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S E P T E M B E R 145, 1974 BUSINESS STATISTICS Sr AT£S O* A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Thousands 1,400 M O T O R VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — (Passenger cars) Thousands 3 5 0 3 0 0 __ 1,000 1973 2 5 0 800 2 0 0 *ft 600 "AAnvJ n\j 4 0 0 r iI V I a 150 H i 100 y 1974 200 5 0 Weekly 0 I I I I _J 1 L I I I L_J I I 1 ' I I I I l_J 1 I I I 1971 1972 D a t a : Motor V e h i c l e M f g r s . A s s n . of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , I n c . 1973 1 9 6 7 = 1 0 0 1967 : —,l I I I I II J F M A M J J Ii i i• A S O N D •100 200 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 140 I 1974 WHOLESALE PRICES (F.R.B. seas. adj. index) Farm Products and Processed Foods and Feeds 130 - ' I \ v/ - / 120 - 110 T T C 7 i > ^ I Data: I I I I I I IM II 1971 Federal Reserve Board 1972 11111111 M i 11111111111 1973 1974 Data: 1971 U.S. Dept. of Labor 1972 1973 1974 Billion $ 15.0 14.0 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT K - CREDIT EXTENDED A N D . / \A REPAID (seasonally adjusted) / ! 13.0 / ~ t - / *' _ f Extended A / 12.0 ^ ? 11.0 / \ \ Repaid - r 10.0 9.0 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce * A v a i l a b l e only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected w e e k l y and monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly A . i i i 1 . i i i i Data: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1971 Federal Reserve Board SURVEY 1972 i i i i i 1 i i i i i 1973 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1974 0 2 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 WHOLESALE P R I C E S , 22 COMMODITIES 2/...o Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Aug. 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 196.6 209.2 188.3 193.6 204.3 186.4 238.6 266.2 221.1 236.3 259.2 221.5 230.9 253.7 216.2 9.,221 ,297 9.,520 6.,396 10,,685 7 ,227 = ,028 11 = 7.,367 10,114 7,176 177 1.,489 1.,354 162 187 1.,403 1,,297 180 261 2,,116 1,,838 204 259 2.,030 1,,761 184 254 187 184 68,,499 82.,353 34,,126 490 68.>955 80.,514 33,,549 144 74,,872 92,,033 37,,187 263 74,,613 92,,100 37,,076 183 74,969 92,555 37,255 336 75,415 90,593 36,808 176 97,,081 56.,422 338 j ,698 23 j ,050 107,,172 52 j ,312 98,,330 56.,090 340,,317 23,,327 107,,627 52,,375 98,,571 5 7 ,280 3 377,,374 ,976 20, 126,,796 59,,341 100,,293 57,,079 381,,441 21,,130 126,,150 59,,428 100,446 56,779 380,666 21,303 127,235 59,446 £J.09 104.64 117.56 i 5.06 103.06 115.58 9.39 73.51 82.56 9.47 70.76 79.58 9.59 68.69 77.31 10,,145 38,,461 149,,051 9,,412 2,,780 113.9 14.7 12,,325 36.,543 194,835 9,,345 2,,886 118.3 17.2 7,,560 40,,299 120,,847 8,,902 2,,664 109.2 15.1 12,,705 39,,611 138,,306 ,913 8j 2,,649 108.6 16.8 11,100 34,837 130,767 8,906 2,673 109.6 14.2 1967-100. o 9 Foodstuffs do.... ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES. I N I T I A L UNEMPLOYMENT C L A I M S , mil.$.. S t a t e programs 0thous0o INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs 0 ....odo. 0 o. State programs (50 States, D. C., and Puerto Rico) do.o FAILURES, 1974 1973 ITEM I N D U S T . AND COMMERCIAL (DUN & B R A D S T R E E T ) n u m b e r Sept. 14 193.6 204.3 186.4 FINANCE; Currency in circulation .o......oo...........mil.$0. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/.odo.. Excess reserves, estimated 2 / c>do, e ., Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: _4/ Savings depositso . 0 . . . . do.o*. Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total...do.... Commercial and industrial loans (gross)....0.do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/...percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's 4/.1941-43=10 9.61 68.55 77.15 PRODUCTION: Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr. . Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE T O N - M I L E S !_/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. thous. bbl.. 1967-100.. bil.o Tuesday price. MONTHLY 3_/ Daily average, 259,714 2,731 111.9 k] Wednesday data. BUSINESS STATISTICS 1974 1973 ITEM July July Aug. £/ rl25.8 125.7 125.2 rl23.8 rl22.4 rl29.7 132.8 rll6.1 100.3 rl46.5 142.3 rl28.5 107.0 rl34.2 rll2.2 rl30o2 r 82.2 rl29.2 rl29.1 rl28.3 rl30.9 rl24.7 rl24.0 rl22.5 rl30.0 rl32.7 rll4.9 99.6 r144.0 rl42.7 rl29.0 108.1 rl34.5 rll2.1 rl30.3 r 81.6 rl29.3 rl29 0 l rl27.9 rl31.5 rl26 0 5 rl24.2 rl22.9 rl30.2 rl33.0 rll5.9 101.5 rl43.7 rl42.4 rl29.1 122.9 121.3 129.9 130.8 116.5 103.1 142.0 138.8 129.5 rl34.8 rll2.5 rl30.4 r 82.8 rl28 0 8 rl28.4 rl26 0 7 rl31.1 rl27.2 135.4 109.4 128.2 78.1 128.6 128.9 128o2 131.2 123o2 126.1 122o6 125.6 133o8 128.5 rl25.7 rl22.1 rl24.6 131.9 r!29.7 rl25.9 rl22.4 rl26.5 rl31.9 rl30o 7 rl25o8 rl22o4 rl25 0 6 rl31.9 rl30 o 4 125.0 120.8 124.9 130.0 128.0 105.7 140 o 9 128.4 129.6 129 0 5 100.6 r146.1 126.8 rl28 0 7 129.7 r 99.5 rl47.5 rl25.6 rl27 0 8 rl31.9 r 98.9 rl46 0 7 125o6 128o8 133.6 98o8 147o4 Aug. May 126.7 126.4 125.7 124.2 122.1 132.9 142.4 141.7 134.0 156.7 142.9 129.0 116.5 132.5 107.3 123.0 81.1 132.5 130.9 131.6 130.4 126.9 123.7 121.4 131.2 134.0 121.1 103.9 154.2 141.1 130.2 117.0 133.6 107.6 124.6 79.7 132.1 130.9 131.8 130.6 126.3 126.5 123.8 128.1 133.5 127.6 112.1 140.8 125.4 132.3 127.5 June GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. Ro INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT): SEASONALLY ADJ e , TOTAL INDEX (INCL. UTIL.)..1967=100.. BY MARKET GROUPINGS: Auto parts and allied goods Clothing BY I N D U S T R Y G R O U P I N G S : MANUFACTURING^ TOTAL c . . . . o . o .... Clay, glass, and stone products Furniture and fixtures r/ Revised. £/ Preliminary. 18,065 do... do... do . . . e ...do... do... MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued v/ 1974 1973 ITEM July Aug. May June July Aug. 130.6 128.9 112.1 79.2 135.3 130.9 129.0 113.6 81.0 137.0 rl30.9 rl24.0 rl05.9 r 83.9 135.1 rl30.9 rl24.5 103.4 r 81.6 rl36.7 rl30.9 124.0 116.0 152.0 129.3 168.8 122.4 105.3 116.2 151.4 128.2 167.9 122.9 110.1 111.9 rl56.2 126.1 163o 7 rl27.8 109.4 rll3.3 rl56.9 rl25.3 rl64.5 rl26.7 108.7 rll3.8 rl55. 7 rl27.9 165.0 rl26.0 117.7 156.4 126.7 111.0 111.5 131.4 104.0 110.0 154.8 163.8 rlll.O 128.1 rll2.4 rl08.8 149.2 159.0 rll0.6 rl20.6 rll8.3 rl08.8 rl50.5 160.4 rll0.3 120.4 rll5.6 rl08.4 rl51.5 2/108.1 128.4 109.0 109.5 154.8 163.9 181.9 187.2 178.1 207.8 236.6 189.8 221.6 215.1 226.2 224.4 219c 7 227.5 236.9 250.0 228.2 240.8 266.9 224.2 134.3 173.3 146.5 126.1 110.8 134.7 115.2 141.4 177.8 122.0 132.8 130.0 142.1 213.3 166.2 126.7 135.2 115.9 143.0 178.8 122.3 133.7 130.0 155.0 180.8 158.9 150.5 137.0 204.3 124.5 146.3 198.0 134.1 168.7 150.7 155.7 168.6 157.4 153.6 142.8 210.5 126.1 146.0 192.2 137.2 174.0 152.3 161.7 180.8 167.6 157.8 148.4 221.7 128.2 146.6 188.6 140.3 180.3 156.4 167.4 189.2 179.7 161.6 158.5 226.0 129.8 146.2 183.7 144.3 185.6 157.6 122.3 112.9 124.2 115.0 119.0 123.3 113.1 125.2 115.1 119.0 146.6 133.7 139.1 121.4 124.9 147.5 135.6 141.7 122.8 126.1 153.3 139.5 142.1 125.1 128.5 162.9 143.4 142.3 126.7 130.1 $0,745 $0,704 $0,645 $0,642 $0,618 $0,597 41,665 14,518 8,707 1,940 2,080 43,135 14,654 8,519 2,047 2,180 47,033 15,457 8,787 2,175 2,210 r45,609 rl5,150 r. 8,649 r 2,122 r 2,193 r45,953 rl5,421 r 8,943 r 2,186 2,244 47,979 15,372 8,685 2,273 27,147 1,740 1,240 3,359 8,976 3,088 6,269 28,481 1,931 1,303 3,556 9,344 3,023 6,915 31,576 2,044 1,393 3,606 10,217 3,408 7,439 r30,459 r 1,978 r 1,364 r 3,702 r 9,942 r 3,537 r 7,070 r30,532 r 1,875 r 1,380 r 3,756 rlO,127 r 3,650 r 6,883 32,607 2,149 1,470 3,943 10,938 3,681 7,505 42,767 14,409 8,654 2,000 1,894 42,355 14,481 8,645 2,025 1,894 44, 894 14, 289 7,854 2,215 2,040 r44,593 rl4,049 r 7,830 r 2,137 r 1,996 r46,276 rl4,911 8,527 2,245 2,009 46,538 15,116 28,358 2,028 1,305 3,122 9,128 2,908 7,051 27,874 1,967 1,298 3,158 8,964 2,836 6,923 30,605 2,075 1,389 3,402 9,795 3,312 7,558 r30,544 r 2,069 r 1,402 r 3]441 r .9, 782 r 3,421 r 7,454 31,365 2,144 1,438 3,494 10,132 3,411 7,529 31,422 60,008 60,213 58,909 60,677 66,818 65,615 67,156 66,580 67,214 67,538 12,214 13,161 13,008 12,812 14,393 14,091 rl3,715 rl3,984 13,589 14,308 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F. R. INDEX OF QUANTITY OUTPUT)—Con. SEASONALLY ADJ., TOTAL INDEX (INCL.UTIL.)—Con. BY INDUSTRY GROUPINGS — C o n . MANUFACTURING, TOTAL—Con. .1967-100.. Chemicals and products MINING Coal UTILITIES Electric p/131.2 72.1 136.8 126.5 100.7 108.9 2./152.5 COMMODITY PRICES SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 9 Foodstuffs .1967-100.. WHOLESALE P R I C E I N D E X E S : ALL COMMODITIES Pulp, paper, and allied products Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100.. Motor vehicles and equipment............. .1967=100.. P U R C H A S I N G POWER OF T H E D O L L A R A S MEASURED Wholesale prices R E T A I L TRADE, ALL ESTIMATED SALES BY— 1967-$1.00.. DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL STORES: ( U N A D J U S T E D ) , T O T A L 1/ Automotive group General merchandise group with nonstores... •••••do.... ESTIMATED SALES (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL 1/ Furniture and appliance group.............. Lumber, building, hardware group do.... do.... do.... General merchandise group with nonstores... .....do.... ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES, R E T A I L F I R M S W I T H 11 OR MORE 111.0 END OF MONTH: STORES: Estimated sales (seasonally adjusted), total... FRASER Digitized for http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ r/ Revised. jd/ Preliminary. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis do. .•• 1_/ Data for Aug. 1974 are advance estimates. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1973 ITEM 1974 June July Aug. May July 147.30 119.91 1.39 7.20 41.52 9.72 29.44 7.84 22.80 27.40 147.35 119.97 1.40 7.12 41.48 9.81 29.40 7.82 22.94 27.38 149.88 121.29 1.49 7.03 41.54 9.90 29.75 7.95 23.64 28.59 rl49.52 rl21.11 rl. 49 r6.94 r41.51 r9.80 r29.68 r7.92 r23.77 r28.41 rl49.34 rl20.89 rl. 50 r6.81 r41.37 r9.80 r29.78 7.91 r23.72 r28.46 149.56 120.84 1.48 6.74 41.26 9.87 29.60 7.97 23.92 28.72 110.9 101.6 112.0 102.0 102.9 100.6 107.0 113.2 122.9 121.9 110.9 102.9 110.6 101.8 102.6 100.7 107.9 113.0 122.7 122.8 111.7 109.6 108.3 101.2 101.8 99.4 108.7 114.1 123.6 126.3 rill.5 109.6 rl06.7 100.9 rl01.7 r99.7 rl07.5 113.8 123.3 rl27.0 rill.3 rl09.5 rl04.6 rl00.7 rl01.4 r99.6 rl07.4 rll4.1 rl22.7 r!26.9 111.1 108.4 103.6 100.1 100.3 99.7 108.1 113.4 123.6 127.8 169,148 138,212 171,978 140,810 181,680 148,852 183,425 150,615 184,805 152,142 14,812 12,618 15,099 12,501 15,605 13,800 14,641 12,878 15,486 13,959 14,542 12,544 14,294 12,399 14,669 13,407 14,387 13,301 14,635 13,310 Aug. p/ LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS MAN-HOURS of wage and salary workers, nonagricultural establishments, for 1 week in the month, seasonally adj. at annual rate, total......................bil. man-hours Private sector, total do.. Mining do.. Contract construction. do.. Manufacturing .do.. Transportation, communication, elec.,gas, etc do.. Wholesale and retail trade do.. Finance, insurance, and real estate .do.. Services do.. Government do.. Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours, production or nonsuper visory workers, seasonally adjusted: Private sector payrolls 1967=100 Mining do.. Contract construction .do.. Manufacturing do.. Durable goods do.. Nondurable goods .do.. Transportation, communication, elec., gas, etc do.. Wholesale and retail trade do.. Finance, Insurance, and real estate ...........do.. Services. .do.. FINANCE CONSUMER CREDIT (SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM): Total outstanding, end of month .mil. $ Installment credit, total............................ do.. Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted: Extended, total do.. Repaid, total........................................ do.. Seasonally adjusted: Extended, total do.. Repaid, total do.. r/ Revised, p/ Preliminary. 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