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BUSINESS STATISTICS A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLICATION «.*ror c A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* 'rATts<*r SEPTEMBER 3, 1971 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS 1941-43 = 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 (avg.Tdatdose) — — / ^^ ^s/\ 110 ~ ' 100 - 90 80 _L_J 1 1 1 l - L ,.±,_L_L._l-_ 1 I •_ l _ l _ l 1968 1 1 ..1 ..1 1 ..1 1 \ 1 1 1969 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1970 1971 J FMAMJJASOND Data: Standard & Poor's Group Thousands 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Thousands 350 Weekly (Passenger cars) Monthly 1968 1970 1969 1971 J FMAMJJASOND Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn. 1967 = 100 250 Weekly R A W STEEL PRODUCTION 1967=100 250 (ingots and all other forms) 200 - - 200 150 - - H 150 ~— 19 70 100 100 1971 Monthly 50 i i i i i L._ J J_i 1968 i—i— i i i i i 1 i 1969 i i i i i i i i i 1 i i i i i I_l 1970 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. * Available 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 J l _L._L..._L - L 1971 1 1 i 1 J i i 1 1 1 ll/l 1 1 1 FMAMJJASOND 50 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1970 1971 ITEM Aug. 22 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ Aug. 29 112.8 112.6 1967=100.. ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores. mil. $.. .....do.... Aug. 7 Aug. Aug. 14 21 108.5 108.1 108.5 Aug. 28 108.1 7,517 5,129 253 6,956 4,847 7,127 4,889 7,422 5,137 7,419 5,080 238 1,849 1,704 211 220 1,789 1,645 221 363 2,452 2,016 175 282 2,428 1,995 237 203 187 54,917 64,711 28,515 92 54,702 63,949 28,177 138 58,691 70,845 30,938 471 59,014 70,606 30,343 24 59,112 71,081 30,669 289 58,875 70,673 30,129 109 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted mil. $•• 77,756 Savings deposits.•• do.... 46,813 236,157 Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total......do.... 24,540 * U.S. Government obi igat ions * do.... 79,318 Commercial and industrial loans (gross) do.... 34,028 Real estate loans (gross).... ..do.... 78,424 46,334 234,884 24,556 79,217 33,689 83,149 53,132 256,620 25,183 81,807 36,210 83,132 53,113 256,121 25,031 81,634 36,367 82,704 53,069 257,580 25,002 82,480 36,512 8.73 76.96 84.30 8.74 81.21 89.14 8.21 93.89 103.37 8.22 94.66 104.29 8.02 98.60 108.84 8.07 100.41 110.95 1,996 36,612 84,189 9,672 2,000 31,614 112,372 9,680 1,911 31,472 57,568 9,664 2,184 33,465 85,741 9,613 2,180 33,207 132,266 9,606 167,966 2,434 99.8 15.1 2,438 99.9 15.0 947 38.8 12.6 1,232 50.5 14.4 1,380 56.6 14.5 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thoas.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do.... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)...do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet).number.. FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3J m i l . $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total ^/...do.... Member bank reserve balances 3J do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) £/.1941-43=10.. Industrial, 425 stocks do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal 3/ thous. sh. tonso. Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (passenger cars)..... .....number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate ^/...........thous. bbl.. Steel, raw Index of production RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons.. 1967=100.. bil.. 1_/ Data do n o t always cover c a l e n d a r w e e k s . 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3J D a i l y a v e r a g e . 1,593 65.3 4 / Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1970 ITEM June 1971 July Apr. July May LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS HELP-WANTED ADVERTISING, SEAS. ADJUSTED INDEX STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS: Beginning in period: Work stoppages Workers involved In effect during month: Work stoppages Workers involved • Man-days idle during period 1967=100. 92 92 78 79 83 p85 number. thous. 600 212 490 192 540 174 580 702 610 272 410 820 number• thous. do... 840 428 5,040 750 354 4,378 750 254 2,184 790 774 3,437 850 384 3,923 670 967 7,906 14,353 6,995 1,749 5,609 14,308 7,026 1,762 5,519 15,718 7,426 2,113 6,179 15,899 7,502 2,056 6,341 16,146 7,579 2,041 6,527 16,137 7,650 1,997 6,490 10,136.3 4,366.0 10,207.8 4,324.3 11,658.7 5,356.8 11,119.8 4,903.9 rll,815.4 5,202.8 11,767.2 5,147.4 5,770.3 2,443.3 3,327.0 5,883.6 2,508.2 3,375.3 6,301.9 2,597.1 3,704.8 6,215.9 2,573.9 3,642.0 r6,612.6 r2,764.2 r3,847.4 6,619.8 2,773.9 3,846.0 80.5 185.6 76.7 171.2 54.4 78.7 44.7 53.4 77.9 43.7 FINANCE AGRICULTURAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF AGENCIES SUPERVISED B Y THE FARM CREDIT ADM.: Total, end of month m i l . $• Farm mortgage loans: Federal land banks do... Loans to cooperatives do... Other loans and discounts .....do... Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, a d j . : Total (233 SMSA's) bil. $. New York SMSA do. . . Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) do... 6 other leading SMSA's do... 226 other SMSA's do... Turnover of demand deposits except interbank and U.S. Govt, annual rates, seasonally adjusted: Total (233 SMSA's) ratio of debits to deposits. New York SMSA do... Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) 6 other leading SMSA's 226 other SMSA's xj Revised. 7880 2j Preliminary. do. do. do. 73.1 149.3 52.7 77.5 42.7 73. 145. 53.6 79.4 43.1 80. 179. 55.8 82.4 45 4 79.8 178.9 55.7 82.7 45.1 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1971 1970 ITEM June July Apr. May June FINANCE—Con. SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission): Total on all registered exchanges: Market value • mil. $. Shares sold millions. On New York Stock Exchange: Market value • .....mil. $. Shares sold millions. 10,024 401 8,554 378 18,678 581 16,670 535 15,186 462 8,000 282 6,985 250 14,850 415 13,368 395 12,249 337 3,769.6 3,717.9 3,730.2 3,504.2 3,265.5 3,592.4 3,549.7 3,699.1 3,311.5 3,254.5 3,850.6 3,806.6 3,522.3 3,897.6 3,757.8 3,970.4 3,913.5 3,782.6 3,844.9 3,987.6 3,740.0 3,685.5 3,660.6 4,283.1 4,023.2 do.., ..do.., do.•, ........do.., 149.0 890.4 1G3.9 1,122.8 132.1 r882.7 1-121.0 rl,176.2 137.2 889.6 105.8 1,303.0 131.6 930.8 73.8 1,324.4 142.6 823.8 85.8 1,149.5 do.., do... do... 858.3 283.6 268.3 r729.0 r270.2 r285.5 883.8 271.9 281.7 936.0 267.1 306.8 999.1 265.4 273.8 do... do.., 6.0 54.0 4.0 53.8 4.2 44.0 3.8 46.7 2.7 49.2 do.., do.., do.., 91.8 40.1 37.9 101.7 54, 23, 91.7 87.1 16.9 64.6 78.3 18.8 72.7 49.5 11.6 do. •, do. •, do.., do.., 7.0 22.0 40.6 415.2 5.0 17.3 30.4 331.2 5.1 27.2 29.8 370.5 9.5 25.6 36.6 303.4 do... do.., do.., 117.6 1.5 226.1 129.6 2.1 217.6 124.7 1.5 298.1 131.4 .7 274.4 113.6 1.2 219.0 do.., do.., do.., 110.7 8.9 212.8 rl34.5 r6.3 210.1 119.5 12.2 189.4 143.6 8.0 194.4 92.2 11.0 179.0 do.., do.., do.., do.. 858.1 483.0 35.3 66.0 r728.6 r482.5 41.0 65.8 883.8 484.3 34.6 80.0 934.6 501.5 38.9 88.0 999.1 477.8 29.1 72.9 do.. do.., ...do.., do. •, 27.7 31.6 150.4 63.8 32.8 39.0 143.0 60.6 18.5 31.5 137.3 71.8 18.4 32.9 135.1 79.9 19.3 29.5 135.7 70.0 1,220 1,136.5 100.3 810.3 161.5 1,214 1,065.5 104.2 844.4 166.8 1,237 rl,248.0 rl01.7 r777.6 rl67.1 1,350 rl,256.2 rl00.4 764.6 rl83.4 1,318 1,129.2 116.5 776.5 178.9 548.7 23,401 r451.8 365.4 12.6 475.7 23,147 r412.7 379.4 12.7 r598.4 r27,634 r539.4 362.9 12.2 r587.4 r28,934 r519.5 345.6 13.2 528.6 26,835 487.5 362.0 12.4 816.8 54.8 108.0 2,398.4 889.3 39.1 103.4 2,310.7 r799.9 r61.4 rll9.1 r2,599.3 r795.4 r56.1 123.0 r2,520.4 798.1 46.2 119.8 2,358.5 267 1,791 413 2,038 135 1,318 240 1,747 128 1,848 193 1,848 132 1,745 247 rl,663 142 1,825 327 1,894 FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL Excl. Department of Defense Shipments Seasonally adjusted GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL Seasonally adjusted Exports (mdse.), incl. reexports: By geographic regions: Africa Asia • Australia and Oceania Europe mil. $. do.., do... do. ., do.., * Northern North America Southern North America South America • By leading countries: Africa: United Arab Republic (Egypt) Republic of South Africa Asia; Australia and Oceania: Australia, including New Guinea India Pakistan • Malaysia Indonesia Phil ippines Japan Europe: France East Germany West Germany Italy Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United Kingdom • North and South America: Canada. ••••••.•• Latin American Republics, Total Argentina • Brazil Chile Colombia Mexico. ••.••••••.....••••••. Venezuela. 6, 29, 29, r415, CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION: Acetylene Ammonia, synthetic anhydrous.... Carbon dioxide, liquid, gas, and solid Chlorine, gas (100% CI2) Hydrochloric acid (100% HCl) m i l . cu. ft, .thous. sh. tons, do.. do.. do.., Nitric acid (100% HNO3) do.. Oxygen (high purity) m i l . cu. ft Phosphoric acid (100% P2 O5) thous. sh. tons Sodium carbonate (soda a s h ) , synthetic (587. Na20)....do.. Sodium bichromate and chromate do.. Sodium hydroxide (100% Na OH) do.. Sodium silicate, anhydrous..•••..•..••••••••.••••••-.do.• Sodium sulfate, anhydrous do.. Sulfuric acid (100% H2 SO4) do.. LEATHER AND PRODUCTS LEATHER PRODUCTION: Calf and whole kip Cattle hide and side kip Goat and kid Sheep and lamb r_/ R e v i s e d . 7880 thous. skins thous. hides and kips thous. skins do.. 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1970 1971 ITEM July June July Apr. 11,323 108.3 10,781 99.8 12,565 120.2 12,920 119.6 11,491 109.9 r895.9 r660.8 338.9 758.3 592.1 296.7 rl,067.5 774.2 416.1 rl,124.9 r844.2 r467„l 758.9 592.6 266.7 61.85 44o05 62.70 47.70 42.30 36,60 46.85 41.30 r64.20 r50.90 55.60 46.20 100.60 84.50 657.1 74.90 61.30 644.9 71.75 60.15 378.2 52.55 44.20 372.5 r60.75 r49.85 r376.0 45.60 39.80 386.0 14.40 12.85 14.75 12.30 13.30 12.60 24.90 23.00 r20.85 rl7.85 21.50 19.60 41.20 36.20 312.5 38.75 36.25 288.5 26.25 24.75 191.8 26.50 22.50 190.2 r28c45 r26.90 rl82.6 19.35 17.20 184.8 923 800 122 763 641 122 884 737 148 890 748 142 955 798 158 817 668 149 9.4 8.1 1.3 9.2 7.8 1.4 10.0 8.3 1.7 9.8 8.2 1.6 9.7 8.1 1.7 9.8 8.1 1.7 1,674 1,483 2.2 1,509 1,504 2.3 1,707 1,557 2c 2 1,753 1,579 2.3 1,799 1,609 2.4 1,582 1.580 2.3 May June METALS AND MANUFACTURES STEEL (RAW): Production .o..., thous. sh. tons. Index .....daily average 1967=100. Aluminum products: Ingot and mill producLs (net shipment s) .« . « u.. «,<... . . .mil. lb« Mill products, t o t a L . . , o 6 i doo.. Plate and sheet....o..a...-o.oocoooo.coo..o...o..oodo... MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total <.«...mil. $. D o m e S t i C . « . o o o » o o . o . . . . o . o .o o o o « » o «..»..... a . . . . . . . . d O . o . Shipments, totaL........ .............. .. ...<,«„ ....do. Domestic. <,,».o«o.o.o<.<..».a.o. ..••...•••. ......do* Order backlog, end of month ......o.,.,.. .do. Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total.., , do. Domestic. .«....,..,.«.....»....«- « . . . o c« . . ........do. Shipments, total. . .,. ••.••»....•.•„•. Domestic .......D.......«,«,„ Order backlog, end of month...• »...., do. do. do. 9,942 92.0 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: Total, not seasonally adjusted.... .. Domestics..... .................. oo....... 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