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PREPARED

M ONTH E N D IN G :

BY

June 30, 1976

FEDERAL

RESERVE

BANK

ticdds
OF

ST. LOUIS

RELEASED:

July 29, 1976

Total spending rose at a 9.3 percent rate in second
quarter 1976. This was a marked slowdown from the 13 percent
increase experienced in the previous four quarters. The
growth of real product followed the same slowing pattern,
rising at a 4.4 percent rate in the last quarter, after
expanding 7.3 percent during the previous year. Prices, as
measured by the implicit price deflator, increased at a 4.7 percent
rate in second quarter, after rising 5.4 percent from first
quarter 1975 to first quarter 1976.
Expenditures on consumer goods remain strong,
bolstered by an almost 9 percent rate of increase in
disposable personal income in the most recent quarter.
Personal consumption expenditures grew at an 8.3 percent rate
during the second quarter, after rising 11.8 percent in the
previous year. However, the rate of increase in durable goods
expenditures slowed to a 7.3 percent annual rate in second
quarter, far below the 24 percent rise in the year ending
first quarter 1976. Residential investment has made strong
gains in the last six quarters by posting a $18 billion rise
during this period of recovery. Even though these increases
offset the $15.5 billion decline registered during the 1973-75
recession, residential investment is still $3.5 billion less
than the peak of $68 billion which was reached in second
quarter 1973.
Industrial production increased at a 5.7 percent
rate from March to June 1976, compared with a 14.7 percent
advance in the previous year. Civilian employment expanded at
a 3.8 percent rate during the last three months, after growing
3.1 percent in the year ending March 1976. The unemployment
rate, which averaged 8.5 percent during 1975, has fallen one
percentage point to a six-month average of 7.5 percent in
1976.
The 6.1 percent rate of Increase in consumer prices
over the last three months is the same as that posted for the
year ending March 1976. Wholesale prices of industrial
commodities have slowed to a 3.6 percent fate of increase
since March, after posting a 6 percent rise in the year ending
March 1976.




The annual three-year revision in the national income and
product accounts, which takes place each July, is included
in the data reported in this release. The revision incor­
porates both new source data, which were not available at
the time the estimates were made originally, and new
seasonal factors.

TOTAL C IV IL IA N EMPLOYMENT
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
_ .tfcRHiNAl, _ .
MONTH
11-74 12-74

IN IT IA L MONTH
1-75

12-74

- 6 .7

1-75

- 6 .0

-5 .3

2-75

... - 6 .3

-6 .1

- 6 .9

3-75

- 5 .0

- 4 .4

- 3 .9

2-75

3-75

4-75

>-75

6—75

7-75

8-75

THOUSANDS
OF PERSONS

9-75 10-75 11-75 12-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

4-76

85*053
84,666
64,163

- 0 .8

84*110

4-75

- 3 .4

-2*6

- 1 .7

1*1

5-75

- 2 .4

—1*5

—0 .5

1*7

$fO

.3 ,0

. . 6-?5

- 2 .1

- 1 .3

- 0 .5

1*2

1.9

1 .3

7-75

- 1 .0

- 0 .2

0 .7

2 .3

3 .1

3 .1

3.2

6 .9

8-75

- 0 .4

0*4 ■
. 1*3

2*7

3 .4

3 .5

3 .7

5 .7

4 . 6 \

9-15

- 0 .5

0 .2

0 .9

2 .0

2 .5

2 .4

2 .3

3 .2

1 .4

10-75

- 0 .5

0 .1

0 .8

1.8

2 .1

2 .0

1.8

* .3

0 .9

-1*0

- 0 .4

0 .2

0 .7

1.6

A* 9

1 .8

1.6

1 .9

0 .7

- 0 .5

- *?-75

- 0 .2

0 .4

0 .9

1.8

2 .0

1 .9

1 .8

2 .1

1.2

0 .4

1*1

1*7

*~76

0 .6

1 .2

1 .8

2 .6

3 .0

3 .0

3 .0

3 .5

2 .9

2*6

3*7

5*0

7*4

_¿.-76,

0 .7

1*3

1*8

2*6

?t9

2 .9

2 .8

3 .2

2 .7

2*4

3*3

4*2

5*5

6 .7

1*8

3-76

1 .0

1 .5

2 .0

2 .8

3.1

3 .1

3.1

3 .5

3 .1

2*8

3*6

4*4

5*4

6*2

3*5

5 .3

4-76

1 .5

2 .1

2 .6

3 .3

3 .6

3 .7

3 .7

4 .1

3 .8

3*7

4*6

5*3

6*4

7*2

5*7

7 .7

10.2

?~7fr

1 .7

2*2

2*7

3 .3

3*7

3*8

4 .1

3 .9

3*8

4*5

5*2

6*0

6 .6

5 .3

6 .5

7 .2

6-76

1 .4

1 .9

2 .4

3 .0

3 .2

3 .2

3 .3

3 .6

3 .3

3*1

3*7

4*2

4 .7

5 .0

3 .7

4 .2

3.8

0 .7

11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75 10-75 11-75 12-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

4-76

_

..

5-76

2 .9

84,313
84,519
84 ,496

- 0 .3 ^

64,967
65,268
85,158

- o > 4 2 %
0*1

85,151

0*4

65,17b
85,394
86,194

ll. 'lT ^ ^

8i> , 3 1 V
86,692
67,399

...

67,697

^

- 2 .7 \

87 *5 0 0

5-76

IN IT IA L MONTH

PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
COHPOmtOEO ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
MONTH
11-74 12-74

THOUSANDS
OF PERSONS

IN IT IA L MONTH
1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6—75

7-75

8-75

9-75 10-75 11-75 12-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

4-76

5-76
77,723

12-74

- 9 .5

1-75

- 7 .8

—6*1

2-75

- 7 .8

-6*9

-7*7

3-75

- 7 .1

—6*3

-6*4

-5 .1

4-75

- 5 .8

-4*8

-4*4

- 2 .6

-0 .1

5-75

-4 .7

-3*7

-3*1

- 1 .5

0 .3

0*8

6-75

- 4 .4

-3*5

-3 *0

- 1 .8

- 0 .7

-0*9

- 2 .6

7-75

-3 .2

-2*3

- 1 .6

- 0 .4

0 .8

l.l

1.3

5 .4

8-75

—2 .3

-1*3

- 0 .7

0 .6

1.8

2 .2

2 .7

5 .5

3

9-75

- 1 .6

-0*7

- 0 .0

1.1

2 .2

2 .7

3 .2

5.2

5*0

4*6

10-75

-1 .1

-0*3

0 .4

1.5

2 .4

2*9

3 .3

4 .8

4*6

4*2

77,319
76.804
76,468
I
76,462
76,510
76,343
76,679
77.023

^

77,310
3 .9

< 2 *%

77,555
77,574

11-75

- 1 .0

-0*2

0 .4

1 .3

2+Z

2*5

2 .8

3 .9

3*5

2*9

2 .1

0 .3

12-75

- 0 .7

0*1

0 .7

1 .6

2*3

2 .6

2 .9

3*8

3*5

3*0

2 .5

1 .9

3 .5

1-76

-0*2

0*5

1 .1

2 .0

?*7

3 .0

3 .3

4*2

4*0

3*6

3 .4

3 .3

4 .8

6 * l \

2-76

—0 .0

0*7

1 .3

2 .0

2*7

3-76

0*2

0*9

1.5

2 .2

4-76

0*5

1*2

1 .7

2 .4

3 .0

77,796
78.179
78.368

3 .0

3 .3

4*0

3*8

3*5

3 .3

3 .2

4 .2

4 .5

2 . 9 \

3*1

3 .3

4*0

3*8

3*6

3 .4

3 .4

4 .1

4 *4

3 .5

4 .1

3 .3

3 .5

4*1

4 .0

3 .8

3 .7

3 .7

4 .4

4*6

4*1

4 .6

3 .6

3 .4

3 .2

3 .1

3 .6

3 .6

3 .0

3.1

2 *6

O .c T ^ ^

2 .9

2 .8

3 .1

3 .1

2 .5

2 .4

1.8

0 .2

o >

9-75 10-75 11-75 12-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

4-76

5-76

5-76

0*5

1*1

1 .6

2 .2

2 .8

3 .0

3 .2

3 .8

6—7o

0*5

1*1

1 .5

2.1

2 .6

2 .8

3 .0

3*5

3 .3

3 .1

11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

IN IT IA L MONTH

78.630
78,963
76.964P

'

P- PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEOERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST* LOUIS
JU L Y 2» 1976

2




E M PL O Y M EN T
RATIO SCALE

RATIO SCALE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

MILLIONS OF PERSONS

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

MILLIONS OF PERSONS

1973

1974

1975

1976

SOURCE« 0 . S .D EP AR TM E N T OF LABOR

P ERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL R ATES OF CHANCE FOR P ERIOD S
L A T E S T DATA P L O TTE D t

IN D IC A T E D .

JU N E P R EL IM IN A R Y
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .

L O U IS

U NEM PL OYM EN T R A T E S *
PERCENT

SE A SO N A L LY AO JU ST ED

PERCENT
10.0

9 .0

8.0
7 .0

6.0
5 .0

4 .0

3 .0

2.0

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974
SOURCE* U . S .

« P E R C E N T OF C I V I L I A N LABOR FORCE
L A T E S T DA TA P L O T T E D t

1975

1976

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

IN CROUP

JU # E
PREPAREO BY FEOERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .

3

L O U IS

1.0

CONSUMER PR IC E INDEX» SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
1967 * 100

IN IT IA L HONTH

TERMINAL

HONTH

11-74 12-74
12-74

9 .7

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

6-75

5-75

7-75

9-75 10-75 11-75 12-75

8-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

4-76

5-76
155.4
156.5

1-75

9 .3

8 .8

2-75

8 .3

7 .6

6 .3

3-75

7 .4

6 .6

5 .5

4-75

7 .1

6 .5

5 .7

5 .5

6 .3

5-75

7 .0

6 .4

5 .9

5 .7

6 .2

6 .8

6 .4

6 .4

7 .0

7 .4

8

157.3
157.9

4 .7

158.7
159.5
160.6

. X

6-75

7 .2

7-75

7 .9

7 .6

7 .4

7 .6

8 .4

9 .1

10.6

8-75

7 .5

7 .2

7 .0

7 .1

7 .6

8 .0

8 .5

8 .5

4 .5

9-75

7 .3

7 .0

6 .8

6 .9

7 .2

7 .4

7 .7

7 .4

4 .9

162.2

1 2 .6 V

162.8
163.5

5 .3

164.5

10—75

7 .3

7 .1

6 .9

6 .9

7 .3

7 .4

7 .7

7 .5

5 .8

6#4

7 .6

11-75

7 .3

7 .1

6 .9

7 .0

7 .3

7 .5

7 .7

7 .5

6 .2

6 .8

7 .6

7 .5

12-75

7 .3

7 .1

6 .9

7 .0

7 .2

7 .4

7 .5

7 .4

6 .3

6 .8

7 .3

7 .1

6 .7

1-76

7 .1

6 .9

6 .8

6 .8

7 .0

7 .1

7 .2

7 .0

6 .1

6 .5

6 .8

6 .5

5 .9

5 .2

2-76

6 .7

6 .5

6 .4

6 .4

6 .5

6 .5

6 .6

6 .3

5 .5

5 .6

5 .7

5 .2

4 .4

3 .3

I . 4

3-76

6 .4

6 .2

6 .0

6 .0

6 .1

6 .1

6 .1

5 .9

5 .0

5 .1

5 .1

4 .6

3 .9

2 .9

1 .8

2 .2

4-76

6 .4

6 .2

6 .0

6 .0

6 .1

6 .0

6 .0

5 .8

5 .0

5 .1

5 .1

4 .7

4 .1

3 .5

2~9

3 .6

5-76

6 .4

6 .2

6 .1

6 .1

>•2

6 .2

6 .1

5 .9

5 .3

5 .4

5 .4

5 .1

4 .6

4 .2

4 .0

4 .9

6 .2

7 .4 \ ^

169.3

6-76

6 .4

6 .2

6 .1

6 .0

6 .1

6 .1

6 .1

5 .9

5 .3

5 .4

5 .4

5 .1

4 .8

4 .5

4 .4

5 .1

6 .1

6 .6

170.1

11-/4 12-74

1-75

2-/5

3-75

4-75

5-/5

6—7*

7-7*

8-7»

9-75 10—75 11-75 12-75

1-76

Z—76

3—76

4-76

165.5
166.4
167.1
167.3

\

167.6
5

. i \

168.3

5 .o \
5-76

IN IT IA L HUNiH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK DF ST* LO UIS
JU L Y 21» 1976

WHOLESALE P R IC E S - ALL COHHOOITIES» SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
_______________ COHPOUNOEO ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE_____________
TERMINAL
MONTH
W ^ 74 12-74
12-74

- 3

1-75

- 2 .7

2-75

- 4 .5

I N IT IA L MONTH
1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

7-75

1967 * 100

9-75 10-75 11-75 12-75

8-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

4-76

5-76
172.6

. ^

172.3
- 5 .1

- 8 .0

171.1
170.3

3-75

- 4 .8

- 5 .2

- 6 .8

- 5 .5

4-75

- 1 .7

- 1 .2

- 0 .9

2 .8

5-75

- 0 .1

0 .6

1 .2

4 .5

9 .9

8 . 0 \

6—75

-0 .1

0 .5

1 .0

3 .4

6 .5

3 .9

0 .0

1*1

1 .8

2 .5

4 .7

7 .4

5 .9

5 .0

7-75

6-75

1 1 . 9 \

171.9
173.0
173.0
174.4

*0*2

175.9

8-75

2 .2

2 .9

3 .6

5 .7

8.1

7 .1

6 .9

10.5

9-75

3 .1

3 .8

4#6

6 .5

8 .6

8 .0

8 .0

10.8

11.2

ll.S ^

10-75

4 .0

4 .8

5 .6

7 .5

9 .4

9*0

9 .3

11.7

12.2

1 2 .9

1 4 .4

5 .2

6 .8

8 .4

7 ,9

7 .9

* f5

9 .4

8 .9

7 .7

\

177.5
179.5
1.3

179.7

11-75

3 .8

4 .5

12-75

3 .8

4 .5

5 .1

6 .5

7 .9

7 .4

7 .3

8 .6

8 .3

7 .7

6 .5

2 .7

4 .l\ ^

1-76

3 .4

3 .9

4 .4

5 .6

6 .8

6 .3

6 .0

6 .9

6 .4

5 .5

4 .1

0 .9

0 .7

*-7.6.

2 .8

3 .3

3 .7

4 .7

5 .7

5 .1

4 .8

5 .4

4 .8

3 .8

2 .3

- 0 .5

—1.1

- 3 .6

—4.6*''

\

180.3
179.9

- 2 .6 N ^

179.2

3-76

2 .8

3 .2

3 .6

4 .5

5 .4

4 .8

4 .5

5*0

4 .4

3 .5

2 .3

0 .0

- 0 .3

- 1 .8

- 1 .3

2 .0

4-76

3 .2

3 .6

4 .0

4 .9

5.8

5 .3

5 .1

5 .6

5 .1

4 .4

3 .4

1 .7

1*7

1 .2

2 .5

6.2

10.5

5-76

3 .2

3 .7

4 .0

4 .9

5 .7

5 .2

5 .0

5 .4

5 .0

4 .3

3 .5

2 .0

2 .1

1 .7

2 .9

5.5

7 .2

4 .1

6-76

3 .4

3 .8

4 .1

4 .9

5 .6

5 .2

5 .0

5 .4

5 .0

4 .5

3 .7

2 .4

2 .6

2 .3

3 .4

5.5

6 .6

4 .7

11-74 12-74

1—75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5 -7 5

6-75

7 -7 5

8 -7 5

9 -7 5 1 0 -7 5 1 1 -7 5 1 2 -7 5

1 -7 6

2 -7 6

3—76

4-76




179.5
181.0
181.6
5 .4 ^

182.4

5 -7 6

IN IT IA L HONTH

PREPARED BV FEDERAL RESERVE" BANK O F ~S T . LOUIS
JU L Y 9» 1976

4




RA TIO

PRICES

SCALE

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

RAT 10 SC ALE

1973

1974

1975

1976

PER C E N T A G E S ARE A N NUAL RA T E S OF C H ANGE F OR PE R I O O S INOICATEO.
LATE S T OATA PLOTTEOt JUNE
PREPA R E O * Y FEOE R A L RE S E R V E RANK OF ST. L O UIS

R A TIO SCALE

WHOLESALE PR I CES

R A T IO SCALE

F ERC E N T A 6 E S ARE A N NUAL R ATES OF CHAN6E FOR P E R 1008 INOICATEO.
LATEST OATA PLOTTEOt JUNE

PREPARED 8Y FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

5

WHOLESALE P R IC E S - IND USTRIAL COMMODITIES» SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
__________________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE____________________
TERMINAL_________________________________________________________ _________ INITIAL-MONTH___________________________________________________________________ 1967 * lOO
MONTH
I W 4 12-74 1-75 2-75 3-75 4-75 5-75 6-75 7-75 8-75 9-75 10-75 11-75 12-75 1-76 2-76 3-76 4-76 5-76
167*2

U-74

168*5

1-75

7*0

*-75

5 .1

5 .5

» JN s

3-75

4 .0

3 .9

1 .1

0 . 7 SsV^

4-75

3 .6

3 .4

1 .4

1 .4

2 .2 ^ V

5-75

3 .4

3 .2

1 .6

1 .7

2*2

6-75

3 .2

3 .0

1 .7

1 .8

2 .1

7-75

3 .3

3 .2

2 .1

2 .3

2 .7

2 .9

3 .2

4 .3

8-75

?.9

3 .9

3 .1

3 .3

3 .9

4 .3

5*1

6*5

8*8

9-75

4 .6

4 .7

4 .0

4 .4

5 .0

5 .6

6*5

8 .0

10-75

5 .6

5 .7

5 .3

5 .7

6 .5

7*2

8 .3

168.7
168.8
169.1
169.4
169.7

2*1

170*3
^ 5 .2 %

171.5

9*9

11.0

173.0

9 .9

11.8

1 3.3

1 5 ^ ^ ^

175.1
176.4

11-75

5 .9

6 .0

5 .7

6 .1

6 .8

7*5

8 .4

9 .7

11.1

11.9

1 2 .4

9*3

12-75

6 .0

6 .2

5 .6

6 .3

6 .9

7 .5

8.3

9 .4

1 0 .4

10*9

10.8

8 .5

1-76

5 .9

6 .1

5 .8

6 .2

6 .7

7 .2

7 .9

* *7

9 .5

9*6

9 .3

2-76

? .6

5 .7

5 .4

5 .7

6 .2

6 .6

7 .1

7*7

8 .2

8*1

7 .5

3-76

5 .5

5 .6

5 .3

5 .6

6 .0

6 .3

6 .8

7 .3

7 .7

7*5

4-76

5 .4

5 .5

5 .2

5 .5

5 .8

6*2

6 .5

7*0

7*3

7*1

5 .2

4 .9

5 .1

5 .5

5*7

6 .0

6 .4

6 .6

6 .3

5*8

4*4

3*7

2*9

5 .2

5 .2

5 .0

5 .2

5 .5

5 .8

6 .0

6*4

6 .6

6 .3

5*8

4*7

4*0

3 .4

11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9—75 10-75 11-75 12-75

1-76

5-76
6-76

7 .^ \

177.5

7 .3

6*3

178.2

5 .6

4*4

2*7

0^7^^

6*9

5*3

4*3

3*2

2*4

4

6*5

5*1

4*3

3*4

3*0

4*1

4

2*4

2*9

2*4

3*1

3*7

3*6

3*4

2-76

3-76

4-76

5-76

3-76

4-76

5-76

4 * ft\ w

178.3
178.9

a \

179.5

a \

179.6
6 .2 \

180.5

INITIAL HflUTU

WHOLESALE P R IC E S —FARM PRODUCTS AND PROCESSED FOODS ANO FEEDS» SEA S* A D J.
______ _________________COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE____________________________
TERMINAL
MONTH
11—74 12-74
U-74

I N IT IA L MONTH
1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

1967 * 100

9-75 10-75 11-75 12-75

1-76

2-76

-2 0 .4

187.3

1-75

-23*2 -25*8

182.7

2-75

r24*8 -26*8 -27*8

177.8

3-75

-23*6 -24*7 -24*1 -20*1

174.5

4r75

-1 3 .5 - U . 7

179.7

-6 *4

6*6

42*2

5-75

-8*1

-5*4

0 *5

12*2

33*0

24*4

6-75

-7*9

—5*6

—0*9

7*3

18*3

7*9

7-75

—4*3

-1*7

3 *0

10*6

19*9

13*3

8*1

24*9

8-75

-2*2

0*4

4*8

11*6

19*3

14*1

10*9

20*7

16*7

9-75

- 0 .7

1*8

5*9

11*8

18*3

14*0

11*6

18*3

15*1

13*6

183.0
-6*4

182.0
185.4
187.8
189.8

10-75

0*5

2*8

6*6

12*0

17*5

13*8

11*8

16*9

14*3

13*1

11-75

-1*0

0 .9

4*1

8*4

12*6

8*9

6*6

9*3

5*8

2*4

-2*8 -16*2

12*7

191.7

12-75

-1*5

0*3

3*0

6*8

10*3

6*8

4*5

6*5

3*1

0*0

-4*1 -11*6

188.9
-6*8

187.8

-9*2 -15*5 -15*1 -22*8

183.8
180.3

1-76

-3*2

- 1 .7

0*6

3*7

6 .4

3*1

0*7

1*7

-1*7

-5*0

2-76

-4*5 _ -3*2

-1*2

1*4

3*6

0 *4

-2*0

-1*4

-4 *7

-7*8 -11*6 -16*8 -17*0 -21*7 -20*6

3-76

-4*4

-1*3

1*1

3*1

0*1

-2*0

- i* 5

-4*4

-7*1 -10*2 -14*1 -13*6 —15*8 -12*1

1*9

-0*4

-2*3

-4 *4

4-76

-3*2

-2*2

-1*0

^ 5-76

-1*4

- 0 .2

- 6—76

-1*1

0*1

11-7* t * - t 4

I- 7 S

¿-75




1*0

2*9

1*1

-7*0

-5*0

-4*6

2*4

-2*6

179.9

16*3

39*0

184.9

3*4

5*5

1*7

4 .0

6*0

3*6

2*1

2 .9

0*9

-0*7

-2*4

-4*3

-2*2

-1*3

5*0

15*2

25*3

13*1

1*8

4*1

5*9

3*7

2 .3

3*0

1*2

-0*2

-1*6

-3*3

-1*3

- 0 .3

4 *9

12*5

18*0

8*7

4*6

3-7ST 4=7^- *-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75 10-75 11-75 12-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

4-76

5-76

186.8
187.5

IN IT IA L MONTH

PftEf>AR£6 6V FEDERAL RESERVE BANK dF S T . LOUIS
JU L Y 9» 1976

6

NDUSTRI AL P R O D U C TIO N *
RATIO SCALE

RATIO SCALE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

1967-100

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

PERCEN TAGES ARE ANNUAL R ATES OF CHANCE FOR P ER IO D S
L A T E S T OATA P L O TTE D t
» D A T A R E V IS E S

1967-100

1974

1975

1976

IN D IC A T E D .

J0 N E P R EL IM IN A R Y
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST* LOO IS

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION*
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
MONTH
11-74 12-74

1967 • 100

IN IT IA L MONTH
1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75 10-75 11-75 12-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

4-76

5-76

-42*3

119,3

1-75

- 3 8 .4 - 3 4 .3

115,2

2-75

- 3 3 ,7 -2 8 .9 -2 3 .1

112,7
111,7

12-74

3-75

-2 8 .5 -2 3 .1 - 1 6 .9 -10.1

4-75

- 2 2 .0 - 1 5 .9

- 8 .7

- 0 .5

5-75

-1 7 .1 -1 0 .9

- 3 .9

3 .6

11,2

6-75

- u .*

- 4 .8

2 .5

10.2

1 7 .9

2 2 .0 ^

T-75

- 7 .7

- 1 .3

5 .6

12.6

19.1

2 2 .3

27 .5

2 2 .7 ^

8-75

- 4 .1

2 .1

8 .8

15.3

21.2

24.1

28 .3

26,2

29 ,8

9-75

- 2 .7

3 .1

9 .1

1 4 .7

19 .5

2 1 .5

23*8

21,1

2 0 ,3

1 1 ,5
6 ,1

1.0

112,6

ii o 7 i \

113,7
v

5 %

116,4
118,4
121,0
122,1

10-75

- 2 .4

2 .9

8 .2

12.9

1 6 .7

17.8

18.9

15,7

13,5

U-75

- 1 .1

3 .8

8 .7

13 .0

16 .3

17.2

1 8 .0

15,3

13,5

CO
•
vn

^

122,2

7 ,1

13.5

123,5

12-75

- 0 .4

4 .3

8 .7

12.6

15,4

16,1

16.7

14.2

12,6

8 ,7

7 ,8

11,3

124,4

1-76

0 .5

4 .9

9 .1

12?6

15 .2 . 1 5 .e

16.2

14.1

12,7

9 ,6

9 ,1

12,0

11,2

13,3

9

. r

\

^ 6 %

125,7

2-76

1 .5

5 .7

9 .7

13.0

1 ? .3

15.9

16.3

14.4

13,2

10,7

10.5

13,1

12 ,9

14,8

1 6 , 4 \

3-76

1 .9

5 .9

9 .5

12.6

1 4 .7

15.1

15 .4

13,6

12,5

10,3

10.1

12,0

11,6

12.4

1 2 ,0

4—76

2 .1

5 .8

9 .2

12.0

1 3 .9

1 4 ,?

1 4 .4

12,7

11,6

9 ,6

9 .3

10,7

10.2

10.5

6

-*-?6

2 .4

6 .0

9 .2

U .8

13.5

13.8

13 .9

,12.3

11,4

9 ,5

9 ,2

10,5

6-76

2 .5

5 .8

8 .8

11.2

12.8

13.0

13,1

11.6

10,6

O'
•
00

a

9 ,6

I I- T 4 12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

*-75 "5=75"

6-75

7-75

8-75

Lo - o

4 ,8

128,6

o
•

9-75

128,1

6 ,3

O
•
o

r

127,3

7 , 8 \

9 ,3

7 ,1

6 ,7

8 ,7

9 .0

9 ,0

8 ,2

6 ,3

5 ,7

6*2

11-75 12-75

1-76

Z—76

3-76

«►—76

129,5P
3 ,8 s]|

129.9P

5-76

INITIAL PIONI H"
* DATA R EV ISED

~P- PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST* LOUIS
JU LY 19, 1976

7

PERSONAL
RATIO SCALE

INCOME*
RATIO SCALE

M ON TH LY T O T A L S A T AN NU AL R A T E S

T R IL L IO N S OF DOLLARS

T R IL L IO N S OF OOLLARS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

0 .9

0.8

0 .7

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

SOURCE' U.S. DEPAR T M E N T OF C O M MERCE
PE R CENTAGES AR E ANN U A L R ATES OF CHAN C E FOR P ERIOOS INDICATED.
» D A T A REVISEO FRO M 1979.
LATEST DATA fLOTTED. JUNE P R E L I M I N A R Y
PREP A R E D BY FEDERAL RE S E R V E BANK OF ST. LO U I S

PERSONAL

INCOME*

COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES Of CHANfrE
BILLIONS OF

DOLLARS

INITIAL MONTH

, T E R M IN A L

ANNUAL RATES

MONTH
.11-14 12-T4
12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75

10-75

11-75

12-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

4-76

5-76

JLilîfiiL

7 *5
____Q*5._

■1- 7 S -

lt Z Q l.6 .

■ 2 -r7 f t .

-3 -7 5 .

4 . 2 ____1 * 2 ____ 4 . 5

6.9

l» 2 Q 8 .a
1 .2 1 3 .5

.3 ^ 3 ___ _______ iu -L ___

4 r 75
5V75

5-4

5-0

6i

7. •fi

7.9

10 .6

6-75

9.1

9.4

11.

1 3«.6

15.9

2 1 .6

1.223.7
1.253.7
- 1 .6 ^

7~75

7.7

7.7

9,>0

10.4

1 1 .2

13.3

14.7

ft— 7 5

fi.6

fi-7

9t

11i

12 .2

14.0

15.1

6.8

9i,9

1.252.0
1 5 . i \

1.267.5

9-75

fi.7

8.8

1 1 «iO

11-7

13-0

13-7

7^7

1 2 .6

10-75

9-1

9-3

10 ,

11-

12-0

13-1

13-7

9.1

13-0

11-5

13.7

11-75

%-1

O.i

in,

1 1 i,1

1 1 -#»

12 -6

12-9

,9-1

12 -0

10-7

11-4

12^75

9-0

Q- 1

9.,9

10 «,7

1 1 -?

11-9

12-1

8.-9

11-1

9-9

10-1

ft- 4

7-6

1-76

9-2 _

9-4

10,.1

10 ,*9

11-3

12-0

12 -1

9.3

11.3

10.4

10 .6

9-6

9-9

*1 2 .2

2-7 6

9-3

9-4

10i,1

10 ..A

11 — 2 .

11 - A

11.9

9-4

1 1 .1

10.3

10.5

9.7

9.9

1 1 .1

10 - l \

1.33}-4

3-76

9-3

9-4

10 .,1

10.7

1 1 -1

1 1 .6

11-7

9.5

1 1 .0

10.3

10.4

9.8

9.9

10.7

10 .0

1.341.9

4-76

9.3

9.5

10<>1

IO i,7 1 1 .0

11.5

11.5

9.5

10 .8

10 .2

10.3

9.8

9.9

10.5

10 . B

9.9

5-76

9-4

9.5

10,,1

6-76

9.2

9.2

11-74 12-74

9. >8

1-75

1.277-1
1.290.8
1.300-2
1 f3 0 8 - 2
1«32 p . f i

9 - 9 \

1.352-5

10.16

10-9

11-3

11-4

9.5

10.7

10 .2

10 .2

9.8

9.9

10.3

9.9

9.8

9-ft

9 - * k V

1*^62.9

10 .»3

10.5

10.9

10.9

9.2

10 .2

9.7

9.7

9.2

9.2

9.5

9.0

8.7

8.3

7.5

1.368.9P

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75

10-75

11-75

12-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

4-76

5-76

INITIAL MONTH
»DATA REVISED

FROM 1973

P- PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
JU L Y 22. 1976

8

RETAIL

SALES*

RATIO SCALE

RATIO SCALE

B IL L IO N S OF DOLLARS

1968

1969

B IL L IONS OF DOLLARS

SE A SO N ALL Y A D JU S TE D

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

SOURCE:
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL R ATES OF CHANCE FOR PERIODS
L A T E S T OATA P L O TTE D »

M AY,

U .S .

1975

1976

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

JU N E AOVANCE E S TIM A T E
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .

L O U IS

COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
M ILLIO NS OF
DOLLARS

IN IT IA L MONTH

TERMINAL
MONTH

11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

9-75 10-75 11-75 12-75

8-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

4-76

5-76
45,109

12-74

16 *8

1-75

21 *6

26 .7

2-75

23.2

26.5

46,006
46,914

2 6 .4
- 0 .7 - 2 2 .0

45,951

3-75

9 .9

7 .7

4-75

12.8

11.8

7 .2

- 1 .3

5-75

17.0

17.1

14.8

11.2

25- ° n \
32.8
4 1 .0

6-75

16.1

16.0

13.9

11.0

2 4 .9

2 4 .9

7-75

17.8

17.9

16.5

14.6

26.2

26.6

19.9

30.1

8-75

16.5

16.4

15.0

13.2

22 .0

2 1.3

15.4

17.8

6 .7

46,815
48,173

\

10.6

48,578

\

49,655
49,925

9-75

13 .7

13.3

11.8

9 .8

16.3

14.6

8.8

8 .2

- 1 .3

—8 .7

10-75

13 .9

13.6

12.2

10.6

16.2

14.8

10.2

10.1

4 .2

2 .9

16.0

11-75

12.9

12.6

11.3

9 .7

14.5

13.1

9 .0

8 .7

3 .9

3 .0

9 .4

3 .1

12-75

15 .4

15.3

14.3

13.1

17.9

17.0

14.0

14.5

11 .7

12.9

21.2

23 .9

4 8 .9

1-76

13.5

13.2

12.1

10.9

14.9

13.8

10.8

10.9

8 .0

8.2

12.9

11.9

16.5

- 8 .8

2-76

14.3

14.1

13.2

12.1

1 5 .9

15.0

12.4

12.7

1 0 .4

11.0

1 5 .4

15.3

19.7

7 .3

2 6 .2

3-76

1 * .5

1 * .*

13.5

12.6

16.1

15.3

13.0

13.3

11.3

12.0

15.9

15.9

19.3

10.8

2 2 .2

4-76

14.1

14.0

13.2

12.3

15.5

14.7

12.6

12.8

1 1 .0

11.5

14.8

14.6

17.0

10.2

1 7 .3

13.2

8 .2

5-76

1 1 .7

11.4

10.5

9 .5

12.2

11.3

9 .1

9 .0

7 .1

7 .1

9 .3

8 .3

9 .2

2 .7

5 .7

- 0 .3

- 6 .5

6-76

1 2 .9

12.7

12.0

11.1

13.8

13.0

11.1

11.1

9 .6

9 .9

12.1

11.7

12.9

7 .9

11.5

8 .2

5 .0

3 .4

11-7* 17-7*

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

fl-75

9—75 10-75 11-75 12-75

1-76

2-76

3-76

*-76

---------------------------- — ______________________________

50,165

\ ^ 3 .0 %

50,293
51,990
51,592
52,601
18.3

53,344
53,696

\

52,561P
38.1 S

53,9946

5-76

IN IT IA L MONTH______________ _____________________________________________________ ___ ______________

P- PRELIMINARY
E- ESTIMATED
* 1973-1975 DATA IN PROCESS OF BEING REVISED.
AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CXftffiRCE.




49,549

\

PR EP A R ED B Y FED ERA L R E S E R V E BANK

JU L Y 23, 1976

9

ST.

LOUTS

COMPENSATION PER HOUR» TOTAL PRIVATE ECONOMY
________COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL .
QUARTER
2-71
„

1-72

4-71

4 .6

2 .4

1*rT2 ..

6.5

6-1

V-9

2-7 2.

6 .0

5 .6

7 .3

4 .7

3^72

5 .7

2^73

2-72

3-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

4-74

3-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4—75

134.1
137-3
138.9
140.4

5 .3

6 .3

4 .6

4 .4

5 .6

6 .6

5 .6

6 .0

7 .6

7 .1

7 .0

8 .0

7 .5

8 .4

10.5

13.5
9.'3

6 .6

6 .8

7*5

7 .0

7*6

8*7

. A . 8.

6 .Ä

7-4

7*0

7 .5

8*3

,4-73 .

7 .1

7 .1

7 .7

7 .4

7 .8

8 .5

1-74

7 .2

7.1

7-7

7 .4

7 .8

8 .4

fi-2

fa-0

8 .4

9-.G,

6 .5

8*9

9 .5
9.5,

- 3-73,

4-72

133.3

7 .2

4-72

,

4-71

3 -7 1

1-73

1967 • 100

IN IT IA L QUARTER
3-71

2-74

7 .6

7-7

3-74

a .a

6 .1

.. .4—7^

6 .1

.

143-0
147.6
149.5

5 .2

152.0

6 .1

6 .9

7*2

8 .2

9 .5

7 .3

8 .0

8 .6

9 .3

a .4

9 .2

9*8

9 .1

9 .9

9 .7

9*2

9 .9

8*7

155.5
158.4

10.0

7 .7 .
1
1 3.0
10.3

^

1 0 .7

11.1

12.9

^

5 %

168.3

10.5

1 0.7

11.8

11.2

9 .6

172.2

163.3

8 .2

8 .7

8 .6

9 .0

6 .8

9 .1

9 .6

9 .6

9*4

10.0

10.5

10.7

11.5

1 1 .0

10.1

1 0 ^

8 .9

9 .3

9 .5

9 .0

9.5

9 .9

10.0

10.4

9 .6

8 .8

8 .4

\
6 .3

8 .7

9 .1

9 .2

9 .2

9 .5

9 .5

9 .8

9 .2

8 .3

7 JB

6 .4

,1-75

8 .3

8.4_

8 .8

2-75

8 .2

8 .2

8 .7

3-75

e .i

6 .1

8 .5

4-75

fl.i

8 .1

8 .5

8 .4

8*7

9 .0

9 .1

8*7

9 .1

9 .3

9 .3

9 .5

8 .9

8 .2

7 .8

6 .9

7*3

7 .9 ^ ^

185-7

i —76

6 .1

6 .1

8 .5

6 .4

8 .7

9 .0

9 .1

6 .7

9 .0

9 .2

9 .2

9 .4

8 .9

8 .3

8 .0

7.ft

7 .7

8 .3

189.6

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

6 .4

r

176.6
^ ^ 7 .4 %

179.3

~

182-2

8 .7 \
4-75

IN IT IA L QUARTER

OUTPUT PER HOUR OF ALL PERSONS* TOTAL PRIVATE ECONOMY
_________ ____ C.ftEfO W P frP
RATES o f ch a n g e _____________
TERMINAL
QUARTER

1967 « 100

IN I T IA L QUARTER
2 -7 1 . 3-71 .4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

*-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75
108.4

3-71

5 .3

<*-71

i* r

- 1 .8

1^72.

2 .5

1.1

4*1
5*1

107.9
J0 9 .0

2r-72

3 .4

2 .7

. 3—72

3 .3

2 .8

4—72

3 .6

3 .5

4*6

5 .0

6 .0
4 .5

110.6
2 .9

111.4
6 .2

113.1

1-73

3 .9

3 .7

4 .6

5 .0

4 .6

5 .5

4 .7

2-73

2 .9

2 .5

3 .2

3.1

2 .4

2 .2

0 .2

1 ^
r 4 .1

3-73

2 .6

2 .2

2 .8

2 .6

1.9

1 .7

0 .2

- 1 .9

0 .4 ^ ^

4-73

2 .3

1.9

2*4

2.2

1.6

1 .3

0 .1

- 1 .4

0 .0

- 0 .4

1-74

1 .6

1.2

1 .6

1.2

Ü.6

0 .2

-.«*1.0

- 2 .4

- 1 .8

- 2 .8

- S . A

2-74

1.2

0 .9

1-1

0 .8

0-2

-0*2

-1 .2

.i-2>.4

- 1 .9

- 2 .7

-3 .fi

—2 .5

3—74

1 .0

0 .6

0 .9

0 .5

- 0 .0

- 0 .4

- 1 .3

- 2 .3

- 1 .9

- 2 .5

- 3 .2

-2 .1

- 2 .7

- 3 .3

-2 .6

- 2 .7

—3*6^

V

-2 .4

- 1 .7

- 1 .4

- 1 .3

1 . 1 |r—
1

109.8
111.4

114.4
113.2
113.3
\

r\trr
^ ^ 2 .0 %

113.2
111.7
111-0
- 1 .8

110.5

X

4-74-

0 .7

0 .3

0 .5

0 .2

- 0 .4

- 0 .6

- 1 .6

- 2 .5

- 2 .2

1-75

Li-7

0 .4

0 .5

0.2

- 0 .3

—0 .6

- 1 .3

-2 .0

- 1 .7

2-75

1.0

0 .7

0 .9

0 .7

0 .2

0 .0

—0 .6

- 1 .2

—G. 8

- 1 .0

- 1 .1

—0 .2

0 .4

1 .1

3 .5

6 .0

3-75

1 .5

1 .3

1 .5

1.3

0 .9

0 .6

0 .3

-0 .1

0 .3

0 .3

0 .4

1.4

2 .2

3 .2

5 .S

7 .8

4-75

1.5

1.2

1 .4

1.3

0*9

0 .8

u .3

ri>*l

0 .4

0 .4

0 .4

1.3

1 .9

2 .7

4 .3

5 .4

5*1

0 .7 ^ V w

114.2

1-76

1.7

1.5

1 .7

1.5

1.3

1 .1

0 .6

.0 .4

0 .9

0 .9

1.1

1.9

2 .5

3 .2

4 .6

5.6

5 .4

3 .4

115.9

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4—7 2

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75




109.5

^ v 5 .6 %
9. 7
V

114.0

6.1 \
4-75

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
JUNE 2 , 1976

10

PRODUCTIVITY, COMPENSATION, AND LABOR COSTS
RATI O SCALE

RATI O SCALE

1967-100

1967-100

S E A S O N A L L Y A D JU S T E D

SOVRCEt B.S. BEPART M E M T Of L ABOR
P ERCENTAGES A RE A M W A L RA TES Of CHAMCE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST BATA PLOTTEOt 1ST OBARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BAWC Of ST. LOB IS

UNIT LABOR COSTS, TOTAL PRIVATE ECONOMY
___COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
QUARTER
3-71

4-71

J.- 7 2

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

4-74

1-75

2—75

3-7^

4-75
122.9

*

*-7 1

3 .1

4 .6

1«*T2 .

3 . fi

4 .9

5 .2

124.3
}? 5 .9

2-72

Z .6

2 .9

2 .1

- 0 .9

3r-72

2 .3

2 .5

1 .6

0 .2

1.3

. 4-72

2 .2

2 .3

1 .8

0 .6

1 .4

1-73

3.1

3 .3

3 .1

2 .5

3 .7

5 .0

2-73

3 .9

4 .2

4 .1

3 .9

5*2

6 .5

9 .0

9 .6 S .

3—72

4 .2

4 .3

.4.5

4^3

5 .4

6 .5

8 .2

fl.l

6 .5 V

*-73

4 .7

5.1

5 .1

5.1

6 .2

7 .2

8 .6

Û .7

8 .2

1-74

5 .5

5 .9

6 .0

6 .1

7 .2

8 .2

9 .6

9 .8

9 .9

11.6

1 3 .i\

11.4

13.0

14.6

_

2-74

3—74

1 .6

125.6
126.0
1 .6

126.5

1

'

129.1
132.1
134.2

9>4L3%

2-74

6 .3

6 .8

7 .0

7 .2

8 .2

9 .3

10.6

1 1 .0

3-74

7-(j

7 .4

7 .7

7 .9

8 .9

9 .9

11.2

11.6

12.1

13.5

4-74

7 .4

7 .9

8 .2

8 .4

9 .4

10*4,

11.5

12.0

12.3

13.5

1-75

7 .6

8^0_

8^3

8 .5

9 .4

1 0 .3

11 .3

.11.6

11.9

2-75

7 .1

7^5

7 .7

7 .9

10.1 . 10.3

3-75

6 .5

6 .6

6 .9

7 .0

7 .7

8 .2

8 .9

4~75

6 .5

6 .8

6 .9

7.1

7 .7

8 .2

8 .7

Xr-7o

6 .3

6 .6

6 .7

6 .8

7 .3

7 .7

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72




9 .3

1 5 .8 \

147.1

14.7

15.4

I4 .v \

152.3

14.5

14 . b

14.3

1 3 .fi\

157 .3

1 2 .9

13.5

13.5

12.7

11.6

1 0 .4

11.0

11.1

10.7

9 .4

7 .7

4 .8

8 .9

6 .8

9.1

9 .0

6 .3

6 .8

4 .9

2.*i

8 .8

8 .7

8 .9

8.8

8 .1

6 .9

5 .4

3 .4

1 .4 ,

8 .1

8 .2

8.1

7 .4

6 .3

4 .9

3 .2

1 .7 1 2 ,2

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

3-74

4-74

....B .2
4-72

137.4
141.8

1-73

IV
1
*

_ . 3 t<71

1967 * 100

IN IT IA L QUARTER
2-71

160.9
0 .2 X
- 1 .4

1-75

161.0

Vvl./7o
- 2 .9 - V

159.8
162.6

2 .0

2-75

4 .a
3-75

163 .6
4-75

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
JU N E 2* 1976

11

GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT IN CURRENT DOLLARS *
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE

BILLIONS OF'

IN IT IA L QUARTER

TEKMINAL
QUARTER
3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

DOLLARS

1-74

2-74

4-71

7 .2

1-72

10.4

13.8

2-72

10.6

12.4

11.0

3-72

10.2

11.2

V .9

fr.6

4-72

10 .b

11.7

11.1

11.1

13.5

1-73

11.7

12.6

12.3

12.7

14.7

15.9

2-73

11.1

11.7

11.3

11.4

12.3

11.6

7.5

3-73

1 0 .b

11.4

11.0

11.0

11.5

10.9

8.4

9 .3

4-73

11.0

11.4

11.1

11.1

11.6

11.1

9 .6

10.6

11.9

1-74

10.4

10.7

10.4

10.3

lu .5

9 .9

8.5

8 .8

8 .6

5 .¡\ 7 .

2-74

10.2

10.5

10.1

10.0

10.2

9 .6

8 .4

8.6

6 .4

6 .6

8 .0 ^ ^

3-74

4-74

1-75

ANNUAL RATES

2-75

3-75

4-75

1-76
1 ,0 9 1.2
1 ,1 2 7 .0
1 ,1 5 6.7
1 ,1 8 1 .4
1 ,2 1 9 .4
1 ,2 6 5 .3
1 ,2 8 8 .4
1 ,3 1 7 .5
1 ,355.1

ó

%

1 ,3 7 2 .7
1 ,3 9 9 .4

3-74

10.1

1 0 .4

10.0

9 .9

10.1

9 .6

8.6

8.8

8 .7

7 .6

8 .8

9 .5

4-74

9 .7

9 .9

9 .6

9 .4

9.5

9 .0

e .i

8.2

7 .9

6 .9

7 .5

7.2

5 .0

V

17449.2

1-75

8 .9

9.1

6 .7

6 .5

8 .4

7 .9

6 .9

6.8

6 .4

5 .3

5 .4

4 .5

2.1

1,4 4 6.2

2-75

9 .0

9 .1

6 .8

6 .6

8.6

8.1

7 .3

7 .3

7 .0

6 .2

6 .3

5 .9

4 .7

- 0 . 8 s]
1
1 0 .i\
4 .6

3-75

9 .6

9 .8

9 .5

9 .4

9 .4

9.1

8 .4

8.5

6 .4

7 .9

8 .4

8 .4

8.2

9 .3

14.7

19.2

4-75

9 .7

9 .8

9 .6

9 .5

9.5

9 .2

8 .6

8 .7

8 .7

8 .3

8 .7

8.8

8 .7

9 .6

13.3

14.8

lO .ftN ^

1 ,5 8 8 .2

1-76

9 .6

10.0

9.8

V .7

9.6

9 .5

8 .9

9.1

9 .1

8 .7

9 .2

9 .3

9 .3

10.2

13.1

14.1

11.6

12^6^^

1,636.2

12.9

10.8

11.0

1 ,6 7 3 .OP

2-/5

3 -/3

4 - 0

2-76

1
11

1 ,4 3 1 .6

9 .6

10.0

V .7

9 .7

9 .7

9 .5

9 .0

9.1

9.1

8.8

9 .2

9.3

9 .3

10.0

12.4

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-/2

4-/2

1-/3

2-/3

J- / 3

4-/3

I-/«*

¿- r*

3 -f*

4-/4

1-75

1 ,4 8 2 .3
1 ,5 4 8 .7

9 *3 S'\
1 -/6

1N1I1AL UUAKIbk
T - P k tllM IN A k Y

GROSS NATIONAL PROOUCT IN CONSTANT 1972 DOLLARS *
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
B u rro w o r"
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L QUARTER

t e r m in a l

QUARTER
3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-71

3 .5

1-72

5 .5

7 .6

2-72

6 .3

7 .7

7 .9

3-72

6 .0

6 .9

6 .6

4-72

6 .5

7 .3

7 .2

6 .9

8.5

1-73

7.C

7 .7

7 .8

7 .7

9 .0

9 .5

2-73

6 .0

6 .5

6 .3

5 .9

6.1

4 .9

V
0 .4 \ i . 4 %

3-73

5 .5

5.8

5 .5

5 .0

4 .9

3.6

1.1

1.7

4-73

5 .1

5 .3

5 .0

4 .5

4 .4

3 .4

1.4

1.9

1-74

4 .2

4 .2

3.6

3 .3

2 .9

1.9

0 .0

-0.1

-1.0

- 3 .9 ^ ^ 3 . 2 %

2-74

3 .5

3 .5

3 .0

2 .5

2.1

1.0

—0 .6

-0.8

-1.7

-3 .5

- 3 .1 ^ v ^

3-74

3 .0

2 .9

2 .5

1.9

1.5

0.5

-0 .9

-1.2

-1.9

- 3 .2

- 2 .8

-2 .6 |X

4-74

2 .2

2 .1

1 .6

1.0

0.5

-0 .4

-1.8

-2.1

-2.9

-4 .1

-4 .2

-4 .7

-0 .1

- 0 .6

-1.5

-2 .8

-3.3

-4.1

- 5 .3

—5 .6

—6 .5

-8 .4

-0 .8

- 1 .9

-2.2

-2.8

- 3 .5

- 3 .5

-3 .6

-3 .9

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

1-76
1,1 2 0.5
1,1 4 1.2
1 ,1 6 3.0

5.3

1 ,1 7 8 .0
1,2 0 2 .2
1 ,2 2 9.8
1

1-75

1 .3

1.1

0 .6

2-75

1.6

1 .4

1.0

0 .4

- 0 .0

1,2 3 1.1
1,2 3 6 .3
2 .1 ^

1,2 4 2 .6
1 ,2 3 0 .4
1,2 2 0.8
1 ,2 1 2 .9

—Q AOJL

1 ,1 9 1 .7

“V

1,1 6 1.1
- 2 .4

5 .6

1,177.1

3-75

2 .1

2.1

1.7

1.2

0 .9

0.2

-0 .7

—0 .8

-1.1

-1 .5

-1 .1

-0.8

-0 .3

2 .0

8 .5

4-75

2 .2

2 .1

1.6

1.4

1.1

0.5

-0 .3

-0.4

-0.6

- 0 .9

- 0 .5

-0.1

0 .4

2 .3

6^.7

7.3

1-76

2 .6

2 .5

2.2

1.9

1.6

1.1

0 .4

0 .4

0 .3

0.1

0 .6

1.2

1.8

3 .6

7 .3

7 .9

6 .2

9 .2 ^ \

1 ,2 4 6 .3

2-76

2 .7

2 .6

2 .4

2 .0

1.8

1.3

0 .7

0.8

0 .7

0 .5

1.1

1.6

2.2

3 .8

6 .7

7 .0

5.6

6 .8

1,2 5 9.7 P

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2—73

3-73

4-73

I —/4

¿-/ 4

3-74

4- /4

1-75“

Z-/5

3-/5

4-/5

n

. ^

1 ,2 0 9 .3

7 %

1,219.2

4.4O
I- / 6

IN IT IA L QUAKIfck
* Revised from 1973




------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------------PRE PARED BV F E DERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUTT
JULY 20, 1976

12

DEMAND AND PRODUCTION
R A T I O S C AL E
T R I L L I O N S OF

QUARTERLY TO TA LS AT ANNUAL RATES
R AT IO SCALE
D OL L ARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
T R I L L I O N S OF D OL L AR S
1 .8

1.7
1 .6

1.5
1.4
1 .3
1 .2

1.1

1.7
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.0

0.9

0. 8

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

SOURCE' U .S . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.6NP IN CURRENT DOLLARS.
BL6NP IN 1972 DOLLARS.
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANCE FOR PERIODS INOICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« 2ND QUARTER PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
DATA REVISED FROM 1973.




13

GENERAL P R IC E

INDEX*

RATIO SCALE

1968
« A S USED

RATIO SCALE

1969

1970

IN N A TIO N A L

1971

1972

1973

INCOME ACCOUNTS

1974

SOURCE»

PERCEN TA CES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANCE FOR PERIOO S

U .S .

1975

1976

DEPARTM ENT OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

DATA R E V ISE O FROM 1 9 7 * .
L A T E S T DATA P LO TTED*

2ND QUARTER P R ELIM IN AR Y
PREPAREO BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .

L O U IS

IMPLICIT

HtftE DEFLATOR FOR «ROSS NATIONAL FROOOCT
CONFOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE

TERMINAL _______________ _________________________________ _________ INITIAL QUARTER___________________ _______________________________________ 1*72 « 100

QUARTER

3 -71
4—71

.....

4-71

1 -72

2 -72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4 -7 3

1-74

2 -74

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-73

2-73

3-73

4 -7 3

1 -76
97.38

3*6

9 8.7 6

1—72

4 .7

3 .8

2 -72

4 .1

4 .3

2 .8

3-72

3*9

4 .0

3 .1

3 .4

4-7 2

4*0

4 .2

3 .6

4 .0

99.45
100.29
4 .7

1-73

4*3

4 .3

4 .2

4 .6

3 .3

2-7 3

4 .7

4 .9

4 .7

3 .2

3 .8

3-7 3

3 .1

3 .3

3 .2

3 .7

6 .3

4 -7 3

5 .6

3 .8

3 .8

6 .3

6 .9

101.44
i1 V
5 .8 \ ^

102.89
104.65

6 .9

106.57

7 .3
8 .1

8 .6

109.05

1-7 4

6 .0

6 .2

6 .3

6 .8

7 .4

7 .9

8 .4

8 .9

9 .6

2 -7 4

6 .3

6 .7

6 .9

7 .4

7 .9

8 .3

9 .0

9 .3

10.2

3 -7 4

6 .9

7 .2

7 .4

7 .9

8 .5

9 .0

9 .6

10.1

10.8

111.56

1

1 0 .3

ii3 "v J 1 .2 %

114.64

11.1

1 1 .9

118*03

1 2 .4 X

121.60

4 -7 4

7 .4

7 .7

7 .9

8 .4

8*9.:

9 *9

10.0

10.3

11.1

11.3

12.2

12.3

12^7^^

1-73

7 .6

7 .9

8 .0

8 .3

9 *1

9 .6

10.0

10.3

11.0

1 1.2

1 1 .6

1 1.7

1 1 .4

2 -7 3

7 .3

7 .6

7 .8

8 .2

8 .6

9 .0

9 .4

9 .7

1 0 .0

10.1

1 0.2

9 .8

9 .0

7 .2

4 ^ X

3-7 3

7 .3

7 .6

7 .7

8 .1

8 .3

8 .8

9 .2

9 .4

9 .6

9 .6

9 .6

9 .3

8 .3

7 .2

3 .7

t * oX

124.55

ÍO ^ÍN v

125.93
128.07

^ .3 %

130.27

4 -7 3

7 .3

7 .3

7 .7

8 .0

8 .4

8 .7

9 .0

9 .2

9 .3

9 .3

9 .3

8 .9

8 .2

7 .1

6 .2

7 .0

7 .l \

1-76

7 .1

7 .3

7 .4

7 .7

8 .0

8 .3

8 .3

8 .6

8 .7

8 .6

8 .3

8 .1

7 .4

6 .3

5 .4

5 .7

3 .1

3 .2 s

131.29

2 -7 6

6 .9

7 .1

7 .2

7 .3

7 .8

8 .0

8 .2

8 .3

8 .3

8 .2

8 .1

7 .6

7 .0

6 .1

3 .3

5 .5

3 .0

3 .9

132.81F

3 -71

4 -7 l

1 -72

Z—72

3 -72

4 -7 2

1-73

2-73

» —73

4 -7 *

1 -7 4

2-7%

3—74

4 -7 4

i - t3

Z-T5

J-75

4-75

1-7 6

---- -------------------------------------------------------- INITIAL QUARTER-------------------------------------------------------- ‘
T - PRELIMINARY------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------b v iM d

fro a

1973

--------------------- -------------------------- “----- ------------- -------------------- FREFARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST* LOUIS'




JULY 20» 1976

14

PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES IN CURRENT DOLLARS *
____________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE____________

TERMINAL
QUARTER
3 -7 1
4 -71

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

INITIAL QUARTER
4-71.

1-72

2 -72

3 -7 2

4 -7 2

1-73

2 -7 3

3 -7 3

4-73

1-74

2 -74

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

4 -7 5

1 -7 6
687.1

7*9

7 05 .9

t-7 2

9 .7

11.4

2*7 Z

1 0.1

11.2

1 1.1

3-7 2

9 .7

10.3

9 .8

8 .5

7 24 .7
739 .7

W 2

1 0.3

10.9

1 0 .7

10.5

1 2 .5

1-73

10*9

1 1 .5

1 1 .5

1 1 .7

1 3 .3

1 0.6

1 0 .6

1 0.5

11.2

1 0.6

7*2

10.5

1 0 .3

10.2

1 0 .6

1 0.0

8 .0

3*9

2-73

761.8
787 .2

14.0

8 01 .0

3-73

1 0 .?

4 -7 3

9 .9

10.1

9 .9

9 .7

1 0 .0

9 .4

7 .8

8 .2

7 .5

1-74

9 .9

10.1

9 .9

9 .8

1 0 .0

9 .5

8 .4

8 .8

8 .8

10.1

2 -74

10.1

1 0.3

1 0.2

10.1

1 0 .3

10.0

9 .2

9 .7

10.0

11.2

1 2.4

818.2
833.1
853 .3
8 78 .7

3 -7 4

1 0 .4

1 0.6

1 0 .5

1 0 .5

1 0 .7

10.5

9 .9

10*4

10.8

12.0

1 2.9

13.4

4 -7 4

9 .7

9 .9

9 .7

9 .6

9 .7

9 .4

8 .7

9 .0

9 .0

9 .4

9 .1

7 .5

1 .9

1-75

9 .7

9 .9

9 .8

9 .6

9 .7

9 .4

8 .9

9 .1

9 .2

9 .5

9 .4

8 .4

5 .9

10.1

906.8
911.1
933 .2

2-75

9 .9

10*0

9 .9

9*8

IO.JO

9 .7

9 .2

9 .5

9 .6

9 .9

9 .9

9 .3

7 .9

11.1

1 2 .1

3-75

1 0.0

10.1

10.1

1 0 .0

1 0.1

9 .9

9 .5

9 .7

9 .8

10.2

10.2

9 .8

8 .9

11.3

1 1 .9

1 1 .7

4 -75

1 0 .0

1 0.2

1 0.1

1 0 .0

10.1

9 .9

9 .6

9 .8

9 .9

10.2

10.2

9 .9

9 .2

11.1

1 1 .4

11.1

1 0 .4

1-76

1 0 .2

10.3

1 0 .3

1 0.2

1 0.3

10.2

9 .9

10.1

10.2

10.5

10.6

10.3

9 .8

11.5

1 1 .8

1 1.7

11.7

13.1

2 -76

10.1

10.2

1 0.2

10.1

10.2

10.0

9 .7

9 .9

1 0.0

10.3

10.3

10.1

9 .6

10.9

1 1.1

1 0.9

10.6

1 0 .7

8*3

3 -71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4 -7 2

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3 -74

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

4 -7 5

1 -76

960 .3
9 87 .3
1 »012*0
1*043.6
1.064.6P

INITIAL QUARTER
P - PRELIMINARY

PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES IN CONSTANT 1972 DOLLARS *
_ _ ________ COMPOUNDEO ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE__________________
TERMINAL
QUARTER
3-71

4 -71

1 -7 2

2 -72

3 -72

4 -7 2

4r71

5 .1

t-7 2

5 .9

6 .7

2 -7 2

* t7

7 .5

8 .3

3-72

6*3

6 .7

6 .8

5 .3

4—72

6 .8

7 .2

7 .4

6 .9

8 .6

1-73

7*0

7 .4

7 .6

7 .3

8 .4

8 .2

2-73

5 .9

6 .0

5 .9

5 .3

5 .3

3 .8

1-73

2-73

3 -7 3

4 -7 3

1 -74

2 -74

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2 -75

3-75

4 -7 5

1 -7 6
7 0 2 .3
7 1 3 .7
7 28.1

737 .5
7 52.8
7 6 7 .7
- 0 .5

7 66.8

3-73

5 .4

5 .4

5 .2

4 .6

4*5

3 .1

0 .7

1 .9

4 -73

4 .5

4 .4

4 .1

3 .4

3*1

1 .7

- 0 .3

- 0 .2

-2 .3

1-74

3 .8

3 .7

3 .3

2 .6

2 .2

1 .0

- 0 .8

-0 .9

-2 .2

- 2 .1

2-74

3 .5

3 -74
4 -74

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

INITIAL QUARTER

2 .4

7 7 0 .4
7 6 5 .9
761 .8

3 .3

2 .9

2 .3

1 .9

0 .8

-0 .6

r 0 .6

-1 .5

- 1 .0

0 .1

3 .1

2 .8

2 .2

1 .8

0 .9

- 0 .3

r0*2

-0 .7

- 0 .2

0 .8

1*5

2 .1

1 .7

1.1

0 .6

-0 .3

- 1 .5

- 1 .6

-2 .3

- 2 .3

-2 .4

-3 .6

- 8 .4

1 .3

0 .9

0 .1

7 61 .9
7 6 4 .7
7 48 .1

1-75

2*4

2 .2

1 .9

- 0 .9

-0 .9

-1 .4

- 1 .2

- 0 .9

- 1 .3

- 2 .6

3 .5

2-75

?T?

2 .6

2 .3

1*8

1 .5

0 .8

- 0 .0

0 .0

- 0 .2

0 .1

0 .6

0 .7

0 .5

5 .3

7 .0

3-75

2 .8

2 .7

2 .4

2 .0

1 .7

1 .1

0 .4

0 .5

0 .3

0 .7

1.2

1 .4

1 .4

4 .9

5 .6

4 .1

4 -7 5

2 .9

2 .8

2 .5

2 .1

1*9

1 .4

0 .8

0 .9

0 .8

1.2

1 .6

1 .9

2 .0

4 .8

5 .2

4 .3

4 .5

1-76

3 .2

3 .1

2 .6

2 .4

1 .9

1 .4

1 .6

1 .6

2 .0

2 .5

2 .9

3 .1

5 .6

6 .1

5 .8

6 .7

8 .9

2-76

3 .3

3 .2

3 .0

2 .7

2 .5

2 .1

1 .6

1 .8

1 .8

2 .2

2 .7

3 .0

3 .2

5 .3

5 .7

5 .4

5 .8

6 .4

4 .1

3 -71

4-71

1-72

2 -72

3-72

4 -7 2

1-73

2-73

3-73

4 -7 3

1 -7 4

2-74

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2 -75

3-75

4 -7 5

1-76

7 5 4 .6
767 .5
7 7 5 .3
7 83 .9
8 00 .7
8 0 8 .7P

INITIAL QUARTER
P - PRELIMINARY

* Revised fro« 1973




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LO UIS
JU L Y 21* 1976

15

GROSS PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT IN CURRENT DOLLARS *
____________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE________________
TERMINAL
QUARTER

B IL L IO N S OF
__________ ______________________ _________________ ___________ INITIAL QUARTER________________________________________________ _______________ DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
3 -7 3 4 -7 3
2 -7 4 3 -7 4 4 - 7 4 1 -7 5
1 -7 4
1 -7 3
2 -7 5
3 -7 5
3 -7 2
4 -7 ?
4 -7 5
2 -7 2
3 -7 1
4 -7 1
1 -7 2
1 -7 6
* -? 3

H I

1 1 .4

1 -7 2

20*5

1 6 5 .4
3 0 .3

1 7 6 .7

2 -7 2

2 0 *3

2 5 .0

1 9 .9

3—72

18*6

2 1 .2

1 6 .8

1 3 .9

4 -7 2

1 9 .2

2 1 .2

1 8 .4

1 7 .6

2 1 .4

1 -7 3

19*6

2 1 .3

1 9 .2

1 8 .9

2 1 .6

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

2 1 0 .6

2 -7 3

1 8 .9

2 0 .2

1 8 .3

1 7 .9

1 9 .3

1 8 .2

14*8

3 -7 3

16 *9

1 7 .7

1 5 .7

1 4 .9

1 5 .2

1 3 .2

9 .1

3 .7

4 -7 3

1 7 .5

1 8 .3

1 6 .7

1 6 .2

1 6 .6

1 5 .5

13*4

1 2 .8

2 2 .6

9 .4

8 .7

6 .3

2 .8

—1 .0

- 3 . 2 - 2 3 .6

2 1 8 .0
2 2 0 .0
2 3 1 .5

1 -7 4

1 2 .6

1 2 .7

1 0 .7

2 -7 4

1 1 .8

1 1 .8

1 0 .0

8 .8

8 .1

6 .0

3 .1

0 .4

- 0 .7 -1 0 .7

4 .5

3 -7 4

9 .8

9 .7

7 .8

6 .6

5 .7

3 .6

0 .9

-1 .7

- 3 .0 -1 0 .3

- 2 .8

-9 .7

4 -7 4

8 .8

8 *5

6 .8

5 .5

4 .6

2 .7

0 .2

-2 .0

-3 .1

-3 .0

- 6 .6

1 -7 5

2pO

1*3

-0 .8

-2 .5

-4 .0

- 6 .5

2 -7 5

0 .6

-0 .2

-2 .2

-3 .8

-5 .3

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

1 6 4 .4

3 -7 5

5 .1

4 .7

3 .1

1 .9

1 .0

-0 .7

1 9 6 .7

-9 .5 - U . 5

- 2 .7

-4 .5

2 1 6 .4

- 8 .6

2 1 8 .8
2 1 3 .3
-3 .3

2 1 1 .5

- 1 5 . 0 - 2 1 . 0 - 2 0 .3 - 2 7 .2 - 3 4 . 7 - 5 5 . 9

—5 .4

-8 .9

-6 .2

- 8 .2

- 7 .8

1 7 2 .4

- 9 .2

3 0 .2 1 0 4 .9

4 -7 5

5 .4

5 .0

3 .6

2 .5

1 .6

0 .1

-1 .6

-3 .1

-3 .8

- 6 .7

-4 .0

- 5 .4

- 4 .5

- 4 .8

2 3 .0

5 0 .1

9 .9

1 -7 6

8 .2

8 .0

6 .8

5 .9

5 .4

4 .3

2 .9

1 .9

1 .7

-0 .4

3 .0

2 .8

5 .0

6 .8

3 3 .2

5 6 .1

3 6 .2

6 8 .9

2 -7 6

8 .4

8 .3

7 .1

6 .3

5 .8

4 .8

3 .6

2 .7

2 .6

0 .8

4 .0

3 .9

6 .0

7 .7

2 8 .7

4 3 .7

2 7 .7

3 7 .7

1 2 .2

3 -7 1

4 -7 1

1 -7 2

2 -7 2

3 -7 2

4 -7 2

1 -7 3

2 -7 3

3 -7 3

4 -7 3

1 -7 4

2 -7 4

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1 -7 5

2 -7 5

3 -7 5

4 -7 5

1 -7 6

4 -75

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
1-76

2 0 1 .4
2 2 9 .6
2 3 6 .3P

INITIAL QUARTER
P - PRELIMINARY

GROSS PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT IN CONSTANT 1972 DOLLARS*
________________COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE___________________

TERMINAL
QUARTER
? -7 l

INITIAL QUARTER
4 -7 1

1 -7 2

2 -7 2

3 -7 2

4 -7 2

». 4r71

6*6

1-72

15*0

2 4.1

2 -7 *

* ? .6

2 0 .4

16.8

3-72

* 3 .9

1 6 .4

1 2 .8

8 .9

4-r72

1 6 .4

14*0

1 2.6

1 6 .5

1-73

16.1

1 4 .2

1 3 .4

1 5 .7

14.9

1-73

2-73

3-73

4 -7 3

1 -74

2 -74

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

169.7
179.1
186.2
190.2
197.6
2 04.6
2 07 .4

2-73

* 3 .2

1 4.3

1 2 .5

1 1 .4

12.2

10.2

5 .6

3 -73

1 0.8

1 1 .4

9 .4

8 .0

7 .7

5 .0

0 .3

- 4 .7

1 1.7

10.1

9 .0

9 .0

7 .2

4 .7

4 .3

4 -7 3

204.9
14.2

211.8

1-74

6 .4

6 .3

4 .3

2 .6

1 .6

- 1 .1

- 4 .8

- 8 .0

- 9 .6 -2 8 .4

194.8

2 -74

4 .4

4 .2

2 .2

0 .5

- 0 .7

- 3 .3

- 6 .6

- 9 .4 -1 0 .9 -2 1 .3 -1 3 .4

187.9

3 -74

It?

1 .4

-0 .7

-2 .4

- 3 .8

- 6 .3

- 9 .5 -1 2 .2 - 1 4 .0 -2 1 .8 -1 8 .2 -2 2 .7

176.2

4 -7 4

Ot*

- 0 .1

-2 .1

- 3 .8

- 5 .1

- 7 .5 -1 0 .3 -1 2 .7 -1 4 .2 -2 0 .2 -1 7 .2 «1 9.0 -1 5 .2

169.1

1-75

-7 f 0

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

2 -7 5

-? t 2

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

3-75

-2 .9

-3 .5

-5 .2

-6 .7

-7 .9

4-75

- 3 .0

-3 .5

-5 .1

-6 .5

-7 .6

129.3
-9 .3

126.2

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

3 2 .3

148.7

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

1 8.7

3 5.7

- 4 .5

4 5 .4

26.3

9 2 .8

147.0
167.1

1-76

OfO

-0 .4

-1 .7

- 2 .8

-3 .6

- 5 .0

- 6 .5

- 7 .6

- 7 .8 -1 0 .0

-7 .4

-6 .5

- 3 .5

-0 .9

2 9 .2

2 -7 6

0 .4

0 .1

-1 .2

-2 .2

- 2 .9

- 4 .1

-5 .5

- 6 .3

- 6 .5

- 8 .3

- 5 .7

- 4 .7

- 1 .9

0 .6

2 4 .8

35.1

2 0.0

34.5

8 .4

3-71

4 -71

1-72

2 -7 2

3-72

4 -72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4 -7 3

1-74

2-74

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

4 -75

1-76

6 7 .0

1 7 0 .5P

INITIAL QUARTER
P- PRELIMINARY

* Revised fro* 1973




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST* LOUIS
JU L Y 21* 1976

16

GOVERNMENT PURCHASES OF GOODS AND SER V IC ES IN CURRENT DOLLARS *
_________________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE______________________

TERMINAL
QUARTER
3 -7 1

___________________________________________
4 -7 1

2-72

1-72

3 -7 2

4 -7 2

1-73

2 -7 3

B IL L IO N S OF

INITIAL QUARTER______________________ ______________________________________DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
3-75 4-75 1 -7 6
3 -7 3 4 -7 3 1-74 2 -74 3-74 4 -7 4 1-75 2-75

4-71

7*1

1-72

11*8

16*6

2-72

8*9

9*8

3*4

* -7 2

7*4

7*5

3*2

3*1

4-r72

8*0

8*2

5*5

6*6

10*2

1-73

8 *4

8 .7

6*7

7*9

1 0.4

10*6

Z- 73

7*0

7*0

5*1

5*6

6*4

4*6

—1*0

3-73

6*9

6*9

5*4

5*8

6*4

5*2

2*7

6*5

4-7 3

7*6

7*7

6*5

7*0

7*8

7*2

6 .1

9*8

13*2

. 1 -7 4

8 »4

8*5

7*5

8*1

9 ,0

8 .8

8 .4

11*7

14*4

239 .6
2 49 .0
251.1
253 .0
259*2
265.8
265 .1
2 69 .3
277.8
288 .0

15.5

2 -74

8 .9

9 .1

8*3

8*9

9 .8

9*7

9*6

12.4

14*5

15.1

14*6

3 -74

9*4

9*6

9*0

9*6

10*4

10*5

1 0.5

12.9

14*6

15*0

14*8

4—74

9*7

10*0

9*4

10*0

1 0.8

10*9

10*9

13.0

14*4

14*7

1—75

9*7

9*9

9*4

9*9

10*6

10*7

10*7

12.5

13*5

13.5

2 -7 5

9*7

9*9

9*4

9*9

10*5

10.6

10*6

12*1

12*9

12.9

3-75

9*9

10*1

9*6

10*1

10*7

10*7

10.8

12*2

12*9

4 -7 5

10*1

10*2

9*8

10*3

10*9

10*9

11*0

12*2

1-76

9*5

9*7

9*2

9*6

10*1

10*1

10*1

11*2

2 -7 6

9*5

9*7

9*3

9*7

10*1

10*1

10*1

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3 -72

4 -7 2

1-73

2 98 .0
1 5.0

308.6

14*4

14*2

13*5

3 18.5

13*1

12*5

11*3

9*2

12*4

11*8

10*8

9*4

9*7

12.8

12*4

12*0

11*2

10*5

11*1

12*6

12*9

12*9

12*5

12.1

11*6

11*1

11*7

12*7

12*9

11*6

11*5

11*0

10*5

9*7

9*0

8*9

8*7

6*8

1 .0

11*1

11*5

11.3

10*8

10*4

9*7

9*1

9*1

9*0

7*8

5 .3

9*8

2-73

3 -73

4 -7 3

1-74

2-74

3-74

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

1-76

325.6
333.2
343.2
353.8
354 .7
3 6 3 .I P

INITIAL QUARTER
P - PRELIMINARY

GOVERNMENT PURCHASES OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN CONSTANT 1972 DOLLARS*
____________________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE__________ _____________
TERMINAL
QUARTER
_3=Z1___* = II ___ i - 7 2
,# r ? l

.1^12

INITIAL QUARTER
2-72

1-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-7*

2 - 7 5 __ 3-7S

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
4-7S__ 1~76
2 51 .0

a «a

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0.3

0.3

0.5

0.9

0.7

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2*9

251.8
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0.8

0.8

0.3

0.4

0.9

0*8

0*3

2.0

2.3

3.3

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0.9

0.9

0.5

0.7

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1.9

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0.4

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1.9

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254.1
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0.8

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3.1

3-75

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0.9

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1.4

1.3

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2.0

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2.3

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2*9

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1.4

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4-73

2-74

3-74

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1-75

1-74

259.1

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262.4
265.2
261.9
264.6P

INITIAL QUARTER
P - PRELIMINARY
* R f t v l M d fro* 1973




PREPARED BY FEOERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST* LOUIS
JU L Y 21* 1976

17

DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME IN CURRENT DOLLARS *
TERMINAI
QUARTER

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

INITIAL QUARTER
-3V71

4-71

1-72

-j.i

A .6

2-72

_7.0

1-72

2-72

1-72

4-72

1-71

2-73. 1-71

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1-74

2-74

_3-7ét_ 4 - 7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

1-76

4«71

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759-1
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7.5

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9.4.

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1-71

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11.7

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14.9

2-73

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14.2

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11.4

12.5

13.0

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10 .6

9.5

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817.0
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11.4

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8.7

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4.6

9.9

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9.4

8.8

8.6

6.9

9.2

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9.9

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INITIAL QUARTER
PRELIMINARY

DISPOSABLE PERSONAL
*

TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3—72

4f-72

1-73

2-71

3-73

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1^72

1 .6

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IN C O N S T A N T

1972 D O LLARS*
BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

INITIAL QUARTER

4^7,1

...2 - 7 1

INCONE

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

1-76
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783.7
790.7
803.7
827.1
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858.2
862.1

1.9

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3.9

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3.5

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INITIAL QUARTER
P - PRELIMINARY

* Revised fro« 1973




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST* LOUIS
JU L Y 21« 1976

18

CORPORATE PROFITS AFTER TAXES *
COMPOUNDED
TERMINAI
QUARTER

ANNUAL RATES OF

CHANCE
BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

INITIAL OUARTER
-2— 7 1

3-71

*-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

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2-75

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2.5

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10.2

47. £

*2 .a

22.2

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1-7*

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1-75

2-75

3-75

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7?.l
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2-76

79.7

JJ.A
INITIAL QUARTER

* NATIONAL INCOME BASIS
N.A. - NO T A V AILABLE

Revised from 1973

PREPAREO BY FEOERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST . LOUIS
JULY 2 1 . 19T6

SOURCES OF DATA
NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS DATA
Source:

1929-45:
1945-72:
1973-76:

U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic
Analysis, Washington, D.C. 20230
Annual data will be published at a later date.
Survey of Current Business, Parts I and II, January 1976.
Survey of Current Business, July 1976.

The survey is available from most district offices of
the Department of Commerce or from the Superintendent of
Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
20402.




19

I N V E N T O R I E S COMPARED WI T H MONTHLY S A L E S *
.76

.72
.6 8

.64
.60
.56
.52
.48
.44
.40
«RATIOS 8ASE0 ON SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA.

SOURCE* U.S.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

SHADED AREAS REPRESENT PERIODS OF BUSINESS RECESSIONS
AS DEFINED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDi MAY PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

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