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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 1941-43 = 10. 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 1941-43=10 130 Monthly (avg. of daily dose) - 110 ^ N / \ p. 100 \ 90 80 LJULJUULJ —J-J ,J J J 1 , ,» ,1 , J , - J . . J _ .,,1 1 II 1967 1 1 1 I , 1 1 J .i L.J ( i,i i JL_±..J I 1 1 » S 1 1 1969 1968 S 1 1, 1 i i J J FMAMJJASOND 1970 Data: Standard & Poor's Corp. 1957-59= :100 1957-59 = 100 250 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) 240 (E. E. I. sea. adj. index) 270 260 230 250 1970 220 MM 210 - 200 |9 M 190 1967 1968 i » »' ' » » » ' » 1970 1969 210 Weekly Monthly I i i i i i 230 220 1969 180 240 i i i i J F MAM J J A S O N D 200 Data: Edison Electric Inst. 1957-59 = 100 250 1957-59=100 250 RAW STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots a n d all other forms) -j 200 200 1969 *o 1970 150 - 100 - 100 Weekly Monthly 50 —— I1 1 1 1 L_J-™J L™J—L_ ™-l 1967 L 1 1 1—1 1 1 1 1 1 1968 1 1 1 I 1 i t 1 1 1 1 t- f 1969 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY 1 i 1 1 1970 t i l l 150 ! 1 1 L. i . i i t i t i J FMAMJJASOND 50 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1970 1969 ITEM Nov. 22 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 1957-59=100.. 112.1 112.2 109.0 108.0 106.9 106.6 mil. $.. ........do.... 7,061 4,816 7,140 4,915 7,102 4,849 6,989 5,063 7,024 5,036 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.. 197 1,084 1,007 161 231 1,098 1,022 183 284 1,952 1,769 223 333 2,040 1,849 213 ..mil. $.. do.... do.... do.... 52,314 62,491 27,725 371 52,551 63,131 27,969 146 55,015 64,516 28,406 144 55,135 64,703 28,634 303 55,652 65,158 28,713 285 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.... 78,621 46,490 227,379 23,030 78,323 34,089 79,835 46,345 226,372 22,641 78,092 34,057 80,780 47,013 240,145 25,593 79,968 34,049 78,827 47,121 242,538 25,710 80,117 34,061 79,326 47,180 242,792 25,451 80,246 33,766 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10.. Industrials, 425 stocks do. 7.70 97.89 107.62 7.78 95.90 105.58 8.65 83.43 91.83 8.68 84.39 92.89 8.67 85.03 93.42 thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. ..number.. thous. bbl*. 2,013 27,357 180,728 9,254 1,879 28,157 182,727 9,277 2,057 27,828 90,094 10,036 2,081 27,923 86,673 10,089 2,151 27,866 88,744 10,045 thous. sh. tons.. 1957-59=100.. 2,769 148.6 2,784 149.4 2,453 131.7 2,329 125.0 2,392 128.4 bil.. 15.7 15.7 15.5 15.0 14.6 Nov. 15 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores. FINANCE: Currency in circulation _3/. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ Member bank reserve balances 3/• Excess reserves, estimated _3/« PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3J Electric power, by utilities.. • Motor vehicles (passenger cars). Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/ Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 17 Data do n o t always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3J Daily a v e r a g e . 307 264 221 55,961 65,403 28,812 205 8.64 82.79 90.88 89,108 2,363 126.8 4/ Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 1969 ITEM Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. GENERAL -BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. Primary metals Transportation equipment. Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. Primary metals...... Transportation equipment.. Supplementary series: Household durables Defense products (old series) Defense products (new series). Producers' capital goods industries ••• .......bil. $. do... • do... 32.3 4 .9 8.1 32.6 5.0 8.5 27.9 4.4 6.3 29.1 4.7 6.3 r31.7 5.0 r7.2 30.1 4.5 6.8 ......do... ...do... do. .• 31 .9 5 .0 8 .5 31.7 5.1 8.2 31.3 4.9 7.9 31.3 4.9 8.0 r30.9 r5.0 r7.2 29.4 4.6 6.6 do... do... do... do... 2 .2 4 .2 2 .1 6 .7 2.2 4.4 2.1 6.4 2.1 4.2 2.0 6.7 2.0 r4.3 2.1 6.7 2.1 r4.3 2.1 r6.6 2.0 4.6 2.2 6.4 32.8 32.1 28.2 28.2 r31.2 29.1 32.0 5.3 8.1 31.4 5.2 7.6 31. 4 4. 9 8, 1 30.5 4.8 7.6 r29. 9 4. 7 r7. 0 28. 4. 6. 2.2 3.4 1.4 7.1 2.2 4.2 1.9 6.3 2. 0 4. 8 3 .1 6 .4 2.0 4.1 1.8 6.3 2. 1 r3. 5 2, 0 r 6 .8 2.0 4.1 2.1 6.7 86.9 86.4 81 .2 80.3 79 .8 78.8 86.8 8.3 32.5 86.6 8.3 32.0 81 .3 7 .2 28 .6 80.6 7.1 28.2 r79 .6 6 .7 r28 .0 78.8 6.5 27.6 MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1_/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): do. Durable goods industries, total 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 Pr imar y metal s do Transportation equipment. • ..do r/ Revised. 23B6 1/ Data for Oct. 1970 are advance estimates. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1969 Sept. 1970 Oct. July Sept. Aug. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' O R D E R S — C o n . 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, a d j . ) — C o n . Supplementary series: Household durables Defense products (old series).. • Defense products (new series) Producers' capital goods industries. bil. $ .do.. do.. ...do.. 1.7 30.6 20.6 24.4 1.7 30.8 20.8 24.4 1.5 28.0 19.9 23.7 1.5 27.0 rl9.6 23.5 1.5 27.8 19.7 23.4 1970 1969 July Aug. May 1,059 1,161 1,106 1,062 1,019 1,061 1,176 1,105 1,062 1,035 1,117 1,231 1,178 1,062 1,138 1,127 1,231 1,177 1,058 1,137 1,150 1,261 1,226 1,106 1,138 mil. $ 5,015 3,315 9,548 6,985 5,774 .......do.. do.. ..do.. do. • 4,426 1,889 553 36 2,832 944 410 72 9,080 3,441 399 69 5,964 2,368 799 222 5,194 2,068 494 86 do.. do.. do. . 2,478 875 86 1,427 362 108 3,909 817 327 3,389 939 358 2,648 577 146 do.. do. . .do.. do.. 493 25 286 389 507 17 126 181 600 9 1,747 231 1,103 51 354 355 842 64 144 467 do. • ...do.. do.., 2,537 421 1,052 1,888 377 794 5,639 3,701 974 3,596 819 1,058 3,126 405 1,310 mil. lb, 13.0 15.0 12.5 11.0 10.4 do.. ..do.. .do.• ...do.. .do.. 53.9 25.9 51.1 81.3 55.5 51.9 28.5 51.5 91.2 61.9 49.2 26.9 52.5 89.3 54.7 58.0 25.6 54.5 85.7 54.6 55.3 25.3 49.1 74.1 44.7 do.. do.. do. . 260.8 262.3 450.1 263.9 269.5 474.1 288.2 330.2 501.1 299.1 325.3 505.3 272.5 298.4 503.2 113,510 118,124 108,692 113,876 121,481 26,473 46,547 27 ,370 48 ,022 24,339 47,970 26,588 49,231 29 ,113 48 ,012 347 35,934 809 3,016 384 349 38 ,103 822 3 ,073 385 384 31,745 839 3,032 383 363 33,302 817 3,182 393 359 39 ,530 828 3 ,223 416 1,830.9 1,708.8 1,795.7 July June CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: American Appraisal Co., The: Average, 30 cities Atlanta New York San Francisco Dt e 1913=100, do.. ..do. . do. . LiQU 2. S a e « a a a a s * a a a a * a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a s a s Q O s s , FINANCE SECURITIES ISSUED: Securities and Exchange Commission: Estimated gross proceeds, total By type of security: Bonds and notes, total Corporate Common stock Preferred stock By type of issuer: Corporate, total • Manufacturing Extractive (mining) • • Public utility Railroad Communication Financial and real estate.... • • Noncorporate, total U. S. Government State and municipal CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS, PRODUCTION: Cellulose plastic materials. Thermosetting resins: Alkyd resins Coumarone-indene and petroleum polymer resins Polyester resins •• Phenolic and other tar acid resins. Urea and mel amine resins. Thermoplastic resins: Styrene-type materials (polystyrene) Vinyl resins (resin content basis) Polyethyl ene. • ELECTRIC POWER SALES TO ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS, TOTAL (Edison Electric Institute). . • .mil • kw. -hr Commercial and industrial: Small light and power do.. Large 1 ight and power • .... do. . Railways and railroads .........do.. 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. $, 1,762.3 1969 Aug. 1,935.7 1970 Sept. June July Aug. LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip Cattle hide and side kip Goat and kid. Sheep and lamb.... r/ Revised. 23ff6 • •• thous. skins thous. hides and kips thous. skins ..do.. 1/ Data for Oct. 1970 are advance estimates. 215 1,853 330 1,984 248 1,758 485 1,788 267 1,791 413 2,038 135 1,322 240 1,747 186 1,623 260 2,163 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1970 1969 ITEM July Sept. Aug. Sept. Aug. METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total (all grades)„...................„... thous,, of short tons. Semifinished products. .». . ... u ... . *.. o . « ......-..-do... Structural shapes (heavy), steel pilingc > o o . o a o *. r> a d O o o o ? 1 a t e S o ,, ,; „ . o u o . . . . . r, o . o c » o o o . o o . o « „ . u Rails and accessories..,.....,,..... Bars and tool steel, total Bars: Hot rolled (inclo light shapes)o...e Reinforcing. .a...*.-;,................. Col d f ini shed ..... .-,„.. o. .......»»»»<, , c . o <•» n . r, . » G O . » o . . . o o o o . o . d O c> o o , do... ).©.©owo.» GO o a . , . a a a o o « » o d O coo Pipe and tubing............................. Wire and wire products...................... Tin mill products. . . . . . ^ «...... . ,, . » . o. »....- ..do.,., ..do.c», 7,710 527 495 7,896 582 526 8,517 780 543 7,759 586 534 7,511 470 472 7,767 526 490 630 104 1,174 655 104 1,194 737 143 1,388 685 119 1,249 631 100 1,262 632 90 1,156 681 334 150 701 320 162 758 472 149 651 469 123 676 456 123 625 403 121 691 271 567 702 279 571 691 282 605 657 254 603 661 263 663 638 255 1,151 3,251 1,107 1,358 3,284 1,093 1,398 3,350 1,141 1,362 3,071 1,077 1,240 2,988 993 1,229 2,831 973 1,1.20 • adO o s « « Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), totalo. Sheets: Hot rolled............. .......... Cold rolled...................... o o d O e o o v. 0 O GO O . . C ..do...c 1970 1969 Sept. Oct. July Aug. Sept. Oct. TEXTILE PRODUCTS COTTON (excluding 1 inters): \J Consumption. .................a...........thous. bales.. Manufactures: Spindle activity (cotton system spindles): Active spindles, last working day, total..........millions.• Consuming 100 percent cotton .do..•* Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total-........billions.o Average per working day.................. .........do... . Consuming 100 percent cotton........»,....»t...n.,..ido,..8 634 810 532 593 760 632 19.7 12.7 9.6 .480 6.1 19.7 12.6 12.1 .483 7.7 19.1 12.0 7.8 .388 4.8 19.0 11.9 8.6 .431 5-3 18.8 11.8 10.6 r.423 18.8 11.8 8.8 .438 5.5 606 r_/ Revised. 1/ Data for Oct. 1969 and Sept. 1970 cover 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. USC0MM--DC—2386T UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, 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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