BUSINESS U n y K A WEEKLY ***TK o* m fU0 t J n 170 160 150 140 130 ... Value (not seasonally adjusted): ... 158.3 141.1 152.6 152.3 126.6 153.2 155.0 1976 Apr. 23.3 72.7 23.3 33.4

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INDEX, 1941-43=10

135

125

115

105

95

85

75

^ PRICES OF 4 0 0 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS

^ - \

^ " \

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1 i I 1 1 1 JU_ ! 1 • 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1—1, 1 L.,,1 1 . , U — 1 1 L 1 1 1—UJ^JL™-

Monthly

(avg . of da i l y close)

_ J L J L ™ X U U J — L J U J ™ J U X

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-

-

-

-

—

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INDEX, 1941-43=10

Weekly _ (Wednesday close) _

_f^Ns^y 7^1976 j?ftH

F V f^ - ?&

J\ \ 1 9 7 5

i i i I M I I I i t

120

110

100

90

80

70

60

1973 Stand. & Poor's Corp.

1974 1975 1976 J F M A M J J A S O N D

Thousands 1,400

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

0

MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION (Passenger cars)

- I L _ J — I — I I I !

1973 1974 Data: Motor Vehicle Mfgrs. Assn. of the United States, Inc.

Monthly

i i i i I i i i i i

Thousands 350

1975 1976 J F M A M J J A S O N D

1,400

1,300

1,200

1,100

1,000

900

PERSONAL INCOME

(seas, ad j . , a t annual rates)

Total

(left scale) ^

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I I 1 I I 1 1 I I 1 1 1 M l 1 1 I 1 1 1 1

Wage and Sola Disbursements

(r ight scale)

1 1 1 l-l 1 I I M I

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ry

,,,, ,, 1973 1974

Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce

1975 1976

Billion $ 1,100

1,000

900

800

700

600

1967=100 200

190

180

170

160

150

140

130

CONSUMER PRICES —

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— Food y*\

V-" _ 4 I I Services ...•* .

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I . I . I . I i l I . I i I . I

K AJ-J U L U 1 1 L

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-

-

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .i ,i i

1973 1974 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor

1975 1976

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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 £ Bradstreet)...number

FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3_/ mil. $ Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 5/ do.. Member bank reserve balances _3/ do. .

Excess r e s e r v e s , es t imated _3/ d o . . Assets and l i a b i l i t i e s of l a rge commercial banks: 4 /

Demand d e p o s i t s , ad jus ted d o . . Savings depos i t s d o . . Loans and inves tments , gross adjus ted , t o t a l d o . .

U.S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s do . . Commercial and i n d u s t r i a l loans (gross) d o . . Real e s t a t e loans (gross) . d o . .

Bond y i e l d s , domestic corpora te (Moody's) _3/ percen t Stock p r i c e s , 500 s tocks (Stand. § Poor ' s ) 4 / . . .1941-43=10

I n d u s t r i a l , 400 s tocks d o . .

PRODUCTION: Bituminous coal thous . sh . tons E l e c t r i c power, by u t i l i t i e s mi l . kw.-hr Motor veh ic l e s (passenger cars) number Petroleum (crude) and condensate 3/ thous . bbl

S t e e l , raw thous . sh. tons Rate of c a p a b i l i t y u t i l i z a t i o n 5/ percent

RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES M l

Aug. 16

207.7 252.7 181.2

11,386 7,859

367 4,664 3,489

204

82,036 91,135 34,163

86

102,830 65,382

372,864 32,640

119,714 59,046

9.50 85.97 96.49

12,735 40,896

103,559 8,357

1,915

14.6

Aug. 23

207.8 252.5 181.5

11,467 7,927

353 4,553 3,383

195

82,028 92,528 34,621

211

101,548 65,308

373,111 32,975

119,403 59,030

9.52 83.22 93.36

11,400 40,489 128,174 8,359

1,962

14.5

1976

July 31

212.8 211.2 213.8

12,598 7,964

401 3,608 2,800

148

89,033 103,418

34,202 -130

104,791 80,201

376,910 41,163

111,257 61,767

8.96 103.05 115.60

10,695 43,756 87,062

8,190

2,603 85.7

14.7

Aug. 7

207.4 203.8 209.7

12,422 8,356

374 3,604 2,785

177

89,178 105,411

34,706 514

103,033 80,442

379,492 42,681

111,338 61,805

8.92 104.43 117.01

9,375 40,435

103,952 8,178

2,560 84.3

14.2

Aug. 14

207.6 203.7 210.3

12,444 8,307

89,748 102,019 33,565

-37

8.87 104.06 116.48

10,050 42,045

103,284 8,178

2,529 83.3

Aug. 21

207.8 203.9 210.5

266

e89,882 104,219

34,400 337

104.56 117.04

121,045

2,546 83.9

1/ Data do not always cover ca lendar weeks. ^/Tuesday p r i c e . _3/Daily average. 4/Wednesday da ta , on current a v a i l a b i l i t y of raw m a t e r i a l s , f u e l s , s u p p l i e s , and i ndus t ry f a c i l i t i e s . e /Es t imated .

5 /Capab i l i ty for a fu l l order book based

MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS

ITEM

II III IV

1976

II

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS

NATIONAL INCOME: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES:

NATIONAL INCOME, TOTAL bil. $. Compensation-of employees, total do.. . Proprietors' income, total 1/ do. . . Rental income of persons with capital

consumption adjustment do.. . Corp. profits with inventory valuation and capital

consumption adjustments, total do... Profits before tax, total do.. .

Profits tax liability. do... Profits after tax do...

Inventory valuation adjustment do. . . Capital consumption adjustment do. . .

PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES:

Total personal income bil. $ Wage and salary disbursements, total do. .

Commodity-producing industries, total do.. Manufacturing do. .

Distributive industries do.. Service i n d u s t r i e s do. . Government and government enterprises do. .

Other labor income do. .

£/ Revised.

31,576

1,149.7 904.0 81.1

21.9

69.0 94.2 40.2 54.0 -16.5 -8.6

1,182.7 912.9

22.3

86.6 105.8 44.8 61.0 -7.8

-11.4

1,233.4 935.2 95.5

22.4

105.3 126.9 54.8 72.1 -9.0

-12.6

1,264.6 963.1 97.2

22.9

105.6 131.3 57.2 74.1

-12.3 -13.5

1,304.7 994.4 93.2

23.3

115.1 141.1 61.4 79.7

-11.5 -14.5

1976

July Apr.

1,253.7 797.4 269.9 207.6

193.3 159.4 174.8 62.0

1,252.0 802.9 272.5 209.2

194.4 160.0 176.0 62.6

,352.5 876.9 301.7 234.8

212.3 175.3 187.6 68.4

May June

362.9 883.3 303.5 235.8

213.9 177.2 188.7 69.0

r l , 3 7 0 . 4 r883.1

303.4 r236.2

r212.4 r l 7 7 . 7 r l 8 9 . 6

69.7

P_/Preliminary. 1/ Includes inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments

pi,336.3 rl,017.2

rl00.3

23.1

pll5.3 pl45.3 p64.1

p81.1 r-14.6 -15.4

July

,384, 891, 305, 237

215.2 180.1 190.5 70.5

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ITEM

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS--Con.

PERSONAL INCOME, BY SOURCE--Con. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, AT ANNUAL RATES--Con.

P r o p r i e t o r s ' i n c o m e : 1 /

R e n t a l income o f p e r s o n s w i t h c a p i t a l

L e s s p e r s o n a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s f o r s o c i a l

MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 2 / V a l u e ( n o t s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) :

V a l u e ( s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) :

S u p p l e m e n t a r y s e r i e s :

MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 2 / New o r d e r s , n e t ( n o t s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) :

New o r d e r s , n e t ( s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) :

S u p p l e m e n t a r y s e r i e s :

U n f i l l e d o r d e r s , end of month ( u n a d j u s t e d )

U n f i l l e d o r d e r s , end o f month ( s e a s o n a l l y

S u p p l e m e n t a r y s e r i e s :

COMMODITY PRICES

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: U n a d j u s t e d i n d e x e s :

S p e c i - a l g r o u p i n d e x e s :

R e n t

H o u s e h o l d f u r n i s h i n g s a n d o p e r a t i o n

do c o n s u m p t i o n

do do d o . . . . d o . . . .

i n s u r a n c e . . d o . . . . do

m i l . $ . . d o . . . . do

do do do

. d o d o . . . . do do

do

do . d o do

do do do do

do a d j u s t e d ) :

do do do

do d o . . . . do do

1 9 6 7 = 1 0 0 . .

do do do do do do

do do

do do do d o . . . . do do do do

do do do do do

do d o . . . . An

do 1 d o . . . . ;

1975

J u n e

2 7 . 3 6 3 . 3

2 2 . 4 32 .0

1 0 9 . 7 189 .2

4 9 . 6 1 , 2 1 5 . 4

4 3 , 7 8 5 6 ,350

1 0 , 1 3 1

4 0 , 7 5 7 5 , 9 6 1 9 , 4 5 6

3 ,202 1 2 , 5 6 7 1 0 , 9 0 1

1,666

4 1 , 7 3 7

3 9 , 2 8 2 5 , 4 3 9 9 , 1 9 4

3 , 2 1 7 1 2 , 0 4 7 1 0 , 1 3 8

1,909

1 1 8 , 0 6 5

1 1 9 , 1 2 3 14 ,556 32 ,236

1,559 70 ,664 4 5 , 5 4 6 2 5 , 1 1 8

1 6 0 . 6

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

1 6 5 . 7 1 7 0 . 9

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

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

1 4 9 . 8 1 4 9 . 3 1 2 7 . 0 147..5 i 1 5 4 . 1 |

J u l y

2 8 . 6 6 5 . 4

2 2 . 5 3 2 . 3

1 1 0 . 1 1 7 7 . 3

4 9 . 8 1 , 2 1 2 . 2

3 7 , 4 8 7 5 , 5 2 0 7 , 9 2 7

4 1 , 3 5 4 6 , 0 4 8 9 , 5 1 3

3 ,366 1 2 , 3 1 5 1 0 , 7 4 8

1 ,567

3 8 , 8 3 9

4 1 , 4 3 5 5 , 9 4 3 9 , 7 9 3

3 , 4 4 0 1 2 , 5 4 6 1 0 , 7 2 8

1 ,818

1 1 9 , 4 1 7

1 1 9 , 2 0 3 1 4 , 4 5 2 3 2 , 5 1 4

1 ,635 7 0 , 8 9 1 4 5 , 5 2 3 2 5 , 3 6 8

1 6 2 . 3

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

1 6 6 . 6 1 7 1 . 9

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

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

1 5 2 . 6 1 5 2 . 3 1 2 6 . 6 1 5 3 . 2 1 5 5 . 0

1976

Apr.

23.3 72.7

23.3 33.4

120.0 188.7

54.1 1,317.3

48,766 7,467

11,942

47,741 7,096

11,614

3,776 13,563 11,701

1,862

r48,896

r47,790 7,238

r l l , 5 2 1

3,759 r l 3 , 6 2 3

11,530 r2 ,093

r l l 4 , 9 0 2

r l l 3 , 7 7 8 14,216

r31,404

1,698 r67,030

41,225 r25,805

168.2

165.0 167.4 163.1 167.2 156.0 151.9

177.7 184.0

179.2 178.0 167.9 179.0 174.9 176.6 143.2 188.9

179.3 246.6 184.4 167.4 145.7

161.3 160.1 134.4 159.4 172.4

May

27.5 72.5

23.4 33.9

120.7 187.1

54.4 r l , 3 2 3 . 3

49,363 7,913

11,961

48,321 7,595

11,387

3,894 13,589 11,666

1,923

r48,896

r49,565 8,805

r l l , 2 8 4

3,889 r l3 ,614

11,664 r l , 9 5 0

r l l 4 , 4 3 6

r l l 5 , 0 1 5 15,424

r31,300

1,692 r67,052

41,221 r25,831

169.2

166.0 168.4 164.2

r l 6 8 . 2 157.0 153.5

178.4 184.7

r l 8 0 . 0 r l 8 1 . 2

167.4 176.4 175.6 177.3 143.8 189.6

180.2 246.2 186.1 167.9 146.8

163.5 162.5 134.5 167 ° 172.4

June

31.6 r73 .4

22.7 35.9

r l 2 1 . 5 r l 8 6 . 8

r54 .3 r l , 3 2 6 . 6

r52,075 r8,239

r l2 ,725

r48,475 r7 ,713

r l1 ,862

r3,605 r l3 ,492 r l l , 7 6 2

r l , 7 3 0

r52,943

r49,926 r8,075

r l l , 9 1 8

r3,636 r14,352 r l1 ,835

r2,517

r l l 5 , 3 0 4

r l l 6 , 4 6 5 r l5 ,785 r31,354

r l , 7 2 3 r67,912 r41,292 r26,620

170.1

167.0 169.4 165.2 169.0 157.9 154.7

179.5 185.8

180.9 182.7 167.9 176.7 176.5 178.2 144.4 190.7

181.7 247.3

r l 8 7 . 9 168.5 146.9

165.9 165.0 134.5 173,4 173.6

Ju ly

29.6 74.0

23.5 35.2

122.8 192.5 54.9

1,342.5

44,515 7,131 9,999

48,585 7,807

11,367

3,650 13,717 12,015

1,754

46,703

49,688 7,757

11,983

3,729 14,584 13,509

1,075

117,699

117,545 15,712 31,972

1,800 68,781 42,788 25,941

171.1

167.9 170.3 166.0 167.9 158.1 155.8

180.7 187.2 182.1 184.0 168.0 177.3 177.5 179.5 145.0 192.2

182.5 248.1 189.6 168.9 146.5

167.6 166.8 134.4 177.5 174.4

r/ Revised. 31,576

1/ Includes inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments. 2/ Data for July 1976 are advance estimates.

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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Confined

COMMODITY PRICES--Con.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES--Con.

Unadjusted indexes—Con. Special group indexes—Con. Health and recreation............................. 1967=100.

Medical care do... Personal care....................................... do.. . Reading and recreation...............................do.. .

PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED BY--Consumer prices.. .1967=$!.00.

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted:

Total (private and public) thous, Privately owned..................................... do..,

One-family structures do... Seasonally adjusted at annual rates:

Total privately owned................................. do.., One-family structures...............................do..,

NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (14,000 permit-issuing places):

Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total........ do.. ,

One-family structures. .do.., Manufacturers' shipments of mobile homes:

Unadjusted. .do.., Seasonally adjusted at annual rates. do..

LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS

Gross avg. weekly earnings (prod, workers on payrolls): Current dollars, seasonally adjusted...................... 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted.........................

Spendable average weekly earnings (married worker with three dependents):

Current dollars, seasonally adjusted. 1967 dollars, seasonally adjusted.........................

r/ Revised. p_/ Preliminary. USC0MM--DC-- 31,5 76

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402

OFFICIAL BUSINESS

First-Glass Mai!

153.2 168.1 150.3 144.1

$0,623

July

154.0 169.8 151.2 144.4

$0,616

110.9 110.3 90.3

1,080 874

938 667

20.0 201

162.36 101.10

146.91 91.48

120.1 119.3 92.8

1,207 916

1,016 699

19.7 213

163.44 100.76

147.76 91.10

Apr.

161.4 181.6 158.3 149.5

$0,595

137.5 137.2 107.8

1,367 1,055

1,082 803

23.6 237

172.56 102.53

153.65 91.30

May

162.1 182.6 158.9 150.3

$0,591

rl48.2 rl47.9 rll2.2

rl,422 rl,065

1,158 807

24.4 260

rl74.85 rl03.28

rl55.42 r91.80

June

162.8 183.7 159.8 150.9

$0,588

rl56.8 rl55.9 rl20.5

rl,527 rl,149

rl,150 r829

23.7 233

r l74 .72 r l02 .72

r l 5 5 . 3 2 r91 .31

POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

COM-209

Ju ly

163.7 185.5 151.2 151.2

$0,584

137.7 137.0 113.1

1,387 1,128

1,219 875

pl75.93 pl02.94

pl56.23 p91.42

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