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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* •m»iigffifiM*Mqyfflj^ 1941-43=10 120 1941-43=10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 (avg . ^"JaUy dose) - - sy \ 110 / ^ \ 100 ' 100 - 90 80 i i i i i I i i i i i 1 . 1 ) 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1968 i i i i 1969 i i i i i i i i i i i i 1970 i i i i i i 1971 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Standard & Poor's Group 1967=100 250 1967 = 100 250 Monthly RAW STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) 200 - H 200 150 - H 150 100 \ . 50 . . . . i i . i . . i i J—i i 1968 1 i i i . ,,,,,, i 1969 I I i 1970 i i 100 ~~ 1 r i i i i 1971 JFMAMJJfcSOND Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Million 2.5 1967 = 100 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS (Seas, adj., at annual rates) 140 CONSUMER PRICES ^J 2.0 130 1.5 - 1.0 - .5 - 0 -JULX-LJ....1 l.i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l,i_L-l_LJL_l., i . i I I 1 1 I I 1 1I..1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 I I i 1968 1969 1970 1971 Services V I I I 1 I I I I I 1968 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, provides selected weekly a n d monthly data subsequent to those published 4// Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor this Supplement in the latest monthly SURVEY ill 1969 I I I I I I I I I 1970 1111111 1971 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1971 1970 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 107.2 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 1967=100. 112.0 111.5 108.1 108.2 107.6 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores mil. $. ....do... 7,011 4,849 ,761 ,687 7,809 5,430 7,062 4,915 7,512 5,104 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. 248 1,720 1,583 235 256 ,738 ,598 212 268 2,172 1,754 151 220 2,240 1,803 147 231 176 208 FINANCE: Currency in circulation _3_/ m i l . $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3_/...do... Member bank reserve balances _3_/ do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do... 55,245 64,840 28,921 356 54,864 64,516 28,394 -47 58,710 70,791 30,531 345 59,063 71,456 30,869 224 59,354 71,490 30,881 266 58, 992 71, 603 30, 636 227 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $.. Savings deposits .....*.>...*.«.... S S S S ; S S S S S =do= * *, Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do.... U.S. Government obligations do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... Real estate loans (gross) do.... 81,518 46,851 241 ',813 24,831 81,023 34,156 79,198 46,464 238,192 24,402 80,804 33,901 84,696 52,970 259,593 24,934 82,951 36,727 83,200 52,039 259,396 25,085 82,925 36,815 85,669 53,008 264,078 25,284 83,796 36,989 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) _3_/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do.... 8.69 81.79 89.76 8.66 82.83 90.96 8.03 99.07 109.46 7.97 101.34 112.00 7.97 99.77 110.22 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3_/ Lhous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. 2,111 30,430 99,978 9,879 2,092 31,075 84,334 9,893 2,178 32,671 175,026 9,566 2,184 33,190 141,725 9,479 2,030 32,237 175,114 9,468 Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT . REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. bil . . 2,536 103.9 15.2 2,466 101.1 15.0 1,730 70.9 15.1 1,702 69.8 12.6 1,807 74.1 14.9 1_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. _2/ Tuesday price. _3/ Daily average. MONTHLY .....••• 7.96 98 .47 108 .85 184 048 1 855 76.0 4/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1971 1970 July Aug. July Aug. May 27,203 4,345 5,912 28,239 4,598 5,764 32,536 5,814 7,803 34,949 5,810 8,657 r28,485 r4,923 r5,852 29,236 3,783 6,232 30,176 4,773 7,144 30,483 4,809 7,641 31,850 5,501 7,388 32,650 5,404 8,011 r31,890 r5,312 r7,516 30,887 3,927 7,606 2,157 3,870 2,048 6,130 2,091 3,920 2,112 6,034 2,396 3,820 2,006 6,203 2,407 4,338 2,589 6,396 r2,328 r3,548 r2,010 r6,304 2,424 3,578 2,078 6,402 27,573 27,334 30,280 32,805 r28,834 29,260 r31,722 r4,434 r7,829 1 ,008 4 ,189 7 ,438 2 ,451 3 468 2 ,084 6 ,434 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS 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. . , r_/ Revised. 7914 1/ Data for Aug. 1971 are advance estimates, 30,073 4,726 7,195 29,748 4,694 7,227 30,601 4,800 6,958 30,666 4,536 7,065 2,103 4,175 3,067 5,898 2,124 3,666 1,846 5,683 2,483 3,233 1,573 6,193 2,338 3,628 1,678 6,237 r2,40l r4,246 r2,900 r6,l46 80,230 79,325 76,356 74,211 r74,559 74,581 80,303 7,025 27,517 79,568 6,910 27,103 76,727 6,917 25,244 74,748 6,049 24,297 r74,584 r5,173 r24,610 74,705 5,435 24,441 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1971 1970 July May Aug. July Aug. 1,601 27,892 19,936 23,074 1,634 27,638 19,670 22,723 1 24 19 23 740 497 122 186 1,672 23,787 18,211 23,028 r1,747 r24,486 rl9,l01 r22,867 22,831 22,106 20,241 22,055 23 899 24 ,168 r26,266 r24,691 24,898 25,073 116.7 116.9 120.8 121.5 121.8 122.2 do... do=^ do.. . do... do... do. . . do... do... 117.0 116.4 113.8 114.4 113.0 112.1 122.0 124.2 117,2 116.7 113.8 114.5 113.0 112.2 122.7 124.9 121.6 120.4 117.2 117.4 116,6 116,6 127.5 129.8 122.2 121.1 117.9 118.1 116.9 117.4 128.2 130.6 122 121 118 118 116 117.5 128.8 131.2 122.9 121.8 118.3 118.6 117.2 117.4 129.4 131.9 Food Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruit and vegetables Housing Shel t er Rent Homeowner ship do... do... do... do... do. . . do.. . do... do... 115.8 117.6 111.9 117.0 119.2 124.0 110.1 129.0 115.9 117.8 112.1 114.9 119.9 124.9 110.5 130.0 118.2 115.8 115.1 121.4 123.2 127.2 114.7 131.6 119.2 117.4 115.7 125.1 124.0 128.3 115.2 133.0 119.8 118.0 116.0 126,0 124.5 128.8 115.4 133.5 120.0 118.7 116.0 123.6 125.1 129.5 115.8 134.4 Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation Apparel and upkeep do. do. do. do. do. 107.5 109.6 106.6 113.7 115.3 108.0 110.1 107.3 113.9 115.4 114.4 117.2 114.4 118.1 120.2 114.6 117.4 114.6 118.7 120.1 115.5 117.5 114.7 118.9 119.3 116.3 117.8 115.7 119.1 119.0 do. ...do. do. do. do. 113.4 111.7 105.7 108.5 129.3 112.7 111.0 105.5 106.3 129.4 118.8 117.0 113.9 112.8 136.4 119.6 117.6 113.9 114.1 139.0 119.5 117.4 113.8 113.5 139.0 120.1 118.1 112.9 112.5 139.1 do... do... do.... do... 116.6 121.3 113.1 113.7 117.2 122.0 113.7 114.2 121.6 128.1 116.5 118.9 122.1 128.6 116.8 119.3 122.6 129.3 117.1 119.6 123.1 130.0 117.5 119.7 1967=$1.00. $0,857 $0,855 $0,828 $0,823 $0,821 $0,818 SPENDABLE WEEKLY EARNINGS, avg. per production or nonsupervisory worker (with 3 dependents): On private payrolls (exc. gov't, farm)....current dollars. 1967 dollars. Manufacturing industries current dollars. 1967 dollars. 106.18 90.99 116.48 99.81 106.78 91.34 116.22 99.42 110.10 91.14 123.27 102.04 111.45 91.73 124.48 102.45 111.73 91.73 123.35 101.27 112.87 92.36 123.63 101.17 mil. $. do... do... do. .. do... 3,596.7 3,554.0 3,703.6 3,310.0 3,253.9 3,304.7 3,263.9 3,591.4 3,115.9 3,346.1 3,970.4 3,913.5 3,782.6 3,844.9 3,987.6 3,740.0 3,685.5 3,660.6 4,283.1 4,023.2 3,397.7 3,340.0 3,494.5 3,699.1 3,798.6 3,423.8 3,366.2 3,677.7 3,847.2 3,937.4 thous. skins. thous. hides and kips. thous. skins. do... 135 1,318 240 1,747 186 1,622 260 2,145 132 1,745 247 1,663 142 rl,821 327 1,894 83 1,285 188 1,458 15,407 10,279 48,138 2,699 14,169 11,703 33,957 1,166 16,042 10,535 39,463 1,409 14,780 9,158 45,085 1,723 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS—Con- 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seas. adj.)--Con. Supplementary series: Household durabl es mil. $. Defense products (old series) do... Defense products (new series) do... Producers' capital goods industries do... NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted number. Seasonally adjusted do... 1,776 24,376 19,106 22,898 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted index: All items Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodities Nondurables Nondurables less food Durables Services Services less rent 1967=100. * Transportation Private New cars Used cars Publ ic Health and recreation Medical care Personal care. Reading and recreation PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT', AND EARNINGS FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted GENERAL IMPORTS , TOTAL Seasonally adjusted LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODU CTION: Calf and whole kip Cattle hide and side kip Goat and kid Sheep and lamb METALS AND MANUFACTURES IRON ORE (U.S. and foreign ores and ore agglomerates): Receipts at iron and steel plants thous. Ig. tons. Consumption at iron and steel plants do... Stocks, end of mo.: At furnace yards doss. At U . S . docks xj Revised. 7914 do... 1_/ Data for Aug. 1971 are advance estimates. 15,524 10,318 43,010 2,277 J MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1970 July 1971 Aug. July May Aug. METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Con. Cast i.ngs , gray i ron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month,....thous. sh. tons, Shipment s , total........................................do... For sale................................... .......... . do... Castings, malleable iron: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month do.. Shipments, total...........................» ............do.. For sale..............................................do.. Steel castings: Orders, unfilled, for sale, end of month do.. Shipments, total........................................do.. For sale..............................................do.. 978 1,084 669 969 1,139 694 942 1,278 r757 r914 rl,290 r777 842 990 643 100 61 41 94 68 42 65 76 43 68 :t:78 r46 76 55 33 381 129 108 378 123 101 311 141 113 r303 154 125 300 110 90 r766.3 r589.3 296.7 786.1 605.5 309.8 rl,H9.8 r839.1 467.1 :r746.8 r580.1 r258.2 681.3 567.1 281.1 1,125 1,433 3,533 688 846 2,346 984 1,120 3,605 1,080 1,129 3,612 969 1,210 4,668 62.70 47.70 34.20 23.45 46.85 41.30 64.20 50.90 r55.15 r45.85 60.80 54.85 Al um inum p r o du c t s : Ingots and mill products (net shipments).............mil. lb Mill products, total........... .do.. PI at e and sheet............... .............. . .« . . „. . do . . Industrial trucks (electric), shipments: Hand (motorized)„.............................»„..„...number Rider-type. .........................do.. lnd. trucks, tractors (combustion engines), shipments.=...do.. MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total............. ..............-mil. $ Domest ic................-,........„. ............do.. Shipments, total. do.. Domest ic do.. Order backlog, end of month...........................do.. Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total..............................do.. Domestic. .do.. 74.90 61.30 644.9 62.15 47.75 616.9 52.55 44.20 372.5 60.75 49.85 376.0 r45.30 r39.55 r385.9 40.80 33.15 405.9 14.75 12.30 12.50 8.95 24.90 23.00 20.85 17.85 22.85 20.35 18.10 14.65 Shipments, total ......do.. Domestic............................................do.. O r d e r b a c k l o g , end o f m o n t l i . . . ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . 38.75 36.25 288.5 30.40 28.15 270.6 26.50 22.50 190.2 28.45 26.90 182.6 19.45 17.15 186.0 22.25 17.25 181.9 j rj R e v i s e d . USCOMM—DC--7914 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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