The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.
**TES November 2 3 , 1979 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS <** Annual Subscription: domestic, $22.00; foreign, $27.50 (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 DOLLARS 550 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 525 (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1550 Weekly (Wednesday data) Monthly (average of Wednesday data) 525 500 500 475 475 1979 450 450 \ 425 425 400 400 375 375 350 350 _i i i i l I i i_ _l 1977 1976 I I I I I I I _J L. 1979 1978 J FMAMJ I I I L_ J A S O N D Data: Federal Reserve Board MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 20 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS Monthly (Ingots and all other forms) - 16 h 12 h 8h i i i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i 1976 i 1 i i i i i 1 l I I 1 1 1 l l 1977 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1978 J FMAMJ 1979 J A S O N D Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 35 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED AND 30 LIQUIDATED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 80 SALES OF RETAIL STORES 70 (seasonally adjusted) — Total - (seasonally adjusted) 25 1 - 60 ^ Extended Nondurable Goods _„ - ^ ^" " 30 Liquidated 15 I 1 L. 1.1.1.1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i t 1 1 1 1i i1 i 1.i i 1 i i i i i _L.11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1976 Data: U.S. Dept of Commerce 1977 1978 1979 10 - L - l 1 1 1 1 1 -LI 1 1 i i i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1976 1977 Data: Federal Reserve Board WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1 40 20 -1 50 A 1978 .. . . . 1 . . . 1979 i i WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1979 1978 ITEM SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs , 13 Raw Industrials J967-100. < do.. •, do.... INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do... State, programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)..do... FAILURES, INOUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet).number. Oct. 27 Nov. 18 Nov, 11 255.3 250,4 258.6 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 279.7 251.0 301.2 252.0 246.7 255.5 280.9 247.8 306.3 278.1 245.9 302.7 278.4 245.2 303.9 286 2,058 1,913 177 345 1,974 1,847 101 353 2,305 2,121 155 374 2,321 2,142 186 394 128 136 109,828 129,011 119,812 135,305 41,684 151 119,528 135,930 43,621 302 120,129 134,404 42,585 477 le/121,242 135,412 103,418 73,795 492,174 34,691 FINANCE: Currency 1n 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... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43«10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 341 110,775 126,996 37,974 245 116,067 90,945 478,330 41,330 119,010 90,495 480,730 42,421 100,842 75,295 105,151 74,030 490,765 35,160 493,266 35,281 140,306 87,801 9.42 94.45 105.05 140,737 88,369 151,730 95,434 152,749 95,948 152,733 96,259 9.40 11.11 100.44 112.57 11.32 101.82 114.07 11.41 92.71 102.94 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 16,795 40,259 225,313 8,803 16,020 41,803 222,305 8,803 16,865 41,494 170,040 8,544 16,670 16,395 41,325 160,713 8,706 41,910 174,366 8,706 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,733 89.8 2,723 89.5 2,406 83.2 2,410 83.3 2,385 82.4 b1l.. 18.5 18.0 18.6 18.3 18.1 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 37,927 99.87 111.86 42,829 219 103.39 115.90 2,349 81.2 1 / Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a f u l l order book based on current a v a i l a b i l i t y of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industries f a c i l i t i e s , e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1979 1978 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. rj Sept. rj Oct. DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL 1 / rnil. $ . . ..do.... 66,219 22,563 68,615 24,596 72,075 25,366 77,801 27,616 72,469 24,702 76,332 26,574 ..do.... 4,034 12,733 3,138 4,219 14,401 3,231 4,610 14,247 3,534 4,991 15,564 3,842 4,560 13,382 3,599 4,893 14,575 3,743 ..do.... ..do.... 43,656 8,024 6,468 14,942 13,892 44,019 8,262 6,610 14,417 13,295 46,709 7,984 6,396 16,256 14,963 50,185 8,984 7,180 16,836 15,585 47,767 8,561 6,873 16,228 15,028 49,758 9,230 7,361 16,322 15,043 ..do.... ..do.... ..do.... 5,191 3,236 6,134 2,041 5,264 3,273 6,006 2,106 6,377 3,015 6,681 2,267 6,847 3,628 7,006 2,360 6,439 3,368 6,490 2,220 6,671 3,487 6,614 2,335 68,085 23,872 3,798 14,033 3,228 44,213 8,379 6,696 14,775 13,687 68,971 24,422 3,911 14,352 3,248 44,549 8,394 6,684 14,947 13,835 72,370 24,471 4,196 13,396 3,610 47,899 8,854 7,162 16,262 14,993 74,794 25,940 4,408 14,578 3,751 48,854 9,103 7,297 16,063 14,843 76,745 26,872 4,412 15,241 3,776 49,873 9,266 7,367 16,739 15,477 75,452 25,655 4,436 13,988 3,702 49,797 9,314 7,391 16,641 15,366 5,191 3,261 5,996 2,158 5,222 3,271 6,018 2,180 5,910 3,479 6,232 2,364 6,453 3,603 6,283 2,367 6,497 3,498 6,394 2,403 6,598 3,399 6,601 2,388 Bldg. materials, hardware, garden supply, and ..do Bldg. mat., hdwre, garden supply, etc. dealers . . d o . . . . ..do.... ..do.... ..do..., ..do..., ..do.... ..do.'.., r] Revised. 1 / Data for Oct. 1979 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS* CONDITION,. END OF 'MONTH: Assets, total *. Reserve bank.credit outstanding, total Time loans U.S. Government securities Gold certificate account. Liabilities, total Deposits, total • Member-bank reserve balances Federal Reserve notes in circulation Large commercial banks of Federal Reserve System condition, Wednesday nearest end of the month: Deposits: Demand, adjusted 1/ Demand, total 2/ Individuals, partnerships, and corp. State and local governments U.S. Government Domestic commercial banks Time, total 2/ Individuals, partnerships, and corp: Savings. Other time • • Loans (adjusted), total 2/ Commercial and industrial. For purchasing or carrying securities To nonbank financial institutions •••• Real estate loans Other loans • Investments, total U.S. Government securities, total Other securities CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT Total extended and liquidated: Unadjusted: Extended Liquidated Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total 2/ By major holder: Commercial banks Finance companies Credit unions Retailers By major credit type: Automobile Revolving. •••••• Mobile home « • • ••••• • .. Liquidated, total 2/ By major holder: Commercial banks Finance companies. Credit unions Retailers By type of credit: Automobile Revolving Mobile home Total outstanding, end of year or month By major holder: 2/ Commercial banks Finance companies Credit unions Retailers By type of credit: 2/ Automobile. • Revolving Mobile home.•••• • «11» $ do.. do.. do.. do. • do.. do.. do. • do.. 153,075 129,675 1,365 115,279 11,668 156,320 129,266 1,207 115,322 11,655 155,056 126,233 852 111,445 11,290 158,082 127,678 1,572 113,027 11,259 158,377 130,040 1,157 115,458 11,228 153,075 44,430 26,830 96,572 156,320 42,563 26,260 98,154 155,056 34,053 30,279 105,957 158,082 34,023 29,493 106,900 158,377 38,136 29,485 106,683 mil. $ do. • do.. do.. .do.. .do.. do.. 113,-870 191,858 135,128 5,802 5,970 28,666 272,480 118,184 201,237 142,470 6,709 1,303 31,091 276,533 103,728 187,361 130,490 5,420 826 32,234 249,153 101,955 177,448 124,242 4,341 570 30,740 252,134 106,031 195,696 134,947 4,501 2,651 33,583 258,431 do.. do.. 91,633 139,485 90,783 143,895 77,635 139,860 77,129 143,119 76,773 149,250 do.. do.. do.. ....do*. do.. do*. 353,784 136,710 12,865 24,022 85,882 114,813 365,297 139,878 13,048 24,692 87,588 120,965 372,906 147,415 12,035 25,506 90,444 118,715 376,078 147,616 11,651 25,663 92,045 120,015 390,007 153,392 11,174 25,845 94,094 128,643 do.. do.. do.. 112,020 42,917 69,103 111,176 41,484 69,692 103,616 35,228 68,388 104,463 34,676 69,787 105,333 34,204 71,129 ,mil. $. ..do... 24,859 21,086 25,290 22,852 27,702 24,506 30,508 25,747 26,987 22,898 do. 25,537 25,766 26,848 27,583 28,634 do do do do 12,123 4,372 3,360 3,718 12,190 4,605 3,401 3,518 12,292 5,353 3,282 3,687 12,700 5,133 3,361 3,921 13,172 5,489 3,363 4,082 do do do 7,542 9,006 494 7,501 8,846 604 7,447 9,856 519 7,667 10,371 655 8,430 10,699 531 do. 21,857 22,390 24,405 25,137 24,188 do, .do, do, do 10,409 3,525 2,721 3,390 10,565 3,748 2,757 3,403 11,630 4,168 2,940 3,507 11,834 4,584 2,970 3,589 11,651 3,716 2,952 3,639 do do do 6,010 8,384 422 6,126 8,500 579 6,831 9,427 447 7,073 9,584 473 6,607 9,642 442 do. 263,387 265,814 295,052 299,813 303,902 do. do. do. do. 131,403 51,280 44,325 22,302 132,702 51,977 44,635 22,464 145,169 62,463 47,772 23,713 147,312 63,362 48,631 24,114 148,657 64,822 49,214 24,446 do. do. do. 99,062 42,420 15,910 100,159 42,579 15,925 111,952 47,894 16,719 113,351 49,270 16,972 114,765 50,422 17,105 58.58 64.23 50.19 39.82 63.22 56.40 61.60 46.70 39.44 60.42 SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite 12/31/65*50. J[ Industrial do. Transportation «do., Utility do. Finance do. 58.38 64.24 48.85 38.88 64.431 61.19 67.71 52.48 39.261 68.40 61.89 69.17 52.21 38.39 67.21 1/ Other than domestic interbank and U.S. Gov't., less cash items in process of collection. 2/ Includes data not shown separately. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1979 1948 ITEM Aug. Sept. June July Aug. METALS AND MANUFACTURERS MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order backlog, end of month Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order backlog end of month ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT: Household electrical appliances, factory sales \J Air conditioners (room) Di swashers Disposers (food waste) Ranges Refrigerators Freezers Washers Dryers (incl, gas) mil. $.. do, do. do. do. 274.65 255.10 161.70 142.90 2,540.0 253.00 234.40 193.60 172.40 2,594.9 335.95 293.00 261.05 234.40 3,853.2 297.90 275.35 194.80 169.90 3,956.3 347.50 296.45 221.45 197.90 4,082.4 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 100.15 93.95 53.70 49.00 501.5 81.70 75.35 65.15 57.55 518.0 86.65 67.10 89.50 81.15 617.6 64.20 57.55 72.90 66.90 608.9 78.55 73.70 63.90 58.55 623.5 thous. ;do... do... do... 2,784 110 301 279 2,717 101 288 286 2,888 388 268 263 2,757 164 260 285 2,696 96 310 273 do.., do.., do.., do.., do... 291 586 168 469 327 272 644 115 468 340 264 562 199 436 273 262 584 235 390 275 251 516 187 445 316 314.8 11.3 16.8 641.0 261.5 12.6 17.2 199.9 211.3 13.0 20.8 1,099.9 239.0 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Trucks (new), retail sales and inventories, seasonally adj.: Retail sales: Light-dutyj up to 14,000 lbs. GVW thous..| Medium-duty, 14,001-26,000 lbs. GVW do.. Heavy-duty, 26,001 lbs. and over GVW do.. Retail inventories, end of period do.. 664.7 12.0 18.6 1,071.7 10.8 17.7 1,032.4 r/ Revised, p/ Preliminary. 1/ Includes data not shown separately. &U.S". GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980-311-048/11 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class MaR WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209
@FedFRASER