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WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS September105,1978 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 INDEX, 1967=100 210 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 200 _ (E.E.I. seas. adj. index) INDEX, 1967=100 210 Monthly 190 / 180 V 170 150 1 1 111 I1 111 I 1975 i i i I I 1 l I i I I 1 1 1 1 1 ll 1 1 1 1 1977 1978 1976 Data: Edison Electric Inst THOUSANDS 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 ~ (Passenger cars) THOUSANDS 350 300 1977 - K 800 400 J A S O N D Weekly Monthly 1,000 600 J FMAMJ M A V ]I A -/VN \ V / 200 - " •fef 1978 y M |V1 IM 150 _ 100 50 200 0 250 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1975 I i ii ii 1 i iii i i iii i l ii ii i i i iii i iii i i 1978 1977 1976 0 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1 ~ Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. 1967=100 220 CONSUMER PRICES \r food MILLION 3.0 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS (seas, adj., at annual rates) 2.5 20 A 15 1.0 All Horn* 1975 Data: U.S. Dept of Labor 1976 • • * • •1 • » * ' 1977 1 1978 .5 1975 I 1 I 1 1 I I i1 i1 iM i i 1 i i i • i 1978 1977 1976 Data: U.S. Dept of Commerce W E E K L Y BU8INE88 S T A T I S T I C S updates selected data that are published monthly in the S U R V E Y OF C U R R E N T BUSINESS. WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1978 1977 ITEM O c t . 22 O c t . 29 Oct. 7 O c t . 14 Oct. 21 1967=100. do... do... .thous. 203.2 198.4 206.5 322 201.9 199.8 203.2 309 247.8 253.0 244.2 324 248.6 253.0 245.5 262 251.3 254.5 248.9 287 I N S U R E D U N E M P L O Y M E N T , all p r o g r a m s do... S t a t e p r o g r a m s (50 S t a t e s , D . C . , a n d P u e r t o R i c o ) do... F A I L U R E S , I N D U S T . A N D C O M M E R C I A L (Dun & B r a d s t r e e t ) . . n u m b e r . 2,653 2,076 121 2,710 2,125 134 1,928 1,735 110 2,079 1,862 105 127 FINANCE: C u r r e n c y in c i r c u l a t i o n 3/ .mil. $ . Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do... M e m b e r b a n k r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s 3/....do... E x c e s s r e s e r v e s , e s t i m a t e d 3/ do... 99,194 112,319 36,369 84 98,856 112,779 35,502 202 107,958 132,834 38,924 173 108,901 131,768 38,053 384 A s s e t s a n d l i a b i l i t i e s o f large c o m m e r c i a l b a n k s : 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted do... Savings deposits .do... Loans a n d i n v e s t m e n t s , gross a d j u s t e d , t o t a l do... U.S. Government obligations do... C o m m e r c i a l a n d i n d u s t r i a l loans (gross) do... R e a l e s t a t e loans (gross) do... 111,253 93,356 426,990 45,571 121,699 71,981 112,047 93,038 423,766 45,153 122,389 72,265 114,755 91,855 470,117 42,996 137,720 86,113 B o n d y i e l d s , d o m e s t i c c o r p o r a t e (Moody's) 3/ percent. S t o c k p r i c e s , 500 s t o c k s (Stand. & P o o r ' s ) £ / . . 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 1 0 . I n d u s t r i a l , 400 s t o c k s do... 8.44 92.38 101.61 S P O T M A R K E T P R I C E S , 22 C O M M O D I T I E S 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 1 3 Raw i n d u s t r i a l s INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 8.46 92.10 101.59, 9.10 103.06 114.33 9 105 116 109,259 134,320 38>804 -102 100 111 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, b y utilities M o t o r v e h i c l e s ( p a s s e n g e r cars) P e t r o l e u m (crude) a n d c o n d e n s a t e 3/ thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. b b l . 16,140 38,306 210,167 8,575 14,680 37,759 204,458 8,575 16,645 40,449 202,010 8,892 15,225 40,042 209,283 8,892 15,460 40,108 202,813 8,892 S t e e l , raw R a t e of c a p a b i l i t y u t i l i z a t i o n 5/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,348 77.4 2,351 77.5 2,660 87.4 2,739 90.0 2,730 89.7 bil. 17.7 17.6 19.9 19.2 19.2 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES V D a t a do n o t always c o v e r c a l e n d a r w e e k s . 2/ T u e s d a y p r i c e . 3/ D a i l y a v e r a g e . 4/ W e d n e s d a y d a t a . 5/ C a p a b i l i t y f o r a f u l l o r d e r b o o k b a s e d on c u r r e n t a v a i l a b i l i t y o f raw m a t e r i a l s , f u e l s , s u p p l i e s , a n d i n d u s t r y f a c i l i t i e s , e/ e s t i m a t e d . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1977 ITEM Aug. GENERAL BUSINESS 1978 Sept. June July A u g . r/ Sept. INDICATORS 1 IANUFACTURERS S H I P M E N T S : 1/ V a l u e (not s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) : D u r a b l e g o o d s i n d u s t r i e s , total Primary metals Transportation equipment Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondefense Defense mil. $.. ..do.... . ,do 56,253 8,373 11,837 61,989 8,956 14,825 71,839 10,609 17,540 59,296 9,131 13,185 65,991 10,110 13,858 72,215 10,596 17,631 ..do . . do ..do.... 58,649 8,562 14,070 59,285 8,637 14,503 66,293 9,860 15,887 65,222 9,905 15,510 68,684 10,346 16,324 68,783 10,198 16,917 ..do . . do ..do.... 3,800 17,363 14,822 2,541 3,806 17,633 14,971 2,662 4,361 19,653 16,782 2,871 4,155 19,574 16,819 2,755 4,447 20,409 17,598 2,811 4,255 21,446 18,431 3,015 57,598 62,243 74,237 61,702 69,713 73,849 59,269 8,918 13,721 60,364 8,988 14,518 68,840 10,428 17,953 65,187 10,095 15,226 71,582 10,876 18,516 71,522 11,363 17,651 4,070 17,035 14,527 2,508 3,820 18,234 16,124 2,110 4,263 21,592 18,155 3,437 4,039 19,355 17,074 2,281 4,563 22,701 19,344 3,357 4,409 22,736 19,492 3,244 175,296 175,551 205,310 207,714 211,434 213,071 173,887 17,501 54,908 174,966 17,852 54,923 207,067 23,043 70,029 206,026 23,232 69,745 209,922 23,760 71,938 212,655 24,924 72,667 A N U F A C T U R E R S ' O R D E R S : 1/ N e w o r d e r s , n e t (not s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) : Durable goods industries, total . .do N e w orders, n e t (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total ..do Primary metals Transportation equipment . .do Supplementary series: Household durables ..do Capital goods industries . .do Nondefense Defense Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): D u r a b l e goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l ..do.... Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted) Durable goods industries, total ! .do..... Primary metals Transportation equipment r/ R e v i s e d . 1/ D a t a f o r S e p t . 1978 a r e a d v a n c e e s t i m a t e s . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1977 ITEM Aug. 1978 Sept. June July Aug. 3,546 134 , 393 94,768 39,625 3,431 134,172 95,021 39,151 r3,546 rl36,464 r96,767 r39,697 GENERAL BUSINESS I N D I C A T O R S — C o n . MANUFACTURERS' O R D E R S — C o n . 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally a d j u s t e d ) — C o n . Supplementary series: Household durables mil. $ . Capital goods industries do... Nondefense do... Defense do... 3,121 112,739 81,480 31,259 3,135 113,340 82,633 30,707 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXESALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, REVISED (CPI-W) 1967=100. 183.3 184.0 195.3 196.7 197.7 do... 183.3 184.0 195.3 196.7 197.8 do.., do... do... .do... do.., do... .do... do.., ...do... 179.8 182.0 176.3 180.8 167.3 164.3 166.0 196.3 203.8 180.9 182.6 176.6 181.0 168.4 164.5 166.7 197.7 205.3 190.6 193.9 187.5 192.7 173.7 173.9 174.4 209.9 218.3 192.0 195.3 188.6 193.6 174.1 175.3 175.4 211.7 220.4 193.3 196.3 189.3 194.4 175.4 175.9 176.3 213.4 222.2 Food Food at home do... do... 195.2 193.2 194.5 192.2 213.8 213.9 215.0 214.7 215.4 214.5 Housing Shelter. Rent Homeowners hip Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operations do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 188.3 193.2 154.4 207.4 204.5 284.1 217.4 168.4 189.5 194.7 155.3 209.1 205.5 285.1 218.0 169.1 3/ 202.0 208.9 4/ 163.6 225.3 5/ 217.5 295.1 6/ 236.5 3/ 177.6 203.8 211.3 164.2 228.3 218.0 294.5 237.2 178.1 205.2 213.3 165.1 230.6 218.1 294.2 236.9 178.9 Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public Medical care do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 154.8 178.8 178.2 141.6 186.4 183.5 204.9 156.2 178.4 177.8 141.1 182.5 184.1 206.3 159.9 185.5 185.0 153.5 191.5 187.2 217.9 158.0 187.2 186.8 153.9 195.9 187.7 219.4 159.6 188.1 187.7 153.8 196.7 187.6 221.4 1967=$ 1.00.. $0,546 $0,543 $0,512 $0,508 $0,506 thous.. do.... do.... 194.2 194.0 140.5 177.8 177.7 131.6 216.1 216.0 154.3 rl92.3 rl92.2 rl39.3 rl92.6 rl92.5 rl41.3 do do.... 2,038 1,454 2,012 1,508 2,124 1,441 r2,119 1,453 2,044 r r1,454 do do.... 1,770 1,148 1,695 1,139 1,821 1,123 1,632 1,035 rl,563 rl,020 thous.. do.... 27.3 270 26.8 300 26.3 263 20.1 232 27.9 283 10,889 9,865 11,471 r9,032 10,315 2,083 6,944 1,862 1,893 6,237 1,735 2,266 7,357 1,848 r 1,811 r5,75 7 rl,467 1,962 6,791 1,562 mil. $ do.. do.. do.. do.. 134,425 109,302 1,265 98,436 11,595 139,288 115,972 1,069 104, 715 11,595 148,127 124,439 1,428 110,146 11,706 146,137 123,607 1,127 108,885 11,693 rl48,947 rl26,311 r954 111,739 11,679 do.. do.. do.. do.. 134,425 35,591 139,288 40,928 23,953 87,361 148,127 40,595 27,920 95,345 146,137 39,910 28,461 95,571 rl48,947 r40,773 r27,705 96,534 ALL ITEMS, ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U) 2/ Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodities Nondurables Nondurables less food Durables Commodities less food. Services Services less rent PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public) Privately owned One-family structures Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned One-family structures NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One-family structures MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS OF MOBILE HOMES: Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted at annual rates New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total mil. $.. By purpose o f loan: Home construction do.... Home purchase do.... All other purposes do.... 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 Deposi ts, total Member-bank reserve balances Federal Reserve notes in circulation 28,262 87,506 r/ Revised. 1/ Data for Sept. 1978 are advance estimates. 2/ Beginning J a n . 1978, data are for consumer price index all urban consumers. 3/ Includes T V and sound equipment and repairs formerly in "health and recreation." £/ Residential. 5/ Includes additional items not previously priced. 6/ Includes bottled gas. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued 3 1977 ITEM 1978 Aug. Sept. June July Aug. do.... 113,266 182,949 130,848 6,320 1,013 26,607 239,513 109,130 176,535 125,685 5,748 5,352 25,178 241,749 113,522 187, 760 133,823 6,182 2,909 27,540 266,884 116,955 192,013 138,220 6,632 1,444 28,213 267,169 114,813 186,539 135,136 5,592 1,031 27,563 270,102 113,870 191,858 135,128 5,802 5,970 28,666 272,480 do.... 93,598 112,131 93,405 113,712 92,883 134,330 91,857 135,919 91,590 137,422 91,633 139,485 do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... 305,789 119,292 12,854 22,507 69,999 102,341 303,936 120,290 13,075 22,525 71,353 101,651 341,669 135,528 12,335 22,991 80,530 113,196 345,594 135,467 12,172 23,520 82,621 114,293 348,636 134,981 12,490 23,576 84,410 113,853 353,784 136,710 12,865 24,022 85,882 114,813 do do.... do.... do.... 111,345 46,485 38,458 64,860 111,301 45,713 38,073 65,588 110,263 42 , 742 38,011 67,521 110,097 42,847 38,350 67,250 110,888 42,777 38,187 68,111 112,020 42,917 38,579 69,103 8.34 8.31 9.13 9.22 9.08 9.04 do.... do.... do.... do.... 7.98 8.17 8.40 8.82 7.92 8.15 8.37 8.80 8.76 8.95 9.18 9.60 8.88 9.07 9.33 9.60 8.69 8.96 9.18 9.48 8.69 8.92 9.11 9.42 do.... do.... 8.21 8.47 8.05 8.19 8.43 8.03 8.92 9.33 8.68 9.05 9.38 8.70 8.95 9.21 8.72 8.90 9.17 8.68 Sept. FINANCE—Con. 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 T o nonbank financial institutions Real estate loans Other loans Investments, total U.S. Government securities, total Notes and bonds Other securities SECURITY MARKETS: BOND YIELDS: Domestic corporate (Moody's) By ratings: Aaa Aa A Baa By group: Industrials Public utilities Railroads do do.... do.... do 1/ Other than domestic interbank and U.S. Gov't, less cash items in process of collection. 'ft'U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1979 - 281-051/15 2/ Includes data not shown separately. 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