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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS immm&m U L I U L J U U L J immmmyy^. • :ej *u Ot^auo^rAJt: ^r--v^. , 1967 = 100 150 1967 = 100 150 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. 1. sea. adj. index) 140 140 130 / \ j f ^ ^ 120 - 110 Monthly 100 —1 1—1—1—1—1—1—1—1—1—L-, 1—1 1—1 1 1 1 1—I 1—1— 1968 JL J J JL-J—1 1969 L -1, -J. J 1— ., 1 L.. J-JLJ—i 1970 1 i J * 1 J 1971 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (Passenger cars) 1,200 Thousands 350 1,000 800 600 Monthly 1968 1969 1970 1971 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. Million 2.5 1967 = 100 120 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) (Seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) 2.0 / V ^ ~ - no - - 1.5 1.0 - .5 - 0 115 1 A ± J _ l J j L L l . L J L 1 1 « I J U . U . I L .J . . I J I 1 1 i 1 1 I 1 1968 1969 1970 11 I I 1 1 1 1 1, 1.1 105 100 1 1 11 1l -JU-U l l L L U L. . 1 1 1 l_l 1 1 1 JL.I 1971 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1968 Data: Federal Reserve Board * Available 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 SURVEY 1969 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1970 " 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1971 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1971 1970 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 S e p t . 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 1967=100, 110.5 110.6 107.2 106.8 106.8 107.0 mil. $, do.., 7,005 4,910 7,009 4,945 7,644 5,046 7,864 5,083 7,721 5,193 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, 288 1,811 1,671 233 259 1,879 1,714 214 237 2,153 1,714 208 238 2,126 1,690 176 281 215 125 FINANCE: Currency in circulation _3/ mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/...do... Member bank reserve balances 3J do... Excess reserves, estimated _3_/ do.., 54,823 64,289 28,786 352 55,200 64,504 28,464 41 58,992 71,603 30,636 227 58,685 71,753 31,082 353 58,830 72,273 31,092 59,316 72,197 30,766 297 101 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: _4/ Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $. 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... 79,663 46,893 240,786 24,705 80,857 33,969 80,462 46,935 239,819 24,387 80,773 33,989 82,136 53,099 261,617 25,217 83,874 37,107 82,080 53,313 261,439 25,080 83,733 37.196 82,504 53,495 261,657 24,648 83,261 37,200 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3J percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10, Industrial, 425 stocks do... 8.63 86.89 95.75 8.62 84.19 92.64 7.96 98.47 108.85 7.95 97.90 108.25 7.93 99.82 110.24 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3J Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars).. Petroleum (crude) and condensate^/ thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbi. 2,142 27,795 86,397 10,076 2,058 27,577 88,574 9,982 2,030 29,926 184,040 9,472 2,288 31,413 187,055 9,472 1,583 30,153 185,840 9,397 Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons. 1967=100, bil. 2,440 100.0 15.6 2,403 98.5 15.0 1,855 76.0 14.7 1,809 74.1 14.8 1,756 72.0 13.0 1_/ Data do not always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2J Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3J Daily a v e r a g e . 7,90 99.03 109.15 185,117 1,843 75.5 4/ Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 1971 ITEM Aug. Sept. July Aug. Sept. 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 parts do.., Home goods do.., Nondurable consumer goods do.., Clothing do.., Consumer staples do. • , 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 Clay, glass, and stone products Lumber and products Furniture and fixtures r/ Revised. Digitized for7936 FRASER 107.5 106.5 rl07.2 rl06.1 rl04.8 105.3 106.5 104.9 111.6 110.3 111.2 103.9 125.4 109.9 112.1 101.0 115.2 105. 103. 110. 102. 91. 70. 130. 108. 113.0 100.5 116.4 rl06.1 rl04.5 rll6.1 rll6.1 1-121.2 107.9 rl46.8 rll3.3 rll6.1 rl01.9 rll9.9 rl06.5 rl04.7 115.8 rll5.5 rl20.1 107.9 rl43.6 rll2.8 115.9 102.3 rll9.5 rl06.2 rl04.8 rll6.0 rll4.9 rl20.5 108.5 rl43.2 rill.8 rll6.4 106.3 104.9 116.2 115.3 121.4 108.0 147.2 111.8 116.6 rl20.6 120.9 do.., do.., do.., do. ., do.., do... do.., do.., 95.5 101. 85, 112, 109. 106. 111. 118. 94.2 100.5 83.9 111 109 105 112 119 r88.2 95.0 r77.1 rll2.4 rl09.0 103.0 rll5.5 rl21.1 r89.3 r96.4 r77.7 1-113.3 rl05.5 r98.9 rll2.5 rll9.7 r89.2 r96.2 77.0 rill.4 rl02.4 r93.7 rll3.0 rll5.9 89.3 96.8 76.9 111.2 103.7 95.7 112.6 118.4 do,., do... do... do.., do.., do... do. ., do.., do.., do... 105.5 103.5 111.9 111.8 101.5 96.1 110.5 105.1 108.9 100.1 104.8 100.7 108.8 109.0 100.4 87.5 108.9 104.8 107.2 99.3 rl05.6 rlOO.l 108.1 108.5 r95.2 r91.7 108.5 rlll.l 111.0 100.9 rl04.8 r99.3 r98.9 rll0.8 r97.4 r88.5 rl08.7 110.3 rll5.4 r99.9 rl03.1 r96.3 r78.0 rl08.2 r95.8 91.1 rl09.2 109.1 116.2 97.9 103.3 96.8 87.1 105.5 95.7 90.4 107.8 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — C o n t i n u e d 3 1971 1970 ITEM Aug. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS — July Aug. Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT):--Con, SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. U T I L . ) — C o n . BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS—Con. MANUFACTURING, TOTAL--Con. Nondurable manufactures 1967=100, Textile mill products do... Apparel products do. ., Leather and products do.., Paper and products do.., Printing and publishing Chemicals and products Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products Foods Tobacco products MINING Coal O i l and g a s e x t r a c t i o n Metal mining UTILITIES *, Electric Sept. ... 108.6 105.6 97.0 89.5 112.7 110.7 105.2 96.8 90.2 109.8 rll3.7 rll3.2 r97.1 89.3 113.4 rll3.0 rl08.5 99.7 r86.7 113.6 rll2.9 107.4 do.., do.., do. . , do.., do.., do.., 104.6 119.4 112.1 117.5 104.7 100.4 104.5 121.5 112.9 115.9 113.1 100.5 101.0 rl26.8 rll5.0 129.1 115.4 92.1 rlOl.l rl25.0 rll4.8 rl28.0 rll4.8 96.6 rl02.0 rl25.4 115.0 127.9 rll4.2 do.., do.., do.., do. ., do.. do.., 108.9 108,8 108.7 129.1 130.5 133.2 110, 109. 111. 130. 133. 137. rl08.9 rl09.4 110.0 rll7.3 rl35.6 rl38.3 rl05.8 rl09.4 rl09.2 r93.3 r!37,8 r!40.8 rl05.6 rl04.9 rl09.2 100.7 rl37.4 rl40„2 131.6 128.7 77.3 133.4 130.9 76.0 196.8 193.8 116.9 rl97.0 rl94.3 rl07.7 r203.7 r202.2 rill.2 1,425 838 1,509 881 2,000 1,177 r2,229 rl,187 r2,235 rl,208 1,378 676 1,388 679 1,849 914 2,052 960 r2,006 r908 2,111 2,183 4,301 r4,151 4,067 369 1,147 595 388 1,100 695 718 2,109 1,474 r686 r2,087 rl,378 628 2,209 1,230 4,338 7,061 1,778 5,499 14,443 7,101 1,852 5,489 16,146 7,579 2,041 6,527 16,137 7,650 1,997 6,490 16,107 7,709 1,942 6,456 84.1 116.5 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: T o t a l ( p r i v a t e and p u b l i c ) thous, P r i v a t e l y owned. do.., One-family s t r u c t u r e s do.., Seasonally adjusted at annual r a t e s : T o t a l p r i v a t e l y owned do.., One-family s t r u c t u r e s do.. NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS ( 1 3 , 0 0 0 p e r m i t - i s s u i n g p l a c e s ) : Seasonally adjusted at annual r a t e s : Total do.. One-family structures do.., New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total mil. $, By purpose of loan: Home construction do.., Home purchase do.. All other purposes do.., FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of month mil. $, Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks do.., Loans to cooperatives do.. Other loans and discounts do.. SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Yields: Domestic corporate (Moody's) percent By rating: Aaa do. . Aa do.. A do.. Baa .do. . By group: Industrials do.. Public utilities do.. Railroads = = = = do. e STOCKS: Dividend rates, prices, yields, common stocks (Moody's) Dividends per share, annual rate, composite...dollars Industrials do.. Public utilities do.. Railroads do.. N.Y. banks do.. Property and casualty insurance companies do.. Price per share, end of mo., composite Industrials Public utilities Railroads Yields, composite Industrials Public utilities Railroads N.Y. banks Property and casualty insurance companies rj Revised. 936 Digitized for 7FRASER 8.14 8.14 8.12 8.13 8.49 8.85 9.44 8.09 8.47 8.78 9.39 7.64 7.96 8.20 8.75 7.64 7.96 8.21 8.76 7.59 7.93 8.20 8.76 8.44 8.83 9.19 8.40 8.80 9.10 7.80 8.39 8.43 7.85 8.34 8.46 7.80 8.30 8.48 8.94 9.70 4.71 3.79 6.70 10.48 8.93 9.70 4.71 3.79 6.82 10.48 8.85 9.57 4.78 3.84 7.28 10.57 8.82 9.53 4.78 3.84 7.28 10.57 8.77 9.43 4.78 3.84 7.28 10.66 do.. do.. do.. do.. 221.25 264.25 77.17 57.02 226.91 272.90 75.66 65.13 261.94 320.58 84.95 84.56 251.35 305.79 83.31 81.86 262.95 322.28 79.70 93.50 percent do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 4.04 3.67 6.10 6.65 3.83 4.15 3.94 3.55 6.23 5.82 3o99 4.01 3.38 2.99 5.63 4.54 4.39 3.15 3.51 3.12 5.74 4.69 4.46 3.15 8.73 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1970 July 1971 June May Aug. Aug. | July METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS: Total (all grades)..... «thouSo of short tons. Semifinished products,, ........................... .do... Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling...a..... „ .do... Plates. .do.,, Rails and accessor ies. ....coo...... ..,,......„<•,..«. .do... Bars and tool steel, total. .....«,. . :> « »..,. . ......... »do».. Bars: Hot rolled (incl. light shapes).............. .do... Reinforcing....... . »........................„ -do... Cold finished. ........... . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do.. . Pipe and tubings ........n...............„...„« 0 .„. .do... Wiring and wire products........n................ .do.. • .do... Tin mill products................................ .do... Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total........ .do... Sheets: Hot rolled.. e.... „,-.....«,„...«.... „ ... 0 .do... Cold rolled............ v ........ u 0.... STEEL MILL PRODUCTS, INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Consumers c (manufacturers o n l y ) . . . . . ...........mil. tons. Service centers (warehouses)., . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .do... Producing mills: In process (ingots, semifinished, etc.) .do... Finished (sheets, plates, bars, pipe, etc.)....... .do.o. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT REGISTRATIONS (new vehicles): 1/ Passenger car s. .. . ...... P ....•>.........«...,,.... <>. *. ..thouSo ImpOrt Car SnooooE.oo.oooooooo.ooooooocoooooo.o.oo ...do... ...do.. . RAILROAD EQUIPMENT: Freight cars (all railroads and private car lines): .number. Equipment manufacturers.. ....................... . a s d O a s o New order s.................. *«...... . . n............ ...do... Equipment manufacturers, o....... . ... ............. ,, n. do. ». Unfilled orders, end of month.................... s a . d O o « o Equipment manufacturers.............................do. 7,759 586 534 685 119 1,249 651 469 123 657 254 603 3,071 1,077 1,240 DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 452 554 802 156 1,262 1,447 676 456 123 661 263 663 861 441 138 750 289 749 2,988 4,141 1,315 1,825 993 1,229 9,163 454 631 871 161 1,430 3,703 144 190 267 65 703 844 476 146 769 310 865 4,252 I s 394 1,825 796 509 118 815 312 1,040 3,448 1,2.28 1,345 310 307 79 492 138 229 1,475 471 545 9,810 497 617 860 167 1,472 9,341 470 472 631 100 j 14.5 9.5 6.6 13.0 7.5 14.6 r7.4 15.9 7.7 11.7 9.5 11.9 9.5 11.7 10.5 10.9 9.3 10.2 7.5 10.5 7.7 837.7 112.2 179.4 683c 2 109.9 159.4 838.7 126.7 171.5 897.0 138.6 178.1 806.0 130.4 177.6 780.6 140.2 166.7 5,446 4,457 4,340 4,226 29,040 23,074 5,164 4,127 2,148 2,148 25,782 20,853 5,252 4,381 5,401 4,205 8,521 6,321 27,977 23,256 3,305 2,696 3,807 3,652 28,547 24,280 3,329 2,852 1,211 1,211 26,429 22,639 ' 9.., 2 6.2 rj Revised. 1/ Courtesy of R. L. Polk & Co.; r e p u b l i c a t i o n p r o h i b i t e d , for May-Aug. 1971, r e g i s t r a t i o n s for another S t a t e a r e a l s o excluded. USCOMM—DC—7936 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 7,511 I 6,670 1 I | 6,570 24,944 21,227 j ! j | j j ....... | j | 1 Data for J u l y and Aug. 1970 exclude r e g i s t r a t i o n s for one S t a t e ; POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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