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i BUSINESS STATISTICS *<°y<. *SMTZS O* • * w n i October 15,1976 A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE T y uUtfrU hnu n pW SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1941-43=10 INDEX, 1941-43=10 135 _ Monthly (avg. of daily close) PRICES O F 4 0 0 I N D U S T R I A L STOCKS . I - 125 - 115 - 105 - 95 - 85 - , Weekly (Wednesday close). 75 — l ^ X ^ J 1 1—1—1—L~JL~4™L-. 1 1 1 1 1973 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 L 1 1974 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f i i I 1975 i i 1 i i i i_J— J FMAMJ 1976 JASOND Stand. & Poor's Corp. 1967=100 220 WHOLESALE PRICES 200 HOURS DOLLARS Farm Products and Processed Foods and Feeds 120 L.ffi . i i 1973 I I I I I I I I I I I.I 1 1 1974 1975 1976 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor Billion $ 1/.0 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED A N D REPAID (seasonally adjusted) 16.0 15.0 14.0 /\A «J /\y\ Prices 600 & 500 J ^ ^ \ JTC/S Paid-^ V VI Repaid ' \ Prices Received 400 / 12.0 1976 700 YJ Ay\ 13.0 1975 1910-14=100 8001 PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS j Extended - 1974 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor / -l/(incl. interest, taxes, a n d w a g e j rates) 110 UOJ_iaJLj_L_LJ_i_ J_LJ_XJJLJ_L_L_L. _ L J _ J _ J L J J _ . U L _ L J _ 1 _ 1973 1974 1975 Federal Reserve Board -J..I 1 1. j J L _ L J - J L J L J _ 1976 300 I-LI I, I I I ,1 U . ii t i i I i i i i i 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture •* Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ provides selected weekiy and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1974 i i i i i I i i M I 1975 M I I I I I I M 1976 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 1975 1976 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 205.8 244.9 182.3 205.3 240.6 183.9 205.5 202.4 207.6 mil. $. . do... . 11,834 8,038 11,440 7,833 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.. 365 4,126 2,979 227 WHOLESALE PRICES 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1967=100.. do do.... ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores FINANCE: Currency in circulation 5/ .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) 5/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. Industrial, 400 stocks do PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous... sh. tons,. mil. kw.-hr.. number. . thous. bbl. . thous. sh. tons.. percent.. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil. . Sept. 18 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 200.2 194.0 204.6 199.8 193.8 203.9 198.1 188.8 204.7 12,405 8,326 12,500 8,182 13,217 8,493 385 3,956 2,856 213 327 3,227 2,441 176 341 3,221 2,442 147 81,411 99,535 35,444 462 81,853 96,657 34,260 -20 90,340 101,455 33,839 269 89,883 107,051 33,501 52 104,071 65,590 377,392 35,316 119,751 59,2 2 102,945 65,729 378,909 35,604 119,191 59,212 107,303 81,279 386,007 43,267111,853 62,260 103,065 81,608 384,054 43,633 112,234 62,274 9.56 82.93 92.85 9.55 87.94 98.72 8.73 104.25 116.71 13,425 34,261 156,878 8,362 13,725 34,518 164,651 8,311 2,085 16.7 Sept. 25 345 173 89,450 109,860 34,586 212 e89,811 109,502 34,514 420 8.68 1.07.46 120.50 8.68 105.37 118.22 8.65 102.97 115.37 14,165 38,960 152,526 8,281 14,265 37,810 146,419 8,281 13,665 37,600 134,713 8,040 2,138 2,368 78.0 2,381 78.4 2,330 76.0 16.5 15.9 2,278 74.3 16.6 1/ Data do n o t always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . 3 / Daily average. 4 / Wednesday d a t a . 5/ Capability for a full based on c u r r e n t a v a i l a b i l i t y of raw m a t e r i a l s , f u e l s , s u p p l i e s , and i n d u s t r y f a c i l i t i e s , ej E s t i m a t e d . MONTHLY 146,939 o r d e r book BUSINESS STATISTICS 1976 1975 ITEM Sept. Aug. June July Aug. Sept. COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS... 1910-14=100. Crops do. .. Commercial vegetables do... Cotton do... Feed grains and hay do. .. Food grains Fruit Tobacco do.. . do... do.. . Livestock and products do... Dairy products do... Meat animal s do.. . Poultry and eggs do — PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services do... Family living items do... Production items do... All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates...do... PARITY RATIO do. . . WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES 1967=100. Farm products do.. . Food and feeds, processed.... do... Industrial commodities do... Chemicals and allied products do... Fuels and related products, and power Furniture and household durables Hides, skins, and leather products Lumber and wood products Machinery and equipment r/ Revised. 84010 , do.. . do.. . do.. . do... do... 486 477 436 367 428 r497 472 440 r399 409 490 475 433 574 412 488 483 439 603 421 468 453 r440 r510 394 466 458 455 528 394 446 318 863 r464 351 r918 384 289 877 375 271 850 r336 310 923 325 297 981 494 526 605 244 521 564 636 256 505 557 625 228 492 576 588 235 r482 r596 557 241 473 602 538 239 543 540 539 624 78 549 542 548 631 79 575 561 576 663 74 577 565 578 665 73 574 567 573 663 71 574 569 571 662 70 176.7 193.2 186.3 172.2 182.1 177.7 197.1 186.1 173.1 182.2 183.1 196.5 181.8 181.3 187.1 184.3 196.9 182.6 182.6 187.0 183.7 189.3 176.8 183.6 187.7 184.7 191.8 177.1 184.7 188.5 252.4 139.8 149.3 179.7 162.2 254.9 140.1 151.3 179.9 163.1 260.3 145.3 167.4 199.8 170.2 265.0 145.7 169.8 203.7 171.0 269.1 146.1 171.3 207.5 171.4 270.9 146.5 173.6 212.7 172.9 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1976 1975 ITEM Aug. Sept. June July Aug. COMMODITY PRICES--Con. WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES--Con. I n d u s t r i a l commodities--Con. Metals and metal products Nonmetallic mineral products P u l p , paper, and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s 1967=100 do.. do.. 184.3 175.8 170.0 185.5 176.1 170.3 196,4 186.0 179.5 198.7 186.9 180.5 199.0 187.7 181.0 Rubber and p l a s t i c s products do.. T e x t i l e p r o d u c t s and apparel do.. T r a n s p o r t a t i o n equipment Dec. 1968=100 Motor v e h i c l e s and equipment 1967=100 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY— Wholesale p r i c e s 1967=$1.00 150.0 137.6 140.5 143.5 150.8 138.4 141.1 143.9 157. 148. 149. 151. 158.2 149.0 149.2 151.7 161.0 149.2 150.2 152.8 $0,566 $0,563 $0,546 r$0.543 $0,544 96,493 94,308 86,612 3,886 82,726 7,696 94,965 92,795 85,274 3,626 81,647 7,522 98,251 96,114 88,460 3,780 84,680 7,655 99,325 97,185 89,608 3,931 85,677 7,577 98,837 96,690 89,367 3,842 85,525 7,323 Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted. do.. Employed, t o t a l do.. Agriculture do.. Nonagri c u l t u r a l i n d u s t r i e s do. . Unemployed •. . . .do. . Long-term, 15 weeks and over do.. Rates (unemployed i n each group as p e r c e n t of t o t a l i n t h e group): All c i v i l i a n workers Men, 20 years and over Women, 20 y e a r s and over Both s e x e s , 16-19 y e a r s White Negro and o t h e r r a c e s Married men, wife p r e s e n t Occupation: W h i t e - c o l l a r workers B l u e - c o l l a r workers I n d u s t r y : P r i v a t e nonfarm wage and s a l a r y w o r k e r s . . . Construction Manufacturing Durable goods 93,212 85,288 3,464 81,824 7,924 2,878 93,128 85,158 3,512 81,646 7,970 2,934 94,643 87,500 3,294 84,206 7,143 2,215 95,333 87,907 3,341 84,566 7,426 2,317 95,487 87,981 3,424 84,557 7,506 2,387 8.6 7.2 7.8 19.4 7.8 14.4 5.5 4.8 11.9 9.2 18.7 10.8 11.5 7.5 6.0 7.1 18.4 6.8 13.3 4.4 4.4 9.3 7.8 17.0 7.6 7.5 7.8 6.1 7.6 18.1 7.1 12.9 4.5 4.8 9.6 8.0 17.7 7.8 7.3 7.9 5.9 7.7 19.7 7.1 13.6 4.2 5.0 9.8 8.2 17.1 8.2 7.7 EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. A D J . . . t h o u s . Private sector do... Nonmanufacturing i n d u s t r i e s do. . . Goods-producing do. . . Mining do.. . 77,023 62,168 43,914 22,418 749 3,415 18,254 10,563 7,691 77,310 62,465 44,048 22,601 752 3,432 18,417 10,650 7,767 78,943 63,882 44,932 23,091 779 r79,176 r64,087 r45,154 23,094 788 r3,373 rl8,933 rll,029 r7,904 r79,317 r64,183 r45,215 r23,061 749 r3,344 rl8,968 rll,083 r7,885 54,605 4,466 17,016 4,159 12,857 55,582 4,477 17,460 4,254 13,206 4,297 14,557 15,061 2,725 12,336 r56,082 r4,500 r56,256 2,756 12,099 54,709 4,467 17,045 4,181 12,864 4,239 14,113 14,845 2,675 12,080 rl7,567 r4,267 rl3,300 r4,30 3 rl4,623 rl5,089 2,721 rl2,368 51,052 13,011 7,450 51,315 13,157 7,527 52,525 13,630 7,890 r52,710 rl3,607 r7,782 r52,817 rl3,640 r7,924 36.2 36.7 39.7 2.8 40.2 2.7 36.1 36.7 39.8 2.8 40.2 2.7 36.1 37.1 40.2 3.1 40.8 3.3 36.2 36.8 40.2 3.2 40.8 r3.3 36.2 r36.8 39.9 3.0 40.8 3.2 mil. $ .. do... . 14,394 12,715 14,141 12,893 17,158 14,595 16,194 14,184 16,664 14,178 do.. .. 14,048 13,211 156,200 14,194 13,201 157,448 15,592 14,261 166,664 15,240 13,937 168,674 15,685 14,282 171,160 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, t o t a l , persons 16 y e a r s of age and over, not seasonally adjusted C i v i l i a n l a b o r force Employed, t o t a l Agriculture Nonagricultural industries unemployed Contract construction Manufacturing Durable goods Nondurable goods Service-producing Transportation, communication, e l e c , gas, etc Wholesale and retail trade Wholesale trade Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services thous do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do... do.. . do. . . do... do. .. do... do.. . do.. . do.. . do... do.. . Government do... Federal do.. . S t a t e and l o c a l do... Production or nonsupervisory workers on p a y r o l l s of p r i vate nonagricultural establishments, seas, a d j . : Employees , t o t a l thous. Manufacturing do... Durable goods do. . . Average weekly hours p e r worker, s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d : Total p r i v a t e hours . Contract construction do.. . Manufacturing do.. . Overtime hours do. . . Durable goods do... Overtime hours do.. . FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): I n s t a l l m e n t c r e d i t , extended and r e p a i d : Unadjusted: Extended, t o t a l Repaid, t o t a l Seasonally a d j u s t e d : Extended, t o t a l Repaid, total Installment credit, total, outstanding TJ Revised. p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . do. ... do.. .. 8.5. 6.8 7.9 20.7 7.8 14.3 5.2 4.6 11.9 9.3 19.7 11.1 12.0 4,218 14,050 14,855 3,362 18,950 11,046 7,904 r4,500 rl7,611 r4,277 rl3,334 r4,315 rl4,696 rl5,134 r2,735 rl2,399 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1976 ITEM Aug. FINANCE--Con. SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Standard § Poor's Corporations Combined index (500 Stocks) 1941-43=10. Industrial, total (400 Stocks)..................do... Capital goods (111 Stocks) do. . . Consumer goods (189 Stocks) do... Utilities (40 stocks) , do.. . Transportation (20 Stocks)....... ........1970=10. Railroads (10 Stocks) 1941-43=10. Financial (40 Stocks) 1970-10. New York City banks (6 Stocks)..........1941-43=10. Banks outside N.Y.C. (10 Stocks),....... .do... Property-Casualty Insurance (6 Stocks)........do.. . Sept. June July Aug. Sept. 101.77 114.50 117.50 90.26 46.51 14.53 46.56 11.26 56.98 103.96 96.94 104.20 116.99 119.62 93.37 47.49 14.96 47.75 11.83 55.13 104.45 102.68 103 .29 115 .63 118 .10 92 .95 48 .81 14 .47 46 .90 11 .93 54 .00 101 .30 111 .72 105.45 118.15 118.84 94.75 50.63 14.33 46.59 11.96 51.96 98.14 113.52 956 830 127 865 737 128 762 616 146 10.0 10.1 10.5 8.7 1.3 8.7 1.4 8.9 1.6 p792 p645 pl48 p9.9 p8.2 pi.7 1,513 1,608 1,660 1,501 1,455 1,436 2.6 2.1 2.0 1,394 1,547 2.1 pi,415 pi,509 P2.2 5,521 4,854 4,078 3,495 2,083 2,083 23,549 18,580 2,965 2,555 1,552 1,202 22,193 17,284 35 391 2, 841 4,984 4,584 23, 783 19,024 85.71 96.21 93.05 78.29 40.61 84.67 94.96 93.61 77.25 40.53 35.13 34.93 51.33 83.01 85.19 46.72 78,64 79.71 684 534 150 9.4 7.7 1.7 726 591 136 9.0 7.5 1.6 436 589 2.5 4,782 4,074 r2,720 2,520 54,662 45,908 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: Total, not seasonally adjusted,........................ thous Domestics. . do. . Imports do.. Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rate mil Domestics .. . .do.. Imports. .do.. Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of month: Not seasonally adjusted................................thous Seasonally adjusted. .do.. Inventory-sales ratio, new cars (domestics) ratio RAILROAD EQUIPMENT: Freight cars (all railroads and private car lines): Shipments. .number. Equipment manufacturers. . . do. . . New orders .. do... Equipment manufacturers............................. do... Unfilled orders, end of month. .do.. . Equipment manufacturers do... 815 815 49,612 41,525 r/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. USCOMM—DC--84010 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 United States Government Printing Office OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail ^6-19-i6 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS OFFICIAL BUSINESS Penalty for private use, $ 3 0 0 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS Washington, D.C. 20402 Postage and Fees Paid U.S. Government Printing Office
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