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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* Billion $ 350 Billion $ 325 TOTAL L O A N S A N D INVESTMENTS (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) ^ 300 H 325 s 275 ~ 250 — — H 300 y* 275 Monthly (a /erage of Wednesday data) 225 ™ iVr i i i 1. i i i 1970 ii ^ULJLXJ L-JLO-^UJL^J™ ! I--JL 1 1 1 1 l_J 1971 Weekly (Wednesday data) I I I 1 i—J—J LJ__L__L 250 J FMAMJ J A S O N D 1 L_ 1972 1973 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1967=100 200 R A W STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) 150 1967=100 200 h 100 5 0 I— Monthy • • • • 1 I • 1970 1971 • • ' ' , I I 1972 1973 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1967 = 100 200 WHOLESALE PRICES Billion$ u.o 180 12.0 160 10.0 9.0 Industrial I • Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1971 1972 Commodities I • 1973 ^fCo^«*>» / - • v " / C^' A - — Repaid 8.0 M i l l ! L_JULJLJL_ JUU 1 1 1 1 1 1JUL.L UL 1 1 1,1 J U L U . i I i.1 I 1 I I I I 1970 Data: Federal Reserve Board * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected ^/ Extended 11.0 Farm Products and Processed Foods and Feeds 1970 — ~ CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED A N D 13.0 — REPAID (seasonally adjusted) 1971 1972 1973 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 Apr. 29 May 6 Apr. 14 Apr. 21 Apr. 28 1967=100.. 118.2 118.6 152.8 153.3 153.5 mil. $. . .....do.... 8,687 5,531 8,450 5,666 9,469 6,172 9,967 6,524 9,474 5,963 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.. 214 2,284 1,891 215 235 2,231 1,838 202 207 1,846 1,686 222 211 1,845 1,685 186 195 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3_/. . mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/. ...do.... Member bank reserve balances 3^/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated^/ « do.... 60,633 75,853 32,666 218 60,668 75,627 32,840 136 65,906 79,622 31,785 -78 66,335 80,728 32,629 232 66,296 81,344 32,452 388 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...• 89,743 57,282 277,291 26,781 84,572 40,551 88,996 57,295 280,733 27,076 85,488 40,423 99,937 58,506 320,580 25,424 100,833 47,744 99,244 58,150 320,704 24,840 101,931 47,997 96,585 58,091 321,782 24,751 101,919 48,097 Bond yields,domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor»s) A-/..1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do.... 7.76 106.89 119.23 7.73 105.99 118.08 7.63 112.68 126.41 7.62 111.54 125.02 7.62 108.34 121.31 11,859 31,064 192,665 9,761 11,860 30,748 196,037 9,719 11,110 33,957 215,681 9,335 11,075 32,425 161,660 9,336 11,695 32,793 215,444 9,340 2,715 111.3 2,708 111.0 3,002 123.0 2,995 122.8 2,987 122.4 15.7 15.3 16.0 15.6 16.1 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 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.. *. = « a *.« . . -thous. sh. tons.. .....1967=100.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. bil.. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3/ Daily average. 1 217 May 5 155.5 200 66,132 81,391 32,474 201 7.59 108.43 121.41 210,737 2,981 122.2 47 Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1972 Mar. 1973 Apr. Mar. Apr. COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 1967=100. 9 Foodstuffs do... 13 Raw industrials.................................do... WHOLESALE PRICES INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES do... Farm products......................................do... Food end feeds, processed do... Industrial commodities... do... Chemicals and allied products do... Fuels and related products, and power.... .do... Furniture and household durables... do... Hides, skins, and leather products .......do... Lumber and wood products.........................do... Machinery and equipment do... Metals and metal products........................ do... Nonmetallic mineral products.....................do... Pulp, paper, and allied products do... Rubber and plastics products.......••.....••••»..do... Textile products and apparel.....................do... Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100. Miscellaneous products.......................1967=100. PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices 1967=$1.00. 114.4 110.4 117.2 115.6 110.1 119.5 134.4 127.5 139.3 143.0 136.6 147.5 149.9 142.3 155.3 152.9 145.4 158.2 117.4 119.7 118.6 116.8 103.4 116.5 110.9 123.0 117.5 119.1 117.7 117.3 104.1 116.9 111.0 127.2 124.5 144.2 132.4 120.0 105.1 122.2 112.6 143.9 126.9 150.9 137.0 121.3 105.6 126.0 113.1 144.9 129. 160. 141. 122. 106. 126. 113. 143. 130.7 160.6 139.8 124.4 107.7 131.8 114.1 145.0 139.5 117.3 123.4 124.8 112.3 108.9 112.1 113.6 114.2 141.1 117.6 123.5 125.6 112.8 108.7 112.6 113.8 114.1 151.0 118.9 125.6 128.2 115.8 110.0 116.6 114.1 115.8 161.0 119.4 126.9 128.4 116.5 110.1 117*4 114.2 117.1 173.2 120.0 129.2 129.0 118.3 110.3 119.0 114.5 117.9 182.0 120.8 130.5 130.0 119.8 110.6 120.8 114.9 118.6 $0,852 $0,851 $0,803 $0,788 $0,771 $0,765 r7,238 159 r5,772 8,100 16/ 6,153 6,795 iSi 5,614 6,839 l9i 5,506 8,644 193 7,351 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 50 STATES (F.W. Dodge): TOTAL VALUATION mil. $. Index (seasonally adjusted) 1967=100. Building, total mil. $. CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: E.H. Boeckh and Associates, Inc.: Average, 20 cities: Apartments, hotels, office buildings 1967=100. Commercial and factory buildings.................do... Residences. do... http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ r / Kevised. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 143.5 143.1 143.3 148.6 148.3 149.8 151.6 152.6 156.3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. 87,914 85,410 80,195 3,094 77,101 5,215 87,787 85,324 80,627 3,287 77,339 4,697 88,122 85,718 81,043 2,955 78,088 4,675 89,075 86,683 81,838 2,956 78,882 4,845 89,686 87,325 82,814 3,131 79,683 4,512 86,264 81,216 3,460 77,756 5,048 1,209 86,184 81,209 3,313 77,896 4,975 1,143 86,921 82,555 3,501 79,054 4,366 919 87,569 83,127 3,424 79,703 4,442 895 88,268 83,889 3,480 80,409 4,379 859 5.9 4.2 5.5 17.4 5.3 10.4 5.8 4.2 5.4 16.7 5.3 9.3 5.1 3.4 4.9 15.8 4.6 9.0 5.,0 3.,4 4.,9 14.,2 4.,4 9,,0 2.4 3.0 5.7 5.1 8.7 4.5 4.3 2.,5 2.,9 5.,4 4.,9 8.5 4.6 4.5 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted 1_/ thous Civilian labor force 1_/ do.. Employed, total 1_/ do.. Agriculture do. . Nonagricultural industries do.. Unemployed ....do. . Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted 1_/ ...do.. Employed, total 1_/ do.. Agriculture do.. Nonagri cultural industries. • do. . Unemployed. do.. Long-term, 15 weeks and over,™ do.. Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group): All civilian workers Men, 20 years and over Women, 2G years and over. ...».,...... Both sexes, 16-19 years White. . ... Negro and other races ....*......... 5. 3. 5. 14. 4. 2.9 3.3 6.8 5.8 10.7 5.8 5.8 Married men Occupation: White-collar workers.. ..«. Blue-collar workers..• Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers.=. Construction Manufacturing Durable goods.. • = SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 74,245 60,764 41,295 23,581 610 r74,725 r61,188 r4l,610 r23,785 r6l3 3,512 18,685 10,673 8,012 72,246 59,028 40,238 22,888 605 3,493 18,790 10,755 8,035 3,502 19,469 11,326 r3,594 rl9,578 rll,413 r8,165 r74,933 r61,370 r41,743 r23,847 r611 r3,609 rl9,627 rl1,448 8,179 Service-producing. ....do.. Transportation, communication, elec., gas, etc.......do.. Wholesale and retail trade*. ..do•• Wholesale trade. do*. Retail trade do.. Finance, insurance, and real estate... ....do.. Services .do.. Government .............do.. Federal do.. State and local • .do.. Production or nonsupervisory workers on payrolls of private nonagricultural establishments (seas, adj.): Employees, total thous Manufacturing ...do.. Durable goods • .do.. Average weekly hours per worker, seas, adj.: Total private. .hours Contract construction. ..do.. Manufacturing do.. Overtime hours*. • «... ..do.. Durable goods. do. . Overtime hours. do. . Nondurable goods.. ........do.. Overtime hours. ..do*. Retail trade . do.. Hourly earnings, average, seasonally adjusted: Total private nonfarm payrolls dollars Contract construction • do. . Manufacturing. do. • Wholesale and retail trade do.. Finance, insurance, and real estate..................do.. Services. do. • Indexes of average hourly earnings, seasonally adjusted: Private nonfarm economy: 2/ Current dollars 1967=100 Mining* do.» Contract construction. do.. Manufacturing do.. 49,200 4,487 15,508 3,883 11,625 3,885 12,139 13,181 2,667 10,514 49,358 4,481 15,561 3,894 11,667 3,892 12,206 13,218 2,664 10,554 50,664 4,574 15,989 4,001 11,988 2,637 10,844 r50,940 r4,580 rl6,127 r4,022 rl2,105 r4,014 rl2.682 rl3,537 2,632 rl0,905 r51,086 r4,589 rl6,215 r4,027 rl2,188 r4,024 12,695 rl3.563 r2,634 rl0,929 48,677 13,616 7,729 48,845 13,711 7,805 50,300 14,298 8,310 r50,698 rl4,396 r8,379 r50,860 rl4,441 r8,414 37. 37. 40. 3. 41. 3. 39. 3. 33. 37.3 36.7 40.8 3.5 41.4 3.7 39.8 3.5 33.7 36.9 36.1 40.3 3.7 41.3 4.1 39.0 3.4 33.4 37.2 r36.1 40.9 3.9 r42.0 r4.4 39.7 3.4 33.5 37.2 37.0 40.9 3.9 r41.6 r4.0 r39.8 r3.5 r33.4 3.59 5.97 3.74 2.97 3.38 3.14 3.62 6.01 3.76 2.99 3.44 3.17 3.77 6.37 3.97 3.09 3.53 3.26 135.5 134.6 144.6 133.2 136.7 135.7 145.3 133.9 142.5 142.4 154.0 139.5 142.5 rl41.5 151.8 139.7 rl43.2 rl42.2 152.4 rl40.3 Transportation, communication, electric, gas, etc....do.. Wholesale and retail trade do.. Finance, insurance, and real estate .•• do.. Services. .......do.. 139.8 132.9 130.9 136.5 141.7 134.0 133.4 137.9 150.5 138.7 136.8 142.3 rl51.5 rl39.2 rl37.0 rl42.3 rl52.9 r'139.9 rl36.7 rl43.6 EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS of nonagric. estab., total Private sector. Nonmanufacturing industries.. Goods-producing Mining Contract construction. • Manufacturing Durable goods. Nondurable goods.. thous ..do.. ...do. . «,. do. . do.. ..do.. do.. ....do.. ...do.. 72,011 58,830 40,145 22,811 614 8,143 3,999 12,621 13,481 r3.81 r6.31 3.98 r3.13 r3.53 r3.30 r_/ Revised. £,/ Preliminary. 1/ Effective Jan. 1972 and Mar. 1973, data reflect adjustments to the 1970 Census and are not directly comparable with data for earlier periods. 2J Adjusted for interindustry employment shifts and for overtime in manufacturing. 9081 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1973 1972 ITEM Mar. Feb. Apr. Mar. Apr. FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- A N D INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of month..o.o.« .mil. Installment credit, total..«».... „.,....... .„ ...do. Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, total.......................<,..„... .do. Repaid, total ... . . ... .. . „ .,, „ „,. . . »<,••,. s ... . . = .do.. Seasonally adjusted: Ext ended, total. .. ....». . n.. . .. .... . .. . • . ..... .do. Repaid, total .do. SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks)..,, * =,.. o».. tPublic utility (15 stocks)..-.......... Transportation ( 20 stocks ) . ............ -. « New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite. . .12/31/65=50., Industrial..« .. T ran spor t at ion. Utility........ Finance. „..» . . „ 137,879 111,257 139,410 112,439 157,227 127,368 157,582 127,959 159,320 129.375 11,746 10,999 11,224 10,042 11,923 11,887 11,214 10,623 13,681 12,265 11,741 10,427 11,374 10,384 13,304 11,355 13,434 11,437 13,852 11,808 323.84 939 ..23 114.34 259., 48 329.83 958.16 110.56 270,, 08 325.94 1,026.82 118.06 216,58 308., 40 974.04 113.08 2.02,04 300.94 957.35 109.52 194.-. 60 297.65 942.60 103.02 194.22 59.96 65.18 53.71 38o56 77.15 60.65 66.10 55.50 37.48 80.36 64.38 70.55 45.14 41.72 81.62 61.52 67.67 42.34 39 .,95 74.47 60.15 66.20 40.92 39.13 72.. 32 58.67 64.41 40.57 38.97 69,42 ...thous. ....do..= ....do.o. ....do... r613.3 r242„4 r242.2 r245.1 704.2 263.2 210*7 274.3 486.8 2.84.9 215.4 285.2 448.9 252,3 224.5 240.0 782.4 322.7 254.0 293.8 .do, .do. .do. 471.9 r425.2 304,3 743.1 515.5 373.-7 248.8 634.1 472.3 457,2 379.3 727.9 452.8 417.2 318.2 775.3 579,8 464.8 331.9 METALS AND MANUFACTURES ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT Household electrical appliances. factory sales: Air conditioners (room)........ . 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