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WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS ^7-ES CJf September 8, 1978 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. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS INDEX, 1967=100 210 ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION 200 _ (E.E.I, seas. adj. index) 190 INDEX, 1967=1 Monthly - / 180 170 - 160 150 I ., L .1,1-1—1 • 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 ..1 U1 I„ J .,1 . LJ... 1.-J —J » ' i • • 11 • * • i J -!.., ..i, _,l._l, 1 1 J , 1 1-.1 J 1975 1976 1977 1978 F M A M J J A S O N D Data: Edison Electric Inst THOUSANDS MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (Passenger cars) 1975 i: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc. 1975 i: U.S. Dept of Commerce Monthly BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1976 1977 I ' ' ' I I, 1978 1977 1976 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 130 THOUSANDS 350 1978 J F M A M J J A S O N D 1967=100 1975 Data: U.S..Dept. of Labor 1976 W E E K L Y BU8INE88 S T A T I S T I C S updates selected data that are published monthly in the S U R V E Y OF C U R R E N T BUSINESS. M I I 1 I I I I I I I I I II II I 1977 1978 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS1 1977 ITEM Aug. 27 1978 Sept. 3 Aug. 12 Aug. 19 Aug. 26 1967=100. do... do... 201.2 199.3 202.4 200.9 197.9 202.9 234.0 238.0 231.0 237.9 243.2 234.1 239 .8 245.1 236.0 mil. $. do... 13,750 8,941 14,176 9,291 14,875 9,816 15,063 9,932 14,978 9,890 INITIAL UMEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs do... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico) do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun S Bradstreet)...number. 282 2,648 2,241 163 290 2,542 2,096 135 326 2,541 2,299 115 247 2,434 2,209 168 265 107,260 127,156 37,385 SPOT MARKET PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ 9 Foodstuffs 13 Raw industrials ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores 146 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: £/ 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... 97,719 111,224 34,800 28 97.484 110,752 35,345 371 107,080 123,460 37,222 47 107,464 124,347 37,900 289 108,691 93,912 416,266 46,718 119,036 69,656 113,266 93,598 417,134 46.485 119,292 69,999 115,665 91,880 458,616 42,613 134,577 83,155 116,663 91,848 460,840 43,607 135,123 83,720 Bond yields, domestic corporate (Moody's) 3/ percent. Stock priccs, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) £/...1941-43-10. Industrial, 400 stocks do... 8.34 97.23 107.01 8.31 96.77 106.58 9.07 104.50 115.53 9.08 104.65 115.82 9.07 104.91 116.18 52 PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal Electric power, by utilities Motor vehicles (passenger cars) Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous. sh. tons. mil. kw.-hr. number. thous. bbl. 12,840 42,072 122,985 8,458 14,440 44,535 144,216 8,644 12,940 45,796 75,758 8,90.1 13,775 48,305 98,803 8,901 13,640 46 , 345 147,550 8,901 Steel, raw Rate of capability utilization 5/ thous. sh. tons. percent. 2,389 78.6 2,375 78.2 2,614 86.5 2,571 85.1 2,656 87.9 bil. 15.9 16.4 17.2 17.5 17.8 RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 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, ej Estimated. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 1977 ITEM June 19 78 July Apr. May June r/ July GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS iNUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Stone, clay, and glass products Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total V Foods and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products :AS0NALLY ADJUSTED, TOTAL By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Stone, clay, and glass products...". Machinery, except electrical r/ Revised. mil. $.. do.... do do do 117,,134 62,,943 3.,259 9,,504 7,,681 102,,678 52,,831 2,,865 7,,844 6,,398 rl27,014 68,379 3,706 10,252 8,184 rl25,144 67,357 3,809 10,086 8,110 do.... do.... do 10,,423 7,,470 15 j,833 8,,946 6,,501 12,,712 11,685 8,119 17,087 11,259 7,848 16,833 12,, 453 8S,627 17,,540 10,,523 7.,144 13,,249 do do.... do do 54,,191 16,,205 820 3,,563 49.,847 15 j,037 765 2,,859 r58,635 17,539 903 3,912 r57,787 17,778 83? 3,743 59,,888 18,,204 1,,003 ,818 55,,362 17,,093 824 3j,163 do.... do.... do do 4 j,639 9,,930 7,,964 ,275 4,,064 8,,669 8,,087 2,,797 4,759 rll,434 8,207 3,462 4,803 rll,841 8,273 3,306 ,066 11,,161 ,721 3;,491 4,,620 9,,626 8;,673 3,,055 do 111,,003 109,,827 rl24,337 rl23,566 do do do do 58,,049 ,001 8,,836 7,,128 57,,463 2;,919 8,,507 6,, 738 66,493 3,657 9,824 8,013 65,417 3,710 9,628 7,880 66,,29;; 3j,710 9,,860 7,,899 64,,847 3,,680 9,,935 7,,525 do do do do.... 9,,537 7,,072 14,,345 2,,378 9,,811 7,,202 14,,221 2,,322 11,364 8,119 16,288 2,569 11,091 7,929 15,971 2,602 11,,425 8,,167 15,,887 2,,674 11,,534 7j,929 15,,231 2,,585 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. 131,,727 71;,839 4,,039 10,,609 8 ;,510 124, 114,,650 59.,288 3.,615 9,,158 7,,146 123,,039 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS — Continued 3 1977 ITEM June 1978 July Apr. May June July GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con. MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS (SEAS. A D J . ) — C o n . By industry g r o u p — C o n . Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products INVENTORIES, END OF MONTH: Book value (unadjusted), total Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total Book value (seasonally adjusted), total By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ S t o n e , clay, and glass products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Instruments and related products 52,954 16,052 783 3,361 4,411 9,523 7,846 3,079 52,364 15,598 767 3,353 4,296 9,382 8,022 3,033 r58,044 rl7,775 928 3,976 4,750 rl0,537 8,239 3,314 r58,149 18,015 821 3,697 4,796 rl0,433 8,443 3,235 175,760 112,726 6 3-, 034 176,468 175,611 112,537 63,074 177,297 186,844 120,963 65,881 185,715 188,499 122,540 65,959 187,689 rl88,846 rl22,891 r65,955 rl89,557 189,226 123,178 66,048 190,927 ....do.... ....do.... ....do.... ....do.... ....do.... 112,536 4,123 17,961 14,415 25,060 14,884 20,969 5,436 113,160 4,186 18,110 14,565 25,231 14,857 20,996 5,543 119,848 4,518 16,940 15,874 27,757 16,188 22,264 6,104 121,471 4,570 17,060 15,992 28,2 79 16,44 5 22,743 6,140 rl22,688 r4,569 rl7,209 rl6,130 r28, 766 r.16,628 r22,784 r6,203 123,837 4,630 17,326 .16,327 28,938 16,793 23,099 6,214 ....do.... ....do..,. ....do.... ....do.... do ....do.... do do ....do.... do ....do.... ....do 63,932 16,614 3,486 5,399 5,547 13,384 5,627 4,220 118,079 63,955 54,124 112,141 64,137 16,296 3,506 5,391 5,597 13,591 5,752 4,240 103,795 53,776 50,019 108,868 65,867 16,168 3,46b 5,394 5,687 14,743 5,576 4,445 rl 30,899 71,890 r59,009 rl28,175 66,218 16,436 3,477 5,433 5,798 14,763 5,302 4,498 rl28,665 70,723 r57,942 rl28,450 r66,869 r!6,643 r3,5 01 r5,475 r5,869 r14,86J r5, 39 7 r4,521 rl34,171 r74,237 r59,934 rl2 7,580 67,090 16,332 3,384 5,534 5,949 15,04 7 5,521 4,51.2 116,749 6.1 ,305 55,444 122,684 do.... . . . .do ...do.... ....do.... ...do .do do ."...do ....do 59,111 8,330 6,969 10,085 7,186 15,563 53,030 11,696 41,334 56 , 367 8,638 6,581 9,720 7,178 13,260 52,501 11,656 40,845 70,033 10,308 8,778 11,536 8,626 17,721 r58,142 12,880 r45,262 70,045 10,754 8,023 11,872 8,352 18,019 r58,405 12,971 r4 5,4 34 r68,840 rlO,428 r7,736 rl1,477 r8,239 rl 7,953 r5 8, 740 rl2,934 r15,806 64,438 10,107 7,439 L 1,524 7,837 14,836 58,246 13,029 45,217 UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (UNADJ.), TOTAL do Durable goods industries, total do Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders.. ....do.... UNFILLED ORDERS, END OF MONTH (SEAS. ADJ.), TOTAL... ....do By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ do Primary metals do Fabricated metal products .,,,do Machinery, except electrical: ....do.... Electrical machinery , , do.... Transportation equipment ....do.... Nondurable goods industries with unfilled orders ....do.... 181,550 173,006 8,544 182,816 182,667 173,951 8,716 181,857 209,132 199,549 9,583 209,133 212,654 202,915 9,739 214,010 r215,098 r205,310 r 9 , 78 8 r216,754 217,197 207,329 9,868 216,400 174,363 17,014 23,047 45,135 24,420 56,218 8,453 173,267 17,145 22,890 45,044 24,396 55,257 8,590 199,895 21,349 24,976 49,219 28,031 65,915 9,238 204,516 22,476 25,118 50,001. 28,4 55 67,963 9,494 r207,067 r23,04 3 r24,956 r50,055 r28,529 r70,029 r9,687 206,658 23,214 24,870 50,046 28,437 69,632 9,742 181.8 181.8 182.6 182.6 191.4 191.5 J.93.3 193.3 195. 3 ] 95.3 196.7 196.7 Nondurable goods industries, total 1/ Food and kindred products Tobacco products Textile mill products Paper and allied products Chemicals and allied products Petroleum and coal products Rubber and plastics products NEW ORDERS, NET (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAL Durable goods industries, total Nondurable goods industries, total NEW ORDERS, NET (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED), TOTAI By industry group: Durable goods industries, total 1/ Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical machinery Transportation equipment Nondurable goods industries, total Industries with unfilled orders Industries without unfilled orders do.... do do do ....do ....do do ....do.... do do.... r58,546 rl 7,844 r960 r3,606 r4,815 rlO, 7.19 r8,590 r3,283 58,192 17,712 828 3, 714 4,890 10,430. 8,595 3, 316 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: ALL ITEMS, WAGE EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS, REVISED 1967=100.. (CPI-W) ALL ITEMS, ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U) 2/ , ..do.... Special group indexes: All items less food All items less medical care Commodities Nondurables Nondurables less food Durables Commodities less food Services Services less rent , ,do , ..do.... do .do.... do do.... do . , , do do.... 178.4 180.6 175.4 179.7 166.6 163.9 165.4 193.7 201.1 179.1 181 :4 1 75.8 180.1 166.6 164.3 165.6 195.3 202.8 187.4 190.1 183.5 188.8 171.8 .169.9 1 71.3 206.5 2L4.6 189.0 191.9 185.5 190.7 172.8 172.0 173.0 208.0 216.2 190.6 193.9 187.5 192.7 173.7 173.9 1 74. 4 209.9 218.3 192.0 195.3 188.6 193.6 174.1 175.5 175.4 211.7 220.4 Food Food at home . ..do.... 193.6 191.9 194.6 192.8 207.5 206.5 210.3 209.7 213. 8 213.9 215.0 2.14.7 186.0 190.3 J 52.9 203.9 187.4 192.2 153.6 206.2 3/198.3 204.7 4/161.5 " 220.4 199.9 206.6 162. 7 222.5 202.0 208.9 163.6 225. 3 203.8 211.3 164.2 228.3 Housing Shelter Rent Homeownership r/ Revised. 1/ Includes data for "other industries" not shown. V Beginning Jan. 1978, data are for consumer price index, all urban consumers. 3/ Includes TV and sound equipment and repairs formerly in "health and recreation." £/ Residential. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS— Continued 3 1978 1977 ITEM June July Apr. May June COMMODITY PRICES—Con. CONSUMER PRICES INDEXES—Con. Housing--Con. Fuel and utilities Fuel oil and coal Gas and electricity Household furnishings and operations 1967*100. do... do... do... 201.8 283.1 213.0 167.6 203.5 283.7216.0 167.8 do... do... do... do... do... do... do... 153.9 179.1 178.6 141.7 192.2 183.2 201.8 153.4 179.2 178.7 141.6 190.6 183.5 203.5 .1967=$!.00. $0,550 Apparel and upkeep Transportation Private New cars Used cars Public.: Medical care PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR'AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices 1/ 213.9 296.6 2/ 229.2 3/ 175:0 215.5 295.6 232.5 176.0 217.5 295.1 236.5 177.6 158.4 180.3 151.2 177.3 187.3 215.7 159.8 183.2 182.6 152.5 184.6 187.4 216.9 159.9 185.5 185.0 153.5 191.5 187.2 217.9 $0,548 $0,522 $0,517 $0,512 187.25 159.55 155.05 136.50 1,568.2 150.00 124.95 122.40 114.00 1,595.8 302.20 273.70 178.70 158.65 2,137.1 267.40 235.30 189.45 175.25 2,215.1 r316.95 r280.55 r216.05 rl93.05 r2,315.9 70.00 62.30 67.20 64.30 231.1 70.05 64.50 45.25 41.55 255.9 76.70 70.80 64.25 55.45 433.4 87.45 80.20 66.25 61.20 454.6 r75.80 r69.60 r76.90 r68.95 r453.5 181.1 METALS AND MANUFACTURERS MACHINE TOOLS: Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order backlog, end of month mij.. $ do.. do.. do.. do.. Metal forming type tools: Orders, new (net), total Domestic Shipments, total Domestic Order backlog, end of month do... do... do... do... do... r/ Revised. 1/ Includes additional items not previously priced. 2/ Includes bottled gas. "Formerly in "health and recreation." #U.S.GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1978—261—769/7 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail DEPOSITORY GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS UMKC LIBRARIES WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS 3/ Includes TV and sound equipment and repairs POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE C0M-209
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