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M A Y 2, 1975 S WES A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS n:rj°\ O* * SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1967== 100 INDEX, 1967=100 - 170 - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 170 1975 (E. E. I. seas. a d j . index) 160 - / ^ _ ^ v\ - A ^y^" 150 140 130 160 - W/Y\ - - 1 ! 1 1 1972 l l , ! ! ) ! 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1973 i i i i 1974 1 G 1974 140 130 Weekly Monthly I i 150 i i i _JL_L«_ 1 1 l I I I I I J FMAMJ 1975 i i i J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. 1967=100 200 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION 150 1967=100 200 (ingots a n d a l l other forms) - - - 100 50 n i i i i i I i i i i i i 1 i i . i i 1 I I 1973 1972 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.... i i i i 1974 i 1 i i i i i 1975 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1967 = 100 Million 3.0 PRIVATE H<3USING STARTS 180 (seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) - 2.5 CONSUMER PRICES / 170 »*" 160 2.0 - 150 1.5, - ~ - - r— -1 Food /•..*>•* All Services 140 1.0 _ ' x. / s*~* -y\ ^S-'y J/^ ' 130 All Items - ,„„»-—"•••'•^ .5 i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1972 .. . 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce ,_LUL_LI 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I.Ll 1 1 I I 1974 1975 1?0 •*Tr7 .**"" )ata: U.S. Dept. of La bor * 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 ...... 1972 I.. .. . 1973 I I I I I I I I I . I I 1974 i i i i i I 1975 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1974 1975 ITEM Apr. 20 Apr. 27 Apr. 5 Apr. 12 Apr. 26 Apr. 19 202.2 223.8 188.3 1967=100.. do do 231.0 219.9 238.9 231.7 221.2 239.1 203.5 232.8 185.4 199.9 225.2 184.0 201.6 225.9 186.3 mil. $.. do 10,053 6,728 10,076 6,739 10,588 7,350 10,685 7,375 10,862 7,387 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.. 257 2,602 2,233 184 235 2,471 2,114 170 506 5,833 4,973 257 496 5,719 4,861 203 457 72,616 87,332 36,256 329 72,308 87,526 36,055 139 78,118 92,713 35,142 325 78,453 90,806 34,674 118 78,778 90,719 35,213 136 103,018 57,992 100,348 57,924 365,218 23,429 120,090 56,604 104,863 62,238 377,216 27,855 125,970 59,474 104,982 62,508 378,622 29,146 125,874 59,440 105,577 62,277 378,144 28,973 126,199 59,488 8.55 90.30 101.43 9.38 82.43 92.47 9.46 82.84 93.03 9.50 86.60 97.50 9.53 86.12 96.98 12,830 33,209 171,846 9,076 2,907 119.2 17.4 11,250 34,684 118,645 8,399 2,563 105.1 14.2 12,545 34,346 131,391 8,362 2,541 104.2 14.7 13,400 33,502 140,204 8,352 2,491 137,448 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurabl e goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ do Member bank reserve bal ances 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, 425 stocks do PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities.... Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. ..pil!. 367,498 24,848 120,133 56,317 8.50 94,36 105.80 12,965 32,654 160,198 9,039 2,895 118.7 16.8 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. MONTHLY 294 313 78,478 93,744 35,300 142 2,488 102.0 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1975 1974 ITEM Feb. Mar. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: Unadjusted indexes: All items Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodi ties Nondurables Nondurables less food Durables... Servi ces Services less rent 1967=100 141.5 143.1 155.4 156.1 157.2 157.8 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 136.8 141.5 139.3 145.2 133.5 123.4 145.8 149.1 138.4 143.1 141.0 147.2 136.1 124.3 147.0 150.4 151.3 155.3 153.0 158.3 147.7 138.8 160.0 164.8 151.8 155.9 153.4 158.7 147.2 139.3 161.3 166.2 153.0 156.9 154.4 159.6 148.2 140.3 162.6 167.5 153.9 157.5 155.0 159.7 148.8 142.1 163.2 168.3 Food Meats, poultry, and fish. Dairy products Fruits and vegetables do.. do.. do.. do.. 157.6 174.2 149.3 155.9 159.1 171.6 151.5 162.5 169.7 163.5 155.3 161.3 170.9 163.5 155.2 163.5 171.6 162.7 155.6 166.7 171.3 161.8 155.4 167.4 Housing Shel ter Rent Homeownership do.. do.. do.. do.. 143.4 148.3 128.0 155.8 144.9 149.4 128.4 157.2 159.9 163.0 133.5 174.0 161.2 164.3 134.0 175.6 162.7 165.8 135.1 177.3 163.6 166.6 135.5 178.2 Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and el ectri ci ty Household furnishings and operation..., do.. do.. do.. do.. 143.5 202.0 137.3 130.1 144.9 201.5 140.0 132.6 158.4 228.8 156.7 152.3 160.5 228.9 160.2 153.2 162.2 229.5 162.7 154.7 Apparel and upkeep Transportation Health and recreation do,. do.. do.. 130.4 129.3 134.5 132.2 132.0 135.4 141.9 143.5 147.5 139.4 143.2 148.9 140.2 143.5 150.2 140.9 144.8 151.1 $0,707 $0,699 $0,643 $0,641 $0,536 $0,634 ; PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices 61,934 1967s$l .00, I [ 163.0 228.3 164.0 155.6 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1974 ITEM Feb. Mar. 1975 Dec. Feb. Jan. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 50 STATES (F.W. DODGE): TOTAL VALUATION mil. $. Index (seasonally adjusted) 1967 = 100. Building, total mil. $. r6,412 187 r4,743 7,911 181 6,126 7,304 176 4,165 5,100 135 3,795 4,955 135 3,783 1,881 1,046 1,511 969 880 682 r999 r739 r986 r722 1,325 716 1,410 761 822 486 682 495 r714j r524 150.14 105.97 150.47 105.08 159.80 102.83 rl58.92 rl01.61 rl59.20l rl01.14 131.04 92.49 131.30 91.70 138.50 89.12 rl37.82 r88.12 rl38.03 r87.69 Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates seas, adj.: 19,813.7 Total (233 SMSA's) bil. $. 8,896.2 New York SMSA do . . . 10,917.5 Total 232 SMSA^s (except N.Y.) do... 4,582.1 6 other leading SMSA' s do . . . 6,335.4 226 other SMSA's do... 20,166.9 8,914.4 11,252.5 4,718.0 6,534.6 22,192.4 9,931.8 12,260.6 5,152.7 7,107.9 r21,855.3 10,157.8 rll,697.5 r4,868.4 6,829.1 22,954.1 10,918.0 12,036.1 4,993.5 7,042.6 104,409 83,439 720 78,237 11,460 104,409 31,227 27,989 63,662 105,463 85,194 1,820 79,483 11,460 105,463 32,250 29,838 64,121 113,611 89,013 299 80,501 11,652 113,611 30,649 25,843 72,259 rll2,562 r88,669 rl03 81,344 11,635 rll2,562 r33,631 r28,839 69,945 112,633 88,856 77 81,086 11,621 112,633 32,838 28,644 70,679 647.4 458.3 56.4 132.7 657.5 468.2 56.4 133.9 681.2 494.1 48.8 138.3 686.1 498.3 48.9 138.9 687.9 495.1 53.4 139.4 NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned thous . One-family structures do. . . NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total do. . . One-family structures do. . . LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Gross avg. weekly earnings (prod.workers,payrolls): Current dollars, seasonally adjusted 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted Spendable average weekly earnings (married worker with three dependents): Current dollars, seasonally adjusted 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, total mil. $. Reserve bank credit outstanding, total.... do... Time loans do. . . U. S. Government securities do... Gold certificate account do. . . Liabilities, total do. . . Deposits, total do. . . Member-bank reserve balances do . . . Federal Reserve notes in circulation do... Commercial bank credit (last Wednesday of month, except for June 30 and Dec. 31 call dates), seas. adj. : Total loans and investment 1/ bil. $. Loans 1/ do. . . U. S. Government securities do... Other securities , do. . . FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Animal and vegetable oils, fats, waxes Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, total Electrical > Transport equipment, total Miscellaneous manufactured articles Commodities not classified GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL..... Seasonal ly adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exec, fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Animal and vegetable oils and fats Chemi cal s Manufactured goods [ Machinery and transport equipment Miscellaneous manufactured articles Commodities not classified r/ Revised. 1/ Excludes interbank loans 61,934 mil. $. do... do... 7,334.0 7,292.2 7,548.9 8,525.5 8,497.8 7,625.4 8,743.5 8,702.8 8,862.3 9,202.8 9,123.9 9,411.9 8,545.5 8,499.8 8,789.0 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... .do... do... do... do... do... do... 1,152.0 87.2 987.4 178.8 96.5 653.9 795.5 2,734.3 489.5 1,107.9 382.9 174.2 6,644.0 7,317.2 1,257.2 79.1 1,099.3 162.3 100.9 734.5 934.3 3,368.6 594.3 1,359.6 483.4 192.3 7,781.1 7,741.6 1,324.8 140 924 251 166 774 934 3,459 558.1 1,376.8 409.0 247.7 9,132.4 9,249.9 1,643.7 122.9 1,026.0 357.1 140.9 820. 911. 3,312. 615. 1,084. 454. 238. 9,822. 9,622. 1,338.2 86.6 839.0 337.4 104.5 669.9 847.4 3,536.6 568.7 1,422.9 426.4 228.5 7,162.7 7,872.0 do... do do do... do... do do... do... i.do... do 744.6 86.1 401.9 1,588.1 24.8 228.0 1,059.2 1,717.7 637.5 156.1 913.6 104.1 502, 1,820. 35, 266, 1,294. 1,940. 732. 171. 888.3 107.2 497.5 2,490.8 53, 385, 1,728. 2,011 751.8 217.7 713.8 112.3 477.9 ,414.9 48, 437, 1,749. 1,894. 755. 218. 626.8 106.4 390.6 1,937.4 44.7 306.2 1,259.0 1,688.8 621.9 181.0 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1975 1974 ITEM Jan. Mar. Dec. 174.05 149.25 95.85 86.30 1,617.4 254.25 215.55 129.30 111.05 1,742.4 59.30 r67.75 45.15 164.30 138.20 2,025.2 r55.75 H23.35 H03.55 45.75 38.05 37.95 33.05 631.7 66.80 56.80 47.60 40.80 650.9 18.15 12.85 56,85 49.45 521.2 452.1 5.5 100.9 570.4 7.5 128.4 r346.4 8.6 r79.7 313.7 7.9 85.0 7.5 9.0 r7.2 5.9 22.1 23.6 r!7.0 19.1 4,003 3,876 6,731 6,231 75,228 70,922 5,355 5,112 10,514 10,345 79,725 75,493 6,162 5,749 8,639 9,189 90,216 79,009 5,910 5,736 3,502 3,502 86,943 75,910 Feb. Feb. Mar. METALS AND MANUFACTURES MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total..........8.8..,.....5...8.. mil; $, Domestic........».................... ...............do... Shipments, total.......................................do.., Domestic....................................... .do.., Order backlog, end of month............................do... Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total...............................do.., Domestic............................................do.. Shipments, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . , Domestic............................................do.., Order backlog, end of month............................do.., rl ,969.6 46.65 40.90 151.90 124.60 1,864.4 62.10 51.20 178.95 147.50 1,747.6 r!5.55 r8.90 r52.80 r44.75 r484.0 15,95 10.45 64.65 53.60 435.3 17.30 13.15 65.05 52.80 387.6 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS Clay construction products: Shipments: Bricks unglazed (common and f a c e ) . . . . . . . . mil. stand, brick Structural tile, except facing..............thous. sh. tons, Sewer pipe and fittings, vitrified... do.., Facing tile (hollow), glazed and unglazed mil. brick equivalent, Floor and wall tile and accessories, glazed and unglazed mil. sq. ft, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT RAILROAD EQUIPMENT: Freight cars (all railroads and private car lines): Shipments number, Equipment manufacturers............ .... do... New orders ................................ ........do.., Equipment manufacturers..............................do.., Unfi 11 ed orders, end of month .........do.., Equipment manufacturers do.., 5,699 5,538 2,031 2,031 83,028 72,156 rj Revised. USCOMM—DC— 61,934 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-202 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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