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OCTOBER 25, 1974

BUSINESS
STATISTICS

Sr

*TES O* *

A WEEKLY
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS*

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
RLzT

1967=100

ELECTRIC POWER P R O D U C T I O N

170

1973 ji

(E. E. I. seas. adj. index)

y

-

- 160

150

140

1974

130

Weekly
i
Data:

1971
Edison Electric Inst.

1973

1972

1

II

I I II i i

J F M A M J J A S O N D

1974

Billion $

Billion $
1,200
1,100

I

1,000

PERSONAL INCOME

T O T A L INDUSTRIAL P R O D U C T I O N

(Seas, adj., at annual rates)

(F.R.B. seas. adj. index)

Total
(left scale)

1,000

y

/
•

900

r
^

800
700

..... I .... .
Data:

1967

.....

\
Wage and Salary
Disbursements
(right scale)

"""

i....,

I i i . i i

1971
1972
U.S. Dept. of Commerce

Iu

i I I 1 II

1973

I

II

1974
Data:

1972

1973

1974

Million

= 1 0 0

200

1971
Federal Reserve Board

3.5

WHOLESALE PRICES

PRIVATE H O U S I N G STARTS
(seas, adj., at annual rates)

/V

180
Farm Products and
Processed Foods and Feeds

\

160

! \
' \

&

A

V*
All

\

/
/

\

/ —

120

/

f

/ /

Data:

-

—

2.0

-

-

—

1.5

/ .

1973

r

Commodities

i i i i i 1 i i i . i 1 i . . . . 1 . i . . .• i i i i 1 i i i i i 1
1972

-

/

J ^
Industrial

1971
U.S. Dept. of Labor

-

2.5

j y

Commodities

140

100

3.0

J

1 . i i i i

1.0

1 1 1 1 1.1 1,1 l-lLJ'L'

1974
Data:

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provides selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY




' '

1971
1972
U.S. Dept. of C o m m e r c e

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L,
1973

i. 1 1 1 i 1 ,]_!.,

1974

WEEKLY BUSINESS STATiSTiCS1

2

1974

1973
ITEM

Octo 13
WHOLESALE P R I C E S ,

Oct. 20

Sept. 28

Oct. 5

Oct. 12

"Oct. 19

193.8
198.0
190.8:

231.7

234.4
2 72.8

213.2

211.0

232.2
273.3
207o4

231.5
277.2
204.2

10,618
7,130

11,021
7,504

11,709
7, 365

22 COMMODITIES 2/

1967=100.

9 Foodstuffs. .
13 Raw industrials...............

doc
.......do...

194.7
205.7
187.3

.mil. $.
•..do..c

9,648
6,364

9, 796
6,504

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.

207
1,469
1,302
171

218
1,435
1,283
150

279
2,064
1,771
285

325
2,081
1,789
187

358

68,886
82,980
34,794
502

69,156
83,886
35,019
-80

74,890
92,513
36,972

74,832
92,720
37,560
561

75,327
91,041
36,635
-31

99,938
56,391
345,509
23,311
108,315
53,527

97,975
56,189
339,144
22,830
107,696
53,597

100,326
56,875
379,791
20.069
128,377
59,772

101,460
57,220
380,630
19,766
128,787
59,758

100,960
57,354
382,409
20,155
128,388
59,741

7.94
109.22
122 o 60

7.95
109.97
123.65

9.75
67.57
75.68

9.81
63.38
70.79

9.84
67.82
75.64

11,960
35,318
195,005
9,362
2,882
118ol
17.5

12,200
34,236
214,100
9,324
2,915
119.5
17.6

13,650
34,573
172,667
8,763
2,774
113.7
17.1

12,935
34,393
166,871
8,714

2,820

13,450
34,027
167,603
8,641
2,829

115.6
17.2

17.3

ALL RETAIL STORES,

SALESC.

Nondurable goods stores.

FINANCE:
Currency in circulation^/
...mil. $.
Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do...
Member bank reserve balances 3J
do...
Excess reserve estimated .3/..
do...
Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/
Demand deposits, adjusted
do...
Savings deposits
Odo...
Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total
do...
U. So 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) 4/.•1941-43=10.
Industrial, 425 stocks
do...
PRODUCTION:
Bituminous coal
Electric power, by utilities....
Motor vehicles (passenger cars)..
Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/
Steel, raw
Index of production
RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES...

thous. sh. tons*.
mil. kw.-hr.=
number..
.thous. bbl..
thous. sh. tons.
1967=100..
0..bil..

l_j Data do not always cover calendar weeksa

2_/ Tuesday price.

3/ Daily average.

261.0

240

116.0

193

75,940
90, 713
37,412
316

9.82
70.33
78046

188,701

2,866
117.5

4/ Wednesday dataQ

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS

II
GENERAL B U S I N E S S

Food and b e v e r a g e s . .

investment,

total.........do....

Net e x p o r t s o f goods and s e r v i c e s

G o v ' t p u r c h a s e s o f goods and
Federal
National defense

JD/ Preliminary.
18,102




III

IV

I

II

III

2/

INDICATORS

NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT:
SEASONALLY A D J U S T E D QUARTERLY TOTALS A T ANNUAL R A T E S :
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL
....bil.
$..
Personal consumption expenditures,
total......•..do....

Gross p r i v a t e domestic

1974

1973

ITEM

services^total. . . . . . d o . . . .

1,277.9
799.0
132.1
59.2
54.9

1,308.9
816.3
132.4
59.3
55.5

1,344.0
823.9
124.3
51.2
55.4

1,358.8
840.6
123.9
48.0
57.5

1,383.8
869.1
129.5
50.6
59.5

1,411.6
899.9
136.0
56.3
60.0

332.7
70.1
160.9
28.0

343.8
70.6
169.1
28.7

352.1
70.9
174.5
29.8

364.4
72.8
180.1
31.5

375.8
74.4
183.5
36.8

388.1
75.5
190.9
37.8

334.2
460 6
115.6
23.1

340.1
48.3
117.0
23.6

347.4
48.7
119.7
24.1

352.4
49.2
122.2
25.0

363.8
51.7
124.9
2506

375.9
54.5
127.8
26.6

205.1
194.4
135.6
58.7
10.7

209.0
197.1
139.0
58.1
11.8

224.5
195.5
141.9
53.6
28.9

210.5
193.6
145.2
48.4
16.9

211.8
198.3
149.4
48.8
13.5

204.6
198.8
152.5
46.3
5.8

.5
95.4
94.9

6.7
103.7
96.9

9.3
113.6
104.3

11.3
131.2
119.9

-1.5
138.5
140.0

-4.1
143.9
148.0

273.3
106.2
74.0
167.1

276.9
105.3
73.3
171.6

286.4
108.4
75.3
177.9

296.3
111.5
75.8
184.8

304.4
114.3
76.6
190.1

311.2
116.4
78.8
194.8

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued

*J

1974

1973
ITEM
II

III

IV

I

II

Ill £ /

. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con.
NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT—Con.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES—Con.
NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL
.......do...
do...
do...
do...
Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj. total..do...
.do...
do...
.......do...
PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total

do...
.......do...
do...
do...

1,051.2
776.7
92.8
57.1
35.6
25.7
105.0
124.9
74.0
51.1

1,077.3
793.3
99.3
57.7
41.5
26.2
105.2
122.7
72.9
53.2

1,106.3
814.8
103.2
58.4
44.9
26.4
106.4
122.7
73.2
55.5

1,118.8
828.8
98.4
59.3
39.1
26.4
107.7
138.7
85.1
57.5

1,130.2
848.3
89.9
60.7
29.1
26.3
105.6
143.5
85.6
60.1

1,039.2
147.2
892.1
822o5
69.6

1,068.0
154.2
913.9
840.7
73.2

1,099.3
159.9
939.4
850.1
89.3

1,112.5
161.9
950.6
866.2
84.4

1,134.6
168.2
966.5
894.9
71.5

.....
62.8
1,165.9
175.1
990.8
926.2
64.6

1974

19 73
Aug.

867.8
90.7
62.4
28.3
26.6

Sept.

June

July

Aug.

Sept. 2J

PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE:
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES:

Commodity-producing industries, total....

.do...
do...

1,067.6
697.2
253.7
197.8
166.2
129.7
147.5
46.3

1,080.4
704.5
257.4
200.4
168.2
130.7
148.2
46.7

1,143.5
753.2
272.6
212.5
179.1
142.6
158.9
51.1

1,158.5
759.7
273.3
214.0
180.8
143.5
162.1
51.7

1,165.2
r76l.6
r276.5
215.5
rl80.7
rl44.9
rl59.5
52.3

1,174.0
766.5
278.4
217.8
182.5
145.9
159.7
52.9

57.6
41.5
26.2
30.0
92.5
119.4
43.3
1,017.6

57.8
44.3
26.4
30.0
93.7
120.4
43.5
1,027.6

61.2
25.7
26.7
33.0
103.5
137.0
47.9
1,106.8

61.9
27.1
26.6
33.1
104.4
142.5
48.5
1,121.7

r62.5
28.6
26.6
33.2
rl05.3
rl43.6
r48.4
rl,126.8

62.8
29.2
26.6
33.4
106.2
145.2
48.6
1,135.0

rl26.5

126.8

125.8

rl25.6

rl25.1

125.5

123.7
121.4
131.2
134o0
121.1
103.9
154.2
141.1
130.2
117.0
133.6
107.6
124.6
79.7
132.1
130.9
131.8
130.6
126.3

124.3
122.4
132.3
138.2
129.8
118.4
151.8
142.8
130.1
118.0
133.2
108.5
125.8
79.8
131.0
131.3
132.3

rl24.1
rl23.0
rl30.1
rl32.0
rll4.9
101.5
rl40.5
rl41.7
rl29.3
108.6
134.8
rll2.9
rl31.2
r82.6
rl28.0
rl28o0
rl26.0
rl31.0
rl27.7

rl23.0
rl210 7
rl29.4

rl38.5
rl29.0

1220 7
121.5
128.4
128o0
112.4
99.6
136.9
13609
128.5

128.3

124.0
rl22.6
rl30.2
rl33.5
rll7.3
99 0 6
rl51.3
142.7
129.0
rl08.9
rl34.3
rll2.0
rl30.2
r81. 7
rl28.9
rl28.8
rl27.5
rl31.3
rl26.3

rl34.9
rlll.O
rl28.0
r83.0
rl28.1
rl28.7
rl28.6
rl30.3
rl23.5

134.3
111.8
128.8
83.6
127.5
129.8
130.3
129.9
126.8

126.3
123.3
127.8
131.5
130.0
107.3
141.5
128.9
128.8
130.4
130.7
130.2
115.4
86.4
134.8
113.6
153.0
126.0
163.6
123.2
109.1

rl25.6
rl22.1
rl24.7
rl32.5
rl30.4
r99.4
147.5
125.6
rl26.9
rl31.1
rl30.8
rl25.1
rl02.1
81.6
136.7
rll2.7
rl56.9
rl26.2
164.5
rl27.1
102.9

rl25.2
rl21.6
rl24.4
rl31.3
rl29.8
r98.7
146.7
rl21.6
rl27.7
rl31.6
rl30.4
rl25.8
102.7
r72.9
rl36.1
rll2.1
155o 7
rl27.6
rl67.0
rl26.6
101.5

Proprietors' income:

Less personal contributions for soc. insurance....do...
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT):
SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.)..... ...1967=100.
BY MARKET GROUPINGS:

Home goods.........................

do...,

Consumer staples
Equ ipment..............................

.do...,

Defense and space equipment.,,
Intermediate products..
Durable goods materials
Nondurable goods materials
BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS:
MANUFACTURING, TOTAL

Clay, glass, and stone products........

Apparel products
Leather and products o ..................
Paper and products
Printing and publishing
Petroleum products

do

do
do...

126.1
122.6
125.6
133.8
128.5
105.7
140.9
128.4
129.6
129.5
130.9
129.0
113.6
81.0
137*0
116.2
151 0 4
128.2
167o9
122o9

110.1
rJ Revised.

£_/ Preliminary.

18,102




13Q.3

rl30o4

rll6.1
103.1
rl41o0

rl24.7
rl20.5
rl23.3
130.0
rl27.6
r99.6
rl46.5
122.1
125.7
128.1
rl30.5
124.6
72.1
134.2
rll5.1
rl56.0
rl26.5
168.0
rl2608

.....

.

125.5
121.4
126.7
131.0
127.6
100.5
146.0

.....
• . . . .

131.2

114.4
156.5
123.3
126.7
ee.ee

4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1974

1973
ITEM

Aug.

Sept®

June

111.5
131.4
104.0
110.0
154.8
163.8

111.8
136.6
109.8
109.7
155.8
165.1

rll0.2
rl21.1
118.3
rl08.4
rl50.6
rl60.3

rllO.O
rl21.1
115.6
rl08.1
rl52.4
162.7

rl07.6
106.3
100.7
rl08.5
rl53o4

199.9
197.2
106.8

148.9
148.4
84.5

149.5
147.6
99.3

rl27.2
rl26.6
r90.7

rlllo 7
rl08.8
r79.4

96.7
95.4
71.4

2.,030
,108

,844
990

,596
,014

rl j,338
r958

rl,115
r809

1,120
822

1,777
828

1,,656
807

1,,106
674

13,017
632

r900
r618

825
556

101.,577
82.,489
2.,842
76.,093
10 ,303
101.,577
30.,822
28,,955
61.,640

101.,944
81.,123
1 , ,558
76,,165
10,,303
101.,944
30,,919
28,,240
61,,628

110.,906
89.,423
3.,210
80.,484
11,,460
110,,906
34,,151
30,,086
66,,475

110,,269
88.,034
3.,589
78.,103
11,,460
110,,269
32.,697
27.,376
67.,131

rill,915
r91,070
r4,320
81,131
11,460
rill,915
r34,576
r30,247
67,706

2/111,221
89,943
2,920
81,035
11,460
2/111,221
33,629
29,279
67,775

July

Aug.

Sept.

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ( F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)—Con.
SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.)—Con.
BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS - C o n .
MINING........................................... 1967=100,.

UTILITIES

.....

109.7
112.4
107.8
153.1

C O . . .

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED:
Unadjusted:

Seasonally adjusted at annual rates:

NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING
PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places):
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates:
Total
.................
One-family structures.
....do....
FINANCE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH:

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