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S UTES O* WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS P May 19 Annual Subscription: domestic, $1 5.00; 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 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 475 (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 Monthly (average of Wednesday data) ~ 450 425 400 375 350 325 300 i i i . i i 1 i 1975 i i i i —1—I Data: Federal Reserve Board 1—1 i 1 i 1976 i i i i I ! 1 1 I ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1977 1 1 1 l i 1 1 1 I 1978 MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 1 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED AND LIQUIDATED (seasonally adjusted) 12.0 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1975 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1976 W E E K L Y B U S I N E S S S T A T I S T I C S updates selected data that are published monthly http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ in the S U R V E Y OF C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S . Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1977 i i i i I i i i m 1978 1978 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1978 1977 ITEM May 14 May 7 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 1967=100.. do do mil. $. . 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.. Apr. 22 Apr. 29 May 6 219.5 217.1 221.1 13,318 8,616 229.1 239.5 222.0 14,520 9,384 225.5 237.3 217.6 15,056 9,417 225.0 237.9 216.5 14,595 9,588 333 3,223 2,506 164 309 3,164 2,463 197 278 2,599 2,325 150 269 2,498 2,229 144 292 103,409 121,286 37,972 365 221. T 222.0 221.3 13,733 9,082 108 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) £/...1941-43=10.. Industrial, 400 stocks do.— 94,233 115,390 35,831 302 94,929 114,342 34,678 46 103,555 116,467 37,786 349 103,251 118,551 37,046 35 106,486 94,904 406,217 48,413 117,998 65,545 8.47 99.96 110.70 106,837 95,009 407,498 48,713 117,928 65,768 8.48 98.78 109.14 115,649 93,351 447,207 46,071 130,731 77,561 8.89 93.86 103.38 113,984 93,158 443,089 44,524 130,609 77,713 8.93 96.82 106.80 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.. 13,590 37,438 211,682 8,016 14,815 37,412 218,709 8,016 15,220 38,196 213,522 9,012 15,170 37,753 214,565 9,012 15,580 37,792 207,865 9,029 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons.. percent.. 2,677 85.6 2,763 88.3 2,709 89.1 2,739 90.1 2,391 88.5 bil.. 16.6 16.8 17.8 18.3 18.0 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 8 96 106 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 Mar. COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1978 1977 ITEM Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. 1967=100. do... do... 218.4 212.0 222.8 220.8 219.0 221.9 218.0 215.4 219.7 220.3 220.8 219.9 226.3 236.0 219.8 WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: 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... Metals and metal products do... Nonmetallic mineral products do... Pulp, paper, and allied products do... Rubber and plastics products do... Textile products do... Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100. Motor vehicles and equipment 1967=100. PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices 1967=$1.00. 192.0 202.5 183.9 191.7 191.2 293.7 149.6 177.9 229.0 178.2 206.5 195.1 183.6 164.6 152.4 158.4 160.7 194.4 208.2 188.5 193.3 193.0 298.8 150.1 179.9 229.8 178.9 208.2 198.6 185.3 165.7 153.7 158.7 161.0 199.9 192.2 191.3 201.5 194.0 312.8 155.6 186.1 256.3 189.1 215.2 212.7 188.2 169.9 156.4 169.0 171.3 202.0 198.9 194.6 202.8 195.2 312.9 156.3 187.5 263.7 190.1 219.1 215.0 188.7 170.2 157.0 169.4 171.7 203.8 205.3 196.8 204.1 196.2 315.3 157.4 188.1 266.0 191.4 221.1 215.8 189.8 171.3 157.3 169.6 171.9 $0,521 $0,515 $0,500 $0,495 $0,491 mil. $. do... 57,203 20,328 58,634 20,559 52,146 16,314 r52,479 rl7,230 r62,976 r21,611 do... do... do... 2,865 13,057 2,787 3,251 12,851 2,730 2,304 9,976 2,513 r2,419 rlO,710 r2,523 r3,126 rl3,825 r2,869 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Bldg. materials, hardware, garden supply, and mobile home dealers Automotive dealers Furn., home furn. and equip r/ Revised. 1/ Data for April are advance estimates. Digitized for447225 FRASER MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1978 1977 ITEM Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. DOMESTIC TRADE—Con. RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES--Con. ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED)—Con. Nondurable goods stores General merch. group stores Department stores mil. $ do.. do.. 36,875 6,347 5,044 30,075 6,911 5,470 35,832 5,368 4,325 r35,249 r5,488 r4,404 r41,365 r7,306 r5,852 39,987 7,440 5,969 Food stores Grocery stores do.. do.. 12,695 11,858 13,047 12,172 12,880 12,043 rl2,617 rll,796 rl4,356 rl3,405 13,675 12,735 Gasoline service stations Apparel and accessory stores Eating and drinking places Drug and proprietary stores do.. do.. do.. do.. 4,477 2,524 5,073 1,792 4,631 2,754 5,250 1,797 4,537 2,217 4,857 1,820 r4,313 r2,080 r4,761 rl,793 r4,737 r2,838 r5,556 rl,991 4,606 2,587 5,637 1,859 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 57,990 19,863 3,123 12,135 2,819 58,142 19,833 3,135 12,055 2,836 59,875 19,802 3,224 11,963 2,793 r61,661 r20,558 r3,382 rl2,273 r2,921 r62,339 r20,698 r3,355 rl2,514 r2,874 63,559 21,710 3,567 13,357 2,806 Nondurable goods stores General merch. group stores. Department stores Food stores Grocery stores do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 38,127 6,995 5,577 12,784 11,938 38,309 7,059 5,588 12,933 12,060 40,073 7,432 6,066 13,636 12,704 r41,103 r7,763 r6,309 rl3,906 rl2,977 r41,641 r7,854 r6,320 rl3,922 rl2,977 41,849 7,946 6,411 14,217 13,266 Gasoline service stations Apparel and accessory stores Eating and drinking places Drug and proprietary stores do.. do.. do.. do.. 4,642 2,780 5,290 1,825 4,723 2,726 5,232 1,834 4,796 2,723 5,415 1,944 r4,952 r2,755 r5,510 rl,957 r4,914 r2,877 r5,716 rl,973 4,714 2,874 5,694 1,973 thous do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 97,909 95,771 88,215 2,804 85,411 7,556 97,958 95,826 89,258 3,140 86,118 6,568 100,071 97,950 91,053 2,868 88,185 6,897 100,048 97,924 91,185 2,771 88,413 6,739 100,565 98,443 91,964 2,913 89,051 6,479 100,984 98,866 93,180 3,151 90,029 5,685 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 96,623 89,478 3,179 86,299 7,145 2,008 96,746 89,877 3,256 86,621 6,869 1,828 99,107 92,881 3,354 89,527 6,226 1,688 99,093 93,003 3,242 89,761 6,090 1,568 99,414 93,266 3,310 89,956 6,148 1,463 99,784 93,801 3,275 90,526 5,983 1,384 7.4 5.6 7.2 18.7 6.6 12.9 7.1 5.2 7.0 18.2 6.4 12.3 6.3 4.7 6.1 16.0 5.5 12.7 6.1 4.5 5.7 17.4 5.3 11.8 6.2 4.5 5.8 17.3 5.3 12.4 6.0 4.2 5.8 16.9 5.2 11.8 3.8 4.7 8.5 7.4 14.2 6.7 3.7 4.4 7.9 7.1 12.2 6.7 2.9 3.6 7.1 6.2 11.7 5.6 2.9 3.5 7.1 6.1 11.5 5.7 3.0 3.4 7.1 6.0 11.3 5.4 2.8 3.5 6.5 5.9 9.5 5.3 EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ...thous Private sector do.. Nonmanufacturing industries do.. Goods-producing do.. Mining do.. Contract construction do.. Manufacturing do.. Durable goods do.. Nondurable goods do.. 81,331 66,300 46,883 24,017 841 3,759 19,417 11,373 8,044 81,620 66,571 47,072 24,176 847 3,830 19,499 11,404 8,095 83,719 68,288 48,316 24,593 705 3,916 19,972 11,828 8,144 r84,546 r69,066 r48,991 r24,733 711 3,947 r20,075 rll,909 r8,166 r84,537 r69,004 r48,840 r24,933 r725 r4,044 r20,164 rll,961 r8,203 p85,156 p69,585 p49,361 p25,334 p893 p4,217 p20,224 pl2,001 p8,223 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.. 57,314 4,563 18,118 4,354 13,764 4,453 15,149 15,031 2,725 12,306 57,444 4,575 18,175 •4,371 13,804 4,463 15,182 15,049 2,721 12,328 59,126 4,628 18,774 4,482 14,262 4,630 15,693 15,431 2,736 12,695 r59,313 r4,651 rl8,744 r4,510 rl4,234 r4,647 rl5,781 rl5,480 2,736 rl2,744 r59,604 r4,674 rl8,843 r4,539 r14.304 r4,672 rl5,882 rl5,533 r2,736 rl2,797 p59,822 p4,700 pl8,902 p4,552 D14,350 X p4,696 pl5,953 pl5,571 p2,737 pl2,834 ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL Durable goods stores Bldg. mat., hdwre, garden supply, etc. dealers Automotive dealers Furn., home furn. and equip LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over not seasonally adjusted Civilian labor force Employed, total Agriculture Nonagricultural industries Unemployed Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted Employed, total Agriculture Nonagricultural industries Unemployed Long-term, 15 weeks and over Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group): All civilian workers Men, 20 years and over Women, 20 years and over Both sexes, 16-19 years White Black and other races Married men, wife present Occupation: White-collar workers Blue-collar workers Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers. Construction Manufacturing r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. 44,225 1/ Data for April are advance estimates. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1977 ITEM Feb. Mar. 1978 Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. FINANCE 'ONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERMS) Installment credit extended and liquidated: Unadjusted: Extended, total 1/ Automobile paper Mobile home Home improvement Liquidated, total 1/ Automobile paper Mobile home Home improvement Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total 1/ Automobile paper Mobile home Home improvement Liquidated, total 1/ Automobile paper Mobile home Home improvement 14 j,571 4,,949 322 461 18,899 6,711 453 652 21,,432 5 ,,635 379 595 16, 718 5, 031 329 452 16,688 5,469 343 558 21,976 7,541 518 785 14,,532 4,,407 380 438 16,888 5,334 428 509 16,,932 5 j,040 365 521 17,,365 5,,006 365 501 16,321 4,860 348 494 19,067 5,860 431 590 do.... do ...do .do.... 1 7 ,594 j 5 ;,819 383 577 .18,496 6,199 445 648 20,,138 6,,721 460 722 19,,586 6,,263 449 618 20,179 6,400 406 710 21,595 6,822 502 770 do.... do . , do . ,do 15 ,610 4,,801 412 478 15,525 4,816 391 480 17,,402 5,,424 384 549 17,,162 5,,078 398 514 17,518 5,296 383 539 17,527 5,300 394 553 184.,766 186,776 216 ,572 215,,925 216,297 219,203 66 ,473 14 ,421 10:,978 67,850 14,447 11,122 79 ,352 15 ,014 12;,952 79,,376 14,,978 12,,904 79,984 14,973 12,968 81,666 15,062 13,162 89 ,484 38 ,868 30 ,701 17 ,860 7 ,852 90,585 39,188 31,448 17,585 7,971 105 ,291 44,,015 37 ,036 21 ,082 9 ,149 105 ,466 43,,970 36 ,851 20 ,525 9 , 114 105,663 44,107 37,217 20,060 9,250 107,166 44,486 38,185 19,920 9,446 .mil. $.. ...do ...do.... Total installment credit outstanding, end of year or month 1/ , , do By credit type: Automobile ...do.... Mobile home . .do.... Home improvement ...do.... By holder: Commercial Finance companies Credit unions Retailers Others ...do.... , , do . . .do ...do.... .do.... 1/ Includes data not shown separately. USCOMM--DC--44,225 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE C0M-209
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