Business Week Index

RATING INSURERS

PRODUCTION INDICATORS

Latest Week% Change

week ago year ago

STEEL (10/9) thous. of net tons 1,823 1,769 # 11.2

AUTOS (10/9) units 114,988 123,760r# -1.9

TRUCKS (10/9) units 108,964 107,496r# 25.0

ELECTRIC POWER (10/9) millions of

kilowatt-hours 55,234 56,063 # 2.5

CRUDE-OIL REFINING (10/9) thous. of

bbl./day 13,841 13,872 # 2.6

COAL (10/2) thous. of net tons 18,790 # 19,409 1.7

PAPERBOARD (10/2) thous. of tons 827.0 # 799.0r 1.0

PAPER (10/2) thous. of tons 798.0 # 782.0 -0.5

LUMBER (10/2) millions of ft. 476.1 # 497.2 -0.2

RAIL FREIGHT (10/2) billions of ton-miles 21.7 # 21.8 1.4

Sources: American Iron & Steel Institute, Ward's Automotive Reports, Edison

Electric Institute, American Petroleum Institute, Energy Dept., American Paper

Institute, WWPA1, SFPA2, Association of American Railroads

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Latest Week Year

week ago ago

JAPANESE YEN (10/13) 106 105 120

GERMAN MARK (10/13) 1.60 1.63 1.46

BRITISH POUND (10/13) 1.52 1.52 1.69

FRENCH FRANC (10/13) 5.65 5.67 4.96

CANADIAN DOLLAR (10/13) 1.33 1.34 1.25

SWISS FRANC (10/13) 1.41 1.42 1.30

MEXICAN PESO (10/13)3 3.114 3.115 3.132

Sources: Major New York banks. Currencies expressed in units per U.S. dollar,

except for British pound expressed in dollars

prices

PRICES

Latest Week % Change

week ago year ago

GOLD (10/13) $/troy oz. 366.400 356.250 6.6

STEEL SCRAP (10/12) #1 heavy, $/ton 129.00 112.50 44.1

FOODSTUFFS (10/12) index, 1967=100 212.3 211.8 7.0

COPPER (10/9) /lb. 85.5 86.7 -19.2

ALUMINUM (10/9) /lb. 51.9 52.0 -5.6

WHEAT (10/9) #2 hard, $/bu. 3.39 3.24 -4.8

COTTON (10/9) strict low middling

1-1/16 in., /lb. 55.07 56.19 10.3

Sources: London Wednesday final setting, Chicago market, Commodity Research

Bureau, Metals Week, Kansas City market, Memphis market

LEADING INDICATORS

Latest Week % Change

week ago year ago

STOCK PRICES (10/8) S&P 500 460.55 460.73r 13.5

CORPORATE BOND YIELD, Aaa (10/8) 6.72% 6.69% -15.2

INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS PRICES (10/8) 93.8 94.0 -3.4

BUSINESS FAILURES (10/1) 355 340 1.7

REAL ESTATE LOANS (9/29) billions $403.1 $402.0r 0.5

MONEY SUPPLY, M2 (9/27) billions $3,500.8 $3,503.9r 1.5

INITIAL CLAIMS, UNEMPLOYMENT (9/25) thous. 329 340 -17.5

Sources: Standard & Poor's, Moody's, Journal of Commerce (index: 1980=100), Dun

& Bradstreet (failures of large companies), Federal Reserve Board, Labor Dept.

CIBCR seasonally adjusts data on business failures and real estate loans

MONTHLY ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Latest Month % Change

month ago year ago

BUSINESS WEEK PRODUCTION INDEX (Sept.) 191.1 188.1r 5.5

BUSINESS WEEK LEADING INDEX (Sept.) 233.7 232.0r 7.9

EMPLOYMENT, CIVILIAN (Sept.) millions 119.5 119.7 1.5

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, CIVILIAN (Sept.) 6.7% 6.7% -10.7

Sources: BW, CIBCR, BLS

MONETARY INDICATORS

Latest Week % Change

week ago year ago

MONEY SUPPLY, M1 (9/27) $1,111.7 $1,113.4r 12.2

BANKS' BUSINESS LOANS (9/29) 271.2 270.6r -2.9

FREE RESERVES (9/29) 1,056r 337r 14.4

NONFINANCIAL COMMERCIAL PAPER (9/29) 156.5 160.6 14.5

Sources: Federal Reserve Board (in billions, except for free reserves, which

are expressed for a two-week period in millions)

MONEY MARKET RATES

Latest Week Year

week ago ago

FEDERAL FUNDS (10/12) 3.07% 3.04% 3.20%

PRIME (10/13) 5.75-6.00 6.00 6.00

COMMERCIAL PAPER 3-MONTH (10/12) 3.26 3.26 3.30

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT 3-MONTH (10/13) 3.22 3.23 3.25

EURODOLLAR 3-MONTH (10/8) 3.15 3.14 3.10

Sources: Federal Reserve Board, First Boston

#Raw data in the production indicators are seasonally adjusted in computing the

BW index (chart); other components (estimated and not listed) include machinery

and defense equipment.

1 = Western Wood Products Assn. 2 = Southern Forest Products Assn. 3 = Free

market value NA = Not available r = revised NM = Not meaningful