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.^ t0F %, %»«<** n WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS March 7, 198© & u Li ftM \ 9R H 1 1 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. US. DEPARTMENT OF GOMIVIERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 600 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1600 Weekly (Wednesday data) Monthly (average of Wednesday data) . (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) _J 5 5 Q ^ ^ 5 0 0 1980 tbAfJ 450 \ 1979 400 H350 J—J—1—I—I—I 1977 I I I—L_ J 1978 ! I—I I I I I I I !_ -J—!—I—J 1979 1 I I L- I I _J »_ 1980 J 1 i—J_J LJ 1 1 1300 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Federal Reserve Board THOUSANDS 1,4001 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Monthly • (Passenger cars) THOUSANDS 350 Weekly - 300 - 250 . % / M } 1, 1 uV 200 1979 150 •• • 100 1 f 1980 -J 1977 1978 L_J ! l_ J—I 1979 1 I 1 I ! L _ J 1 I L. 1980 J r 50 i i 1 1 F M A M J J A S O N D! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. 1967=100 3001 CONSUMER PRICES MILLION 3.0 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS 275 2.5 (seas.adj., at annual rates) 2.0 1.5 1.0 5 I, 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 i 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 M 1 1 I 1 I I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 I I I I I 1 1 1977 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1978 1979 1980 1977 1978 : U.S. Dept. of Commerce WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly In the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1979 1980 0 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 Feb. 24 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials. , INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 270.3 262.1 275 .9 270.9 262.0 277.1 291.3 258.5 316.1 296.0 262.6 321.3 295.0 254.2 326.9 thous. 364 35 7 493 418 412 3,307 3,147 123 3,190 3,033 100 3,678 3,482 177 3,693 3,498 223 111,153 127,213 40,878 35 7 111,057 125,889 39,726 89 121,072 134,968 43,914 556 121,719 134,450 42,360 -171 100,984 76,160 447,966 36,186 133,825 82,236 98,606 76,032 444,5 32 36,132 134,097 82,372 106,631 73,315 506,948 35,380 157,828101,317 106,196 72,990 506,068 35,358 159,300 101,565 9.65 99,07 110.51 9.73 96.28 107.26 12.43 115.72 130.88 13,735 45,270 175,778 8,498 12,645 43,475 184,666 8,691 2,604 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, 400 stocks do... Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. thous. sh. tons. percent. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES Feb. 23 1967=100. do... do — INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do.. . State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico). do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun S, Bradstreet)..number. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Feb. 16 Mar. 3 bil. Mar. 1 294.2 253.7 325.8 169 121,962 137,490 44,002 0 el21,556 135,521 42,763 -252 12.74 118.44 134.47 13.18 116.47 132.44 13.54 112,38 127.95 13,905 47,540 133,733 e8,524 14,785 46,274 134,933 e8,524 15,675 44,076 157,439 e8,524 145,351 2,692 89.6 2,455 84.0 2,469 84.5 2,432 83.2 2,491 85.2 16.5 16.8 17.1 18.1 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. _3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities, ej Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1978 1979 ITEM Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: ALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, REVISED (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. Servi ces do.... Services less rent do.... 202.9 202.9 204.7 204.7 225.6 225.4 227 . 6 227 . 5 230.0 229.9 233.3 233.2 198.6 201.5 194.2 198.8 180.0 181.2 181.3 219.2 228.2 199.8 203,2 195.8 201.0 180.3 182.0 181.9 221.1 230.4 221.8 224.1 215.6 224.5 211.3 196.0 203.4 243.6 255.1 224 . 1 226 . 2 217 . 4 225 . 8 212 . 9 198 . 4 205 . 4 246 . 2 258 .2 226, 228, 219, 228, 215, 199. 207. 249. 261. 229.9 231.9 222.4 232.0 220.5 201.3 210.4 253.1 266.1 Food Food at home Housing Shelter ; Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities... Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operations do.... do... . do do.. .. do.... do... . do.... do. do.... do.... 219.4 217.9 211.5 221.0 169.5 239.5 219.9 311.8 236.2 184.0 223.9 223.1 213.1 222.8 170.3 241.6 221.5 316.4 239.5 184.8 238.2 235.4 2/237.7 251.5 3/181.4 276.7 4/252.9 5/470.8 272.5 2/193.3 239 236 240 255 182 282 252 477 267 195 1 0 8 9 1 4 0 4 3 1 241 238. 243. 259. 182. 286. 255. 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. 163.2 192.6 192.5 159,8 194.0 189.1 227.8 160.7 193.9 193.8 161,2 193.6 190.0 230.7 171.0 222.7 223.1 167.5 199.9 209.1 245.9 171 224 225 170. 198 216. 248. 7 9 0 6 4 5 0 172.2 227.7 227.5 171.7 198.2 223.0 250.7 171.0 233.5 233.5 173.9 197.2 226.8 253.9 1967=$ 1.00.. $0,493 .489 3.440 $0,435 $0,429 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices r_/ Revised. 1/ Beginning Jan. 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 Jan. 3 Oct. Dec. 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 (16,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One-family structures thous , do.., do.., 121.4 119.5 81.4 88.4 88.2 57.5 169.0 169.0 107.9 119.2 118,7 r72.0 do.., do.. , r2,052 rl,495 rl,727 rl,175 rl,710 rl,139 rl,522 r980 rl,517 rl,036 1,827 1,268 1,451 929 1,542 927 1,263 751 rl,244 r780 do.. do.. 17.0 r287 rl9.2 r295 27.2 r287 19.8 r251 14.6 241 New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total mil. $ 8,426 6,678 9,626 r7,615 5,077 uo,. do.., do.., 1,692 5,117 1,617 1,420 3,960 1,298 1,844 6,100 1,682 rl,469 r4,854 rl,292 1,100 3,026 951 mil. $, do,. do.., do.., do. . do.. do.., 113,248 203.092 144^438 5,309 981 34,086 258,061 101,765 176,356 124,481 5,364 1,411 29,036 258,293 105,151 191,304 134,689 5,089 1,306 32,840 261,568 103,216 185,166 130,639 4,562 786 30,612 264,662 122,796 219,175 155,717 5,956 862 35,894 267,383 do. . do.. 77,865 141,940 76,480 142,539 74,030 154,659 72,559 158,937 74,613 159,955 Loans (adjusted), total 2/ Commercial and industrial For purchasing or carrying securities To nonbank financial institutions Real estate loans Other loans do... do... do... do.., do.., do.. 347,246 134,038 10,655 24,166 80,655 119,560 341,886 131,604 10,979 23,297 81,849 124,743 387,169 152,749 9,810 26,492 95,948 123,935 385,653 151,006 9,882 26,053 97,236 122,402 402,052 158,296 10,271 27,383 99,799 138,138 Investments, total U.S. Government securities Other securities do. . dp.. do.. 97,953 35,549 62,404 98,848 34,984 63,864 106,098 35,281 70,817 106,356 35,782 70,574 108,046 36,090 71,956 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES: Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted at annual rates By purpose of loan: liOrne construction. Home purchase All other purposes do.., do.. r90.3 r90.. 1 r56.9 FINANCE Large commercial banks of Federal Reserve System condition, Wednesday nearest end of the month: Deposits: Demand, adjusted 1/ Demand, total 2/ , ,., !!?>! Individuals, partnerships, and corp State and local governments U.S. Government Domestic commercial banks Time, total 2/ Individuals, partnerships, and corp: Savings Other time 1978 Aug. PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS: Crude Petroleum: Gross input to crude oil distillation units....mil. bbl. Refinery operating ratio % of capacity. All oils, supply, demand, and stocks: New supply, total 3/ mil. bbl. Production: Crude petroleum do... Natural-gas plant liquids ....do... Imports: Crude and unfinished oils. do... Refined products do. .. Change in stocks, all oils (decrease,-) do... Demand, total Exports: Crude petroleum Refined products Domestic product demand, total 2/ Gasoline Kerosene Distillate fuel oil Residual fuel oil Jet fuel Lubricants Asphalt. Liquefied gases r/ Revised, separately. Sept. TJ June Aug. July 477.9 87 474.0 483.8 91 462.2 90 578.5 583.1 550.5 558.0 271.5 50.0 264.0 48.0 252.3 50.5 259.0 52.7 269.7 52.1 201.1 55.9 -1.0 212.3 58.8 41.5 199.5 48.3 31.2 192.6 53.7 45.8 210.3 50.1 24.1 do.... 590.5 552.9 543.9 539.7 574.5 do.... do.... 5.6 7.1 7.5 6.8 7.0 6.6 7.6 8.0 7.5 6.5 577.8 245.6 3.5 86.8 90.8 34.9 5.8 24.3 33.7 538.6 223.3 5.2 79.9 81.5 32.3 5.1 19.9 40.0 530.2 216.9 4, 81 76, 32, 5, 19.9 38.6 524.1 213.8 4.0 79.1 71.4 34.3 5.5 19.8 42.8 560.5 228.9 5.0 85.9 76.8 33.7 5.8 23.0 44.7 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... .do do... . do.... 1/ Other than domestic interbank and U.S. Gov't., less cash items in process of collection. 2/ Includes data not shown _3_/ Includes small amounts of "other hydrocarbons and hydrogen refinery input," not shown separately. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1979 1978 Sept. Oct. METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: ...thous. short tons. Total (all grades) By products: Semifinished products. ... . . „ „ „.. .. .. ... = = = = = ..do. ... Structural shapes (heavy) , steel piling.. „ . .. . ..do. . .do. Plates. .do. Rails and accessories Bars and tool steel, total.................. a ... .do. Bars: Hot rolled (incl. light shapes)............. .do. Reinforcing................................. .do. Pipe and tubing................................. .do. Wire and wire products.......................... .do. Tin mi 11 products ............................... .do. Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total...... .do. Sheets: Hot rolled........................... .do. Cold rolled.......................... .do. 7,813 8,196 7,929 423 424 690 145 1,370 461 424 746 154 1,430 513 462 773 173 1,349 313 744 181 1,459 421 476 709 167 1,318 796 411 652 199 410 3,499 1,292 1,398 856 408 619 184 524 3 653 1 384 1,420 756 411 659 193 543 3,263 1,185 1,298 793 468 723 218 522 3,512 1,291 1,395 701 444 66 3 179 468 2,984 1,071 1,197 .mil. ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do. 35 2 90 335 9 5 188 85 164 60 ,897.9 301.15 238.70 218.50 196.95 2,980.6 475.10 397.60 273.60 243.55 4,283.9 476.35 354.65 289.40 266.80 4,470.8 r352.40 r283.55 r267.15 r241.95 r4,556.1 p293.80 p259.75 p306.65 p266.00 p4,543.2 Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total............................do. Domestic ......................... .... .............do. Shipments, total....................................do. Domestic............................ ...........do. Order backlog end of month............. 0 ............do. 88 15 81 45 85 55 70 85 528.9 80.25 73.75 91.40 74.40 517.7 70.50 54.25 73.20 60.00 620.8 88.70 83.40 90.65 83.50 618.9 r80.50 r67.95 r94.15 r84.95 r605.2 p98.55 p84.40 p84.40 p73.75 p619.4 MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total..... Domestic................... Shipments, total............. Domestic................... Order backlog, end of month.. r/ Revised. ^U.S. 7,385 p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980 — 3 1 1 - 0 4 8 / 2 6 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 OF COMMERCE COM-209