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N

a t io n a l

E c o n o m

ic

T r e n d s

June 1990
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A c c o r d in g
n e t

s to c k

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ra te

d ic a t e s
to

a

in

th e

th e

s h a rp
a

g r o w th

o f

1 0

to

c a p it a l

ra te

in

g r o w th
1 9 7 3 - 7 4

in c r e a s e

in

fr o m

c a p it a l

a n

p e r

s u c h

im p o r ta n t

a n d

th e

th e

1 9 8 0 s .

th e

o f

T h e
a s

p e r

s u rg e ,

p r ic e

o f

th e

1 9 8 6

o il

p e rs o n

g r o w th

h a s

h a s

o il

t h

C a p ita l

R a t e s

o f

p o s itiv e ly

m e a s u re d

b u t

th e

b y

th a t

w e ll

p a s t

ra te

tw o

T h e
th e

in

g r o w th

a ffe c te d
1 9 7 5 - 8 0

t h e

R e f o r m

b y

o f

A c t

e n e r g y

1 9 8 6

in c r e a s e s

C a p i t a l

S t o c k

a n d

t h e

a

b y

a s

w a s

y e a r

ra te

C iv ilia n

L a b o r

F o rc e

3 .6

a

th e

1 .1

th e

s u b s t it u t e d

o n

c a p it a l

t e m p o r a r ily .
th e

p a s t

in ­

1 9 7 0 s

p e rc e n t

p e r io d s .

fo r e n e rg y -

in c o m e
T h u s ,

tw o

d e s p it e
s o

th a t,

w h ile

d e c a d e s ,

fo r

th e
th e

F o r c e

(c a p ita l

2 .6
3 .2

in

p e r

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1 .2
1 .0

2 .7

0 .5

2 .5

3 .9

p e rs o n )

1 . 1 %

1 .6

4 .1

a t

1 9 8 0 s.

b e lo w

D if fe r e n c e
d a ta )

2 .8

1975-80

th e

1 9 7 0 .

1 . 6 % 1

1970-75

in

t a b le

w it h in

S to c k

o f

liv in g .

o f c a p it a l p e r p e r s o n ,

ta x e s

d u r in g

to

c h a n g e s

la b o r

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g r e w

1 9 5 0

o f

c o n s t a n t - d o lla r

ra te

p e rc e n t

fo r c e

fr o m

g r o w th

th e

p e rc e n t

2 .6

la b o r

ra te

L a b o r

1980-86

e n d s in

2 .7

s ta n d a rd

p a c e .

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1 P e r io d

th e

r a is e d

p e rs o n

2 .6

1 9 5 0 -7 0

th e

it s

e m p lo y m e n t .

fr o m

s h a r p ly ,

r a is e d

p e r

a

s ig n ific a n t

1986-90

1 9 7 0 -8 0

in

o f

m e a s u re d

to

la b o r

p e r c e n t

o f

p r ic e

s to c k ,

s lo w e d

s lo w e d

c a p it a l

to

m a s k s

a p p a r e n tly

th e re fo r e ,

1 9 7 0 s

p e rs o n

2 .5

d e c a d e s

1 9 8 1

T a x

p e r

it s

o f c a p it a l p e r p e r s o n

th e

fo r c e ,

c a p it a l

b e lo w

a n d ,

c a p it a l

in

r e la te d

la b o r

2 . 7 %

198 0 -9 0

p r iv a te

a re

1 9 7 9 - 8 1 .

it s

o f th e

c a p it a l

in c o m e

a d v e r s e ly

p r o d u c t iv ity

p e r c e n t

in d ic a t e s

g r o w th

d o u b le

g r o w th

it s

3 .6

a s

fo r

d e c lin e ,

o f

a

1 9 7 0 s ,

c a p it a l

in

b e e n

(b e g in n in g

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b u s in e s s

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th e
fr o m

d iffe r e n c e
in

ta x e s

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d e m a n d

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o n

s lo w e d

e m p lo y m e n t ,

s a m e

c a p it a l

d e te r m in a n t

o f C o m m e r c e ,

c a p it a l,

o f p o te n tia l

a b o u t

R e d u c e d

y e a r s

is

D e p a r tm e n t

g r o w th

b o o s t

s to c k

n o n r e s id e n tia l

1 9 8 0 s ,

c a p it a l.

d e s p it e

p a s t

th e

s im ila r

F o llo w in g
u s in g

U . S .

re tu r n

p e r c e n t
th e

T h e

th e
fix e d

o f

th a t

1 .6

ra te

to
o f

c a p it a l

1 .6

1 .4

2 .5

1989.

—

T H
F E D

E

E R A L
R E S E R V E
R A N K

o f

S T . L O

I T S


V ie w s e x p re s s e d d o n o t n e ce ssarily re fle c t o ffic ia l p o sition s o f th e Federal R eserve System .


Jo h n

A .

T a to m

T O T A L CIVILIAN E M P L O Y M E N T
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
MONTH

THOUSANDS
OF PERSONS

IN IT IA L MONTH
9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90
115.647

2.7

10-88

116.012

11-88

3.3

3.9

12-88

2.6

2.6

1.3

1-89

3.3

3.5

3.3

5.3

2-89

2.9

2.9

2.6

3.2

116.141
116.640
1.2

116.757
117.047

5-89

2.9

2.9

2.7

3.2

2.1

3.0

4-89

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.5

1.5

1.7

0.4

117.084

5-89

2.3

2.2

1.9

2.1

1.3

1.3

0.4

0.5

6-89

2.5

2.5

2.3

2.4

1.9

2.0

1.7

2.4

1.4

7-89

2.1

2.1

1.8

1.9

1.4

8-89

2.0

2.0

1^8

1.8

1.3

9-89

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.0

10-39

1.8

*‘7

1.5

1.5

11-89

1.8

1.7

1.6

12^-89

1.7

1.7

1-90'

1.6

2-90

1.6

5-90
4-90

117.132
117.542

4.3

1.0

1.2

1.6

1.0

1.2

1.4, , 0.0

117.436

1.0

0.6

0.7

0.7

-0.4

-0.1

-1.3

1.1

1*1

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.1

0.5

0.2

1.7

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.1

1.2

0.6

1.0

1.0

2.1

2.6

1.5

1.5

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.1

0.6

0.9

0.9

1.6

1.6

0.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.0

1.0

0.8

0.9

0.9

6.5

0.7

0.6

1*1

0.9

0.1

-0.3

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.1

1.1

0.9

1.0

1.0

0.6

0.9

0.8

1.3

1.2

0.7

0.8

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.2

0.9

1.1

1 .1

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.5

2.4

3.1

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.0

1.0

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.6

0.8

0.7

1.0

0.9

0.6

0.6

0.9

0.4

-2.2

9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

-1.1
1.2

117.550
117.419
117.585'
117.836
117.888
117.863
118.035
118.334
118.116

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 4. 1990

P A Y R O L L E M P L O Y M E N T
(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 )

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

IN IT IA L MONTH
OF PERSONS
6-89 7-89

5-89

10-88

3.1

11-88

3.5

4.0

12-88

3.4

3.6

3.1

1-89

3.5

3.7

3.5

3.9

2-89

3.4

3.5

3.4

3.5

3.0

5-89

3.2

3.2

3.0

3.0

2.5

2.0

4-89

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.5

2.2

5-89

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.3

6-89

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.7

2.8

3.3

THOUSANDS
8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1
©

9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

>6

TERMINAL
MONTH

2-90

3-90
106*475

106.824
107.097
107.442
107.711
107.888
2.4

108.101
108.310
108.607

7-89

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.6

1.8

8-89

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

1.6

1.3

108.767

9-89

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.2

1.8

1.8

2.3

10-89

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.6

0.8

11-89

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.0

3.1

12-89

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.7

2.2

1.3

i !
o

108.887

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.3

2.8

2.7

4.0

109.096
109.171
109.452
109.570
109.931

2-90

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.7

3.1

3.2

4.1

4.1

3-90

2.6

2.6

2.5 " 2 . 5

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.7

2.6

3.1

2.6

l.l

4-90

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.2

2.5

2.0

0.9

0.7

9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

110.304
110.407P
110.471P

INITIAL M O N T H
P- PRELIMINARY




P R E P A R E D B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BAN K O F ST. LOUIS
M A Y 4. 1990

2




EMPLOYMENT
R A T I O

R A T I O

S C A L E

M I L L I O N S

OF

SEA SO N A LLY

P E R S O N S

ADJUSTED

M I L L I O N S

OF

S C A L E

P E R S O N S

SOURCE* U.S.DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BCG INNINC JANUARY I0$6. TOTAL EMPLOYMENT OATA INCORPORATE NEW PROCEDURES FOR ESTIMATING
MEASURES OF IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION INCREASING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY ABOUT 0.3X.
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANOE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt APRIL PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

U NEM PL O Y M E N T RATE
PERCENT

S E A S O N A L L Y

PERCENT

A D J U S T E D

Î 1 .0

10

1 0 .0

9.0

8 * 0

7.0

6 . 0

5.0

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

SOURCEt U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENT OF CIVILIAN LA80R FORCE
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« APRIL
PR E PARE D BY F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK OF S T .

3

LOUI S

4.0

C O N S U M E R PRICE INDEX F O R ALL U R B A N C O N S U M E R S
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l Rates of C h a n g e )
T E R MINAL
M ON TH

INITIAL M O N T H
9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

7-89

6-89

1982-84*100
8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90
120.0

10-88

4.1

11-88

5.4

3.0

12-88

3.7

3.6

120.3
120.7

4.1

121.4

1-89

4.4

4.7

5.6

7.2

2-89

4.7

4.8

5.4

6.1

5.1

5-89

4.9

5.1

5.6

6.1

5.6

121.9
122.5

6.1

123.3

4-89

5.4

5.6

6.1

6.6

6.4

7.1

8.1

5-89

5.5

5.5

5.9

6.3

6.0

6.4

6.5

5.0

4-89

5.0

5.2

5.5

5.7

5.4

5.5

5.3

4.0

2.9

7-89

4.9

5.0

5.3

5.5

5.2

5.2

5.0

4.0

5.4

3.9

8-89

4.5

4.5

4.7

4.8

4.4

4.3

4.0

2.9

2.3

1.9

123.8
124.1
124.5
0.0

124.5
124.8

9-89

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.2

4.1

3.8

2.9

2.4

2.3

1.5

2.9

10-89

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.4

4.3

4.1

3.4

3.1

3.2

2.9

4.4

5.9

11-89

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.1

3.5

3.3

3.3

3.2

4.2

4.9

3.9

12-89

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.2

3.7

3.5

3.6

3.5

4.4

4.9

4.4

4.9

1-90

S.O

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.1

4.8

4.8

5.0

5.2

6.3

7.1

7.5

9.4

125.4
125.8
126.3
14.1

127.7

2-90

5.1

5.1

5.3

5.4

5.2

5.3

5.2

4.9

4.9

5.1

5.3

6.2

6.9

7.1

8.2

9.9

5.8

5-90

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.3

5.3

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.2

5.3

6.1

6.7

6.8

7.6

8.5

5.8

5.8

4-90

4.9

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.7

4.7

4.9

5.0

5.6

6.0

6.0

6.4

6.8

4.5

3.8

1.9

9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

128.3
128.9
129.1

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 16» 1990

P R O D U C E R P R IC E IN D E X , F IN IS H E D

G O O D S

(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH
9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88
10-88

2.2

11-88

3.5

4.5

12-88

5.3

3.9

IN IT IA L MONTH
1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

1982 « 100
8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90
109.3
109.7

3.5

110.0

1-89

5.9

7.1

8.5

13.9

2-89

6.3

7.3

8.5

10.8

7.8

3-89

6.1

6.9

7.6

9.0

6.7

5.5

4-89

6.4

7.1

7.6

8.7

7.0

6.6

7.7

5-89

6.7

7.3

7.8

8.7

7.5

7.3

8.3

8.8

6-89

6.0

6.5

6.8

7.4

6.2

5.7

5.8

4.9

1.1

111.2
111.9
112.4
113.1
113.9
114.0

7-89

5.0

5.3

5.4

5.7

4.4

3.7

3.2

1.8

-1.6

-4.1

8-89

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.5

3.5

2.5

1.9

0.5

-2.1

-3.6

-3.1

9-89

4.6

4.8

4.8

5.0

5.9

3.4

3.0

2.1

0.5

0.4

2.7

10-89

4.7

4.9

5.0

5.1

4.2

3.8

3.5

2.8

1.7

1.9

3.9

7.6

6.5

11-89

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.8

5.9

3.5

3.2

2.6

1.6

1.7

3.2

5.4

3.7

1.1

l?-89

4.7

4.8

4.9

5.0

4.2

3.9

3.7

3.2

2.4

2.6

4.1

5.9

5.0

4.3

7.6

113.6
113.3
8.8

114.1
114.7
114.8
115.5

1-90

5.8

6.0

6.1

6.4

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.3

4.9

5.5

7.2

9.4

9.5

10.5

15.6

24.1

2-90

5.4

5.6

5.7

5.9

5.5

5.1

5.1

4.8

4.4

4.8

6.1

7.7

7.5

7.8

10.1

11.4

0.0

3-90

5.0

5.2

5.2

5.3

4.8

4.5

4.4

4.2

5.7

4.0

5.1

6.3

5.9

5.7

6.9

6.7

-1.0

-2.0

4-90

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.8

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.5

3.1

3.3

4.1

5.1

4.5

4.2

4.9

4.2

-1.7

-2.5

-3.0

9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90




117.6
117.6
117.4
117.1

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R A T IO SCALE
1982-100

P R I C E S
SEASONALLY ADJ USTED

R A T I O SCALE
1982-100

CONSUMER PR IC E S DATA ARE ON A 1982-64-100 BASE
CPI-U DATA BE6INNINC 19*5 INCORPORATE A RENTAL EOUI VALENCE MEASURE FOR H0ME01NERSHIP COSTS.
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OP CHANCE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt APRIL

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

r a t i o

s c a l e

1982-100

P R O D U C E R

P R I C E S

SEASONALLY AOJUSTEO

r a t i o

s c a l e

1982-100

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANOE FOR PERIODS I NO I CATEO.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEO« APRIL

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

5

P R O D U C E R PRICE INDEX, FINISHED C O N S U M E R F O O D S
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
M ONTH

INIT I A L M O N T H
9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

1982 « 100
8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90
114.8

10-88

1.1

11-88

3.2

5.4

12-88

2.8

3.7

115.3
115.5

2.1

117.0

1-89

6.1

7.9

9.2

16.7

2-89

6.8

8 .3

9.3

13.1

9.6

3-89

6.9

8.1

8.8

11.2

8.5

4-89

5.0

5.7

5.7

6.6

3.5

0.5

-5.9

5-89

5.1

5.7

6.6

4.2

2.4

0.0

6.3

6-89

3.7

4.1

3.9

4.2

1.9

0.0

-2.3

-0.5

7-89

3.6

3.9

3.7

3.9

1.9

0.4

-1.3

0.3

-2.5

2.1

1.3

-0.3

3.1

5.8

117.9
118.6

7.4

118.0
118.6
117.9

-6.9

118.1
118.5

4.1

8-89

3.6

3.9

3.7

3.9

2.2

1.0

-0.2

9-89

3.0

3.1

2.9

3.0

1.4

0.3

-0.8

0.2

-1.3

0.7

0.0

-4.0

118.1

2.2

4.7

5.5

6.2

17.5

119.7

3.6

5.8

6.8

7.6

14.0

10.5

7.3

10-89

4.0

4.3

4.2

4.4

3.1

2.3

1.6

2.9

11-89

4.5

4.7

4.7

4.9

3.8

3.2

2.7

4.0

120.7

12-89

4.8

5.1

5.0

5.3

4.3

3.8

3.4

4.6

4.4

6.4

8.1

12.4

9.9

1-90

6.0

6.4

6.4

6.8

6.0

5.7

5.5

6.8

6.9

9.0

10.2

11.5

15.7

15.2

17.6

26.4

9.3

10.4

11.4

14.8

14.2

15.4

18.6

11.2

11.0

9.7

9.5

9.5

2.0

-6.5

6.6

5.9

5.0

-1.3

-7.0

-7.4

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

2-90

6.3

3-90

5.6

6.7
5.8

6.7
5.9

7.1
6.1

6.4
5.4

6.1
5.1

6.0
4.9

7.3

7.4

5.9

5.9

7.4

8.1

8.7

5.2

4.5

4.1

3.9

4.7

4.6

5.8

6.3

6.5

9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

4-90

4.8

5.0

5.0

8.1

9.3

121.6
124.0
125.1
124.4
123.6

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST, LOUIS
MAY 11» 1990

P R O D U C E R P R IC E IN D E X , F IN IS H E D

G O O D S , E X C L U D IN G

FO O D 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 )

TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH
9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

10-88

2.3

11-88

3.4

4.6

12-88

3.8

4.6

4.5

1-89

5.7

6.9

8.0

11.7

2-89

6.4

7.4

8.4

10.4

9.2

3-89

6.1

6.8

7.4

8.4

6.8

4.5

4-89

6.8

7.6

8.2

9.1

8.3

7.9

11.4

5-89

7.4

8.1

8.7

9.6

9.1

9.0

11.4

11.3

6-89

6.9

7.5

7.9

8.5

7.9

7.5

8.6

7.2

3.3

7-89

5.5

5.9

6.0

6.3

5.4

4.6

4.7

2.5

-1.6

-6.2

7-89

1982 • 100
8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

107.4
107.8
108.2
109.2
110.0
110.4
111.4
112.4
112.7
112.1

8-89

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.6

3.6

2.7

2.4

0.3

-3.2

-6.2

-6.2

9-89

5.2

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.0

4.4

4.4

3.0

1.1

0.4

3.8

14.9

10-89

5.1

5.3

5.4

5.5

4.8

4.3

4.2

3.1

1.5

1.1

3.6

8.9

3.2

11-89

4.5

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.1

3.5

3.4

2.3

0.9

0.4

2.2

5.1

0.5

-2.1

12-89

4.7

4.8

4.9

4.9

4.3

3.8

3.8

2.8

1.7

1.4

3.0

5.5

2.5

2.1

6.6

1-90

5.8

6.0

6.1

6.2

5.8

5.5

5.6

4.9

4.2

4.3

6.2

8.8

7.4

8.8

14.6

23.3

2-90

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.1

4.7

4.8

4.1

3.3

3.3

4.8

6.7

5.2

5.7

8.4

9.3

-3.1

3-90

4.9

5.0

5.0

5.1

4.6

4.3

4.3

3.6

2.9

2.8

4.0

5.6

4.1

4.3

6.0

5.8

-2.1

-1.0

4-90

4.5

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.2

3.9

3.8

3.2

2.5

2.5

3.5

4.7

3.4

3.4

4.5

4.0

-1.7

-1.0

-1.0

9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90




111.5
112.8
113.1
112.9
113.5
115.5
115.2
115.1
115.0

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I N D U S T RI A L PRODUCTION
R A T I O

S C A L E

R A T I O

î987-1 00

1982

SEASONALLY

1983

1984

1985

S C A L E

î987-1 00

ADJUSTED

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt APRIL
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

IN D U S T R IA L P R O D U C T IO N
(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 )

TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH
9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

1977 * 100
8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

5-90
106.5

10-88

5.4

11-88

4.0

4.6

12-88

4.6

5.2

5.8

106.9
107.4

1-89

4.5

4.6

4.6

5.4

2-89

5.2

5.1

2.6

1.1

-1.1

5-89

2.8

2.7

2.5

1.1

0.0

1.1

4-89

5.9

4.0

5.9

5.4

5.4

5.7

10.5

5-89

5.0

2.9

2.6

2.0

1.7

2.6

5.4

-5.5

6-89

2.8

2.7

2.4

1.9

1.6

2.2

2.6

-1.1

1.1

7-89

1.8

1.6

1.5

0.6

0.2

0.4

0.5

-2.9

-2.7

-6.4

8-89

2.1

1.9

1.6

1.1

0.8

1.1

1.1

-1.1

-0.4

-1.1

4.5

9-89

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.0

0.7

1.0

0.9

-0.9

-0.5

-0.7

2.2

0.0

10-89

1.5

1.1

0.8

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.0

-1.7

-1.5

-1.9

-0.4

-2.7

-5.4

11-89

1.5

1.4

1.1

0.7

0.4

0.6

0.6

-0.8

-0.4

-0.7

0.8

-0.4

-0.6

107.7
107.6
107.7
108.6
108.5
108.4
107.8
108.2
108.2
107.7
108.1

4.5

12-89

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.1

0.9

1.1

1.1

0.0

0.5

0.4

1.8

1.1

1.5

5.1

1-90

0.9

0.8

0.5

0.1

-0.2

-0.1

-0.2

-1.5

- 1 .1

-1.4

-0.6

-1.5

-1.9

-0.7

108.6

2-90

1.5

1.4

1.2

0.9

0.7

0.8

0.8

-0.1

0.2

0.1

1.1

0.6

0.7

2.2

1.5

-0.6

11.8

5-90

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.5

1.5

0.5

0.9

0.9

1.8

1.4

1.7

5.1

2.8

1.9

9.5

6.8

4-90

1.5

1.4

1.2

0.9

0.7

0.9

0.9

0.1

0.4

0.5

1.1

0.7

0.8

1.9

1.5

0.5

4.5

1.1

-4.5

9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

5-90

5.7

107.5

-5.5 -11.5

108.5
109.IP
108.7P

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PERSONAL
R A T I O

T R I L L I O N S

1982

INCOME

MONTHLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES

S C A L E
OF

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

D O L L A R S

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

SO U R C E t
PERC EN TA G ES ARE
LATEST

ANNUAL R A T E S OF CHANGE FOR P E R IO O S

DATA P LO T T E D *

A P R IL

R A T I O
T R I L L I O N S

U .S .

OF

1989
D EPARTM EN T

S C A L E

D O L L A R S

1990
OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

P R E L IM IN A R Y
PREPA RED

BY F E D E R A L

RESERV E

BANK OF

ST.

L O U IS

P E R S O N A L IN C O M E
(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a ) R a t e s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH

9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

IN IT IA L MONTH
ANNUAL RATES
5-89 6-89 7-89

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

8-89

1-90

2-90

5-90
4»180.4

10-88

19,6

11-88

7,6

-5,5

12-88

8,8

5,8

11,5

1-89

11,7

9,2

16,0

20,8

2-89

12,1

10,5

15,5

17.5

15.8

5-89

12,1

10,7

14,4

15.5

12.9

12.1

4-89

11,4

10,1

15,0

15.5

11.1

9.8

7.5

5-89

10,5

9,0

11.2

11.2

8.9

7.5

5.0

2.5

6-89

9,8

8,6

10,4

10.5

8.5

7.0

5.5

4.2

5,9

7-89

9,5

8,5

10.0

9.9

8.1

7.0

5.8

5.5

6,6

7,4

8-89

9,0

8,0

9.5

9.1

7.5

6.5

5.4

4.8

5,6

5,5

5,6

9-89

8,5

7,5

8.6

8.4

6.9

5.9

4.9

4.4

4,9

4,6

5,2

2.8

10-89

8,5

7,7

8.7

8.4

7.2

6.5

5.6

5.2

5,8

5,7

5,2

6.0

9.5

11-89

8,7

7,9

8.9

8.7

7.6

6.9

6.5

6,1

6,7

6,9

6,7

7.8

10.4

11.6

12-89

8,6

7,8

8.7

8.5

7.5

6.8

6.5

6.1

6,6

6,7

6,6

7.4

9.0

8.8

6.1

1-90

8,7

8,0

8.9

8.7

7.7

7.2

6.7

6.6

7,1

7,5

7,5

8.0

9.4

9.4

8.4

10.7

2-90

8,7

8,1

8.9

8.7

7.8

7.4

6.9

6.9

7,4

7,6

7,6

8.5

9.4

9.4

8.7

10.1

9.4

5-90

8,8

8,2

8.9

8.8

8.0

7.5

7.2

7.1

7,6

7,8

7.9

8.5

9.5

9.5

9.0

9.9

9.6

9.7

4-90

8,5

7,9

8.6

8.5

7.7

7.5

6.9

6.8

7,2

7,4

7.4

7.9

8.6

8.5

7.9

8.5

7.6

6.6

5.7

9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

5-90

4.168.9
4.206.5
4.275.1
4.519.5
4.560.7
4.587.1
4.596.5
4.417.5
4.445.7
4.456.9
4.467.1
4.500.5
4.541,5
4.564,1
4.602,9
4.657.6
4.675,6
4.687.6P

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RETAIL SALES
R A T I O

R A T I O

S C A L E

B IL L IO N S OF DOLLARS

1982

1983

SEASONALLY

1984

1985

1986

S C A L E

B IL L IO N S OF DOLLARS

ADJUSTED

1987

1988

1989

1990

SOURCE* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIOOS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEOt MARCH, APRIL ADVANCE ESTIMATE
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

R E T A IL S A L E 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 )

IN IT IA L MONTH

TERMINAL
MONTH
9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

5-90
140,027

10-88

29.5

11—88

20.2

11.8

12-88

15.2

5.9

1-89

11.4

6.0

5.5

6.2

2-89

7.4

2.5

-0.4

-0.9

-7.5

141»555
0.4

141»582
142»095
141 »179
141»214

5-89

6.2

2.0

-0.5

-0.5

-5.7

0.5

4-89

8.5

5.4

4.1

5.1

4.7

11.4

25.6

5-89

8.0

5.5

4.2

5.0

4.7

9.1

15.8

4.7

6-89

7.2

4.7

5.7

4.5

5.9

7.0

9.5

2.8

0.8

145*752
144»284
144*584

7-89

7.4

5.2

4.4

5.0

4.8

7.4

9.2

4.8

4.9

9.1

8-89

7.7

5.7

5.0

5.6

5.6

7.9

9.5

6.2

6.7

9.8

10.5

145»458

9-89

7.4

5.6

5.0

5.6

5.5

7.5

8.7

5.9

6.3

8.1

7.6

10-89

5.5

5.7

5.0

5.3

5.0

4.5

4.9

2.1

1.6

1.8

-0.5

11-89

5.8

4.2

5.5

5.8

5.6

4.9

5.5

3.1

2.9

5.5

1.9

-0.8

-5.6

9.4

12-89

5.1

5.5

2.9

3.1

2.9

5.9

4.4

2.2

1.8

2.0

0.6

-1.7

-5.8

2.3

-4.5

1-90

6.9

5.6

5.2

5.5

5.5

6.7

7.4

5.7

5.9

6.6

6.2

5.4

5.5

15.4

15.4

59.2

2-90

6.5

5.2

4.8

5.1

5.1

6.2

6.7

5.2

5.2

5.8

5.5

4.5

4.4

9.9

10.1

18.1

0.2

5-90

6.0

4.8

4.5

4.6

4.5

5.5

5.9

4.4

4.4

4.8

4.5

5.4

5.2

7.3

6.7

10.7

-1.5

-2.8

4-90

5.5

4.1

5.6

5.8

5.7

4.5

4.8

3.4

3.5

5.5

2.9

2.0

1.6

4.7

3.8

5.9

-5.5

-5.0

-7.0

9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

5-90

146»649
147*255

4.9

145»244

-5.6 -15.1

146*540
145*804
149»877
149,904
149.547P
148»640E

I N ITIAL M O N T H
P- P R ELIMINARY
E- E S TIMATED




P R E P A R E D B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK O F ST. L O UIS
M A Y 11, 1990

H O U R L Y COMPENSATION, BUSINESS SECT O R
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l Rates of C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
QUARTER

INITIAL QUARTER

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1977*100
1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89
175.9

3-85

5.6

4-85

6.0

6.5

1-86

5.8

5.9

5.5

2-86

5.5

5.4

5.0

4.5

3-86

5.5

5.2

4.9

4.6

4.7

4-86

5.5

5.2

4.9

4.7

4.9

5.1

1-87

4.8

4.6

4.3

4.0

5.9

5.5

1.9

2-87

4.5

4.3

4.0

5.7

5.6

3.2

2.5

2.6

3-87

4.6

4.4

4.2

5.9

5.8

3.6

5.1

5.8

4-87

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.1

4.8

6.0

7.1

1-88

4.6

4.5

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.0

5.8

4.5

4.9

4.9

2.7

178.6
181.0
183.0
185.1
187.4
188.3
189.5
191.8

4.9

195.1
196.4

2-88

4.7

4.6

4.4

4.5

4.3

4.3

4.1

4.6

5.1

5.1

4.1

5.6

3-88

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.8

5.2

5.3

4.7

5.7

199.1
201.9

5.7

4-88

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.8

5.2

5.3

4.8

5.5

5.5

5.5

1-89

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.8

5.1

5.2

4.8

5.5

5.3

5.0

204.5
206.9

4.8

210.4

2-89

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.8

4.8

4.7

5.1

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.9

6.9

3-89

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.8

4.8

4.7

5.0

5.5

5.3

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.8

4.6

4-89

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

5.1

5.3

5.4

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.7

5.1

5.6

1-90

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

5.0

5.2

5.3

5.1

5.4

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.4

4.9

5.0

4.5

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

212.8
215.7
218.IP

IN IT IA L QUARTER
P- PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 7» 1990

O U T P U T P E R H O U R O F A L L P E R S O N S , B U S IN E S S

S E C T O R

(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-85

IN IT IA L QUARTER
5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1977*100
1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
108.0

3-85

5.4

4-85

2.5

1.1

1-86

4.0

4.5

7.6

2-86

2.8

2.6

5.4

-0.7

3-86

1.9

1.5

1.6

-1.5

108.5
110.5
110.1
-1.8

109.6

4-86

1.7

1.5

1.4

-0.6

-0.5

0.7

1-87

1.5

1.2

1.5

-0.5

-0.1

0.7

0.7

109.8

2-87

1.7

1.4

1.5

0.5

0.5

1.5

1.6

2.6

5-87

1.9

1.7

1.8

0.8

1.2

1.9

2.5

5.1

110.0
110.7
5.7

111.7

4-87

2.0

1.8

1.9

1.1

1.4

2.1

2.5

5.0

5.5

2.9

1-88

2.0

1.9

2.0

1.5

1.6

2.2

2.5

2.9

5.0

2.7

2.5

2-88

1.7

1.5

1.6

0.9

1.1

1.6

1.7

1.9

1.7

1.1

0.2

-2.1

5-88

1.8

1.6

1.7

1.1

1.5

1.7

1.9

2.1

1.9

1.5

1.1

0.4

112.5
115.2
112.6
2.9

115.4

4-88

1.7

1.5

1.6

1.0

1.2

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.5

0.9

0.4

1.6

0.4

1-89

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.2

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.2

0.9

0.5

1.4

0.7

2-89

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.1

1.2

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.0

0.7

1.4

0.9

1.2

1.4

5-89

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.1

0.9

1.5

1.1

1.4

1.6

115.5
1.1

115.8
114.2
1.8

114.7

4-89

1.6

1.4

1.5

1.1

1.2

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.5

1*2

1.0

0.8

1.5

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.1

0.5

1-90

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.1

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.0

0.8

0.6

1.0

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.5

-0.2

-0.7

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

114.8
114.6P

INITIAL QUARTER
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MAY 7» 1990

10

P ROD UCTIVITY,
RATIO

COMPENSATION,

AND

SCALE

C O S TS

SCALE

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

1977-100

1982

LABOR
RATIO

1983

1984

1985

1986

1977-100

1987

1988

1989

1990

SOURCE« U .S . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED«

1ST QUARTER PRELIMINARY
PREPAREO BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

U N IT

L A B O R C O S T S , B U S IN E S S S E C T O R

(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-85

IN IT IA L QUARTER
5-85

4-85

5-85

2.7

4-85

5.7

4.7

1-86

1.8

1.4

-1.9

2-86

2.7

2.7

1.7

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1977*100
1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
163.0
164.9
164.1

5.5

166.3

5-86

5.4

5.6

5.2

5.9

6.4

4-86

5.6

5.7

5.5

5.5

5.2

4.1

1-87

5.2

5.5

5.0

4.5

5.9

2.7

1.4

2-87

2.9

2.9

2.6

5.5

5.0

1.9

0.8

0.2

168.9
170.6
171.2
171.3

5-87

2.6

2.6

2.5

5.0

2.5

1.6

0.8

0.5

0.7

4-87

2.8

2.8

2.6

5.2

2.9

2.2

1.7

1.8

2.6

4.5

1-88

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.8

2.5

1.8

1.4

1.5

1.7

2.2

0.0

2-88

5.0

5.0

2.8

5.4

5.1

2.7

2.4

2.7

5.5

4.1

4.0

8.1

5-88

5.0

5.0

2.8

5.5

5.1

2.7

2.5

2.6

5.1

5.7

5.5

5.3

2.5

4-88

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.5

5.5

2.9

2.8

5.0

5.4

4.0

3.9

5.2

3.8

171.6
173.5
173.5
176.9
178.0
5.0

180.2

1-89

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.0

2.9

5.1

5.5

4.0

3.9

4.8

3.8

4.4

3.8

2-89

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.1

5.5

5.7

4.1

4.0

4.9

4.1

4.6

4.4

4.9

5-89

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.1

5.5

5.6

4.0

3.9

4.6

3.9

4.3

4.0

4.1

5.5

4-89

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.8

4.1

4.1

4.7

4.1

4.4

4.3

4.4

4.2

5.0

1-90

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.8

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.9

4.2

4.2

4.7

4.2

4.5

4.4

4.6

4.4

5.0

5.0

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

181.9
184.1
185.6
187.9
190.2P

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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 Rat e s of C h a n g e )

TERMINAL

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

INITIAL QUARTER

QUARTER

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

1-89

4-88

2-89

5-89

4-89

ANNUAL RATES

5-85

7.0

4-85

6.6

6.2

1-86

6.8

6.7

7.5

2-86

5.4

4.9

4.5

1.5

5-86

5.5

5.1

4.7

5.5

4-86

5.5

4.9

4.6

5.7

1-87

5.8

5.6

5.4

5.0

6.2

6.5

8.8

2-87

6.1

5 .9

5.9

5.6

6.7

7.0

8.5

8.2

5-87

6.3

6.2

6.2

6.1

7.0

7.4

8.4

8.5

8.4

4-87

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.5

7.4

7.7

8.6

8.5

8.7

9.0

1-88

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.5

7.2

7.5

8.2

8 .0

7.9

7.7

6.5

2-88

6.7

6.7

6.8

6.7

7.4

7.6

8.2

8.1

8.1

8 .0

7.5

8.6

5-88

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.8

7.4

7.6

8.1

8.0

8.0

7.9

7.5

8.1

7.5

4-88

6.8

6.8

6.9

6.9

7.4

7.6

8.1

7.9

7.9

7.8

7.5

7.9

7.5

7.5

1-89

6.9

6.9

7.0

6.9

7.5

7.6

8.0

7.9

7.9

7.8

7.6

7.9

7.6

7.7

7.9

2-89

6.9

6.9

7.0

6.9

7.4

7.6

7.9

7.8

7.8

7.7

7.5

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.1

5-89

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.9

7.5

7.5

7.8

7.7

7.6

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.2

7.1

6.7

6.2

4-89

6.8

6.7

6.8

6.7

7.1

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.5

7.2

7.0

7.1

6.8

6.7

6.4

6.0

5.4

4.6

1-90

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.8

7.1

7.2

7.5

7.4

7.3

7.2

7.0

7.0

6.8

6.7

6.5

6.2

5.9

5.8

7.0

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

4*047.0
4*107.9
4*181.5
4*194.7
5.7

4*255.5
4.2

4*297.5
4*588.8
4*475.9
4*566.6
4*665.8
4*759.8
4*858.5
4*926.9
5*017.5
5*113.1
5*201.7
5*281.0
5*340.2
5*431.4P

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PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 24* 1990

G R O S S N A T IO N A L P R O D U C T IN

1982 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 )

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-85
5-85

4.1

4-85

5.5

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
2-87 5-87 4-87 1-88

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
5*655.8

5.0

5*662.4

1-86

4.5

4.7

6.6

2-86

2.9

2.5

2.5

-1.8

3*721.1
3*704.6

5-86

2.5

2.1

1.8

-0.5

0.8

4-86

2.5

2.1

1.9

0.4

1.6

1-87

2.9

2.7

2.6

1.7

2-87

5.1

2.9

2.9

2.2

3*712.4
2.3

5*735.6

3.8

5.4

5.2

4.0

4.9

4.4

5*785.0
5*825.5

5-87

5.5

5.2

5.2

2.7

5.6

4.5

5.0

4.8

5.5

4-87

5.6

5.6

5.7

3.5

4.1

4.8

5.4

5.4

5.9

6.6

1-88

5.7

5.6

5.7

5.4

4.1

4.7

5.1

5.1

5.5

5.5

4.0

2-88

5.7

5.6

5.7

5.4

4.0

4.5

4.9

4.8

4.9

4.8

5.9

5.7

5*872.8
5*955.6
5*974.8
4*010.7

5-88

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.4

4.0

4.4

4.6

4.5

4.6

4.4

5.6

5.4

5.2

4-88

5.6

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.8

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.2

4.0

5.4

5.2

2.9

2.7

1-89

3.6

5.5

5.6

5.5

4.1

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.0

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.2

5.7

4*042.7
4*069.4
4*106.8

2-89

3.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

4.0

4.1

4.0

4.0

5.8

5.5

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.1

2.5

5-89

3.5

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.9

4.0

3.9

5.9

5.7

5.5

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.1

2.8

5.0

4-89

5.5

5.5

3.3

5.1

5.7

5.8

3.6

5.6

5.4

5.0

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.2

2.0

1.1

1-90

5.2

5.2

3.2

5.0

5.5

5.6

3.4

5.4

5.2

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.0

1.8

1.2

1.5

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5.7

2-86

4*152.5
4*162.9
4*174.1
4*188.OP

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

N A T I O N A L

P R O D U C T

QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES
RATIO SCALE
DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
T R I L L I O N S OF D O L L A R S
5.8
5.6
5.4
5.2
5.0
4.8
4.6
4.4
4.2
4.0
4.8
4.6
4.4
4.2
4.0
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3.0
2.8

2.6
1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987
S O U R C E :

P E R C E N T A G E S

A R E

L A T E S T

P L O T T E D t

D A T A




A N N U A L

R A T E S

1 S T

O F

Q U A R T E R

C H A N G E

FO R

P E R I O D S

1988
U . S .

1989
D E P A R T M E N T

1990
O F

C O M M ER C E

I N D I C A T E D .

P R E L I M I N A R Y

PREPARED

13

BY

FEDERAL

R ESE RVE

BANK

OF

ST.

LOUIS

GENERAL PRI CE
R A T I O

INDEX*

S C A L E

R A T I O

S C A L E

1982-100

1982-100

1982
«AS

U SED

1983
IN N A TIO N A L

1984

1985

1986

1987

INCOME ACCOUNTS

P E R C E N T A G E S A R E ANNUAL R A T E S OF CHANGE FO R P E R IO D S
LATEST

DATA P L O T T E D :

U .S .

1989
DEPAR T M EN T

1990
OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

1ST Q UARTER P R E L IM IN A R Y
PR EPA R ED

IM P L IC IT

1988

SO URCE»

BY

FED ERAL

RESERVE

BANK OF S T .

L O U IS

P R IC E D E F L A T O R F O R G R O S S N A T IO N A L P R O D U C T
(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 )

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-85

IN IT IA L QUARTER
5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1982 * 100
1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
111.5

5-85

2.6

4—85

2.9

5.5

1-86

2.2

2.0

2-86

2.4

2.5

1.8

2.9

5-86

2.9

5.0

2.9

4.0

5.0

4-86

2.7

2.7

2.6

5.2

5.4

1.8

1-87

2.8

2.8

2.7

5.2

5.5

2.5

5.2

2-87

2.9

2.9

2.9

5.5

5.4

2.9

5.5

5.8

5-87

2.9

2.9

2.9

5.2

5.5

2.9

5.5

5.5

2.8

4-87

2.8

2.9

2.8

5.1

5.2

2.8

5.0

5.0

2.6

2.4

112.2
112.4

0.7

115.2
114.6
115.1
116.0
117.1
117.9
118.6

1-88

2.8

2.8

2.7

5.0

5.0

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.4

2.2

2.0

2-88

2.9

5.0

2.9

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.1

5.4

4.8

119.2
120.6

5-88

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.1

5.5

5.4

5.5

3.4

5.7

4.6

4.4

4-88

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

4.0

4.6

4.5

4.7

1-89

5.2

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.7

4.0

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.0

2-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.8

4.1

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.6

121.9
125.5
124.5
125.9

5-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.7

5.9

4.5

4.2

4.1

5.9

5.9

5.2

4-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.8

4.1

4.0

5.9

5.7

5.7

5.2

5.2

1-90

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.8

5.9

4.1

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.0

4.5

5.7

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5—86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

126.9
127.9
129.7P

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P E R S O N A L 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 D O L L A R S
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l Rates of C h a n g e )
T E R MINAL
Q U ARTER

BILLIONS OF
DO L L A R S
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L QUARTER
2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

5-85

9.9

4—85

7.9

6.0

1-86

7.0

5.6

5 1

2-86

6.2

5.0

4 5

4.0

5-86

6.9

6.2

6 2

6.8

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89
2»661.4
2*700.4
2*734.3
2*761.0
2*826.0

9.8

4-86

6.8

6.2

6 2

6.6

7.9

6.2

1-87

6.8

6.2

6 3

6.6

7.5

6.4

6.6

2-87

7.2

6.9

7 0

7.4

8.3

7.8

8.6

10.7

5-87

7.5

7.2

7 3

7.7

8.5

8.1

8.8

9.9

9.2

4-87

7.1

6.8

6 9

7.1

7.6

7.2

7.5

7.8

6.4

2*868.5
2*914.7
2*989.4
3*055.9
3*085.5

5.6

5*148.1

1-88

7.2

6.9

7 1

7.3

7.8

7.5

7.7

8.0

7.1

6.1

8.7

2-88

7.2

7.0

7 1

7.3

7.7

7.5

7.7

7.9

7.2

6.6

8.0

7.4

5-88

7.3

7.0

7 1

7.3

7.7

7.5

7.6

7.8

7.3

6.8

7.9

7.5

7.5

4-88

7.3

7.1

7 2

7.4

7.7

7.5

7.6

7.8

7.3

7.0

7.8

7.5

7.6

7.6

1-89

7.3

7.1

7 2

7.3

7.6

7.4

7.6

7.7

7.3

7.0

7.7

7.4

7.4

7.4

2-89

7.3

7.1

7 2

7.4

7.6

7.5

7.6

7.7

7.3

7.1

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.6

5-89

7.3

7.1

7 2

7.4

7.6

7.5

7.6

7.7

7.4

7.1

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.6

7.6

4-89

7.2

7.0

7 1

7.2

7.5

7.3

7.4

7.4

7.1

6.9

7.5

7.1

7.1

7.0

6.8

6.7

6.3

4.9

1-90

7.3

7.2

7 3

7.4

7.6

7.5

7.6

7.7

7.4

7.2

7.6

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.6

7.6

7.6

10.3

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5*204.9
5*265.4
3*324.0
3*581.4

7.1

5*444.1
5*508.1
5*550.6
3*639.OP

IN IT IA L QUARTER
PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 24* 1990

P E R S O N A L C O N S U M P T IO N

E X P E N D IT U R E S IN

1982 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 )

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-85

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L QUARTER
3-85

4-85

1-86

5-85

6.8

4-85

4.5

1.9

1-86

4.2

3.0

4.1

2-86

4.1

3.2

3.8

5.6

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
2*575.9
2*386.9
2*410.9
2*432.4

5-86

4.5

3.7

4.4

4.5

5.4

4-86

4.0

3.4

3.8

5.7

3.8

2.2

1-87

3.4

2.9

3.1

2.8

2.5

1.1

0.1

2-87

3.6

3.1

3.3

5.2

5.1

2.5

2.4

4.8

5-87

3.7

3.3

5.5

5.4

5.4

2.9

3.2

4.8

4.7

4-87

3.3

2.9

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.2

2.2

2.9

2.0

-0.7

1-88

3.5

3.2

3.4

5.5

5.2

2.9

3.0

3.7

3.4

2.7

6.2

2-88

3.4

3.1

3.3

3.2

5.1

2.8

2.9

3.5

3.2

2.7

4.4

2.5

5-88

3.4

3.2

3.3

3.2

5.1

2.9

3.0

3.5

3.2

2.8

4.0

2.9

3.3

4-88

3.4

3.1

3.3

3.2

5.1

2.9

3.0

3.4

3.2

2.9

3.8

5.0

3.2

3.0

2*464.4
2*477.8
2*478.3
2*507.7
2*536.5
2*532.5
2*570.8
2*586.8
2*608.1
2*627.7

1-89

3.3

3.1

3.2

3.1

5.0

2.8

2.9

3.2

3.0

2.7

3.4

2.7

2.8

2.5

2 .0

2-89

3.2

3.0

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.8

3.1

2.9

2.6

3.2

2.6

2.6

2.3

2 .0

2*641.0
1.9

2*655.7

5-89

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.2

5.1

3.0

3.0

3.3

3.2

3.0

3.5

3.1

3.2

3.1

5.2

5.8

5.6

4-89

3.2

3.0

3.1

3.0

5.0

2.8

2.8

3.1

2.9

2.7

3.1

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.7

5.0

0.5

1-90

3.2

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.8

3.0

2.9

2.7

3.1

2.7

2.7

2.6

2 .5

2.6

2.8

1.5

2.4

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

2*690.1
2*695.7
2*709.6P

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M A Y 24* 1990

15

G R O S S PRIVATE D O M E S T I C I N V E S T M E N 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 Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-85

IN IT IA L QUARTER
5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

5-85

-14.8

4-85

0.6

18.7

1-86

6.5

19.1

2-86

0.8

6.5

1.0 -14.7

5-86

-0.6

5.4

-1.5 -10.5

-5.7

4-86

-0.4

2.8

-0.8

-6.8

-2.5

1-87

1.8

4.9

2.5

-1.6

5.2

2-87

2.4

5.1

5.0

0.0

4.1

7.6

11.2

6.7

5-87

2.7

5.1

5.5

0.9

4.5

7.0

9.1

5.9

5.2

4-87

5.7

8.5

7.1

5.4

9.2

12.4

15.6

15.5

20.1

1-88

4.1

6.2

4.9

5.2

6.1

9.7

8.5

8.8

10.7 -10.7

2-88

4.7

6.7

5.5

4.1

6.7

10.0

8.9

9.4

10.8

-0.5

11.2

5-88

5.5

7.2

6.2

4.9

7.4

9.1

10.4

9.5

10.1

11.5

5.8

11.9

12.7

4-88

4.2

5.8

4.8

5.6

5.6

6.9

7.7

6.6

6.6

6.9

0.4

4.4

1.2

-9.2

1-89

4.5

6.0

5.1

4.0

5.9

7.1

7.9

6.9

7.0

7.5

2.1

5.6

5.8

-0.4

9.2

2-89

4.4

5.8

5.0

5.9

5.6

6.7

7.4

6.5

6.4

6.6

2.2

5.0

5.6

0.7

6.0

2.8

6.4

2-89

5-89

4-89

B I L L I O N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
626.7
654.1

19.4

685.8
657.2

5-89

4.5

5.6

4.8

5.8

5.4

4-89

5.8

5.0

4.2

5.2

4.6

1-90

5.0

4.1

5.5

2.4

5.6

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

647.7
0.7

648.8
15.8

675.1
684.1
692.8
57.1

749.7
728.8
748.4
771.1
752.8
769.6
775.0

6.9

6.0

5.9

6.0

2.2

4.5

5.5

1.0

4.7

2.5

2.1

5.9

5.0

4.9

4.8

1.4

5.2

1.9

-0.1

2.5

0.1

-1.5

-4.5

4.5

4.6

5.7

5.5

5.5

0.1

1.5

0.2

-1.7

-0.2

-2.4

-4.1

-7.1

-9.5

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

779.1
770.1
751.IP

IN IT IA L QUARTER
P- PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 24. 1990

G R O S S P R IV A T E D O M E S T IC IN V E S T M E N T IN

1982 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 )

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-85

5-85

5-85

-17.0

4-85

0.2

20.8

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
2-87 5-87 4-87 1-88

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
618.1
648.0

1-86

5.9

19.6

18.5

676.1

2-86

-0.8

5.5

-1.8 -18.5

642.5

5-86

-2.8

1.1

-4.7 -14.5 -10.5

4-86

-5.4

-0.4

1-87

-0.1

5.0

2-87

0.7

5-87

625.1

-5.1 -11.8

-8.5

-6.2

-0.2

-4.4

0.8

6.9

21.8

5.5

0.9

-2.5

2.2

6.8

15.9

6.6

1.6

4.2

2.1

-0.4

5.6

7.5

12.4

8.0

9.5

4-87

4.4

7.1

5.5

5.8

8.0

12.1

17.2

15.7

20.6

52.8

1-88

5.2

5.5

5.9

2.5

5.6

8.6

11.8

9.4

10.5

10.8

-7.6

2-88

5.5

5.4

5.9

2.4

5.4

7.9

10.4

8.2

8.6

8.4

-2.1

5-88

5.9

5.9

4.6

5.5

6.1

8.5

10.6

8.8

9.5

9.2

4-88

2.6

4.5

5.0

1.7

4.0

5.8

7.4

5.4

5.5

4.4

1-89

2.9

4.5

5.5

2.2

4.5

5.9

7.5

5.6

5.5

2-89

2.7

4.1

5.0

1.9

5.9

5.5

6.5

4.9

5-89

2.7

4.1

5.0

2.0

5.8

5.0

6.1

4-89

2.5

5.6

2.6

1.6

5.2

4.5

1-90

1.7

2.9

1.9

0.9

2.4

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

615.2
646.5
656.7
671.7
721.1
707.0
5.7

715.5
755.6

7.7

11.8

-1.7

0.4

-1.2 -12.7

4.8

0.0

2.0

1.4

-5.4

6.9

4.7

4.0

-0.1

1.4

0.9

-2.5

5.0

-0.7

4.7

4.5

5.9

0.5

1.7

1.2

-1.2

2.9

1.0

2.7

5.5

5.9

5.6

5.0

-0.5

0.8

0.4

-1.8

1.2

-0.7

-0.7

-4.0

5.4

4.1

2.8

2.5

1.8

-1.2

-0.5

-0.9

-2.9

-0.8

-2.6

-5.5

-6.1

-8.2

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

709.1
721.1
719.8
724.6
717.5
702.IP

INITIAL Q U A R T E R
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G O V E R N M E N T P U R C H A S E S

O F G O O D S A N D

S E R V IC E S 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 o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-85 5-85

IN IT IA L QUARTER
4-85

1-86

2-86

5-85

20.6

4-85

14.2

8.1

1-86

8.2

2.4

-5.0

2-86

8.4

4.6

5.0

9.2

5-86

7.8

4.8

5.7

7.2

5.2

4-86

7.1

4.6

5.8

6.1

4.6

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
5-89 4-89
840.2
856.7
850.5
869.5
880.5
888.9

4.0

906.9

1-87

7.5

5.2

4.7

6.7

5.8

6.1

8.3

2-87

6.9

5.1

4.6

6.2

5.5

5.6

6.4

4.4

5-87

7.0

5.4

5.0

6.4

5.8

6.0

6.7

5.9

4-87

6.9

5.5

5.2

6.4

5.9

6.1

6.6

6.0

6.8

6.5

1-88

6.2

4.8

4.5

5.5

4.9

4.9

5.1

4.5

4.2

2.7

-0.8

2-88

6.2

5.0

4.7

5.5

5.1

5.1

5.5

4.7

4.7

5.9

2.7

6.2

5-88

5.7

4.5

4.2

4.9

4.4

4.4

4.4

5.8

5.6

2.7

1.6

2.7

-0.6

4-88

6.9

5.9

5.7

6.5

6.2

6.4

6.7

6.4

6.8

6.6

6.7

9.4

11.0

25.9

916.8
7.5

955.2
947.5
945.7
960.1
958.6
1,011.4
1,016.0

1-89

6.5

5.6

5.4

6.1

5.8

5.9

6.1

5.8

6.0

5.8

5.7

7.4

7.8

12.5

1.8

2-89

6.5

5.7

5.5

6.2

5.9

6.0

6.2

6.0

6.2

6.0

5.9

7.5

7.6

10.5

4.4

6.9

5-89

6.5

5.5

5.5

5.9

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.6

5.7

5.5

5.4

6.5

6.5

8.4

5.6

4.6

2.2

4-89

6.4

5.6

5.4

6.0

5.8

5.8

6.0

5.8

5.9

5.8

5.7

6.6

6.7

8.2

4.6

5.6

4.9

7.7

1-90

6.5

5.8

5.6

6.2

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.1

6.2

6.1

6.1

7.0

7.1

8.4

5.6

6.5

6.4

8.5

9.5

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

l.r»35.2
1.038.9
1.058.5
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MAY 24, 1990

G O V E R N M E N T P U R C H A S E S O F G O O D S A N D

S E R V IC E S IN

1982 D O L L A R S

(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a ) R a t e s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-85

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L QUARTER
5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

3-85

19.8

4-85

10.3

1.6

1-86

5.1

-1.5

-4.5

2-86

6.2

2.0

2.3

9.5

5-86

5.4

2.1

2.2

5.8

2.1

4-86

5.4

2.8

3.1

5.8

5.9

5.8

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
749.8
752.7
744.1
761.2
765.2

1-87

4.7

2.4

2.5

4.4

2.7

5.0

2-87

4.0

1.5

2.0

3.5

1.8

1.7

5-87

4.0

2.2

2.5

3.5

2.3

2.4

4-87

4.1

2.5

2.6

5.6

2.7

2.8

1-88

2.9

1.5

1.5

2.1

1.0

0.9

2-88

5.0

1.6

1.6

2.5

1.4

1.5

3-88

2.5

1.1

1.1

1.7

0.9

4-88

5.4

2.5

2.3

3.0

2.3

1-89

5.0

1.9

1.9

2.4

2-89

5.1

2.1

2.1

2.7

776.0
0.5

776.6
-0.9

774.9

1.8

4.5

2.1

2.7

4.5

4.5

-0.1

-0.2

0.0

-2.1

-8.5

0.6

0.7

1.0

-6.1

-2.5

4.1

0.7

0.0

-0.1

0.1

-1.0

-2.7

0.2

-3.6

2.4

1.9

2.2

2.7

2.3

1.8

5.4

6.1

16.7

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.4

0.8

3.2

2.9

6.2

-5.5

2.1

2.1

1.7

1.9

2.5

1.9

1.5

3.6

3.5

6.0

1.0

1.5

785.5
792.1
775.1
785.0
775.9
806.4
799.7
5.4

810.5

5-89

2.8

1.8

1.8

2.5

1.7

1.7

1.4

1.5

1.7

1.4

0.9

2.6

2.5

5.8

-0.2

1.4

-2.4

4-89

2.8

1.8

1.9

2.5

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.5

1.1

2.6

2.5

5.5

0.5

1.8

0.0

2.6

1-90

2.8

1.9

1.9

2.4

1.9

1.9

1.6

1.7

1.9

1.7

1.4

2.6

2.4

5.5

1.0

2.1

1.1

2.9

5.1

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

805.5
810.4
8 1 6 .7P

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MAY 24, 1990

17

D I S P O S A B L E P E R S O N A L I N C O M E 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 Rates of C h a n g e )
T E R MINAL
QUARTER
2-85
5-85

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L QUARTER
5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

-1.5

5-88

2-88

1-88

4-87

5.5

8.6

1-86

5.1

8.6

2-86

5.5

7.9

7.5

6.5

5-86

4.8

6.5

5.8

4.4

2.4

4-86

4.9

6.2

5.7

4.7

5.8

5.5

1-87

5.7

7.0

6.7

6.2

6.1

8.0

10.8

5.9

5.4

4.8

4.4

5.0

4.9

-0.6

6.5

6.2

5.9

5.7

6.6

7.0

5.2

11.5

6.5

7.2

7.0

6.8

6.8

7.7

8.4

7.6

11.9

6.5

7.2

7.0

6.8

6.9

7.6

8.1

7.4

10.5

9.7

2-88

6.4

7.2

7.0

6.9

6.9

7.6

8.0

7.4

9.5

8.9

7.1

7.2

5-88

6.6

7.5

7.2

7.1

7.1

7.8

8.1

7.7

9.4

8.9

7.8

8.2

9.1

6.8

7.5

7.4

7.5

7.5

7.9

8.2

7.9

9.5

8.9

8.4

9.0

8.9

7.7

8.5

8.6

8.5

9.7

9.4

8.8

9.5

10.0

10.4

4.9

5-87

5.6

4-87
1-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

2,899.5

4-85

2-87

4-88

2.840.0

8.5

2,959.2
5,006.5
5,024.5
5,065.4
5,142.8
5,158.1
5,225.5
5,519.4

12.4

5,576.4

7.0

5,455.9
5,511.7
5,587.4
11.9

5,689.5

1-89

7.1

7.8

7.6

7.7

2-89

7.1

7.7

7.6

7.5

7.6

8.1

8.4

8.1

9.5

9.0

8.4

8.7

9.1

9.1

9.1

6.5

5-89

7.0

7.6

7.5

7.5

7.5

8.0

8.2

8.0

9.0

8.7

8.1

8.5

8.5

8.4

8.2

6.5

6.5

4-89

7.0

7.6

7.5

7.4

7.5

7.9

8.1

7.9

8 .8

8.5

8.0

8.1

8.5

8.1

7.9

6.6

6.7

7.0

1-90

7.2

7.7

7.6

7.6

7.7

8.1

8.5

8.1

8.9

8.6

8.4

8.5

8.4

8.4

7.5

7.8

8.5

10.1

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

4-87

5,747.7
5,806.8
5,871.5
5,965.7P

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D IS P O S A B L E P E R S O N A L IN C O M E IN

1982 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 )

TERMINAL
QUARTER

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L QUARTER
2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
2,555.4

5-85

-4.5

4-85

-0.1

4.4

2,562.8
2,609.2

1-86

2.4

5.9

7.4

2-86

5.5

6.0

6.8

6.2

2,648.6

5-86

2.5

4.0

5.9

2.2

2,657.5

4-86

2.1

5.5

5.5

1.9

-0.2

1.4

1-87

2.4

5.6

5.4

2.4

1.2

2.7

4.0

2-87

1.5

2.2

1.8

0.7

-0.6

-0.2

-1.0

-5.8

5-87

1.9

2.7

2.5

1.7

0.8

1.5

1.5

0.2

6.7

4-87

2.5

5.5

5.1

2.5

1.9

2.7

5.0

2.7

7.2

7.8

1-88

2.7

5.4

5.5

2.8

2.5

5.0

5.5

5.2

6.4

6.2

4.6

2-88

2.7

5.5

5.2

2.7

2.5

2.9

5.2

5.0

5.5

4.9

5.5

2.4

2,646.2
2,672.5
2,652.5
2,675.6
2,726.2
2,757.2
2,775.5

5-88

2.8

5.4

5.4

5.0

2.6

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.5

4.9

5.9

5.6

4.9

4-88

2.9

5.5

5.4

5.1

2.8

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.1

4.8

4.0

5.8

4.6

4.5

1-89

5.2

5.7

5.7

5.4

5.1

5.6

5,9

5.8

5.5

5.1

4.5

4.5

5.2

5.4

2,806.4
2,855.9
2,881.7

6.6

2-89

5.0

5.5

5.5

5.2

2.9

5.4

5.6

5.5

4.7

4.5

5.9

5.8

4.1

5.9

5.7

0.8

5-89

5.1

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.4

5.6

5.6

4.7

4.5

4.0

5.9

4.2

4.0

5.9

2.6

4.4

4-89

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.0

5.4

5.5

5.5

4.5

4.2

5.8

5.7

5.9

5.7

5.6

2.6

5.4

2.4

1-90

5.0

5.4

5.4

5.1

2.9

5.5

5.4

5.4

4.5

4.0

5.6

5.5

5.7

5.5

5.5

2.5

5.0

2.5

2.2

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

2*887.6
2,919.2
2,956.9
2,9 5 5.OP

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PR E L I M I N A R Y




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18

C O R P O R A T E PROFITS AFTER TAXES
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a ) Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
QUARTER

INITIAL QUARTER
5-85

2-85
5-85
4-85

1-86

4-85

2-86

5-86

1-87

4-86

2-87

5-87

17.1

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

B I L L I O N S OF
,D O L L A R S
ANNUAL RATES
4-89

129.2

18.5

155.2

19.9

112.9

1-86

-11.9 -25.6 -51.4

2-86

-10.5 -18.1 -52.4

-5.9

5-86

-5.4 -10.5 -18.6

5.4

18.0

4-86

-1.7

-5.1 -10.5

9.7

18.4

111.2
115.9
121.0

18.8

151.4

1-87

5.5

1.1

-2.5

16.4

24.9

28.5

59.1

2-87

5.9

4.4

2.1

18.4

25.4

27.9

52.7

26.7

5-87

8.2

7.1

5.4

19.9

25.9

28.0

51.2

27.4

28.1

4-87

7.5

6.5

4.9

17.1

21.5

22.2

25.1

18.1

14.1

1-88

9.6

8.9

7.7

19.0

25.1

25.9

25.0

21.7

20.1

16.5

55.0

2-88

10.4

9.8

8.8

19.0

22.5

25.2

25.9

21.1

19.7

17.1

25.6

18.7

5-88

10.8

10.5

9.4

18.7

21.8

22.2

22.7

20.2

19.0

16.8

22.5

17.5

16.0

4-88

10.4

9.9

9.1

17.4

20.1

20.5

20.5

18.0

16.6

14.5

17.9

15.5

10.7

1-89

9.5

8.8

8.0

15.4

17.6

17.5

17.4

14.9

15.4

11.1

15.1

8.6

5.4

2-89

6.7

6.1

5.1

11.6

15.2

12.7

12.1

9.5

7.5

4.8

5.4

0.6

-5.5

159.4
148.5
148.9

1.6

159.9
166.9
175.2
175.6

5.7
-4.5

175.6

-9.2 -15.8 -25.8

161.1

0.5

152.4

5-89

4.9

4.2

5.2

8.9

10.2

9.6

8.8

6.1

4.0

1.4

1.5

-5.2

-7.0 -12.0 -17.2 -22.9 -19.9

4-89

5.5

4.6

5.8

9.1

10.5

9.7

9.0

6.6

4.8

2.5

2.6

-1.1

-4.1

-7.7 -10.8 -12.8

-5.4

11.8

1-90

5.1

4.4

5.6

8.6

9.6

9.1

8.5

6.1

4.4

2.5

2.4

-0.9

-5.4

-6.5

-8.6

-9.6

-5.4

6.1

0.8

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

156.7
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n a l y s i s ,

a t i o

n

U . S .

a l

In c o m

e

INVENTORIES COMPARED WITH MONTHLY SALES
MA NUFACTURING AND TRADE
.72

. 6 8 \

.6 4

.6 0

.5 6

.5 2

.4 8

.4 4

.4 0

.3 6
1976

1977

19 7 8

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

19 8 7

1988

19 8 9

1990

SOURCES U.S.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
"BEGINNING

IN 1082,

INVENTORY OATA REFLECT CHANGES IN ESTIMATION PROCEDURES.

SHADED AREAS REPRESENT PERIODS OF BUSINESS RECESSIONS.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« MARCH PRELIMINARY




PREPARED

20

BY

FED ER AL

R ES ER VE

BANK

OF

S T .

L O U IS