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BUSINESS STATISTICS n Q. y yj LJtfr0 ?n fl T I A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS NOVEMBER U \ LJ U l^gUW*?^ 1971 Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (Passenger cars) ~ 1,000 - f\ 800 J\ /\ ^/\i \ A 600 ^ \ / 400 ~ 200 Monthly 0 1 . I I i f l 1 1 . 1 —L-LJ—LJ—1—I—LJLJ—L_ - J L J LJ—1 1 L J — L J 1969 1968 1 1 L_l 1 1 1 l__L 1 1 1970 1 1971 J FMAMJ J A S O N D Data: Automobife Mfrs. Assn. 1967 = 100 250 1967=100 250 Monthly R A W STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) 200 - - 150 - - 200 \ 100 50 1—LJ—LJ—1—1 1—1—LJ— J — 1 — L J L J 1—1 t _ L J L_ 1 i i 1969 1968 l l 1 1 l l l I _LJ—LJ™ 1970 11 y 1971 11, JFMAMJJfcSOND Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Billion $ 900 PERSONAL INCOME y v — (Seas, adj., at annual rates) 800 — 700 ~ Total (left scale) ^ ^ ^ Bill i o n ct> 800 _ 700 /**~^ PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS (Seas, adj., at annual rates) ^ ^ ^ 2.0 h*T * ~ ^ 1.5 - 1.0 - .5 - — 600 Wage and Salary Disbursements (right scale) «*>*~ ^- —-"-*" 500 600 ,500 Millie 2.5 ' ' ' ' ' 1 1968 I I I I I I M I I I J J J J j J L l L U L L J J,,] I,,] J j J J J J - 1969 1970 400 0 1971 :a: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY provides selected i i . i i 1 i i i . i 1968 . i i i i 1 i i . i . 1969 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1 1 1 1 1 1 L_L_L_l 1 1970 J_l,l I I 1 1 1 L L L . 1971 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1971 1970 ITEM Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Oct. 30 109.1 108.8 106.5 106.0 Nov. 13 106.1 mil. $.. do.... 7,314 5,257 7,517 5,458 8,302 5,334 8,206 5,593 8,532 5,673 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.. 307 2,223 2,007 264 334 2,192 1,977 221 241 2,164 1,747 172 297 2,207 1,787 226 290 194 185 FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/..do.... Member bank reserve balances 3/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do.... 55,652 65,163 28,725 282 55,961 65,366 28,763 164 59,174 72,060 30,424 44 59,316 72,169 30,974 413 59,594 71,876 30,616 19 59,925 72,550 31,229 246 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.... 79,427 47,633 244,213 25,738 80,436 34,354 79,956 47,290 242,721 26,506 79,981 34,041 82,841 53,605 263,221 26,187 83,070 37,547 81,845 53,691 265,581 26,477 83,161 37,606 84,344 53,806 265,288 26,417 83,004 37,745 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3J....percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor'sO 4/.1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks...o .....do.... 8.67 85.03 93.42 8.64 82.79 90.88 7.82 93.79 103.33 7»78 94.91 104.62 7o77 93.41 102.85 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3J .....thous. sh. tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (passenger cars)... .number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3/ thous. bbl.. 2,240 27,866 88,744 10,045 2,133 28,870 89,113 10,061 1,300 29,388 185,538 9,298 1,418 30,035 186,351 9,276 1,526 30,566 183,407 9,226 ..thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. 2,392 98.0 2,363 96.9 1,902 78.0 1,918 78.7 1,871 76.7 bil.. 15.0 15.2 13.1 13.1 13.3 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/.... 1967=100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY Nov. 6 Nov. 20 105.5 7.77 92.85 102.26 185,420 1,871 76.5 3/ Daily average. _4_/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 1971 ITEM II Illr/ IV GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL bil. $, Personal consumption expenditures, total do.., Durable goods, total ..do.. Automobiles and parts do.., Furniture and household equipment ...do.., 968.5 613.8 90.7 39.1 37.6 983.5 620.9 90.4 38.8 37.0 988.4 624.7 84.9 32.7 37.6 1,020.8 644.6 97.6 44.1 39.5 1,043.1 660.9 100.8 45.7 40.4 1,060.8 672.5 104.7 49.2 40.6 do.., do.., do.., do.., 262.9 52.1 131.4 22.6 265.5 52.4 132.4 22.9 270.9 54.2 134.3 23.5 272.0 54.9 135.1 23.8 279.8 57.0 138.2 24.3 282.0 57.3 139.2 25.0 do.., do. . , do.., do.., 260.2 35.7 90.3 17.6 265.0 36.7 91.8 18.1 268.9 36.9 94.1 18.3 275.0 37.7 96.4 18.6 280.4 38.6 98.6 18.9 285.7 39.7 100.7 19.1 Gross private domestic investment, total Fixed investment • Nonresidential Residential structures Change in business inventories do.., do.., do.., .do.., do.., 134.1 132.1 102.1 29.9 2.1 138.6 133.5 104.8 28.7 5.1 137.3 133.6 100.8 32.8 3.7 143.8 140.6 104.3 36.4 3.2 152.4 146.7 107.0 39.7 5.7 153.6 152.5 109.3 43.3 1.1 Net exports of goods and services Exports Import s do.., do.., do.., 4.2 63.2 59.0 4.0 63. 59. 2.7 63.2 60.5 4.2 66.1 61.9 -.5 66.4 66.9 .5 68.9 68.4 Gov't purchases of goods and services, total...do.., Federal do.., National defense do.., State and local .....do.., 216.5 96.8 75.1 119.7 220.1 96.1 74.2 124.0 223.7 95.9 73.2 127.9 228.2 96.7 73.0 131.5 230.2 95.7 71.8 134.5 234.2 97.4 70.8 136.8 Nondurable goods, total Clothing and shoes Food and beverages Gasoline and oil Services, total Household operation Housing Transportation vj Revised. 7984 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1971 1970 ITEM II GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT--Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTAL AT ANNUAL R A T E S — C o n . NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL bil. $. Compensation of employees, total do... Proprietors' income, total do... Business and professional do... Farm • ..do... Rental income of persons. • ..do... Corp. profits and inventory valuation a d j . , total.do... Corporate profits before tax, total do... Corporate profits after tax do... Net interest do. .. PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total. do... Less: Personal tax and nontax payments ..do... Equals: Disposable personal income do... Less: Personal outlays do... Equals: Personal saving.... do... 802. 606. 66. 51. 14. 23. 73. 78. 42. 33.4 809.8 113.5 696.2 638.9 57.4 793.4 598.5 67.6 51.0 16.6 23.2 71.5 75.8 41.3 32.6 803.8 118.0 685.7 631.5 54.2 802.1 609.3 65.9 51.5 14.4 23.7 69.0 71.6 39.2 34.2 816.7 115.2 70le5 643.0 58.5 1970 1971 July Sept. PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income= =. * . « bil. $. Wage and salary disbursements, total. . » . » .do. 8 = Commodity-producing industries, total.... do... Manufacturing.. .do. .. Distributive industries. .do... Service industries do. • . Government. • ....do... Other labor income... do... Proprietors' income: Business and professional.... • do... Farm • ...do... Rental income of persons do... Dividends. do. . . Personal interest income do... Transfer payments do... Less personal contributions for soc. insurance....do... Total nonagricultural income.. do... MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. mil. $. Primary metals • do... Transportation equipment do... Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do... Primary metals. do. • . Transportation equipment do... Supplementary series: Household durables do. .. Defense products (old series) do... Defense products (new series) do... Producers' capital goods industries do... MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total.. do... New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total do... Primary metals do... Transportation equipment. do... Supplementary series: Household durables do... Defense products (old series ) -do... Defense products (new series ) do... Producers' capital goods industries do... Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total....... .....do... Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total.....................do... Primary metals do... Transportation equipment do... Supplementary series: Household durables. do... Defense products (old series)... do... Defense products (new series) • do... Producers' capital goods industries.. • do... 844.5 639.5 66.7 51. 15. 24. 78. 83. 46. 35.8 854.8 114.0 740.8 679.9 60.9 828.3 627.9 66.0 51.2 14.8 23.8 75.5 79.1 42.9 35.0 834.3 112.7 721.6 663.2 58.4 Aug. Sept. 814.9 548.7 201.3 159.0 131.3 97.8 118.3 31.4 813.6 544.2 196.6 153.8 131.9 98.8 116.8 31.7 859.2 574.7 206.2 161.4 138.6 106.3 123.6 33.9 867.6 580.9 206.5 161.4 140.5 107.4 126.6 34.1 r871.5 r581.4 r207.9 162.4 rl41.0 rl07.7 124.7 34.3 51.4 13.9 23.5 25.4 66.3 82.9 28.5 794.2 51.5 14.2 23.5 25.4 66.5 84.7 28.2 792.5 51.7 16.1 24.4 25.6 68.1 96.2 31.5 836.4 51.8 17.0 24.5 25.7 68.7 96.5 31.7 843.9 51.9 rl7.8 24.5 25.7 r69.5 r97.9 31.7 r846.9 30,815 4,845 6,714 29,133 4,409 6,104 28,485 4,923 5,852 29,709 3,843 6,443 r32,627 r4,237 r7,626 29,900 4,895 6,761 28,152 4,450 5,796 32,123 5,312 7,749 31,464 3,991 7,915 r31,543 r4,270 r7,620 2,170 3,897 2,121 5,947 2,174 4,016 2,184 5,819 2,328 3,548 2,010 6,304 2,419 3,584 2,077 6,435 r2,397 r3,431 rl,765 r6,652 29,645 27,7.69 28,834 29,916 r32,432 28,355 4,547 6,036 26,779 4,164 5,072 31,955 4,434 8,062 31,758 4,184 7,923 r31,026 r4,517 r7,130 2,173 3,186 2,005 5,614 2,133 3,120 2,125 5,843 2,401 4,246 2,900 2,457 3,634 2,154 6,551 r2,379 r3,018 rl,467 r6,425 78,155 76,791 74,763 r74,568 78,023 6,562 26,378 76,650 6,276 25,654 74 584 5 173 24 610 74,879 5,366 24,618 r74,362 5,612 r24,128 1,637 26,927 19,554 22,390 1,596 26,031 19,496 22,414 1 24 19 22 747 486 101 867 1,786 24,535 19,177 22,986 rl,769 r24,122 rl8,880 r22,759 1967=100. 117.5 118.1 121.8 122.2 122.4 do... do... 118.0 117.2 118.9 117.9 122.4 121.4 122.9 121.8 123.3 121.9 6,146 74,559 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted index: All items Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care r/ Revised. 7984 2,1 P r e l i m i n a r y . 1_/ Data f o r O c t . 1971 a r e advance e s t i m a t e s . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued — 1971 1970 ITEM Sept. Oct. Aug. July Sept. Oct. COMMODITY PRICES — C o n . CONSUMER PRICE INDEX--Con. Unadjusted indexes--Con. Special group indexes--Con. Commodities. . . . . . . . . S . Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ©19 67=100® . Nondurableso ....................................a .do.. • • Durables. • . . . • .... ............................... .do. • •. Commodities less food. . o . . . . .. . <> . . .. . .» .. .... .. • • ...do.. . » SerViCeSe ffl®o.o.®...o.oe.eoe.ooQo«>oo.Qoooo. . . . . . . . a . odo o a oa Services less rent..... o ..... . . . ..... ... . .. . . =. .. .do. »« . FOOd .................. .......... O....O....dO.... HOUSingo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .o......ooo«o..a.oe...... odO. •• • Shelter.....................ao.................... ..do. Rent... .......................... a........... o...dO.... Homeowner ship . .....a...............•.....»..>>... .do. Fuel and utilities,.o..o.. 0 .o 0 0 0 o». 0 o.c 0 oo.oo.oo.,..do... 8 Household furnishings and operation.......o.........do... . Apparel and upkeep.« 6 ..ooooooo. 0 oo 0 .ooo 0 o 8 oo.ooo 0 . 0 o 0 .do.... Transportation..................<,.....................do. • . • Private.............. O .ooo.....o.o...o.oo.o.........do.... P u b l i C e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o. a . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . a. o a o a o . . . . ..do...'. Health and recreation.................................do.... Medical care........a...............................do.... PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices...................................1967=$!.00.* 114.2 114.9 112.5 113.4 123.5 125.8 115.7 120.6 125.9 110.9 131.3 108.4 114.2 117.2 113.0 111.2 131.2 117.7 122.6 114.8 115.2 113.9 114.5 124.1 126.5 115.5 121.2 126.5 111.4 131.9 109.2 114.5 118.2 115.2 113.4 131.3 118.2 122.8 118.1 118.3 117.5 117.0 128.8 131.2 119.8 124.5 128.8 115.4 133.5 115.5 118.9 119.3 119.5 117.4 139.0 122.6 129.3 118.3 118.6 117.4 117.3 129.4 131.9 120.0 125.1 129.5 115.8 134.4 116.3 119.1 119.0 120.1 118.1 13.9.1 123.1 130.0 118.3 118.7 117.2 117.8 129.9 132.4 119.1 125.5 130.1 116.1 135.1 116.3 119.4 120.6 119.8 117.8 139.3 123.6 130.4 118.6 118.8 118.0 118.3 130.1 132.6 118.9 125.9 130.6 116.4 135.7 116.3 119.5 121.6 120.6 118.6 139.3 123.5 129.6 $0,851 $0,847 $0,821 $0,818 $0,817 $0,816 133.4 130.9 76.0 rl43.8 140.9 79.4 197.0 194.3 107.7 r205.9 r204.5 rill.7 rl71.3 rl69.5 rl01.2 184.0 182.0 102.5 r2,258 rl,212 rl,948 rl,175 2,050 1,152 2,006 908 rl,900 r865 2,215 989 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public)...........................thous. . Privately owned. do.... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned .0 » do..., One-family structures...••..........................do.•• . NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS(13,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: T o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .a . . . a . . . a a . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . a . . d O . . . . 1,509 881 1,583 890 2,229 1,187 1,388 679 rl,558 697 2,052 960 ! vj R e v i s e d . USCOMM—DC-7984 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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