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WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS October 31, 1980 Annual Subscription: domestic, $22.00; foreign, $27.50 (no single copies sold). Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 20 RAW STEEL PRODUCTION MILLIONS OF SHORT TONS 5 Monthly (Ingots and all other forms) 16 - 12 1 l l I I 1 l I i l l 19 77 I 1 I 1 I I 1 I I I I l l 1 l I 1 I 1 I l I 1978 1979 ~i i I i I 1 I i I i i 1980 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1967=100 170 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 1967=100 300| CONSUMER PRICES (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) 160 150 p / V r - v —• - V 140 " All Services \ 130 1 I 1I I 1I I I lI 1977 1 i i i i i 1978 i i i i i 1 i i it i 1979 1 11 11 11 1 11 1 1980 1977 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1978 (seasonally adjusted) (Hours seasonally adjusted) 7.00 6.60 _ 1980 5.00 _ 48 46 44 (right scale) \ - 42 Y ~ - 40 J 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 I 1I I I I I 1 1 1 I I 1 II i i i 1 i i i i i I I 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 38 - • 1977 1978 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. yT Average Hours Per Week 5.40 1979 50 (left scale) 5.80 1978 HOURS 52 Average Hourly Gross Earnings 6.20 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1980 DOLLARS 7.80 MANUFACTURING HOURS & 7.40 " EARNINGS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 85| SALES OF RETAIL STORES 1977 1979 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor V 1979 1980 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1979 ITEM O c t . 20 SPOT M A R K E T P R I C E S , 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials INITIAL U N E M P L O Y M E N T C L A I M S , State programs INSURED U N E M P L O Y M E N T , all programs State p r o g r a m s (50 S t a t e s , D . C . , and Puerto Rico) F A I L U R E S , INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun § Bradstreet) 1980 O c t . 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 O c t . 18 1967=100. do... do... 283.5 251.5 307.9 280.9 247.8 306.3 292.5 283.2 299.0 292.0 284.3 297.3 295.9 293.0 297.7 thous. 349 353 411 417 355 do... do... number. 2,249 2,057 172 2,121 2,305 155 3,727 2,938 298 3,596 2,856 204 336 nil. $• 120,257 135,387 42,567 129,167 141,523 42,257 378 129,986 140,110 41,177 394 130,999 141,188 41,172 213 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ Federal Reserve b a n k credit outstanding, total 3/ do... Member b a n k reserve b a l a n c e s 3/ .....do... Excess r e s e r v e s , estimated 3 / . . . do... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: AJ Demand d e p o s i t s , adjusted do... Savings deposits do... Loans and investments, gross a d j u s t e d , total do... U . S . Government obligations do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do... Real estate loans (gross) do... -16 119,812 135,331 41,716 164 103,121 76.036 493,783 35,644 151,323 95.037 100,563 75,295 490,510 35,160 151,730 95,470 112,467 76,664 525,499 38,706 166,26i 108,246 110,846 76,579 524,142 38,084 165,571 108,444 Bond y i e l d s , domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock p r i c e s , 500 stocks (Stand. $ Poor's) £ / . . . . 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 1 0 . Industrial, 400 stocks do... 10.74 103.39 115.71 11.11 100.44 112.57 13.08 127.13 144.97 12.98 131.65 150.00 12.91 133.70 152.64 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric p o w e r , b y utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 17,011 41,213 178,852 8,568 16,865 41,494 170,040 8,568 17,080 40,992 129,627 e8,596 16,815 40,409 136,688 e8,581 16,795 40,743 142,844 e8,581 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,454 84.8 2,406 83.2 1,950 66.0 2,064 69.9 2,143 72.6 bil. 19.4 19.5 18.8 18.5 18.3 RAIL F R E I G H T , REVENUE TON-MILES \J Data do n o t always cover calendar w e e k s . 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . 3/ Daily a v e r a g e . 4/ W e d n e s d a y d a t a . 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current a v a i l a b i l i t y of raw m a t e r i a l s , f u e l s , s u p p l i e s , and industry f a c i l i t i e s , e/ E s t i m a t e d . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1979 ITEM Aug. 1980 Sept. June r/ July rj Aug. 2/ Sept. e/ GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): 1967=100.. SEASONALLY A D J . , TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) BY M A R K E T GROUPINGS: .do PRODUCTS, TOTAL .do 152,.1 152,.7 141.5 140.1 141..0 142,.4 149,.1 145,.8 150..2 147..3 142.5 142.3 142.5 142.1 143,.1 142..3 144..2 143,.2 do .do ,do.... .do 156..6 157..7 177,.1 128..7 156..6 157..7 177..8 127,.7 140.0 133.8 159.6 130.4 136.3 128.9 155.4 130.5 137..9 131..1 157..5 130..0 139,.5 133,.1 159..9 129..6 .do .do do do .do .do do 144..7 126,.8 127..1 144,.1 122,.2 164..6 183..3 144,.6 126..0 122..1 142,.6 121..8 165..4 184,.5 150.1 132.9 120.0 150.0 133.2 169.3 188.7 150.1 130.6 83.1 149.8 134.3 171.9 192.5 150..3 131,.0 78..2 154,.9 134.,8 171..9 150..5 131..8 .do , do do do .do .do do 152,.9 165..2 147..5 114,.8 145,.7 132.,5 154.,0 153..9 165.,4 148..1 117..5 148.,7 135..7 155.,3 140.3 155.3 149.0 113.9 133.6 127.2 146.2 138.7 154.2 148.3 118.9 131.5 121.5 143.7 139..8 155.,5 147..8 146. 0 148,.1 .do .do .do .do i do 137..7 214..8 143.,1 278.,5 6 9 .,7 137.,2 212..8 141.,5 276.,6 70.,8 135.4 191.1 131.3 242.9 68.5 138.1 190.2 130.3 240.5 67.8 139.,0 194. 0 126. 8 244.,7 69.3 139.,2 M A T E R I A L S , TOTAL Durable goods materials E n e r g y materials BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MINING A N D UTILITIES MINING UTILITIES M A N U F A C T U R I N G , TOTAL Tobacco p r o d u c t s Textile mill products................ Rubber and plastics products r/ R e v i s e d . £/ P r e l i m i n a r y , e/ Estimated. .... 147.,2 135.J 171..3 .... 141..3 156..3 132..7 131.,0 .... MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 19 79 1980 ITEM Aug. GENERAL BUSINESS Sept. June July Aug. INDICATORS—Con. I N D U S T R I A L P R O D U C T I O N ( F . R . I N D E X OF Q U A N T I T Y O U T P U T ) — C o n . SEASONALLY A D J . , TOTAL INDEX (INCL. U T I L . ) — C o n . BY I N D U S T R Y G R O U P I N G S — C o n . MANUFACTURING—Con. Durable manufactures 1967=100, O r d n a n c e , p v t . and g o v t do... Lumber and products do.., Furniture and fixtures .do... C l a y , glass, and stone products do... Primary metals do... Fabricated metal products..... Nonelectrical machinery Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments COMMODITY do.., do... do.., do.., do.., 144.4 73.9 138.5 161.7 162.5 121.1 145.9 73.9 138.6 162.7 161.5 122.1 129.9 77.5 rl09.7 rl43.1 134.5 90.4 rl28.0 r77.3 rll2.0 rl38.6 rl34.2 r81.3 pl28.9 p77.5 pll3.7 pl37.3 pl35.0 p85.1 147.6 166.3 172.1 125.2 173.9 146.5 165.2 176.7 131.8 172.9 rl26.1 rl58.3 rl66.6 rllO.O 169.2 rl23.0 rl57.6 rl65.0 rll0.8 rl67.0 pl25.3 pl57.6 pl66.9 pl08.9 p169.1 221.5 221.1 223.7 223.4 247.8 247.6 248.0 247.8 249.6 249.4 219.6 245.5 246.4 232.8 244.5 236.3 245.1 246.5 234.1 245.9 236.6 209.8 222.2 272.4 287.6 246.3 248.1 236.7 248.3 237.8 212.4 224.2 272.5 287.4 254.8 251.5 265.1 282.9 192.1 315.4 285.5 560.4 314.3 206.2 258.7 256.3 265.8 283.3 193.2 315.4 286.8 561.5 316.1 207.2 177.2 249.7 249.7 178.5 200.7 242.2 264.7 176.2 251.0 250.5 179.2 203.4 250.5 178.6 252.7 251.6 266.6 206.4 261.5 268.4 PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: ALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, REVISED (CPI-W) 1967=100, A L L I T E M S , A L L U R B A N C O N S U M E R S (CPI-U) 1/ do.., Special group indexes: A l l i t e m s less f o o d do... A l l i t e m s less m e d i c a l c a r e . . . . . do... Commodities do.., Nondurables do... N o n d u r a b l e s less f o o d do... Durables do... C o m m o d i t i e s less f o o d do... Services do... S e r v i c e s less r e n t do... Food Food at home H o u s i n g 2/ Shelter. R e n t 3/ Homeownership F u e l a n d u t i l i t i e s 4/ F u e l o i l a n d c o a l 5/ G a s and e l e c t r i c i t y H o u s e h o l d f u r n i s h i n g s and o p e r a t i o n 2/ Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private N e w cars Used cars Public Medical care P U R C H A S I N G P O W E R OF THE D O L L A R A S M E A S U R E D Consumer prices 216.9 219.7 212.2 220.4 205.4 193.6 199.5 237.6 248.8 222.1 214.1 223.1 209.6 194.5 201.8 240.7 252.1 208.6 221.4 274.2 290.0 do.., do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 236.3 233.9 231.5 243.9 177.5 267.6 247.2 438.6 266.5 191.2 237.1 234.7 234.6 247.4 179.0 271.9 251.2 461.6 270.1 192.2 do..« do... do... do... do... do... .....do... 166.3 219.6 220.4 169.8 221.4 241.8 166.1 202.9 205.2 243.7 1967=$1.00. $0,452 $0,448 $0,404 $0,404 $0,401 m i l . $. do... do.., do... do... 158,082 127,678 1,572 113,027 11,259 157,981 129,644 1,156 115,458 160,556 132,648 562 119,563 11,172 162,860 11,228 165,627 138,182 215 124,515 11,172 do... do... do... do... 158,082 34,023 29,493 106,900 157,981 36,706 29,089 106,683 165,627 38,834 33,187 114,502 160,556 32,810 27,548 115,654 162,860 33,141 r29,338 116,925 do... do... do... do... do... 40,687 40,494 193 1,097 -727 40,868 40,863 5 1,344 -1,170 43,531 43,280 251 365 -102 42,927 42,509 418 390 33 40,408 40,077 331 687 -347 percent. do... do... 10.62 11.70 10.39 9.68 10.43 8.31 8.03 7.42 8.58 8.29 8.03 9.85 9.61 9.08 do... 9.450 10.182 6.995 8.126 9.259 166.6 207.0 200.8 222.0 252.0 248.0 266.7 286.3 191.1 320.4 282.2 558.7 308.8 205.5 181.1 BY— FINANCE Federal Reserve b a n k s , condition, end of month: A s s e t s , total Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Time loans U.S. Government securities Gold certificate account Liabilities, total Deposits, total Member-bank reserve balances F e d e r a l R e s e r v e n o t e s in c i r c u l a t i o n All member banks of Federal Reserve System, average of daily figures: Reserves h e l d , total Required Excess Borrowings from Federal Reserve banks Free reserves Money and interest rates: Open market rates, New York City: B a n k e r s ' a c c e p t a n c e ( p r i c e , 90 d a y s ) Commercial paper, 6-month Finance co. paper placed directly, 6-month Y i e l d on U . S . G o v t , s e c u r i t i e s ( t a x a b l e ) : 3 - m o n t h b i l l s (rate on n e w i s s u e ) 11.60 134,462 1,515 119,848 11,172 r/ R e v i s e d . 1/ B e g i n n i n g J a n . 1 9 7 8 , d a t a a r e f o r c o n s u m e r p r i c e i n d e x a l l u r b a n c o n s u m e r s . 2/ I n c l u d e s TV and s o u n d e q u i p m e n t a n d r e p a i r s formerly in "health and recreation." 3/ R e s i d e n t i a l . 4/ I n c l u d e s a d d i t i o n a l items n o t p r e v i o u s l y p r i c e d . 5/ i n c l u d e s b o t t l e d g a s . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1980 1979 ITEM Aug. Sept. June July Aug. Sept. DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL T R A D E , ALL RETAIL STORES: E S T I M A T E D S A L E S ( U N A D J U S T E D ) , T O T A L 1/ Durable goods stores Bldg. m a t e r i a l s , hardware, garden supply, and mobile home dealers F u r n . , h o m e f u r n . and e q u i p m e n t Nondurable goods stores General m e r c h . group stores Department stores Food stores Grocery stores 72,730 25,095 76,442 24,963 78,937 26,284 80,790 25,528 76,540 24,219 do do do 5, ,234 16 j,078 3,,806 4,756 13,883 3,503 4,423 14,039 3,384 4,408 15,159 3,625 4,421 14,234 3,715 4,236 13,480 3,552 4 9 .,997 9, ,165 7, ,405 16 j,560 15.,449 47,635 8,753 7,105 15,905 14,839 51,479 8,745 7,116 17,212 15,907 52,653 8,661 7,023 18,189 16,868 55,262 9,671 7,889 18,683 17,325 52,321 9,114 7,468 17,365 15,974 6 ,,673 3.,795 6;,916 2 s,287 6,380 3,506 6,392 2,143 8,088 3,383 7,011 2,414 8,333 3,343 7,158 2,433 8,353 4,016 7,398 2,488 8,021 3,804 6,812 2,424 do ...do 74.,871 2 6 ; ,137 76,666 27,048 76,001 23,212 78,287 25,076 78,761 24,862 80,021 25,398 do . , do do 4 . ,537 14.,935 3.,665 4,523 15,726 3,644 3,914 12,612 3,453 3,930 14,203 3,615 3,967 14,986 3,640 3,901 14,748 3,639 48j,734 9 ,,275 7.,518 15 j,955 14,,841 49,618 9,414 7,599 16,364 15,235 52,789 9,331 7,586 17,400 16,133 53,211 9,467 7,735 17,660 16,361 5 3 , 899 9,805 8,034 17,944 16,563 54,623 9,742 7,903 18,270 16,779 ,236 ,709 6,,181 2.,305 6,419 3,654 6,285 2,319 7,852 3,780 6,577 2,491 7,906 3,784 6,603 2,519 7,843 3,922 6,611 2,539 8,021 3,963 6,819 2,571 , .do do do do E S T I M A T E D S A L E S ( S E A S . A D J . ) , T O T A L 1/ Durable goods stores B l d g . m a t e r i a l s , h a r d w a r e , g a r d e n s u p p l y , and mobile home dealers Automotive dealers F u r n . , h o m e f u r n . and e q u i p Nondurable goods stores "General m e r c h . group stores Department stores Food stores Grocery stores . . .do ,.,-do.... do . .do .,.do ..do do . ,.do do Gasoline service stations Apparel and accessory stores Eating and drinking places D r u g and p r o p r i e t a r y s t o r e s 1/ D a t a for S e p t . 1980 a r e a d v a n c e - & U . S . GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 78, ,088 28, ,091 do do do ..do.... do Gasoline service stations Apparel and accessory stores E a t i n g and d r i n k i n g p l a c e s r/ R e v i s e d . do.... estimates. 1981-340-999/9 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS P O S T A G E A N D F E E S PAID U.S. D E P A R T M E N T OF C O M M E R C E C0M-209
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