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November 5,1976 A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS *+£,* SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1967=100 INDEX, 1967=100 A 170 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION > (E.E.I, seas. a d j . index) / Monthly 170 160 150 - 140 - - 130 _ L _ _j i i i I i i i i i i i i i i—1 i i i i i— i i i i 1974 1973 i 1 i i i i i i i i i 1975 i 1 i i i i i J F M A M J J A S O N D 1976 Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands Thousands 350 Monfhly MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 "~ (Passenger cars) — - 1,000 800 \ / \ A""-/\ A ~ \y 600 ~ - 400 200 n _-L_J 1 1 1 I 1 1 1973 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1974 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1..JL -J J—1, JL 1975 1 i , ,_l 1976 1 i 1 L J FMAMJJASOND Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. Short tons 20,000 Weekly Short tons 5,000 16,000 H 4,000 12,000 H 3,000 8,000 h 2,000 4,000 1973 1974 i, >i i i, i I i i i i i I 1,000 1975 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 1976 SURVEY J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1976 1975 ITEM Nov. 1 Oct. 25 Oct. 9 Oct. 23 Oct. 16 198.1 188.8 204.7 197.9 191.5 202.4 195.7 188.1 201.1 Oct. 30 1967=100 .do.. do.. 200.2 231.8 180.9 197.3 224.6 180.4 mil. $ do.. 11,481 7,692 11,849 7,849 12,465 8,360 12,564 8,416 12,558 8,427 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 372 4,040 2,926 195 379 4,023 2,920 259 389 3,138 2,386 218 326 3,267 2,495 134 361 174 171 e90,149 107,077 34,191 127 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total j5/....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... 82,451 96,409 34,576 -1 82,075 98,415 34,715 278 89,811 109,492 34,508 414 90,633 105,077 33,792 192 90,510 107,603 34,710 121 102,373 66,42.9 375,657 35,770 118,498 59,740 104,146 65,828 373,282 35,010 118,190 59,502 105,671 82,969 390,252 43,736 112,510 62,446 105,439 83,259 386,326 44,469 112,497 62,540 106,369 83,838 387,804 43,929 112,978 62,740 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 9.48 90.71 101.67 9.46 89.39 100.19 8.65 102.97 115.37 8.62 102.12 114.30 8.62 101.74 113.80 13,260 34,502 163,771 8,339 12,685 35,011 159,719 8,343 13,525 37,151 146,939 8,041 13,505 36,723 151,924 8,041 13,355 38,128 180,616 8,041 2,040 2,071 16.4 15.9 2,278 74.3 16.2 2,337 76.2 16.6 2,345 76.4 16.5 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. Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons. percent. bil. 194.3 188.5 198.3 101.76 113.90 182,600 2,322 75.7 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3_/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities, e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1976 1975 ITEM Sept. Aug. June July Aug. Sept. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE 12,534 8,556 4,578 3,333 rl2,755 8,770 4,617 3,447 13,209 9,668 5,550 4,173 rl3,236 r9,916 r5,815 r4,491 rl4,024 rl0,325 r5,955 r4,636 13,900 10,295 5,953 4,701 Nonresidential building, total 1/ do.. Industrial do.. Commercial do.. Public, total. do.. NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $ Private, total do.. Residential (incl. farm) do.. New housing units do.. 2,279 693 1,103 3,978 2,329 689 1,132 3,985 2,145 583 1,034 3,541 r2,143 r533 rl,078 r3,320 r2,340 r590 rl,164 r3,699 2,247 567 1,103 3,605 132.2 92.1 46.3 33.6 136.3 95.4 48.4 35.7 146.4 107.5 59.6 45.4 rl45.1 108.4 60.6 46.9 rl48.1 rll0.3 r60.1 r46.6 149.4 111. 62. 48. Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ do.. Industrial do.. Commercial do.. Public, total do.. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 50 STATES, (F.W. DODGE): TOTAL VALUATION mil. $ Index (seasonally adjusted) 1967=100 Building, total mil. $ CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1967=100. E.H. Boeckh and Associates, Inc.: Average, 20 cities: Apartments, hotels, office buildings do... Commercial and factory buildings do... Residences. do... Engineering News-Record: Building do... Construction do... 26.0 8.0 12.3 40.1 26.1 7.9 rl2.3 40.9 25.0 6.7 12.0 38.9 24.8 6.1 12.6 36.8 r26.6 r6.9 rl3.0 r37.8 25. 6, 12. 37. i0,037 208 5,450 7,692 157 5,572 10,533 187 6,971 9,774 184 7,180 8,505 162 6,636 188.7 190.2 198.1 r200.8 r202.6 NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL Private, total Residential (incl. farm) New housing units r/ Revised. 1/ Except farm and public utilities. 84,029 mil. $ do.. do.. do.. *186, *190. *184. 188.2 192.0 186.5 196. 211. 197.2 211.4 *For July-Aug. 202.8 208.1 202.6 201. 206. 200. 209.5 224.3 211.0 224.7 203.0 215.4 227.6 **217.4 **229.8 *Construction Cost Indexes for Oct.; building, 218.8; construction, 230.7. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1976 1975 ITEM Aug. Sept. June July Aug. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS 83 83 5.1 3.1 4.6 2.4 1.3 4.6 3.0 4.3 2.0 1.4 4.0 2.4 3.6 1.5 1.5 3.7 2.3 3.5 1.3 1.7 number. do.-.. 420 836 thous. do... do... HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEAS. ADJUSTED INDEX 1967=100. LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession rate, total mo. rate per 100 employees. New hires do... Separation rate, total ,..• do... Quit do... Layoff do... Seasonally adjusted: Accession rate, total do... New hires do... Separation rate, total. .do — Quit do... Layoff do... WORK STOPPAGES: Number of stoppages: Beginning in month In effect during month Workers involved: Beginning in month In effect during month Days idle during month , r97 96 4.2 2.8 4.3 1.8 1.6 5.1 3.5 4.9 2.8 rl.l 3.8 2.7 3.8 1.8 1.3 4.0 2.7 3.9 1.7 1.1 3.8 2.6 3.8 1.8 rl.3 495 907 712 ,072 463 917 379 718 172 325 3,377 217 372 3,684 276 457 5,463 338 633 6,438 112 396 5,223 113,672 90,516 231 82,546 11,598 113,672 29,951 26,484 74,653 120,344 95,208 283 86,998 11,599 120,344 34,928 25,913 74,599 132,189 106,446 314 94,446 11,598 132,189 40,628 27,460 80,536 rl24,997 |rl00,441 48 90,673 11,598 |rl24,997 r34,358 r24,371 81,034 b/129,202 103,805 64 94,030 11,598 b/129,202 36,793 24,782 81,275 290.0 72.1 217.8 438.4 2.7 291.7 71.9 219.9 440.4 3.9 r302.S 77.8 r224.7 r468.4 r 4.8 r305.2 r78.7 r226 5 471.8 3.4 r303.1 78.9 r224.3 473.2 3.6 293. 71. 221. 436. 293.6 72.0 221.6 438.3 r303.2 77.6 r225.6 r465.9 r304.9 78.1 r226.8 r470.0 r306.4 78.6 r227.8 r468.7 FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, total mil. $ Reserve bank credit outstanding, total.. do.. Time loans do.. U.S. Government securities do.. Gold certificate account do.. Liabilities, total do.. Deposits, total do.. . Member-bank reserve balances do.. Federal Reserve notes in circulation do.. MONEY SUPPLY AND RELATED DATA (avg. of daily figures): Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Total money supply bil. $ Currency outside banks do.. Demand deposits do.. Time deposits adjusted do.. U.S. Government demand deposits do.. Adjusted for seasonal variation: Total money supply do.. Currency outside banks do.. Demand deposits do.. Time deposits adjusted do.. FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.) , INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Animal and vegetable oils, fats, waxes Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment, total Electrical Transport equipment, total Miscellaneous manufactured articles Commodities not classified mil. $. 8,456.4 do... 8,446.5 do... 8,979.9 8,378.7 8,353.1 9,104.2 9,863.3 9,850.4 9,716.3 9,330.0 9,325.5 110,022.0 8,898.4 8,828.8 9,688.1 do...• 4 1 182.3 104.4 do... 775.7 do... 379.8 do... 43.9 do... 710.7 do... 875.6 do... do... 3,551.1 624.1 do... do... 1,246.1 460.8 do... 277.8 do... 1,244.0 105.7 693.6 323.5 43.5 676.1 880.2 3,586.1 599.2 1,382.2 460.4 245.7 1,281.3 89.7 875.4 403.8 78.3 844.4 959.8 4,395.7 769.4 1,727.0 558.0 244.4 1,357 78 807 347 86 850 897 3,977.8 814.2 1,299.9 -537.5 248.2 1,367.0 101.5 768.9 304.8 60.3 841.0 892.8 3,728.9 755.3 1,363.6 508.0 191.3 GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonally adjusted By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Animal and vegetable oils and fats Chemicals Manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment Miscellaneous manufactured articles Commodities not classified do... 7,518.3 do.. . 7,876.7 8,152.6 8,196.0 tO,578.1 lo,093.6 10,563.8 to,849.I 10,453.1 10,445.8 do... 635.8 95.8 do.., do... r421.o do... 2,245.6 32.7 do.. , 270.6' do... do.. , rl,005.7 do... 1,822.0 800.6 do.., rl88.6 do.., 896.9 106.9 476.4 2,446.1 41.6 275.1 1,091.8 rl,793.8 815.7 r216.5 980.2 136.2 652.3 2,834.1 30 388 1,649 2,612 1,098 196 903.3 123.0 649.8 3,036.8 34.2 385.9 1,547.8 2,461.8 1,194.7 226.5 880 104 619 3,164 35 368 1,538.0 2,307.2 1,215.3 218.9 12.90 51.8 1,803 pl6.21 p58.9 p2,146 pl7.72 p60.6 p2,301 pl8.15 p61.5 p2,338 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION Air Carriers (Scheduled Service) Certificated route carriers: Passenger-miles (revenue) Passenger-load factor Ton-miles (revenue), total http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis bil. percent. mil. 17.30 61.9 2,241 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1975 1976 ITEM Aug. Sept. June July Aug, Sept, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION--Con. Air Carriers (Scheduled Service)--Con. Certificated route carriers—Con. Domestic operations: Passenger-miles (revenue) Cargo ton-miles Mail ton-miles International operations: Passenger-miles (revenue) Cargo-ton miles Mail ton-miles bil. mil # do. 13.81 249 54 10.22 244 53 pl3.07 p257 p55 pl4.03 p248 p55 pl4.48 p249 p54 bil. mil. do.. . 3.49 175 33 2.67 187 30 p3.15 pl79 p34 p3.69 pl93 p32 p3.67 pl87 p32 mil. $. do... do... do... do... 72.80 58.85 121.85 101.95 1,339.4 91.60 170.00 143.10 1,261.0 122.54 110.30 128.15 104.55 961.7 126.30 118.00 97.35 84.30 990.6 rl46.55 r134.75 r92.25 r78.65 rl,044.9 pl68.85 pl32.40 P141.50 pl23.30 pi,072.2 do... do... do... do... do... 29.95 24.60 51.80 43.20 296.6 19.70 17.35 40.75 34.45 275.6 49.80 47.55 54.30 44.50 173.8 57.00 50.95 51.30 43.40 179.5 r55.50 r51.85 r32.05 r25.90 r202.9 p59.45 p54.40 p46.80 p38.85 p215.6 180.3 15.4 7.8 553.9 195.5 14.7 8.6 546.6 230.8 13.9 9.5 562.8 226.4 13.5 11.0 564.1 241.2 14.8 10.8 652.9 251.4 16.2 13.3 p*10.07 METALS AND MANUFACTURES 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 85.45 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Trucks (new), retail sales and inventories, seas, adj.: Retail sales: Light-duty, 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. jLfZliSGdi' K Prellmln^y' . * F ? r domestic trunk o p e r a t i o n s o n l y . (.bource: A i r T r a n s p o r t A s s o c i a t i o n of America.) USCOMM— DC— 84,029 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail .QVUTIO/V ^e-19116 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 583.5 This group a v e r a g e s about 90 p e r c e n t of t o t a l domestic o p e r a t i o n s , POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209
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