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September 16, 1977 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS sunset* Annual Subscription: domestic, $15.00; foreign, $18.75 (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 INDEX, 1967=100 INDEX, 1967=100 190 - ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION - Monthly H 190 (E.E.I. seas. adj. index) 180 " 170 " 160 ~ 150 l. 1 1 i 1 1 I J I l l ._. L 1 1 1 i 1974 l 1 l I 1 1 " ' 1 1 1975 1 1 1976 1977 1 1 1 L. I 1 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst. SHORT TONS 20,000 R A W STEEL P R O D U C T I O N Monthly (ingots and all other forms) SHORT TONS 5,000 Weekly 16,000 4,000 - 12,000 - 1976 8,000 \- 3,000 2,000 1977 4,000 i i i i i I i i i i i -I—L_J 1974 I I I I I L_ _L_J 1975 I I I I I I I I • I LJL-I I l_J I I J t-,1 J 1 1 1 -1..J— J F M A M J J A S O N D l_ 1977 1976 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. MILLION 3.0 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS 1967 = 100 220 WHOLESALE PRICES 200 - (seas, a d j . , a t annual rates) ^ Farm Products and Processed Foods and Feeds T 2.5 \ 180 160 -J? Industrial Commodities mmodities 140 120 ' / ~* All Co i i i i i I i i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 JLi. 1974 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1975 1 l i.i I l 1976 111111111 i i 1977 . 5 I i • i » i I i i ' i i I 1974 1 i i 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. i i i I i i i i i I 1976 I i i i i i I i 1977 i i i i 1,000 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1976 ITEM 1977 Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Aug. 27 Sept. 3 1967=100 do.. do.. 204.9 201.0 207.6 206.8 204.0 208.6 200.2 196.9 202.4 201.2 199.3 202.4 200.9 197.9 202.9 ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES mil. $ Nondurable goods stores 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 13,046 8,740 12,927 8,090 13,825 8,992 14,079 9,032 14,568 9,366 322 3,164 2,412 157 281 3,332 2,538 150 299 2,758 2,341 179 282 2,665 2,254 163 287 135 113 97,470 110,781 35,356 387 e98,209 108,317 34,808 241 8.30 98.01 107.97 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials Aug. 20 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ do.. Member bank reserve balances 3/ do.. Excess reserves, estimated 5/ do.. Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted do.. Savings deposits do.. Loans and investments, gro~s adjusted, total do.. U.S. Government obligations do.. Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.. Real estate loans (gross) do.. 89,273 107,748 34,052 290 89,917 103,645 33,564 273 98,080 110,198 35,433 225 97,719 111,237 34,826 37 105,588 80,938 382,355 43,141 111,165 62,078 103,620 81,339 382,564 42,632 111,238 62,082 110,478 94,132 418,787 47,209 118,901 69,447 108,781 93,898 416,180 46,729 119,051 69,632 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3_/ percent Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10 Industrial, 400 stocks do.. 8.78 104.06 116.50 8.75 104.94 117.47 8.35 97.74 107.53 8.34 97.23 107.01 8.31 96.77 106.58 14,190 40,198 159,830 8,095 12,350 38,402 148,579 8,281 11,355 42,789 102,104 8,583 12,460 42,072 123,310 8,583 14,550 44,535 144,216 8,583 2,466 81.2 16.4 2,482 81.8 14.2 2,331 76.7 15.0 2,389 78.6 15.6 2,375 78.2 16.1 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 Rate of capability utilization 5/ RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons percent bil, Sept. 10 200.9 198.1 202.7 128,831 2,287 75.3 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5_/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities, e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1976 ITEM July COMMODITY PRICES PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS. ..1910-14=100.. do do.... do.... do do do do 1977 Aug. May June July Aug. 486 481 447 581 421 376 268 851 466 451 434 497 394 336 305 924 484 482 482 567 352 261 374 966 461 447 435 516 328 245 354 966 r451 r410 r447 r533 r291 r243 r342 841 436 387 440 545 262 244 366 977 492 577 588 233 481 593 558 238 485 571 585 220 476 574 568 217 493 r581 590 231 487 591 579 223 571 565 569 660 569 567 564 657 601 570 594 695 597 573 588 692 595 577 r582 r690 591 579 576 686 do 74 71 70 67 65 64 do do 216.0 218.8 214.1 206.9 202.9 209.6 218.7 219.4 218.1 208.5 211.3 206.4 204.1 203.8 204.1 200.8 198.0 202.7 do.... do do do do do.... 184.4 196.9 182.6 182.7 187.1 265.3 183.8 189.7 176.7 183.8 188.0 269.2 195.2 204.3 192.0 194.2 193.8 302.3 194.4 192.7 190.1 194.6 193.9 304.0 rl94.9 190.5 187.8 195.8 193.5 306.6 194.6 181.2 185.1 196.9 193.5 309.5 do do do do PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: do do do All commod., services, int., taxes, and wage rates....do.... SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: Fuels and related products, and power... r_/ Revised. 84,459 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1977 1976 ITEM July Aug. May June July COMMODITY PRICES—Con. WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES:—Con. Industrial Commodities--Con. Furniture and household durables Hides, skins and leather products Lumber and wood products Machinery and equipment Metals and metal products 1967=100. do... do... do... do... 145.7 170.3 203.7 171.2 198.9 146.1 171.6 207.5 171.6 199.5 150.5 181.9 229.3 180.0 208.6 151.3 179.7 228.7 180.8 207.8 151.2 180.3 235.5 181.9 r210.7 .do... do... do... do... Dec. 1968=100. 1967=100. 187.3 180.5 158.3 149.0 149.2 151.7 188.0 181.0 161.1 149.5 150.2 152.8 198.9 186.1 166.4 154.0 159.0 161.3 200.4 187.3 167.4 154.4 159.4 161.8 201.5 187.7 168.9 154.4 159.5 161.8 $0,542 $0,544 $0,512 $0,514 $0,513 9,774 217 7,180 8,505 189 6,636 15,932 317 8,707 15,417 284 9,009 11,246 218 8,545 3,031 4,149 2,594 2,536 4,099 1,869 3,047 5,660 7,225 3,063 5,945 6,409 2,997 5,548 2,702 thous. do... do... 137.5 136.6 112.8 146.8 145.9 112.8 201.3 201.3 152.2 199.1 198.8 150.2 188.5 188.5 140.5 do... do... 1,413 1,129 1,530 1,172 1,937 1,455 1,910 1,400 2,064 1,462 do... do... 1,229 866 1,308 876 1,615 1,077 1,678 1,105 1,630 1,139 do... do... 20.0 221 23.4 242 24.9 251 26.8 264 7,771 7,747 9,800 11,269 9,658 1,378 4,977 1,417 1,320 5,047 1,380 1,919 6,021 1,860 2,104 7,105 2,060 1,836 6,180 1,642 53,104 13,618 7,878 53,151 13,627 7,911 54,911 14,145 8,233 r54,932 14,144 r8,240 rp55,060 rpl4,161 rp8,262 36.1 36.9 40.1 3.1 40.9 3.3 36.1 36.8 40.0 3.0 40.8 3.1 36.3 37.4 40.4 3.4 41.1 3.6 36.2 36.8 40.5 3.4 41.2 3.7 p36.1 rp36.8 p40.3 rp3.4 p41.0 p3.6 Indexes of average hourly earnings, seasonally adjusted: Private nonfarm economy (prod, or nonsupervisory workers): Current dollars 1967=100. 1967 dollars do.. Mining do.. Contract construction do.. Manufacturing do.. Transportation, communication, e l e c , gas, etc....'. .do.. Wholesale and retail trade do.. Finance, insurance, and real estate do... Services do... 185.6 108.5 199.1 188.0 185.4 199.9 178.8 170.8 188.3 186.8 108.7 202.3 187.1 186.7 200.9 179.8 173.1 189.8 rl96.5 rl08.6 r2l3.1 rl93-l rl96.8 r21Q.l rl90.7 rl79.0 r200.7 rl97.5 rl08.6 r215.4 rl95.1 rl98.5 r210.5 rl91.1 rl77.2 r201.8 rpl98.9 rpl08.9 rp216.5 rpl96.2 rp200.0 rp211.8 rpl92.8 rpl79.7 rp202.5 EMPLOYEE-HOURS of wage and salary workers, nonagric. estab., for 1 week in the month, seas. adj. at annual rate bil. hours. Total private sector do... Mining do. 151.74 122.13 1.75 151.71 122.19 1.61 rl56.65 rl26.78 rpl.93 rl56.58 rl26.61 rl.96 rpl57.04 rpl26.70 rpl.88 Nonmetallic mineral products Pulp, paper, and allied products Rubber and plastics products Textile products Transportation equipment Motor vehicles and equipment PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices 1967=$1.00. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 50 STATES, (F.W. DODGE): TOTAL VALUATION Index (seasonally adjusted) Building, total By type of building: Nonresidential Residential Non-building construction NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public) Privately owned One-family structures Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned One-family structures. NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One-family structures Manufacturers' shipments of mobile homes: Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted at annual rates mil. $. 1967=100. mil. $. do. ... do... do... New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total mil. $. By purpose of loan: Home construction do... Home purchase do... Al 1 other purposes do... LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS Production or nonsupervisory workers on payrolls of private nonagricultural establishments, seas, adj.: 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. r / Revised, p / Preliminary 847459 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1977 1976 ITEM May June July £/ Aug. £ / July Aug. 6 92 39 36 6 85 39 33 7.51 40.93 7 42 r41 05 r7 49 r40 96 7 32 40 74 36 09 25 70 9.59 31.80 8.55 26.47 r9 .55 r31 70 8 54 r26 .40 r9 .53 r31 78 r8 57 r26 49 9 31 8 26 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS—Con. EMPLOYEE-HOURS of wage and salary workers, etc.—Con. Total private sector--con. Contract construction Manufacturing bil - hours. do... 33 09 21 47 9 31 8 25 45 91 59 70 do... do... do... do... 9 31 8 25 do... 29.62 29.52 29.87 29.98 r30.34 30.34 Indexes of aggregate weekly employee-hours (prod, workers): Private nonagric. payrolls, total, (seas, adj.)...1967=100. Goods-producing do... Mining do... Contract construction do... Manufacturing do... Durable goods do... 111.8 96.5 127.7 103.7 94.2 93.5 111.8 95, 115. 102, 93, 93, 116.1 101.7 140.2 112.7 98.5 98.1 rll5.8 101.8 141.8 rill.3 98.8 98.7 rll5.7 101.5 rl36.6 rll2.8 r98.3 r98.4 115.3 99.9 127.8 109.6 97.2 97.8 1,391 1,365 2,550 1,206 1,204 2,739 1,351 1,929 3,666 1,676 2,182 3,956 1,011 1,171 2,686 Transportation, communic, elec, gas, etc Wholesale and retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Government METALS AND MANUFACTURES Industrial trucks (electric), shipments: Hand (motorized) number. Rider-type do... Ind. trucks, tractors (combustion engines), shipments...do... r / Revised. £ / P r e l i m i n a r y . USC0M--DC—84,459 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS United States Government Printing Office OFFICIAL BUSINESS Penalty for private use, $ 3 0 0 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS Washington, D.C. 20402 Postage and Fees Paid US. 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