A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE* PUBLICATION

BUSINESS STATISTICS

A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSIN

APRIL 3, 1970

Thousands 1,400

Thousands

350

1967 Data: Automobile Mfrs. Assn.

1968 1969 1970 J F M A M J J A S O N D

1957-59 = 100 2 5 0

2 0 0

150

100

5 0

R A W STEEL P R O D U C T I O N (ingots and ai! other forms)

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i i i i i 1 i i i t j . . . i i i i i 1 i i i i i _J 1—1—1 1 1 L-J—L_J—1—

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~

Monthly

L_J L_J 1 1 l_l L_l 1

1967 ta: Amer. Iron & Steel Inst.

1968 1969 1970

1957-59 = 100 250

200

150

H IOO

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

1957-59 = 100 120

115

no

105

100

95

WHOLESALE PRICES _ Ail Commodities J

W '̂ _lndustrial Commodities ^

_\ / \

-I.JL.1..L.JL.1. 1 1 LJ-JL

• V V /

J

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

/ ^

A Farm Products

1 1 1 1 1 1 i_l_l 1 i

^ •

/ -

-

1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1_

1967 1968 Data: Federal Reserve Board

1969 1970

1910-14=100 425

400

375

350

325

300

275

1910-14=100 375

PRICES RECEIVED AND PAID BY FARMERS

Prices Paid^/ (left scale)

j/(incl. interest, taxes, and wage rates) I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I i M I I I I I I I M

350

325

300

275

250

225 1967 1968

Data: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 1969 1970

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ITEM

WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES 2/ . 1957-59=100.

ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES„. Nondurable goods stores.

.mil. $oo o o. do

INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs 0 thous. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs „ do...

State programs (<0 States, D. C , and Puerto Rico).. .do... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet). .number.

FINANCE: Currency in circulation j>/° <• ..... mil„ $. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 3/....do... Member bank reserve balances 3/ ....... do...

Excess reserves, estimated 3 A • o..... .do...

Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: ij/ Demand deposits, adjusted.. o o .« „milo $. Savings deposits. 0.. . .. =>.. . » . . . . 0 , , * . „ . « 0 do.. „ Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total do. 0.

UoSo Government obligations...„„„.„„0........° . ..do.„. Commercial and industrial loans (gross) , „do.«. Real estate loans (gross)...... o ... do...

Bond yields> domestic corporate (Moody1 s) 3/* * * percent*.,

Stock prices, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor' s)T*/.. .191*1-1*3=10.. Industrials, 1*25 stocks »......»... do....

PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal J3A ° . ........... thous „ sh. tons. . Electric power, by utilities0 .......... .mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (passenger cars) .. „ „ „number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ ......thous„ bbl„.

Steel, raw, o .... o.<,..... o....»...,.,..,., 9 thous * sh* tons s = Index of production. . ......... 1957-59=1000 .

RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES ....... bil. „

1969

Mar. 22

103.9

6,1*27 1,290

159 1,363 1,279

227

1*9,551* 58,389 26,710

85

78,290 1*8,783

225,592 25,053 75,11*9 32,682

7.18 99.21

108.16

1,988

25,963

181,1.17 9,09k

2,807

150.7

15.2

Mar. 29

10l*.l*

6,627 U,36l

158 1,278 1,200

189

1*9,1*71 58,325 26,622

-138

75,0U7 32,590

7-.23 100.39 109.55

1,851* 26,11*1;

182,533 9,085

2,826 151.7

II*.9

1970

Mar. 7

11U.9

6,325 1*,I*90

271 1,952 1,833

227

52,101; 60,977 27,1*11;

11,632 1*5,690

227,673 22,31*8 78,531 33,1*10

8.16 90-.01* 98. hh

1,778 28,170

11*6,170 9,622

2,671* 11*3.*

ll*.8

Mar. 11*

115.1

6,150 l*,5ll

239 1,927 1,808

237

52,319 60,832 27,210

1*2

78,1*91; 1*5,790

226,670 22,117 78,51a 33,1*03

80ll; 88.69 96.97

1,861* 28,21*5

162,555 9,601*.

2,658 11*2.7

15.0

Mar. 21

111*. 9

6,517 1*,573

231;

228

52,508 61,1*51 27,618

-9

77,1*85 U5,9l;7

226,572 21,680 79,212 33,1*1*2

8.20 87.51* 95.71*

1,860 28,1*88

160,006 9,612

2,678 11*3.8

11*. 9

Mar. 28

lll|.5

168

52,1*59 61,595 27,1*1*1*

8,22

89o77 98o22

130,628

2,720 11*6.0

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

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS

ITEM 1969

Feb. Mar. Dec.

1970

Jan. Feb. Mar.

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS

NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted. ......... ........... . number. Seasonally adjusted ............... .. do...

COMMODITY PRICES

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, ALL FARM PRODUCTS...1910-ll*=100. Crops......... . o... do...

Commercial vegetables 0 do. Cotton. ... o u do.

Feed grains and hay * * „ do... Food grains ...,,.,..,,.,..,„,..«,.<>...:> do s . . Fruit . o ..... .0 ............ do... Tobacco u . ..... do...

..do...

..do...

..do...

.. do...

Livestock and products Dairy products. Meat animals .... Poultry and eggs

PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: All commodities and services

Family living items .. Production items

All commod., services, int., PARITY RATIO.................. WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX:

All commodities....... «...... ......... ... .1957-59=100 Farm products 00 .............. .....do.. Processed foods and feeds.... ..... ..do.. Industrial commodities „ .......... do..

PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Wholesale prices..,. „ 1957-59=$!.00

o. ................. ......dO... ... ...................... dO... ............... ...... dO .. . taxes, and wage rates... do...

O . . . . . . O . . O . . . . O . . . O . . . . . d O . . .

20,811

22,199

267 226 336 166

165 156 272 583

302 329 362 156

318

31*1* 299 366 73

111.1 105.0 116.3 111.1*

$0,900

23,089 21,353

271 228 321; 173

161* 156 285 583

308 323 375 160

321 31*7 302 369 73

111.7 106.5 116.1* 112 .0

$0,895

22,81*9 22,137

286 221 377 169

161* 159 216 602

31*2 352 1*10 199

328 357 307 378 76

115 .1 111.7 122.6 111.I..6

$0,869

21*, 1*07 22,01*8

287 218 31*2 161

168 158 210 598

31*6 351 1*20 197

330 360 309 383 75

116.0 112.5 125 .1 115 .1

$0,862

290 221 339 171

169 159 211* 602

31*9 31*6 1*36 181

333 362 312 386 75

rll6.1* rll3.7 rl25.2 rll5.5

$0,859

289 221 330 175

167 157 216 602

31*7 339 10*2 170

333 363 312 386 75

pll6.5 plll*ȣ pl2l*.3 Pll5*7

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ITEM

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN 1*8 STATES (F. ¥. Dodge): TOTAL VALUATION..................... mil. $,,

Index (seasonally adjusted)...............1957-59=100.< Building, total..................................mil. $.,

CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES: American Appraisal Co., The:

Average, 30 cities.............................1913=100.. Atlanta.................................. „ do..., New York. do.... San Francisco..................a................. do...< St. Louis........................................do....

Nex\r mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations, estimated total........ .mil. $..

By purpose of loan: Home construction. , do..., Home purchase...................................... do...,

All other purposes do....

LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS

LABOR TURNOVER IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS:

Unadjusted for seasonal variation: Accession rate, total........mo. rate per 100 employees..

New hires do „ „,,

Separation rate, Quit.......... Layoff........

total. .do. .do.

Seasonally adjusted: Accession rate, total.

New hires........... .do. .do.

Separation rate, total. do.... Quit. .................do.... Layoff. „... 0 do....

FINANCE Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank

and U.S. Govt, accounts, annual rates, seas, adj.: Tota l (233 S M S A ' s ) . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . „.„ b i l . $ . .

New York SMSA. oa do To ta l 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) d o . . . .

6 o t h e r l e a d i n g SMSA' s , d o . . . . 226 o the r 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 0 do

Total 232 SMSA's (except N.Y.) .......do.... 6 other leading SMSA' s. do.... 226 other SMSA's. O..do

FOREIGN TRADE EXPORTS (MDSE.), INCL. REEXPORTS, TOTAL....

Excl. Department of Defense shipments.... Seasonally adjusted....................

.mil.

...do.

...do.

GENERAL IMPORTS, TOTAL do... Seasonally adjusted. „ „ do...

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PRODUCTION:

Acetic anhydride .......mil. lb. Acetylsalicylic acid (asprin) .do... Creosote oil mil pal Ethyl acetate (8#) ^ ^ \J Formaldehyde (37$ HCHO) do...' Glycerin, refined, all grades:

Production do... Sto cks , end of month do...

Methanol, synthetic..... 0 ......mil. gal. Phthalic anhydride „ mil. lb.

ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, TOTAL o. Brail. kw.-hr. Electric utilities, total ..do...

By fuels do, a (

By w a t e r p o w e r . . . . . . „ „ 0 d o . . .

P r i v a t e l y and mun ic ipa l l y owned u t i l i t i e s . . Other p roducers ( p u b l i c l y o w n e d ) . . . . . . . . . . .

.do.

.do.

Industrial establishments, total. By fuels u 0 8

By waterpower « . . . . . . . . . .

r / Revised, p / P r e l i m ina ry . ~ 7338

. . . . do.

. . . . d o . „ . . . do.

1969

1*,766 191

3,891

1,015 1,125 1,105 1,035

978

1,592

3li8 783 U6l

h.6 3-3

k.$ 2.3 1.2

h.9 3.8

h.6 2.7 1.1

8,73U-2 3,896.7 ii ,837.5 2,007.9 2,829.6

65.7 138.3

U6.2 6$6 38.2

2,10U.l 2,Oh9.k 2,085.9

2,022.0 2 , 0 l l ; . l

11*1.7 3=5

10.7 12.3

321.1

28 . k 30.U 5 1 . k 59.8

131,591 122,h63 101,050

21,1A3

99,163 23,300

9,128 8,860

267

Feb.

li, 802 205

3,705

1,026 1,138 1,113 1,01*7

990

1,580

36U 767 1*1*9

U,l*06 178

3,2la

1,073 1,178 1,136 1,066 1,051;

1,330

286 652 392

3.9 3=0

I4.O 2 .1 1.0

1+.6 3.7

I1.8 2.7 1.1

8 ,833.1 3,929.8 1*,#>3.2 2,01-7.2 2 ,856 .1

r67 .2 rlU6.1*

rh6.9 r66 .9 r38 .6

2,177.7 2,11*3.3 2,295.2

2 ,399 .1 2 ,652.7

11*0.1* 3 .1

323

31, 31. 1*6,

117,665 109,110

88,023 21,087

87,914. 21,166

8,551* 8,290

265

Nov.

3.6 2.8

1|..3 2 . 1 1.3

l*.l* 3.1*

U.8 2 .6 1.2

9,1*81*.5 1|,20?.5 5 ,277 .0 2,22l*.8 3 ,052.2

70.5 151.6 h9.h 71.7 1*0.3

3,1*71.2 3,10-5.2 3 ,367 .1

2 ,989 .1 3 ,213.7

129.5 2 .7

10 .0 10.1*

355.0

31 30 52 6k. 3

125,601 116,1*65

96,91*1 19,521,.

9li.,736 21,729

9,137 8,869

267

Dec.

5,228 218

3,911

1,076 1,178 1,136 1,061 1,05U

1,508

300 687 521

2.9 2 . 1

l*.l 1.6

r l . 8

U.6 3 6

1*.6 2 .5

r l . U

9,560.1; 1,198.2 5 ,362 .2 2 ,212.9 3,lh9.3

69, 1U5-

1*9, 69, 1*0.

3,1*21.2 3,362.6 3,238.6

3,21*7.1* 3 ,007 .1

152 „1 3o5

13*1 358.7

29.0 30.5 56.li 72 .1

136,786 127,357 106,027

21,330

103,589 23,768

9,1*29 9,114*

285

1970

J a n .

1*,928 205

3,727

1,082 1,210 1,169 1,061 1,060

r l ,061*

r220 r530 r31l*

U.o 2.9

rL .8 2 . 1

r l . 7

I*. 3 3o3

rl*.9 2 .5

r l . 5

r9,51*7.5 l*,o51*.o 5,1*93.5 2,277.1* 3 ,216 .1

r69.1* 139.9 r50 .6

71.6 r l a . 9

3,298.1* 3 ,238.0 3 ,305.2

3 ,125.5 3,21*9.7

11*3, 3,

12.7 316.1

21*. 1* 27.1* 52.5 %.\x

iia,no 131,732 109,1*71* 22,258

107,213 2l|.,5l9

9,378 9,070

307

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ITEM

METALS AND MANUFACTURES Iron ore (operations in all U.S. districts)s

Mine production,>...<..........•...•........ Shipments from mines...................... Stocks at mines, end of Deriodu.,...o....o

STEEL PRODUCTS, NET SHIPMENTS:; Total (all grades)..-.....................

Structural shapes (heavy), steel piling,,.... Plates Bars and tool steel, total.............o...

Barss Hot rolled (incl. light shapes)...

Pipe and tubing. Wire and wire products.....a....,,,,......... Tin mill products Sheets and strip (incl. electrical), total.

Sheets: Cold rolled,.....a.............. MACHINE TOOLS:

Metal cutting type tools: Orders, new (net), total...........

Domestico... ........... <>». =.... .<> ..<,..... Shipments, total........c...................

Domestic...n.........,>.....o...o......... Order backlog, end of month................

Metal forming type tools? Orders, new (net), total...................

Domestic. ....<,.........................»» U i i i p l i i c l l OO , o O o a i . o o o o o . o o e o o o o c o o o o o o i . ' n ' . o o o

Domestic...„...••............••.........• Order backlog, end of month.................

Batteries (autoc replacement), shipments.......

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT

REGISTRATIONS (new vehicles)? 1/

Passenger cars. „.»..............«..........« <> Foreign cars. „.............................

Trucks.... •. o... o...... o...... o...............

„thous. lg.

,thous, sh.

tons. .do... .do..,

tons, ...do... „..do.s. ...do... ...do...

. „. do...

...do...

...do...

...do...

...do...

.mil. $.

...do...

...do...

...do.,,

...do...

... do...

...do...

...do...

...do...

».thous.

„.oothous„ .....do...

1969

Jan.

5,230 2,220

18,801

7,280

628 1,096

699

71.1.9 2U9 50li

3,006 1,379

91.20 76.00 86. \£ 82.80 811;. 3

36.30 32.75 CU s JKJ

25.85

262,5

3,768

657.6 63.ii

133 o 2

Feb..

i|,967 2,Ol;3

21,725

7,092 1*62 623

1,052 678

732

239 h97

2.892

1,291;

93.15 83.15 97 = 70 90..60

16.70 11.3.10

28.70

275 .U

2,680

•-x-607.5 -X-53.U

-X-12I4.5

Nov.

5,712 7,1-90

13,lljl

7,560 528 653

1,157 701

598 237 kh9

3,185 1,337

78.95 67,55 92.20 83.90 8J..7.8

31.90 27.70 39.20 3U.15 390.2

3,853

*757.5 -x-93.6

-x-lli6.8

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Dec,

5,327 l;,82l. 13,652

7,651; 519 662

l,ll;6 703

699 230 598

2,961; 1,260

82.80 70.20

118.15 103.35 812. k

26.25 21..20 33.60 31.20 382.8

r3,973

-x-x-912.5 ##101.7 •x-x-185.0

1970

Jan.

8,538 523 697

1,126 718

59U 235

1,276

3,351 1,1(22

r92.25 r78.60 r93«85 r81;„35 r8l0.8

r22.30 rl8„70 TL\£) o 70 r38.65 r36L..l;

3,892

-x-619.1 *8l„8

#130.9

Feb,.

62.20 52.00 86.95 7)4.30 786.1

29.30 27.85 38.95 31;. 85 351I..8

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