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Business Conditions 182S CONNECTICUT A MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION V SCUnGTOH D. C. 2000ft (202) 483-6126 uu / 14/' No. 388 October 4,,1971 BUSINESS INDEX (Industrial Production) Seasonally Adjusted Not Seasonally Adjusted (Federal Reserve Board: Base 1967*100) Aug. July Aug. July Aug. July Aug. July 1971* 1971* 1970 1970 1971* 1971* 1970 1970 1. Industrial Production, Total 105.1 106.0 107,.5 107.5 105.3 101.9 107.1 103.4 2. Chemicals and Products 127.5 127.5 119,.4 122.5 128.4 124.9 120.4 119.9 3. ^Chemicals & Synthetic Materials NA 128.8 NA 122.7 NA 125.2 NA 119.3 4. Basic Chemicals NA 117.4 NA 114.0 NA 116.3 NA 113.0 5. Synthetic Materials NA 152.1 NA 140.5 NA 143.1 NA 132.1 6. Raw Steel NA 98.0 102..0 107.9 NA 88.4 NA 97.3 7. Coal 104.8 107.4 108,.8 102.3 111.6 82.7 115.9 78.8 WHOLESALE PRICE INDEXES 8^ (U. S. Dept, of Labor: Base 1967*100) Aug. July June / Aug. July June 1971 1971 1971 ( 1970 1970 1970 8. All Conmodities 9. Industrial Conmodities 10. Chemicals & Allied Products (all) 114-8- f US-1 ) 104, j 114.6 H6.5 104.4 114.3 \ 110.5 110.9 -U3.9.. V'uoTZr 110.0 104.4 TTJZ.7 `"*/V102.5 110.3 109.8 102.1 11. Industrial Chemicals 102.4 102.4 102.2 101.2 101.4 100.6 12. Drug & Pharmaceutical Materials 103.4 103.5 103.5 101.0 100.7 100.7 13. Plastic Resins & Materials 89.0 88.6 88.1 90.6 90.8 90.1 14. Fertilizer Materials 73.3 78.3 79.4 73.6 73.6 75.2 ESTIMATED NO. OF WAGE EARNERS (Production & Related Workers, Aug. July June Aug. July June In Thousands: U. S. Dept, of Labor) 1971* 1971* 1971 1970 1970 1970 15. All Mfg. (Non-agriculture) 13602.0 13320.0 13611.0 14083.0 13946.0 14261.0 16. Chemicals & Allied Products (all) 528.1 583.7 589.2 604.5 604.1 607.5 17. Industrial Chemicals 167.3 169.2 171.4 177.0 175.1 170.9 18. Plastics Materials & Synthetics 142.2 141.2 140.7 140.1 141.6 146.2 19. Drugs 73.8 73.8 74.0 71.6 71.5 73,2 20. Other Chemical Products 61.0 60.5 60.5 69.6 69.5 67.8 HOURS & EARNINGS (U. S. Dept, of Labor) Average Weekly Earnings Av. Weekly Hours Av. Hourly Earnings 21. All Manufacturing Aug. July 1971* L971* $142.44 $142.09 Aug. 1970 $134.13 Aug. July Aug. 192JL* 1971* 1970 39.9 39.8 39.8 Aug. July Aug. mx* 1971* 1970 $3.57 $3.57 $3.37 22. Chemicals & Allied Prod. (all) 164.36 164.37 153.68 41.4 41.3 41.2 3.97 3.98 23. Industrial Chemicals 24. Plastics Materials & NA 184.34 171.79 NA 41.8 41.9 NA - ds#// Synthetics NA 161.80 151.62 NA 41.7 41.2 NA 3.88 3.68 25. Drugs NA 151.15 142.04 NA 40.2 39.9 NA 3.76 3.56 26. Other Chemical Products 156.51 ...*55.91 142.80 42.3 4L.8 40.8 3.70 3.73 3.50 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (Average Cost of Living Index In Large Cities) (U. S. Dept, of Labor) August 1971 July 1971 August 1970 27. All Items (Base 1967-100)122.2121.8116.9 Preliminary or Estimated Figures. ^Formerly referred to as "Industrial Chemicals." NA-Not Available. OCC 017289 cc 017290