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WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS „,<°?v \ May 1 1 , 1979 ^TESO** Annual Subscription: domestic, $15.00; foreign, $18.75 (no single copies sold). Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 PRICES OF 400 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 — Monthly - (avg. of daily close) 120 - 110 _ 100 -1 90 -j 80 - 70 ! 1 1 1 1 1 i ) | I I I 1 i \ 1976 l 1 1 1 I » 1 l \ 1 i 1977 1 1 ( 1 I 1 I 1 1 ( 1 1 1 I 1978 I I I .I..J Weekly (Wednesday close) - 1979 110 100 HA - 90 1978 80 ! i i i I i f i J I : t i A S O N D : Stand & Poor's Corp. INDEX, 1967= INDEX, 1967= 100 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 150 I I L-J L-J I I 1 I I I I I I 1976 I I Monthly I L_J L_J_ „L_J t 1977 I i I I ' ' ' ' ,1 ,,,» i 1978 t i I i t i i 1979 J FMAMJ JASOND Data: Edison Electric Inst. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 150 270 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS / 140 U & INVENTORIES _ 250 (seasonally adjusted) 130 120 110 L 240 /s/s/ / -J 210 •' l -j 190 _ - " " 100 _j£^"^ 90 1967=100 2601 " WHOLESALE PRICES 230 Shipments (left scale) 170 Inventories (right scale) 111 1111 111 ±_ •IJU...LLLLL_LLL JLU..I 1976 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1977 1 1 M t ! 1M i l l 1978 I N N 1979 Farm Products and Processed Food and Feed 150 I I I I I 1976 1977 : U.S. Dept. of Labor WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 130 120 J FMAMJ 1979 - 1978 I I 1979 70 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1978 ITEM SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials Apr. 29 1967=100. do... do... 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. 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... 1979 May 6 Apr. 14 Apr. 21 Apr. 28 277.4 253.5 295.1 225.0 237.9 216.5 276.3 251.1 295.1 275.9 250.7 294.6 276.9 252.8 294.7 269 2,496 2,228 144 292 2,423 2,151 108 424 2,721 2,548 193 341 2,623 2,452 180 304 205 201 103,251 118,477 36,963 -57 103,401 121,240 37,923 315 113,332 125,645 39,517 212 113,976 128,433 41,351 211 113,492 129,448 40,872 156 e/113,230 129,512 41,838 184 113,808 93,150 443,021 44,515 130,611 77,600 112,127 93,202 444,668 44,335 131,654 77,936 102,891 77,673 456,228 40,140 137,727 83,836 103,767 77,137 460,773 39,944 138,852 84,148 8.93 96.82 106.80 8.95 96.26 106.27 9.78 102.31 114.10 9.82 101.70 113.46 9.86 102.50 114.57 9.92 101.72 113.82 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons mil. kw.-hr number thous. bbl 15,170 37,753 214,565 9,012 15,580 37,792 207,865 8,839 15,060 40,488 119,984 8,713 15,780 39,816 202,184 8,713 15,560 39,645 211,502 8,713 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons percent 2,739 90.1 2,691 88.5 2,850 93.6 2,844 93.4 2,810 92.2 17.8 17.0 17.9 18.2 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES May 5 225.5 237.3 217.6 bil 208,726 2,814 92.4 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, e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1978 1979 ITEM Feb. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Mar. Dec. Jan. Feb. xl Mar. mil $ ao do do do 119,337 62,766 3,072 9,515 7,457 125,225 67,473 3,449 9,957 7,919 127,662 68,942 3,389 10,397 8,324 124,876 66,453 3,147 10,351 7,951 137,251 74,014 3,386 11,653 8,740 148,373 81,480 3,937 12,994 10,005 do do do do 11,039 7,826 15,313 2,359 11,860 8,175 16,675 2,661 12,741 8,710 16,039 2,741 11,429 8,134 16,917 2,458 13,336 9,108 18,028 2,714 14,363 9,529 19,859 2,969 do do do do.... 56,571 17,487 800 3,562 57,752 17,694 876 3,691 58,720 18,733 941 3,491 r58,423 17,750 991 3,519 63,237 19,309 882 3,637 66,893 20,048 1,027 4,037 Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petrol eum and coal products Rubber and pi asti cs products, do do do do 4,666 10,309 8,151 3,260 4,775 11,010 8,019 3,400 4,573 10,422 9,335 3,021 4,737 r!0,782 9,052 3,337 5,379 11,670 9,598 3,829 5,561 12,989 9,900 4,103 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED,. TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products 118,982 121,101 135,035 135,232 136,735 143,296 do do do do 63,077 3,341 9,591 7,582 64,457 3,396 9,310 7,848 73,429 3,943 11,425 9,049 r73,253 3,667 rl0,943 8,755 74,229 3,682 11,749 8,893 77,603 3,877 12,151 9,928 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products do do do do 10,778 7,713 15,176 2,441 10,964 7,979 15,676 2,630 12,792 8,778 17,227 2,712 12,399 8,922 18,645 2,706 13,030 8,970 17,751 2,811 13,298 9,304 18,431 2,933 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Nondurable goods industries, total ]_/ Foods and ki ndred products Tobacco products Texti 1 e mi 11 products r/ Revised. do.... ]_/ Includes data f o r "other industries" not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1979 1978 ITEM Feb. Mar. Dec. Oan. Feb. r/ 55,905 17,345 840 3,583 4,593 10,093 7,953 3,219 56,644 17,745 898 3,486 4,719 10,277 8,158 3,226 61,606 19,133 935 3,649 4,866 11,481 9,298 3,317 62,035 18,602 1,038 3,869 4,954 11,590 9,140 3,653 b2,505 19,186 928 3,646 5,294 11,434 9,372 3,778 do... do... do... do... 184,450 118,704 65,746 182,393 185,448 119,969 65,479 183,860 198,062 128,448 69,614 197,802 r202,454 132,131 r70,323 r200,604 205,505 135,133 70,372 203,231 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... .do... -do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 117,511 4,510 17,185 15,225 26,924 15,703 21,867 5,950 64,882 15,690 3,419 5,450 5,632 14,225 5,986 123,022 66,343 56,679 122,544 118,725 4,530 16,828 15,573 27,400 16,023 22,127 6,087 65,135 15,968 3,405 5,445 5,664 14,426 5,591 129,668 71,712 57,956 125,801 129,141 4,825 18,035 16,799 31,037 17,025 23,908 6,550 68,661 17,099 3,639 5,620 5,868 15,461 5,458 132,396 73,650 58,746 140,356 131,542 4,946 17,838 17,063 31,454 17,565 24,848 6,746 r69,062 17,290 3,614 5,729 5,834 r!5,470 5,417 r!32,794 r74,457 r58,337 r!42,679 131,783 5,120 17,765 17,384 31,855 17,653 25,830 6,932 69,448 17,739 3,502 5,743 5,873 15,468 5,180 145,510 81,730 63,780 144,894 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 66,681 9,946 8,019 11,482 8,460 16,392 55,863 12,047 43,816 69,016 10,228 7,826 11,573 8,319 18,085 56,785 12,412 44,373 78,623 11,806 9,527 13,273 9,285 20,167 61,733 13,184 48,549 r80,732 r!4,191 9,447 r!3,527 r9,605 20,121 r61,947 13,078 r48,869 82,007 13,042 9,279 13,517 10,137 22,340 62,887 13,697 49,190 UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADd.), TOTAL do... Durable goods industries, total do... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders do... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADO.), TOTAL do... By industry group: Durable goods industries, total ]_/ 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... 200,807 191,804 9,003 200,798 205,248 196,039 9,209 205,500 240,483 230,324 10,159 214,025 r248,407 r238,332 10,075 r248,266 256,668 246,051 10,617 256,429 191,798 19,948 24,233 48,434 27,186 62,072 9,000 196,359 20,866 24,213 49,044 27,526 64,480 9,141 230,554 26,216 26,005 53,039 30,413 83,994 10,471 r238,036 r29,465 26,698 54,167 r31,097 85,471 10,230 245,812 30,758 27,083 54,656 32,262 90,059 10,612 Mar. Apr. Oan. Feb. Mar. 1967=100. do... do... 226.3 236.0 219.8 225.0 237.9 216.5 255.3 250.9 258.3 268.0 260.2 273^.5 277.4 261.8 288.5 ALL COMMODITIES do. .. Farm products do... Food and 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... Metal s and metal products ,, do... Nonmetallic mineral products do... Pulp, paper, and allied products do... Rubber and plastics products do... Texti 1 e products do... Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100. Motor vehicles and equipment 1967=100. PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Producer pri ces 1967=$1.00. 203.7 204.2 196.9 204.1 196.1 315. 157. 187. 266. 191. 221. 215.9 189.7 171.4 157.4 169.6 171.9 206.5 213.7 200.2 206.1 196.9 317 158 191 269 192 223 218 191 172.8 157.9 170.5 172.9 220.7 230.1 215.3 219.9 204.9 338.3 165.8 223.8 290.1 205.0 241.6 237.7 206.8 180.7 164.6 182.4 184.7 223.9 240.5 218.7 222.4 207.0 342.4 166.7 232.8 292.3 206.2 247.3 240.3 208.4 183.1 165.0 183.5 185.9 226.4 242.5 220.4 225.1 209.5 350.5 167.5 254.1 299.3 207.4 251.6 240.5 211.8 185.5 165.1 183.5 185.8 $0 .529 .522 $0,487 $0,482 3.479 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADO.)—Con. By industry group—Con. Nondurable goods industries, total ]_/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petrol eum 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 !_/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Nondurable goods industries, total ]_/ Food, and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADOUSTED), TOTAL.. Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADOUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total !_/.... Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders mil. $. do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 1978 COMMODITY PRICES PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES: SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw i ndustri al s rf Revised. 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 1979 4 MONTHLY iySIMESS STATISTICS—Continued 1978 ITEM 1979 Feb? Mar. Feb. Mar. Dec. Jan. NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL...........mil. $, Private, total .do.., Residential (incl. farm).............. do.. New housing units ...........do... 11,395 9,153 5,158 4,295 13,425 10,823 16,847 13,345 7,271 13,963 11,105 r!3,263 r!0,676 6,264 r5,731 5,174 5,973 6,003 4,884 Nonresidential buildings, total ]_/.... ...-.do... Industrial .do.. Commercial.............. . .do.. Public, total...........................................do.. ,095 565 ,097 ,242 ,463 720 ,242 ,605 3,354 1,163 1,634 3,502 2,811 r2,793 r958 1,397 2,858 r2,587 3,307 1,155 1,609 2,950 NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL............. ....bil. $ Private, total — .do.. Residential (incl. farm)... .do.. New housing units......................... ......do.. 177.6 141.9 85.3 185.4 147.7 88.1 72.5 218.5 171.0 208. 162. r205.6 r!63.8 211.6 168.6 98.8 80.5 92. 74. 94.1 r76.9 94.6 76.4 Nonresidential buildings, total ]_/. .do.. Industrial..........................................do.. Commercial .do.. Public, total .dp.. 28.7 7.7 15.2 35.7 31.8 40.2 13.3 20.1 47.6 38. 12. 19, 46.3 r38.2 13.0 18.8 r41.8 42.6 14.7 21.0 43.0 9,695 162 12,345 153 6,766 9,568 10,185 184 7,877 10,716 181 8,420 14,166 231 8,044 13,94/ 186 11,097 2,905 3,862 2,929 3,429 6,139 2,776 3,096 4,781 2,308 3,952 4,468 2,296 3,412 4,632 6,122 4,227 6,870 2,850 164.5 164.8 186.8 r!87.1 r!88.3 189.0 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 50 STATES (F.W. DODGE): TOTAL VALUATION.......................................mil. $ Index (seasonally adjusted) ....1972=100, Buildings, total................................ mil. $ By type of building: Nonresidential......................................do.. Residential .do.. Non-building construction. .do.. CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE....................1972=100, 70.9 9.2 16.2 37.7 933 r4,697 1,361 •<&r/ Revised. 1 / I n c l u d e s a d d i t i o n s and a l t e r a t i o n s . 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