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BUSINESS STATISTICS

July 11, 1975

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Thousands 1,400

200

MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (Passenger cars)

I I i - J - ' i -J- i

1972 1973 Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc.

_ J _ L _ J L_J I l l i i i _J ! I L_J I I i i L__L_

Thousands 350

1974 1975 J F M A M J J A S O N D

1967

2 0 0

180

160

140

120

100

= 100

W H O L E S A L E PRICES

it h / \ s~ — Farm Products and l\ S\ . v \ *

Processed Foods > \ ! \ • ^ _ and Feeds . \ '

\ . ; v ' h \ ;v

\ / V All Commodities / . j

\ / . /V— /

• • - " ^ [x ..--1

x / ^~~^r.. V r - V - - " V / ..•*

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/ \ 1 \

..**"* Industrial Commodities

I I 1 M 1 i 1 I i i 1 1 1 I I 1 I I 1 I I " '

_

-

~

1 1 1

1972 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor

1974 1975

Billion $ 160

140

120

100

80

NEW CONSTRUCTION (seas, ad j . , at annua l rates)

Total Put in Place (left scale)

\ '

Private Residential, Nonfarm * ' (right scale)

I I I I I I I

Billion $ 100

80

60

40

1972 1973 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce

1974 20

1975

Dollars 5.00

4.80 MANUFACTURING HOURS & EARNINGS (Hours seasonally adjusted)

/ I A I \ / ~ - - v ^ > Average Hours Per Week »/ \ .

I (right scale) I

I i i i i i l i i i i i I i i i i i I i i i _ u - L • r i . . i ,

54

52

48

46

44

42

40

38 1972 1973

Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1974 1975

Billion $ 16.0

15.0

14.0

13.0

12.0

11.0

1 0 0

C O N S U M E R I N S T A L L M E N T

~ CREDIT E X T E N D E D A N D

R E P A I D (seasonally adjusted) / V \

Extended f%J \ f*S

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Repaid

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4 '

1 !

A?

11

-

-

-

1 1 1

1972 1973 Data: Federal Reserve Board

1974 1975

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ITEM

WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ . . .1967=100 9 Foodstuffs do . . 13 Raw industrials do. .

ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES mil. $ Nondurable goods stores do. .

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 § Brads tr-eet) .. .number

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 v 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, 425 stocks do..

PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal thous . sh. tons Electric power, by utilities mil. kw.-hr Motor vehicles (passenger cars) number Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ .....thous. bbl

Steel, raw thous . sh. tons Index of production 1967=100

RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES bil

1974

226.9 228.8 225.5

10,943 7,065

286 2,082 1,783

188

73,689 90,068 36,536

99

100,755 57,842

372,675 21,048

123,292 58,042

8.94 87.61 99.27

7,880 36,218

155,713 9,005

2,802 114.9

17.0

Ju ly 6

229.3 236.9 224.0

9,666 6,946

350 2,323 1,993

103

74,112 91,140 37,274

369

98,404 58,115

376,364 20,872

125,544 58,317

8.99 84.25 95.26

6,270 37,715

114,755 8,900

2,780 113.9

13.8

1975

June 14

186.6 208.2 172.9

11,47.2

422 ,043 ,018 193

80,536 92,072 33,728

-73

104,695 64,629

378,179 32,150

121,961 59,251

9.46 90.55 101.63

13,760 36,082

152,729

8,350

2,118

86.8

15.6

186.3 208.1 172.5

11,331

7,572

429 4,940 3,901 198

80,775 93̂ ,357 34,983

399

104,376 64,874 378,062 32,723

122,155 59,228

9.41 90.39 101.30

13,585 39,104 149,589 8,359

2,047

83.9

15.7

189.9 215.3 174.1

11,295 7,425

406

205

80,685 95,975 34,723

121

103,732 64,954

375,111 31,934

121,919 59,189

9.40 94.62 106.09

13,385 39,709

151,679 8,398

1,997

81.9

15.4

July 5

189.8 221.0 170.7

168

81 98 35

,088 244 455 378

9.44 94.18 105.77

14

1

,669

,911 78.3

1/ Data do not always cover calendar weeks. 2/ Tuesday price. 3/ Daily average. 4/ Wednesday data

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS

1974

May

1975

Apr. May

COMMODITY PRICES

SPOT MARKET PRICES, BASIC COMMODITIES: 22 Commodities 1967=100

9 Foodstuffs do. . 13 Raw industrials do. .

WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES: ALL COMMODITIES do . .

Farm products do. . Food and feeds, processed do. . Industrial commodities. . . . do. . Chemicals and allied products do. . Fuels and related products, and power do . . Furniture and household durables do. . Hides , skins, and 1 eather products do. . Lumber and wood products do. . Machinery and equipment do. . Metals and metal products do. . Nonmetallic mineral products do . . Pulp, paper, and allied products do . . Rubber and plastics products do. . Textile products and apparel do. . Transportation equipment Dec. 1968=100

Motor vehicles and equipment 1967=100 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY--

Wholesale prices 1967=$1.00

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (UNADJ.) , TOTAL mil. $

Private, total ., do. . Residential (incl. farm) .do. .

New housing units do. . Nonresidential buildings, total 1/ . do..

Industrial do. . Commercial do. .

Public, total do. .

r/ Revised. 1/ Except farm and public utilities. 31,005

221 215 226

155 180 158 150 137 204 124 146 198 134 168 150 146 133 139 121 124

6 1 2

0 8 9 5 0 3 5 3 0 1 .7 .7 .6 .7 .1 .4 .9

$0,645

11,8

8 :

A, 3 2

79 365 140 315 535 648 384

224.4 219.7 227.5

155.7 168.6 157.4 153.6 142.8 210.5 126.1 146.0 192.2 137.2 174.0 152.3 147.5 135.6 141.7 122.8 126.1

$0,642

12,222 8,710 4,399 3,524 2,592

674 1,407 3,512

198.6 224.5 182.3

170.4 171.1 177.3 168.9 181.8 233.0 138.5 143.2 169.6 158.8 186.1 170.8 170.0 149.7 134.3 139.5 143.0

$0,587

r9,056 r6,133 r2,610 rl,868 r2,024

r606 r994

r2,923

201.2 224.6 186.4

172.1 177.7 179.4 169.7 182.4 236.5 138.5 147.5 174.9 159.7 185.7 173.0 169.7 149.4 134.4 139.9 143.0

$0,581

r9,761 r6>747 r2,984 r2,065 r2,134

r624 1,040

r3,014

194 210 184

173 184 179

170 182 238 138 147 183 160 185 173 169 148 135 139 142

5 3 2

2 5 0 3 1 8 6 7 0 .4 1 .1 .8 .9 .2 .9 .9

) .577

10,623 7,273 3,324 2,314 2,218

719 1,055 3,350

187.2 209.4 173.2

173. 18 179. 170. 181. 243.0 139.0 148.7 181.0 161.0 184.5 173.3 169.8 148.6 135.9 140.1 143.1

$0,576

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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 3

ITEM

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE--Con.

NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AT ANNUAL RATES), TOTAL bil. $

Private, total do. . Residential (incl. farm) do. .

New housing units do . . Nonresidential buildings total 1/ do. .

Industrial do. . Commercial do...

Public, total do. . CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMPOSITE 1967 = 100

LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS

LABOR FORCE, total, persons 16 years of age and over, not seasonally adjusted thous

Civilian labor force do.. Employed, total do. .

Agr i cul ture do. . Nonagricultural industries do . .

Unemployed do . .

Civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted do.. Employed, total do. .

Agriculture do . . Nonagricultural industries do. .

Unemployed do . . Long-term, 15 weeks and over do. .

Rates (unemployed in each group as percent of total in the group):

All civilian workers Men, 20 years and over Women, 20 years and over Both sexes, 16-19 years White Negro and other races Married men, wife present

Occupation: White-collar workers Blue-collar workers

Industry: Private nonfarm wage and salary workers... Construction Manufacturing

Durable goods

EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLLS OF NONAGRIC. ESTAB., SEAS. ADJ thous. Private sector do. . .

Nonmanufacturing industries do. . . Goods -producing do. . .

Mining do . . . Contract construction do . . . Manufacturing do. . .

Durable goods do. . . Nondurable goods do . . .

Service-producing do . . . Transportation, communication, electric, gas, etc....do... Wholesale and retail trade do...

Wholesale trade . do. . . Retail trade do. . .

Finance, insurance, and real estate do. . . Services do . . . Government do . . .

Federal do. . . State and local do. . .

Production or nonsupervisory workers on payrolls of pri­vate nonagricultural establishments, seas, adj.:

Employees, total thous Manufacturing do. .

Durable goods do . . Average weekly hours per worker, seasonally adjusted:

Total private hours Contract construction .do. . Manufacturing do. .

Overtime hours do . . Durab 1 e goods do . .

Overtime hours do. . Hourly earnings, average, seasonally adjusted:

Total private nonfarm payrolls dollars Mining do. . Contract construction do. . Manufacturing do. .

Transportation, communication, e l e c , gas, etc do.. Wholesale and retail trade do. . Finance, insurance, and real estate do.. Services do. .

r/ Revised. 31,005

1974

May

138.2 97.9 48.0 39.7 29.9 7.6

16.4 40.3

170.7

136.9 98.4 48.3 39.6 30.5 8.0

16.4 38.5

172.8

92,158 89,929 85,785

3,604 82,181

4,144

90,753 86,062

3,497 82,565

4,691 877

5 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 1

15.6 4 . 7 9 . 3 2 . 2 3 . 2 5 . 8 5 . 2 9 . 6 4 . 7 4 . 4

78,357 64,170 44,019 24,885

668 4,066

20,151 11,908 8,243

53,472 4,701

16,994 4,258

12,736 4,161

13,429 14,187

2,711 11,476

53,037 14,739

8,682

36.7 36.7 40 .3

3 . 4 40.9

3 . 5

4.17 5.14 6.62 4.33

5.31 3.44 3.74 3.72

94,758 92,546 87,167

3,895 83,272

5,380

90,857 86,088

3,333 82,755

4,769 934

5 . 2 3 . 5 5 . 1

15.8 4 . 8 9 . 0 2 . 6 3 . 2 6 . 2 5 . 4

10.4 5 . 1 4 . 8

78,421 64,220 44,036 24,847

669 3,994

20,184 11,959

8,225

53,574 4,698

17,031 4,261

12,770 4,156

13,488 14,201

2,715 11,486

53,059 14,761

8,714

36.7 36.9 40.1

3 .4 40.8

3 . 4

4.21 5.20 6.74 4.38

5.37 3.47 3.83 3.76

rl24,4 r85.0 r37.3 r26.4 r26.7 r8.0

rl3.3 r39.3

rl86.8

93,593 91,395 83,036 2,988

80,048 8,359

91, 83, 3,

80, 7, 1,

829 849 265 584 980 991

8.7 6.8 8.5

20.6 8.0

14.2 5.2 4.6

12.5 9.3 18.1 11.4 11.3

76,368 61,560 43,414 22,338

706 3,486

18,146 10,635

7,511

54,030 4,512

16,799 4,211

12,588 4,157 13,754 14,808

2,732 12,076

50,434 12,866

7,499

35.9 34.9 38.8

2.3 39.4

2.3

4.44 5.76 7.18 4.71

5.72 3.68 4.08 3.96

Apr.

r l 2 1 . 0 r83 .4 r 3 6 . 7 r26 .5

25.7 r 7 . 4

r l 2 . 6 r37 .6

r l 8 6 . 9

93,564 91,369 83,549

3,171 80,377

7,820

92,262 84,086

3,238 80,848

8,176 2,403

20

14. 5.6 4 .7

13.0 9.8

19.3 12.2 12.8

r76,349 r61,490 r43,400 r22,268

r703 r3 ,475

r l 8 , 0 9 0 r l 0 , 5 5 4

7,536

r54,081 4,511

r l 6 , 7 9 4 r4,213

rl2,581 r4 ,163

r l 3 , 7 5 4 r l 4 , 8 5 9

2,729 r l 2 , 1 3 0

r50,357 r l 2 , 8 2 6

r7 ,426

r36 .0 r 3 6 . 7 r 3 9 . 1

2 .3 r 3 9 . 7

2.4

4.45 r5 .69 r7 .16

4.71

r5 .74 r3 .69 r4 .07 r3 .96

May

122 84 37 27 26

8 12 38

4 0 4 6 2 4 5 5

93,949 91,768 84,146 3,622

80,524 7,623

92,940 84,402 3,512

80,890 8,538 2,643

9.2 7.3 8.6

21.8 8.5

14.7 5.8 5.4

13.0 10.1 21.8 12.3 12.7

r76,439 r61,536 r43,423 r22,291

r709 r3,469

rl8,113 rl0,521 r7,592

r54,148 4,497

rl6,813 r4,207

rl2,606 4,160

rl3,775 rl4,903 r2,730

rl2,173

r50,445 rl2,868 r7,407

36.0 r36.9 39.0 2.3

39.4 2.2

4.47 r5.80 r7.11 4.73

5.77 3.71

r4.08 r3.99

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4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued

ITEM

LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS--Con.

Indexes of man-hours (aggregate weekly), seas, adj.: Private nonagric. payrolls, total.................

Transportation comm., elec., gas. Wholesale and retail trade.................... Retail trade

FINANCE

CONSUMER CREDIT [SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM) : Total outstanding, end of month.

Installment credit, extended and repaid: Unadjusted:

Repaid, total Seasonally adjusted:

Repaid, total

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT

Registrations (new vehicles): 1/

.1967=100..

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1974

May

113.6 105.0 110.1 119.7 102.2 103.0 119.6 109.8 116.7 117.1 123.5 126.8

181,680 148,852

15,605 13,800

14,669 13,407

730.3 100.1 232.3

June

113.5 104.6 110.3 117.8 102.1 103.2 119.7 108.7 116.5 116.8 123.8 128.0

183,425 150,615

14,641 12,878

14,387 13,301

800.9 107.9 260.6

Mar.

105.5 88.0 112.1 99.4 85.9 85.8 117.7 102.6 113.3 113.7 121.8 129.5

184,253 151,477

12,411 13,646

12,797 13,234

635.4 149.0 177.6

1975

Apr.

rl05.6 88.9

rl09.5 r99.4 86.3 85.7

rll7.2 rl02.5 112.8

rll2.9 rl20.4 rl29.0

184,344 151,271

13,603 13,809

13,181 13,423

581.3 126.4 176.8

May

106.1 r89.2 rll3.9 rl00.2 r86.4 84.8 117.9 rl01.7 r!13.7 rll4.2 rl21.2 130.1

185,010 151,610

13,799 13,460

13,149 13,274

656.8 130.8 197.2

June p/

106.0 88.8 113.7 95.2 86.8 85.0 117.9 101.5 113.7 114.4 121.7 130.0

r / Revised, p / P r e l im ina ry . USC0MM--DC-- 31,005

1/ Data for a l l months omit two St ' i t es except for May 197 5 which omits da t a for one S t a t e .

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