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**TES <* November 1 1 , 1977 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS f rn frk/i n 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. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BILLIONS OF DOL LARS 500 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 475 Monthly (average of Wednesday data) - (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) Weekly ~ (Wednesday d a t a ) ~~ 475 450 450 425 425 400 400 375 375 1976 - 350 350 - 325 300 I • • t i i i i L_L_ I i I » i 1974 I I i I i 1975 i i l I i I I I I I i i i 1 L J-J™J_L..l 1 1 300 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1977 1976 325 1 I i Data: Federal Reserve Board INDEX, 1967=100 INDEX, 1967=100 190 - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION Monthly " 190 (E.E.I. seas. a d j . index) 180 " 170 ~ 160 - 150 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I I 1 1 . —J- 1974 1 1 J—J 1 l_-L.-L_.J...l.. ...J__L. ] _ l . J _ _ L _ L _ . l . . . i . . i . . . L 1975 1 1 1 1 1 1976 1 1 1 1 1 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1977 Data: Edison Electric Inst. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 120 240 MANUFACTURERS SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES 110 /^>V H 220 (seasonally adjusted) 100 1967 = 100 220 WHOLESALE PRICES 200 200 80 180 90 80 I 160 /* Farm Products and Processed Foods and Feeds L •/> V"s U* .V v \ v ^ ___ 1 \ Industrial Commodities 160 All Commodities Inventories (right scale) 70 h 60 i i i i i I i II ii. 140 i i i I i I i i i i i ' ' • ' ' ' » -' • '• ' 111 i i i 11111 1975 1976 1977 1974 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 120 140 120 i i i I l I I i i 1 i i i i i 1 i i I i i 1 i I I l I I I i I I I 1 i i i i I I i I I I l 1974 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1976 1977 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1976 1977 ITEM Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Oct. 15 Oct. 29 Oct. 22 1967=100. do... do... 194.3 188.5 198.3 195.2 189.9 198.9 205.2 202.4 207.0 203.2 198.4 206.5 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES mil. $. Nondurable goods stores 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. 13,132 8,586 12,564 8,682 13,947 9,069 13,955 8,990 371 3,255 2,515 171 388 3,246 2,513 241 287 2,685 2,096 147 322 2,657 2,079 121 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 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... 90,218 107,066 34,184 111 90,558 108,480 34,783 461 99,047 110,918 34,884 234 99,194 112,352 36,413 135 106,619 84,303 387,647 44,231 113,679 62,837 106,173 84,907 389,508 41,458 114,619 62,869 112,776 93,609 423,738 44,405 121,404 71,592 111,362 93,356 426,816 45,566 121,840 71,857 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. 3 Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 8.63 101.76 113.90 8.61 101.92 114.02 8.41 94.04 103.40 201.9 198.8 203.2 14,077 8,952 Nov. 5 203.1 204.7 201.9 309 134 124 98,856 112,730 35,448 146 e98,976 113,036 36,017 288 8.44 .92.38 101.61 8.46 92.10 101.59 90.71 99.88 199,805 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons, mil. kw.-hr. do.., thous. bbl, 13,193 38,481 183,037 8,041 13,710 38,876 202,510 8,054 15,450 38,389 206,598 8,611 15,420 38,306 210,167 8,611 14,690 37,759 204,458 8,611 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons, percent, bil, 2,322 75.7 16.2 2,350 76.6 16.4 2,362 77.9 16.5 2,348 77.4 16.8 2,351 77.5 16.7 2,349 77.4 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 1976 1977 ITEM Aug. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS» SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Sept. June July Aug. Sept. £/ mil. $. do... do... do... do... 97,490 49,810 2,749 7,577 6,712 103,245 53,023 2,768 7,844 6,868 116,636 62,349 3,249 9,070 7,924 102,201 52,379 2,856 7,483 6,600 rl09,894 r55,768 r3,281 r7,991 r7,438 116,422 61,227 3,193 8,522 7,917 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products do... do... do... do... 8,738 6,007 10,114 2,120 9,644 6,515 11,106 2,247 10,686 7,166 15,155 2,452 9,137 6,236 12,175 2,100 r9,716 r6,780 rll,278 r2,313 10,573 7,386 14,129 2,459 Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products do... do... do... do... 48,129 14,540 652 3,060 50,221 15,466 677 3,302 54,287 15,817 738 3,725 49,822 14,706 689 2,988 r54,126 r 15,774 749 r3,640 55,195 16,048 710 3,822 Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products do... do... do... do... 4,312 8,222 7,103 2,723 4,443 8,835 7,107 2,730 4,822 9,807 8,131 3,294 4,220 8,552 8,122 2,812 r4,675 r9,319 r8,122 r3,109 4,556 9,766 8,106 3,222 SEASONALLY ADJUSETD, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products do... 99,078 98,387 110,680 109,208 rill,376 111,585 do... do... do... do... 51,648 2,579 7,856 6,592 50,060 2,568 7,746 6,485 57,570 3,010 8,428 7,461 56,820 2,906 8,174 6,972 r58,087 r3,080 r8,281 r7,303 58,509 2,961 8,420 7,480 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products do... do... do... do... 9,420 6,133 11,513 2,144 9,378 6,101 10,117 2,086 9,716 6,753 13,862 2,324 10,037 6,900 13,548 2,280 rl0,465 r6,912 rl3,193 r2,339 10,287 6,933 13,630 2,283 r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. U3956 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1976 ITEM Aug. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ.)--Con. By industry gToup—Con. Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total Book value (seasonally adjusted), total By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery.'. Transportation equipment Instruments and related products Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders 1977 Sept. June July Aug. mil. $ do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 47,430 14,552 616 2,971 4,195 8,134 7,061 2,686 48,328 14,762 682 3,088 4,302 8,611 7,075 2,649 53,110 15,822 695 3,464 4,586 9,554 7,921 3,120 52,388 15,513 676 3,423 4,433 9,064 8,080 3,010 r53,289 r15,768 708 r3,537 r4,548 r9,206 r8,073 r3,070 do.. do.. do.. do.. 161,787 102,692 59,095 163,184 162,900 103,249 59,652 164,966 173,022 110,229 62,793 173,818 172,902 110,110 62,792 174,571 rl73,730 rll0,656 r63,074 rl75,104 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 103,282 4,002 16,485 12,547 23,591 13,708 19,515 4,438 104,117 3,998 16,660 12,827 23,678 13,811 19,621 4,465 110,421 4,251 17,645 13,472 24,871 15,343 20,370 4,735 110,978 4,321 17,819 13,682 25,018 15,250 20,377 4,839 rill,452 r4,314 rl7,759 rl3,763 r25,148 r15,379 r20,555 r4,878 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 59,902 15,617 3,631 5,184 5,128 12,825 4,833 3,594 60,850 15,830 3,704 5,201 5,136 12,977 5,043 3,708 63,397 16,360 3,596 5,473 5,568 13,306 5,546 4,104 63,593 16,127 3,647 5,464 5,625 13,549 5,654 4,112 r63,652 rl6,120 r3,561 r5,461 r5,649 rl3,746 r5,686 r4,137 do.. do.. do.. do.. 97,174 49,436 47,738 97,554 102,455 52,307 50,148 98,476 117,596 63,372 54,224 111,524 103,311 53,317 49,994 108,598 rill,036 r57,107 r53,929 rill,494 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 50,380 7,340 6,586 9,082 6,088 11,203 47,173 10,142 37,031 172,229 164,567 7,661 170,414 50,068 7,556 6,280 9,283 5,963 10,751 48,409 10,738 37,671 171,440 163,851 7,588 170,503 58,378 7,959 7,236 10,394 6,866 14,725 53,146 11,787 41,359 181,521 173,045 8,476 183,150 56,031 8,311 6,798 10,130 6,901 12,667 52,567 11,756 40,811 182,632 173,984 8,648 182,541 r58,270 r8,576 r7,346 rl0,897 r6,973 rl2,417 r53,224 rll,922 r41,302 rl83,774 rl75,322 r8,452 rl82,646 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 162,787 16,330 23,086 43,981 22,385 49,056 7,627 162,795 16,140 22,881 43,886 22,246 49,690 7,708 174,859 17,205 23,353 44,894 24,497 56,234 8,291 174,072 17,342 23,179 44,988 24,500 55,351 8,469 rl74,245 rl7,634 r23,222 r45,420 r24,556 r54,575 r8,401 Oct. July 1977 1976 Sept. Aug. Sept. COMMODITY PRICES WHOLESALE PRICES INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES Farm products Food and feeds, processed Industrial commodities Chemicals and allied products Fuels and related products, and power Furniture and household durables Hides, skins and leather products Lumber and wood products Machinery and equipment Metals and metal products •. 1967=100 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 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 BY— Wholesale prices 1967=$1.00 r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. U3956 184.8 191.9 177.2 184.8 188.6 271.2 146.7 173.6 212.8 172.8 200.1 185.3 186.7 174.9 186.3 188.6 277.1 147.2 170.9 213.6 174.0 200.0 194.9 190.5 187.8 195.8 193 306 151 180 235 181 210 194.6 181.2 185.1" 196.9 193.5 309.5 152.4 180.5 242.7 182.8 211.7 195.3 181.9 184.2 197.8 193.2 309. 152. 179. 252. 183. 212. 188. 181. 163. 149. 151. 153. 189.4 181.6 164.6 149.3 156.1 159.0 201.5 187.7 168.9 154.4 159.5 161.8 202.4 187.8 169.1 154.4 160.6 163.1 204.2 188.5 169.4 155.1 161.4 163.8 $0,540 $0,513 $0,514 $0,512 $0,541 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1976 ITEM 1977 Sept. June July 13,473 9,681 5,390 4,662 2,346 620 1,150 3,792 13,700 9,969 5,574 4,753 2,349 626 1,150 3,731 15,752 12,115 7,611 6,037 2,394 602 1,265 3,637 rl5,839 rl2,265 r7,717 r6,306 2,497 620 1,329 r3,574 rl6,389 rl2,570 r7,849 r6,476 r2,595 r658 r1,380 r3,819 16,431 12,611 7,801 6,457 2,639 646 1,413 3,820 141.8 103.6 54.5 47.1 145.2 107.4 57.7 48.7 174.4 135.0 82.2 66.0 rl72.3 rl33.0 r79.6 r65.1 rl71.0 rl32.8 r79.1 r65.2 173.7 134.5 80.5 66.0 do... do... do... do... 26.5 7.2 12.9 38.2 26.5 7.1 12.8 37.9 28.5 7.1 rl5.2 39.4 29.2 7.2 rl5.6 39.2 r29. r7. rl5. r38. 29.5 7.4 15.7 39.2 1972=100. 144.4 144.5 156.2 rl57.3 rl59.3 162.0 mil. $. 1967=100. mil. $. 8,505 189 6,636 8,112 203 6,634 15,417 r307 9,009 11 ,246 218 8 545 14 ,231 267 9 ,933 3, 713 279 9, ^ 5 do... do... do... 2,536 4,099 1,869 2,875 3,758 1,478 3,063 5,945 6,409 2 ,997 5 548 2 702 3 ,785 6 ,148 4 ,297 3, 5, 4, 5, Aug. Aug. Sept. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL Private, total Residential (incl. farm) New housing units Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ Industrial Commercial Public, total mil. $ do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 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 1/ Industrial Commercial Public, total CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 50 STATES, (F.W. DODGE): TOTAL VALUATION Index (seasonally adjusted) Building, total ". By type of building: Nonresidential Residential Non-building construction r / Revised. 17 I n c l u d e s a d d i t i o n and a l t e r a t i o n s . USCOMM—DC-- U3956 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 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