,
30
8.
rl6.
r37,
rl0,437
r7,381
r3,134
r2,429
r2,482
r750
rl,256
r3,056
H31.6
90.0
r39.0
29.7
r29.9
r8.8
15.4
r41.6
r400
r557
r39.29
MONTHLY
BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued
1973
ITEM
Dec.
3
1974
Oct.
Jan.
Nov.
Dec.
LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS—Con.
MAN-HOURS-Con.
Private sector - Con.
Transportation, communication, e l e c , gas, etc.
bil. man-hours.
Who!esale and retai 1 trade
do...
Finance, insurance, and real estate
do...
Services
do...
Government
do...
LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS:
Unadjusted for seasonal variation:
Accession rate, total
mo. rate per 100 employees.
New hires
do...
Separati on 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.
In effect during month
do...
Workers involved in stoppages:
Beginning in month
thous.
In effect during month
do...
Man-days idle during month
do...
FINANCE
AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES
SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.:
Total, end of month
mi 1. $
Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks
do..
Loans to cooperatives
do..
Other loans and discounts
do..
Commercial bank credit (last Wednesday of month, except
for June 30 and Dec. 31 call dates), seas, adj.:
Total loans and investments 1/
bil. $.
Loans 1/
do...
U.S. Government securities
do...
Other securities
,
do...
MONEY SUPPLY AND RELATED DATA (avg. of daily figures):
Unadjusted for seas, variation:
Total money supply
bil. $.
Currency outside banks
do...
Demand deposi ts
do...
Time deposits adjusted
do...
U.S. Government demand deposits
do...
Adjusted for seas, variation:
Total money supply
do...
Currency outside banks
do...
Demand deposits
do...
Time deposits adjusted
do...
FOREIGN TRADE
EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL
Excl. Department of Defense Shipments
Seasonal ly 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
Commodities not classified
GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL
Seasonally adjusted
By commodity groups and principal commodities:
Food and live animals
Beverages and tobacco
Crude materials, inedible, exec, fuels
Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc
Animal and vegetable oils and fats
Chemicals
Manufactured goods
Machinery and transport equipment
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Commodities not classified
9.88
30.23
7.93
23.32
28.18
9.97
30.19
7.91
23.40
28.15
4.4
3.6
4.6
2.7
1.1
r9.74
r30.10
7.98
r24.26
29.16
1.8
2.6
r6.
1,
r2,
3,
1,
390
620
91
182
,135
132
244
1,305
87
195
2,918
277
415
4,536
21,840
11,071
2,577
8,193
22,506
26,796
26,897
11,245
3,123
8,138
13,418
3,598
9,779
13,643
3,573
9,681
630.3
447.3
52.8
638.9
452.9
54.5
687.1
r688.5
499.5
49.7
r500.9
49.3
130.2
131.5
137.9
138.3
279.1
62,
216,
362.
6,
277.8
61.6
216.2
271.5
61.6
270.9
62.0
208.9
209.9
364.5
6,965.1
6,921.1
6,948.9
do...
do...
..do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
1,290.8
94.3
851.5
175.0
77.6
544.7
705.4
2,645.9
460.9
1,071.3
346.1
150.2
5,974.2
6,291.3
371.0
6,866.9
6,824.9
r7,150.2
1,194.8
90.8
852.4
144.2
73.3
604.4
756.1
2,514.5
520.5
875.1
371.3
184.1
r6,612.4
r6,496.8
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
742.4
117.0
392.1
1,064.2
do...
do...
do...
do...
1,093.9
1,520.2
r783.0
rl00.6
r428.3
rl,325.6
r23.9
r202.9
r1,074.6
rl,887.3
624.9
r640.6
156.0
r!45.7
39.6
223.9
1,
1,
3.6
2.6
4.9
2.0
1.9
350
650
8.1
r8.03
r24.20
29.30
r5.
0,
r3,
310
480
369.4
r9.74
r29.90
2.4
1.7
5.0
1.4
2.8
209
475
mil. $,
do...
do...
vj Revised- p_/ Preliminary. 1/.Excludes interbank loans.
9.87
30.32
7.99
24.16
29.92
r281,
66,
r285.3
67.8
27,152
13,643
3,575
9,933
681.2
494.1
48.8
138.3
r292.2
68.9
r223.3
r215,
r413.
3.
r217.5
r412.9
3.3
r417.6
r4.8
r282.2
r66.5
r215.7
r412.1
r283.8
67.3
r284.3
67.7
r216.5
r414.7
r216.6
r420.3
8,994.1
8,926.2
r8,672.9
9,397.5
9,343.3
r8,973.6
8,743.5
8,702.8
r8,862.3
1,170.6
124.1
787.3
449.4
112.2
728.7
1,017.9
3,768 3
669 4
1,495 9
473 3
216, 0
r9,090 0
r8,769.1
1,444.1
141
1,,084
464
118
729
935
3,652
635
1,413.9
468.6
239.6
r8,876.8
r8,964.7
1,324.8
140.7
924.2
251.9
166.3
774.2
934.2
3,459.9
558.1
1,376.8
r656,6
r!13.3
r514.3
r2,273.8
r79.5
r431.8
rl,839.9
r2,061.5
r903.9
r215.3
r789.
rl02!
r475.
r2,207,
r49.
r397.
r 1,767.
r2,035.
r824.
r228.
409.0
247.7
r9,132.4
r9,249.9
uOOO
1
IOOO.J
r!07.2
r497.5
r2,490.8
r53.3
r385.7
rl,728.5
r2,011.6
r751.8
r217.7
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
4
1973
Dec.
1975
1974
ITEM
Jan,
Oct.
Nov.
Jan.
Dec.
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...
179.25
122.55
124.50
112.35
1,453.7
169.55
144.95
84.10
72.50
,539.2
99.55
90.95
74.55
129.05
108.45
2,168.1
128.90
110.05
2,130.2
50.00
45.60
44.80
39.35
620.6
41.80
39.85
38.50
34.85
623.9
42?.65
33.50
62.80
57.05
622.8
*-11.30
*-14.50
51.60
48.35
737.9
691.9
540.0
507.1
197.8
184.8
855.8
787.5
599.9
552.1
255.9
235.5
694
574
r!19
9.5
7.7
rl.7
679
551
128
9.3
7.7
rl.6
1,600
1,765
2.7
875.6
141.8
248.0
127.75
59.30
r45.15
rl64.30
H38.20
2,025.2
p68.00
D55.65
P115.45
p97.50
pi ,977.8
559.9
H8.15
r!2.85
r56.85
r49.45
r521.2
p!7.25
p9.30
p49.85
p42.20
p488.6
736.8
671.2
548.0
499.6
188.9
171.6
639.6
556.6
447.5
394.0
192.2
162.6
757
628
129
7.8
6.3
1.5
604
506
98
6.8
5.5
1.3
508
430
r6.7
5.6
rl.l
578
463
115
8.0
6.5
1.5
1,705
1,713
2.7
1,595
1,610
3.1
1,733
1,740
3.8
1,672
1,704
3.6
1,654
1,521
2.8
643.4
110.8
190.0
741.0
130.9
196.2
609.5
101.4
174.6
586.1
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Motor vehicles:
Factory sales (from plants in U.S.), t o t a l
thous.
Domestic... 9 8
do...
Passenger cars, total
do...
Domestic.
.do...
Trucks and buses t o t a l . .
.do...
Domestic
..do...
RETAIL SALES, NEW PASSENGER CARS:
Total, not seasonally adjusted............
thous.
Domestics.
do...
Imports
do...
Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
mil.
Domestics
..do...
Imports
do...
Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of month:
Not seasonally adjusted.................................thous.
Seasonally adjusted
.
do...
Inventory-sales ratio, new cars (domestics)
....ratio.
REGISTRATIONS (new vehicles): ]_/
Passenger cars
thous.
Import cars (incl. domestically sponsored)........
do...
Trucks
,
do...
rl,100,
rl,008,
832,
762,
r268,
r245.
79
94.3
181.3
rj
Revised, p/ Preliminary. * Reflects unusually large cancellations f o r Nov. 1974, mostly i n the automotive i n d u s t r y .
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