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September 12, 1975 ,- A WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS * ' . V E S o< *• SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS B,lli< Billion $ 450 450 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 425 ( W e e k l y R e p o r t i n g M e m b e r Banks o f F e d e r a l Reserve System) 400 \ - ~ ^ _ . 375 - - - ~ 425 375 - 350 325 - ^~*^^^ 300 (average 250 i i -i—i i 1 i—i i—i i 1 J_J 1—1 1972 1 LJ L J 1 1 1 l_l o f Wednesday l_| 1 1 I - data) L_| L_ 1 1 LJ—1 1974 1973 350 ^1974 - 325 - ^ ^ 275 400 1975 „ (Wednesday 300 data) - 275 1 1—L™J™J—1—1— 1975 J I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 F M A M J J A S O N D ?50 Federal Reserve Board 1967 = 100 200 WHOLESALE PRICES Billion $ 100 Billion $ 160 NEW CONSTRUCTION (seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) 180 Farm Products and Processed Foods and j \ 140 i^ Feeds |_ Total Put in Place (left scale) 80 160 60 140 Industrial 120 100 100 Commodities 80 i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i 1972 1973 1974 Private . I i i i i i 1975 1972 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor Residential, Nonfarm (right scale) v 40 ' i I i i i i 1 1 i i i i i I < 1973 1974 i i i i I i i i i i I 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce Dollars Hours 5.00 54 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS (Hours seasonally adjusted) Billion $ 16.0 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT 15.0 CREDIT EXTENDED AND REPAID (seasonally adjusted) 14.0 Extended 13.0 12.0 11.0 10.0 1972 1973 1974 i 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor * A v a i l a b l e o n l y w i t h subscription t o t h e SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this S u p p l e m e n t provides selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent t o those published in t h e latest m o n t h l y 1972 Data: Federal Reserve Board SURVEY 1973 1974 ' I ' i 1975 j ' ' 2 0 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/' 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials 1975 19 74 ITEM . ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 1967=100, do. . do.. 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 Aug. 16 Aug. 30 Aug. 23 Sept. 7 236.3 259.2 221.5 230.9 253.7 216.2 207.7 252.7 181.2 207.8 252.5 181.5 208.4 249.4 184.0 11,110 7,390 10;,323 7, 226 ,220 ,704 11,296 7,770 11,705 7,803 259 2,032 1,763 184 254 ,117 815 187 367 4,667 3,491 204 353 4,551 3,387 195 333 208 158 81,877 93,827 34,569 346 FINANCE: Currency i n c i r c u l a t i o n 3 / .mil. $ Federal Reserve bank c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g , t o t a l 3 / do.. Member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s _3_/ do. . Excess r e s e r v e s , e s t i m a t e d 5/ do. . Assets and l i a b i l i t i e s of l a r g e commercial b a n k s : 4 / Demand d e p o s i t s , a d j u s t e d do.. Savings d e p o s i t s do.. Loans and i n v e s t m e n t s , gross a d j u s t e d , t o t a l ...do.. U.S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s , do.. Commercial and i n d u s t r i a l loans ( g r o s s ) do.... Real e s t a t e l o a n s ( g r o s s ) do.. 74,613 92,086 37,066 146 74,979 92,540 37,240 322 82,043 91,125 34,150 -5 82,024 92,576 34,672 250 81,611 92,894 34,480 299 100,519 57,035 380,842 21,194 126 ; 451 59,256 99,751 57,062 380,209 21,268 127,387 59,437 102,830 65,382 372,864 32,640 119,714 59,046 101,548 65,308 373,111 32,975 119,403 59,030 102,467 65,261 372,241 33,437 119,090 59,015 Bond y i e l d s , domestic c o r p o r a t e (Moody's) 3 / percent Stock p r i c e s , 500 s t o c k s (Stand. § P o o r ' s ) 4 / . . . 1 9 4 1 - 4 3 = 1 0 I n d u s t r i a l , 425 s t o c k s do. . 9.47 70.76 79.58 9.59 68.69 77.31 9.50 85.97 96.49 9.52 83.22 93.36 9.53 84.43 94.76 12,665 39,611 138,306 8,913 11,075 34,837 130,767 8,906 12,215 40,896 103,559 8,357 11,400 40,489 128,174 8,359 9,620 40,767 149,120 8,328 2,649 108.6 17.4 2,673 109.6 14.5 1,915 78.5 15.1 1,962 80.4 15.1 2,038 83.5 15.0 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3/ thous. sh. tons . mil. kw. -hr. number. thous. bbl. Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons. 1967=100. bil. 1/ Data do not always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY Sept. 6 Aug. 31 3 / Daily a v e r a g e . 206.9 243.0 185.1 86.03 96.54 119,273 2,078 85.2 4 / Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1975 1974 ITEM July Aug. May June July Aug. COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES Farm products . Food and feeds, processed Industrial commodities Chemicals and allied products Fuels and related products, and power.. ..' Furniture and household durables Hides, skins, and leather products Lumber and wood products 1967=100 do. . do. . 236.9 250.0 228.2 240.8 266.9 224.2 194.5 210.3 184.2 187.2 209.4 173.2 195.5 236.0 171.5 205.6 249.8 179.6 do. . do. . do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do. . 161.7 180.8 167.6 157.8 148.4 221.7 128.2 146.6 188.6 167.4 189.2 179.7 161.6 158.5 226.0 129.8 146.2 183.7 173.2 184.5 179.0 170.3 182.1 238.8 138.6 147.7 183.0 173.7 186.2 179.7 170.7 181.2 243.0 139.0 148.7 181.0 175.7 193.7 184.6 171.2 181.4 246.6 139.2 149.3 179.6 176.7 193.2 186.3 172.2 182.1 252.4 139 8 149.3 179.7 Machinery and equipment do. . Metals and metal products do. . Nonmetallic mineral products do. . Pulp, paper, and allied products do. . Rubber and plastics products do. . Textile products and apparel do. . Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100 Motor vehicles and equipment 196 7=100 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY-Wholesale prices 1967=$1.00 140.3 180.3 156.4 153.3 139.5 142.1 125.1 128.5 144.3 185.6 157.6 162.9 143.4 142.3 126.7 130.1 160.4 185.1 173.1 169.8 148.9 135.2 139.9 142.9 161.0 184.5 173.3 169.8 148.6 135.9 140.1 143.1 161.7 183.4 174.7 170.0 150.1 136.8 140.1 143.1 162.2 184.3 175.8 170.0 150.0 137.6 140.5 143.5 $0,618 $0,597 $0,577 $0,576 $0,569 $0,566 12,384 8,811 4,513 3,581 2,545 645 1,397 3,573 12,444 8,753 4,470 3,488 2,524 666 1,361 3,691 rl0,520 r7,165 r3,269 r2,318 2,182 685 1,046 r3,355 rll,010 r7,491 r3,599 r2,654 r2,150 r671 rl,022 r3,519 11,028 7,679 3,832 2,905 2,086 640 991 3,349 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.), TOTAL Private, total Residential (incl. farm) New housing units Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ Industrial Commercial Public, total r / Revised. 1_/Except farm and p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s . 31,050 mil. $ do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . do.. do. . 3 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 1975 19 74 ITEM Aug. July July May CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE--Con. NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $ do. . do.. do. . do. . do. . do. . do. . 137.9 97.9 48.9 38.8 29.0 7.2 16.0 40.0 134.4 96.2 48.2 37.5 28.4 7.6 15.1 38.2 rl20.3 r82.8 r37 r27 r25 r8 rl2 r37 rl21.8 r83.1 r38.6 r28.9 r24.8 r7.7 11.8 r38.7 122.3 84.5 40.3 30.5 24.1 7.4 11.5 37.8 196 7=100 172.8 175.0 rl89.2 rl90.0 191.4 thous do. . do. . do. . do.. do. . 95,496 93,276 88,015 4,024 83,991 5,260 94,679 92,459 87,575 3,851 83,724 4,885 93,949 91,768 84,146 3,622 80,524 7,623 96,191 94,013 85,444 3,869 81,575 8,569 97,046 94,859" 86,650 4,090 82,560 8,209 Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted do.. Employed, t o t a l do. . Agriculture .do. . Nonagri c u l t u r a l i n d u s t r i e s do.. Unemployed do. . Long-term, 15 weeks and over do. . Rates (unemployed i n each group as p e r c e n t of t o t a l i n . t h e group): A l l c i v i l i a n workers Men, 20 y e a r s and over Women, 20 y e a r s and over Both s e x e s , 16-19 y e a r s White Negro and o t h e r r a c e s Married men, wife p r e s e n t Occupation: W h i t e - c o l l a r workers B l u e - c o l l a r workers I n d u s t r y : P r i v a t e nonfarm wage and s a l a r y w o r k e r s . . . Construction Manufacturing Durable goods 91,283 86,403 3,433 82,970 4,880 927 91,199 86,274 3,451 82,823 4,925 940 92,940 84,402 3,512 80,890 8,538 2,643 92,340 84,444 3,304 81,140 7,896 2,887 92,916 85,078 3,450 81,628 7,8.38_ 2,998 5.4 3.8 5.3 15.3 4. 9 9. 4 2. 7 3. 2 6. 6 5. 6 11. 3 5. 5 4. 9 9.2 7.3 8.6 21.8 8.5 14.7 5.8 5.4 13.0 10.1 21.8 12.3 12.7 8.6 7.0 8.1 19. 7. 13. 5. 4. 12. 9. 21.0 12.0 12.9 8.4 7.0 7.9 19.1 7.9 13.0 5.4 4.8 12.1 9.2 20.8 11.1 11.5 78,661 64,335 44,223 24,753 676 do. . . do. . . do. . . do. . . 78,479 64,237 44,068 24,764 675 3,920 20,169 11,959 8,210 3,965 20,112 11,899 8,213 76,428 61,535 43,417 22,300 710 3,472 18,118 10,525 7,593 r76,291 r61,456 r43,374 r22,208 r710 r3,416 rl8,082 rl0,480 r7,602 r76,507 r61,525 r43,472 r22,157 r714 r3,390 rl8,053 rl0,409 r7,644 Service-producing do. . . Transportation, communication, electric, gas, etc....do... Wholesale and retail trade do... Wholesale trade do. .. Retail trade do. .. Finance, insurance, and real estate do. . . Services do. . . Government do. . . Federal do. .. State and local do. . . 53,715 4,693 17,107 4,261 12,846 4,157 13,516 14,242 2,735 11,507 53,908 4,701 17,140 4,272 12,868 4,168 13,573 14,326 2,740 11,586 54,128 4,495 16,820 4,208 12,612 4,161 13,759 14,893 2,730 12,163 r54,083 4,474 rl6,868 r4,190 rl2,678 4,154 rl3,752 rl4,835 2,730 rl2,105 r54,350 4,470 16,919 r4,191 rl2,728 r4,151 rl3,828 rl4,982 r2,750 rl2,232 53,050 14,736 8,702 53,109 14,675 8,640 50,438 12,870 7,409 r50,388 rl2,855 r7,377 r50,461 rl2,837 r7,314 36.7 36.9 40.2 3.4 40.7 3.5 36.7 36.4 40.2 3.4 40.9 3.6 36.0 36.9 39.0 2.4 39.4 2.2 36.0 35.7 39.1 2.4 39.6 2.3 36 .1 r36 .3 39 .5 2.6 r39 .8 r2 .4 do. . . do. . . 4.27 5.32 6.89 4.48 4.47 5.80 7.14 4.73 4.50 r5.88 r7.27 4.76 r4. 53 r5. 92 r7. 29 r4. 80 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , communication, e l e c , g a s , e t c . . . . .do. . . Wholesale and r e t a i l t r a d e do. . . F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s t a t e do. . . Services do. . , 5.41 3.52 3.84 3.76 5.78 3.72 4.09 3.98 r5.86 r3.74 4.17 4.02 r5. 88 3.76 r4. 13 r4. 02 Private, total R e s i d e n t i a l ( i n c l . farm) New housing uni t s . . . . N o n r e s i d e n t i a l b u i l d i n g s , t o t a l 1/ Industrial Commercial Public, total CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS LABOR FORCE, t o t a l , p e r s o n s 16 y e a r s of age and o v e r , not seasonally adjusted C i v i l i a n l a b o r force Employed, t o t a l Agriculture Nonagricultural industries Unemployed.. . EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ Private sector Nonmanufacturing i n d u s t r i e s Goods-producing Mining Contract construction Manufacturing Durable goods Nondurab 1 e goods thous. do. . . do... do. . . do. . . Production or nonsupervisory workers on payrolls of private nonagricultural establishments, seas, a d j . : Employees, total thous. Manufacturing do. .. Durable goods do. . . Average weekly hours per worker, seasonally adjusted: Total private hours . Contract construction do. . . Manufacturing do.. . Overtime hours do. . . Durable goods do. . . Overtime hours do. .. Hourly earnings, average, seasonally adjusted: Total private nonfarm payrolls dollars. Mining do .. . C o n t r a c t cons t r u c t i o n Manufacturing 5. 3. 5. 16. 4. 9. 2. 3. 6.2 5.5 10.7 5.2 4.6 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued July Aug. July May Aug. FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMIDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of month Installment credit, total Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, total Repaid, total Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total Repaid, total .mil. $ . ........do... 184,805 152,142 187,369 154,472 185,010 151,610 186,099 152,668 187,211 153,930 do. . . do. .. 15,486 13,959 15,209 12,879 13,799 13,460 14,682 13,624 15,259 13,997 do. .. do. . . 14,635 13,310 14,394 12,882 13,149 13,274 13,959 13,537 14,378 13,509 bil. do. do. do. .do. 280.0 65.3 214.7 402.0 5.4 277.3 65.7 211.6 408.2 4.0 284.9 70.1 214.8 434.7 4.2 292.1 71.3 220.8 436.9 4.2 r294.0 r72.0 r222.0 r438.5 r3.4 do. do. do. .do. 280.4 64.8 215.6 402.8 280.5 65.5 215.0 405.2 289. 70. 219. 433. 294.0 71.2 222.8 437.3 294.5 71.5 r223.0 r439.3 236.19 783.00 68.47 158.36 223.13 729.30 66.23 151.68 254.71 836.56 77.29 169.69 259.00 845.70 83.87 168.40 260.30 856.28 82.68 167.98 246.22 815.51 77.92 156.32 43.27 48.35 31.01 27.50 44.23 39.86 44.19 29.41 26.72 40.11 47.76 53.22 32.28 31.02 50.06 49.22 54.61 32.38 32.79 52.20 49.54 54.96 32.90 32.98 52.51 45.71 50.71 30.08 31.02 46.55 MONEY SUPPLY AND RELATED DATA (avg. of daily figures): Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Total money supply Currency outside banks Demand deposits Time deposits adjusted U.S. Government demand deposits. Adjusted for seasonal variation: Total money supply Currency outside banks Demand deposits Time deposits adjusted SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Dow-Jones average (65 stocks) Industrial (30 stocks) Public utility (15 stocks) Transportation (20 stocks) New York Stock Exchange common stock indexes: Composite 12/31/65=50. Industrial do. .. Transportation do.. . Utility do.. . Finance do.. . r / Revised. USC0MM--DC—31,050 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20402 POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COM-209 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail /; >6-l9l 6 WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
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