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May 13, 1977 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS r^ Jn 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. rll 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 INDEX, 1941-43=10 140 Monthly PRICES OF 4 0 0 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS (avg. of daily close) 1975 1974 1976 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1977 ta: Stand. & Poor's Corp. THOUSANDS 350 THOUSANDS 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (Passenger cars) Monthly - 1,000 Weekly - ~ - 300 " 250 - - ri| 600 ~ TU 400 ~ 200 ~ 800 A 0 __i i i i i 1 j i.... i... i. i yv /^^\ 1 J_._J - J _ L 1 1 l_-L_L_i_. 1974 I I 1975 / 1 1 1 1,1 --L.-I _ l_ 1. - L 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 150 \ 100 K - 50 1 1977 I 1 J 1977 1976 200 1 |_ • i i i ii F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. HOURS 52 DOLLARS 5.60 MANUFACTURING HOURS & 5.40 - EARNINGS (Hours seasonally adjusted) 5.20 "~ Average Hourly Gross Earnings (left scale) 5.00 / *+ 50 *+/ ^ Average Hour Per Week (right scale) 4.20 _t_i i i i 1 i i i i i 1974 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 600 - 44 500 40 / T i i 11111111 _ 46 42 4.40 1 JUL L.I,.I Ll_Li_U_ 1 1-1 1 1 \ 1 1 I I 38 1976 1977 - PricesPaid^ 48 4.80 4.60 1910 14=100 800 PRICES RlECEIVED ANC) PAID BY FARMERS 700 .V— A V v^ 400 -v -\ Prices Received J / (incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) 300 i i i i i I i i i i i -LI 1 1 1 I.J L.I-L.I L 1-L.X.J—lJ-1 M M 1974 1975 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1976 _i_i_i.I_I 1 i t i i i 1977 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1977 1976 ITEM May 8 May 1 Apr. 16 Apr. 30 Apr. 35 221.9 221.5 222.1 . 220.9 221.0 220.7 May 7 221.7 222.0 221 .'3 1967=100.. do do 203.2 204.4 202.3 202.9 202.9 202.7 221.3 219.2 222.5 mil. $., do... 12,668 8,092 12,716 8,537 13,497 8,839 13,856 8,991 14,246 9,007 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 (IXm § Bradstreet) .number. 314 3,775 2,902 157 345 3,701 2,839 247 317 3,547 2,792 236 314 3,449 2,698 178 306 151 164 86,745 105,278 35,296 441 94,703 105,817 34,002 249 94,605 109,011 35,198 45 94,108 111,314 35,365 165 e94,195 115,394 35,821 287 103,649 79,923 377,751 42,052 113,047 60,896 112,819 95,033 405,654 50,241 117,416 65,151 110,681 94,702 407,041 50,364 117,579 65,314 9.03 100.88 113 40 8.50 100.16 111.28 8.46 100.40 111 33 8.46 97.96 108.50 8.47 99.96 110.70 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: 86,527 Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank crecTit outstanding, total 3/...do... c/120,836 34,384 Member bank reserve balances 3/ do... 112 Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ 104,618 Demand deposits, adjusted do... 79,349 Savings deposits do... 376,575 Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do... 41,388 U.S. Government obligations do... 113,365 Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do... 60,727 Real estate loans (gross) do... 9.01 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody1 s) 3/ percent. 102.13 Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10. 114.89 Industrial, 400 stocks do... 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. 13,895 35,798 186,498 8,265 13,975 35,446 190,265 8,251 13,645 36,464 184,948 8,058 14,380 37,167 219,145 8,058 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,695 89.3 2,707 89.6 2,588 82.7 2,615 83.6 14,880 36,438 198,588 8,058 2,624 83.9 Ml.. 15.9 15.7 16.2 16.7 17.1 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 210,964 2,677 85.6 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ luesday 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, c/ Corrected. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1976 1977 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS. .1910-14=100. Crops do... Commercial vegetables do... Cotton do... Feed grains and hay do... Food grains do... Fruit do... Tobacco do... 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 1/ do... Production items do... All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates..do... PARITY RATIO do... SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 1967=100. 9 Foodstuffs do... 13 Raw industrials do... WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: 2/ ALL COMMODITIES 7 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 Hides, skins and leather products Lumber and wood products Machinery and equipment Metals and metal products r/ Revised. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 464 473 r438 r435 472 446 378 399 313 875 489 594 579 229 468 424 373 391 318 875 512 580 631 225 562 555 560 651 71 r563 457 445 574 526 361 282 271 959 467 590 530 240 468 457 637 540 362 287 276 954 478 584 546 252 r474 r475 r641 r589 r365 r282 r297 957 471 r577 544 240 483 488 560 568 360 281 320 965 473 580 551 232 651 73 578 553 569 673 68 584 556 578 679 69 590 562 583 685 69 598 565 593 693 70 196.0 200.0 193.2 202.3 204.3 200.9 207.3 203.0 210.2 213.0 208.0 216.4 218.4 212.0 222.8 220.-8 219.0 221.9 rl79.7 rl86.5 175.8 rl79.0 rl85.8 r255.8 181.3 192.9 178.0 rl80.1 187.0 r257.0 188. 193. 179. 188. 188. 278. 190.0 199.0 181.9 189.9 189.8 289.0 191. 202. 183. 191. 191. 293. 194. 208. 188. 193. 192. 298. rl44.0 rl62.9 r202.5 rl68.4 rl90.7 rl44.5 166.1 203.3 169.2 193.0 148.6 174.5 222.7 177.0 201.8 149.1 176.7 224.2 177.5 203.0 149.6 177.6 228.7 178.2 206.4 150.1 180.1 229.6 178.8 208.0 557 r561 1/ Beginning Jan. 1977, the consumer price index replaces the family living items index. 2/ Monthly data for 1976 have revised to reflect the availability of later reports and corrections by respondents. The revised data will be shown in the May Digitized forbeen FRASER SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 84,308 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1977 1976 ITEM Mar. Jan. Apr. Mar. Feb. Apr. COMMODITY PRICES--Con. WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES-CON. 1/ Industrial Commodities--Con. ..1967=100.. rl82.7 176.9 155.5 rl46.8 139.5 143.0 Motor vehicles and equipment c - "1 Q67=1 00.. PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y 1967=$1.00.. r$0.556 193.4 183.0 164.0 151.1 157.2 159.4 195.0 183.6 164.3 152.1 158.4 160.7 198.2 185.1 165.9 153.7 158.7 161.0 $0,532 $0,526 $0,521 $0,515 185.4 178.6 156.7 147.3 139.9 143.0 192.3 182.9 164.5 150.3 157.1 159.2 $0,552 | LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and (>ver, Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 95,260 93,112 85,588 2,897 82,691 7,525 95,618 93,474 86,584 3,273 83,311 6,890 96,837 94,704 86,856 2,672 84,184 7,848 97,478 95,340 87,231 2,709 84,522 8,109 97,909 95,771 88,215 2,804 85,411 7,556 97,958 95,826 89,258 3,140 86,118 6,568 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do 93,862 86,845 3,215 83,630 7,017 2,325 94,376 87,329 3,398 83,931 7,047 2,103 95,516 88,558 3,090 85,468 6,958 2,283 96,145 88,962 3,090 85,872 7,183 2,182 96,539 89,475 3,116 86,359 7,064 1,923 96,760 90,023 3,260 86,763 6,737 1,816 7.5 5.6 7.2 19.0 6.8 12.6 7.5 5.5 7.3 19.3 6.8 13.0 7.3 5.6 6.9 18.7 6.7 12.5 7.5 5.8 7.2 18.5 6.7 13.1 7.3 5.4 7.2 18.8 6.6 12.7 7.0 5.0 7.0 4.1 4.6 9.1 7.7 15.9 7.3 7.5 4.0 4.7 8.9 7.6 15.2 7.6 7.5 3.8 4.5 8.4 7.4 14.9 6.9 6.5 4.1 4.6 8.7 7.6 15.2 7.1 7.0 3.7 4.7 r8.3 7.4 14.2 6.6 6.1 7.0 12.0 78,980 64,083 45,186 23,248 773 3,578 79,312 64,400 45,392 23,403 775 3,620 80,561 65,552 46,341 23,589 817 3,561 r80,824 r65,820 r46,587 r23,701 r823 r3,645 r81,372 r66,327 r46,928 r23,985 r840 r3,746 p81,644 1 p66,589 p47,108 p24,151 p848 p3,822 18,897 10,956 7,941 19,008 11,016 7,992 19,211 11,236 7,975 rl9,233 rdl.,230 r8,003 rl9,399 rll,369 r8,030 pl9,481 ! pll,392 p8,089 55,732 4,507 17,592 4,236 13,356 55,909 4,510 17,662 4,250 13,412 56,972 4,549 17,981 4,323 13,658 ! r57,123 ; r4,553 1 rl8,067 r4,334 rl3,733 r57,387 r4,567 rl8,172 r4,349 rl3,823 p57,493 p4,575 pl8,196 p4,370 pl3,826 4,276 14,460 14,897 2,735 12,162 4,289 14,536 14,912 2,733 12,179 4,423 15,010 15,009 2,721 12,288 r4,431 15,068 rl5,004 2,721 rl2,283 r4,450 rl5,153 rl5,045 r2,725 rl2,320 p4,467 pl5,200 pl5,055 p2,724 pl2,331 52,728 13,602 7,815 53,004 13,700 7,871 53,813 13,801 8,026 r54,065 rl3,810 r8,011 r54,509 rl3,964 r8,131 p54,729 pl4,039 p8,153 36.2 36.0 40.3 3.1 40.7 3.1 36.1 37.4 39.4 2.6 39.8 2.5 35.8 35.4 39.5 3.2 40.0 3.4 r36.3 r37.8 r40.3 3.3 r40.8 3.3 36.2 36.9 r40.4 3.3 r41.0 3.4 p36.2 p37.1 p40.2 p3.4 p40.8 p3.6 4.2 2.6 3.5 1.5 1.1 3.9 2.5 3.5 1.6 1.1 3.7 2.2 3.9 1.4 1.7 3.7 p4.2 p2.7 p3.5 pi.6 pl.O Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group): White Negro and other races Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers... EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ..thous.. do.... do.... do do Transportation, communication, elec. gas, etc Retail trade do do do do.... do do 1 | | Production or nonsupervisory workers on payrolls of private nonagricultural establishments, seas. adj.: do.... do.... Average weekly hours per worker, seasonally adjusted: do do.... do LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: | do.... 1 do.... ' do.... 1 r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. 1/ See corresponding note on p. 2. 1 2.1 r3.4 1.3 rl.4 ! 17.8 6.3 12.3 3.6 4.4 7.8 6.7 6.0 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1977 1976 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. "LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS--CON. Labor turnover in manufacturing establishments--Con. Seasonally adjusted: Accession rate, total New hires Separation rate, total Quit Layoff do... .do... do... do... do... 4.4 3.0 3.8 1.8 1.1 4.1 2.8 3.8 1.8 1.2 4.0 2.7 3.9 1.8 1.3 4.6 2.9 r4.1 1.9 rl.4 p4.5 p3.1 p3.8 pi.9 pl.O number. 438 583 351 p314 p391 thous.. do 152 1,688 464 3,148 109 1,160 pl58 pi,356 p279 p2,288 1941-43=10. do... do... do... 101.08 113.73 117.30 •94.64 101.93 114.67 115.86 94.39 103.81 115.17 113.12 91.21 100.96 112.14 110.71 87.93 100.57 111.88 111.52 86.85 99.05 109.89 110.76 84.03 do... 1970=10. 1941-43-10. 45.67 46.07 **44." 54 *'44.91 54.01 rl4.85 50.24 52.88 14.12 49.27 52.14 14.08 50.21 52.57 14.38 52.83 Financial (40 Stocks) 1970=10. New York City banks (6 Stocks) 1941-43=10. Banks outside N.Y.C. (10 Stocks) do... Property-Casualty Insurance (6 Stocks) do... 52.34 95.56 100.97 54.42 99.93 99.56 12.30 53.49 107.79 115.06 11.75 51.20 102.44 109.29 11.57 49.34 100.68 107.. 00 11.41 47.94 97.47 108.19 WORK STOPPAGES: Number of stoppages: Beginning in month Workers involved: Beginning in month Days idle during month FINANCE SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Standard § Poor's Corporation: Combined index (500 Stocks) Industrial, total (400 Stocks) Capital goods (111 Stocks) Consumer goods (189 Stocks) Utilities (40 Stocks) Transportation (20 Stocks) Railroads (10 Stocks) ,301 USC0MM- -DC—84,308 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209
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