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National Economic Trends
December 1987
The nation’s current economic expansion reached the five-year mark in November. One of the most remarkable aspects
of this expansion is the continuing decline of the civilian unemployment rate throughout the period, especially in the past
year. Over the five-year period, employment expanded at a 2.7 percent annual rate while the labor force grew at a 1.7
percent rate.
The unemployment rate for November 1987 was 5.9 percent; at the trough of the last recession in November 1982,
it stood at 10.8 percent. The decline occurred in three stages: a sharp drop of 3.6 percentage points during the first two
years, a much slower decline of only 0.3 percentage points from late 1984 to late 1986, and a decline of one percentage
point over the past year.
The accompanying table provides additional detail about the factors that contributed to the unemployment rate decline.
After an initial period of rapid acceleration, employment growth slowed in 1985 and 1986, before accelerating again,
albeit more slowly, in 1987. Growth in the labor force was relatively slow early in the expansion, but accelerated from
1984 to 1986, before slowing in 1987. The 1987 decline in the unemployment rate reflected both the relatively slow growth
of the labor force and accelerating employment.
Since late 1982, the composition of employment growth has also changed. In 1983 and 1984, both service-producing
and goods-producing employment grew rapidly. Service-producing employment continued strong, for the most part, through
1987. Goods-producing employment declined in 1985 and 1986 before strengthening in 1987.

Employment Trends
(percent change)
1987
Civilian noninstitutional
population
Civilian labor force
Total civilian employment
Unemployment rate
Payroll employment
Service-producing
Goods-producing

1.2%
1.6
2.8
-1 .0
2.8
3.0
2.2

1986

1985

1.4%
2.2
2.3
-0 .1
2.0
2.9
- 0 .6

1.0%
1.7
1.9
- 0 .2
2.6
3.7
- 0 .6

1984
1.2%
1.7
3.2
-1 .3
4.5
4.7
4.1

1983
1.1%
l.i
3.6
-2 .3
3.5
3.2
4.4

Note: All figures are for the 12-month period ending in November of the year indicated.

— Keith M. Carlson

THE
FEDER. VL
IUSEKM
RANK of

ST.lJOl'LS

views expressed do not necessarily reflect official positions or the Federal Reserve system.




total

c iv ilia n

employment

COMPOUNOED ANNUAL RAT ES OF CHANCE
T ERMI NAL
MONTH

IN ITIAL
*-86

5-86

6— 86

7-86

8-«6

9-86

1 0 - 8 6 1 1 —86

12-86

1-87

THOUSANDS
OF PERSONS

MONTH
2-87

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-87

7-87

8-87

9-87

I D — 87
109 » 165

5-86

2.2

6-86

3.6

5.0

7-86

3.*

*.0

109,613
3.0

109,887
110,067

8-86

3.1

3.3

2.5

2.0

9-86

2.3

2.3

I.*

0.5

-0*9

10-86

2.3

2.3

1.6

1.1

0.7

2.3

11-86

2.3

2.3

1.8

1.5

1.3

2.5

2.6

109,987
110,192
110,432

12-86

2.3

2.3

1.9

1.6

1.6

2.*

2.*

2.3

1-87

2.5

2.5

2.2

2. 1

2.1

2.8

3.0

3.2

110,637
*•1

111,011
111,382

2-87

2.7

2.7

2 .*

2.3

2.*

3.1

3.3

3.5

*.l

3-87

2.*

2.*

2. 1

2.0

2.0

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.7

1.9

- 0.2

*-87

2.6

2.7

2.*

2. *

2.*

2.9

3.0

3.1

3.3

3.0

2.5

5.1

3.*

3.5

3.7

*.0

3.9

3.9

6.0

6.8

2.7

2.*

3.2

2.3

*.1

111,368
111,835
112,447

5-87

2.9

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.9

6-87

2.6

2.6

2.*

2. V

2.*

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.9

7-87

2.7

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.6

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.1

2.9

3.7

3.2

1.5

5.1

8-87

2.8

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.7

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.2

3. 1

3.7

3.4

2.3

4.5
1.8

112,257

- 2.0

112,727
113,081

3.8

112,772

9-87

2.5

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.6

2.*

2.1

2.5

2.0

0.9

0.2

-3 .2

10-87

2.6

2.6

2.*

2.*

2.*

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.6

2.*

2.8

2.4

1.6

2.5

1.6

0.6

*.5

11-87

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.9

2.6

1.9

2.7

2.1

1.5

3.9

*-86

5-86

6 -8 6

7-86

8-86

9-86

10-86

11-86

12-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-81

3-FT

6 - 8 7 ”~

IN ITIAL

“

B- T 7

113,187
113,500

3.*

"

MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .
DECEMBER 4 , 1987

LUUIS

PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
COMPOUNOED ANNUAL RAT ES OF CHANCE
IN ITIAL

TERMI NAL
MONTH
*-86

5-86

6-86

7-86

8-86

9-86

10-86

11-86

12-86

1-87

THOUSANDS
OF PERSQH5

1*ONTH
2-8 7

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-87

7-87

8-87

9-87

10-87
99,389

5-86

1.7

6-86

0.*

- 0.8

7-86

1.4

1.3

99,323
99,601

3.4

99,772

8-86

1.6

1.6

2.7

2. 1

9-86

1.9

2.0

2.9

2.7

3.3

10-86

1.9

2.0

2.7

2.5

2.7

2.1

100,039
100,209
100,415

11-86

2.0

2.1

2.7

2.5

2.6

2.3

2.5

12-86

2.0

2.0

2.5

2.3

2.4

2.1

2.2

1.8

100,567

1-87

2.2

2.3

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.7

2.9

3.0

*.3

100,919

2-87

2.3

2.4

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.7

2.8

3.0

3.5

2.8

3-87

2.3

2.3

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.8

3.1

2.5

2.1

2.8

2.7

3.1

2.7

2.7

3.2

4-87

2.*

2.4

5-87

2.3

2.3

2.6

6-87

2.2

2.3

2.5

7-87

2.3

2.4

2.6

101,150
101,329
101,598

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.9

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.4

2.2

2.3

1.3

2.4

2.5

2.4

2. *

2.4

2.5

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.3

1.3

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.6

3.7

2.6

2.7

2.4

101,708

2.3

2.4

2.1

2.5

101,818
102,126

8-87

2.3

2.3

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.0

2.2

2.7

1.8

9-87

2.3

2.3

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.0

2.2

2.4

1.8

1.9

10-87

2.5

2.5

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.7

3.0

3.4

3.3

4.1

6.5

11-87

2.5

2.6

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.8

2 *8

2.8

3.0

3.4

3.3

3.8

4.8

4-86

5-86

6— 86

7-86

8-86

9-Ì6

10-86

l l -*6

12—86

¿-è?

i-é?

4-87

5-87

6-87

7-87

8-87

P-

PRÉLÌMÌMAfcY'

102,275
102,434
102,970P
3.2

103,244P

9— 87 1 0 - 8 7

------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------

~
PREFARED BV FEDERAL RE SERVI: BAH* U>- 51 * LUU1S
_______________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________DECEMBER 4 , 1987________________________




2

EMPLOYMENT
RATIO

SCALE

M I L L IONS

OF

RAT I 0
PERSONS

SEASONALLY

M I LL IONS

ADJUSTED

OF

SCALE

PERSONS
130
1 25
1 20
I Ì 5
I 10
105

100

95

90

85

80

75
SOURCE« U.S.DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BEGINNING JANUARY l®86, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT DATA INCORPORATE NEW PROCEDURES FOR ESTIMATING
MEASURES OF IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION INCREASING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY ABOUT 0.3%.
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt NOVEMBER PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

UNEMPLOYMENT
SEASONALLY

PERCENT

RATE

ADJUSTED

PERCENT
12.0

.

11.0

10.

10.0

9.

9.0

8.

8.0

7.

7.0

6 .

6.0

5.

5.0

11

4.




4.0
1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENT OF CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt NOVEMBER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

3

CONSUMER P R I C E I NOEX F OH A L L UKBAN CONSUMERS, S EASONAL LY A D J U S T E D
---------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C Q f f P WHOEP AfttftlAL HA T E S Of CttARftE_____________________________________________________________________
ILRH1 NAL-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I N I T I A L

MONTH__________________ _______________________________________________________\ * 6 7 » 100

MONTH
4-86

_ _ * t 86

5-86

6-86

7-86

8-86

9-86

10-86

11 - 8 6

12-86

1-87

2-87

4-87

3-87

6-8 7 _ 7-87

5-8 7

8-87

10-87

9-87

326.4

... ?i P. _

327.8

6-96

*.l

5.?

7-86

2.9

2,8

0,4

8-86

2.6

2.5

l.l

1.8

9-86

2.8

2.8

2.0

2.8

327.9
328.4
3.7

3 29.4
330.0

10-36

2,7

2,7

2,0

2.6

3,0

2.2

11-86

2.8

2.7

2.2

2.7

3.0

2.6

2.9

12-86

2.7

2.6

2.2

2.6

2.8

2.5

2.6

2.2

1-87

3,3

3.3

3*1

3.5

3.8

3.9

*.*

5*2

8,3

2-87

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.7

4. 1

*.6

5.2

6.7

5.2

3-87

3.6

3.7

3.5

3.9

4.3

*.7

5.2

6.2

5.1

5.1

4.1

*.5

4.8

5.2

6,0

5.3

5.3

*-87

3.8

3*8

3.7

330.8
331.4
333.6
335.0
336.4
337.9

5.5

339.0

3.8

3.9

3.7

4.1

*.*

*.7

5.0

5.6

4.9

*.9

4.7

4.0

3.8

3.9

3.8

4. 1

*.*

*.7

*.9

5.*

*.8

*.7

*.6

*.2

4.3

7-87

3.8

3.8

3.7

4.0

*.2

*.5

*.7

5.0

4.5

4.4

4.2

3.7

3.6

2.9

8-87

3.9

*.0

3.9

*.1

*.*

*.6

*.8

5. 1

W

4.6

4.5

4.2

4.3

4.3

5.8

•
OP

5-87
6-87

340.2
3 41.0
342.6

9-87

3.8

3.8

3.7

*.0

*.2

*.*

*.5

4.8

4.3

4.2

4.1

3.8

3.6

3.9

2.1

10-87

3.8

3.9

3. 8

*.0

*.2

4.4

*.5

4.8

*.*

4.3

4.2

3.9

3.9

3.8

4.2

3.4

4.6

3.8

3.9

3. 8

*.0

*.2

*.3

*.*

*.7

*.3

4.2

4.1

3.9

3.9

3.8

4.0

3.4

4.1

3.5

*-86

5-86

6—86

7-86

9-86

10-86

11-86

12-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

5-87

6— 8 7

7-87

8-87

4-8t

10-87

11-87

8-86

IN ITIAL

3*3.2
344.5
345.5

MONTH

PREPARED 6 V F E M r A L

RESt mr t

RaWC OF S T .

LOUIS

m ttrn* i»t m 7______________________
PRODUCER PR I CE I N O E X , F I N I S H E O t OOOS - S EAS ONAL L Y AD J US T E D*
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RAT ES OF CHANCE
IN ITIAL

TERMI NAL
HONTH
4-86

5-86

6-86

7-86

8-86

9-86

10-86

11-86

12-86

1-87

1967 »

HONTH
2-87

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-87

7-87

8-07

9-87

100

10-87

2ft.8

5-86

6.0

6-86

*.2

7-86

-0.3

-3.3

- 8.8

8-86

0.9

-0.7

-2.3

4.7

9-86

1.4

0.3

-0.4

4.0

2 . 5 _________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 * 9 . 4
287.2
288.3
289.1

3.4

10— 86

1.9

l.l

0.7

4.1

3.8

4 . 2 ____________________________________________________________________________

11-86

1.7

1.0

0.7

3.2

2.7

2.3

0.4

12-86

1.6

1.0

0.7

2.7

2.2

1.8

0.6

_____________ 2 9 0 . 1

__________________________

290.2
290.4

0.8

291.7

1-87

2.0

1.5

1.4

3.2

2.9

2.7

2.2

3.1

5.5

2-87

1.9

I.*

1.3

2.8

2.5

2.3

1.9

2.4

3.1

0.8

3-87

2.3

2.0

1.9

3.3

3.1

3.1

2.8

3.5

4.3

3.8

6.8

*-87

2.7

2.4

2.4

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.5

4.1

4.9

4.7

6.8

6.7

5-87

2.7

2.4

2.4

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.8

4.4

4.2

5.3

4.6

2.5

6-87

2.6

2.4

2.4

3.5

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.6

4.1

3.8

4.6

3.9

2.5

7-87

2.6

2.4

2.4

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.5

3.9

3.6

4.2

3.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

8-87

2.6

2.4

2.4

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.0

3.3

3.6

3.4

3.8

3.2

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.0

9-87

2.7

2.5

2.5

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.4

3.6

3.4

3.8

3.3

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.9

3.7
0.4

-2.8

0.1

-1.4

0.0

T = f 7 — 8^ « T

*-87

10-87

291.9
293.5
295.1
295.7
2.5

______________

296.9

10-87

2.4

2.1

2.1

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.8

3.0

2.7

2.9

2.4

1.7

1.5

1.3

0.9

11-87

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.7

2.4

2.6

2.1

1.5

1.3

l.l

0.7

4-86

5^*6

6— 56

7^îï

S-éi

*-**'

TT^W

IJ^W;

Y ^W l

?^i7

5-87

*=*7

* - # 1— * - § 7

296.3

297.4
298.3
297.6
297.6

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RATIO

PRICES

SCALE

1967-100

se a so n a lly

C ONS UME R P R I C E I ND E X
C P I - U Da t a B E G I N N I N G
PERCENTAGES
LATEST

ARE

I S FOR AL L URBAN C ONS U ME R S ( C P I - U ) .
19 8 3 I NC O R P O R A T E a r e n t a l E Q U I V A L E N C E

ANNUAL

OATa PL OTTED.

RATIO

RATES

OF

CHANGE

FOR

PERI ODS

s c a l e

DATA P LO T T E D.

FOR

HOME OWNE R S HI P

COSTS

NOVE MBE R

PRODUCER

BY FEDERAL

RESERVE

BANK OF S T .

L O U IS

PRICES

P E R C E N T A G E S ARE ANNUAL R A T E S OF CHANCE FOR P E R IO D S
L ATEST

ME AS UR E

I NDI CATED.

PR EP A R ED

r a t i o

SCALE

1967 - 1 0 0

adjusted

IN D IC A T E D .

NOVEMBER
PR EP A R ED

5

BY F ED ER A L

RESERVE

BAMK OF S T .

L O U IS

PRODUCER P R I C E I NDEX* F I N I S H E D COWSUMER FOODS - S EASONAL LY AD»AJSTED*
_________
COMPOUNOEO ANNUAL RAT ES OF CHANGE______________________________
IN ITIAL
4-86

5-86

6—96

9.3

17.3

12.1

17.7

7-66

8-66

9-86

10-86

11-86

12-66

1967 * 100

MONTH

1-87

2-87

3 -8 1

4-87

5-87

6-8 7

7-87

8-87

9-67

10-87

18*1

13.6

8.2
9.3

11.3

0.8

9.3

5.2

11.6

6.2

2.6

4.3

-2.5

3.8

0.5

1.0

-3.9

-5.3

-3.8

-4.5

-9.3

-12.5

-0.5

-3.3

-3.8

1.5

-0.3

-2.6

-2.9

-5.6

-6.4

1.7

-0.2

*.5
4.2

-19.2
-10.5

0.9
1.5

0.4

0.0

-l.l

-0.9

-6.7
9.6

18.6

283.1

1.3

2.7

9.1

12.6

18.7

18.8

1.4

2.6

7.6

9.8

12.7

9.9

1.7

1.7

5.7

7.0

8.5

5.3

-O.fl

0.2

-5.3

- 8.6 -1 3 .7

-0.9

-0.4

-1 .7

-0.8

14.0

1.9

0.8

2.2

-0.8

-1.5

-0.8

6.3

-0.8

2.0

1.0

2.4

-0.1

-0.5

5 ^

5=17

T=Ï7

5=57

9-57

3.0

2.8

~Ï =Ï Ï 6— 5 ^ 5 6 — 5 ^ 5 —

»DATA

285.3

-0.4

*.2

2.8

-

1.9

4.0

3.0

283.5

18.1

— 9- 86

1 0-86

1 1 -8 6

1 2-86

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______________________________COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RAT E S OF CHANGE__________________________________
INITIAL

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MONTH

MONTH
4-86
5-86

2.5

6— 86

2.5

5-86

6— 86

7-86

8-66

9-86

10-86

11-66

12-66

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-87

7-87

8-87

9-87

10-87
2 90.9
291.5

2.5

287.1

7-86

-4.3

-7.6

-16.7

8-86

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0.4

9-86

- 1.6

- 2.6

—4 . 2

2.7

5.1

10-86

- 1.0

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- 2.8

2.4

3.4

1.7

11-86

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2.3

3.0

1.9

2.1

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2.4

2.6

2.1

2.3

1-87

1.4

1.3

l.l

4.4

5.3

5.3

6.5

2-87

1.4

1.3

1.2

4.0

4.6

4.6

4.6

5.2

5.3

287.2
288.4
266.8
269.3
289.9

2.5
6.6

15.5

6.4

8.3

7.0

8.5

293.4
293.8
295.9

6.9

3-87

2.1

2.1

2.0

4-87

2.2

2.1

2.1

4.4

4.9

4.9

5.5

6.2

7.1

5.9

2.9

5-87

1.8

1.7

1.6

3.7

4.1

3.9

4.3

4.6

5.0

2.9

0.0

- 2.8

6-87

1.9

1.8

1.7

3.6

3.9

3.8

4.1

4.4

4.7

2.9

0.9

0.0

6.0

296.6
295.9
2.9

296.6

7-87

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2.0

3.7

4.0

3.9

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4.7

3.3

1.9

1*6

3.9

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2.4

2.4

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4.4

4.3

4.5

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5.1

4.1

3.1

3.2

5.2

6.4

7.9

9-87

2.3

2.3

2.3

3.8

4.0

4.0

4.2

4.4

4.6

3.5

2.7

2.4

4.0

4.4

4.1

10-87

2.0

1.9

1.9

3.3

3.5

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.7

1.7

1.4

2.3

2.3

1.5

- 1.6

-3.5

11-87

1.8

1.8

1.7

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3.2

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2.2

1.4

1.2

1.6

1.6

0.6

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6-66

7-66

6-66

9— 66

10-86 11-66

12—6 6

2-17

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4-67

5-§7

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7-57

5-57

9-57

10-57

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INITIAL
FOR FOUR MONTHS AGO R E V I S E D T O R E F L E C T L A T E R E P OR T I NG




297.8
299.7
299.6

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296.9
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RATIO

PRODUCTION

SCALE

RATIO

I977-IOO

1979

SEASONALLY

1980

1981

1982

SCALE
1977-100

ADJUSTED

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« NOVEMBER PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

I N D U S T R I A L P RODUCT I ON
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL HAT ES Of CHANGE
T ERMI NAL__________________ ______________________________________________________ I N I T I A L MONTH_________________________________________________________________________ 1977 MONTH
4-87
5-87
7-87
8-87
9 - 8 7 10-67
2-87
6-67
1-87
3-87
4-86
5-86
6- 86
7-86
8-86
9 - 8 6 10-86 11- 86 12-86

100

124.3

5-86

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6-86

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7-86

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7.0

8-86

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10-86

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2.9

1.6

1.9

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2.6

5.9

3.9

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7.4

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125.7
126.8

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4.2

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2.4

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3.6

3.2

3.6

5.1

4.4

4.5

1.4

8.9

3-87

2.4

3.0

3.6

3.1

3.5

4.7

4.1

4.1

1.9

5.8

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2.7

3.2

2.8

3.0

4.0

3.4

3.3

1.4

3.9

5-87

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3.6

3.3

3.5

4.5

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5.9

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4.9

5.5

5.3

5.5

4.9

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5.4

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6-86

7-Ô6

8-86

10-86

11-86

12-86

1-87

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3 -87

4 -87

5-87

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PERSONAL
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SCALE

TR i L L I O N S

MONTHLY

OF

DOLLARS

I NCOME

TOTALS

AT

SEASONALLY

ANNUAL

RATIO

RATES

TR I L I I O N S

ADJUSTED

OF

SCALE

DOLLARS
4.2
4.0
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3.0

2.8

2.6
2.4

2.

2.2

2 .

2.0

I.

1. 8
1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

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PERCENTAGES

ARE

LATEST

PLOTTEDi

DATA

ANNUAL

rates

NOVEMBER

OF

CHAN6E

FOR

PERIODS

U.S.

1986
DEPARTMENT

1987
OF

COMMERCE

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PRELIMINARY
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OF

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9-87 10-67
6-87
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2-87
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7-8T
5-96
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7.3

7.5

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7.0

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6.7

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7- 67

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RETAIL
RATIO

SALES

SCALE

BILLIONS

1979

RATIO

OF

DOLLARS

1980

SEASONALLY

1981

1982

BILLIONS

ADJUSTED

1983

1984

1985

OF

1986

SCALE
DOLLARS

1987

SOURCE* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED: OCTOBER, NOVEMBER ADVANCE ESTIMATE
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

RETAIL
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL
INITIAL

T ERMI NAL
MONTH
4—86

5-86

6-86

7-86

8-86

9-86

10-86

11-86

12-86

1-87

SALES
RAT ES Of CHANGE
M I L L I O N S OF
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MONTH
2-87

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-87

7-87

8-87

9-87

10-87
119*507

5-86

1 5. 1

6-86

7.8

1.0

7-86

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5.0

119*605
120*478

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8-86

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11.2

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35.7

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5,5

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13.8

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4.7

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4.3

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4.2

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.6

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5.2

4.2

4.4

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4.6

4. 5

4.8

5.3

5.4

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4.5

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4.7

4.6

4.9

5.3

5.4

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5.3

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3.5

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COMPENSATION,

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1977-100

1979

AND LABOR COSTS
RATIO

SEASONALLY

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

SO U R C E . U . S .
P ER C E N T A G ES ARE ANNUAL R A TE S OF CHANCE FOR P E R IO D S
LATEST

DATA PLO T T E D .

SCALE
1977-100

ADJUSTED

1987

DEPARTM ENT

OF LABOR

IN D IC A T E D .

3RD QUARTER
P R EP A R ED BY FED ER A L

UNIT

LABOR COST S*

B US I NES S

RESERVE

BAN*

OF S T .

L O U IS

SECT OR

COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES Of CHANCE
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2-87
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157.6
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QUARTER

INITIAL

QUARTER

DOLLARS

ANNUAL RATES
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6.8

2-83

9.9

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7.5

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5.9

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7.5

7.5

7.2

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I N I T I A I GUARIfctt

P REPARE E B T PEÜERAL RESfcRVfc BANK Ul- S I . L O U I S
DECEMBER 17» 1967_________________________________________

CROSS NA T I ONA L PRODUCT I N 1962 DOLLARS
COMPOUMOED ANNUAL RAT ES OF CHANGE
--------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B I L L I O N S OF
T E R MI N A L
_______________________ ______________________________________________ I N I T I A L QUARTER_______________________________________________________________________ DOLLARS
“ ANNUAL RAT ES
QUARTER
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2-87
2-86
3-86
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1- 86
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3.6

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12

GROSS
RATIO SCALE
T R I L L I O N S OF

N AT I ONAL

QUARTERLY

DOLLARS

T OT A L S

PRODUCT

AT ANNUAL

SEASONALLY

RATES

ADJUSTED

TRILLIONS

RATIO SCALE
OF D O L L A R S

8

4
4

4 .0

4.

3 .0

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984
SOURCE:

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHAN6E FOR PERIODS
L ATE S T DATA PLOTTED:




1985
U.S.

1986

1987

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

I NDI CATED.

3RD QUARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RE SE RVE BANK OF ST .

13

L OU I S

GENERAL
RAT I 0

PRICE

INDEX*

SCALE

RAT I 0

1982-100

1979

SCALE

1982-100

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

»AS USEO IN NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTS
SOURCE. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED. 3RD OUARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

iriH tttT

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tk b ii ^ T IO M A l M M U C T

___________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RAT ES OF CHANCE_____________
100

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1

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QUARTER
2-67
4-85
1-86
2—8 6
3-66
4-86
1-87
2-8 3
3-83
3-85
4-82
1-83
1-84
1-65
4-83
2-84
3-84
4-84
1-63

3 •2

2-83

3.2

102.5
103.3

3.2

3-83

3.3

3.3

3.5

4-83

3.6

3.6

4. 1

4.7

104.2

1— 84

3.8

3.9

4.2

4.5

105.4
4.2

106.5
107.3

2-64

3.6

3.7

3.9

4.0

3.6

3-84

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.6

3.6

3.2

3.4

4-84

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.4

3.1

3.2

1-85

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.4

3.2

2-85

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.4

3.2

3-85

3.4

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.2

4-85

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

1-86

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.9

2-86

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

108.2
3.0

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3.2

3.2

3.3

109.9

3.3

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.2

3.1

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3.0

2.9

112.4

2.7

2.5

2.3

1.6

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2.5

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2.9

112*9
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3.3

3.3

3.0

2.9

2.8

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2.7

3.2

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3.1

3.1

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2.9

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.1

0.7

1-87

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2 *8

2.7

2.7

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2. 6

2.6

2.5

4.2

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3.2

3.2

3.2

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3.0

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.6

3.0

3.0

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3.9

3.5

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3.2

3.2

3.2

3. 1

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.9

2.9

2.6

3.5

3.1

2.6

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1-83

2-83

4-83

1-64

2-84

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COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RAT ES IOF CHANCE
T ERMI NAL
QUARTER

IN ITIAL
4-82

1-83

2-83

3-8 3

4-83

1-84

2-84

3-84

4-64

miAi'S""
B I L L I U N 5 WDOLLARS
ANNUAL RAT ES

QUARTER
i-85

2-85

3-65

4-85

1-66

2-66

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87
2 » 146*6

1-83

5.7

2-83

9.3

13.0

3-83

9.3

11.1

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9.4

10.6

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9.2

10.0

9.2

9.2

8.9

9.8

3— 84

8.7

9.2

8.5

8.3

7.8

7.7

5.6

2*361.1
2*417*0
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4-84

8.5

8.9

8.3

8. 1

7.7

7.5

6.4

7.2

1-85

8.6

9.0

8.4

8.3

8.0

8.0

7.4

8.3

2*4 9 3 * 4
9.4

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2*602.0

2-85

8.6

8.9

8.4

8.3

8. 1

8.1

7.7

8.3

8.9

8.4

3-85

8.7

9.0

8.6

8.5

8.4

8.4

8.1

8.8

9.3

9.3

10. 1

4-85

8.4

8.7

8.3

8.2

8.0

8.0

7.7

8.1

8.3

7.9

7.7

5.3

1-86

8.2

8.4

8.0

7.9

7.7

7.7

7.4

7.7

7.8

7.4

7.0

5.5

5.7

2-86

7.9

8. 1

7.7

7.6

7.4

7.3

7.0

7.2

7.2

6.7

6.3

5.1

4.9

4.1

3-86

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8.3

7.9

7.8

7.7

7.6

7.4

7.6

7.7

7.4

7.2

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7.4

10.7

6.7

6.5

5.8

5.9

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2*665.4
2*700.1
2*737.9
2*765.8
2*837.1
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4-86

7.8

7.9

7.6

7.5

7.3

7.2

6.9

7.1

7.1

1-87

7.6

7.8

7.4

7.3

7.1

7.0

6. 8

6.9

6.8

6.5

6.3

5.6

5.7

5*7

6*2

4.0

5*0

2-87

7.6

7.7

7.4

7.3

7. 1

7.0

6.8

6.9

6.9

6.6

6.4

5.8

5.9

6.0

6.4

5.0

6*0

7.1

3-87

7.7

7.8

7.5

7.4

7. 3

7.2

7.0

7.1

7.1

6.9

6.7

6.3

6.4

6.6

7.0

6*1

7*2

8.3

9.5

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1-83

1-84

2-84

5-84

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1-86

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PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK. UF S I * LUU1S
OECEMBER 17t 1967_____________________ ___________________

PERSONAL CONSUMPT I ON E XP E ND I T U RE S I N 1982 OOLLARS
COMPOUNOED ANNUAL RAT ES OF CHANCE

B IL L IO N S OF
T ERMI NAL ________________________________________________________________________ I N I T I A L QUARTER_______________________________________________________________________ DOLLARS
ANNUAL R A I b S
QUARTER
2-87
4-86
1-87
3-85
1-86
2-86
3 - 86
1-85
2- 85
4- 85
4-84
1-83
2-83
3-83
4-83
1- 84
2-84
3-84
4-82
3.0

2 *094 *2

2- 83

5.5

8*0

2 *135*1

3- 83

5.4

6.7

5.3

4-83

5.4

6.3

5.4

5.5

1-84

5.1

5.6

4.8

4.6

1-83

2*163.0
2*191.9
2 *2 1 2 . 1

3*7

2 * 2 46 *7

2-84

5.3

5.8

5.2

5.2

3-84

4.8

5.1

4.6

4.4

4*0

4*1

1*9

4-84

4.8

5.0

4.5

4.3

4*1

4*2

3*1

6*4

2*257*3
2 *281*1

4*3

1-85

4.9

5.1

4.7

4.6

4 *4

4 *6

4*0

5*1

5*9

2-85

4.8

5.0

4.6

4.5

4 *4

4.5

4*0

4*7

5*0

4.0

3-85

5.0

5.2

4.9

4.8

4 *7

4*9

4*6

5*3

5.6

5.4

6*9

4*3

4-85

4.7

4.8

4.5

4*4

1-86

4.7

4.8

4*5

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2-86

4*6

4.7

4*5

4*4

4*3

2 *3 14*1
2*337*0
2 *3 76 *1

4*3

4*0

4*4

4.5

4.0

4*0

1*2

4*4

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4*5

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4.1

4*2

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2»383*2

4*3

4*1

4*4

4*4

4.1

4*2

3*3

4*3

4*1

2*409*7
2 »434*3
2*477.5

3-86

4*8

4.9

4*7

4.6

4.6

4*6

4*4

4*6

4*8

4.7

4*8

4*3

5*3

5*7

7* 3

4- 86

4 *5

4.6

4*4

4.3

4.2

4*3

4*0

4*3

4*3

4*0

4*1

3*5

4*1

3*9

3* 6

0 *5

1-67

4*2

4.3

4*0

3*9

3.8

3*6

3*6

3*6

3*7

3*4

3*4

2*6

3*1

2*7

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2*6

2*2

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1*9

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2*2

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2 -8 6

3 -8 6

4-86

1-87

2-87

2- 67

4*1

4.1

3*9

3*8

3*7

3*7

3*5

3*6

3*5

3.3

3*2

2*7

2*9

3- 87

4*1

4.2

4.0

3.9

3*6

3*6

3*6

3*7

3*7

3.5

3*4

3*0

3*3

4-82

1-83

2-83

3-8 3

4 -8 3

1 -8 4

2 -8 4

3 -8 4

4 -8 4

1 -8 5

7 -8 5

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4-85




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2 *480*5
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1-83

2-63

3-8 3

1-83

19.6

2-83

38.1

59.5

3-83

37.4

47.2

35.9

4-83

41.6

49.8

45. 1

54.9

4-83

L—84

2-84

3-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-65

4-65

1-86

2-86

3-66

4-86

1-87

2-87
426.3
4 81.3

519.7
579.6
663.0

47.0

54.8

53.3

62.0

71.0

38.0

42.0

38.0

38.7

31.2

0.7

3-84

32.5

34.8

30.3

29.0

21.3

2.2

6 64.2
670.3

3.7

4-84

27. 1

28.2

23.7

21.3

14. 1

- 0.2

-0.7

-5.0

1-05

21.8

22. 1

17.5

14.7

8.0

-3.7

-5.1

-9.2

-1 3.3

2-85

20.2

20.2

16.1

13.5

7.7

- 1.8

-2.4

-4.3

-4.0

6.3

3-85

16.9

1 6.6

12.6

10.0

4.7

-3.5

-4.3

- 6.2

- 6.6

-3.1

-11.7

4-85

16.7

16.4

12.8

10.5

5.9

-l.l

-1.3

-2.3

-1.7

2.6

0.7

14.9

1— 86

1 7. 1

16.9

13.6

11.6

7.6

1.5

1.6

1.3

2.6

7.0

7.3

18.2

2-86

15.6

15.3

12.2

10.2

6.5

l.l

l.l

0.8

1.8

5. 1

4.6

o
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1-64
2-84

661.6

3-86

13.6

1 3.2

10.2

8.3

4.9

- 0.1

- 0.2

-0.7

- 0.1

2.3

1.5

5.1

4-86

1 2.7

1 2.2

9.5

7.6

4.4

- 0.2

- 0.2

-0.7

- 0.1

1.9

1.2

1-87

13.4

13.1

10.5

8.9

6.0

1.8

1.9

1.7

2.5

4.7

4.5

2-87

12.7

12.4

9.9

8.4

5.6

1.8

1.9

1.7

2.4

4.3

4.1

3-07

12.2

11.8

9.5

8.0

5.4

1.9

2.0

1.8

2.5

4.2

4-82

1-03

2-93

3-Ö3

4-S3

1-84

2-Ö4

3-84

4-84

1-83

638.6

IN IT IA L

646.4
628.6
650.8
683.4

21.6
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4-82

B I L L 1UNS OP
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ANNUAL RAT ES

quarter

-2.3

679.4
660.8

2.1

-6.5

-10.5

4.0

1.4

-4.5

-5.6

-0.4

7.4

6.0

2.4

4.0

12.2

26.3

6.6

5.2

2.2

3.4

8.5

13.3

1.6

3.9

6.1

4.9

2.3

3.3

7.1

9.6

2.2

2-65

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-66

3-86

4— 86

1-87

660.2
699.9
702.6
2.8

707.4

2-0 1

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PREPARED BV FEDERAL RESERVE “BANK UH S T . L U U I S
OECEHBER 17» 1967_________________________ _______________

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................... ANNUAL RAT ES
QUARTER
1-87
2-87
4-86
4— 65
1-86
2-86
3-66
2-85
1-85
4-82
1-03
2-83
3-83
4-83
1-84
2-84
3-84
4-84
4 27.1

1-83

19.1

2-83

41.9

68.9

3-83

39.5

51.0

35.0

4-83

41.2

49.4

40.5

486.9
524.8
577.2

46.3

655.2

1-84

45.8

53.4

48.6

55.9

66.0

2-84

37.4

41.4

35.2

35.3

30.1

2.0

3-04

32.0

34.2

28.2

26.6

20.6

2.8

3.6

4“ 84

26.6

27.8

21.9

19.5

13.6

0.1

- 0.6

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1-85

21.4

21.7

16.1

13.2

7.5

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-5.3

-9.4

-1 3.6

2-85

20. 1

20.2

15.2

12.6

7.8

- 1.2

-1.9

-3.7

-3.0

8.9

658.4
664.2
655.7
632.1
645.7
623.2

3-85

16.6

16.3

11.6

9.0

4.5

-3.3

-4.3

- 6.2

- 6.6

- 2.8

-13.2

4-85

16.3

16.1

11.8

9.5

5.6

- 1.0

-1.5

-2.5

-1.9

2.4

-0.7

1 3.5

1-66

16.7

16.4

1 2.6

10.6

7.2

1.5

1.4

1.0

2.3

6.7

6.0

17.1

20.6

2-86

14.9

14.6

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9.0

5.9

0.7

0.5

0.1

1.0

4.2

3.1

9.2

7.1

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643.3
6 74.4
665.6
645.0

3-86

12.9

12.5

9.0

7.1

4*1

- 0.6

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3.5

0.4

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11.5

11.0

7.7

5.8

3.0

-1.4

-1.7

-2.3

-1.9

- 0.1

-1.5

1.0

-1.9

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- 10.1

-8.4

1-87

12.4

1 2.0

9.0

7.3

4.8

0.6

0.7

0.5

l.l

3.1

2.3

5.1

3.5

-0.4

1.2

6.5

28.5

2-87

11.7

11.3

8.5

6.9

4.5

0.9

0.6

0.5

l.l

2.9

2.1

4.6

3.1

- 0. 1

1.2

6.0

14.0

l.l

3-87

11.4

11.0

6.2

6.6

4.5

l.l

l.l

0.9

1.4

3.1

2.5

4.6

3.4

0.7

2.0

5.7

10.9

3.0

4-82

1-83

2-83

3-8 3

4-83

1-84

2-84

3-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

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1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87




631.0
6 71.6
673.7
5.0

661.9

2 —8 1

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B IL L IO N S O F
T E R MI N AL ________________________________________________________________________ I N I T I A L QUAK TER_______________________________________________________________________ DOLLARS
QUARTER
ÀNWJXL RAT ES
2-83
3-63
4-63
4-82
1-83
3-64
1-64
2-64
4-64
2-87
4-85
1-66
2-66
3-66
4-66
1-87
1-65
3-65
2-65
6 66.1

1-63

-2.2

2-83

1.0

4.3

675.2
680.7

1*8

3.8

3.3

0.6

1.6

0.3

-2.7

1-84

2.9

4.3

4.2

4.7

12.6

2-84

6.3

8.0

9.0

10.9

16.4

1
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3-83

676.1
696.5
735.8

24.6

746.6

3-84

6.2

7.7

6.4

9.7

14.1

14.9

6.0

4-84

6.7

8.0

8.6

9.7

13.1

13.2

6.0

9*9

1-85

7.1

8.3

8.9

9.9

12.6

12.6

6.8

10.3

764.5
764.1

10.7

800.5

7.3

8.4

8.9

9.7

I 1.9

11.8

8.8

9.7

9.6

8.6

8.1

9.2

9.0

10.6

12.7

12.7

10.4

11.5

12.1

12.8

17.i

4-85

8.5

9.5

10.0

10.8

12.6

12.6

10.7

11.7

12.1

12.6

14.6

832.8
857.0

12.1

7.4

8.2

8.6

9. 1

10.5

10.3

6.4

8.8

8.5

8.0

7.6

3.4

-4.6

7.6

8.4

8.7

9.2

10.5

10.2

8.6

8.9

8.8

8.4

8.3

5.5

2.4

9.9

3-86

7.4

8. 1

8.4

8.9

9.7

8.2

8.5

8.3

7.9

7.7

5.5

3.4

7.6

5.3

4— 86

7.2

7.8

8.1

6.5

9.4

9.2

7.7

7.9

7.7

7.3

7.0

5.1

3.4

6.3

4.5

3.6

1-87

7.0

7.6

7.8

8.2

9.1

8.8

7.4

7.6

7.3

6.9

6.7

5.0

3.6

5.6

4.5

4.1

4.5

2-87

7.2

7.7

8.0

8.3

9. 1

6.6

7.6

7.8

7.6

7.2

7.0

5.7

4.6

6.6

5.0

5.9

7.1

9.7

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1-86
2-06

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3-85

7.1

7.6

7.8

8.1

6.8

8.6

7.4

7.6

7.3

7.0

6.8

5.6

4.7

6.4

5.7

5.7

6.5

7.5

5.3

4-62

i-83

2-83

3-83

4-83

1-84

2-84

4-64

1-85

2-85

3-65

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

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867.2
878.5
8 86.3
896.2
917.1
929.0

!H I U A L QUARTER

T O F F Ä Ä E D U Y FEDERAL RESERVE BARR Ub S F T L U U I S
DECEMBER 1 7» 1967_________________________________________

GOVERNMENT PURCHASES OF COOOS ANO S E R V I C E S I N 1932 DOLLARS
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1-67
2-87
4-83
1-85
2- 65
3- 85
4- 85
1- 66
2-66
3-86
4-86
2-83
3- 83
4- 82
1-83
2- 84
3-84
1-84
4-84
649.2

1-83

—6 . 4

2- 63

- 2.8

1.1

3- 83

-1.3

1.4

1.7

4-83

-2.7

-1.4

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650.9
653.6
642.2

- 6.8

653.0

1-84

-0.9

0.6

- 0.2

6.9

2- 84

2.0

3.6

4.5

5.5

1 2. 2

17.7

3-84

2.1

3.6

4.1

4.7

8.9

9.9

660.2
664.5

2.6

693.2

4-84

2.5

3.8

4.3

4.6

7.9

8.3

3.9

5.2

1-85

2.9

4.1

4.5

5.0

7.6

7.7

4.6

5.6

6.0

2-85

3.1

4.2

4.6

5.0

7.1

7.2

4.7

5.4

5.5

5.0

3- 85

4.2

5.3

5.6

6.3

8.3

6.6

6.8

7.9

8.6

10.3

15.7

4-85

4.5

5.6

6.5

8.3

8.5

1-86

3.5

4.3

4.7

5.0

6.3

2-66

3.8

4.6

4.9

5.2

6.5

6.4

3-66

3.7

4.5

4.8

5.0

6.2

4-66

4.0

4.7

5.0

5.2

6.3

7 03. 4
7 12.1
7 38. 6
753.7

7.1

6.0

8.7

9.6

12.0

6.4

4.7

5.1

5.1

4.9

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134.5
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I NCOME BAS I S

PR E PA RE ö B T H r U b K A L
DECEMBER 17* 1987

RESERVE BANK OF S T .

HISTORICAL SOURCES OF
NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS DATA

Estimates for the series in the regular quarterly presentation
of NIPA tables for 1984-87:11 are published in the July 1987 Survey
of Current Business and 1983 in the July 1986 Survey of Current
Business* Estimates for NIPA series for 1929-82 are published in
The National Income and Product Accounts of the United States,
1929-82: Statistical T a b l e s *
For further information and prices, write to the National
Income and Wealth Division (BE-54), Bureau of Economic Analysis,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.




19

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'

I N V E N T O R I E S COMPARED WITH MONTHLY S A L E S
MANUFACTURI NG

AND

TRADE

SEA S ONA LL Y ADJUS TED

72

.68

68

.64

64

. 60

60

.56

56

. 52

52

48

44

40

36

. 36
1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

I

1986
SOURCE:

* BE61NNING

IN

SHADED A R E A S
L A T ES T

1982,

I NVENTORY DATA REFLECT

REPRESENT

DATA P L OT T E D :




PERIODS

OF B U S I N E S S

CHANGES

IN E S T I M A T I O N

U.S.DEPARTMENT

1987

OF COMMERCE

PR OC EDUR ES .

RECESSIONS.

OCTOBER P R E L I M I N A R Y
PREPARED BY FEDERAL

20

RESERVE

BANK OF ST.

LOUIS