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May 20, 1971 WEEKLY BUSINESS 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. w 1 M I I d 1 Sl^Jl LJ U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1967=100 INDEX, 1967=100 190 - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION Monthly (E.E.I, seas. a d j . index) 180 r 170 - - 190 A /V - V - 160 150 i i i i i I i i i _I_J— 1 1 1 I 1, 1 1974 I l_J—1—L_ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1975 1 1 1 1976 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1977 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. SHORT SHORT TONS 5,000 TONS 20,000 RAW STEEL P R O D U C T I O N Monthly (ingots and all other forms) 16,000 4,000 12,000 H 3,000 S,000 2,000 L000 I 1974 I I ' I I I I I I I—i__l—I 1975 I I I I L _ JI, I 1 I I 1976 I I I 1,000 I I 1977 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 475 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 Monfhly (average of Wednesday data) - (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 450 425 400 375 350 325 300 l I I l 1974 I I i I i 1975 i i i -J LJ I 1976 L_J I I _l l_J I I I I 1977 Data: Federal Reserve Board WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 May 8 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials . 1967=100 do. ., do. ., Apr. 30 May 7 May 14 219.5 217.1 221.1 203.5 204.3 202.8 221.9 221.5 222.1 220.9 221.0 220.7 221.7 222.0 221.3 12,763 8,569 12,540 8,204 13,825 8,900 14,254 8,909 14,223 9,436 345 3,701 2,839 247 309 3,625 2,776 175 314 3,445 2,6.97 178 306 3,317 2,586 151 333 164 197 86,745 105,278 35,296 441 87,622 101,105 33,720 -33 94,605 109,011 35,198 45 94,108 111,314 35,365 165 94,253 115,401 35,829 295 e94,878 114,292 34,620 -26 103,981 80,264 378,769 42,617 113,787 61,530 103,786 80,165 376,654 42,087 112,443 61,049 110,673 94,688 406,965 50,369 117,572 65,310 109,800 94,700 403,725 47,696 117,447 65,432 106,615 94,882 406,139 48,477 117,950 65,493 9.03 100.88 113.40 9.05 102.77 115.99 8.46 100.40 111.33 8.46 97.96 108.50 8.47 99.96 110.70 13,910 35,446 190,265 8,274 13,810 35,975 195,532 8,251 14,380 37,167 219,415 8,052 14,855 36,438 198,588 8,052 13,650 37,438 211,682 7,959 thous. sh. tons. percent'. 2,707 89.6 2,725 90.2 2,615 83.6 2,624 83.9 2,677 85.6 bil. 15.7 16.0 16.7 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. FINANCE: Currency in circualtion 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, adj us ted 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.. . Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ Apr. 23 202.9 202.9 202.7 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal.. Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ May 15 thous. sh. tons, mil. kw.-hr. number, thous. bbl, RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 8.48 98.78 109.14 219,916 2,763 88.3 16.4 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 Feb. Mar. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE 9,126 6,789 3,348 2,514 1,974 573 937 2,337 0,435 7,771 4,027 3,055 2,069 586 1,007 2,644 11,887 9,373 5,170 3,977 2,172 586 1,057 2,514 r9,471 7,453 4,206 3,342 1,805 456 906 r2,018 r9,718 r7,652 r4,225 r3,480 rl,836 r468 r915 r2,066 11,289 8,980 ,165 ,287 ,046 534 ,024 ,309 139.0 102.6 55.2 41.1 145.1 107.1 58.1 43.8 152.2 118.9 70.2 54.3 137.1 107.2 63.4 50.0 rl49.0 rll6.5 r69.1 r56.6 157.3 124.3 74. 61. 26.6 7.8 12.8 36.4 26.9 7.6 13.3 38.0 25.8 6.5 12.9 33.3 24.2 6.1 12,2 29.9 r24.7 r6.4 rl2.4 r32.5 26. 6. 13. 33.0 193.1 193.6 204.1 204.7 r205.0 204.7 mil. $ . 1967=100. mil. $. ,149 181 ,541 8,907 192 6,179 7,196 183 5,368 6,748 203 5,090 7,523 207 5,306 9,937 207 8,152 do. . . do.. . do... ,996 ,546 1,608 2,561 3,618 2,729 2,133 3,236 1,828 163 927 658 1,879 3,427 2,217 3,003 5,149 1,785 4,160 5,810 7,287 811 2,425 924 1,155 3,371 1,284 1,421 4,178 1,688 NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL mil. $. Privat e, tota 1 do.. . Residential (incl. farm) do. . . New housing units do. . . Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ do. . . Industrial do. . . Commercial do. .. Public, total do.. . NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $. Private, total . .do. . . Residential (incl. farm) do. .. New housing units do. . . Nonresidential buildings, total 2/ Industrial Commercial Public, total CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE CONSTRUCT ON CONTRACTS IN 50 STATES, (F.W. DODGE): TOTAL VALUATION Index (seasonally adjusted) Building, total By type of building: Nonresidential Residential Non-building construction do. . . do.. . do. .. do. . . 1967=100. New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total mil. $. By purpose of loan: Home construction do. .. Home purchase do.. . All other purposes do. .. r_/ R e v i s e d . 84,329 r5,651 1,005 3,310 1,133 rl,071 3,375 rl,185 1,704 4,777 1,708 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1976 Mar. 1977 Feb. Apr. Mar. DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED) , TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive dealers Furniture, home furn., and equip, stores Building materials and hardware dealers mil. do. do. do. do. Nondurable goods stores Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ. ) , TOTAL 1/. . Durable goods stores Automotive dealers Furniture, home furn., and equip, stores Building materials and hardware dealers 54,633 18,670 11,339 2,311 2,359 49,213 15,645 9,612 2,183 1,784 r49,382 rl6,608 rl0,343 r2,205 rl,952 r58,196 r20,690 rl2,989 r2,574 2,500 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 51,752 17,758 10,932 2,304 2,137 33,994 2,050 1,571 4,083 11,176 3,779 7,696 35,963 2,377 1,591 4,218 11,535 3,851 8,292 33,568 1,959 1,578 4,081 11,521 3,969 6,484 r32,774 rl,851 rl,575 r4,069 rll,120 r3,706 r6,594 r37,506 r2,217 rl,708 r4,537 rl2,306 r4,119 r8,539 do. do. do. do. do. 53,344 17,403 10,162 2,388 2,364 53,696 18,046 10,704 2,385 2,340 56,660 19,024 11,602 2,414 2,371 r58,175 r19,764 rll,981 r2,563 r2,549 r59,400 r20,618 rl2,536 r2,629 2,720 35,941 2,377 1,643 4,321 11,567 3,892 8,606 35,650 2,229 1,605 4,304 11,448 3,S86 8,337 37,636 2,380 1,690 4,465 11,871 4,263 8,882 r38,411 2,484 rl,729 r4,720 rl2,200 r4,265 r8,983 r38,782 r2,422 rl,761 r4,761 rl2,479 r4,220 r9,178 do. do. 78,307 77,298 79,321 78,102 81,217 83,616 82,862 83,878 86,202 85,397 do. do. 15,389 16,420 16,242 15,999 14,510 17,116 rl4,407 rl7,471 17,145 17,755 Jan. Feb. Nondurabl e goods stores do. Apparel and accessory stores do. Drug and proprietary stores..........................do. Eating and drinking places do. Food stores do. Gasoline service stations do. General merchandise group with nonstores .do. ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted) , total Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total 1977 1976 Feb. FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of month mil. $ . Farm mortgage loans : Federal land banks do.. . Loans to cooperatives do. . . Other loans and discounts do. . . Liquidated, total 2/ Automobile paper Mobile home Home improvement Total installment credit outstanding, end of year or month 2/ By credit type: Automobile Mobile Home Home improvement By holder: Commercial banks Finance companies Credit unions Retailers Others r_/ Revised. 84,329 1/ 33,400 17,264 4,656 11,480 36,740 19,127 4,931 12,682 37,507 19,298 5,596 12,612 38,199 19,530 5,924 12,745 25,528.4 12,212.0 13,316.4 5,324.6 7,991.8 26,474.4 12,229.6 13,844.8 5,560.9 8,283.9 r28,911.0 13,835.0 rl5,076.1 5,917.1 r9,159.0 r29,288.1 14,441.8 rl4,876.3 5,864.3 r9,012.0 r30,148.5 14,898.0 rl5,250.4 5,887.1 r9,363.3 12,576 3,866 15,339 5,077 212 318 286 421 18,309 4,563 246 355 14,085 3,882 168 317 14,278 4,406 204 364 do. . do.. do.. do.. 12,997 3,654 15,014 4,470 311 321 354 369 14,867 4,066 285 373 14,884 4,030 284 354 14,001 3,982 297 350 do.. do. . do. . do.. 15,045 4,523 15,521 4,689 266 405 296 414 16,702 5,263 320 461 16,870 4,940 245 494 17,186 5,205 r259 457 do.. do. . do. . do.. 13,923 3,909 14,048 4,026 353 348 314 344 14,879 4,250 304 388 14,952 4,183 305 364 15,164 4,320 329 385 do. . 60,402 160,729 178,775 177,975 178,252 do. . do. . do.. 53,044 11,916 7,973 53,650 11,848 8,026 60,498 11,510 8,773 6 0 349 11 394 8 736 60,774 11,301 8,750 do. . do.. do. . do. . do.. 77,957 36,458 25,492 16,76>9 3,726 78,039 36,450 26,025 16,375 3,840 85,379 39,642 30,546 19,178 4,030 85 39 JO 18 4 051 665 410 693 156 85,005 39,831 30,701 18,322 4,393 Data for April 1977 are advance estimates. Dec. 32,751 16,930 4,546 11,274 Bank debits to demand, deposit acounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, adj.: Total (233 SMSA's) bil. $. New York SMSA do.. . Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do... 6 other leading SMSA's do... 226 other SMSA's do. . . CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Installment credit extended and liquidated: Unadjusted: Extended, total 2/ mil. $ Automobile paper do. . Mobile home do. . Home improvement do.. Liquidated, total 2/ Automobile paperT Mobile home Home improvement Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total 2/ Automobile paper Mobile home Home improvement Mar. 2/ Includes data not shown separately. ~ MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1977 Mar. Feb. Feb. FINANCE -- Con. Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt., annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits. New York SMSA.......................................do... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) ............. .......do... 6 other 1eading SMSA's.............................. do... 226 other SMSA's........ ..do... 140.9 375.4 89.6 128.1 74.6 144.6 377.5 92.5 131.4 77.2 rl53.5 419.8 r97.0 136.9 r81.7 rl54.3 443.5 r94.6 rl33.9 79.4 153.3 437.3 93.8 129.9 r79.9 155.1 436.0 97.2 135.2 82.4 6,840 8,259 6 S 334 6,459 6,690 8,750 360 319 550 156 1,135 417 389 652 176 1,321 321 303 540 187 1,013 275 299 525 143 1,024 295 320 554 141 1,086 389 380 750 193 1,425 721 294 546 188 450 136 070 410 834 334 609 241 540 3,916 1,372 1,714 611 274 460 166 470 2,873 1,037 1,228 624 265 437 170 622 2,963 1,004 1,322 663 281 528 183 505 3,077 1,113 1,343 874 377 679 239 782 3,913 1,363 1,697 1,096 536 326 1,701 227 399 480 1,443 664 397 1,959 257 471 588 965 485 270 1,651 250 394 638 1,077 501 290 1,680 243 406 514 1,446 659 426 1,987 295 520 819 2,076 2,481 1,063 534 297 1,418 304 391 477 1,850 1,806 1,979 2,598 METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total (all grades).........................thous. short tons. By products: Semifinished products...............................do... Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling ......do... Plates. .do... Rails and accessories...............................do... Bars and tool steel, total.... ..............do... Bars: Hot rolled (incl. light shapes).................do... Reinforcing . . do. .. Pipe and tubing do. .. Wire and wire products do... Tin mill products .do... Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total..........do. .. Sheets: Hot rolled. .do. .. Cold rolled. .do... By market: Service centers and distributors do... Construction, including maintenance. .do. .. Contractors' products............................... do... Automotive do. .. Rail transportation do. .. Machinery, industrial equipment, and tools.... do... Containers, packaging, shipping materials.......... .do... Others do.. . r / Revised. 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