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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* ilM^Ai^^ ^•mmj:} 1941-43 = 10. 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 (avg. of daily dose) 1941-43 = 10 130 close) - 120 X/ 110 \ r\ 100 \ 90 80 Weekly (Wednesday Monthly —L_J—L„| I ,,,,,, I .1 1 1 1 1 1967 1—1—1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1968 1 i i i 1969 i S i i i 'i i i i 1970 J FMAMJJ ASOND Data: Standard & Poor's Corp. 1957-59 = 100 250 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 240 (E. E. I. sea. a d j . index) 1957-59 == 100 270 260 230 tL 1970 220 Spfm* 250 240 230 220 1969 210 Weekly . 1967 1968 1969 I I I I i i | i i l . 200 J FMA MJ J A SO ND 1970 Data: Edison Electric Inst. Billion $ Billion $ NEW CONSTRUCTION 100 Dollo 3.60 80 (Seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a ! rates) 3.40 Total H 60 Put i n P l a c e (left scale) Hours 48 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS H 46 (Hours seasonally a d j u s t e d ) Average 3.20 Gross Hourly 44 Earnings (left scaled 60 |_ Private Residential, (right scale) Nonfarm H 42 40 \ /-—^"-» — H 40 40 Average 20 Hours Per (right i I l I i I i i I i 1967 i i I i i i i i I 1 I il I 1968 1969 1970 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce scale) • * ' • • ' ' ' ' • • • ' * ' ' ' ' ' I 1967 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * A v a i l a b l e o n l y w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this S u p p l e m e n t p r o v i d e s selected Week w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent t o those published in t h e latest m o n t h l y SURVEY 1968 I.i 38 i 1969 1970 WbEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1969 Nov. 1 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1957-59=100. 1970 Nov. 8 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 111.4 111.9 108.4 108.9 109.0 6,941 4,553 6,903 4,732 6,965 4,931 6,917 4,907 7,012 4,801 175 970 902 197 206 1,005 935 222 259 1,879 1,724 214 280 1,933 1,754 213 284 223 213 FINANCE: Currency in circulation JB/ m i l . $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total J3_/....do... Member bank reserve balances 3J do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do... 51,650 61,270 27,172 80 51,833 62,125 27,661 296 55,200 64,500 28,446 92 55,228 65,319 28,802 201 55,015 64,516 28,406 144 55,135 64,692 28,623 292 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $. 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... 79,868 46,522 226,540 23,405 77,736 34,045 77,953 46,409 2.27,305 23,428 78,117 33,947 80,462 46,935 239,819 24,387 80,773 33,989 78,814 47,024 241,033 25,857 80,575 34,016 81,005 47,016 240,502 25,712 80,107 34,044 7.68 96.81 106.35 7.68 97.64 107.31 8.62 84.19 92.64 8.63 83.66 92.04 8.65 83,43 91.83 thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 1,978 27,028 L87.800 9,307 1,868 27,059 186,904 9,280 2,058 27,577 88,574 9,982 2,035 27,454 90,331 10,028 2,050 27,828 90,094 10,036 thous. sh. tons. 1957-59=100. 2,812 150.9 2,730 146.5 2,403 129.0 2,397 128.7 2,453 131.7 16.2 15.8 15.0 15.4 15.5 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 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. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) _3_/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal _3_/ Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/ Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES !_/ Data do n o t always cover c a l e n d a r w e e k s . bil. 2J Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY _3_/ D a i l y a v e r a g e . 108.0 8.68 92.89 86,673 2,329 125.0 4 / Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 1969 Sept. Aug. June Aug. July Sept. 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... 702 86 126 108 303 79 726 90 124 110 338 64 912 143 132 157 396 84 916 126 123 191 398 78 910 131 160 157 382 80 906 111 118 199 391 87 Liabilities (current), total thous. $, Commercial service do.., Construction do.., Manufacturing and mining do.., Retail trade do.., Wholesale trade do. .. Failure annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns. 62,830 4,347 10,293 19,252 17,851 11,087 36.0 73,698 9,416 10,173 18,412 24,016 11,681 39.9 170,498 16,680 21,229 93,485 29,232 9,872 43.4 251,920 29,155 29,049 144,516 30,134 19,066 46.8 169,587 63,931 15,169 44,034 27,434 19,019 47.4 232,940 55,678 15,044 91,431 54,970 15,817 50.0 1969 LABOR FORCE, Oct. July Aug. Sept. 84,527 80,984 78,026 74,397 3,629 2,958 85,038 81,510 78,671 75,110 3,561 2,839 87,955 84,801 80,291 76,173 4,118 4,510 87,248 84,115 79,894 76,112 3,782 85,656 82,547 78,256 74,730 3,525 86,255 83,175 78,916 75,522 3,394 81,325 78,194 74,696 3,498 81,523 78,445 74,999 3,446 82,813 78,638 75,119 3,519 82,676 78,445 75,025 3,420 83,031 78,424 75,025 3,399 83,353 78,686 75,398 3,288 EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted thous. Civilian labor force do... Employed, total do... Nonagricultural employment do... Agricultural employment do... Unemployed (all civilian workers) do... Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted Employed, total Nonagr icul tural employment Agricultural employment do.., do . .. do. . . do. .. CORRECTION—HELP WANTED ADVERTISING INDEX (1957-59=100) 1970, 2.1 1 6 2 . 1970 Sept. /. oon shown i n October 1970 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, p . S-16, should r e a d Aug. 1970, _r/l70; MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1970 1969 Sept. July Aug. Sept. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS—Con. Civilian labor force, seasonally adjustcd--Con. Unemployed (all civilian workers) 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 year s and over Both sexes, 16-19 years Married men Negro and other races White workers •• .thous ..do.. 3,131 392 3,078 363 4,175 711 4,231 736 4,607 792 3.8 2.4 3.9 12.9 1.7 6.7 3.5 3. 2. 3. 12. 1. 6. 3. 5. 3. 5. 13. 2. 5.1 3.7 4.8 15.9 2.8 8.4 4.8 5.5 0 1 2.2 4.4 3.9 7.4 3.7 3.2 2.4 4.2 3.8 7.3 3.6 3,2 3.1 6«6 5,6 11.0 6.0 5.9 2.7 7.0 5.5 12.2 5.7 5.5 2.8 7.5 6.0 13.8 6.1 6.3 EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS (NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS): Total, seasonally adjusted thous. Mining.. do... Contract construction. ..do. . . Manufacturing do.. . Durable goods do... Nondurable goods do... 70.567 623 3,436 20,252 11,968 8,284 70,836 622 3,445 20,233 11,965 8,268 r70,587 618 3,314 19,402 11,217 8,185 r70,4l4 r619 r3,305 rl9,271 rll,134 r8,137 r70,610 r621 r3,253 rl9,298 rll,146 r8,152 Transportation, communication, electric, 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... 4,459 14,739 3,762 10,977 3,584 11,289 12,185 2,747 9,438 4,463 14,824 3,775 11,049 3,596 11,361 12,292 2,739 9,553 4,539 14,933 3,856 11,077 3,676 11,514 rl2,591 r2,668 9,923 r4,520 rl4,9l2 r3,840 rll,072 r3,670 rll,521 rl2,596 r2,659 r9,937 r4,512 rl4,972 r3,850 rll,122 r3,681 rll,626 r12,647 r2,649 r9,998 do... do... do... 14,826 8,713 6,113 14,794 8,703 6,091 14,090 8,082 6,008 rl3,974 r8,019 r5,955 rl4,013 r8,039 r5,974 HOURS (GROSS), AVG. WEEKLY PER PROD. WORKER (MFG. PAYROLLS): Manufacturing, seasonally adjusted hours. Overtime hours do. .. Durable goods do... Overtime hours do... Nondurable goods do... Overtime hours do... 40.7 3.6 41.4 3.8 39.7 3.3 40.5 3.5 41.2 3.6 39.6 3.3 40, 3. 40. 3. 39. 2. 39.8 3.0 40.3 2.9 r39.1 3.0 r39.3 2.7 r39.8 2.7 r38.6 r2.8 120.3 127.1 111.4 119.6 126.4 110.7 112.7 116.1 108.3 111.0 114.1 rl06.9 rl09.8 rll2.8 rl05.9 3.24 3.09 3.44 3.28 2.95 2.82 3.25 3.11 3.45 3.29 2.96 2.84 3.37 3.25 3.57 3.45 3.09 r2.98 3.37 3.25 3.58 3.46 3.08 2.97 r3.42 r3.29 r3.62 r3.49 r3.14 3.02 12,996 6,676 1,585 4,736 *12,819 6,700 1,680 *4,439 14,308 7,026 1,762 5,519 14,338 7,061 1,778 5,499 14,443 7,101 1,852 5,489 279.05 826.71 113.35 199.06 280.44 832.51 115.12 198.39 223.29 712.80 102.83 125.75 229.99 731.97 105.36 130.91 240.57 759.38 108.79 141.25 52.37 55.29 42.72 40.20 68.16 53.27 56.22 43.12 40.55 71.71 41.15 43.04 26.46 34.90 54.00 42.28 44.20 27.66 35.74 56.05 45.10 47.43 30.43 627.50 14,833 661.44 14,918 531.08 15,823 555.49 15,869 579.75 15,930 Occupation: White-collar workers Blue-collar workers Industry: Private nonfarm v/age and salary workers. Construction Manufacturing Durable goods. PRODUCTION WORKERS (MFG. PAYROLLS), TOTAL, seas, adj Durable goods Nondurable goods MAN-HOUR INDEXES, AGGREGATE WEEKLY, s e a s , Manufacturing Durable goods Nondurable goods adjusted: 1957-59=100. do... do... HOURLY EARNINGS (GROSS), AVG. PER PROD. WORKER ON PAYROLLS: Manufacturing, not seasonally adjusted dollars. Excluding overtime do. . . Durable goods do. . . Excluding overtime do... Nondurable goods do... Excluding overtime do.. . 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... SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones averages (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks) Public utility (15 stocks) Transportation (20 stocks) New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite 12/31/65=50. Industrial do... Transportations ? ? - -. * do... Utility do... Finance ........do... Shares listed, New York Stock Exchange, end of month: Market value, all listed shares bil. $. Number of shares listed millions. rj Revised. £_/ Preliminary. Digitized for 2369 FRASER 60.13 "Excludes loans by Federal Intermediate Credit Banks outside the Farm Credit Administration. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1970 1969 July Sept. Aug = Aug. Sept. METALS AND MANUFACTURES Castings, gray iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month. t h o u s . sh. tons Shi pmen L s, t o t al. .do.. For sale.,,.,... .do.. Steel castings: 0 r d e r s , u n I i 11 e d 5 Tor sale, end of month-., .-. o o o o ,. a a o do o . Sh Lpments , total .......... ....................... .do.. .do.. For sale...........°.....a..........,,..,.,.,.... STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Consumers' (manufacturers only) ,....„., . . m i l . s h . t o n s , „ . o .do.. Receipts du r ing month........ =. <,...«..«....„. .do.., Consumption during month,,...........a....... Service centers (warehouses )..->.. » .......„. .do.. Produci.ng mills: In process (ingots, semifinished, etc, ) . .e.... « .do.. Finished, (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc)., . . o o o c .do.. ...... . . . . . . -•-. ., ....... ...... .... ...... ...... ...... ,... . . . . . . ... 0 , 0 1,144 1,286 756 1,143 1,402 811 1,019 1,291 758 r978 rl,084 935 1,128 r446 135 112 433 153 127 411 158 128 r381 129 108 372 121 99 10. 5. 5, 6. 9. 8 5. 6. 5o 8.9 6.1 6.3 6.1 9.2 5.6 5.3 6.2 r9.5 r5.5 5.2 2/6-5 12.1 9.7 11.7 9.5 11.9 9.5 11. 9. 11. 9. 2/9-5 p_/5.4 P./11.9 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Woven fabrics (gray goods), weaving mills: Production, total 1 / «. n r-«,,„.. „. ,•.,,...-,.-.„.. . ..... = m i l o, 1 i n e a r yd „ Co t t o n . o.........o............ . o . . u « . . . . . . . . . do... M a n m a d e f i b e r « . . . ....... ............ .......« S t o c k s , t o t a l , end o f m o n t h * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . » . Co l. Lon. ...... . ............ . .. .„.» o .......,. do... M a n m a d e f .1 bcr « .................... . . .. do... Or de r s , unf ill ed, to L a i , end o f month.,.. - „ do... C o t t O n . „ . . . . . » . . . . . . c, . r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . e . e c . . . , Manmade fiber.............................., . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . COTTON (excluding linters): 1/ Con sumpt ion..................................i . . . c t h o u s . b a l e s . Manufactures: Spindle a c t i v i t y (cotton system s p i n d l e s ) : ».millions. Active s p i n d l e s , l a s t working day, t o t a l . . ,, o . . „ . dO „ ,: c Consuming 100 p e r c e n t c o t t o n . ., ..billions. Spindle hours operated, a l l f i b e r s , total. ..do.,. A v e r a g e pet: w o r k i n g d a y . . . . . . . . . ......do... Consuming 100 p e r c e n t cotton..........., rj R e v i s e d . %J P r e l i m i n a r y . USCOMM—DC—2369 1_/ D a t a f o r J u n e and S e p t . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 rriCIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 1970 c o v e r 985 552 420 1,372 691 668 3,024 1,593 1,358 965 533 419 ,376 674 689 ,902 ,496 ,333 1,028 528 482 1,429 584 830 2,460 1,425 983 791 459 322 r1,441 587 L-2,514 rl,481 r984 901 502 388 1,694 831 846 2,438 1,441 954 629 634 730 532 r593 760 19.8 12.8 9.6 .480 6.2 19.7 12.7 9.6 .480 6.1 19.1 11.9 10.6 .422 6.5 19.1 12.0 7.8 .388 4.8 rl9.0 11.9 r8.6 r.431 5.3 18.8 11.8 10.6 .422 6.6 5 weeks; other months, r838 4 weeks. POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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