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BUSINESS STATISTICS A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLICATION :^tOF^ S A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* *TSS O* * u:sv. .bi^/^TiigjNt • w^<3l6iiiiiii^i : .c^¥K^'- G«T ' Bustwess- ECOMCJMICS SEPTEMBER 18, 1970 Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 (Passenger cars) - 1,000 800 (\ f 600 \ / \ y\ f\ A. \ » N / I \ 400 - 200 0 Monthly J._I i i i 1 i i i i i I 1 1 1 ! 1 ,i I—I—|_,J— ... i i i i i 1968 1967 1 i i i i i 1 1 1, „ ,L_L_J—1—L™L_J—L_J— 1970 1969 J F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. 1957-59 = 100 250 1957-59 = 100 250 R A W STEEL PRODUCTION (ingots and all other forms) H 200 200 150 150 100 H IOO Monthly 50 I 1967 I I I I I I J L_J 1968 L_J I I L- 1969 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1970 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. Billion $ Bill on $ 800 900 PERSONAL INCOME 1957-59 = 100 220 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (Seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) (F.R.B. seas. a d j . index) J^^ 800 Total (left scale) 700 ^ J^^"^ W a g e and Salary Disbursements (right scale) 600 son M I I I 1 1 I I I 11 1967 1968 ~H 700 200 — - 600 180 - 500 160 - ^ s ^ ^ 1969 1 M 1 1 I 1 I I400 L 140 1970 Data: 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 the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this S u p p l e m e n t p r o v i d e s selected w e e k l y a n d monthly d a t a subsequent t o those p u b l i s h e d in t h e latest monthly SURVEY i i i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i i 1 i i l i t _U_l_l_Ll 1967 Data: Federal Reserve Board 1968 M i l l 1969 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ,U_J_ 1970 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1969 1970 ITEM Sept. 6 S e p t . 13 Aug. 22 Sept. 5 Aug. 29 S e p t . 12 195 7-59=100, 110.9 111.3 110.6 110.3 110.5 mil. $. do.. 6,329 4,541 6,475 4,509 6,934 4,833 7,105 4,874 7,108 5,066 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, 134 937 872 114 150 911 848 195 238 1,849 1,704 211 220 1,788 1,645 221 241 166 170 FINANCE: Currency i n c i r c u l a t i o n ^ / m i l . $, F e d e r a l Reserve bank c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g , t o t a l J 3 / . . . . . . d o . . . Member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s 31/ do.., Excess r e s e r v e s , e s t i m a t e d 3 / do... 51,499 60,949 26,950 402 51,618 60,053 26,941 391 54,917 64,701 28,529 82 54,702 63,931 28,161 125 54,673 63,971 28,401 246 55,014 64,703 28,785 264 A s s e t s and l i a b i l i t i e s of l a r g e commercial banks: 4/ Demand d e p o s i t s , a d j u s t e d . . . . . m i l . $, Savings d e p o s i t s do... Loans and i n v e s t m e n t s ( 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 l o a n s ( g r o s s ) . . ..do.., Real e s t a t e l o a n s ( g r o s s ) do... 79,665 46,799 226,304 23,392 76,756 33,629 79,566 46,598 228,052 23.289 77,006 33,594 77,123 46,375 234,890 24.334 79,115 33,724 78,424 46,334 234,884 24.556 79,217 33,689 79,451 46,351 236,522 24,754 79,383 33,710 7.43 94.98 104.39 7.50 94.95 104.46 8.73 76.96 84.30 8.74 81.21 89.14 8.72 80.96 88.74 1,954 28,781 138,584 9,200 1,837 28,080 176,411 9,160 1,957 32,612 84,189 9,672 2,000 31,614 112,384 9,680 2,062 31,697 134,285 9,758 t h o u s . sh. t o n s . 195 7-59=100. 2,625 140.9 2,695 144.7 2,434 130.7 2,438 130.9 2,496 134.0 biX, 13.2 15.6 14.8 15.0 15.2 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES £/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores Bond y i e l d s , domestic c o r p o r a t e (Moody's) 3Jeo* percent, Stock p r i c e s j 5 0 0 s t o c k s ( S t a n d . & P o o r ' s ) 4/ 1941-43=10, I n d u s t r i a l s , 425 s t o c k s do... PRODUCTION: Bituminous c o a l 3/ t h o u s . sh. t o n s . E l e c t r i c power, by u t i l i t i e s m i l . kw.-hr. Motor v e h i c l e s ( p a s s e n g e r c a r s ) number, Petroleum ( c r u d e ) and c o n d e n s a t e 3 / t h o u s . bbl, S t e e l , raw Index of p r o d u c t i o n RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do not always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. If Tuesday p r i c e . 3 / Daily a v e r a g e . MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 110.8 8.70 82.79 90.87 134,571 2,516 135.1 4/ Wednesday d a t a . 1970 1969 ITEM IV II GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS NATIONAL INCOME: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES: NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL bil. $ Compensation of employees, total do.. Proprietors' income, total do.. Rental income of persons ..do.. Corp. profits and inventory valuation adj., total..do.. Corporate profits before tax, total... do.. Corporate profits tax liability do.. Corporate profits after tax. do.. Inventory valuation adjustment do.. Net interest do.. 749.3 544.9 66.0 21.6 87.1 93.0 43.5 49.5 -5.9 29.7 764.0 557.5 66.7 22.0 87.4 93.4 43.8 49.7 -6.0 30.4 779.5 5 72.2 67.5 22.1 86.8 89.9 42.1 47.9 -3.2 31.0 785.2 582.1 67.2 22.3 82.0 88.5 41.4 47.1 -6.5 31.7 r_/ R e v i s e d . r797.4 596.4 67.8 22.6 r77.5 r82.0 r38.1 r43.9 =4.5 33.1 Aug. 1970 1969 PERSONAL INCOME BY SOIJRCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES: Total personal income bil. $ Wage and salary disbursements, total do.. Commodity-producing industries, total............do.. Manufacturing do.. Distributive industries ..do.. Service industries.. do.. Government .do*. Other labor income do.. Proprietors' income: Business and professional do.. Farm do.. Rental income of persons do.. Dividends do.. P e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t income ....do.. T r a n s f e r payments do.. Less p e r s o n a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s f o r s o c . i n s u r a n c e . . . . . d o . . T o t a l h o n a g r i c u l t u r a l income .....do.. 791.5 592.2 67.6 22.5 76.7 82.6 38.0 44.6 =5.8 32.4 July Aug. May June July 752.7 512.3 198.7 158.7 120.1 88.1 105.4 27.7 758, 516, 200, 159. 121. 88. 106. 27, 799.7 540.5 200.9 159.2 127.2 95.5 116.9 30.0 798. 538. 201, 159. 127. 95. 113. 30. r803.3 r541.5 r202.1 rl60.1 rl29.1 r96.8 113.5 30.6 807. 4 544. 0 202. 3 160. 2 130. 3 9 7. 2 114. 2 30. 8 50.8 16.4 22.0 24.8 59.7 65.2 26.2 730.5 50.9 16.6 22.1 24.9 60.1 65.5 26.4 736.1 51.3 16.5 22.6 25.3 64.5 76.6 27.7 777.0 51.5 16.2 22.7 24.7 64.8 77.6 27.6 775.7 51. 16. 22. 25. r65. 78. r27.8 r780.9 51 7 16 .2 22 .7 25 .3 66 .0 78 .6 28 .0 785 . 1 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3 1970 1969 ITEM July Aug. May June July 174.6 174.3 rl69.0 168.8 169.2 175.6 178.7 152.4 179.1 198.1 175.4 178.8 151.3 180.6 199.4 rl68.1 rl67.6 142.6 171.4 rl91.0 rl67.7 rl67.3 rl42.0 rl72.3 rl90.6 181.1 194.7 152.7 113.4 185.0 179.1 194.9 155.3 114.1 186.5 15 7.3 rl83.6 rl52.6 116.1 174.4 rl59.9 rl80.0 rl49.3 107.1 rl73.8 rl59.6 rl77.5 rl48.2 171.8 157.0 150.7 98.4 176.4 171.3 153.0 148.8 100.0 177.5 rl68.7 rl47.8 rl37.7 r!04.5 rl74.5 rl68.3 rl46.9 138.6 99.1 rl70.5 rl69.3 146.5 158.3 243.1 143.5 238*3 139.9 120.3 158.2 238.1 144.5 239.9 143.1 114.8 rl54.8 r241.4 rl46.5 r212.2 rl43.1 117.8 rl55.2 r241.3 rl47.8 224.3 rl40.6 120.7 rl54.4 r241.7 146.8 133.2 130.0 132.1 138.1 222.2 234.2 131.2 122.1 130.2 142.3 222.6 234.4 rl34.8 134.2 131.9 rl51.8 234.9 248.4 rl35.1 rl24.3 rl34.4 rl51.1 r237.3 251.2 rl34.5 rl24.5 rl33.4 152.8 r238.2 172.8 164.4 184.5 184.6 178.7 192.4 158.1 190.8 196.9 176.5 167.0 186.4 172.7 164.2 182.4 179.5 178.4 181.0 158.4 190.3 197.0 175.9 167.3 184.7 rl67.7 rl63.2 rl73.5 rl66.4 156.0 rl80.1 rl59.9 177.3 188.7 rl70.4 rl57.5 rl83.8 r l 6 7.2 rl62.9 rl74.7 rl70.3 163.0 rl79.9 159.1 rl76.4 rl88.0 rl70.5 r l 5 7.5 rl83.9 167.2 rl63.7 rl75.8 rl69.9 rl63.8 178.0 rl74.7 rl86.8 rl71.1 rl57.6 185.1 6,298 ,180 4,698 6,523 216 4,854 5,417 170 3,872 6,553 186 4,143 6,178 180 4,817 4,368 4,167 6,457 4,916 5,248 150.3 168.8 151.6 170.0 156.4 177.0 15 7.5 180.1 160.9 186.0 1,974 1,918 1,586 r2,086 2,069 421 1,091 462 393 1,089 436 373 741 472 r398 rl,017 r671 392 1,070 607 43,688 43,874 43,015 44,322 46,012 45,288 46,050 45,743 45,994 46,101 9 ,242 8 3 ,908 6 5 ,334 2 2 ,244.4 3 ,089 8 9,430.1 4,148.4 5,281.7 2,242.8 3,038.9 10,018.3 4,249.4 5,768.9 2,460.0 3,309.0 rl0,143.8 4,366.0 5,777.8 2,443.3 3,334.6 10,218.4 4,324.3 5,894»1 2,508.2 3,385.8 70.1 146.5 49.7 72.9 40.3 73.5 150.6 53.4 78.4 43.2 73.3 149.3 52.9 77.5 42.9 73.3 145.3 53.8 79.4 43.4 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.) 195 7-59=100. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS: MANUFACTURING, TOTAL do. . . Durable manufactures .......................do... Primary metals ..do... Fabricated metal products.. do... Machinery ..do... Transportation equipment. • Instruments and related products Clay, glass, and stone products.. . Lumber and products Furniture and fixtures • .do. do. do. do. .do. Nondurable manufactures Textile mill products Apparel products.. Leather and products Paper and products Printing and publishing Chemicals and products Petroleum products Rubber and plastics products.Foods and beverages Tobacco products .do. .do. ....do. do. ....do. do.... do.... do.... , doe... .........do.... ..do.... MINING Coal Crude oil and natural gas Metal mining UTILITIES Electric BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Final products, total • Consumer goods Automotive and home goods Automotive products Autos Auto parts and allied products Apparel and staples Equipment, including defense............. Business equipment*. Materials Durable goods materials • Nondurable materials do ... . do.... do.... do.... do.... do.... ...do.... do.... do.... do.... .do. • •• do.... do.... ..do.... do.. • • do.... ...do.... do..o. 1 rl68.4 rl67.7 rl46.2 rl72.5 191.4 171.8 171.0 142.4 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 48 States (F.W. Dodge): TOTAL VALUATION mil. $. Index (seasonally adjusted) 1957-59=100. Building, total mil. $. NEW CONSTRUCTION PLANNING (Engineering NewsRecord) 1/ * mil. $. CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: Engineering News-Record: Building 195 7-59=100. Construction do... 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... DOMESTIC TRADE ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total mil. $. do... FINANCE Bank d e b i t s t o demand d e p o s i t a c c o u n t s , except i n t e r b a n k and U . S . Govt, a c c o u n t s , annual r a t e s , s e a s , a d j . : T o t a l (233 SMSA's) b i l . $. New York SMSA do... T o t a l 232 SMSA's ( e x c e p t N.Y.) do... 6 o t h e r l e a d i n g SMSA's. ..do... 226 o t h e r SMSA's do... Turnover of demand d e p o s i t s except i n t e r b a n k and U . S . G o v t . , annual r a t e s , s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d : T o t a l (233 SMSA's) r a t i o of d e b i t s t o d e p o s i t s . New York SMSA do... T o t a l 232 SMSA's ( e x c e p t N.Y.) do... 6 o t h e r l e a d i n g SMSA's • do... 226 o t h e r SMSA's... do... 67 136 49 71, 40 6 1 4 8 3 r / R e v i s e d . p_/ P r e l i m i n a r y . 1/ Data f o r J u l y 1969 and J u l y 1970 and for 5 weeks; o t h e r months, 4 weeks. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ 22"B5 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1969 ITEM 19 70 July Apr. May July June FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS; TOBACCO VEGETABLE OILS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: Coconut oil: Productions crude* ..........................„«„.. .mil. lb. Corn oil: Production, crude. ............................... .mil. lb. Cottonseed cake and meal: Production- ........................... ....thous. sh. tons. Stocks (at oil mills), end of month*.• Cottonseed oil: Production, crude. .................... ..........mil. lb, Linseed oil: Production$ crude (raw),..». ,.„. .............do... Soybean cake and meal: Production* ........................... .thous. sh. tons. Stocks (at oil mills) , end of month*. • ............ do... Soybean oil: Production, crude. .................... .mil. lb. 33.2 19.1 19.1 40.1 37.5 42.1 44.5 41.3 38.4 106.8 179.4 69.6 155.0 144.2 148.4 103.1 161.0 r74.1 rl40.7 46.8 99.1 80.4 50.3 102.8 73.2 r53.1 33.1 21.6 12.8 27.1 26.8 24.2 17.5 1,164.7 133.2 1,200.8 140.6 1,437.2 130.9 1,549.2 202.0 rl,461.6 rl79.3 1,441.3 127.6 541.2 545.9 672.3 724.1 r680.3 665.0 1,008 561 432 1,334 669 652 3,170 1,617 1,470 983 526 440 1,360 671 674 3,139 1,634 1,420 910 491 404 1,389 606 765 2,482 1,393 1,026 924 502 406 rl,409 594 r799 2,522 1,438 1,030 1,028 528 482 1,429 584 830 2,461 1,425 983 644 649 616 609 r730 536 19.9 13.0 9.8 .490 6.4 19.9 12.9 10.2 .406 6.4 19.3 12.1 8.9 .447 5.6 19.1 11.9 9.0 .451 5.6 19.1 11.9 10.6 r.422 6.5 19.0 11.9 7.8 .388 4.8 TEXTILE PRODUCTS Woven fabrics (gray goods), weaving mills: Production, total 1/...........................mil. linear yd. Cotton.o•.•. • do... Manmade fiber.e........................................do... Stocks, total9 end of month..............................do... Manmade fiber.............••...•.•.••.•..•••........... do... Orders9 unfilled, total, end of month....................do... Cotton. do... Manmade f i b e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . COTTON ( e x c l u d i n g l i n t e r s ) : 1/ C o n s u m p t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . bales. Manufactures: Spindle a c t i v i t y ( c o t t o n system s p i n d l e s ) : A c t i v e s p i n d l e s , l a s t working d a y , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . m i l l i o n s . Consuming 100 p e r c e n t c o t t o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Spindle hours o p e r a t e d , a l l f i b e r s , t o t a l . . . . . . . . b i l l i o n s . Average p e r working day .......do... Consuming 100 p e r c e n t c o t t o n . . . . . . . . . . . ....do... r_/ R e v i s e d . 1/ Data f o r J u l y 1969 and June 19 70 cover 5 weeks; o t h e r months, 4 weeks. USCOMM— DC—2285" POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS