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n n n o n flL Economic k u d o s
PREPARED

M O N TH E N D IN G :

A Pri-l 30, 1974

BY

FEDERAL

RESERVE

B AN K

OF

ST. LOUIS

RELEASED:

May 23, 1974

The picture presented by revised national income data for the
first quarter of 1974 is not markedly different from that indicated by the
preliminary estimates. The revised data show a more rapid acceleration of
inflation and a somewhat larger decline of real product. The most substan­
tial adjustments to components of total spending and real product were a
downward revision of inventory accumulation and upward adjustments of net
exports and government spending on goods and services. The implicit price
deflator is now estimated to have increased at an 8.1 percent annual rate
since the fourth quarter of 1972. Real product growth, which began to
decelerate early last year as the constraints of productive capacity became
increasingly severe, grew only 0.2 percent from the first quarter of 1973
to the first quarter of this year.
Price indexes are still increasing at rapid rates, even though
in recent months consumer food prices have been increasing less rapidly
and wholesale food prices have been falling. The food component of the
consumer price index fell in April. The wholesale price index for farm
products and processed foods and feeds fell at an annual rate of 11.6
percent from August of last year to April. Nonetheless, the consumer
price index rose at an annual rate of 12.4 percent from December 1973 to
April of this year, and the wholesale price index rose at a rate of 20.7
percent over the same period.
Industrial production rose in April, following a decline at
an annual rate of 7.6 percent from last November to March. The recent
increase was primarily in those industries which had been adversely
affected by conditions associated with the recent embargo of Middle
East oil. Production in the motor vehicles and parts industry increased
substantially in April from the depressed levels of the last few months.
Production in this industry, which accounts for about 5 percent of the
total industrial production index, declined at a 60.6 percent annual
rate from November to February. Increased production by the primary and
fabricated metals group and the machinery industry also contributed
significantly to the increase in industrial production. The other
components of the industrial production index were little changed in
April.
The decrease in output indicated by the recent decline in both
real product and the industrial production index was accompanied by a
slowing of employment growth, but not by continuing increases in the un­
employment rate. Total civilian employment has been virtually unchanged
since last October, compared to an increase at a 4 percent annual rate
over the prior twelve months. The unemployment rate of the civilian
labor force was 4.6 percent in October, rose to 5.2 percent in January,
and has since fallen slightly to 5 percent. Whereas the increase of the
unemployment rate from October to January reflected an increase in the
number of people unemployed, the subsequent fall reflects a decrease in
the number of people in the civilian labor force.



TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT
&J3fifflUHQgQ AMNUAL BATH. Of CHANCI

.j m

h im l

NONTH

.JU-li

TMOUS^NOS
Of PERSONS

-UU.T1AL.JMHX«L

JbLlLAVt-U 1 1 -7 * Urli

A-71_^lr71

3-11

4-73

5-73

6-73

7-73

8-73

9-73

10-73

11-73

12-73

1-74

2-74

3-74
< 2 »338

— 1 * 2 ___________________________

- A lz li-------- 1*1___ ¿ d L
- l i z l * ______2 * 9

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—

3.7

82 » 4 8 4
62,841

>.3

82,619

- U i ------ L i4 ___ L i f t - - 3 . 2

*— u __ --- S i i . --- £JJL___ * % f
3-73

3 .7

4 .3

4 .8

4 .6

8.7

4-73

3.4

3,7

4 .0

3.7

6.1

1.0

4.9

1.2

1.4

83,782
83,854

5r7?

3.1

3.4

3.8

3.2

8-73

3.7

4 .0

4.3

4.1

5.6

3.6

4 .8

8.4

7-73

3.5

3.7

3.9

3.7

4 .9

3 .0

3 .7

4 .9

1.5

8-73

3.0

3.2

3.3

3.0

4 .0

2.1

2 .4

2.7

- 0 .0

- 1.5

9-73

3.5

3 .7

3.9

3 .7

%#0

3 .3

3 .7

4 .3

2 .9

3.7

9 .2

.1 0 z ? 3

3.8

4 .0

4 .2

4.1

4 .9

3 .9

4 .3

4 .9

4 .1

4 .9

8 .3

7.5

11-73

3.5

3.7

3.8

3.7

4 .4

3 .4

3 .7

4.1

3.2

3.7

5.5

3.7

12-73

3 .3

3 .5

1*8

3.4

4 .0

3 .0

3 .3

3 .5

2 .7

3 .0

4 .2

2.5

3.3

2 .8

2.8

3.7

2.4

—

83,950
84,518
84,621
84,513
85,133
85,649
......

1-74

3 .2

3.4

2-74

_ 3.0

3-74

2.9

4-74

2*9

3 .1

85»649
0.1
0 .3
> V
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0 .8

L l A «ftA*
t v .3 t v

............. .... .... .

85,811

1*1

2.0

0 .5

0 .7

G„9

0 .6

0 .8

0 .9

0.4

0.4

0.4

-0.2

-0.2

-1.2

11-73

12-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

3.4

3 .3

3.9

3 .1

3.2

3,1

3.6

2 .6

2 .8

3 .0

2 .3

2.4

3.1

1.9

3 .0

3.1

2 .9

3.4

2.5

2 .6

2*7__

2.1

2.2

2.8

1.7

2.7

2 .8

2 .8

2 .6

3.0

2.2

2 .3

2 .4

U8

1.8

2.2

1.3

1 0.3 1

9-72

10-72

11-72

12-72

1-73

3-73

4-73

5-73

6-73

7-7*

8-73

9-73

10-73

85,669

-O a V ^

85,803

0?8S s ^

85,863
Ì

85,775

PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
CO M P O U N D E D ANNUAL R*TES OP CHANGE
l E B W lH&L.
NONTH
9-72
10-72

5.3

11-72

4.7

1-73

IHtTiH
10-72

3-73

i

4-73

i

5” 73

12-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-7 3

3-71

7-73,_8-73_.9 - 7 3 ^ t W 3

11-73.12-73

1-7»

2-74

73,835
74»002

3.5

2.7

4.1

3.7

3.4

i

*

4 .5

4 .4

4 .4

5 .0

4 .3

4 .2

4*2

4.5

4 .7

4 .2

4.1

4.1

4 .3

4 .4

3.5
3 .4

3.3

74,232

4.1
V• V

74,914

5 .5

75,105
75,321

6-73

4 .4

4 .0

4 .2

4 .2

7-73
r ■■

3.6

3 .4

3 .4

3 .4

3.3

2 .0

1.3

,

75*526
75»478

- 0 .8

75.747

8-73

3 .7

3.5

3.5

3 .6

3.5

2 .6

2.3

1.8

4 .4

9-73

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

2 .8

2.6

2.3

3.9

3.4

, 10-73

3.9

3.8

3.7

3 .8

3.8

3.4

3.4

3.4

4 .8

5 .0

11-73

4 .0

3.9

3.9

4 .0

3 .9

3 .6

3.6

3 .7

4 .8

5 .0

5.8

12-73

3.7

3.5

3.5

3 .5

3 .5

3.1

3 .0

2 .9

3 .7

3 .5

3 .5

2 .1

- 0 .8

2 .5

2.2

0 .9

-1 .2

75*941
6.5

r

v

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.............................

j

74*424

,] 4%

74*524

- 1 .6 ^ S .

3 .3

3.2

3.1

3 .1

3.1

2 .5

2.4

2 .3

2-74

3.4

3 .3

3.2

3 .2

3 .2

2 .7

2 .6

2 .6

3.1

2 .8

2 .7

1.8

0 .7

1.5

4 . 6 ^

3.2

3.1

3 .0

3 .0

2 .9

2 .4

2.3

M

2 .6

2 .4

2 .2

1.3

0 .4

0 .8

2 .0

2.2

| 1.4 |

0 .7

1.1

2 .0

0 .8

9-73 10-73 1 1 -7 3 12-73

1-74

2-74

4-74

2.9

2 .9

2 .9

9-72 10-72 11-72 12-72

1-73

3.1

3 .0

2-

3

2*4

2.3

2.2

2.5

2 .3

4-73

5 -7 Ì

4-78

7-73

8-73

74*343
74*479

X

1-74

3-74

3-74.

4.2

4 .0

.

4-?j_

73,584

4.1

*
,

11-72

THOUSANOS

H flMlM.

74*813

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2 .M

74*785P
74*911P

3-74

PR ELIM IN A RY




m n n v
MAY

2

3»

w
1974

eeafetui r ^ r v e

BA N K ' o r ^ r r v c g a n




EMPLOYMENT
RATIO

RATIO

SCALE

MI LL IONS

OF

PERSONS

SEASONALLY AOJUSTID

MI LL IONS

OF

SCALE

PERSONS

SORRCEi U.S.DEPARTMENT OF IA10«
PERCENTAGES ARC ANNUAL RATES Of CNANRE FOR PEKIOOS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA fLOffCOi APRIL PRELIBINARY
PREPARER St FEDERAL RESERVE RANK OF ST. LORIS

UNEMPLOYMENT
PERCENT

RATES1

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

PERCENT

SOURCEI U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LAROR
• P E R C E N T OF CIVILIAN LAROR FORCE IN RRORP
LATEST OATA PLOTTER* APRIL
PRtPAREI

3

RANK OF ST. LOUIS

COWSUMPH PUTTE TWPgX, Sm O f t i l l V AOJUSTPO
C O M P O U N D E D ANNUAL RATES OP CHANGE
TERMINAL
MONTH

INITIAL
M
*»
1
O

9-72

11-72

12-72

1-73

2 - fi

3-73

4-73

196 7 *

MONTH

5-73

6-73

8-73

7-73

10-73

9-73

11-73

1-74

12-73

2-74

100

3-74
126.61

10-7 2

4.1

11-72

3.7

3.4

12-7?

3.5

3.3

3.2

126.96
127.29

1-73

4.2

4.3

4.7

2-73

5.0

5.2

5.8

7.2

a .iN v

127.94
128.77

3-73

5.9

6.3

7.1

8.*

9.4

129.88

4-73

6.2

6.6

7.2

8.3

8.9

i o . « \

130.71

9.4

131.45

5-73

6.3

6.6

7.2

8.0

8.5

8.6

7.5

7.0

6-73

6.5

6.8

7.2

7.9

8.3

8.3

7.5

7.3

7.6

7-73

6.0

6.2

6.6

7.1

7.2

7.0

6.1

5.5

4.7

132.25

+ 9.7%

2.0^^^

132.47

a-73

7.6

8.0

8.5

9.2

9.6

9.8

9.6

10.1

M.i

12.9

4-73

7.4

r.7

8.1

8.7

9.0

9.1

8.8

9.0

9.5

10.2

14.5

5.0

10-7 3

7.6

7.9

ft.3

8.8

9.1

9.3

M.O

9.2

9.7

10.2

13.1

7.6

11.2

136.60

11-73

7.7

H.O

8.4

8.9

9.2

9.3

9.1

9.3

9.7

10.1

Ì2.2

8.3

10.0

137.67

9.7

11.3

8.1

9.2

*.6

12-73

7.7

3.0

1-74

ft.l

2-74

8.5

9.1

8.9

8.4

8.8

9.0

8,4

8.7

9.2

9.4

9.5

9.4

8.6

9.2

9.6

9.9

10.C

1 0 .a

3-74

8,8

9.1

9.4

9.9

4-74

8.7

9.0

*♦3

1 9.7

9-72

10-72

1 1-72

12-72

J

9.1

9.4

h

134.95

X

135.50

138.50

T .V \

139.97

9.6

9.9

10.2

11.6

9.2

10.2

10.2

10.5

13.5

10.2

10.5

10.9

12.2

10.2

11.3

11.6

1 2.2

14.6

15.7

141.68

12.0

12.*

14.2

14.6

143.19

10.1

10.3

10.2

10.5

1C.8

11.2

12.4

10.7

11.7

9.9

10.1

10.0

10.2

10.5

10.8

11.8

10.2

11.0

11.1

11.4

12.4

12.1

I'J. 3

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

5-73

6-73

T-7*

8-73

9-73

10-73

11-73

12-73

1-74

2-74

P R f P A K P O BY P f O f R AL R E S E R V E
MAY

WHOLESALE

PRICES -

INDUSTRIAL

COMMODITIES.

INITIAL

terminal

21.

SEASONALLY

144.01

7.11

3-74

H ANK OF S T .

LOUIS

1*74

AOJUSTED

1967 *

MONTH

100

MONTH
*-72

10-72

11-72

12-72

1-73

¿-73

3-73

4-73

5-73

6-73

7-73

8-73

9-73

10-73

1 1 - 7 1 12-73

1-74

2-74

1-74

10-72
11-72

118.93
?"7

12-72

4.8
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119.40

_

119.59

1*9

1-73

*f7

3.4

2.7

3.6

2-73

4.5

>»5

5.8

7.8

12.1

7.4

a.i

10.2

13.7

15. Z

4-73

7.7

9.0

9.8

11.9

14.8

16.1

5-73

8? 7

9,9

10.7

J 2*6

14,9

15.9

16.2

15.5

10.2

11.0

12.5

14,4

Pt°

14.9

13.9

12.4

i-73

119.94
121.09
122.53
17,0

124.14
125.64
126.87

6-71

M

7-73

•?t

M

9.6

10,8

12.0

12.0

11.2

9.3

6.4

0.7

8-73

7.9

8.6

9.1

10,0

11.0

1C.8

9*9

8,2

5.9

2.7

4,8

7.?

8.6

?t9

9.8

10.6

14.4

8,2

6*4

4.5

6,5

9-71

126.94

s £ 1 9.5%

127.44

*

128.28

j

N

v

10-7J

M

¥.1

9.3

10.3

11.0

10,9

10.3

9*2

8.0

6.9

9.1

11,3

,

11-73

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Ilf*

12.1

13.1

14,1

IS ?

Ptl

13.8

Pt?

P*7

17.2

21.6

28.9

\

45.1

s

12-71

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13,8

14^ s

15.9

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P P

16.3

P P

|?t?

20.8

25,1

31,3

40.6

36.2

129.74
133,83
137,32

1-74

13,3

Pi*

P P

*6,0

17,1

17f5

17,8

17.9

18.2

19.0

22.4

26.2

31.2

37.3

33.5

30.8

2-74

P . 5

14.4

15.0

16.0

17.1

17.5

17.7

17.8

18,0

18.7

21.6

24.6

28.2

31.8

27.7

23.6

16.8

3-74

14.9

P f*

|6t5

4 7f6

18.6

P*l

Pi*

19,7

20.1

21.0

23.9

26.8

30.2

33.6

30.9

29.2

28.4

41.1

4-74

_ 19.7

16.4

17.4

18.4 Il9.5l

20,0

20*4

20.7

21.1

22.1

24.7

27.4

30.4

33.3

31.0

29.8

29.4

36.3

> l>

9-72

10-72

11-72

2-73

3-73

4-73

5-73

6-73

7-73

8-73

9-73

10-73

11-73

12-73

1-74

2-74

3-74




12-72

1-73

In i t i a l

140.43
142.26

\

149,79

month

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE
MAY 9 . 1974

4

146.40

BANK OP ST.

LOUIS




Prices

Percentages are annual rates of change for periods indicated.
Latest d ata plotted: A p ril
Prepared b y F e deral Reserve B ank of St. Louis

Wholesale Prices

■••it S u b

»67=100

1**6

Se aso n ally Adjusted

1*67

1*68

1*6*

1*70

1*7)

1*72

1*73

1*74

P ercentages are a n n u a l rates of ch a n ge for pe riods indicated.
Latest d ata plotted: April
Prepared by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

5

WHOLESALE P R ICES - ALL COMMODlTlESt
_________________ C O M P O U N D E D A N N U A L R A T E S
Tu En Ri l Mf It »N A L __________________
--------

- n ..............................

9-7 2

0
1
••4

month

10-7 2

0.4

11-72

4*4

X
8.6

12-72

9.4

14.2

11 - 7 2

1 2 - 72

1-73

2-73

, .„t

3-73

................... ...I N IT T IT A L

4-73

5-73

MONTH

6-73

1 9 6 7 *--------------------------- ------------------------- ------ ------------------------ ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------

6-/3

11-73

12-73

1-74

2-74

123.27
124.44

10. 1

13.5

16.0

12.0

12.1

15.3

17.6

16.3

20.9

3-73

15.1

18.3

20.9

21.1

26.0

4-73

14.7

17.3

19.1

18.9

21.2

21.4

12.3

5-73

16.2

18.7

20.5

20.5

22.8

23.4

19.7

27.5

6-73

17.8

20.2

22.0

22.3

24.4

25.3

23.4

29.3

7-73

14.0

15.6

16.5

16.0

16.6

15.8

12.3

12.2

126.42
3

.

129.32

X

130.58
133.25

134.40

5.3 - 1 5 . 5

8-73

20.3

22.5

24.1

24.6

26.5

27.5

26.8

30.7

31.8

32.0

16.6

18.2

19.2

19.1

20.1

20.0

18.2

19.4

17.4

13.2

10-73

14.9

16. 2

17.0

16.7

17.2

16.7

14.8

15.2

12.9

11-73

15.5

16.8

17.5

17.3

17.8

17.5

15.8

16.3

14.6

12-73

¿6.4

17.6

18.4

18.2

18.8

18.6

17.3

17.9

1-74

13.0

19.3

20.1

20.1

20.8

20.8

19*8

2-74

17.9

19.0

19. 8

19.8

20.4

20.3

3-74

17.0

18.9

1 9.6

19.5

20.1

4-74

17.3

18.3

18.9

18.S

1 0-72 1 1 - 7 2

12-72

140.58

8.7

18.3

-10.4

140.16

11.5

19.5

-0.4

9.1

23.3

16.6

14.3

21.5

6.4

15.5

26.4

29.5

20 . 6

19*8

18.3

25.1

13.2

22.3

32.3

37.0

45.0

19.4

20.1

19.3

17.9

23.7

13.5

20.8

27.8

29.4

29.3

15.4

20.0

19 « I

19.8

19.0

17.7

22.7

13.9

20.1

25.5

26.0

24.8

15.8

19.3

19.2

18.3

18.8

18.1

16.8

21,1

13.3

18.4

22.5

22.4

20.7

13.5

12.6

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

5-73

6-73

7-73

8-73

9-73

10-73

11-73

12-73

1-74

2-74

WHOLESALE

10-72
ir \ .
!r

11-72

7.9

12-72

27.7

47.0

7 8.7

1 1-72

12-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

5-73

142.63
145.74
150.32
152.12

ÌT .X

154.05

9 . ^ \

3-74

6-73

FEEDS»

SEAS . ADJ .
1967 *

MONTH
7-73

8-73

9-73

10-73

11-73

12-73

1-74

2-74

125.1
127.1
133.4
136.9

1-73

29.8

43.4

5Ó.2

36.4

32.2

43.2

51.5

39.4

42.5

3-73

39.3

49.9

58.2

51.9

60.3

80.3

4-73

33.0

40.3

44.6

37.1

37.3

34.8

0.8

141.0
148.1
148.2
154.3

5-73

36.3

43.3

47.4

41.8

43.2

43.4

27.9

62.3

6-7 3

40.5

47.4

51.6

47.5

49.8

51.7

43.2

70.6

7-73

28.4

32.6

34.2

28.8

27.5

24.7

13.8

18.4

1.2

-42.9

8-73

52.3

59.4

64.4

62.7

66.8

71.2

69.5

92.9

104.4

118.2

734.5

9-73

39.4

44.1

46.7

«3.5

44.4

44.7

39.5

48.8

45.6

35.9

109.6

-47.3

35.3

36.6

33.0

32.6

31.5

25.7

162.0

7 9 . r sX d - 2 2 . 6 %

154.6
184.5

30.3

24.8

13.9

43.5

-40.5

174.9
169.2

-32.8

166.7

11-73

27.5

30.3

31.2

27.5

26.7

25.0

19.4

22.3

16.7

7.1

25.4

-33.4 -25.0

-16.4

12-73

26.9

29.4

30.L

26.7

25.8

24.3

19.2

21.8

16.9

8.8

23.8

-23.1

-12.8

-0.7

17.9

1-74

29.7

32.4

33.2

30.2

29.7

28.6

24.4

27.3

23.5

17.1

32.0

-8.7

4.7

21.4

46.2

81.4

169.0
177.6
178.8

2-74

28.4

30.7

31.4

28.5

28.0

26.8

22. 8

25.3

21.7

16.0

28.3

-6.1

5.4

18.0

32.4

40.2

8.4

3-74

24.9

26.d

27.2

24.3

23.5

¿2.1

18.2

20.0

16.4

10.9

20.5

-8.6

0.2

8.6

15.9

15.2

-8.2

-22.2

21.1

2 2 .ó|

22.7

19. 9

13.9

17.3

13.5

14.6

U.l

5.9

13.4 - 1 1 . 6

-4.9

0.8

4.7

1.6 - 1 6 . 2

-26.4

-30.4

11-72

12-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

5-73

6-73

3-73

9-73

10-73

11-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

10-72




100

3-74

21.0 \

2-73

9-72

155.16

HÒNTH

INITIAL
9-72

-3.5

PRICES-FARM PRODUCTS AND PROCESSED FOODS AND
C O M P O U N D E D ANNUAL RATES OF C H A N G E

TERMINAL
MONTH

-3.8

142.76

106.3
31.0 - 16.9

IN111 AL

10-72

136.30

31.2 \ + 1 8 . 3 %

9-73

4-74

100

3-74

20.1

1-73

31.8

10-73

121.40

2-73

10-73

9-73

120.57
1

9-72

7-73

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
O f C H A N G E _______________

ÍNltÍAL

7-73

12-73

175.1

\

169.9

MUNTH

P k E P A R E Q BY F E O E R A L RE S E R V E B A N K OF ST. L O U I S
M A Y 9, 1 9 7 4

6

INDUSTRIAL
RATIO

PHODUCTION

SCALE

RATIO

1 9 8 7 - i 00

SEASONALLY

P U e C M T A lU
LATEST

Atte AÜ N U AI

DATA P LO TTE D «

R A T ES

A P R IL

OF

CHANCE FOR

¿DJUSTCD

PERIODS

SCALE

1 9 6 7 — 100

I N D IC A T E D .

PR E L IM IN A R Y
PR EP A R E D

« Y FE D E R A L

RESERVE

DANK OF

ST.

L O U IS

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
C O M P O U N D E D A N N U A L R A T E S Of C H A N G E
INITIAL MONTH

terminal

1967 -

100

MONTH
9-7*

10-72

H-72

12-72

17.6

11-72

14.0

10. 5

12-72

12.4

10,0

12.2
12.2
10.6

10.5

10.4

10,9

11.1 12.0

1-73

3-73

9.0

5-73

9.5

8.3

8.0
8.0

6-73

9.2

8.2

7.8

7-73

9.4

6.5

8-73

9*3

7.4

9.7

8.4

8.9

7-73

8-73

9-73

10-73

11-73

12-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

7.6
7.7
7.6

T..
6.4

6.8
6.8

6.5

11-73

7.2

4*4

6. 1

5.8

*,0

5.2

4.8

4.5

4f 9

4.1

3.7

3.3

4.2

3.4

2.9

2.5

2.9

2.5

3*8

3.1

2.6

9-72

10-72

11-72

3-74

123.7

' 3 . o \

124.1

3.5

4.0 \

5.0

6.0

8.0

5.4

6.3

7.5

6.9

6.5

7.5

8.6

9.0

11.0

5.1

5.5

5.9

5.2

4.4

-1.9

124.9

+4.5%

125.6
126.7
126.5

4.8

5.1

5.3

4,6

3.9

0.5

4.4

4.6

4.7

4.1

3.4

1.0

2.4

1.9

5.2

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.2

3.7

1.9

3.2

3.4

3.8

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.6
1.8

1.8 1 . 7 1 . 4
1.0 0.8 0 . 5
0.6 0 . 4 0.1
0.9

0.7

2-73

3-73

2.0 1 . 4
2.2 1.6
12-72

123.4

12.4,

7 t4

4-74

6-73

11.5

10-73

7.0

9-73

2-74

5-73

120.2
121.1
122.2

8.2 8.1 7 . 5
6. 8 6.1
7.0
6.6 6 . 3 5 . 7
6.2 5 . 9 5 . 3

1-74

4-73

9.4

9*3

4-73

12-73

2-73

3-73

119.2

10-72

2-73

1-73

1-73

2.2
0.6

126.8

0.0

127.0
4.8

127.5

1.4

-0.4

-0.9

-2.3

-0.3

-2.0

-2.1

-3.3

-4.9

-9.5

-9.9

-0.3

-1.2

-2.8

-3.0

-4.1

-5.6

-8.8

-8.7

-0.7

-1.5

-2.9

-3.1

-4.1

-5.2

-7.6

-7.1

-5.6

-3.8

124.2P

0.5

-0.2

-0.9

-2.1

-2.1

-2.8

-3.6

Η 5 . 2 1 - 4 . 2

-2.2

0.5

1 2 4 . 7P

4-73

5-73

6-73

7-73

8-73

9-73

10-73

11-73

1-74

2-74

126.5

12-73

*<5.2%

125.4
124.6

- 7 . 4 ^ ^

3-74

INITIAL M O N T H
P- PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 16* 1974

7

PERSONAL
RATIO

MONTHLY

SCALE

TRILLIONS

OF

TOTALS

INCOME

AT

SEASONALLY

DOLLARS

ANNUAL

RATES

RATIO

ADJUSTED

TRILLIONS

OF

SCALE

DOLLARS
1 .2
I.1

1 .0
0.9

0.8
0.7

0.

0.6

0.

0.5

0.4
1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

SOURCE% U . S .
P E R C E N TA G ES
LATEST

ARE ANNUAL R A T ES

DATA PLO TTE D «

A P R IL

OF

CHANGE FOR P E R IO O S

1973

1974

D EPA R TM EN T

OF

COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

PR E L IM IN A R Y
P R EP A R E D

PEPSONAL

BY F E D E R A L

R E S ER V E

BANK

OF

ST.

LO U IS

INCOMF

LUi*TFR4IN4L
MONTH

B I L L I O N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

INITIAL M O N T H
9-72

10-72 11-72

12-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

5-73

to-7 3

7-73

8-73

9-73

10-73

11— 73

12-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

21.7

967,0

11- 72

1 7 . it

1 4.0

977,6

1 2 - 72

14. J

10. 0

7.0

10— 72

983,6
989.1

1-/3

12.4

9 .b

7.3

6.9

2-73

12.0

9.7

3.4

6.7

10.5

3-73

11.?

9.2

1

a. 3

U .9

7,3

4-73

11.1

9.4

3.6

ß.a

9.4

a.9

10,4

5-73

10.3

9.3

a. 6

a.a

9.2

6,8

9,6

8,8

6-7 3

10.7

9.4

8.7

0.9

9.3

9.0

9,6

9,2

9,7

7-7 3

1 0.7

9.6

9.0

9.2

9,6

9,4

10.0

9,8

10,4

11,0

8-7 3

11.1

10.0

9.6

9.9

10,3

1 0, 3

10,9

11.0

11,7

12,7

14,4

9-73

11.3

10. 4

10 . 0

10.3

10. 7

10,7

11.3

11,5

12,2

13,0

14,0

10-7 3

11.3

10. ■
>

10.2

10.4

10. 8

10.9

11.4

11,6

12,1

12 , 3

13,3

12,a

11.9

11-73

11.4

10.7

I ).4

10.7

U.l

ll.l

11,6

11,8

12,3

12.d

13,2

12,a

12.4

12-73

11. 4

10,7

13.5

10,7

9.3

9.5

9.1Ï

?.*»

1-74

997,4
1.003,3
1*011.6
1*018,7
1*026,6
1*035.6
1*047,3

1*079,4

12,0

1*089,0

11, I

U.l

11.5

11.7

12.1

12,5

12,8

12,1

11.?

9.9

9, 8

10.1

10.1

10,2

10,3

10,2

9,3

8,3

7,1

4,3

-2,2

9.S

o.a

9.8

10,0

9,9

13.1

10.1

10,0

9,3

8,4

7,6

5,8

3,2

9.0

9,0

8,3

7,5

6.2

4.6

8,2

7,5

8,2

7.6

6,6

5.4

8,1

7,7

7.9

2-74

3-74

10.4

3- 74

10.3

9,6

9,4

9 0

9,7

9.6

9, b

9,7

9,8

9.a

9,7

4-74

10.1

9.

> .3

9,4

9 , i>

9.5

9.6

9.6

9 .6

9 .6

9,5

8,9

11 - 7 2

12-72

2-73

3-73

4-73

5-73

6-73

7-73

8-73

10 - 7 ?

1*068,5
13.0

12,4

2-74

9-72

1*058,5

13.6

1-73

9-73

10-73

11-73

12-73

1 *0 8 7 , 0

1-74

1*094.8
1*101,4
1 *108.4P

I N I T I A L 1M O N T H
P - P R É L 1 H I NA-<Y




PRilPARfcO BY FEDERAL KESE».VG
MAY 16, 1974

8

BANK OF ST.

LOUIS

RE T A IL

SALES

R A T I O SCALE

R A T I O SCALE

B I L L I O N S OF DOLLARS

1966

1967

SEASONALLY

1968

1969

1970

1971

P C M U T A K t M l ANNMAl M i l l If C N A M I F0> r U I M I
latiit bata

mrrui

m a i m

rmmiNAiv,

A r m

B I L L I O N S OF DOLLARS

ADJUSTED

1972

1973

1974

lOUCCIi ».«. M T A I T M N T OF C M M U C l
IMICAtU.

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r i i r A M » I V F U U A L M I U V I IANX OF IT. I N I *

RETAIL SALES
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL KATES ^
TERMINAL
MONTH

INITIAL
10-72

10-72

11-72

12-72

1-73

2-73

3-T3

4-73

5-73

CHANGE
M I L L I O N S OF
DOLLARS

MONTH
6-73

7-73

*
#-73

9-73

10-73

11-73

12-73

1-74

2-74

3-74
3 9 1106

52.9

38*713

U-72

H,4

-11.4

12-72

i»t9

4.9

24.1

17.4

35,2

47.2

1-73

39*417
40*707

2-73

23*7

17.3

28.8

31.2

17.0

3-73

23.7

18.5

27.5

28.6

20.3

4U242

4-73

16.1

10.9

16.0

L4^L

4.8

5-73

16.2

11.7

16.2

14.6

7.7

4.7

-3.6

16.9

23.7 f

41*979

-0 .8 -* 2 0 . 5

41,115
41,723

6-73

12.3

8.0

11.1

9.1

2.7

-0.5

-7.5

-0.3 -14.9

41,167

7-73

16.2

12.7

16.1

15.0

10.4

9.1

5.7

16.3

16.0

42,767

8-73

13.4

10.1

12.7

11.4

7.0

5.5

2.2

8.8

6.2

18.6

9-73

12.7

9.6

11.9

10.7

6.8

5.4

2.6

8.0

5.9

13.9

8.9

10-73

12.7

9.9

12.1

10.9

7.5

6.4

4.1

11-73

11.8

9.1_

11.0

9.9

6.7

5.6

3.6

12-73

9.2

8.1

6.8

3.8

2.5

0.4

3.4

42*355

-11.0
t

3.3

42,529

5.0

7.3

13.7

1.9

9.0

13.2

6.1

10.9

1.5

.6 * 0

6.5

1.6

4.7

-3*4

-1.7

-3.8

42,970
0.2

42,976

-11.3 -21.5

42,116

1-74

10.1

7.8

9.3

8.2

5.5

4.5

2.7

5.7

4.4

7.5

0.8

3.3

2.9

-0.4

-0.6

25.9

2-74

9.9

7-6

9.0

8.0

5.5

4.6

3.0

5.7

4.5

7.3

1.5

3.7

3.4

1.1

1.5

15.4

5.8

3-74

10.4

8.3

9.7

8.8

6.5

5.7

6.9

6.0

8.6

3.6

5*9

6.0

4,7 .

5.8

16.9

12.6

19.9

4-74

10.8

8.8

10.2

9.4

7.2

6.5

5.?

7.8

9.5

5,2

7.4

7,7

6.8

8.2

17.2

14.5

19.1

18*3

9-72

10-72

11-72

12-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

7-73

8-73

9-73

10-73

11-73

12-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

5-73

6-73

INITIAL

42*932
43,134
43.792P
\

44.409E

MONTH

P- PRELIMINARY
.... E - EiI.lMA.TjED




_

9

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE
WAY 13. 1974

BANK OF ST. LOUIS

COMPENSATION pfr m a n -h o u r , to t a l p r i v a t e e c o n o m y
__________ C O M P O U N D E D A N N U A L R A T E S O F C H A N G F ___________
1 9 6 7 » 100

7.2

116.7

4-69

B.5

9.9

119.5

1-70

7.7

8.0

6.2

IM
1
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1
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T E R M I N A L _________________________________________________________________________I N I T l A t Q U A R T E R ________ _______________________________ __________________________
QUARTER
2-69
2-73
3-73
4-73
3-69
4-69
1-70
4-71
4-72
1-73
1-71
2-71
3-71
1-72
3-70
4-70
2-72
3-72

7.6

7.7

6.6

7.1

3-70

7.9

8.1

7.4

8.1

9.0

4-70

7.4

7.4

6.8

7.0

6.9

4.8

1-71

7.5

7.5

7.0

7.3

7.3

6.4

8.1

2-71

7.4

7.4

7.0

7.1

7.1

6.5

7.3

3-69

UA-3
123.4
126.1
127.6
130.1
132.2

6.6

134.7

3-71

7.4

7.4

7.1

7.2

7.3

6.8

7.5

7.2

7.8

4-71

7.1

7.1

6.7

6.8

6.7

6.3

6.7

6.2

6.0

4.2

1-72

7.3

7.4

7.1

7.2

7.2

6.9

7.3

7.1

7 . 3_

7.1

10 . 1

2-72

7.2

7.2

7.0

7.1

7.0

6.8

7.1

6.9

7.0

6.7

7.9

5.9

3-72

7.0

7.0

6.8

6.8

6.8

6. 5

6.8

6.6

6.5

6.2

6.9

5.4

4.9

4-72

7.1

7.1

6.8

6.9

6.9

6.6

6.9

6.7

6.7

6.5

7.1

6.1

6.2

7,5

1-73

7.3

7.4

7.2

7.2

7.3

7.1

7.3

7.2

7,3

7.2

7.9

7.3

7.8

9.3

2-73

7.3

7.3

7.1

7.2

7.2

7.0

7.2

7.1

7.2

7.1

7.6

7.1

7.4

8.3

8.7

6,3

3-73

7.3

7.3

7.1

7.2

7.2

7.0

7.2

7.1

7.2

7.1

7.6

7.1

7.4

8.0

8.2

6.8

7.3

4-7 3

7.3

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.3

7.1

7.3

7.2

7.3

7,3

7.6

7.3

7.5

8.1

8.2

7.3

7.8

8,3

1-74

7.2

7.2

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.0

7.1

7.1

7.1

7,0

7.4

7.0

7.2

7,6

7.6

6.8

6.9

6,7

5.2

2-69

3-69

4-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

3-73

4-73

INITIAL
P-

136.1
139,4
141,4
143,1
145.7
149.6

11, 1

151.9
154.6
157.7
159.7P

QUARTER

PRELIMINARY

OUTPUT PER M A N - H O U R » TOTAL PRIVATE ECONOMY
C O M P O U N D E D A N N U A L R A T E S OF C H A N G E
TERMINAL
QUARTER

INITIAL
2-69

3-69

4-69

3-69

-0.4

4-69

-0.6

-0.8

1-70

-0.6

-0.8

2-70

0.4

0.6

1.4

3-70

1.8

2.3

3.4

4-70

1.2

1.5

1-71

2.2

?-7_l

2.2

2,6

3-71

2.5

2.9

4-71
1-7?

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2 -7 1

QUARTER
4-71

3-71

1967 1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

100

103.3
103.1
-0.8

102.9
103.8
5.5

105.7

2,1

3.1

2.9

3.4

4.5

4.8

3,4

8,6

3,1

3.9

4.0

2,9

5.2

1,9

3.4

4.1

4,2

3,4

5.1

3,4

4.9

2.5

2.9

3.3

3.9

4.0

3.3

4,6

3.2

3,9

3.0

2.5

2 .«

3.2

3.7

3.7

3,1

4,1

3.0

3,3

2.6

2.2

2-72

2.9

3.2

3L.6

4.0

4.1

3.6

4.5

3.7

4.2

3.9

4.4

6.7

3-72

2.9

3.1

3,5

3.9

4,0

3,5

4.3

3.6

3,9

3.7

3.9

4.8

4-72

3.0

3.3

_ 3,6

4,1

4.1

3.7

4,4

3,8

4,2

4,0

4.3

5.0

4,1

5 . 4 ^ ^

114.8

4.3

3*9

4.6

4.1

4.4

4.3

4.6

5. 1

4.6

5.5

5.7

116.4

1-71

3,2

3,5

3,8

2-73

2.9

3,2

3,5

3-73

2.8

3.0

3.2

4-73

2.6

2*7

2.1

2.3

2-69

3-69

4-69

1-74

tI 4 * 2 1I

- i . r \

3.5

4.0

3.5

3.5

3,2

3.6

3,0

3.2

3.2

2.9

3.2

2,5

2,7

2.6

2,3

1-70

2-70

2.6

0
?*•
1

o
p»

3.8

3.8

105.3
107.5

1Q9.3
110.1
110.7
112. S
113.3

3.7

3.5

3.6

3.9

3.2

3.3

2.3

- l . O ^ V ^ H . 8 %

116.1

3.3

3 *1

3,1

3.3

2,6

2.6

1.6

-0.3

0.3

'S.

116.2

2«?

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.0

1.8

1.0

-0.6

-0.3

-1.0

115-9

2.1

2,1

1.8

1,7

1.6

0.9

0.6

-0.3

1-1.8 1 - 2 . 1

-3.2

-5.4

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

3-73

4-73

3.2

INITIAL
P-

108.0

ool

1-73

2-73

1

114.3P

QUARTER

PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE
AP R IL 29c 1 9 7 4

1 0

BANK OF ST.

LOUIS

P RODUCTIVITY,
RATI O

COMPENSATION, AND LABOR COSTS

SCALE

RATIO

1967-100

SEASONALLY

Î 966

19 67

19 68

1969

1970

1971

19 7 2
SOU RC E «

P E R C E N T A G E S A R E A N N U A L R A T E S OF C H A NC E FO R P E R » ODS
LATES T

DATA PLO TTE D «

1ST QUARTER

U.S .

1973

1974

DE PARTM ENT

OF L A 8 0 R

IN D IC A TE D .

P R E L IM IN A R Y
PR EP AR E D

UNIT

SCALE

19 6 7 —1 00

ADJUSTED

LABOR

COSTS*

TOTAL

B Y FE D E R A L

PRIVATE

R E S E R V E BANK OF S T .

L O U IS

ECONOMY

CQWRWNfigP ANftUAt M T ES Of CHANfiE____
TERMINAL
OUARTER

INITIAL
?-69

3-69

4-69

3-69

7.4

4-69

9.0

10.7

1-70

8.5

9.1

7.5

2-70

7.2

7,1

5*4

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

i-7l

2-71

1967 »

QUARTER

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-7 2

4-72

1-73

115.6

3.4

118.9

6.0

5.7

4.1

2.4

1.4

5.8

4.7

3.7

3.9

6.5

1-71

5. i

4.7

3.6

2.6

2.4

2.9

-0.7

2-71

5.1

4.7

3.8

3.0

2.9

3.5

2.0

4.7

3-71

4.8

4.5

3.7

3.0

2.9

3*4

2,3

3.8

3.0

4-71

4.4

4.1

3.3

2.7

2.6

2.9

2.0

2.9

2.0

1-72

4.7

4.5

3.8

3.3

3.3

3i_7

3.1

4.0

3.8

4.3

7,7

2-72

4.3

4.0

3.3

2.8

3*0

2.5

3.1

2.7

-2 . 6

3.4

-0,6

3-72

4.1

3.8

3.2

2.8

2.7

2.9

2*4

2,9

2.5

2.4

2.9

0.6

1.9

4-72

3.9

3.7

3.1

2.7

2.6

2.8

2.3

2.8

2.4

2.3

2.7 .

l . l

1.9

1.9

1-73

4.0

3.8

3.3

2.9

2.9

3.0

2.6

3.1

JLy 8

1*9

3.2

2.1

3.0

3. 5

, . i N f—
1

2-73

4.2

4.0

3.6

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.1

3.6

3.4

3.5

3.9

3.2

4. 1

4.9

6.4

119.3
121.2
121.0
122.4

+2.?%j

123.3
1*0

123.6
125.9
125.7
126.3
126.9
128.5
7.7

130.9

3-73

4.4

4.2

3.8

3.5

3.5

3.7

3.5

3.9

3.8

3.9

4.3

3.8

4.7

5.4

6.6

7.3

6.9

\

4-73

4.6

4.5

4.1

3.9

3.9

4. 1

3 .9

4.3

4.3

4.5

4*9

4.5

5.4

6.1

7.2

7.9

7.9

9.0

1-74

5.0

4.8

4.5

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.5

4.9

4.9

5.1

5.6

5.3

6.2

7.0

8.0

8.7

9.1

10.2

11.3

2-6 9

3-69

4 -6 9

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

1-72

2-72

Z

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

IN IT IA L

P-

100

4-73

117.9

6.1

I

3-73

112.9

4-70

o

2-73

4-71

3 -7

133.1
136.0
|I

139.7P

QUARTER

P R E L IM IN A R Y




P R E P A R E D BY F EDERAL R E S ERVE
A P R I L 29» 1 9 7 4

11

BA N K O F ST, L O U I S

G R O S S N A T I O N A L P R O D U C T IN C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
C O M P O U N D E D A N N U A L R A T E S OP C H A N G E
T g R H ;H A L _______________________ _____________________ _____
________
Qu a r t e r
2-69
3-69
4-69
1-70
2-70
3-7 0
4-7 0
1-71
3-69

8.1

4-69

5.6

3. 1

1-70

5.1

3.6

4. 1

2-70

5. 1

4. 1

4.6

5. 1

4.9

5.4

6.1

7.1
4.4

1.8
8.2

15.1

iNiTiAL
2-71

QUARTER

3-7i

4-71

g I L L fON$"(jF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

_____
1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73
941.7
948.9

s ^ M .2 %

958.5
970.6

3-70

5.*;

4-70

4.9

U1 m m m J

4.5

4.7

1-71

6.3

6.0

6.5

7.2

7.8

987.4
991,8
1«027,2

2-71

6.5

6.2

6.8

7.3

7.9

8.1

11.4

7.9

3-71

6.5

6.3

6.7

7.2

7.6

7.7

9.8

7.2

6.5

4-71

6.6

6.5

6.9

7.3

7.7

7.8

9.3

7.5

7.3

8.0

1-72

7.0

6.9

7.3

7.7

8.1

8.3

9.6

8.3

8.4

9.4

10.9

2-72

7.3

7.3

7.7

8.1

8.5

8.7

9.9

8.9

9.1

10.0

11.0

11.2

3-72

7.5

7.4

7.8

8.2

8.5

8.7

9.7

8.8

9.0

9.7

10.2

9.9

8.7

1*166.5

4-72

7.7

7.7

8.1

8.5

8.8

9.0

10.0

9.2

9.5

10.1

10.6

10.5

10.2

1*199,2

1*046.9
1*063.5
1*084.2
1*112.5

<fTO.0%

1*142.4

1-73

8.2

8.2

8.6

9.0

9.4

9.6

10.5

10.0

10.3

10.9

11.5

11.7

11.9

2-73

8.3

8.3

8.7

9.1

9.4

9.6

10.5

10.0

10.2

10.8

11.2

11.3

11.3

12.2

12.5

3-73

8.5

8.5

8.9

9.2

9.5

9.7

10.5

10.0

10.3

10.8

11.1

11.2

11.2

11.8

11.9

10.2

10.6

4-73

8.6

8.6

9.0

9.3

9.6

9.8

10.5

10.1

10.3

10.7

11.1

11.1

11.1

11.6

11.5

10.3

10.6

10.5

1-74

9.4

8.4

8.7

9.0

9.2

9.4

I 10.0

9. 6

9.8

10.1

10.3

10.2

10.1

10.3

10.1

8.8

8.5

7.4

?— 69

3-69

4-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

INITIAL

1*242.5
9 . 7 ^ ^

1*272.0
1*304.5
\

1*337.5
4.5 1

1*352.2

4-73

QUARTER

G R O S S N A T I O N A L P R O D U C T IN C O N S T A N T 1 9 5 8 D O L L A R S
________ C O M P O U N D E D A N N U A L R A T E S O F C H A N G E _____________
INITIAL

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-69

3-69

4-69

1.9

4-69

-0.2

-2.2

1-70

-0.8

-2.2

-2.1

2-70

-0.5

-1.3

-0.8

0.2

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

1- 7 2

2-72

3-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73
729.2

-0.3

0.4

721.2
722.1

1.7

2.9

727.2
719.3

-1. 1

-0.8

-0.4

-0.8

-4.3

0.7

0.5

1. 1

1.9

2.4

2.2

9.1

2-71

1.0

0.9

1.4

2.1

2.5

2.4

6.0

2.9

1.7

2.4

2.7

2.7

5.1

3.2

1.2

1.8

1.8

2.3

3.0

3.4

3.5

735.1

5.5

4.4

740.4
746.9

3.6
5.1

6.6

< 6 . 5 %

759,0
768.0

1-7?

2.1

2.1

? .6

3.2

3.6

3.7

5.4

4.5

5.0

5.7

4 . 8 ^

2-7?

2.7

2.7

3.3

3.9

4.3

4.5

6.1

5.5

6.1

7.0

7.1

9.5

3-72

2.9

3.0

3.5

4.1

4.5

4.7

6.0

5.5

6.0

6.7

6.7

7.6

5.8

4-72

3.3

3.4

3.9

4.4

4.8

5.0

6.3

5.9

6.4

6.9

7.0

7.8

6.9

8.1

3,6

3.7

4.2

4.8

5.2

5.4

1 6.5

6.2

6.7

7.2

7.3

8.0

7.5

8.4

1-73

4-72

0.5

-0.6

4-71

4-71

\ r 1 . 1 %

1-71

1.3

3-71

725.1

4-70

3-71

2-71

______________________

3-69

3-70

1-70

B I L L I O N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

QUARTER

_

785.6

X

796.7
812.3
8.6

829,3

-

.....

3.5

3.7

4.1

4.6

4.9

5. 1

6. 1

5.8

6.2

6.5

6.5

6.8

6.2

6.3

5.5

2.4

3-73

3.5

3.6

4.0

4.5

4.8

5.0

5.9

5.5

5.8

6.1

6.1

6.3

5.6

5.6

4.8

2.9

3.4 ^ V .

841,3

4-73

3.4

3.5

3.9

4.3

4.6

4.7

5.5

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.5

5.6

4.9

4.8

4.0

2.5

2.5

844,6

1 . 8 .1 ? • ? ] - 0 . 5

1-74

2.9

2.9

3.3

3.6

3.8

3.9

2-69

3-69

4-69

i-70

2-70

3-7 0




4.5

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.1

4.0

3.3

2.8

>
i
o

2-71

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1- 7 2

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

N s + 0 . 2 % ^

2-73

1 . 6 ^ s ^
-2.4

-6.3 |

3-73

4-73

831,0

t m T k x r w m r *

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE
MAY 17, 1974

1 2

BANK OF ST. LOUIS

DEMAND
RATIO

SCALE

TRILLIONS
1.5

QUARTERLY

OF D O L L A R S

AND

P R O D U C T I ON

TOTALS

AT A N N U A L

SEASONALLY

RATIO

RATES

TRILLIONS

ADJUSTED

SCALE

OF D O L L A R S
5
.4

1. 4
3) .3522

.3

1.3

TOT AL

SP E sI DI NG U

+10.0%/

1 . 2

.2

1.1

.

1

.0

1 . 0

+8.

0.9

1

0.9

+0.2%

^. 8310

+6.

0.8

0.8

_c

i'J./ar,
0.7

0.7

■/. IX
R :al

DUCT 12

prc

0.6

0.6

tsr «m. '67

0 . 5 ..

.. - J L i
1966
1967

mo

1968

or*. *6.9

im on

_ l _ l 1..........- J J
969
1970

UJSNP IN CURRENT DOLLARS.

vs?

isr ûm. ‘/j /sr on.

L- .
1971

w

_________ !Lt_____ 1
it
1972
1973
1974

SOURCE«

U .S .

DEPARTMENT

OF

C OM MER C E

12.6NP I N 1 9 5 8 DOLLARS.
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR P ER IO D S
LATEST DATA PLOTTED«




I N D IC A T E D .

1ST QUARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .

13

L O U IS

0.5

GENERAL
RATI O

PRICE

IN D E X *

SCALE

RATIO

1958-100

1966
«AS

USED

1967

1968

IN N A TIO N A L

PER C E N TA G ES
LATEST

1969

1970

1971

INCOME ACCOUNTS

ARE ANNUAL

DATA P L O T T E D .

R A T ES

M P M C IT

OF C N A N tE

FOR PER I M S

2-70

3-70

4-70

1974
OF

COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

BY F E D E R A L

R E S ER V E

iA N «

OF S T .

L O U IS

1-71

2-71

3-71

1958

QUARTER
4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

5.8

1-70

rzoi

100

129.14
130.88

5 . 5V

5.9
t _ j ’
5.6
5.5

*

4-73

' 6 . 7 M 6 . o %,

4-69

2-70

1-70

1973
D EPA R TM EN T

P R T T T D E F L A T O R - FOR GROSS NAT I O N A L P RODUCT
C O M P O U N D E D A N N U A L R A T E S O F C H A N G E _____________
INITIAL

4-69

U .S .

1ST OUARTER

TERMINAL
QUARTER
3-69

1972

SO UR C Et

PR EP A R E D

3-69

SCALE

1958-100

6. 3

132.91

1
1f

5.5

4.6

134.41

5 1«L
w * l ffm—

135.77

3-70

5.3

5.1

5.0

4.3

4.1

4-70

5.5

5.4

5,3

5.0

5.2

6.4

137.88
139.73

1-71

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.3

5.9

5.5

2-71

5.4

5.3

5.3

5.1

5.2

5.6

5.2

4.9

3-71

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.7

4.7

4.9

4.4

3.8

2.8

4-71

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.2

4.1

4.2

3.6

3.0

2.1

1 . ^ 3 , ? %

1-72

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.0

3.7

3.3

3.5

2-72

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.1

4.0

4.0

3.6

3.2

2.8

2.8

5 T \
3.6

1.6

3.9

3.9

3.2

2.8

2.8

^.3

2.2

2.9

2.9

3.3

2.6

3.1

3.3

147.63

3*4

3.4

3.9

3.4

4.0

4.7

149.81

3*8

3.5

141.40
142.39
142.85
144.85

\

v

145.42

2.8

146.42

3-72

4.4

4.3

4.2

4-72

4.3

4.2

4.1

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.«

1-73

4.5

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.0

3.8

2-73

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.1

4.0

3*8

4.0

4.4

4.2

4.8

5.5

6.T

3-73

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.4

4.8

4.6

5.3

5.9

6.8

7.1

7.0

4-73

5.0

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.8

5.3

5.2

5.8

6.5

7.3

7.7

7.9

8.8

1-74

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.6

7.3

| 8.1 |

8.6

9.1

10.1

i i . ^

2-69

3-69

4-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

t




D J
LE - ..
3.5

4-72

152.46
155.06
158.36
162.73

INITIAL QUARTER

ÊREPARÉ0 BY FEDERAL RESËRVE BANK OF S t .
MAY 17, 1974

14

LOUIS

PERSONAL

C O N S U M P T I O N E X P E N D I T U R E S IN C U R R E N T
C O M P O U N D E D A N N U A L R A T E S OF C H A N G E
INITIAL

TERMINAL
QUARTFR
2-69

3-69

4-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-7 L

2-71

DOLLARS

QUARTER

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-7}

2-73

3-7}

4-73

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

983.7

3-69

5.6

4-69

6.6

7. S

1-70

6,7

7.3

594.4
6 0 4 .*

7.0

614.0

2-70

6.6

7.0

6.7

6.4

3-70

6.6

6.9

6.6

6.4

6.5

623.7

4-70

6.0

6.1

5.7

5.3

4.7

3.0

628.3

1-71

7.2

7.4

7.4

7.5

7.9

8.6

14.5

2-71

7.2

7.5

7.5

7.6

7.9

8.3

11.1

3-71

7.2

7.4

7.4

7.4

7.6

7.9

9.6

7.2

6.7

6S0.0
*

7.7

662.2
673.0
683.4

4-71

7.1

7. 3

7.2

7.3

7.4

7.6

8.8

6.9

6.5

6.3

1-72

7.4

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.8

8.0

9.1

7.7

7.7

8.?

13.2

2-72

J. 7

7.9

7.9

8.P

8.2

8.5

9.4

8.4

8.6

9.3

10.8

11.3

3-72

7.8

7.9

8.0

8.1

8.3

8.5

9.3

8.4

8.6

9. L

10.0

9.9

4-72

8.o

R. 1

P.2

R. 3

8.5

8.7

9.4

8.7

8.9

9.4

13.1

10.1

9.5

10.5

1-73

8.4

8.6

P. 7

P. 8

9.1

9.3

10.1

9.5

9.8

10.3

11.1

11.3

11.3

12.7

15.0

2-73

9.4

a.6

0.7

8.8

9.0

9.3

9.9

9.4

9.6

10.0

10.7

10.8

10.6

11. 3

11*8

8*6

3-71

3.5

P. 7

8. P

8.9

9.1

9.4

10.0

9.5

9. 7

10.1

10.7

10.7

10.6

11.2

11.4

9 .6

10.7

4-73

ft.3

P.5

8.5

8.6

8.8

9.0

9.5

9.1

9.2

9.5

9.9

9.8

9.6

9 .8

9.6

7.9

7 .6

4 .6

1-74

8.4

8. 6

8.6

8.7

0.9

9.0

9.5

9. 1

9.3

9.5

9.9

9.8

9.6

9 .8

9 .7

8 .4

8 .3

7.1

9 .7

2-69

3-**9

4-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

INITIAL

-

PERSONAL

INITIAI

?-69

3-69

4-60

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

734.1

8.5

752.6

779.4
795.6
816.0
825.2
844.6

QUARTER

C O N S U M P T I O N E X P E N D I T U R E S IN C O N S T A N T
C O M P O U N D E D A N N U A L P A T E S <O F C H A N G E

TERMINAL
QUARTER

3-69

700.2
719.2

1 9 5 8 DOLLARS

1Q U A R T E R
4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
annual K a t e s

469.5

0.2

472.2

1.?

2.3

1-70

1.4

2. 1

2-70

1.7

?. 3

2.3

2.7

3-70

2.0

2.4

2.5

2.8

2.9

1.2

1.4

1.1

0.9

0.0

-2.8

1-71

?.4

2.8

2.9

3.2

3.4

3.6

10.4

?-71

2.6

2.9

3.0

3.?

3.4

3.5

6.9

3-71

2.7

3.0

3. 1

3.3

3.4

3.6

5.8

3.5

3.6

4-71

2.9

3.2

3.3

3.5

3.7

3.8

5.6

4.0

4.3

»

o
, r-

4-69

1.8

474.3
477.5
480.9
477.5
489.5
3.4

493.6
498.0
5.0

504.1

1-7?

3.3

3.6

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.3

5.8

4.7

5^1

5.9

6.8

2-7?

3.7

4.0

4.2

4.5

4.7

5.0

6.3

5.5

6.0

6.9

7.8

8.8

3-7?

3.9

4.2

4. 4

4.6

4.8

5. 1

6.3

5.6

6.0

6.6

7.?

7.3

5.9

4-7?

4.1

4.4

4.6

4.9

5.1

5.3

6.4

5. 8

6.2

6.8

7.2

7.4

6.6

7.4

1-73

4.5

4.a

5.0

5.2

5.5

5.7

6.7

6.3

6.7

7.2

7.6

7.8

7.5

8.3

512.5
523.4
531.0
540.5
9.3

552.7

2-73

4.2

4.5

4.6

4.9

5.0

5.2

6.1

5.6

5.9

6.2

6.4

6.3

5.7

5.6

4 .8

0 .4

3-73

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.8

4.9

5.1

5.8

5.4

5.6

5.9

6.0

5.8

5.3

5. 1

4.4

2 .0

4-73

3.6

3.9

3.9

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.9

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.3

3.5

3.0

2 .0

- 0 .3

- 0 .7

- 4 .8

1-74

3.3

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.8

4.3

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.3

2.6

2 .0

1.0

-i.O

- 1 .5

- 3 .9

-2 .9

?-69

3-69

4-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-T 3

3-73

4-73




I N T T I AL

553.3
558.1

3.5

551.3
547.2

QUARTER

PREPAREO BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . L O U U
MAY 17, 1974

15

GROSS PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT IM CURRENT DOLLARS
_____________________________________________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE_______________________________________________
BILLIONS OF
TERMINAL_______ ______________________________________
INITIAL QUARTER__________ •
_______________________________ DOLLARS
Q U A R T E R “
ANNUAL RATES
2-69
3-73
4-73
4-72
1-73 2-73
3-49
3-71
4-71
4-69
1-71
2-71
2-72
3-72
3-70 4-70
1-72
1-70
2-70
3-69

15.«

143.8

4-69

-1*0 - 1 5 .4

137.9

1-70

- 3 . 3 - 1 4 .3 - 1 3 .2

133.1

2-70

- 2 .3

-7 .7

- 3 .6

7.1

135.4

3-70

0 .3

-3 .2

1.3

9 .4

11.7

4-70

- 0 .6

- 3 .6

- 0 .4

4 .3

3 .0

1-71

2.8

0 .8

4.4

2-71

5.0

3 .5

7.0

3-71

4 .7

3 .4

4-71
1-72
2-72
3-72

139.2
- 5 .1

137.4

9 .3

10. 1

9*3

25.7

145.5

11.6

12.8

13.1

23.5

21.3

6 .4

10.1

10.7

10.5

16.2

11.7

2 .9

6.1

5.1

8.0

11.4

12.1

12.2

17.0

14.3

10.9

19.5

7.1

6.3

9 .0

12.2

12.9

13.1

17.2

15.1

13.1

18.6

17.7

8 .0

7 .3

9.9

12.8

13.6

13.9

17.4

15.8

14.4

18.5

18.0

18.3

1.7

8.4

10.5

13.2

13.9

14.2

17.2

15.9

14.8

18.0

17.5

17.4

16.5

15.4

18.1

17.8

17.8

17.5

18.6

4-72

9 .3

8.8

11.2

13.7

14.4

14.7

17.4

16.3

152.7
153.8
160.8
167.5
174.7
181.5
189.4
194.5

1-73

9 .5

9 .0

11.2

13.5

14.1

14.3

16.7

15.6

14.8

16.9

16.4

16.1

15.4

14.8

11.2

2-73

9 .4

8 .9

10.9

13.0

13.5

13.7

15.8

14.7

13.9

15.6

15.0

14.4

13.5

12.5

9 .5

7.8

3-73

9 .3

8.9

10.7

12.7

13.1

13.2

15.0

14.0

13.2

14.6

13.9

13.3

12.3

11.3

9 .0

7 .9

7.9

4-73

10.1

9.8

11.6

13.5

14.0

14.1

15.9

15.0

14.4

15.8

15.3

15.0

14.4

14.0

12.9

13.5

16.5

1-74

7.9

7.5

9.0

10.6

10.8

10.7

12.1

11.0

10.1

10.8

9.9

9 .0

7 .7

6.3

4 .0

2.3

0.5

2-69

3-69

4-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

tN ttlA L

_____ 198.2

2 - 1 3

202.0
25.7

213.9

- 3 .0 -2 5 .2 _____ 198.9

3-73

4-73

QUARTER

GROSS PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT IN CONSTANT 1958 DOLLARS
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¿ t a i0 N S
TERMINAL
ÖUARTfrR

INITIAL QUARTER
2-69

3-69

3-69

4-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

QF------

DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

12.1

114.0

4-69

- 6 . 0 - 2 1 .2

107.4

1-70

- 9 .7

2-70

- 6 .6 -1 2 .1

- 7 .1

3.6

3-70

- 3 .9

-7 .5

- 2 .5

5.5

4-70

- 5 .3

- 8 .4

-4 .9

-0 . 6

1-71

- 2 .2

- 4 .4

- 0 .6

3.9

4.0

2-71

-0 .2

- 1 .9

1.8

3-71

- 0 .5

- 2 .0

1.1

4 .4

4-71

1.4

0 .3

3.4

6 .6

1-72

1.8

0 .9

3.7

6 .6

2-72

3.0

2 .2

4.9

-1 9 .0 - 1 6 .7

102.6
103.5
7.5

105.4

- 2 .7 -1 1 .9

102.1

2.3

18.8

106.6

6.6

6.2

16.7

14.6

4.6

3 .9

9.8

5.5

- 2 .9

7.2

7. 1

12.4

10.4

8.3

20.8

7.0

6 .9

11.1

9.3

7.6

13.2

C.

7.6

8.1

8.2

12.0

10.7

9.7

14.2

17.1

8.7

8.8

12.2

11.1

10.4

14.0

11.8

14.8

13.2

8.7

9.2

9 .4

12.4

11.6

11. 1

14.1

1^.5

14.7

13.8

14.5

9 .9

12.2

10.6

11.8

10.3

8 .8

3-72

3.7

3.1

5.6

4-72

4.5

3 .9

6.3

1-73

4 .4

3 .9

6.1

8.7

8.8

11.4

10,5

110.3
109.5
114.8
1

116.5
16.4

121.0
124.8
129.1
3.5

130.2

2-73

4.1

3 .6

5.7

8.0

8.0

10.2

9.3

8.6

10.4

*.8

9.3

7.6

5.8

1.7

0 .0

3-73

4 .0

3 .5

5.4

7.5

7.5

9 .4

8.5

7.9

9.3

7.7

8.0

6 .4

4 .8

1.8

0 .9

1.9

4-73

4 .9

4 .5

6.4

8.5

8.5

10.5

9 .7

9.2

10.7

9.5

10.0

8.9

8.1

6 .6

7.*

11.7

22.5

137.6

1-74

2.5

2 .0

3.5

5.0

4 .9

6.3

5.3

4.5

5.3

3.7

3.4

1.6

-0 .2

- 2 .9

- 4 .4

-5 .8

- 9 . 4 - 3 3 .0

124.5

2-69

3-69

4-69

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-75




8.1

1-70

130.2
130.8

4-73

INITIAL QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST . L O U IS
MAY 17, 1974

16

Ç 0 V F R W 4 F N T PUftCHASfiS Of 60Q0S A N O S E R V IC E S IN C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
_______ ________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES Of CHANGE_______________
s i l O ons o f
QUARTER
3-69

6 ,9

4-69

5.8

4-69

1-70

2~70

fiai
i
o

ANNUAL RÂÎÉS
3-69

4-70

1-71

2-71

4-71

3-71

1-7*

2-72

3-72

2-73

4-72

3-73

4-73
211.6

4 .6

214.0

1-70

5,9

5.4

6,1

...2-70

4 .4

3 .6

3.1

0 .2

3-70

4 .7

4.1

3.9

2 ,9

4-70

4.8

4 .4

4.3

3.8

5.6

5.6

1-71

5.3

5. 1

5.2

4 .9

6 .6

7 .0

2-71

5.5

5.3

5.4

5.2

6.5

6. 8

7 .5

6 .5

3-71

5.7

5.5

5.6

5.5

4,6

4 .9

7 .4

6 .8

7.1

4-71

6 .3

6.2

6 .4

6 .4

7.5

7 .9

8*5

8.5

9.5

11.9

...1-72.....

6.9

6.9

7.2

7.3

8.4

8.9

9 .6

9.8

11.0

13.0

14.1

2-72

6.9

6.9

7.1

7.2

8.2

8.5

9 .0

9,1

9.8

10.7

10.2

6.4

3-72

6.4

6.4

6.5

6.6

7.3

7.5

7.8

7.7

7.9

8.2

6.9

3.5

0.8

4-72

6.7

6 .6

6.8

6.9

7.6

7.8

8.1

8.0

8.2

8.5

7.6

5.6

5.2

9.8

1-73

7.p

7.1

7.2

7.3

8.0

8,3

8.6

8.6

9,9

9.2

8,4

7.6

11.2

12.7

2-73

7.2

7.3

7.5

7.6

8.2

8.4

8.7

8.8

9.1

9.3

8.9

7.9

8.3

10.9

11.5

10.4

3-73

7.1

7.2

7.3

7.4

8.0

8.2

8.4

8.4

8.6

•«#

a.4

7.5

7.7

9.5

9.5

7.9

217.2
217.3
5.6

220.3
223.3
8.5

227.0
231.5
235.5
242.2
290.3
294.2
294.7
240*7
24®«é
2T9.3
5.5

2?«i.O

4-73

7.3

7.3

7.5

7.6

8.1

8.3

8.5

8.6

8.8

9.0

8.6

7.8

8.1

9 .6

9.6

8.5

7.6

9.8

1-74

7.8

7 .9

8.1

8.2

8.8

9.0

9.3

9 .3

9.6

9.8

9 .6

9.1

9.5

11.0

11.2

10.9

11.0

13.9

18.2

2-69

3-69

4-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

l- t 3

2-73

3—73

4-73

289.4
297.8

INITIAL ©GARTER

GOVERNMENT~PURCHASES OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN CONSTANT 1958 DOLLARS
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE

"STiTÏWnrôf*
DOLLARS
ANNUAL ftàtES

INITIAL QUARTER

TERMINAL
q ua rter

2-69

3-69

4-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

li-T*

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

- 3 .2

149.1

4-69

- 2 .3

144.4

1-70

- 3 .6

- 3 .8

- 6 .2

2-70

- 4 .9

- 5 .5

- 7 .5

- 8 .7

3-70

- 4 .6

- 4 .9

- 6 .0

- 6 .0

-3 .1

3-69

- 1 .4
142.3
139.1

138,0
137.8

4-70

- 3 .9

- 4 .0

- 4 .7

-4 .2

- 1 .9

- 0 .6

1-71

- 3 .8

- 3 .9

- 4 .4

- 3 .9

- 2 .3

- 1 .9

- 3 .2

2-71

- 3 .3

- 3 .4

- 3 .7

- 3 .2

- 1 .7

-1 .3

- 1 .6

0.0

-0 .3

0.4

0.8

2.8

3-71

- 2 .4

- 2 .3

4-71

- 1 .3

1-72

- 0 .9

2-72

- 0 .5

- 0 .3

134.7
134.7
138.6

5.7

- 2 .4

- 1 .7

-1 .1

- 1 .0

-0 .3

1.2

2.1

2.8

4.8

7.3

8.9

- 0 .7

- 0 .6

0.1

1.5

2.3

2.8

4.4

5.9

6.0

3.1

- 0 .2

0.5

1.7

2.5

3.0

4.2

5.3

5-?

3.4

3.7

141.6
142.7
144.0

3-72

- 1 .0

- 0 .8

- 0 .7

-0 .1

0.9

1.4

1.6

2.5

3.0

2.3

0,2

- 1 .3

- 6 .0

4-72

- 0 .6

- 0 .3

- 0 .3

0.3

1.3

1.8

2.0

2.8

3.3

2.8

1.3

0.7

- 0 .7

1-73

141.8
4.9

143.5
144.4

- 0 .3

- 0 .1

- 0 .0

0.5

1.4

1.8

2.1

2.8

3.2

?•»

1.6

1.2

0.4

3.7

2.5

2-73

- 0 .2

0.0

0.1

0.6

1.4

1.9

2.1

2.7

3.1

2.7

1.7

1.4

0.8

3.2

2.4

3-73

- 0 .2

- 0 .0

0.1

0.5

1.3

1.7

1.9

2.4

2.7

2*3

1.4

l.l

0.6

2.3

1.4

0.8

- 0 .5

4-73

- 0 .3

- 0 ,2

-0. 1

0 .3

1.0

1.3

1.5

1.9

2.1

1.7

0.9

0 .6

0.0

1.3

0.4

- 0 .3

- 1 .5

- 2 .5

0.8

1.4

1.8

2 ,0

2.4

2.6

2.3

1.6

1.4

1.1

2.3

1.8

1.7

1.5

2 .5

7.7

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

0.1

0.3

0,4

2-69

3-69

4-69

1-74

............... .




INITIAL QUARTER

MAY 17, 1974

17

145.2

2.2

149.0
144.1
144.0

d is po sa b le

personal

in co m e

in c u r r e n t

do llars

COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES Of CHANCE______________________________ ____ _ ______ ___
BILLIONS OF
TERMINAL___________________________________________________ INITIAL QUARTER_________________________________________________ OOttARS
ANNUAL RATES
OUARTER
2-73
1-73
3-73 4-73
2-69
3-69
4-69
2-71
3-71
4-71
1-72
2-72
3-72 4-72
2-70
3-70_ 4-70
1-71
1-70
.............643,2

3-69

1 1 .T

4-69

10.0

8 .3

1-70

9 .2

7 .9

7.6

2-70

10.1

9 .6

10.3

13.0

3-70

9 .7

9 .2

9 .5

10.5

4-70

8,5

7.9

7.8

7 .9

......... _ 656*1........
668.2
689*0
. 702.4
5.4

707.2

2.8

727.4

1-71

9 .0

8 .5

8.6

8.9

7.5

7.2

11.9

2-71

9.0

8.7

8.7

9 .0

8 .0

8.0

10.7

9.4

3-71

8,5

8.1

8.1

8.2

7 .3

7.1

8.5

6 .9

4.4

4-71

9.1

7.7

7.7

7.7

6.8

6.6

7.5

6.1

4.5

744.0
752.0
4 .5

760.4

1-7?

8.0

7.6

7.5

7.5

6.8

6.6

7.4

6 .2

5.2

5.6

6.7

2-72

7.9

7.5

7.5

7.4

6.8

6 .6

7 .2

6.3

5.6

6. 0

6.7

6 .7

772.8

3-72

7 .9

7.6

T# 5

7.5

6 .9

6.8

7.4

6 .6

6.1

6.5

7.2

7.4

8.1

9 .8

11.3

14.6

785.4
J I 0 0 .9 ____

4-72

8 .4

8.1

8.1

8.1

7 .7

7 .6

8.2

7 .7

7 .5

8.1

9 .0

1-73

a.*

8. 3

8.4

8.4

8.0

8.0

8.6

8.2

8.0

8,6

9.5

10.2

11.4

13.0

11.5

2-73

8.6

8.4

8.4

8 .4

8.1

8.1

8.6

8.3

8.1

9.7

9.4

9 .9

10.7

11.6

10.1

8.8

3-73

8.7

8 .5

8.5

8.6

8.2

8.3

8.8

8.5

8.3

8.9

9 .5

10.0

10.6

11.3

10.2

9 .5

10.2

4- 73

8.9

8.7

8.8

8.8

8.5

8.6

9.1

8 .8

8.8

9 .3

9 .9

10.3

10.9

11.5

10.8

10.5

11.4

12.5

1-74

8.7

8 .6

8.6

8.7

8 .4

8.4

8.8

8.6

8.5

8.9

9.4

9.8

10.2

10.6

9.8

9 .4

9 .6

9.2

2-69

3-69

4-69

I—TO

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

828.7
851.5
869.7
891,1
917,8
6.1

931.4

3-73 ” 4-73

INITIAL OUARTFR

DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME IN CONSTANT 1958 DOLLARS
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
oiM r T?*

2-69

3-69

_____________________________________ INITIAL QUARTER_________________________________________________ DOLLARS
" annual r a t e s - '
2-72
4-71
1-72
3-72
4-72
1-73
2-73
3-73 4-73
1-70
2-70
3-70 4-70
1-71
2-71
3-71

4-69

517,3

3-69

5.8

4-69

4 .4

3 .0

1-70

3.7

2 .7

2.3

521,2
524,2

2-70

5.1

4.8

5 .7

9.1

3-70

4 .9

4 .7

5.3

6 .7

4 .4

4-70

3 .6

3.1

3.1

3.4

0.6

-3 .1

1-71

4 .2

3 .9

4.1

4 .5

3.0

2.3

8.0

2-71

4 .3

4 .1

4 .2

4 .6

3.5

3.2

6 .5

5.1

554,6

3-71

3.9

3 .7

3.8

4.1

3.1

2.7

4 .7

3.2

556,4

4-71

3.9

3 .7

3 .7

3 .9

3.1

2 .8

4 .4

3.2

3 .3

1-72

3.8

3 .6

3 .7

3 .9

3.2

2.9

4 .2

3.3

3.4

535,8
541,6
537,4
547,8

560,9
3.5

565,7

2-72

3 .9

3.7

3.8

3.9

3.3

3.1

4.2

3.5

3.7

3.9

4 .2

3-72

4 .0

3 .8

3 .9

4.1

3 .5

3 .4

4 .4

3.8

4.1

4 .4

4 .9

5.5

4-72

4 .5

4 .4

4 .5

4 .7

4.3

4.3

5.2

4 .8

5.5

6.1

7.0

8.4

11.4

571,6
579,3
595.1

1-73

4 ,6

4 .5

4 .6

4 .8

4 .4

4 .5

5.3

5.0

5.6

6.1

6.8

7.6

8.7

6.0

2-73

4 .4

4 .3

4.3

4 .5

4.1

4.1

4.8

4 .5

4 .9

5.2

5.5

5.«

5.9

3.3

0 .6

3-73

4 .3

4 .2

4.3

4 .4

4.0

4 .0

4.7

4.4

4 .7

4.9

5.1

5.3

5.2

3.2

1.9

3.1

4-73

4 .2

4.1

4.1

4 .3

3.9

3 .9

4 .5

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.7

3.0

2.1

2.8

2 .5

1-74

3 .6

3.5

3.5

3 .6

3.2

3.1

3.6

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.1

2 .8

1.1

- 0 .1

- 0 .3

- 2 .0

-6 ,2

2-69

3-69

4-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

4-70

1-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73




603.9
604.8
609,5
613,2
603,4

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST . LO U IS
MAY 17, 1974

18

CORPORATI" PftdflTS AFTER TAXIS *
j£ 5 g g g ^ o _ A > t^ ^
J L S & a iM k -

8 as,SONS OF
±
m

IMI T lAk—Q U à ilU L

QUARTER

,2-69

3-69

6-69

W C

M O

3 -TO

W O

1-T1

2-71

>>71

ANNUAL RATES

4>?1

*-?2

t- 7 2

3-72

6-7.2

1 -7 3

1 ^ 1 3

l ^ T j _ 4~73

JUL-IL.

IrA ?

-? 6 tl

4-69

- 1 8 .6

1^70

- 1 6 ,2 - 1 0 ,8 - 1 1 .8

3-70

- 1 1 .7

42.1

-9 .8

39,5

- 1 1 .3 - 1 2 ,0 - 1 2 .1
-7 .6

-6 .9

- 6 .6

6.1

3 9 ,9
36,7

- 1 6 .7 - 1 2 .2 1-71

- 3 .5

0.9

3.2

7,6

14,8

20,5 102,9

2-71

0 .5

5.1

7,8

12,2

19,2

26.3

63,8

66.7

33.7

•

67,1
69,0

3-71

2,3

6 .5

9.1

13,0

18,8

22.8

67.0

25.2

17,1

6-71

3.3

7,3

9 ,6

13.1

18,0

20,9

37.9

21.2

13,4

13,7

1-72

6 .2

7.9

10,0

13,1

17,3

19,6

32.6

19,2

14.7

13,5

_ 2-72

6.6

8*4

It. 7

16,3

_!8*JL 28,4

17 , 2___1I. 4

12.1

11.6

9 ,5

3-72

5.6

8 .8

10.6

13,2

16.4 _ 18«_0_

26,8

17.2

14.2

13.3

13*6

13,9

17,9

6-72

7,6

10,8

12.7

19.3

18,6

28,2

20.0

17,9

18.1

19,2

21.2

« . 5

38,3

60,3
66,9

.

20,1

50,6
52.2

13.3

53.6
59,6

1-73

10.1

13,3

19.3

17.9 _ n a _ .23,0

30.6

23,6

22.2

23.1

25.0 -2.8, 2_ 3 J b X

66,8

51,5

2-73

11*3

16,6

16.6

1 § ,9

2.1 «9

23,7

30.6

26.6

23,3

24.2

26«0

_ 2 8 « 8 _ 14.1

60,1

61.0

3 1.2

3-73

10,6

13,6

19.2

1 7 ,4

20.0

21,5

27,6

21,7

20.6

20,8

21.8

23,3

26,3

28,6

25.5

16,2

- 0 .6

6-73

10.0

12,6

14*2

16.2

18.5

19,7

25,0

19,6

18.2

18.6

19.0 _|9.8

21,6

22,6

18,1

9 ,5

0,0

0,6

16.7

16.6

18,4

20.8

22,1

27.2

22.3

21.6

21.8

22.7

24,0

26.2

27,7

2 5,6

19,9

16,3

25,8

57,6

3-69

6-69

1-70

2-70

3-70

6—70

1-71

2-71

3-71

6-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

6-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

6-73

__1 ^ 7 6

_

2-69

71,6
71,9
71,6
80.2P

INITIAL QUARTER
♦ NATIONAL INCOME BASIS
P- PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST, LOUIS
NAY 17» 1976

SOURCES OF DATA
National Income and Product Accounts Data




Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Historical Data Sources:
1970-72:
1968-69:
1966-67:
1964-65:
1929-63:

Survey of Current Business, July 1973
Survey of Current Business', July 1972
Survey of Current Business", July 1970
Survey of Current Business, July 1968
The National Income and Product Accounts of the
United States, 1^29-65. Statistical Tables"
(available from any U.S. Department of Commerce
Field Office or from the Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402).

19




INVENTORIES COMPARED WITH MONTHLY SALES*
MANUFACTURING AND TRADE

• H A T I OS BASED ON SEASONALLY ADJU STED D A TA .

SOURCEt

U .S .D E P A R T M E N T OF COMMERCE

SHAOEO AREAS REPRESENT P E R IO D S OF B U S IN E S S R E C E S S IO N S
AS D E F IN E D BY THE N A TIO N A L BUREAU OF ECONOM IC RESEA RC H .
LA TE S T DATA P L O T T E D : MARCH P R E L IM IN A R Y
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .

20

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