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September 3 0 , 1977 WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS \ **TES<** u Annual Subscription: domestic, $15.00; foreign, $18.75 (no single copies sold). Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. H U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 500 TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS 475 Weekly (Wednesday data) Monthly (average of Wednesday data)" (Weekly Reporting Member Banks of Federal Reserve System) 475 450 450 425 425 400 400 k**^^^ 375 375 H 350 350 325 325 3 0 0 i L_I • • i ' • i i i i i i i i i i i i i 1975 1974 I i i i i i l i i i i 1977 1976 i M I M I I I J F M A M J J A S O N D 300 Data: Federal Reserve Board SHORT SHORT TONS 5,000 TONS 20,000 RAW 16,000 STEEL P R O D U C T I O N Monthly (ingots and all other forms) \- 4,000 3,000 12,000 8,000 2,000 h 4,000 _L_L -I • I ' 1974 I l l i I I I I I I l I I I I I I I I , 1975 ' ' 1976 ' ' 1,000 • I J F M A M J J A S O N D 1977 Data: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. 1967 = 100 MILLION 3.0 PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS 210 CONSUMER PRICES 200 ***** 190 Food 180 All Services ,.3-- ~ - (seas, adj., at annual rates) 2.5 - /"""* 170 160 150 140 K^ >-y • • • • • !-•. . . . - All Items " 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1974 U.S. Dept. of Labor 1975 M M LJ.I I I I I 1976 i i i i i 1 i i ii 1977 i i I i i i i ii 1974 1975 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS updates selected data that are published monthly in the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. 1976 i i-i 1977 i i WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS1 2 1976 ITEM 1977 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 1967=100.. do do 205.5 202.4 207.6 200.2 194.0 204.6 mil. $.. do 12,242 8,222 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.. WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores J FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3/ mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/ do.... Member bank reserve balances 3_/ do.... Excess reserves, estimated 3/ do.... Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjusted do.... 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.... Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent.. Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. § Poor's) 4/...1941-43=10.. Industrial, 400 stocks do.... PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and consensate 3/ thous. sh. tons.. mil. kw.-hr.. number.. thous. bbl.. Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5_/ RAIL FREIGHT. REVENUE TON-MILES thous. sh. tons.. percent.. . .bil.. Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 200.9 197.9 202.9 200.9 198.1 202.7 201.4 200.0 202.3 201.0 198.2 202.9 12,366 8,095 14,317 9,317 12,981 8,793 13,460 8,872 321 3,229 2,443 176 328 3,226 2,443 147 289 2,539 2,093 135 271 2,737 2,190 113 301 108 146 90,355 101,426 33,835 259 89,848 107,046 33,496 42 97,470 110,781 35,356 387 98,209 108,335 34,825 258 98,693 109,169 35,120 390 e98,137 111,985 34,952 24 107,303 81,279 386,007 43,267 111,853 62,260 103,051 81,589 383,874 43,603 112,166 62,362 113,266 93,598 417,134 46,485 119,292 69,999 109,767 93,740 423,294 47,943 119,301 70,109 8.73 104.25 116.71 8.68 107.46 120.50 8.31 96.77 106.58 8.30 98.01 107.97 8.29 96.55 106.34 8.30 95.10 104.64 14,165 38,960 152,526 8,095 14,265 37,810 146,419 8,281 14,440 44,535 144,216 8,458 13,520 41,332 127,832 8,652 15,700 40,197 179,186 8,652 198,194 2,368 78.0 16.3 2,381 78.4 16.3 2,375 78.2 16.1 2,287 75.3 14.0 2,275 74.9 16.5 2,378 78.2 1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data. 5/ Capability for a full order book based on current availability of raw materials, fuels, supplies, and industry facilities, e/ Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1976 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondefense Defense Aug. Aug. May mil. $ do.. do.. 46,359 7,110 9,615 49,810 7,577 10,114 58,405 8,661 14,186 r62,349 9,070 15,155 r52,379 r7,483 rl2,175 55,746 7,909 11,586 do.. do.. do.. 51,090 7,764 11,540 51,648 7,856 11,513 56,717 8,296 13,325 r57,570 8,428 13,862 r56,820 r8,174 rl3,548 58,142 8,198 13,555 do.. do.. do.. do.. 3,107 15,231 13,121 2,111 3,178 15,380 13,192 2,188 3,422 16,934 14,356 2,578 3,631 rl6,581 rl4,030 2,551 r3,507 rl7,107 rl4,529 r2,578 3,569 17,674 15,121 2,553 do... 48,750 49,436 58,899 r63,372 r53,317 56,645 do... do... do... 51,180 7,918 11,214 50,380 7,340 11,203 59,176 9,079 14,179 r58,378 7,959 14,725 r56,031 r8,311 rl2,667 57,912 8,552 12,303 do... do... do... .do... 3,176 15,017 13,778 1,239 3,194 14,609 12,690 1,919 3,493 18,293 15,000 3,293 3,587 rl7,717 rl5,535 2,182 r3,589 rl6,341 r14,409 r1,932 3,810 16,362 14,394 1,968 do... 164,942 164,567 172,024 rl73,045 rl73,984 174,882 do... do... do... 164,055 16,846 49,366 162,787 16,330 49,056 174,047 17,673 55,371 rl74,859 17,205 56,234 rl74,072 rl7,342 r55,351 173,837 17,696 54,099 1/ Data for August 1977 are advance estimates. June July July MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment Supplementary series: Household durables Capital goods industries Nondef ense ; Defense Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total Primary metals Transportation equipment, r/ Revised. 84484 1977 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 1976 1977 ITEM July Aug. May June July GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS--Con. 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seasonally adjusted)—Con. Supplementary series: Household durables mil. $ Capital goods industries do.. Nondef ense do.. Defense do.. COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: Unadjusted indexes: A l l items Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodities Nondurables Nbndurables less food Durables Services Services less rent Food Meats, poultry, and fish Dairy products Fruits and vegetables Housing Shelter * Rent Homeownership Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operations 2,604 106,893 77,471 29,422 2,620 106,122 76,969 29,153 2,835 113,020 80,794 32,226 2,790 rll4,159 r82,302 r31,857 r2,874 r113,391 r82,179 r31,212 1967=100 171.1 171.9 180.6 181.8 182.6 do.. do.. do.. do.. .do.. do.. do.. do.. 167.9 170.3 166.0 169.7 158.1 155.8 180.7 187.2 168.9 171.1 166.6 170.4 159.1 156.4 181.8 188.4 177.3 179.4 174.3 178.3 165.7 163.4 192.3 199.5 178.4 180.6 175.4 179.7 166.6 163.9 193.7 201.1 179.2 181.4 175.8 180.1 166.6 164.3 195.3 202.8 182.1 184.0 168.0 177.3 182.4 181.5 169.0 178.3 191.7 175.9 173.1 195.1 193.6 178.5 174.3 196.8 194.6 180.4 174.1 194.1 177.5 179.5 145.0 192.2 182.5 248.1 189.6 168.9 178.4 180,6 145.6 193.4 183.7 249.3 190.3 169.1 187.6 188.9 152.2 202.3 200.2 282.6 210.9 175.9 189.0 190.3 152.9 203.9 201.8 283.1 213.0 177.1 190. 192. 153. 206. 203. 283. 216. 177. 146.5 167.6 166.8 134.4 177 174 163 185 160 151 148.1 168.5 167.8 134.4 179.6 174.6 164.4 186.8 161.6 151.4 153.4 178.2 177.8 141.4 191.4 181.5 172.3 200.5 169.5 156.8 153.9 179.2 178.7 141.7 192.2 183.2 173.2 201.8 170.6 157.6 153.4 179.3 178.8 141.6 190.6 183. 174. 203. 171. 157. do.. do.. do. . do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. .do.. do.. Apparel and upkeep «• Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public Health and recreation Medical care Personal care Reading and recreation PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices 1967=$1.00 $0,584 $0,582 $0,554 $0,550 $0,548 CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (Private and public) Privately owned One-family structures thous do.. do.. 137.5 136.6 112.8 146.8 145.9 112.8 201.3 201.3 152.2 rl97.8 rl97.6 rl49.1 rl89.1 rl89.1 rl38.9 do.. do.. 1,413 1,129 1,530 1,172 1,937 1,455 rl,897 rl,389 r2,076 rl,446 do.. do.. 1,229 866 ,308 876 1,615 1,077 1,678 1,105 rl,639 rl,089 do.. do.. 20.0 221 23.4 242 24.9 251 26.8 264 22.3 251 124,997 100,441 48 90,673 11,598 124,997 34,358 24,371 81,034 129,202 103,805 64 94,030 11,598 129,202 36,793 24,782 81,275 131,108 108,982 400 97,394 11,629 137,763 114,757 260 102,239 11,620 rl33,932 rll0,203 788 98,711 11,595 131,108 36,114 29,009 85,333 137,763 40,872 24,562 86,326 rl33,932 r36,748 r26,912 86,674 Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned One-family structures NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total One-family structures Manufacturers' shipments of mobile homes: Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted at annual rates FINANCE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, CONDITION, END OF MONTH: Assets, total Reserve bank credit outstanding, total Time loans U.S. Government securities Gold certificate account Liabilities, total Deposits, total Member-bank reserve balances Federal Reserve notes in circulation r_/ Revised. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do. . do.. do.. do.. do.. mil. $ do.. do.. do.. do. . do.. do.. do.. do.. 1/ Data for August 1977 are advance estimates. 84484 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 4 1977 1976 ITEM July Aug. May June July Aug. FINANCE--Con. Large commercial banks of Federal Reserve System, condition, Wednesday nearest end of month: Deposits: Demand, adjusted 1/ Demand, total 2/ Individuals, partnerships, and corp State and local governments U.S. Government , Domestic commercial banks Time, total 2/ • • Individuals, partnerships and corp.: Savings Other time mil. $ do.. .do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 104,797 161,504 117,802 5,635 1,865 22,560 223,252 105,587 166,689 120,365 6,346 1,127 24,617 221,423 109,343 185,989 132,874 6,678 1,083 29,090 235,803 110,328 176,016 126,871 6,298 1,349 25,407 237,934 110,421 179,973 128,296 6,079 2,777 26,049 238,498 113,266 182,949 130,848 6,320 1,013 26,607 239,513 do.. do.. 80,220 106,398 80,937 105,378 94,412 107,151 94,088 109,686 94,331 110,461 93,598 112,131 Loans (adjusted), total 1/ Commercial and industrial For purchasing or carrying securities To nonbank financial institutions Real estate loans. Other loans do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. do.. 276,457 111,256 9,443 25,979 61,767 84,437 279,363 111,137 11,060 24,203 62,055 90,359 298,242 117,982 12,748 23,208 66,304 100,307 299,724 119,439 12,296 23,013 67,721 98,659 305,006 119,308 13,667 22,461 68,958 101,205 305,789 119,292 12,854 22,507 69,999 102,341 Investments, total U.S. Government securities, total Notes and bonds Other securities do.. do.. do.. do.. 100,549 41,182 29,174 59,367 102,942 43,144 32,350 59,798 111,594 48,273 39,459 63,321 112,249 48,295 39,153 63,954 110,660 46,726 38,701 63,934 111,345 46,485 38,458 64,860 310.90 993.20 90.31 225.92 307.85 981.63 92.91 22Q.06 312.74 926.31 110.49 240.75 311.38 916.56 113.63 237.48 311.20 908.20 117.11 236.39 296.79 872.26 113.34 219.46 SECURITY MARKETS: STOCKS: PricesDow-Jones average (65 stocks). Industrial (30 stocks) Public utility (15 stocks).. 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