current business statistics - Bureau of Economic Analysis

5 SUEVBY OF CURRENT BUSINESS February 1972
* In January: Employment continued to expand
•
9
Billion $
1,150
1,100
950
The unemployment rate was virtually unchanged at 5.9 percent
Number of workers on nonfarm payrolls increased 240,000
TOTAL PRODUCTION THE LABOR MARKET
CURRENT DOLLAR GNP**
, .' ''- ; -' -- ' ' - " * . . ' • ' - .
• ••
- "' .- * ; ' '• :
*"-*',* - ''."
1,050
Total sf
V*^- Final Sales
Inventory Change A
1,000
S- ^f
Billion $
40
30
20
10
0
Billion!
850
800
750
700
650
#T I 1
CURRENT DOLLAR GNP**
(Change From
- Previous
Quarter)
Percent
15
10
5
0
-5
Total^
J|t|
>
s \
ii i f ill
Million Persons Percent
89
86
83
80
77
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT* ;
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i i i i i i it i i i
,-,.'• • - - ' - , - , ',
' - •' -
Labor Force ./*
«*JSV
Employment „,*
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•/',.• •'-
1 1 1 1 t t 1 1 1 1 1
Quarterly (IV) BEA Monthly (Jan.) BLS
— ' .':',-
5 - - —
5 - '.' ' •
|-*-Final Sales
5 • ' • •
|t''§, _• : ' : --
If i
Percent Percent
8
6
4
2
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE*
_ Total +* ' *> At*X^\/^>' ••"
0
"^T
Quarterly (IV) BEA Monthly (Jan.) BLS
j JCONSTINT DOLLAR (19§8);»** •
iiiiii....'ffy.**^
— - f
Inventory
Change
'= 1 1 1
°\ -»^'
^f^
Final Sales
t r t ii i i
CONSTANT DOLLAR (1958) GNP**
(Change From Previous Quarter)
Total
jg-.- Final Sales
t- -,. ;
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,
~
\J:
.^
/^
— .*****
•»**** ' '
Married Men
, \
,
•''/':''.-
Million Persons Billions 1967=100
76
72
68
64
60
NONFARM ESTABLISHMENTS
_ Employment* (left scale)
_
-,
i i i i i ! i r J i i
•..^•••*"y**— '
Man^-Hours**
(right scale)
1 1 1 M i i 1 1 1 1
, ' ' • : ' ' - 1
' : *•—
'_
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Quarterly (IV) BEA Monthly (Jan.) BLS
P§X ; '' -••'!' \ - V '
1 il ' "
E IL J E
EH II • -
i
16
12
8
4
0
16
12
8
160 140
150 130
140 120
130 110
120 100
Hours Dollars 1967=100
45.0
42.5
40.0
07 K
J/.O
35.0
PRODUCTION OR NONSUPERVISORY WORKERS
(PRIVATE)
Average Hourly Earnings /•-••*
(right scale) / — '*
\ X'"***
:
~ ***** • ;
•••**
Average
.
.••"*""*
Weekly Hours*
(left scale)
* ^
"^~>—
» .
i i i i i 1 i i i i i
1 1 1 1 i 1 ! 1 1 f 1
•. -
i i i i i 1 i i : i i
3.75 125
3.50 120
3.00 110
2.75 105
- ' -'•• '• :••
PRICES
| V-nA-\l\B O
c IMPLlCltPRfCEiDEFLflQR FORGNP*^:/ : ;
(Change From Previous Quarter) ;;;
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' ' - - ' - , , ;
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II
- -;- - ' / ,'" - ,
III,
Quarterly (IV)
CHAIN PRICE INDEX FOR GNP**
(Change From Previous Quarter)
- ._.- ' ' :
.''• '' •;-, /'"
CONSUMER PRI
' ; - '",*''
— ~ , -- c ;,- '" ' :
«.'..'• .--, '; , --/;',: : .'
Mill 1 1 I 1 II
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; •-; '.-'- , /^.
, , III!
4
'- •'.-
0 III,
'•' '' ••' 7
Quarterly (IV)
BEA
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^" i "/*""''.
fietail Food*
BEA
r » i ill i i r i i It i t r n iri i i
Monthly (Dec.)
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WHOLESALE PRICES j \ =
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BLS
-,'';"';; -. •V - ' --
Farm Products Total
3.25 115 _ Processed Foods >^i,.l,J
and Feed$x^^ ^er\^l
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"'"Industrial
Commodities
i 1 1 i i i i 1 1 1 1
1970
1971 ' 1972 BEA 1970 1971 1972 BLS 1970
Quarterly (IV) Monthly (Jan.)
* Seasonally Adjusted * * Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rates
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1971
Monthly (Dec.)
i i r i i 1 i i i t i
1972 BLS