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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* OCTOBER 2®, 1973 US. DEPARTIVIENT OF COM MERGE/ BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 1967 = 100 170 1967 = 100 170 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (by utilities) (E. E. 1. seas. adj. index) 160 *~\f 150 - 140 - 130 - 120 1 i i i i ,,,,,, i 1970 1971 Monthy -, 1., I J-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1972 1973 J F M A M J J A S O N D ta: Edison Electric Inst. 1967 = 100 200 R A W STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) 150 1967=100 200 — — — 100 H 150 p^x^ 50 50 Monthy 0 100 • 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L_ 1 1 1 _ 1970 I 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1971 1 / 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 Weekly 1 1 1 . 1 1 1... I l J .1 1972 I J 1973 I I I I I, I I- FMAMJJASOND Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Billion $ Billion 1,100 900 PERSONAL INCOME 1967 = 100 150 CONSUMER PRICES (Seas, a d j . , a t annual rates) 140 h 1,000 800 Total (left scale) All 130 h 900 All Services Items V 700 120 800 600 W a g e and Food 110 Salary Disbursements (right scale). 700 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i n i i i '•' ' ' ' I ' '•• ' ' I ' ' ' ' ' I ' 1970 1971 1972 500 100 i • l • ' • • ' ' ' ' ' i i i i l i i i 1970 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * 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 1971 I I l I I I l M 1972 l I I l I I 'I' '' '' I 1973 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1973 1972 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 193.2 194.7 193.8 10,006 6,297 9,718 6,525 9,722 6,411 210 1,399 1,253 180 207 192 200 1,415 1,270 174 171 63,332 77,121 33,710 358 63,616 77,518 34,100 121 68,343 82,259 34,136 68 68,366 83,103 34,662 436 68,886 82,911 34,721 327 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... 93,191 58,192 293,041 26,031 87,630 44,373 92,009 5&,207 292,729 25,228 87,769 44,628 96,619 56,049 339,048 22,249 108,286 52,924 97,578 56,172 339,977 22,523 108,362 53,083 99,765 56,180 344,716 23,172 108,159 53,312 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3] percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) £/..1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... 109.50 122.39 108.19 120.77 108.83 122.15 108.78 121.98 109.22 122.60 11,820 32,417 196,831 9,564 11,410 33,136 206^431 9,629 12,920 36,239 207,720 9,365 12,140 35,505 204,171 9,393 12,120 35,318 195,005 9,362 thous. sh. tons. .1967=100. 2,591 106.2 2,700 110.7 2,888 118.4 2,890 118.5 2,882 118.1 bil. 16.8 16.9 17.4 17.2 17.2 Sept. 29 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 1967=100. 124.3 124.3 194.0 ....mil. $. ,, = = ,,do*** 8,933 5,881 8,987 5,903 202 1,521 1,366 154 225 1,492 1,341 FINANCE: Currency in circulation^/ • ..mil. $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, tota.1 3/•.«.do.. » Member bank reserve balances 3j do... Excess reserves, estimated _3/ .do... WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES.. Nondurable goods stores* 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. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal thous. sh. tons. Electric power, by uti 1 if i P S . ,,„,.,.. mil* kv--hr= Motor vehicles (passenger cars) number. Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3/ thous. bbl. Steel, raw Index of production • RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES calendar weeks. 1/ Data do 69,157 83,794 34,926 -172 7 »~>y 2/ Tuesday price. MONTHLY Oct. 6 3/ Daily average. 109.97 123.65 214,100 2,915 119.5 4^' BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 1972 ITEM III IV 1,142.4 719.2 115.1 51.2 47.3 1,166.5 734.1 120.2 55.0 48.6 1,199.2 752.6 122.9 55.7 50.0 242.5 779.4 132.2 60.5 53.7 1,272.0 795.6 132.8 59.7 54.4 304. 0 813. 4 132. 1 297.9 61.7 144.7 25.0 302.3 62.9 146.5 25.8 310.7 65.1 149.1 26.6 322.2 68.3 154.7 27.5 330.3 69.3 158.1 28.8 340. 8 III £/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, TOTAL bil. $. Personal consumption expenditures, total do... Durable goods, total do... Automobiles and parts • do... Furniture and household equipment do... Nondurable Clothing Food and Gasoline goods, total... and shoes • beverages • and oil Services, total do. ..do. do. do. 311.6 44.5 106.3 21.8 319.0 45.7 107.9 22.2 325.0 46.5 110.6 22.8 do. ••.do. ..do. • ••do. do. 174.7 169.2 116.3 52.8 181.5 172.9 118.3 54.5 189.4 181.2 124.3 56.9 194.5 189.9 130.9 59.0 198.2 193.7 134.1 59.6 5.5 8.7 8.2 4.6 4.5 .do. .do. .do. -5.7 69.9 75.6 -3.8 74.0 77.7 -3.5 79.7 83.2 .0 2.8 89.7 89.7 97.2 94.4 4 .0 102 .7 98 .8 254.2 106.7 76.6 147.5 254.7 102.3 71.9 152.4 260.7 102.7 72.4 158.0 268.6 105.5 74.3 163.0 275.3 107.3 74.2 168.0 279 .9 107 . 1 73 .6 172 .8 Transportation. do. G o v ' t , p u r c h a s e s o f goods and s e r v i c e s , t o t a l . • • • d o . Federal • • . do . National defense •• - d o . State and local -do. rj Revised. JD/ Preliminary. USCOMM—DC—11503 29. 4 306.2 43.2 104.7 21.7 do. do. do. Net exports of goods and services. Exports Imports 70. 1 164. 4 332.6 47.1 113.3 23.2 Household operation. Housing.. Gross p r i v a t e domestic i n v e s t m e n t , total Fixed investment Nonresidential. Residential s t r u c t u r e s . . Change in b u s i n e s s inventories 58. 9 54. 6 340. 5 48 7 115. 9 23. 7 206 7 198 .0 138 .7 59 .3 8 .7 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT—Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES—Con, NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL bil. $, Compensation of employees, total do.., Proprietors' income, total do.., Business and professional • do.., Farm do. . , Rental income of persons do.., 928.3 699.6 73.2 53.3 19.9 22.6 Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj.,total.do.. , Corporate profits before tax, total do.., Corporate profits after tax • do.., Net interest do.., PERSONAL INCOME, quarterly total. .. Less: Personal tax and nontax payments Equals: Disposable personal income Less? Personal outlays .„.„„„., Equals: Personal saving do.., do.., do.., do= = , do... 949.2 713.1 74.1 54.3 19.8 24.9 978.6 731.2 77.1 55.3 21.8 24.9 015.0 757.4 80.6 56.3 24.3 24.7 1,038.2 • 774.9 81.5 57.1 24.4 24.6 88.0 94.8 53.4 44.8 91.5 98.4 55.6 45.7 98.8 106.1 60.3 46.6 104.3 119.6 66.9 47.9 107.9 128.9 71.6 49.4 926.1 140.7 785.4 739,5 45.9 943.7 142.8 800.9 755.1 45.8 976.1 147.4 828.7 774:3 54.4 996.6 145.1 851.5 801.5 50.0 1,019.0 149.3 869.7 818,7 51.0 Aug. Sept. June July 944,4 632.6 227.4 177.0 152.4 117.6 135.1 41.3 951 = 3 638.7 230.1 179.3 153.6 118.8 136.2 41.6 026=6 688.2 251.7 54.5 19.8 25. 26. 78. 101. 35. 917. 1973 1972 PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal i n c o m e . . * ^ . . * . * * * — . . ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^ b i L $ Wage and salary disbursements, totalo ••.....do.. Commodity-producing industries, total do.. Manufacturing. . do. . Distributive industries do.. Service industries do. . Government do.. Other labor income do.. Proprietors' income: Business and professional do.. Farm. ..................do.. Rental income of persons.................... do.. Dividends • • do. . Personal interest income do.. Transfer payments • do.. Less personal contributions for soc. insurance...do.. Total nonagricultural income do.. COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: Unadjusted indexes: All items 1967=100, Special group indexes: All items less food do.. All items less medical care do.. Commodities ° do.. Nondurables • ..do.. Nondurables less food ..do.. Dur abl es . do.. Services Services less rent Food Meats, poultry,and fish Dairy products. • Fruits and vegetables.•• Housing Shelter Rent Homeowner ship. 164.5 127.7 144.4 44.5 r l ,.035*6 693.2 253.4 T 97,9 165.3 129.4 145.1 44.8 rl5047.3 r698.9 r254.8 rl98.7 rl67.1 rl30.8 rl46.2 r45.3 54. 20. 25. 26. 78. 101. 35. 923. 57.3 24.6 24.9 27.4 86.5 116.0 42.8 994.2 57.8 r25.9 25.0 27.6 87.8 116.9 43.4 1,001.8 r58.0 r27.1 r25.3 28.2 r89.0 rll9.0 r43.6 rl,012.1 125.7 126.2 132.4 132.7 135.1 126.1 125.3 121.4 122.0 119.4 119.7 126.7 125.9 122.0 122.8 120.8 119.8 130.3 132.2 129.4 132.0 124.7 122.3 130. 132. 129. 132. 124. 122. 130.9 135.0 132.8 136.6 124.7 122.6 do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 133.8 136.4 124.6 130.8 116.6 128.1 134.1 136.7 124.8 130.9 116.9 125.7 138.1 140.7 139.8 156.5 124.1 151.7 138.4 141.0 140.9 157.8 124.1 153.7 139. 141. 149. 184. 126. 152. do.. do.. do.. .do. . 129.9 135.5 119.6 141.3 130.1 135.7 119.9 141.5 133.9 139.4 rl24.0 145.0 134.2 139.7 rl24.4 145.2 135.2 141.1 125.0 147.0 do.. do.. do.. do.. 120.1 117.9 120.5 121.2 120.3 118.0 120.5 121.6 125.6 131.6 125.4 124.7 125.7 131.7 125.5 125.0 126.3 132.8 125.8 125.3 do.. do. . ....do.. .do.. do.. do.. 120.8 120.5 118.1 110.6 112.4 143.3 123.1 121.0 118.6 109.6 113.6 144.0 126.8 124.6 122.4 111.0 122.3 144.9 125.8 124.8 122.6 110.9 122.7 144.9 126. 124. 122. 110. 121. 144.9 do.. do.. do.. 126.5 132.9 120.2 123.0 126.8 133.1 120.5 123.7 130.0 137.0 124.9 125.9 130.3 137.3 125.3 126.2 130.5 137.6 125.7 126.1 1967=$1.00 $0,796 $0,792 $0,755 $0,754 $0,740 • ° Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operation Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars. Public • Health and recreation Medical care Personal c a r e Reading and recreation PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices xj Revised. j>/ Preliminary. USCOMM-DC—H503 Aug. • -do.. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 1972 Aug. Sept. July Aug. Sept. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public)...........................thous. Privately owned*...,.. . .. ........ . a . . .. <>....=.. .«,.«. .do. ., One-family structures*..«.°....»..«. . .... ... ... . .... odoc . , Seasonally adjusted at annual rales; Total privately owned, n............,., .. „.« „ o... 0 ...«. .. . „ do.., One-family structures. «»...».a.*...*....,,............ ..do. ., NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total................................................. do.. One-family structures^.............................do.. 231.0 228.6 131.3 204.4 203.0 120.5 203.4 202.6 114.8 r203„2 r202.6 rll4.7 rl97.3 rl94.7 rl05„8 146.3 145.6 84.8 2,424 1,373 2,426 1,382 2,128 1,124 r2 5 191 rl,247 r2,066 rl,116 1,763 985 2,281 1,065 2,366 1,029 2,030 934 1,780 904 rl,750 r805 1,604 779 138.5 110.2 139.3 110.4 146.0 110.4 146.9 110.9 147.5 109.2 P148.6 P 109.7 136.16 108.36 137.64 109.07 143.58 108.60 145.45 109.77 rl45.04 r!07.39 P146.57 P108.18 121.09 96.36 122.26 96.89 125.93 95.29 127.42 96.16 rl27.11 r94.11 pl28.29 p94.69 529.1 355.3 61.4 112.5 535.6 360.1 62.0 113.5 596.6 417.8 60.8 118.0 601.4 423.3 58.7 119.5 610.9 433.7 56.6 120.6 613.5 436.4 55.5 121.7 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Earnings per production or nonsupervisory worker on payrolls of private nonfarm establishments: Average hourly earnings index, seasonally adjusted: Current dollars..». „ ... . . °. . ................... . . => ^1.9.67^10.0 1967 dollars.......................................... do.._, Gross average weekly earnings: Current dollars, seasonally adjusted..................... 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted. = .„.„..«.„.«......»... Spendable average weekly earnings (married worker with three dependents): Current dollars, seasonally adjusted.................. = . 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted. FINANCE Commercial bank credit (last Wednesday of month, except for June 30 and Dec. 31 call dates), seas, adj.: Total loans and investments 1/........................bil. $ Loans 1/* ....do.. U.S. Government securities. .......do.. Other securities.........,.............................do.. US-C-OMM!!Dc!-il5§3 P r e l l n l M r y ±! Excludes ^erbank loans. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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