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Class III FOMC - Internal (FR)

January 22, 2010

CURRENT ECONOMIC
AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
Supplemental Notes 


Prepared for the Federal Open Market Committee
by the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Contents
The Domestic Financial Economy ..............................................................

Exhibits
Selected Financial Market Quotations .............................................1 

Commercial Bank Credit .................................................................2 


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1

-1Selected Financial Market Quotations
(One-day quotes in percent except as noted)
2008

2009

Change to Jan. 21 from
selected dates (percentage points)

2010

Instrument
Sept. 12

Nov. 3

Dec. 15

Jan. 21

2008
Sept. 12

2009
Nov. 3

2009
Dec. 15

2.00

.13

.13

.13

-1.87

.00

.00

1.46
1.80

.06
.17

.05
.17

.06
.14

-1.40
-1.66

.00
-.03

.01
-.03

Commercial paper (A1/P1 rates)2
1-month
3-month

2.39
2.75

.16
.18

.13
.20

.11
.16

-2.28
-2.59

-.05
-.02

-.02
-.04

Large negotiable CDs1
3-month
6-month

2.79
3.09

.22
.32

.22
.31

.19
.28

-2.60
-2.81

-.03
-.04

-.03
-.03

Eurodollar deposits3
1-month
3-month

2.60
3.00

.30
.45

.32
.45

.30
.40

-2.30
-2.60

.00
-.05

-.02
-.05

Bank prime rate

5.00

3.25

3.25

3.25

-1.75

.00

.00

Intermediate- and long-term
U.S. Treasury4
2-year
5-year
10-year

2.24
2.97
3.93

.93
2.37
3.73

.87
2.33
3.79

.85
2.37
3.78

-1.39
-.60
-.15

-.08
.00
.05

-.02
.04
-.01

U.S. Treasury indexed notes5
5-year
10-year

1.33
1.77

.70
1.48

.50
1.42

.36
1.35

-.97
-.42

-.34
-.13

-.14
-.07

Municipal general obligations (Bond Buyer)6

4.54

4.39

4.19

4.30

-.24

-.09

.11

4.26
4.36
6.62
7.22
10.66

3.62
4.06
5.12
6.25
9.48

3.74
4.08
5.04
6.09
9.29

3.74
4.10
4.95
5.67
8.62

-.52
-.26
-1.67
-1.55
-2.04

.12
.04
-.17
-.58
-.86

.00
.02
-.09
-.42
-.67

5.78
5.03

4.98
4.47

4.94
4.34

4.99
4.32

-.79
-.71

.01
-.15

.05
-.02

Short-term
FOMC intended federal funds rate
Treasury bills1
3-month
6-month

Private instruments
10-year swap
10-year FNMA 7
10-year AA 8
10-year BBB 8
10-year high yield 8
Home mortgages (FHLMC survey rate)
30-year fixed
1-year adjustable

Record high

2009

2010

Stock exchange index

Change to Jan. 21
from selected dates (percent)

Level
Dow Jones Industrial
S&P 500 Composite
Nasdaq
Russell 2000
D.J. Total Stock Index

Date

Nov. 3

Dec. 15

Jan. 21

Record
high

2009
Nov. 3

2009
Dec. 15

14,165
1,565
5,049
856
15,807

10-9-07
10-9-07
3-10-00
7-13-07
10-9-07

9,772
1,045
2,057
571
10,729

10,452
1,108
2,201
606
11,385

10,390
1,116
2,266
628
11,540

-26.65
-28.67
-55.12
-26.57
-26.99

6.32
6.80
10.13
10.12
7.56

-.59
.77
2.94
3.64
1.36

1. Secondary market.
2. Financial commercial paper.
3. Bid rates for Eurodollar deposits collected around 9:30 a.m. eastern time.
4. Derived from a smoothed Treasury yield curve estimated using off-the-run securities.
5. Derived from a smoothed Treasury yield curve estimated using all outstanding securities and adjusted for the carry effect.
6. Most recent Thursday quote.
7. Constant-maturity yields estimated from Fannie Mae domestic noncallable coupon securities.
8. Derived from smoothed corporate yield curves estimated using Merrill Lynch bond data.
_______________________________________________________________________
NOTES:

September 12, 2008, is the last business day before Lehman Brothers Holdings filed for bankruptcy.

November 3, 2009, is the day before the November 2009 FOMC monetary policy announcement.

December 15, 2009, is the day before the most recent FOMC monetary policy announcement.

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-2-

Commercial Bank Credit
(Percent change, annual rate, except as noted; seasonally adjusted)
Type of credit

Total

Level1
Dec. 2009

2007

2008

2009

Q3
2009

Oct.
2009

Nov.
2009

Dec.
2009

9.9

4.9

-6.5

-7.1

-10.9

-4.6

-3.2

9,088

10.6
9.5

4.4
5.0

-9.6
-7.6

-12.3
-9.5

-14.1
-13.0

-5.6
-7.3

-9.5
-9.3

6,732
5,985

19.2
9.4

16.3
6.1

-17.0
-4.3

-19.8
-5.6

-26.6
-9.4

-16.6
-8.7

-20.2
-9.0

1,343
1,648

5.3
5.6
5.3
6.8
6.5
18.5

-3.2
13.0
-8.0
7.1
5.7
.4

-5.3
.5
-7.4
-2.2
-3.6
-22.8

-7.8
-4.5
-9.1
-3.7
-4.6
-33.4

-11.1
-5.3
-13.4
-2.0
-3.9
-22.8

-.7
-5.9
1.4
-6.2
-9.0
8.2

-.8
-5.8
1.2
-13.7
-5.2
-11.8

2,161
602
1,559
833
1,225
747

7.7
-6.2
29.4

6.8
16.3
-4.2

3.8
8.0
-2.0

9.5
18.1
-2.5

-1.4
-.7
-2.4

-1.8
2.1
-7.6

15.5
33.6
-11.9

2,356
1,439
918

Loans2
Total
Core
To businesses
Commercial and industrial
Commercial real estate
To households
Residential real estate
Revolving home equity
Closed-end mortgages
Consumer
Memo: Originated3
Other
Securities
Total
Treasury and agency
Other4

Note: Yearly annual rates are Q4 to Q4; quarterly and monthly annual rates use corresponding average levels. Data have been
adjusted to remove the effects of mark-to-market accounting rules (FAS 115) and the initial consolidation of certain variable
interest entities (FIN 46) and off-balance sheet vehicles (FAS 166 and 167). Data also account for the effects of nonbank
structure activity of $5 billion or more.
1. Billions of dollars. Pro rata averages of weekly (Wednesday) levels.
2. Excludes interbank loans.
3. Includes an estimate of outstanding loans securitized by commercial banks that retained recourse or servicing rights.
4. Includes private mortgage-backed securities; securities of corporations, state and local governments, and foreign governments;
and any trading account securities that are not Treasury or agency securities.
Source: Federal Reserve Board.