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BUSINESS STATISTICS A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLICATION A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 25, 1970 LJ U U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS 1941-43 = 10. 1941-43=10 130 PRICES OF 425 120 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS (org. of daily dose) - 130 close) A 120 ^NX 110 \ 100 r* 100 \ 90 80 Weekly (Wednesday Monthly , ,i. J i i i 1 , 1 , 1 ,i„ J . J „ , . < i 1967 Data: Standard & Poor's Corp. i i i I i i i i i 1.1,1 l~J i 1968 L-L .1 1 1 / l ,L , , L i , j J - J . . I J..J-.L,. J 1970 1969 1957-59=100 F M A M J J A S O N D 1957-59 = 1 250 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 240 (by utilities) (E. E. I. sea. a d j . index) 230 220 1967 Data: Edison Electric Inst. 1968 1969 J 1970 F M A M J J A S O N D Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 MOTOR 1,200 1,000 VEHICLE PRODUCTION (Passenger cars) _ f\ 800 jA / \ J\ •^/ 600 \ \ 400 200 Monthly 0 ,,.l™l I.J.J.1 l l 1967 Automobile Mfrs. Assn. l l i __!__! 1 1 1 1 1 L_ 1 1968 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 L t.._.. 1969 * A v a i l a b l e only with subscription to the SURVEY O F CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly a n d monthly d a t a subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY i i i i i 1 i 1970 i i i t J F M A M J J A S O N D WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 1969 ITEM S e p t . 13 S e p t . 20 Aug. 29 1957-59=100. 111.3 111.7 110.3 mil. $. ...............do... 6,475 4,509 6,799 4,529 7,105 4,874 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. 150 911 848 195 147 884 823 188 $. do... do... do... 51,618 60,053 26,941 391 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $. Savings deposits do... Loans and investments (adjusted), total do... U.S. Government obligations do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do... Real estate loans (gross)... do... ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores S e p t . 19 110.5 110.8 109.8 7,108 5,066 6,537 4,663 220 1,789 1,645 221 241 1,712 1,577 166 208 170 235 51,545 59,823 26,814 132 54,702 63,931 28,161 125 54,673 63,971 28,401 246 55,017 64,810 28,990 369 55,245 64,628 28,718 133 79,791 46,745 228,468 23,348 77,097 33 ,'688 78,287 46,558 228,320 23,116 77,917 33,696 78,424 46,334 234,884 24,556 79,217 33,689 79,713 46,337 236,690 24,764 79,504 33,728 79,848 46,397 237,308 24,728 79,707 33,75.2 7.50 94.95 104.46 7.55 94.63 104.11 8 . 74 81.21 89.14 8.72 80.96 88.74 8.70 82.79 90.87 1,939 28,080 176,411 9,160 1,897 27,596 183,172 9,181 2,000 31,614 112,384 9,680 2,063 31,697 134,285 9,758 2,272 30,058 134,571 9,901 t h o u s . sh. t o n s . , 1957-59=100.. 2,695 144.7 2,688 144.3 2,438 130.9 2,496 134.0 2,516 135.1 bil., 15.6 15.6 15.0 15.2 13.1 FINANCE: Currency in circulation .3/ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ Member bank reserve balances 3/ Excess reserves, estimated 3/ m ii. Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10. Industrials, 425 stocks 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., s Petroleum ( c r u d e ) and c o n d e n s a t e ^ / thous. 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 n o t always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. Sept. 5 p t . 12 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES _2/ If Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3/ Daily a v e r a g e . 8.69 81.78 89.76 99,724 2,536 136.1 4/ Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1969 July 1970 Aug. May June July Aug. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE 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 (13,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One-family structures.. thous. ..do... do... 126.5 125.2 73.5 127.6 124.9 69.5 127.3 125.0 74.8 rl41.6 rl35.2 r83.0 rl42.3 rl39.7 r74.5 132.0 129.1 76.9 do.., do... 1,429 803 rl,384 r723 1,242 728 rl,393 r835 rl,591 r817 1,431 833 do.., ...do.., 1,228 5 70 1,245 5 70 1,321 602 1,306 613 rl,275 r619 1,342 668 12,854 6,605 1,594 4,655 12 ,841 6 ,645 1 ,5 73 4 ,624 14,190 6,942 1,796 5,452 14,353 6,995 1,749 5,609 14,308 7,026 1,762 5,519 12,076 8,981 2,603 492 13 ,005 8 ,707 3 ,788 510 13,542 9,898 3,040 604 15,020 10,549 3,930 541 14,285 9,920 3,814 551 1,580 1,192 294 94 1 ,520 1 ,125 300 95 1,581 1,214 273 94 1,659 1,237 330 92 1,707 1,264 350 94 FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED BY THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of month .mil. $, Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks ....do.. Loans to cooperatives do.. Other loans and discounts do.., LIFE INSURANCE: Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Insurance written (new paid-for insurance): Value, estimated total..........................mil. $ Ordinary (incl. mass-marketed ord. ) do.. Group ..do.. Industrial • do.. LIFE INSURANCE: Life Insurance Agency Management Association: Total life insurance premiums collected mil. $ Ordinary (incl. mass-marketed ord.)...... ...do.. Group ....do.. Industrial.. do.. £./ Revised. 2298 MONTHLY 1970 1969 ITEM July FINANCE 3 BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued May Aug. June July Con. MONEY SUPPLY AND RELATED DATA (avg. of daily figures): Unadjusted for seas, variation: Total money supply bil. $. Currency outside banks do... Demand deposits*. do..o. Time deposits adjusted..... do.... U.S. Government demand deposits........ do... Adjusted for seas, variation: Total money supply .do... Currency outside banks .do... Demand deposits.. • ...do... Time deposits adjusted do.** SECURITY MARKETS: BONDS: Prices (Standard & Poor's Corporation): Industrial, utility, and railroad (AAA issues): Composite. • ..dole per $100 bond. Domestic municipal (15 bonds).. s *****...do... 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... Yields: Domestic corporate (Moody's) ...percent. By rating: Aaa do... Aa do.*. A do... Baa do... By groups: Industrials ••• do... Public utilities do... Railroads .do... 197.8 45.2 152.7 197.7 5.6 195.9 45.4 150.5 195.5 4.3 199.9 47.3 152.6 200.0 6.4 201.7 47.7 154.0 201.2 6.5 r202.7 r48.2 154.5 206.9 6.8 199.3 45.0 154.4 197.7 199.0 45.3 153.8 194.5 203.9 47.6 156.2 199.6 203.6 47.8 155.9 201.0 204.3 48.1 156.2 206.9 68.2 78.5 68.4 76.2 61.2 67.8 59.4 67.5 59,0 70*6 330.44 393.16 315,76 375.63 300.39 465.04 645.56 824.44 370.56 536.56 269.23 324.81 255.55 304.60 264.77 374.22 608.25 743.34 344.53 489.26 7.39 7.37 8.46 8e77 8.85 7.08 7.24 7.40 7.84 6.97 7.23 7.41 7.86 8.11 8.24 8.49 8.98 8.48 8.58 8.76 9.25 8.44 8.64 8.92 9.40 7.29 7.49 7.50 7.29 7.40 7.57 8.19 8.72 8.59 8.55 9.06 8.76 8.61 9.01 9.11 5.84 6.07 7.02 7.06 6.69 9. 03 9. 90 4.61 9.03 9.90 4.62 8.96 9.71 4.70 8.95 9.69 4.71 8.95 9.70 4.71 do. do. ...do. 4. 66 6. 37 9. 86 4.67 6.41 9.86 4.02 6.70 10.48 4.02 6.70 10.48 3.95 6.70 10.48 Price per share, end of m o . , composite..............do. Industrials. ...do. Public utilities. do. Railroads. •• do* 249. 38 296, 79 92, 47 85, 98 259.67 310.95 91.13 87.16 209.44 248.12 74.91 62.07 198.30 236.81 68.96 52.39 212.90 252.79 74.55 56.18 percent. do... do... 3. 62 3. 34 4.99 48 18 07 4.28 3.91 6.27 4.51 4.09 6.83 4.20 3.84 6.32 Rai lroads do... N.Y. banks do.. . Property and casualty insurance companies......... do... Prices: 5. 42 4 28 3, 99 36 80 87 6.48 4.29 4.67 7.67 4.30 4.61 7.03 r4.01 4.19 1941-43=10. do... ....do... do... 94. 71 103. 68 100 55 83 .04 94.18 103.39 100.90 83.44 76.06 83.16 80.47 71.65 75.59 82.96 80.77 73.10 75.72 83.00 77.99 73.10 do... do... 61 .32 43 00 59.20 42.04 51.15 31.10 49.22 28.94 50.91 26.59 do... do... do... 41 .98 82 .49 74 .54 41.87 80.41 72.83 39.65 70o75 67.40 41.03 71.16 69.94 42.12 72.07 71.10 New York Stock Exchange common stock i n d e x e s : Composite 1 2 / 3 1 / 65=50. Industrial .do... Transportation. .................do... Utility do... Finance. • • • .do... 52 .40 55 .00 42 .80 42 .31 64 .56 52.09 54.85 41.45 41.34 65.29 41.65 43.33 29.85 35.48 54.58 41.28 43.40 28.51 33.74 54.21 41.15 43.04 26.46 34.90 54.00 Shares l i s t e d , New York Stock Exchange, end of month: Market v a l u e , a l l l i s t e d s h a r e s . . . . . . b i l . $. Number of s h a r e s l i s t e d ....millions. 611 .15 14,505 641.58 14,761 516.39 15,552 491.21 15,677 531.08 15,823 Domestic m u n i c i p a l , Standard & P o o r ' s C o r p o r a t i o n (15 bonds) percent. STOCKS: Dividend rates, prices, yields, common stocks (Moody's): Dividends per share, annual rate, composite......dollars. Industrials ........do... Public utilities.. do. . . Railroads • N.Y. banks Property and casualty insurance companies. Yields, composite Industri als Public utilities o Standard & P o o r ' s C o r p o r a t i o n : I n d u s t r i a l , p u b l i c u t i l i t y , and r a i l r o a d : Combined i n d e x (500 s t o c k s ) I n d u s t r i a l , t o t a l (425 s t o c k s ) C a p i t a l goods (116 s t o c k s ) Consumers' goods (184 s t o c k s ) P u b l i c u t i l i t y (55 s t o c k s ) R a i l r o a d (20 s t o c k s ) Banks: New York C i t y (9 s t o c k s ) O u t s i d e New York C i t y (16 s t o c k s ) P r o p e r t y - l i a b i l i t y i n s u r a n c e (16 s t o c k s ) r/ Revised. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1970 1969 July Apr. May July June PULP, PAPER, AND PAPER PRODUCTS PULPWOOD: e.o«> »a«>eo©oo®«.a>Q. . . O . . t h o u s , c o r d s (128 cu. f t . ) . Consumption... • • . • . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • . ,dO« e a S t o c k s , end of m o n t L . . 6 » » . . . 9 . . . . .dO . » e Waste p a p e r : Consumption® ...aooo.affleeseeoQ.a.ae • »• .® t h o u s . sh« t o n s . R e c e i p t S o StOCk S, t e n d Of mOntho • • . . • • • . . . • • • WOOD PULP: Stocks 9 end of month: Total 9 all mi lis.•••••.•••...••• P u l p m i llSoos®o«ia®®sa6.©©®s«j©so Paper and board mills...• •• •.. Nonpaper mills* © . « . <»o«. a «• © .. • PAPER AND BOARD: Production (Bu. of the Census): All grades, total, unadjusted... Paper... ...•...•.•..••••.••••• Paperboard. .••....••••••••...• Wet-machine board.« . . . . » » . • . . . C o n s t r u c t i o n p a p e r and b o a r d * . ,do•® . .do. edOe .do. sdO® .do. .do. .do. .do. 5,258 5,413 3,597 5,224 5,078 3,770 5,611 5,536 4,811 5,449 5,548 4,745 5?591 5,478 4,892 5,531 5,251 5,193 883 577 792 608 872 563 832 552 r854 556 736 594 857 344 433 80 802 284 443 75 832 299 459 74 868 348 450 71 r867 340 r459 r68 915 359 486 70 4,535 1,968 2,180 11 376 4,227 1,822 2,029 9 368 4,624 2,053 2,198 14 359 4,469 1,944 2,160 12 353 r4,377 rl,898 r2,103 rl5 r361 4,065 1,784 1,898 12 371 841.9 91.7 160.9 815.3 90.2 169.6 768.4 100.0 161.9 784.4 104.2 158.9 900.9 118.6 176.6 837.7 112.2 179.4 5,445 3,888 1,557 7,968 6,683 1,285 50,395 42,850 7,545 4,861 3,770 1,091 5,747 3,047 2,700 51,233 42,0 79 9,154 6,448 4,800 1,648 5,501 5,501 0 34,491 26,308 8,183 5,832 4,227 1,605 2,387 2,218 169 31,046 24,299 6,747 6,115 4,478 1,637 5,218 3,487 1,731 30,149 23,308 6,841 5,446 4,45 7 989 4,340 4,226 114 29,040 23,074 5,966 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT REGISTRATIONS (new vehicles): If Passenger cars thous. Foreign cars.. do... Trucks. •••••••.•..... do. • . RAILROAD EQUIPMENT: Freight cars (ARCI & A A R ) : Shipments ••• number. Equipment manufacturers, total.. .... ••••••.... ...... .do. ... Railroad shops, domestic.............................do.«® New orders... ..........do... Equipment manufacturers, total... do... Railroad shops, domestic ..do... Unfilled orders, end of month..••...••...••.•••••••...«do«.« Equipment manufacturers, total......» ................do.. • Railroad shops, d o m e s t i c . ... •• ........do... r / R e v i s e d . 1/ Courtesy of R . L . Polk & C o . ; r e p u b l i c a t i o n p r o h i b i t e d . USC0MM--DC—-229^ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS | Data exclude r e g i s t r a t i o n s f o r one S t a t e . POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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