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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* fc^|i|^ul|^ i _^k|M®J •Sj^Wij5t! S ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ S Billion $ 350 Billion $ 350 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS ( W e e k l y R e p o r t i n g M e m b e r Banks o f F e d e r a l Reserve System) 325 ^ ^ ~ 300 - 275 - 250 - ^ (a verage 225 \^£^£±1^L-L-L. 1970 L, - ,I I I — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 1971 1 i 1—. 1 . . I 1 1 1 1 1 . /Monthly of Wednesday 1 J _LJ—L_L..l, 1972 data) 1 1 J™JL™L^A„ 1973 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Federal Reserve Board 1941-43 = 10 140 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 130 1941-43 = "V 120 - yf* — ^ / ^ ^ \ ^ v ^ - 110 — 100 - 90 (avg. 80 —i i—i—i i 1 J i i i i ~J—1—1—L_J 1970 1 1 L_l 1_J_™ — 1 — i _ i I l l 1971 l i i l . i I 1 1 I 1972 Monthly of dally i 1 1 90 Weekly (Wednesday close) close) i_j—|—i I 1973 J F M A M J J I I I I A S O N D 80 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Billion$ 90 MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS & INVENTORIES 80 Billion$ lonq: 120 Billion$ 140 NEW CONSTRUCTION 110 120 _ 70 100 Shipments (left scale) Put in Place (left scale) ^ 1970 v/; 11111111M i I I I I I I I I I I I 1971 H 80 . ^ " • " " • —. — ' * " " " * ' -A 60 *-*/ .-./ 90 80 . I I I I I I I I 1972 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce --\ 40 i i i i i 1 i i i i i i 1 1 L_lJjLLJ-J,l 1 1,1 1 1 I.I 1 I I I J L , , , , , i , , , i , 20 80 60 1970 , . - - \ Private provides selected weekly and monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY Residential, Nonfarm (right scale) 1971 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * Available only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement / ' j ^ \y^ 100 .•*50 /s/ f*SS Total Inventories (right scale) 60 A (Seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) (seasonally adjusted) Bil ionc|) 100 1972 1973 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1973 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 1967=100. 123.0 124.0 193.6 195.6 194.0 .mil. $. do... 9,061 5,643 8,789 5,849 9,341 6,362 9,730 6,476 9,954 6,343 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAMS, 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. 193 1,497 1,340 210 246 1,486 1,330 191 187 1,403 1,297 180 188 1,422 1,275 185 191 62,670 75,811 33,053 37 62,757 76,406 33,731 230 68,955 80,437 33,472 60 68,716 81,558 33,879 161 68,343 82,259 34,136 91,765 58,080 291.729 26',312 86,539 44,085 92,156 58,197 293,475 26,347 87,534 44,239 98,330 56,090 340.317 23,327 107,627 52,375 96,572 56,001 340,132 22,505 108,241 52,715 96,652 56,033 338,928 22,250 108,309 52,914 7.60 109.66 122.66 110,09 123.17 8,06 103.06 115.58 8.07 105.88 118.91 8,02 108.83 122.15 11,965 33,995 194,286 9,635 11,280 32,327 204,039 9,616 12,325 36,543 194,835 9,345 12,560 35,044 169,577 9,382 12,960 36,239 207, 720 9,365 2,557 104.8 2,568 105.3 2,886 118.3 2,848 116.7 2,888 118.4 15.9 16.8 17.2 17.1 17.4 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation ^3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3_/ . •. .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... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) _3_/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 47..1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3J Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES. thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. thous. sh. tons. 1967=100. ..bil.J 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. _2/ Tuesday price. _3/ Daily average. MONTHLY Oct. 6 193.2 174 68,366 83,066 34,625 399 7,90 108.78 121.98 204,271 4-/ Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1972 July 1973 Aug. May June July Aug. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total \j Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products mil. $. do... do... do... do... 56,394 29,632 1,810 4,341 3,568 61,578 32,367 2,072 4,743 3,992 72,591 40,707 2,182 6,195 4,503 76,273 42,641 2,270 6,402 4,732 r67,354 36,640 r2,045 5,536 r4,295 70 37 2 5 4 729 325 205 865 384 Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products do. do. do. do. 4,663 4,201 6,610 1,056 4,867 4,584 7,086 1,119 6,199 5,111 11,151 1,170 6,750 5,583 11,249 1,263 r5,705 r4,909 9,151 rl,119 5 5 8 1 686 227 474 154 Nondurable goods industries, total \j Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products do. do. do. do. 26,762 9,073 489 1,931 29,211 9,639 509 2,313 31,884 10,740 526 2,549 33,632 11,383 555 2,725 r30,714 rl0,806 r517 r2,200 33 404 11 559 559 2 572 Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l \J S t o n e , c l a y , and g l a s s p r o d u c t s Primary m e t a l s F a b r i c a t e d metal p r o d u c t s do. do. do. do. do. 2,217 4,382 2,490 1,419 61,047 2,411 4,798 2,553 1,636 63,686 2,699 5,784 2,781 1,716 71,284 2,833 5,962 2,953 1,794 71,616 r2,562 r5,152 r2,919 rl,580 r73,248 2 790 5 563 2 991 1 ,693 72 ,512 ..do. do. do. do. 32,803 1,839 4,728 3,822 34,687 1,940 5,002 3,931 39,284 2,096 5,710 4,487 39,257 2,072 5,789 4,411 40,779 r2,075 6,023 r4,606 39 ,276 2 ,063 6 ,187 4 ,317 Machinery, e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l E l e c t r i c a l machinery T r a n s p o r t a t i o n equipment I n s t r u m e n t s and r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s do. do. do. do. 5,103 4,610 8,040 1,130 5,196 4,677 9,153 1,115 6,047 5,296 10,317 1,171 6,159 5,265 10,229 1,186 r6,240 r5,405 11,173 rl,196 6 ,065 5 ,349 10 ,075 1 ,148 r_/ Revised. \J I n c l u d e s d a t a for " o t h e r i n d u s t r i e s " not shown. Digitized for11,487 FRASER MONTHLY BU5INE5S STATISNCS—Continued 3 1973 1972 Aug. July July Aug. May June mil. $. do... do... do... do... do... ....do... .do... 28,244 9,425 478 2,239 2,357 4,752 2,503 1,538 28,999 9,696 491 2,269 2,384 4,886 2,544 1,636 32,000 10,872 520 2,611 2,715 5,387 2,819 1,663 32,359 11,071 515 2,566 2,708 5,593 2,883 1,677 r32,469 rl 1,222 r506 r2,550 rl 111 r5^641 r2,936 rl,712 33,236 11,633 540 ,518 ,757 ,719 ,991 ,692 do... do... do... do... 104,248 67,613 36,635 104,685 105,552 68,639 36,913 105,822 112,604 73,562 39,042 111,625 113,175 73,911 39,264 113,025 rll3,367 r74,051 r39,3l6 rll3,9l0 114,432 75,140 39,292 114,873 do... do... do... do... do... do... .do... do... 67,734 2,376 9,728 7,397 13,725 9,981 15,527 2,649 68,568 2,420 9,801 7,536 13,819 10,084 15,956 2,663 72,867 2,52.4 9,425 8,189 15,172 11,211 16,634 2,744 73,801 2,593 9,391 8,230 15,386 11,369 16,977 2,823 r74,278 r2,669 r9,452 r8,238 rl5,504 rll,514 rl7,029 r2,879 75,234 2,741 9,336 8,406 15,695 11,691 17,305 2,979 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 36,951 9,435 2,157 3,998 2,830 6,916 2,336 2,310 37,254 9,566 2,228 3,992 2,844 6,930 2,350 2,338 38,758 9,864 2,352 4,295 2,948 7,036 2,321 2,457 39,224 10,042 2,343 4,317 2,992 7,046 2,335 2,484 r39,632 rl0,l35 r2,331 r4,349 r3,006 r7,l36 r2,412 r2,532 39 ,639 9,962 2,399 4,379 2,997 7,152 2,394 2,546 do. do. do. do. 57,765 30,996 26,769 61,486 62,329 33,143 29,186 64,809 74,318 42,341 31,977 74,535 78,486 44,914 33,572 75,361 r70,068 39,411 r30,657 r75,145 73.091 39,764 33,327 75,556 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 33,207 5,044 3,959 5,287 4,609 7,828 28,279 7,388 20,891 35,772 5,516 4,053 5 345 4', 659 9,453 29,037 7,515 21,522 42,449 7,042 4,861 6,544 5,696 10,739 32,086 8,417 23,669 43,016 7,015 4,672 6,719 5,682 11,329 32,345 8,186 24,159 42,697 6,658 r5,008 r6,902 r5',676 10,980 r32,448 r8,242 r24,206 42,319 7,173 4,821 6,578 5,712 10,732 33,237 8,324 24,913 79,254 75,632 3,622 79,339 80/005 76,408 3,597 80,462 98,772 93,950 4,822 98,602 100,983 96,222 4,761 102,355 rl03,699 98,995 r4,704 rl04,246 106,055 101,427 4,628 107,294 75,730 7,056 10,264 13,220 14,746 24,362 3,609 76,815 7,570 10,386 13,369 14,728 24,662 3,647 93,882 11,954 12,024 17,365 17,566 28,025 4,720 97,647 13,181 12,285 17,926 17,984 29,126 4,708 99,560 13,815 rl2,686 rl8,587 rl8,256 28,932 r4,686 102,607 14,799 13,191 19,100 18,622 29,590 4,687 740 103 92 127 344 74 824 101 124 147 372 80 838 97 149 106 390 96 840 94 124 125 411 86 714 89 120 120 316 69 837 114 112 130 396 85 253,619 16,058 22,000 114,160 87,812 13,589 40.5 167,949 9,290 37,962 57,965 33,665 29,067 36.3 206,186 37,197 33,800 55,995 42,572 36,622 35.7 190,147 17,188 21,225 55,207 68,438 28,089 39.1 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. ADJ,)--Con. By industry group--Con. Nondurable goods industries, total 1_/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied prodacts Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH; Book value (unadjusted), total..... Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total Book value (seasonally adjusted), total By industry group: Durable goods industries, total XJ Stone, clay, and glass products, , Primary metals Fabricated metal products.. Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products « • Nondurable goods industries, total !_/ Food and kindred products....Tobacco products* * ==»=,«, Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1_/ Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL do... Durable goods industries, total do... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders do... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL do... By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1_/ do... Primary metals do... Fabricated metal products do... Machinery, except electrical do... Electrical machinery do. .. Transportation equipment do... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders....do... INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Failures, total number. Commercial service do... Construction do... Manufacturing and mining do... Retail trade ., do... Wholesale trade do... Liabilities (current), total thous. $. Commercial service ,..e edo... Construction „ do... Manufacturing and mining do... Retail trade do... Wholesale trade do... Failures annual rate (seas. adj.)..No. per 10,000 concerns. 2.04,624 18,022 7,619 112,769 45,419 20,795 38.5 1972 Aug. Sept. 180,209 9,822 16,928 89,959 36,923 26,577 38.2 1973 July Aug. Sept. COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1967=100. do... .....do... Digitized for xJ FRASER Revised. 1_/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 11,487 121.0 115.8 124.6 122.7 119.7 124.8 171.2 172.8 170.1 181.9 187.2 178.1 r207.8 236.6 r!89.8 194.9 208.0 186.3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 1972 Aug. T July Sept. Aug. Sept. COMMODITY PRICES—Con. WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES..................... Farm products...................... food and feeds, processed.,........ i.ndust.rIal commoditi.es..... « Chomical s and al 1. ied produc Is««. Fuels and related products, and Furni tiure and household d u r a b l e s . . . . . . . . Hides, s k i n s , and l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s . . . . . . Lumber and wood p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machinery and e q u i p m e n t . . . . . ». < > • . . . . . . . . .<=. Metals and metal p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmetal 1 :Lc mineral p r o d u c t s „ . „ . , , . ,, Pulp, p a p e r , and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . Rubber and p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . . . . . T e x t i l e p r o d u c t s and a p p a r e l . . . . . . . . . . . . T r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t . . , . a,.. .-,» . , . , . . . . . . M i. s c e l 1 a n e o u s p r o d u c t s . . . . =„= . . PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BYWholesale prices,.........-, .. * . .,1967=100. .....do... .....do... .....do... .....do... .....do... 119.9 128.2 121.0 118.5 104.4 119.7 120.2 128.6 121.8 118.7 104.4 120.3 136.7 182.3 1.51.8 126.9 1.10.4 142.8 134.9 173.3 146.5 126.9 11.0.8 142„8 142.7 213.3 166.2 1 27.4 1.11.0 142.9 140.2 200.4 1.56.3 128.1 111.5 144.8 ...........do... ...........do... ...........do... ........... do... ........... do... 111.7 134.6 148.1 118.3 123.7 112.0 135.7 148.5 118.3 124.0 115.2 140.9 183.1 121.9 132.5 115.2 141.4 177.8 122.0 132.8 115.9 143.0 178.8 122.3 133.7 116.0 143.8 181.9 122.6 134.4 ...........do... ............do... ...........do... ..Dec. 1968=100. .......1967=100. 126.7 1.14.1 109.5 114.1 114.2 115.1 126.9 114.3 109.5 114.3 114.2 115.2 131.1 122.0 112.6 123.. 7 115.0 120.2 130.0 122.3 112.9 124.2 115.0 120.9 130.0 123.3 113.1 125.2 115.1 121.0 129.9 124.4 112.8 126.8 114.5 121.1 O....1967--$1.00. $0,834 $0,832 $0,732 $0,741 $0,701 $0,713 106. 97. 106. 97. 95.5 99. 104. 110. 120. 117. 107.5 97.8 106.2 111. 101. 110. 102. 102. 101. 107. 113.8 122e 122. rllO rlOl rll2 rl02 rl02 rl00.6 107.0 rll3.2 122.9 i-121.9 rll0.9 rl02.5 rll0.4 rl01.8 rl02.5 rl00.8 r l 0 7 ..7 r l l 3 .. 1 r l 2 3 ..0 rl22.7 pill.4 plOO.8 pllO.O P102.7 P103.9 plOl.O pl07.0 P113.8 pi 23.1 P123.3 c . . .-, r o o . . . .-. d O . . . LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours, production or nonsuper visory workers, seasonally adj.: Private sector payrolls.............. B ..............1967=100.. Mining. ............do. Contract construction.„............... ............do. Manuf ac tur ing ............do. Durabl e goods.......... „..,.......... ............do. Nondurabl e goods..................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . do. Transportation, C O M . , e l e c , gas, etc. ....do. Wholesale and retail trade............ ............do. Finance, insurance, and real estate..,. ............do.... Servi ces.............................. .....u......do. 96 100 104 111 120 117 r] Revised. _p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . USCOMM—DC—11 487 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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