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n < BUSINESS STATISTICS ^TTo'"* r~i October 17, 1975 A WEEKLY y h f\U fl &L SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Billion $ 450 Bill ion $ 450 Monthly TOTAL LOANS A N D INVESTMENTS 425 ( W e e k l y Reporting M e m b e r Banks of Federal Reserve System) 400 1975 375 r i 350 ^1974 325 (Wednesday (average of Wednesday 300 data) data) 275 I i i i i i I i i i i 1972 i I ' i i i i t I L_J L l 1973 i ' ' *fe-f 1974 i t I t i i • 250 i J^^fcfc, M J J A S O N D 1975 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1941-43=10 1941-43=10 135 - Monthly (avg. of daily close) PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Weekly - 125 - 115 - 105 - 95 - 85 - (Wednesday J ^20 close) 75 . ! 1 I i ! ! ! ! 1 ! i ! In. 1 1972 i i J i i i i i 1 l 1973 l 1 1 1 ! i ! I I 1974 i ! i i ! i _L_J | i i i i i i J F M A M J J A S O N D _l 1975 Data: Stand. & Poor's Corp. Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — 1,000 - 800 600 400 Thousands "Monthly — (Passenger cars) ~-^\ A 300 \ / \ i \ (KS \ - A / \ 1—J L_ 1 1 1972 1 J... 1 l_ L—1 200 / / ^\ / 150 As/ 100 1 250 1974 f-- V\ / 1 —1 - 200 0 JbO Weekly P—L 1 . I — L . . I 1973 1 1 1. , — 1 — J — 1 — 1 - - L - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1974 1975 Data: Motor V e h i c l e Mfgrs. A s s n . of the United States, Inc. * A v a i l a b l e only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SURVEY 50 1975 I l l i i i J F M A M J J A S O N D X 0 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1975 Oct. 11 232.2 273.3 207.4 206.1 242.6 184.0 206.8 246.1 183.2 205.8 244.9 182.3 10,925 7,502 10,416 7,302 11,477 7,715 11 332 7 598 11 965 8 032 325 2,085 1,792 187 359 2,151 1,857 240 336 4,252 3,036 225 342 4 155 ? 994 223 366 227 74,839 92,695 37,533 456 75,327 91,006 36,601 -55 82,150 93,294 34,580 -213 81 682 96 884 34 631 45 81 397 99 ,547 35 454 466 101,686 57,176 379,712 19,830 128,507 59,586 100,374 57,380 383,674 20,104 128,524 59,748 104,368 65,207 376,848 35,013 119,160 59,055 9.81 63.38 70.79 9.84 67.82 75.64 9.56 82.37 92.33 9.55 85.74 96.23 thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. 12,845 34,393 166,871 8,714 13,420 34,027 167,603 8,641 14,135 35,558 162,310 8,257 13 ,560 34 910 154 966 8 322 thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. 2,820 115.6 2,829 116.0 2,245 92.0 2 160 88.5 2 085 I35.5 17.2 17.2 15.8 16.5 1967=100. . do do.... ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores mil. $.. do. .. . 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.. FINANCE: Currency in circulation Z/ mi 1. $. . Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total do.... Member bank reserve balances V do.. .. Excess reserves, estimated 5/.. .' 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) £/...1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do.... Stee 1, raw Index of production Sept. 27 234.4 272.8 211.0 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate V Sept. 20 Oct. 12 Oct. 5 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data, do not always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. bil.. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3/ Daily a v e r a g e . 102 65 373 35 119 59 768 214 843 015 006 077 103 65 376 35 119 59 81,853 96,752 34,371 29 897 524 991 150 576 274 9.56 82.93 92.85 13 34 156 8 205.3 240.6 183.9 620 261 878 362 9.55 87.94 98.72 164,651 2,138 87.6 4 / Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1974 ITEM July Aug. Aug. Sept. 12,557 8,869 4,495 3,520 2,580 678 1,400 3,688 12,162 8,562 4,252 3,316 2,562 641 1,420 3,600 rll,381 r7,588 r3,722 r2,656 r2,150 r671 rl,022 r3,793 r11,249 r7,823 r3,902 r2,916 r2,164 r668 rl,034 r3,426 11,758 7,990 4,019 3,070 2,153 649 1,043 3,768 135.6 97.1 47.7 37.4 29.2 7.8 15.6 38.5 133.3 94.9 45.9 35.6 29.1 7.5 15.7 38.4 r125.9 r124.8 r84.0 r86.1 r39.8 r28.9 r24.8 r7.7 11.8 r41.9 r41.0 r30.6 r25.0 r7.7 12.0 r38.7 126.2 87.0 42.0 32.0 24.6 7 5 11 7 178.6 181.3 190.0 191.4 48,444 15,614 8,969 2,244 2,209 32,830 2,125 1,429 3,942 11,014 3,7.38 7,625 43,800 13,858 7,591 2,116 2,057 29,942 1,997 1,330 3,583 9,841 3,426 7,034 49,052 16,126 9,342 2,144 2,212 32,926 2,072 1,494 4,207 10,789 3,750 7,502 r50,026 rl6,374 r9,611 r2,167 r2,244 r33,652 rl,970 rl,473 r4,228 rll,433 r4,067 r7,288 June Sept. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL mil. $ Private, total do. . R e s i d e n t i a l ( i n c l . farm) do.. New housing u n i t s do.. N o n r e s i d e n t i a l b u i l d i n g s , t o t a l 1/ do.. Industrial do.. Commercial do.. Pub l i e , t o t a l do.« NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES) , TOTAL bil. $ Private, total do.. Residential (incl. farm) do. . New housing units do.. Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ do.. Industrial do.. Commercial do.. Public, total do. . CONSTRUCTION COSTS INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1967=100 39.2, DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED) , TOTAL 2/ Durable goods stores Automotive dealers Furniture, home furn., and equip. stores Building materials and hardware dealers Nondurable goods stores .fc Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores r / Revised. 1/ Except farm and p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s . 31.089 mil. $ do.. do.. do.. do. . do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 2/ Data f o r S e p t . 1975 a r e advance e s t i m a t e s . r50,552 rl5,495 r8,751 r2,171 2,206 r35,057 r2,253 rl,495 r4,365 rll,669 r4,142 r8,001 48,737 15,794 8,865 2,185 32,943 2,210 1,437 3,927 10,714 3,845 7,695 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1975 1974 ITEM Aug. Aug. July Sept. DOMESTIC TRADE--Con. RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES--Con. ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL 1/, 2/ Durable goods stores 2/ Automotive dealers 2/ Furniture, home furn., and equip, stores Building materials and hardware dealers mil. $. do... do. . . do... do.. . r46,920 rl5,245 r8,907 2,212 1,924 r45,858 rl4,100 r7,874 2,198 1,958 Nondurable goods stores Apparel and accessory stores Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food stores Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores do. .. do.. . do. .. do. .. do.. . do... do. .. 31,675 2,129 1,408 3,498 10,261 3,480 7,527 RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted) , total do... do.. . 2,168 1,999 r49,655 rl5,432 r8,850 r2,171 rl,993 r49,82 7 rl5,427 8,813 2,195 1,994 31,758 2,122 1,415 3,530 10,363 3,503 7,578 33,613 2,223 1,,532 3 ,,984 1 1 ,,023 3 ,,616 7,,994 r34,223 r2,236 rl,525 r3,933 rll,282 r3,790 r7,903 r34,400 2,312 1,506 3,894 11,086 3,871 8,108 14,896 14,374 13,499 14,524 14,687 15,325 rl4,729 rl5,388 15,698 15,614 thous. do... do. .. do... do.. . do. . . 94,679 92,459 87,575 3,851 83,724 4,88§ 93,661 91,444 86,242 3,563 82,679 5,202 96,191 94,013 85,444 3,869 81,575 8,569 97,046 94,859 86,650 4,090 82,560 8,209 96,493 94,308 86,612 3,886 82,726 7,696 do... do.. . do. .. do.. . do. . . do. . . 91,199 86,274 3,451 82,823 4,925 940 91,705 86,402 3,489 82,913 5,303 989 92,340 84,444 3,304 81,140 7,896 2,887 92,916 85,078 3,450 81,628 7,838 2,998 93,146 85,352 3,468 81,884 7,794 2,842 5.4 3.8 5.3 15.3 4.9 9.4 5.8 3.9 5.7 16.7 5.3 9.9 8.6 7.0 8.1 19.2 7.9 13.7 8.4 7.0 7.9 19.1 7.9 13.0 8.4 6.6 7.7 21.1 7.6 14.0 2.7 3.2 6.6 5.6 11.3 5.5 4.9 2.8 3.5 7.0 6.0 12.0 6.0 5.3 5.7 4.8 12.6 9.6 21.0 12.0 12.9 5.4 4.8 12.1 9.2 20.8 11.1 11.5 5.0 4.6 11.5 9.1 19.9 10.5 11.3 5.5 4.2 r6.2 4.0 1.1 4.9 3.9 r5.4 3.2 1.2 4.5 2.5 3.6 1.3 1.5 4.5 2.6 4.4 1.5 2.0 p5,2 p3.1 p4.6 p2.5 pi.3 r4.3 r3.2 4.6 2.5 rl.3 r4.0 r3.0 r4.4 2,1 rl.4 r3.5 rl.8 r3.9 rl.3 r2.1 4.2 2.4 4.0 1.5 1.5 p4.0 p2.4 p3.6 pi.6 pi.5 111,915 91,070 4,320 81,131 11,460 111,915 34,576 30,247 67,706 111,208 89,930 2,920 81,035 11,460 111,208 33,616 29,266 67,775 115,687 92,929 561 84,749 11,620 115,687 32,823 25,976 73,626 112,587 89,562 177 81,883 11,620 112,587 29,470 25,740 74,207 rll3,672 r90,516 231 82,546 11,598 rll3,672 r29,951 r26,484 r74,653 693.9 501.5 55.3 137.1 689.9 500.2 52.3 137.4 698.8 484.5 73.0 141.3 702.1 485.8 74.0 142.3 706.1 486.9 76.3 142.9 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted Civilian labor force Employed, 'total Agriculture Nonagricultural industries Unemployed Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted Employed, total Agriculture Nonagri cultural industries Unemployed Long-term, 15 weeks and over Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group): All civilian workers Men, 20 years and over Women, 20 years and over Both sexes, 16-19 years White Negro and other races Married men, wife present Occupation: White-collar workers Blue-collar workers Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers Construction Manufacturing Durable goods 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... 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 Deposits, total Member-bank reserve balances Federal Reserve notes in circulation Commercial bank credit (last Wednesday of month, except for June 30 and Dec. 31 call dates), seas. adj . : Total loans and investment 3/ Loans _3/ U.S. Government s e c u r i t i e s Other s e c u r i t i e s il. $. .do... .do... .do... .do... .do... .do... .do... .do... bil. $. . do... . do.. . . do. . . . T/ R e v i s e d . £ / P r e l i m i n a r y . 1/ Data f o r S e p t . 1975 a r e advance e s t i m a t e s . 2/ Revised t o r e f l e c t r e v i s i o n s f o r e a r l i e r months w i l l a p p e a r i n t h e O c t . 1975 SURVEY. V Excludes i n t e r b a n k l o a n s . 31-089 r e v i s i o n s i n t h e automotive s e r i e s ; 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1975 ITEM Aug* FINANCE--Con. SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks) Public utility (15 stocks) Transportation (20 stocks) Standard § Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks) 1941-43=10. Industrial, total (425 stocks)..... ......do... Capital goods (116 stocks).... .........do... Consumers' goods (184 stocks)... ......do... Public utility (55 sotcks) .......do... Railroad (20 stocks) .........do... Banks: New York City (9 stocks) do.. . Outside New York City (16 stocks)................ do... Property liability insurance (16 stocks)...........do... New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite 12/31/65=50. Industrial .do. .. Transportation do. . , Utility .do.., Finance . . do. .. Sept. July June Sept. Aug. 246 818 77 155 02 28 32 11 223.13 729.30 66.23 151.68 199.29 651.28 60.80 134.60 259.00 845.70 83.87 168.40 260 30 856 .28 82 .68 167 .98 246.22 815.51 77.92 156.32 76.03 85.51 86.99 70.14 34.00 35.06 68.12 76.54 76.03 63.51 30.93 31.55 92.40 103.68 101.15 85.98 43.67 38.94 92 .49 103 .84 101 .15 86 .58 43 .67 38 .04 87.51 96.21 93.05 78.29 40.61 35.13 84 67 94 96 93 .61 77 25 40 53 34 .93 46.27 65.97 64.31 42.00 58.99 60.47 57.77 87.19 96.72 58 .13 90 .44 95 .98 51.33 83.01 85.19 46 .72 78 .64 79 .71 39.86 44.19 29.41 26.72 40.11 35.69 39.29 25.86 24.94 36.42 49.22 54.61 32.38 32.79 52.20 49 .54 54 .96 32 .90 32 .98 52 .51 45.71 50.71 30.08 31.02 46.55 44 .97 50 .05 29 .46 30 .65 43 .38 811 668 143 11.0 9.5 1.5 726 591 134 10.1 8.4 1.8 770 619 152 8.5 6.9 1.7 794 637 157 9.2 7.5 1.7 684 534 150 9.2 7.5 1.7 p726 p591 136 p8.9 P 7.2 1.7 294 385 385 2.0 1,602 1,381 2.4 1,466 1,392 2.2 436 495 2.4 1,513 1,540 2.6 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: Total, not seasonally adjusted Domestics. Imports Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rates. Domestics Imports Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of month: Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted I n v e n t o r y - s a l e s r a t i o , new c a r s ( d o m e s t i c s ) thous .do. . .. do. . mil do. . do.. thous do.. ratio 1.8 p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . USC0MM-DC--31,089 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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