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M A R C H BUSINESS STATISTICS 8, A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1967:=100 1967-100 170 _ ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 1973 \ Q 160 - — ^ — ^ A 150 — 140 — 130 1971 Data: Edison Electric tnst. 1972 i i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1973 160 3 1974 ~ i i i i i 1 i i i i \ w Monthly i i i i i 1 i i i i L" 170 — (E. E. 1. seas. adj. index) 150 - 140 130 Weekly II I I I L i J1 1 1 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D i 1974 Thousands 1,400 QO Thousands 350 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (Passenger cars) 300 - _ 1973 W / ! 1 250 • 200 to 150 100 1974 50 Weekly Monthly i l l . 1971 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. 1972 Billion $ 1973 Bill i o n q> 90 130 i l l Ii 1 1 1 1 / , F M A M J J A S O N D 0 Billion $ iillion $ 160 ~ 1 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES (seasonally adjusted) ii J 1974 NEW CONSTRUCTION 100 (seas, adj., at annual rates) 120 140 -1 80 - 60 Total Put in Place (left scale) \ 110 100 1971 1972 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1973 9 0i I ii i i I i i [ 1974 120 \ • • • i • I i i i 1971 1972 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected weekly V Private Residential, Nonfarm (right scale) 100 80 ^ 40 20 1973 1974 1974 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1974 1973 Feb. 24 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ Feb. 16 Feb. 23 Mar. 3 Feb. 9 221.7 226.1 233.7 1967=100. 144.6 146.1 mil. $. do... 8,853 5,648 9,251 5,759 8,556 6,025 8,876 6,183 8,811 6,026 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. 221 2,268 2,078 188 234 2,201 2,016 221 459 2,776 2,604 198 352 2,823 2,644 264 297 64,743 77,927 32,038 505 64,565 77,608 31,284 -21 69,935 85,004 35,445 101 70,500 85,662 35,367 319 70,686 86,197 35,393 124 95,720 58,203 312,822 25,945 95,387 47,036 95,489 58,091 313,599 25,663 96,250 46,955 97,417 56,916 353,584 25,546 109,698 55,698 95,666 56,954 351,782 25,236 109,867 55,711 96,725 57,055 352,648 25,600 109,876 55,705 7.57 114,69 128.50 7.57 111,68 125.09 8.15 93,26 103.96 8.17 90.98 101.23 93.44 104.14 thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. ....number.. ......thous. bbl.. 11,130 35,814 218,150 9,389 11,725 34,639 211,158 9,381 11,810 36,343 112,920 9,212 12,385 35,673 138,953 9,153 12,985 34,794 161,689 9,179 ..thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. bil 2,908 119.2 15.8 2,919 119.6 2,838 116.3 2,906 119.1 16.7 2,887 118.3 16.40 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3_/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ Member bank reserve balances 3/.......... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ ..mil, $. do000 do... do... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: _4/ Demand deposits, adjusted Savings deposits Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total U.S. Government obligations Commercial and industrial loans (gross) Real estate loans (gross) do. do. do. .do. do. do. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/0 percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand, & Poor's) 4/ se=s 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 production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 16.6 3/ Daily average. 16.6 187 8.18 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1972 1974 1973 ITEM Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 63.,675 34,,636 1.,736 5,,051 3.,866 63.,764 35.,061 1.,752 5,,242 3,,860 77.,081 42.,285 2.,314 6,,345 4,811 76.,387 41.,356 2.,136 6.,383 4,,668 r71.,571 r38.,047 rl.,809 r6,,072 r4.,527 73,706 38,853 1,889 6,674 4,435 5,,316 4,,644 9,,784 1,,047 ,237 6= 5,,642 11:,158 1 ,302 = 6,,174 5,,571 10,,911 1,,258 r6,,384 r5.,438 r8,,755 rl.,218 6,340 5,095 9,486 1,143 29.,039 10,,183 489 2.,294 28,,703 9 ,687 j 475 2,,215 34,,796 12.,187 534 2,,758 35.,031 12,,337 532 2,,675 r33.,524 rll,,980 r539 r2,,537 34,853 12,024 549 2,588 2,,288 4;,740 2j,685 1,,490 673,104 2,,432 4,885 ,649 2j 1,,560 68,,401 2,,863 5,,643 3,,135 1,,809 75,,269 2.,850 5,,610 3,,425 1,,729 77,,019 r2,,719 r5,,463 r3,,694 . rl,,584 r75,,355 2,945 5,851 3,940 1,722 79,054 363,614 1 ,964 = 5j,567 4,,047 37,,773 2,,025 5,,449 4,,264 41,,567 2,,178 6,,730 4,,648 41.,896 2,,162 6.,792 4,,714 r40.,203 r2.,048 r6.,687 r4.,730 41,927 2,180 6,944 4,897 ,534 5J 4,901 9,,601 1,,181 5,,684 5,,085 10,,259 1,,163 6,,353 5j,372 10,,809 1,,245 6,,614 5),382 10,,624 1,,232 r6.,630 r5:,387 r9,,156 rl,,226 6,769 5,564 10,026 1,275 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Stone, clay, and glass products 5., 326 4,959 9.,134 1.,175 Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: r/ Revised. 11,589 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1972 3 1973 1974 ITEM Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 30 490 10 284 501 2 381 30,,628 10,,303 505 2.,420 33 702 11 739 536 2 532 35 123 12 180 528 2 637 r35 152 rl2 089 r552 r2 642 37,127 12,781 582 2,825 , 2433 5 314 2 668 1 648 2,,522 5,,245 2,,667 1.,681 2 5 3 1 807 687 170 748 2 5 3 1 898 895 456 794 r2 r6 r3 rl 891 140 663 754 3,056 6,299 3,942 1,857 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)—Con. By industry group—Con. INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: 107 69 37 107 415 803 612 719 108.,572 70.,625 37,,947 108,,187 116 76 40 117 496 399 097 224 117 77 40 118 842 154 688 435 rl20 r78 r41 rl20 312 835 477 870 122,307 80,113 42,194 122,096 70 2 9 - - - - -dO e - - - 7 218 463 658 832 70.,590 2.,468 9.,575 1,,887 76 2 9 8 951 720 222 513 77 2 9 8 645 737 226 792 r79 r2 r9 r8 441 813 356 997 80,252 2,819 9,347 9,041 14 10 16 2 386 381 150 717 14.,482 10,,654 16,217 2.,659 16 12 17 3 164 102 766 083 16 12 17 3 365 302 763 170 rl6 rl2 rl8 r3 703 559 233 268 16,941 12,795 18,372 3,308 37 9 2 4 501 421 369 044 37.,597 9,,595 2.,338 4,060 40 10 2 4 273 172 425 407 40 10 2 4 790 432 446 521 r41 rlO 2 r4 429 584 460 589 41,844 10,604 2,559 4,725 2 7 2 2 875 018 300 383 2,,882 7,,002 2.,262 2.,380 3 7 2 2 089 185 474 578 3 7 2 2 170 208 548 574 r3 rl r2 r2 267 268 626 627 3,288 7,285 2,741 2,650 65 36 29 68 814 730 084 908 66,,527 31. ,657 28.,870 70.,016 79 44 34 77 349 517 832 758 78 43 35 79 917 845 072 441 r73 r40 r33 r76 590 009 581 811 77,438 42,318 35,120 80,928 38 5 4 6 , 5 10 325 557 393 101 010 226 39.,218 5.,694 4.,449 6.,116 5.,320 10.,657 44 6 5 7 5 11 037 868 135 174 816 368 44 6 4 7 5 11 315 730 997 313 788 573 r41 r6 r5 rl r5 r9 546 597 237 308 399 218 43,532 6,022 5,276 7,231 6,439 10,824 30 583 7 739 22 844 30.,798 7.,919 22 3,879 33 721 8 465 25 256 r35 265 r8 601 r26 664 37,396 9,351 28,045 85 81 3 86 314 345 969 020 88 s,077 83.,941 4,,136 87,,635 110 105 4 111 076 436 640 897 112 107 4 114 600 921 679 324 rll4 rl09 r4 rll5 623 886 737 785 118,350 113,350 5,000 117,662 81 7 10 14 15 26 4 986 964 926 917 748 107 034 83,,431 ,209 11,,111 15,,349 15,,983 26,,505 ,204 107 14 14 20 19 30 4 185 996 329 621 300 437 712 109 14 14 21 19 31 4 606 934 614 321 706 385 718 rllO rl4 rl5 r22 rl9 r31 r4 953 844 122 002 718 446 832 112,559 13,922 15,500 22,462 20,593 32,246 5,103 By industry group: Fabricated metal products Electrical machinery NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL.... .....do.... NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL.. By industry group: UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders.. .....do.... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL... •.•..do.... By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Machinery, except electrical Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders •....do.... 4 35 126 8 687 26 439 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL Residential (incl. farm) Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ Public, total NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL Public, total CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE rJ Revised. .1967-100.. 1_/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 11,589 10,, 502 8,,114 4,,677 3,954 2,,051 420 1, 137 2,388 9,,588 7,,357 ,265 3,,553 1,,929 391 1,,088 2,,231 rl2 j ,309 r9 j ,322 r5 j ,057 r4,,146 2,,563 600 1, 442 2, 987 11.,922 8.,981 4.,716 3 ; ,844 2,,504 582 1,,405 2,,941 rlO.,891 r8.,315 r4.,284 r3,,464 r2,,393 r622 rl,,286 r2,,576 9,421 7,146 3,648 2,953 2,144 518 1,174 2,275 131.6 98.4 57.5 48.0 24.8 4.8 13.9 33.1 135.7 102.0 59.4 48.1 26.3 5.3 15.0 33.7 rl36.5 103.0 56.3 46.0 28.0 6.6 15.6 33.5 136.8 102.9 54.6 44.1 28.9 6.7 16.1 33.8 rl36.3 rl00.5 r52. 7 r42.0 r28.8 r7.1 rl5. 7 r35.8 133.2 98.8 50.5 39.7 29.2 7.0 16.2 34.3 144 144 156 157 2J Except farm and public utilities. 158 159 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1972 Dec. 1973 Jan. Oct. 1974 Nov. Dec. Jan. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX.* ..1967=100.. LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession rate, totaL...».oa....mo„ rate per 100 employees.. Quit. 117 122 123 120 114 pll2 2.7 2.0 3.6 1.6 1.3 4.6 3.5 4.2 2.2 1.0 5.2 4.3 4.9 3.0 .8 3.8 3.0 4.1 2.2 1.0 r2.6 2.0 r3.9 rl.6 1.5 p4.4 p3.4 p4.9 P 2.3 P l.5 4.3 3.5 4.1 2.5 1.0 4.9 4.0 4.4 2.6 .9 5.0 3.9 4.6 2.8 .8 4.8 3.8 4.6 2.8 .9 r4.2 3.5 r4«4 r2.5 1.1 p4. 7 P 3.9 P 5.1 P 2.7 pl .4 158 411 310 480 420 740 380 650 250 460 p310 p480 35 162 1,018 118 145 1,433 164 261 2,421 213 354 2,729 78 145 1,849 P 132 P 244 pl,305 332.15 1,020.32 121.47 232.74 325.94 1,026.82 118.06 216.58 295.03 967.62 101.67 182.75 272.02 878.98 93.18 175.93 259.84 824.08 87.42 177.96 "273.50 "857.24 "93.16 "191.05 4,722.7 4,690.6 4,558.0 4,795.7 5,002.3 4,773.6 4,731.8 4,954.8 r 5,406.5 r5,243.9 6,783.5 6,749.3 r6,584.0 6,373.3 r5 ,968.6 7,127.7 7,091.1 r6,870.6 6,787.2 6,627.5 6,969.7 6,925.7 r6,953.5 5,777.3 r6,083.9 6,873.6 6,831.5 7,111.0 6,649.6 6,467.2 Seasonally adjusted: Quit. .. .............. Work stoppages: Number of stoppages: Workers involved in stoppages: FINANCE SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Transportation (20 stocks)......... FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSEo), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL............. o...milo $.. Excl. Department of Defense Shipments. GENERAL IMPORTS , TOTAL rj Revised. jdJ Preliminary. USC0MM--DC--11,589 */ Indexes for Feb. 1974: UNITED STATES G O V E R N M E N T PRINTING OFFICE DtVWION Of PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS 65 stocks, 266.86: industri a1 , 831.34; public utility, 93.16; transportation, 186.11 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 First-Class Mail 0QENr, s? /ZV % WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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