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M A Y 31, 1974 BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF C U R R E N T BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1967=100 1967= ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 170 1973 (E. E. I. seas. adj. index) 170 ( \ - 160 U y 160 150 - 1974 ~ Data: 1971 E d i s o n E l e c t r i c Inst. 1972 1973 1974 I I III i i II J F M A M J i J A S O N D 1967=100 200 Data: 130 Weekly J 1967=100 200 1971 A m e r . Iron & Steel Inst. 1972 1973 1974 J F M A M J J A S O N D Million 160 CONSUMER PRICES 150 - All 140 / Services 130 • Food 110 U.S. D e p t . of C o m m e r c e M Data: I II 1971 I I I I I I J U U „ | I I I I I, I I U.S. D e p t . of L a b o r • A v a i l a b l e only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected weekly / \ 120 Data: 140 1972 All Items I I I I I I j U L U ™ „.J 1973 L L..1..-I..J...1...1.J.-1 I 1974 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1973 1974 May 19 May 26 May 4 May 11 1967=100.. 160.6 164.0. 229.4 224.1 225.1 mil. $.. do*... 9,752 6,274 9,874 6,323 10,632 7,048 10,660 7,175 10,341 6,932 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.. 190 1,610 1,465 173 190 1,547 1,406 178 244 2,400 2,043 170 249 2,324 1,980 240 238 190 66,851 82,461 32,942 340 66,768 82,252 32,270 102 72,048 88,358 36,840 158 72,463 88,317 36,424 213 72,997 89,122 36,708 245 do.... 94,988 do.... 58,409 do.... 324,415 do.... 23,831 do.... 103,038 do.... 48,779 94,997 58,260 322,918 23,503 103,005 48,854 102,010 57,836 369,356 22,960 121,575 56,767 98,142 57,926 367,911 22,847 121,578 56,880 99,418 57,871 368,698 22,480 121,637 57,171 7.64 104.07 116.29 8.62 92.22 103.97 8.64 91.64 103.30 90.45 102.23 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3J Member bank reserve balances 3/ Excess reserves, estimated 3J mil. $.. do.... do.... do.... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted Savings deposits Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total U.S. Government obligations Commercial and industrial loans (gross) Real estate loans (gross) Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3J percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stando & Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do.... 7.61 106.43 118.95 May 18 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3J thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. 12,055 33,258 217,638 9,346 11,810 34,237 210,681 9,361 12,760 33,520 155,070 9,001 12,945 33,769 172,049 8,972 12,875 35,237 162,829 8,973 Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. bil.. 3,015 123.6 17.3 3,010 123.4 17.2 2,911 119.3 17.3 2,915 119.5 17.3 2,871 117.7 17.2 1J Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3J Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 Mar. 1974 Apr. Jan. Mar. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Failures, total number. Commercial service do... Construction do. Manufacturing and mining do... Retail trade do... Wholesale trade do... Liabilities (current), total thous. $. Commercial service do... Construction do. Manufacturing and mining do... Retail trade do... Wholesale trade do Failures annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns! 874 117 115 137 411 94. 796 94 119 112 396 75 795 99 126 135 361 74 797 99 153 131 333 81 971 143 161 149 412 106 252,349 37,065 21,120 84,669 73,237 36,258 35.9 119,343 8,071 19,202 38,588 33,528 19,954 35.2 337,284 69,548 47,237 88,618 106,240 25,641 35.5 213,133 20,508 47,085 96,031 27,687 21,822 37.5 204,587 19,652 36,391 60,849 65,383 22,312 40.8 129.8 130.7 139.7 141.5 143.1 128.4 129.5 129.1 130.5 127.4 129.7 123.3 135.6 139.7 137.0 142.1 131.3 123.3 144.8 148.0 153.7 169.2 146.3 149.7 136.8 141.5 139.3 145.2 133.5 123.4 145.8 149.1 157.6 174.2 149.3 155.9 138.4 143.1 141.0 147.2 136.1 124.3 147.0 150.4 159.1 171.6 151.5 162.5 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: Unadjusted indexes: All items Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodities Nondurables Nondurables less food Durables Services Services less rent Food Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables 11,652 .1967=100. do..., do do... do. 111111.do. do III! !!*"*do**" !!!!!do!!!! 126.1 128.3 122.4 120.2 121.0 136.6 139.2 134.5 152.7 121.5 136.8 137.1 139.6 136.5 155.4 121.8 141.8 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1974 1973 Mar. Apr. Jan. Feb. Mar 132.4 137.7 122.8 143.2 124.6 127.8 125.0 123.0 124.8 121.5 119.1 110.8 113.7 144.5 128.6 135.8 123.1 124.5 132.8 138.1 123.2 143.6 125.1 128.3 125.5 123.6 125.8 122.6 120.3 111.1 117.3 143.9 129.2 136.2 123.8 125.2 142.2 147.4 127.3 154.8 140.8 194.6 134.3 129.0 128.8 128.1 126.2 112.9 107.0 146.0 133.7 142.2 129.8 128.3 143.4 148.3 128.0 155.8 143.5 202.0 137.3 130.1 130.4 129.3 127.5 112.7 103.0 146.2 134.5 143.4 130.8 128.9 144.9 149.4 128.4 157.2 144.9 201.5 140.0 132.6 132.2 132.0 130.4 112.8 102.2 146.6' 135.4 144.8 131.8 129.5 $0,770 $0,765 $0,716 $0,707 136,747 131,897 143,201 137,340 30,646 55,627 397 45,126 1,078 3,447 426 29,848 55,753 325 41,142 1,021 3,381 426 31,271 55,695 375 50,794 1,234 3,377 456 30,295 55,022 367 46,797 1,139 3,277 444 2,472.6 2,403.4 2,829.6 2,817.6 mil. bd. ft. do... do... do... do... do.., do.., do.., do.., 3,456 567 2,890 3,474 642 2,832 3,802 224 3,677 3,272 510 2,763 3,386 620 2,766 3,896 222 3,674 thous. sh. tons. daily average 1967=100. 13,088 121.1 12,789 122.3 12,726 117.8 11,598 118.8 rl2,758 118.1 9,861 529 562 821 167 1,667 9,163 460 604 785 146 1,522 9,779 504 630 908 153 1,592 8,714 470 552 841 153 1,454 10,303 513 703 1,034 166 1,703 1,033 434 190 776 318 486 4,535 1,568 1,883 937 396 179 737 293 483 4,134 1,388 1,744 945 447 189 802 276 733 4,182 1,503 1,697 842 428 174 770 ' 253 671 3,550 1,278 1,416 483 211 908 297 636 4,343 1,525 1,764 rl ,257.3 951.3 502.0 4,696 1,182.4 910.2 479.1 4,622 1,240.6 986.7 537.3 4,276 1,192.6 902.6 484.4 4,290 COMMODITY PRICES—Con. CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES—Con. Unadjusted indexes—Con. Housing Shelter Rent Homeowner ship Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public Health and recreation Medical care Personal care Reading and recreation PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices 1967=100 do.. do.. do.. do.. do..do.. do.. do.. do.. do. ., do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 1967=$1.00 $0,699 ELECTRIC POWER SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS, TOTAL (Edison Electric Institute) mil. kw.-hr, Commercial and industrial: Small light and power do.., Large light and power do.., do.., Railways and railroads Residential or domestic do.., Street and highway lighting. do.., Other public authorities do.., Interdepartmental do.., REVENUE FROM SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS (Edison Electric Institute) mil. $. LUMBER AND PRODUCTS National Forest Products Association: Production, total Hardwoods Softwoods Shipments, total Hardwood s Softwoods Stocks (gross), mill, end of period, total Hardwoods Sof twood s 2, 741 468 2,272 2,647 496 2,151 4,499 443 4,056 2,945 518 2,42 7 2,850 529 2,321 4,596 435 4,161 METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL (RAW): Production Index STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total (all grades) thous. short tons. 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... Re inf or c ing do... Cold finished 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... ALUMINUM PRODUCTS: Ingots and mill products (net shipments) Mill products, total Plate and sheet Inventories, total (ingots, mill prod., and scrap) rJ Revised, j£_/ Preliminary. 11,652 mil. lb. do... do..„ do... 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 Feb. 1974 Dec. Jan. Mar. PETROLEUM, COAL, AND PRODUCTS BITUMINOUS COAL: Indust. cons, and retail del., total..........thous. sh* tons Electric power utilities...................•••••»••••••do.. Manufacturing and mining industries, total.............do.. Coke plants (oven and beehive) ............... . ...... .do.. Retail deliveries to other consumers ............do.. Stocks, industrial and retail dealers', end of month, total. thous. sh. tons Electric power utilities. do.. Manufacturing and mining industries, total.........««•-do.. Oven-coke plants.................................... »do8. Retail dealers. .do. . 44,652 30,425 13,299 7,182 928 44,814 30,533 13,596 7,950 683 50,130 33,886 15,228 8,048 1,009 50,415 34,468 14,637 7,977 1,310 45,122 30,020 14,002 7,307 1,100 46,398 31,010 14,545 7,660 840 106,422 89,516 16,601 8,381 305 109,065 92,246 16,499 8,439 320 99,022 85,512 13,220 6,875 290 96,005 83,366 12,339 6,269 300 93,970 80,910 12,670 6,090 390 97,445 83,250 13,765 6,255 430 5,693 5,707 4,734 5,994 6,044 4,636 5,876 5,796 5,092 6,068 6,307 4,805 6,02 7 6,023 4,640 950 575 1,078 546 977 516 rl,069 r537 999 543 791 350 376 65 788 341 381 725 296 348 81 r 702 310 r329 r63 685 309 314 63 4,856 2,076 2,338 11 432 5,416 2,312 2,605 11 488 4,710 2,077 r5,258 r2,277 r2,547 rl2 r421 PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS PULPWOOD: Receipts...........................thous. cords (128 cu. ft.) Consumption..............................................do.. Stocks, end of month.....................................do.. Waste paper: Consumption. thous. sh. tons .......do.. S tock s , end of month WOOD PULP: Stocks, end of month: Total, all mills.......................................do.. Pulp mills...........................................do.. Paper and board mills................................do. . Nonpaper mills. .do.. PAPER AND BOARD: Production (Bu. of the Census): All grades, total, unadjusted..........................do.. Paper .do.. Paperboard...........................................do.. Wet-machine board....................................do.. Construction paper and board.........................do. . 2,210 10 412 4,911 2,110 2,372 12 418 r Revised. USCOMM—DC — 1 1 , 652 UNITED STATES G O V E R N M E N T PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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