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BUSINESS STATISTICS y A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* MARCH 9, 1973 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Thousands 1,400 Thousands 350 M O T O R VEHICLE P R O D U C T I O N (Passenger cars) 1,200 1,000 - 800 - A Monthly — /\l \ ^^ / \ i' y**f\ - 600 \/v/ 400 200 0 - - - _J_I—i—i - i _ i i i i i i i• i i i i 1970 i i i i i i —-i—•—•—i—i— i 1971 i i J—i—i— i 1973 1972 J FMAMJ J A S O N D Data: Motor Vechicle Mfrs. Assn. Billlion$ 120 Billion$ 70 65 ~h MANUFACTURERS' & INVENTORIES (seasonally adjusted) J / / 110 120 -4T00 100 90 55 h . . L X J - U . . . . * Total Put in Place (left scale) H] 8 0 A > ^ H 60 -H1 80 40 Private Residential, Nonfarm (right scale) I I l I i 1 i M i i 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1i i1 i i 1 i i i i i 1971 A A / 1—---- Shipments (left scale) 1970 1972 80 60 i i i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i i 1 ii i i i 1 i i i i ii i i i ii I l I l l 1 I i i l l 1973 1970 1971 1972 20 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1910-14 = 100 475 Billion $ 13.0 C O N S U M E R INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED A N D 12:0 TOO / ^ ^ L ^ ^ 60 h 50 Billion$ NEW CONSTRUCTION (Seas, adj., at annual rates) SHIPMENTS Inventories (right scale) ' Billion$ 140 450 'REPAID (seasonally adjusted) 1910-14== 100 400 PRICES RECEIVED A N D ^ P A I D BY FARMERS A 1 - 375 - 350 - 325 f 425 Prices Paidl/ (left scale) \ ~ 1/1.0 - S ^ y - f —*"1 i / I 400 10.0 375 350 • t • • • •' 1970 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1971 1972 325 (right scale) - ^ \ 275 J/(incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) 1 i i i i i 1 i tl l 1 i I I 1,1 250 i i M i 1 III Ii i i i i i 1 ii i i i 1 1973 1970 1971 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture • 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 — 300 y. < " Prices Received 1972 1973 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1972 ITEM Feb. 26 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES If 1973 Mar. 4 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 1967=100.. 112.5 112.7 138.5 142.8 144.6 mil. $.. •••••••••.do.... 7,503 4,972 7,853 5,218 8,171 5,465 8,400 5,603 8,555 5,528 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.. 252 3,118 2,474 166 264 3,053 2,412 226 276 2,248 2,063 170 243 2,245 2,060 194 221 188 FINANCE: Currency in circulation .3/ mil. $.. 59,736 Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3J'...do.... 74,000 Member bank reserve balances 3/ T....do.... 31,823 Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do.... 130 59,696 72,863 31,614 82 64,277 77,183 31,812 113 64,673 77,675 31,826 194 64,743 77,862 31,976 446 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores.• • 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.... 83,912 56,432 270,601 27,460 82,136 39,315 86,494 56,578 273,317 27,927 82,627 39,178 97,004 58,175 310,585 27,638 93,339 46,562 96,530 58,088 311,563 27,005 94,692 46,741 95,605 58,111 311,984 25,830 95,159 46,892 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody1s) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do.... 7.67 105.38 117.07 7.67 107.35 119.40 7.57 113.66 127.23 7.57 115.10 128.97 7.57 114.69 128.50 10,650 32,627 175,908 9,454 10,590 31,868 184,736 9,509 10,545 35,799 200,453 9,384 10,905 36,947 223,826 9,329 11,010 35,814 218,150 9,389 2,439 100.0 2,487 101.9 2,886 118.3 2,883 118.2 2,908 119.2 14.1 14.9 15.7 16.0 15.9 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Index of production thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.• thous. bbl*. thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100. • RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil.. 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1971 1972 Dec. Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. mil. do. do. do. do. 55,321 29,696 1,575 4,209 3,088 55,032 29,535 1,628 4,565 2,950 67,035 37,182 2,281 5,560 3,680 66,310 36,557 2,114 5,437 3,448 r63,477 r34,801 rl,892 r5,465 r3,353 do. do. do. do. 5,127 4 ,544 990 4,929 4,274 6,983 903 5,717 5,109 9,246 1,130 5,602 5,224 9,287 1,152 r5,813 r5,053 r8,311 rl,100 Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ do. Food and kindred products.......................do. Tobacco products do. Textile mill products do. 25,625 8 ,883 479 2 077 25,497 8,449 487 1,994 29,853 9,839 526 2,448 29,753 9,961 547 2,485 r28,676 r9,986 r519 r2,405 2 077 2,216 4,381 2,186 1,346 59,189 2,480 4,9.60 2,384 1,598 64,725 2,416 4,818 2,468 1,493 66,553 r2,296 r4,693 r2,530 rl,387 r66,387 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metal s Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products............. Rubber and plastics products. • SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products rj Revised. 9021 do. do. do. .do. do. 4,026 2 ,149 1 314 57 740 do. .....do. do. do. 30,913 1 763 4 610 3 196 31,965 1,880 4,704 3,241 36,086 2,130 5,752 3,562 36,750 2,149 5,747 3,490 r36,378 r2,119 r5,997 r3,473 do. do. do. do. 5,280 4,498 6,844 985 5,274 4,784 7,381 1,004 5,779 4,833 8,759 1,087 5,933 5,075 8,797 1,126 r6,033 r5,003 r8,391 rl,096 17 Includes data for "other industries" not 6,822 shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1972 1971 ITEM 3 Nov. Dec. Dec. Jan. Oct. 26,827 8,951 484 2,174 2,184 4,490 2,140 1,421 27,224 8,986 526 2,182 2,305 4,643 2,206 1,444 28,639 9,411 533 2,214 2,412 4,907 2,377 1,536 29,803 9,869 549 2,426 2,453 4,983 2,476 1,546 r30,009 rl0,055 r525 r2,520 r2,4l9 r5,235 r2,5l7 rl,501 do*. do.. do.. do.. 101,293 65,446 35,847 101,665 102,098 66,134 35,964 101,796 105,311 68,840 36,471 106,008 105,849 69,233 36,616 106,371 rl06,645 r69,696 r36,949 rl07,047 do.. do.. do. • do. • do.. do.• do. • do.. 65,874 2,279 9,205 7,268 13,497 9,837 15,179 2,452 66,187 2,257 9,328 7,345 13,446 9,797 15,279 2,512 69,330 2,385 9,664 7,605 13,747 10,262 16,486 2,613 69,641 2,378 9,617 7,541 13,944 10,323 16,581 2,625 r70,144 r2,381 r9,6l9 r7,551 rl4,129 rl0,423 r16,724 r2,615 Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ do.. Food and kindred products do.. Tobacco products. ••••••••• ••••••• • .do.• , Textile mill products do.. Paper and allied products do.. Chemicals and allied products do.. Petroleum and coal products do.. Rubber and plastics products do.. NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL do.., Durable goods industries, total do.. Nondurable goods industries, total.•••••• .....do.. NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL do.., By industry group: Durable goods industries, total do.. Primary metals do.• Fabricated metal products do. • Machinery, except electrical doe., Electrical machinery do. • Transportation equipment.••••• •••• •• • .do.•, Nondurable goods industries, total do.. Industries with unfilled orders do.. Industries without unfilled orders do.. 35,791 9,169 2,235 3,622 2,772 6,693 2,266 2,151 55,663 30,026 25,637 57,883 35,609 9,061 2,256 3,636 2,743 6,667 2,235 2,175 56,620 31,043 25,577 59,871 36,678 9,322 2,329 3,859 2,786 6,801 2,261 2,255 67,748 37,792 29,956 65,454 36,730 9,294 2,390 3,867 2,793 6,831 2,264 2,277 67,102 37,167 29,935 67,587 r36,903 r9,294 r2,456 r3,842 r2,799 r6,846 r2,200 r2,332 r65,071 r36,350 r28,721 r67,668 31,001 4,662 3,190 5,302 4,371 7,000 26,882 7,076 19,806 32,554 4,644 3,261 5,384 4,329 8,366 27,317 7,284 20,033 36,759 5,727 3,554 6,074 5,174 8,990 28,695 7,710 20,985 37,619 5,914 3,417 6,423 5,322 8,849 29,968 8,049 21,919 r37,562 r5,968 r3,811 r6,583 r5,189 r8,480 r30,106 r7,95i r22,155 UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL do.. Durable goods industries, total do.. Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders.....do.., UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL do.., By industry group: Durable goods industries, total la/..............-..do.., Primary metals do.• Fabricated metal products do.. Machinery, except electrical do.. Electrical machinery do.• Transportation equipment. do. • Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders...do.. 72,478 69,415 3,063 73,004 74,066 70,923 3,143 73,686 82,225 78,504 3,721 82,906 83,015 79,115 3,900 83,947 r84,611 r80,665 r3,946 r85,226 69,901 6,043 9,442 12,632 14,430 21,289 3,103 70,490 5,983 9,462 12,742 13,975 22,274 3,196 79,174 8,335 10,097 14,477 14,910 24,869 3,732 80,047 8,503 10,025 14,969 15,157 24,922 3,900 r81,123 r8,474 r10,364 rl5,522 rl5,342 r25,009 r3,995 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. A D J . ) — C o n . By industry group—Con. Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total Book value (seasonally adjusted), total By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products * mil. $ do.. do. . do.. do.. do*. do.. do.. 1973 1972 Feb. Jan. Dec. Nov. Jan. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS. .1910-14=100. do... Crops. .do. Commercial vegetables. .do. Cotton • do. Feed grains and hay... .do. Food grains. Fruit do. Tobacco do. 303 251 356 255 173 165 255 671 310 248 320 255 173 166 259 664 331 272 360 229 191 239 273 705 348 287 337 216 221 283 263 704 365 295 402 187 223 283 282 707 Livestock and products. •••••••••••• .do. Dairy products. • do. Meat animals.•••••• •....•• ••........• .do, Poultry and eggs. • •• .do, PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services do, Family living items do. Production items do. All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates.•.do, PARITY RATIO do. 349 369 453 130 363 365 481 130 381 388 496 150 401 394 524 168 424 391 560 192 360 391 338 420 72 363 395 340 r422 73 381 408 361 r443 75 386 410 369 449 78 394 414 379 458 80 vj Revised. 9021 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 1972 1971 ITEM Dec. Dec. Nov. Oct. Jan. 1 Jan. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE rl0,520 r8,133 r4,678 r3,953 9,175 7,043 3,890 3,214 8,417 6,353 3,542 2,963 11,583 8,697 5,046 4,234 rll,065 r8,523 r4,946 r4,l80 1,913 433 1,023 2,132 1,748 362 956 2,064 2,221 397 1,274 2,886 2,121 399 1,187 2,542 r2,051 r420 rl,137 r2,387 2,021 412 1,136 2,108 115.6 85.2 47.9 38.7 120.8 88.6 49.6 40.4 129.1 96.3 56.4 46.7 126.7 97.4 57.1 r47.5 rl32.3 r98.3 r57.4 r47.5 134.9 102.1 57.8 47.9 do.... 23.0 4.9 12.4 30.3 23.9 4.9 13.3 32.2 24.3 4.3 13.8 32.8 24.2 4.6 13.4 29.3 r24.7 r4.8 rl3.7 r34.1 27.7 5.6 15.8 32.7 ....1967-100.. 135 135 140 141 141 143 138,394 111,295 137,426 110,757 152,968 124,325 157,564 127,332 12,445 10,238 9,469 10,007 12,337 11,025 12,806 10,986 13,643 10,636 11,923 11,887 10,866 9,976 11,116 10,015 12,404 10,908 12,846 11,128 12,627 10,964 13,304 11,355 NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL do.... do.... | 9,463 7,355 4,161 1 3,529 NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT TN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): ! 150,576 122,505 Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: 1 Seasonally adjusted: vj Revised. \j USCOMM—DC—9021 1 Except farm and p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s . 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