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BUSINESS STATISTICS A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLICATION A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* SEPTEMBER 17, 1971 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS 1941-43=10 120 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 (avg.Tdat close) — — Ny \ /x./ 110 / v. - ' 100 90 - 80 . . L. 1—1 ...1 1™ 1 ,1 L—J—1 1 - 1—1 J — 1 — I — L - 1968 1 1 I 1 1 1-4™ J. i - 1 .1 1969 \ J I..J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1970 1971 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Standard & Poor's Group Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (Passenger cars) 1,000 Weekly 300 _ _ 250 800 f\ \ 600 /\ y\ >^v \ A / \ 150 - 100 [N971 200 ™ l J ^ J L l i _ i ^ L i „ i 1968 i i i i i i i 1969 i i i L_J—L_J 1 I 50 6/ i 1 1 1 1 1 1970 M > Monthly i. i i i 1 i i Billion $ 900 PERSONAL INCOME Billion $ 800 (Seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) Billion $ 35 SALES OF RETAIL STORES (seasonally adjusted) 30 700 Total (left scale) 25 700 H 600 W a g e and Salary Disbursements ( r i g h t scale) 20 Nondurable 15 Goods Durable 500 600 h ! '•' 1969 •I 1970 i . . . . . I 400 1971 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 5 i i i i i L i i i i i l n i i i l i i i i i l i i i | i l i n . i i l i 1968 ta: 1969 U.S. Dept. of.Commerce # 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 Supplement provides selected Goods \ . 10 5 0 0 11 i i i i i • • • • >I 1968 w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent t o those published in t h e latest monthly SURVEY i i J FMA M J J A SO N D 1971 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. 800 200 ~jy>A^\ fTjU^x1970 \l 400 0 Thousands JbU 1970 1971 0 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1970 1971 ITEM Aug. 21 Aug. 28 Sept. 4 S e p t . 11 1967=100, 112.8 113.1 108.5 108.1 108.1 108T2 mil. $, •••••••••••••••••••••••do... 7,197 5,103 6,617 4,697 7,561 5,174 7,598 5,173 7,809 5,430 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, 241 1,713 1,577 166 208 1,790 1,646 170 253 2,339 1,896 203 228 2,256 1,816 187 268 151 147 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $, Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/*..do.., Member bank reserve balances 3/ 7....do.., Excess reserves, estimated _3/ do.., 54,673 63,959 28,190 178 55,017 64,850 28,931 412 59,112 71,081 30,669 289 58,875 70,673 30,129 109 58,710 70,791 30,531 345 59,059 71,452 30,869 224 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $< 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.., 80,240 46,775 237,957 24,969 79,705 34,023 79,884 46,403 237,345 24,710 79,718 33,754 82,692 53,070 257,534 25,007 82,522 36,512 83,024 53,086 257,915 24,960 82,588 36,645 84,069 52,973 259,252 25,004 82,890 36,710 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody 1 s) _3/.....percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.1941-43=10. Industrial, 425 stocks do... 8.72 80.96 88.74 8.70 82.79 90.87 8.02 98.60 108.84 8.07 100.41 110.95 8.03 99.07 109.46 2,083 31,697 134,285 9,758 2,251 30,058 134,571 9,901 2,179 33,207 132,266 9,606 2,187 33,001 167,966 9,612 2,156 32,671 175,026 9,566 thous. sh. tons. 1967=100. 2,496 102.3 2,516 103.1 1,380 56.6 1,593 65.3 1,730 70.9 bil. 15.5 13.1 14.5 14.7 15.1 Sept. 12 Sept. 5 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores. PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Steel, raw Index of production thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do n o t always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3/ Daily a v e r a g e . 7.97 101.34 112.00 141,725 1,702 69.8 4/ Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1971 1970 ITEM July Aug. July Aug. May June 805.3 543.0 201.4 159.4 809.0 545.1 201.6 158.9 850.0 573u3 207.1 162.0 870.1 574.8 207.5 162.4 r859.2 574.7 r206.2 rl61.4 868.0 581.3 207.1 162.0 do. . do. •, do. •, do.. 130.1 96.8 114.7 30.9 130.8 97.2 115.5 31.2 138.7 105.0 122.6 33.4 138.6 105.7 123.0 33.7 138.6 rl06.3 123-6 33.9 140.2 107.3 126.7 34.1 do.. do.. do.. do.., 51.4 15.2 23.3 25.1 51.4 14.6 23.4 25.2 51.5 15.2 24.2 25.6 51. 15, 24, 25, 51.7 rl6.1 24.4 25.6 51.8 17.0 24.5 25.7 Personal interest income do. •, Transfer payments do. • Less personal contributions for soc. insurance..do.• Total nonagricultural income do. • COMMODITY PRICES 64.9 79.9 28.2 784.3 65.6 80.8 28.3 788.1 67, 90, 31. 827.9 67, 109, 31. 848, r68.1 r96.2 r31.5 r836.4 68.6 96.5 31.6 844.2 112.9 113.6 112.4 112.9 115.3 111.2 108.8 109.1 108.6 108.1 111.1 106.1 108.3 113.8 104.7 108.3 111.3 106.1 2,080 2,111 3,438 r4,301 4,023 620 1,451 1,367 r7l8 r2,109 rl,474 649 2,039 1,335 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS PERSONAL INCOME BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income Wage and salary disbursements, total Commodity-producing industries, total. Manufacturing Distributive industries Service industries Government Other labor income Proprietors1 income: Business and professional Farm Rental income of persons••••••••••••••••••• Dividends SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 9 Foodstuffs 13 raw materials....••••••••••••••• bil. $, do.. ...do.. do.., 1967=100 do. . ••••••••••do.. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total mil. $ By purpose of loan: Home construction do.. Home purchase do. • All other purposes. do.. r / Revised. >0"2 7902 393 1,071 616 369 1,147 595 1971 1970 ITEM June July Apr. May June DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED SALES (UNADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods stores..... Automotive group Furniture and appliance group Lumber, building, hardware group m i l . $. .do... do... do... do... 31,415 10,418 6,272 1,407 1,378 31,143 9,959 5,860 1,395 1,381 33,050 10,747 6,737 1,345 1,346 33,224 10,795 6,640 1,365 1,439 r34,327 rll,690 r7,l93 rl,480 rl,613 Nondurable goods stores... ••••••••••••do. Apparel group do. Drug and proprietary stores.......................do. Eating and drinking places........................do. 20,997 1,618 1,029 2,474 21,184 1,500 1,031 2,554 22,303 1,790 1,088 2,302 22,429 1,680 1,095 2,510 r22,637 rl,707 rl,073 r2,580 Food group do. Gasoline service stations do. General merchandise group with nonstores..........do. 6,781 2,344 4,930 7,112 2,414 4,790 7,133 2,265 5 ,546 7,174 2,348 5,498 r7,139 r2,423 r5,753 do. ..do. ••.•••...•••••••do. ••••••••• do. do. 30,518 9,411 5,483 1,413 1,216 30,729 9,487 5,544 1,395 1,221 32 844 10 449 6 ,347 1 472 1 300 32,692 10,217 6,131 1,429 1,347 r33,310 rl0,518 r6,267 rl,487 r1,431 do. do. ..do. 21,107 1,694 1,044 21,242 1,704 1,055 22 395 1 729 1 120 22,475 1,758 1,104 r22,792 rl,802 rl,097 ...do. do. ..do. do. 2,341 6,818 2,237 5,106 2,299 6,751 2,237 5,246 2 349 7 104 2 270 5,756 2,411 7,212 2,277 5,723 r2,427 r7,121 r2,308 r5,975 do. do. 44,859 44,527 44,819 44,965 47 759 46,728 47,795 47,146 47,514 47,383 8.31 8.19 8.32 8.21 7.37 7.34 r22,527 rl4,837 7,690 12,609 19,344 -6,735 21,024 17,769 3,255 13,190 16,882 -3,692 22,449 20,003 2,446 r-468 r7,222 17 -6,718 -49 -3,206 -270 -3,961 -112 2,334 r-7,222 r-3,164 r-4,058 382,603 284,880 6,718 5,997 721 388,214 290,877 -3,206 -271 -2,935 403,742 302,442 3,961 2,197 1,764 408,736 304,638 -2,334 -310 -2,024 r409,468 304,328 r22,527 r9,329 7,329 3,769 r2,099 12,609 6,281 838 3,184 2,306 21,024 9,630 4,015 4,970 2,409 13,190 3,846 623 6,366 2,355 22,449 9,801 6,469 3,773 2,406 Expenditures and net lending, total do... Agriculture Department do. • • Defense Department, military do.• • Health, Education, and Welfare Department.........do... rl5,305 182 r6,684 r4,942 19,327 2,649 6,570 4,626 17,818 281 6.041 5,226 17,152 437 5,809 5,143 20,115 353 7,612 r7,175 Treasury Department. do. . • National Aeronautics and Space Adm. •• do... Veterans Administration.•• • do.• • LIFE INSURANCE: Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total mil. $. Ordinary (incl. mass-marketed ord.).............do... Gr oup do... Industrial 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... 1,776 378 728 1,670 268 730 1,816 252 881 1,819 274 874 1,776 246 870 15,205 10,759 3,898 548 14,533 10,093 3,887 553 16,237 11,015 4,487 735 14,713 10,537 3,488 688 16,273 11,344 4,294 635 645.56 824.44 370.56 536.56 766.33 877.50 761.07 891.01 667.64 798.58 608.25 743.34 344.53 489.26 688.22 782.02 690.89 793.11 613.16 727.51 ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. A D J . ) , TOTAL Durable goods stores.•••• Automotive group Furniture and appliance group..• Lumber, building, hardware group • Nondurable goods stores........ Apparel group Drug and proprietary stores.. • Eating and drinking places.• Food group Gasoline service stations........... General merchandise group with nonstores ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total FINANCE MONEY AND INTEREST RATES: Home mortgage rates (conventional 1st mortgages): New home purchase (U.S. average) percent. Existing home purchase (U.S. average)....... .do... FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE: Budget receipts, expenditures, and net lending: Expenditure account: Receipts (net) mil. $• Expenditure (excl. net lending) do... Expend, acct. surplus or deficit (-) do... Loan account: Net 1 ending • •••••••••••••• do. • • Budget surplus or deficit (-) do... Budget financing, total do. Borrowing from the public do. Reduction in cash balances.•••• •• •••.•••do. Gross amount of debt outstanding do. Held by the public do. Budget receipts by source and outlays by agency: Receipts (net), total do. Individual income taxes (net) do. Corporation income taxes (net) do. Social insurance taxes and contributions (net)....do. Other do. r_/ Revised. Digitized for 7902 FRASER 7.38 r7.38 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1970 1971 ITEM July Aug. May July June Aug. FINANCE—Con, SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Prices: Standard & Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks)......o.,....,, 1941-43=10, Industrial, total (425 stocks).-. do... Capital goods (116 stocks). do... Consumers' goods (.184 stocks)*•«,.,.,.» do«.. Public utility (55 stocks).. do.., Railroad (20 stocks) do.. Banks: New York City (9 stocks) do.., Outside New York City (16 stocks) do.., Property-liability insurance (16 stocks).« ..do.., 75.72 83.00 77.99 73.10 50.91 26.59 77,92 85.40 78.38 74.76 52.62 26.74 101.64 112.41 108.61 101.96 59.20 42.05 99.72 110.26 105.46 100.96 57.90 42.12 99.00 109.09 102.46 100.55 60.08 42.05 97.24 107.26 100.90 99.82 57.51 43.55 42.12 72.07 71.10 44.21 76.07 72.48 46.24 88.82 114.06 44.68 85.97 119.24 44.54 85.83 126.23 42.97 85.08 123.73 1971 1970 June July Apr. May June July TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT REGISTRATIONS (new vehicles): 1/ Passenger cars • c «.>t>.thous• Import cars ••••••••••••••••r »«...»•• do... Trucks ••••••« -c.« o do,.. RAILROAD EQUIPMENT: Freight cars (all railroads and private car lines): Shipments number. Equipment manufacturers. ..«c «. do..« New orders.••••••••••••••••.•••••».<» .•••...••«>• do.•« Equipment manufacturers • .do..„ Unfilled orders, end of month • do... Equipment manufacturers «•• do... *900.9 *V18.6 *176.6 *837.7 *112.2 *179.4 *833.5 *125.1 *168.4 *838.7 *126.7 *171.5 *897.0 *138.6 *178.1 *806.0 *130.4 *177.6 6,115 4,478 5,218 3,487 30,149 23,308 5,446 4,457 4,340 4,226 29,040 23,074 5,497 4,431 4,107 3,782 23,563 19,059 5,252 4,381 6,670 6,570 24,944 21,227 5,401 4,205 8,521 6,321 27,977 23,256 3,305 2,696 3,807 3,652 28,547 24,280 1/ Courtesy of R. L. Polk & Company; republication prohibited. * Data exclude registrations for certain States as follows: For all months shown, one State; for the months of 1971, an additional State; and for April 1971, a third State. 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