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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* OCTOBER 19 f 1973 TXSTBEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (Passenger cars) 1,200 Thousands 350 Monthly Weekly 300 1,000 800 600 - ^ V ^ V 400 200 0 200 V- V \ / 150 V 100 — —i / r\rv\n \ , i y A ^^\ A i i i i 1 i i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L™L~J 1970 L_ - J L L-J 1971 250 1973 I-..1- L..,JL.„JL...l—L -j —J—L I , 1 L„ 1 1972 1972 i t 1 1 1 1 1 1973 J 50 ^ i i i 1 i i 1 i r 0 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Motor Vechicle Mfrs. Assn. 1967 = 100 f 125 - TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.B. seas. a d j . index) ~ 1967 = 100 200 WHOLESALE PRICES h- 180 120 - / ~ 1 160 A' - ~ 115 F a r m Products and Processed Foods and Feeds 140 no All Commodities 120 Industrial 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1*1 1 1 JLJ_J I _ L L 1 _l .1 1 1970 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1J_L 1 1971 1972 II 1 1 1 1 II 1 100 1973 Commodities 1970 1971 1972 1973 U.S. Dept. of Labor Billion $ 50 SALES OF RETAIL STORES Billion$ (seasonally adjusted) /ss*s Total __ 14.0 ~~ CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT EXTENDED AND 13.0 — REPAID (seasonally adjusted) 12.0 - 30 —-4*~* Nondurable 7 — - 11.0 9.0 Goods .. Extended 10.0 20 10 f^ ^ " ^ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1J..L.L1 1 1 11 1 1 1 U _ I I 1 1 J .1 J 1 1 1, 1 U,JJ..,L1.I Data: Federal Reserve Board ~ / /\ \ ^ ^ 105 40 \ y * ^w^ ft'" — Repaid 8.0 -L I I 1 J . I . . L L U .1 i i i i i 1 i 1970 i i i i 1971 1 I.LI. 1,1.11,1 I I .J...J 1 1 1 1 11 I I 1 1972 - U - J U U U L i L l i J J ™ a u „ i J . L L L J .I i - L I I 1 1 1.1,1, L I J 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1970 Data: Federal Reserve Board * 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 SURVEY 1971 1972 i i i i i 1 i ii i i 1973 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1972 1973 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 1967=100. 124.0 124.3 195.6 194.0 193.2 194.7 mil. $. do... 8,789 5,849 8,933 5,881 9,773 6,432 10,006 6,297 9,718 6,525 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. 246 1,486 1,330 191 202 1,521 1,366 154 188 1,422 1,276 185 200 ,413 ,268 174 222 180 FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total j|/....do... Member bank reserve balances 3J do... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do... 62,757 76,406 33,731 230 63,332 77,121 33,710 358 68,716 81,558 33,879 161 68,343 82,259 34,136 68 68,366 83,103 34,662 436 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: £*J 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. 92,956 58,207 293,157 26,352 87,426 44,199 93,390 58,182 293,403 26,026 87.733 44^413 96,572 56,001 340,132 22,505 108 ;. 146 52,715 96,619 56,049 339,048 22,249 108,286 52,924 97,523 56,167 340,111 22,607 108,384 53,108 7.60 110.09 123.17 7.59 109,50 122.39 8,07 105.88 118.91 8.02 108.83 122.15 7.98 108.78 121.98 11,570 32,327 204,039 9,616 11,820 32,417 1-96,831 9,564 12, 715 35,044 169,577 9,382 12,920 36,239 207,720 9,365 12,140 35,505 204,171 9,393 2,568 105.3 2,591 106.2 2,848 116.7 2,888 118.4 2,890 118.5 17.1 17.4 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) _3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/..1941-43=10.. industrial, 425 stocks do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal thous. sh. tons.. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (passenger cars) number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3/ thous. bbl.. Steel, raw Index of production thous. w RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. bil.. 16. 6 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 17.0 _3/ Daily a v e r a g e . 171 68,880 82,856 34,672 288 7.94 109.22 122.60 195,005 2,882 118.1 _4/ Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1972 1973 ITEM Aug. Sept. July Aug. Sept. g/ 126.5 127.4 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) 1967=100. BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Products, total do... Final products do... Consumer goods do... Durable consumer goods do... Automotive products do. .. Autos do... Auto parts and allied, goods do... Home goods do... Nondurable consumer goods Clothing Consumer staples Equipment Business Defense and space equipment Intermediate products Materials Durable goods materials Nondurable goods materials Fuel and power, industrial BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL Durable manufactures Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery Transportation equipment Instruments Lumber and products Clay, glass, and stone products Furniture and fixtures xj Revised, _p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 11,495 116.3 117.6 125.6 114.7 112.6 124.3 124.9 126.0 109.5 158.1 124.3 115 113 125 125 125 109 155.8 125.8 do... do. .. do... do... do,.. do... do... do... do... do... do... 124.1 112.0 127. 96. 107. 78. 122. 118.8 114.5 124.7 121.1 do. .. do... do... do... do... do... ....do... da.. . do... do... 115 109, 114, 116 109, 98, 122.7 121.8 120.4 116.4 126.7 xj xj 123.7 xj 121.3 xj 131.9 xj 141.8 142.6 132.6 161.9 xj 141.3 xj 124.6 xj 122.3 xj 132.8 xj 141.2 xj 141.7 134.0 xj 156.7 xj 140.9 xj xj xj xj xj 123.6 120.8 130.4 133.2 120.5 103.9 xj 152.3 xj 140.2 124.6 121.9 131.7 136.8 129.4 118.3 150.8 141.0 124.9 113.5 127.9 97.7 109.6 77.6 122.8 120.9 118.1 124.6 124.5 xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj r / 129.5 116.5 132.9 107.4 123.3 81.1 133.1 130.0 130.2 130.3 126.7 xj 129.4 129.7 r/ xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj 132.9 107.5 123.7 80.6 133.7 131.3 132.3 130.8 126.3 133.1 108.4 124.7 81.5 134.4 132.2 133.2 131.1 129.9 117.0 111.6 119.7 118.0 111.8 99.5 124.3 123.6 120.9 116.7 xj 125.6 xj 123.0 xj 124.5 xj 133.4 xj 126.9 112.2 xj 140.2 xj 126.6 xj 130.5 xl 126.5 xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj xj 125.9 122.5 126.9 134.8 126.9 105.8 141.9 127.7 130.0 129.4 126. 123. 128. 133. 127, 109. 141. 128.1 116.0 131.4 106.6 122.5 80.1 132.0 129.0 129.2 129.4 125.3 xj 126.6 123.5 128.0 133.9 126.8 112.1 141.3 125.3 131.5 xj 121.5 3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1973 1972 Aug. July Sept. Aug. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)—Con. SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INC. UTIL.)—Con. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS--Con. MANUFACTURING, T O T A L — C o n . Nondurable manufactures 1967=100. Textile mill products do... Apparel products do... Leather and products do... Paper and products do... Printing and publishing do... Chemicals and products do= = = Petroleum products do... Rubber and plastics products do... Foods do... Tobacco products do... rj 130.8 128.3 123.6 120.8 106.8 86.5 130.5 108.7 141.3 121.0 150.6 119.0 108.5 124.8 121.1 108.3 91.6 130.1 109.4 144.8 121.3 149.8 119.8 103.0 129.3 r/129.2 W111.0 86.6 r_/134.6 r7H4.8 jr/150.4 r/129.7 r_/163.9 r/120.3 108.1 r_l 131.0 x_l 128.0 112.1 r_/ 79.2 rj 135.3 xj 118.3 xj 152.4 xj 129.6 xj 169.6 xj 123.1 105.3 108.8 118.-6 97.8 111.1 144.9 151.3 110.8 124.8 105.2 111.8 146.4 153.1 r/109.5 121.6 r_/l08.0 r_/l09.1 .r/151.5 r/159.7 xj xj xj xj xj r/ 37,994 12,785 7,406 1,817 1,952 25,209 1,759 1,222 3,127 8,100 2,758 6,224 37,522 12,501 7,192 l,/60 1,883 25,021 1,846 1,184 2,943 8,253 2,606 6,151 43,597 15,410 9,242 2,032 2,185 28,187 1,986 1,300 3,353 9,135 3,008 6,771 r41,674 rl4,518 r8,707 rl.940 r2,080 r27,156 rl,749 rl,240 r3,359 r8,976 r3,088 r6,269 r43, rI4, r8, r2, r2 r28 rl rl r3 r9 r3 6 do, do do do do. 37,969 12,842 7,723 1,797 1,714 37,746 12,614 7,503 1,750 1,746 41,179 13,731 7,943 2,006 1,946 r42,778 r14,409 r8,654 r2,000 rl,894 r42 231 r l 4 ,411 8 640 1 997 1 ,888 Nondurable goods stores Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places Food group Gasoline service stations General merchandise group with nonstores do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 25,127 1,813 1,246 2,797 8,039 2,622 6,288 25,132 1,836 1,204 2,830 8,005 2,611 6,333 27,448 2,009 1,314 3,085 8,598 2,843 6,939 r28,369 r2,039 rl,305 r3,122 r9,128 r2,908 r7,051 r27 ,820 1 ,967 1 ,282 3 ,160 8 ,891 2 ,892 6 ,929 RETAIL FIRMS WITH 11 OR MORE STORES: Estimated sales (unadjusted), total Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total do... do... 11,465 11,592 11,661 11,660 12,956 12,646 rl2,223 rl3,172 12 ,965 12 ,770 90,758 88,362 83,505 4,031 79,475 4,857 89,098 86,693 82,034 3,658 78,376 4,658 92 ,729 90 ,414 85 ,567 4 ,053 81 ,514 4 ,847 93,227 90,917 86,367 4,165 82,201 4,550 92,436 90,129 85,921 3,826 82,095 4,208 86,941 82,061 3,610 78,451 4,880 1,170 87,066 82,256 3,579 78,677 4,810 1,134 88 ,932 84 ,674 3 ,403 81 ,271 4 ,258 775 88,810 84,614 3,516 81,098 4,196 750 88,651 84,434 3,443 80,991 4,217 796 5.6 3.9 5.5 16.7 5.1 9.7 2.6 3.5 6.4 5.8 11.0 5.5 5.2 5.5 3.8 5.4 16.2 5.0 10.0 2.8 3.4 6.0 5.6 9.8 5.1 4.8 4.8 3.2 4.9 13.3 4.3 8.5 2.3 2.8 5.3 4.7 7.9 4.4 3.7 4.7 3.0 4.9 14.4 4.1 9.3 2.1 2.9 5.3 4.7 9.6 3.8 3.3 4.8 3.1 4.9 14.3 4.2 8.7 2..1 3..0 5..2 4 ..7 8.2 4.1 3.6 MINING *.,, Metal mining Coal. Oil and gas extraction UTILITIES Electric *. * = r do. < .do. do. do. do. 111.1 128.9 109.0 109.5 154.7 163.6 80. 134. r / 117. r / 152. 128 171 d 122 9 5 2 0 4 0 4 xj 112.4 129.5 104.2 xj 111.7 154.9 r / 164.0 DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED) , TOTAL 1/ Durable goods stores Automotive group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group Nondurable goods stores Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores Eating and drinking places-. Food group Gasoline service stations **=* General merchandise group with nonstores ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL 1_/ Durable goods stores Automotive group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group mil. $. do... do**: do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 015 581 512 019 1/3 434 932 287 558 268 083 920 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted thous. Civilian labor force do... Employed, total do. . . Agriculture do... Nonagricultural industries do... Unemployed do... Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted do.. Employed, total do.. Agriculture == do.. Nonagricultural industries do.. Unemployed do.. Long-term, 15 weeks and over do.. 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 "" Occupation: White-collar workers Blue-collar workers Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers. Construction Manufacturing Durable goods xj Revised. 2J P r e l i m i n a r y . 11,495 !_/ Data for September 1973 are advance e s t i m a t e s . 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 1972 July Aug. July May Aug. FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT™ AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of month.............. Installment credit, total Automobilc paper.......................... Other consumer goods p a p e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repair and modernization loans-.... P e r s o n a l l o a n s * . . =, . . . « « . . <>,,. =« - ••, •.- = ^ ~ . , . . v. By t y p e o f h o l d e r ; Financial institutions, t o t a L . . = ...... Commercial banks. ..... ............... Finance companies. Credit unions Miscellaneous lenders Retail outlets, total Automobile dealers Noninstallment credit, total...-.».. o ........, Single-payment loans, total.............. Commercial banks..... . =.».......= =. c ..«.. Other financial institutions........... e Charge accounts, total......«.,..«.-» ».., -.. . Retail outlets..............»«.....=.». Credit cards... ..... . .,.-. .....».,.... . . .. Service credit. .„.,•;..«.»., ••, --•..,............ . .. installment credit extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, total.».....«....«..».............. Automobile paper..................,, ,= »..».. Other consumer goods paper..............« All other............. -................ Repaid, total ..-=><»..............., ....... Automobile paper......................... Other consumer goods paper............... AI1 other. .-,*......... Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total............................ Automobile paper......................... Other consumer goods paper „.. „...... •;..,.. „ All ether. «... ........ = .., ...,„.....„...... Repaid, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automobile p a p e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other consumer goods p a p e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al1 o t h e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,214 117,702 41,603 35,470 5,799 34,832 147,631 119,911 42,323 36,188 5,950 35,450 164,277 133,531 47,518 41,096 6,541 38,376 167,083 136,018 48,549 41,853 6,688 38,928 169,148 138,212 49,352 42,575 6,845 39,440 171,978 140,810 50,232 43,505 7,009 40,064 .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. 104,132 55,688 30,065 15,910 2,469 13,570 248 2.7,512 11,235 9,900 1,335 7,644 5,664 1,980 8,633 106,146 56,846 30,464 16,278 2,558 13,765 251 27,720 11,411 10,053 1,358 7,717 5,676 8,592 118,165 63,707 33,859 17,832 2,767 15,366 284 30,746 12,817 11,359 1,458 8,319 6,387 1,932 9,610 120,450 64,999 34,367 18,269 2,815 15,568 289 31,065 12,990 11,520 1,470 8,555 6,544 2,011 9,520 122,479 66,065 35,020 18,517 2,877 15,733 293 30,936 12,968 11,491 1,477 8,479 6,424 2,055 9,489 124,823 67,381 35,634 18,961 2,847 15,987 2.96 31,168 13,111 11,655 1,456 8,605 6,475 2,130 9.45? .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. -do. 11,833 3,480 4,544 3,809 10,496 2,896 4,115 3,485 13,166 3,696 5,094 4,376 10,957 2,976 4,376 3,605 14,792 4,409 5,698 4,685 12,283 3,369 5,043 3,871 14,608 4,313 5,678 4,617 12,121 3,282 4,921 3,918 14,812 4,177 5,753 4,882 12,618 3,374 5,031 4,213 14,965 4,252 5,931 4,782 12,367 3,372 5,001 3,994 .do. .do. ,do = .do. .do. .do. .do. .do. 11,687 3,298 4,684 3,705 10,593 2,917 4,249 3,427 12,484 3,491 4,990 4,003 10,841 2,896 4,395 3,550 13,932 3,989 5,504 4,439 11,941 3,261 4,917 3,763 13,646 3,762 5,505 4,379 12,034 3,253 A,955 3,826 r14,542 3,930 r5,943 r4,639 rl2,544 r3,334 r5,141 r4,059 14,158 3,968 5,825 4,365 12,261 3,293 5,030 3,938 .mil. ...do. ...do. ...do. ...do. co.do. $.. ....do. ...do. 2,041 r/ Revised. 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