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BUSINESS STATISTICS A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* >*TO 1967=100 170 1967 = 100 170 ELECTRIC P O W E R P R O D U C T I O N (by utilities) (E. E. 1. seas. adj. index) 160 •—\yr 150 140 - 130 Monthy 120 1 i i i i i i i i 1970 i i 1 i i i i t 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1—1 1— 1971 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1972 J FMAMJ 1973 J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 M O T O R VEHICLE P R O D U C T I O N (Passenger cars) 1,200 1,000 Monthly - 800 \ \ 600 400 - 200 - 0 i i i i i 1 i i i i 1 I 1 1 I i 1970 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1971 i 1972 i i i i 1 i i . . i 1973 J FMAMJJ ASOND Data: Motor Vechicle Mfrs. Assn. 1967 = 100 1967=100 200 200 RAW 150 STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and ai! other forms) — — — 100 150 1973 p^°X®^ 50 50 Weekly Monthy 0 100 , i i i i i I i i i 1970 i i -1 l.l l I 1 I I l 1971 l l 1 I I 1 1 ,1 1 1 1 l I 1 1972 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. # 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 » 1 1 1 1 1 I 1973 1 1 1 J_I I I I J FMAMJ I i i i, i i J A S O N D 0 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1972 1973 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 196.6 193.6 195.6 194.0 061 643 9,047 6,260 9,341 6,362 9,730 6,476 194 1,535 1,370 164 193 1,497 1,340 210 187 1,434 1,297 180 188 1,489 1,354 162 185 174 62,987 75,566 33,017 206 62,670 75,811 33,053 37 68,499 82,369 34,144 502 68,955 80,437 33,472 60 68,716 81,558 33,879 161 68,344 82,259 34,136 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: kj Demand deposits, adjusted** _*„.<.**.*.„ * do.. Savings deposits do.. Loans and investmens, gross adjusted, total do.. U.S. Government obligations do.. Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.. Real estate loans (gross) , do.. a 91,813 57,905 290,903 26,662 85,234 43,893 91,964 58,069 292,046 26,307 86,647 44,126 97,010 56,204 337,892 22,921 107,119 52,095 98,330 56,090 339,731 23,327 107,627 52,375 96,597 55,995 340,024 22,510 108,122 52,702 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) _3/ percent Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10 Industrial, 425 stocks do.. 7.59 108.60 121.44 7.60 109.66 122.66 8,09 104.64 117.56 8.06 103.06 115.58 8.07 105.88 118.91 thous. sh. tons mil. kw.-hr number thous. bbl 12,280 35,327 195,965 9,634 11,740 33,995 194,286 9,635 10,255 38,461 149,051 9,412 12,325 36,543 194,835 9,345 12,560 35,044 169,577 9,382 thous. sh. tons 1967=100 2,536 103.9 2,557 104.8 2,780 113.9 2,886 118.3 2,848 116.7 2,880 118.0 July Aug. 2.1 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 1} Sept. 33 Sept. 30 123.1 123.0 8,802 5,650 1967=100 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores mil. $ do.. 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 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ nil. $ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/...do.. Member bank reserve balances _3_/ do.. Excess reserves, estimated _3_/ 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 _2_/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 8.02 108.83 122.15 209,051 16.3 bil 1_/ Data do not always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. Sept. 8 _3/ Daily a v e r a g e . k] Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1973 1972 July Aug. May CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL mil. $ Private , total do.. Residential (incl. farm) do.. New housing units do.. Nonresidential buildings, total 1_/ do.. Industrial do.. Commercial do.. Public, total do.. NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL| RATES), TOTAL bil. $.. Private, total do.... Residential (incl. farm) do.... New housing units .....do.... Nonresidential buildings, total 1_/ do.... Industrial • do. ... Commercial do.... Publ ic, total do.... CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1967=100.. 10,943 8,307 4,981 4,065 2,017 398 1,132 2,636 1.1,420 8,542 5,054 4,143 2,144 415 1,203 2,878 11,772 8,925 5,177 4,096 2,302 446 1,322 2,847 rl2,277 r9,378 r5,476 r4,4ll r2,428 r5l0 rl,372 r2,899 rl2,411 9,568 r5,551 r4,540 r2,483 r545 rl,384 r2,843 12,735 9,676 5,536 4,542 2,568 589 1,425 3,059 121.6 92.4 53.8 44.1 23.5 4.6 13.2 29.2 123.0 93.9 54.5 44.7 24.1 4.7 13.4 29.2 136.9 104.6 59.8 49.2 27.7 5.3 16.1 32.3 rl35.9 rl04.9 r60.1 r49.5 r28.C r5.9 rl5.7 r31.0 rl38.3 rl06.9 r60. r49. 28. r6, r!6. r31. 137. 106. 59. 49. 28. 6. 15. 31. 138 139 rl50 rl5l rl52 103 107 121 rl23 4.6 3.4 4.8 2.2 1.7 6.0 4.4 5.4 3.6 .9 5.3 4.4 4.3 2.7 .6 5.1 4.1 r5.1 2.8 rl.4 6.4 5.1 6.7 4.7 4.4 3.2 4.3 2.2 1.2 4.5 3.3 4.2 2.4 1.0 5.1 4.3 4.7 2.8 .8 4.8 3.9 4.5 2.8 1.0 4.8 3.9 5.2 3.1 .9 153 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX.1967=100. . LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS: Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession rate, total mo. rate per 100 employees.. New hires do.... Separation rate, total do.... Quit do Layoff do.... Seasonally adjusted: Accession rate, total do.... New hires do.... Separation rate, total do.... Quit do.... Layoff do.... rj Revised. 11,481 £_/ Preliminary. _!_/ Except farm and public utilities. 127 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1973 1972 July May Aug. LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS—Con. Work stoppages: Number of stoppages: Beginning in month In effect during month. .*..*»****. = ,:> = ***** Workers involved in stoppages: Beginning in month In effect during month Man-days idle during month. 380 640 360 630 580 860 520 840 500 830 177 426 3,185 108 198 2,492 155 253 2,483 238 299 2,173 253 377 2,510 17,654 8,517 2,137 7,000 17,722 8,631 2,156 6,935 20,319 9,953 2,765 7,601 20,641 10,118 2,725 7,798 20,856 10,256 2,811 7,789 632.67 679.82 723,49 775.83 645.90 738.59 615-35 725.34 604=69 701.33 581.21 625.30 669.41 712.97 606.45 684.98 585.14 679.35 579.43 663.75 13,915 427 17,596 525 14,931 475 12,085 409 11,927 399 10,831 307 13,828 378 12,343 357 9,852 308 9,717 306 3,742.9 3,676.9 4,074.1 3,684.4 3,979.8 3,934.2 4,196.5 3,909.5 6,064.0 6,023.0 5,602.8 5,967.7 5,896.9 5,858.4 5,778.1 5,793.4 5,387.7 5,321.6 5,868.5 5,305.9 do... do... do... do... 436.4 19.5 272.7 59.7 469.3 18.7 312.8 66.2 834.7 <-o.l 565.1 68.4 949.6 33.5 660.3 73.3 901.9 27.5 660.5 72.1 Crude materials, inedible, excl. fuels. Cotton, raw, excl. linters and waste. Soybeans, exc. canned or prepared.... Metal ores, concentrates, and scrap.. .do. .do. .do. .do. 362.0 17.7 91.5 45.6 353.2 10.0 86.7 49.3 779.7 69.8 290.4 101.3 676.6 81.5 187,0 93.3 562.7 58.6 112.0 129.0 Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc Coal and related products Petroleum and products Animal and v e g e t a b l e o i l s , f a t s , Chemicals Manufactured goods Textiles Iron and steel Nonferrous base metals do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do. . do.. do.. 102.9 62.5 35.9 44.5 332.8 374.1 54.6 64.2 37.9 157.2. 113.9 38.4 38.3 349.1 421.8 66.4 73.8 39.9 141.0 95.9 40.7 54.4 460.0 578.4 94.2 109.7 64.3 137.8 91.1 39.8 58.9 475.8 587.0 96.4 102.2 71.2 132.3 81.3 44.2 59.9 468.0 556.6 89.0 103.2 78.7 1,592.4 1,030.9 63 31 137, 283 561 283, 1,673.8 ,063.0 58.8 30.4 130.2 296.5 610.8 357.5 2,569.7 1,474.2 97.0 37.0 179.8 439.5 1,095.5 543.6 2,317.7 1,428.8 86.6 35.8 182.9 413.8 889.0 521.7 2,050.3 1,383.2 79.0 38.7 169.1 397.9 667.1 407.7 261.0 118.6 4,313.6 4,565.1 264.7 116.0 4,727.4 4,726.0 334.7 146.7 6.032.0 5,760.7 345.4 171.1 5,900.8 5,793.6 308.9 193.2 5,651.8 5,762.4 484.3 9.9 79.2 101.8 65.9 576.2 7.6 111.7 128.4 91.0 732.7 24.0 180.1 135.9 85.5 627.1 15,5 126.1 120.8 69.3 598.9 14.4 117.0 125.7 75.5 63.5 316.8 86.7 36.9 16.9 12.7 55.7 316.9 90.3 41.4 19 5 102.5 444.3 103.6 57.5 23.2 27.0 97.3 453.1 121.9 51.9 21.0 29.2 94.4 431.3 128.4 55.3 22.1 22.3 number. ,do-* < thous. do... 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: Sales, excl. U.S. Govt, bonds (SEC): All registered exchanges: Market value mil. $. Face value .do... New York Stock Exchange: Market value do... Face value do... STOCKS: Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Total on all registered exchanges: Market value mil. $. Shares sold millions. On New York Stock Exchange: Market Value mil. S. Shares sold. . millions. FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted Exports of U.S. merchandise, total By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals Meats and preparations (incl. poultry) Grains and cereal preparation Beverages and tobacco mil. $. do... do... do... v/axes ..do.. ..do.. ..do.. ..do.. ..do.. ..do.. ..do.. ..do.. Machinery and transport equipment, total.. Machinery, total Agricultural Metalworking Construction, excav. and :nining Electrical Transport equipment, total Motor vehicles and parts Miscellaneous manufactured articles do... Commodities not classified do... GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL mil. $. Seasonally adjusted do... By commodity groups and principal commodities: Food and live animals do... Cocoa or cacao beans.............•••...••••.....•.do.•. Coffee do... Meats and preparations do... Sugar do. . . Beverages and tobacco Crude materials, inedible, exc. fuels Metal ores Paper base s t o c k s Textile fibers Rubber £,/ Revised. 1.1481 • do.. do.. do-. do.. do. • do.. d - 16.4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 1972 July FOREIGN TRADE — Aug. July May Aug. Con. GENERAL IMPORT S — Co n. 15y commodity groups -- Con. Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc. Pet ro" eum and produ cts, ., -, , Animal and vegetable oils and (ats.... Chem Lcals .mil. $.o rio *I ...do.... ...do.... 378. 341. 16. 144. 400.2 365,8 1L. 1 168 „ 1 609.4 565..? 1.5.8 213.1 604.3 566„7 19.8 208.7 554.9 515 = 5 18.9 776.4 728.8 23.5 206.2 Nanu fact a red good s „........ .»»...«,..»«» Lron and steel...«................u« Newsp r inL..... .... ...«»... .. = «...... . Nonferrou s metal s«.. ...........oo,, „ «... Textiles,,.........................i. ...do.... ...do.... ...do..... ...do.... ...do.... 940.4 256.5 85.7 147.9 118.5 994. 291. 83, 141. 140. 1,178.7 296.2 104.8 186.2 137.8 1,114.0 243.5 109.4 178.9 128.3 1.192.7 279.5 97.4 211.2 128.9 1,135.2 273.4 80.9 188.8 136.5 Machinery and transport equipment. Machinery , totaLo..,,.,..».,-.. . Metal work ing« ........ .............. ElccLrical............. ........... Transpor L equipment.......... . .. .... Automob:i. 1.es and parts ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.... ...do.. ,247,2 610.7 14.7 266.7 636.5 513.0 1,370.6 667.1 12.0 315.8 r/703.5 "™ 5 5 2 . 8 1,954.3 853.8 16.5 377.4 1,100.5 941.7 1,918.2 865.0 14.5 391.2 1,053.2 896.2 1,700.7 855.3 17.3 337.0 845.4 706.7 1,683.7 907.2 19.1 421.6 776.5 608.3 Hiscellaneous manufactured articles... Commoditi es not classified............ ...do.... 595.9 126.5 698,.8 135.6 697d 160.9 720.4 153.8 820.0 155.7 .mil., 1 inear yd. ....... do... ...........do... r 6/5 320 348 858 429 422 948 445 492 r942 444 r488 491 1,055 464 581 r3,385 1,848 1,504 1,051 453 590 3,371 1,837 1,497 789 321 462 4,666 2,280 2,337 r800 310 r484 r4,489 2,174 r2,272 649.7 131 „ 6 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Woven fabrics (gray goods), weaving mills: Product ion , total 1/ ........ .. .. . , ..,. Cotton. ...............,, .„„...„.... SLocks , total , end of month.„ . . * .,«....... Cotton................................ Manmade fiber......................... Orders, unfilled, total, end of month... Cotton, * ........... „....... o........... Manmade fiber...,..... „.. . ................ .do. .do. .do. r/ Revised. 1_/Data f o r J u l y 19 73 c o v e r 5 w e e k s ; o t h e r m o n t h s , USCOMM—DC—11,481 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 First-Class Mail SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 2,1.32 4 weeks. OFFICIAL BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT 477
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