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CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
CLASS III
FOMC

November 12

SUPPLEMENT
CURRENT ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS

Prepared for the
Federal Open Market Committee

By the Staff
Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System

1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
THE DOMESTIC NONFINANCIAL ECONOMY
Retail sales

.

.

.

Consumer sentiment

.

.

.

.

.

.

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

Tables
Retail sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
University of Michigan Survey Research Center:
Survey of consumer attitudes .
. . . . .....

Indicators of consumer sentiment . . .

. . . . . ..

THE FINANCIAL ECONOMY
The November Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on
Bank Lending Practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tables

. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
Monetary aggregates
Commercial bank credit and short- and
intermediate-term business credit. . . . . . . . .
Selected financial market quotations . . . . . ...

SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES

THE DOMESTIC NONFINANCIAL ECONOMY
Retail Sales
Nominal retail sales are estimated to have increased
1.5 percent in October, boosted by the turnaround in sales at auto
dealers and by a surge in spending at building material and supply
stores, which have benefited from higher levels of residential
construction activity.

In the retail control category, which

excludes spending at automotive dealers and building material and
supply stores, nominal sales rose 0.7 percent in October, following
a downward-revised gain of 0.4 percent in September.

About a third

of the increase in outlays in the retail control category in October
resulted from a jump in spending at gasoline stations, where nominal
sales rose 2.9 percent.

Given the 4-1/2 percent increase in

gasoline prices last month--reflecting the hike in the federal
excise tax--spending in this category likely fell in real terms.
Elsewhere, sales in October were mixed.
merchandise stores increased 1.1

p

Purchases at general

ercent, but sales at furniture and

appliance stores edged down after rising strongly for several
months.

Spending at stores selling "other durable goods" increased

0.6 percent, but was revised down sharply for August and September.
Consumer Sentiment
The Michigan index of consumer sentiment edged down in the
first part of November to 82.0, but remained well above its thirdquarter average of 77.4.

The current-conditions index fell slightly

because of a decline in consumers' assessments of buying conditions
for large household appliances.
slipped somewhat:

The expected-conditions index also

Respondents' expectations about their personal

financial situations over the next twelve months improved notably,
but their outlook for general business conditions fell sharply.

Among the survey questions not included in the overall index,
results for the first part of November were generally upbeat.
Consumers' appraisals of buying conditions for houses continued on a
strong upward trend, and assessments of buying conditions for cars
rose sharply.

Expectations of the change in unemployment also

improved, retracing the deterioration in October.
Both the average and median values of expected inflation over
the next twelve months fell 0.6 percentage point, to 3.4 percent and
2.8 percent, respectively.

The average expectation of inflation

over the next five to ten years dropped sharply to 4.0 percent; the
median expectation also declined substantially to 3.2 percent.

November 12, 1993
RETAIL SALES
(Percent change; seasonally adjusted)

1993
Q1

1993

Q2

Q3

.4

1.8

1.5
1.4

Retail control1
Previous estimate

.4

1.0

1.0
1.0

Total excl. automotive group
Previous estimate

.4

1.2

1.1
1.0

GAF 2
Previous estimate

.8

1.6

2.4
2.3

Durable goods stores
Previous estimate

.4

3.9

3.1
3.2

Total sales
Previous estimate

Bldg, material and supply
Automotive dealers
Furniture and appliances
Other durable goods
Nondurable goods stores
Previous estimate
Apparel
Food
General merchandise
Gasoline stations
Other nondurables 4

3

1.1
.4
.9
-1.3
.5

-2.6
.5
2.2
2.8
-. 6

Aug.

.3
-.2
1.7
.2
1.0

Oct.

1.5

1.6
1.7

3.2
4.2
2.4
5.1
.6

Sep.

-1.2
-1.0
1.3
-1.7
.8
-3.9

.6
.4
.9
.8
2.6
-3.2
.3

.8
.8
-.6
.6
.1
-2.5
.7

2.6
-.4

.9
-. 1

1.9

1. Total retail sales less building material and supply stores and
automotive dealers, except auto and home supply stores.
2. General merchandise, apparel, furniture, and appliance stores.
3. Excludes mail order nonstores; mail order sales are also excluded
from the GAP grouping.
4. Includes sales at eating and drinking places, drug stores and
proprietary stores.

November 12, 1993
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER: SURVEY OF CONSUMER ATTITUDES
(Not seasonally adjusted)
1993
Mar

1993
Apr

1993
May

1993
Jun

1993
Jul

1993
Aug

1993
Sep

1993
Oct

1993
Nov
(p)

85.9

85.6

80.3

81.5

77.0

77.3

77.9

82.7

82.0

101.6
75.8

99.9
76.4

98.7
68.5

98.7
70.4

96.2
64.7

95.1
65.8

95.2
66.8

98.7
72.5

97.9
71.7

111
119

104
120

103
115

108
117

102
112

96
114

104
114

104
119

106
126

76
73

77
76

95
76

83
78

Indexes of consumer sentiment (Feb. 1966=100)
Composite of current and expected conditions
Current conditions
Expected conditions
Personal financial situation
Now compared with 12 months ago*
Expected in 12 months*
Expected business conditions
Next 12 months*
Next 5 years*
Appraisal of buying conditions
136
152
173

Cars

Large household appliances*
Houses

137
155
167

140
152
163

140
147
166

141
147
171

138
150
166

134
143
170

132
151
170

145
147
176

117

115

125

127

130

129

133

137

132

4.9
4.9

4.1
4.8

4.4
5.7

4.8
5.2

4.4
5.0

4.9
4.6

4.8
4.6

4.0
4.8

3.4
4.0

Willingness to use credit
Willingness to use savings
Expected unemployment change

next 12 months

Expected inflation - next 12 months
Expected inflation - next 5 to 10 years

* -- Indicates the question is one of the five equally'-weighted components of the index of sentiment.
(p) -- Preliminary
(f) -- Final

Note: Figures on financial, business, and buying condi.tions are the percent reporting 'good times' (or
'better') minus the percent reporting 'bad times' (or 'worse'), plus 100. Asterisk (*) indicates
the question is one of the five equally-weighted components of the index of sentiment. Expected
change in unemployment is the fraction expecting unemployment to rise minus the fraction expecting
unemployment to fall.

Indicators of Consumer Sentiment
Consumer Confidence

Index
---

-

150

Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment
- -Conference Board Index of Consumer Sentiment

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1992

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1991

Unemployment Expectations*

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1993

The unemployment expectations indexes represent the fraction of households expecting unemployment to rise minus the
fraction expecting unemployment to fall, plus 100.

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19

THE FINANCIAL ECONOMY
The November Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending
Practices
The November 1993 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank
Lending Practices posed questions about changes in bank lending
standards and terms, changes in loan demand by businesses and
households, and prime rate lending.

Sixty domestic commercial banks

and eighteen U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks
participated in the survey.
The survey results show a further easing of the terms and
standards on loans to both businesses and households; the share of
banks that reported easing was about the same in the November as in
the August survey.

Demand for credit continued to grow in November,

but responses were less uniformly positive than in the last survey.
Respondents reported easing terms and standards on commercial and
industrial loans to firms of all size categories, with the greatest
share of banks reporting easing for large firms.
commercial real estate loans were little changed.

Standards for
A small fraction

of respondents indicated that they had eased standards on home
mortgage loans, and a larger fraction reported increased willingness
to make loans to individuals.

Demand for business loans by large

firms, which had been reported up in the previous survey, was little
changed on balance over the last three months, while demand from
small and middle market firms increased at about the same
substantial share of banks as reported in the August survey.
Household demand for credit continued to grow, particularly for
installment credit, but demand for home equity lines of credit fell
back a bit.

1. The response from one domestic bank had not been received when
this summary was prepared.

Special questions on the survey addressed the importance of
prime rate lending and the determinants of the prime rate.
Respondents indicated that the fraction of their commercial and
industrial loans priced off the prime had declined substantially
since the late 1980s.

Banks identified the federal funds rate as

the interest rate having the most influence on the level of the
prime.

They attributed the current wide spread of the prime rate

over market rates to a variety of factors, but especially to a
perceived insensitivity of the demand for credit to the level of the
prime.
Business Lending
Commercial and industrial loans other than for mergers.
Domestic respondents reported some easing of credit standards for
firms in all size categories, with around one-fifth easing for large
firms and 10 percent for small firms.
changed from the August survey.

These figures are little

About 13 percent of U.S. branches

and agencies of foreign banks eased lending standards and none
reported tightening; in August none of the branches and agencies
reported a change in credit standards.

With respect to loan terms,

many banks eased the cost of credit and credit lines.

About half of

the domestic respondents reported reductions for large and middle
market firms, and about a quarter for small firms.

These levels

surpass the substantial number of respondents that reported easing
fees and lending rates in August.

Smaller fractions of respondents

eased other terms, including loan covenants, credit line size, and
collateralization.

About twice as many respondents eased these

terms for large firms as for small firms.

Similar, although

slightly smaller, fractions of foreign respondents reported having
eased terms.

-8Real estate loans.

Both domestic and foreign respondents

indicated that credit standards for commercial real estate loans
were little changed.

On net, domestic respondents reported a slight

tightening on loans secured by commercial office buildings and a
slight easing for other types of commercial real estate loans.
Although scattered signs of easing were also evident in previous
surveys, there has been no reversal of the substantial tightening of
lending standards reported in 1990 and 1991.

At U.S. branches and

agencies of foreign banks standards for commercial real estate loans
were unchanged.
Demand.

Demand for business loans from large firms was mixed

among respondents, with a few more banks experiencing a
strengthening than a weakening; in August, the evidence of
strengthening had been more clear-cut.

By contrast, a substantial

fraction of respondents indicated that demand from small and middle
market firms increased over the last three months, continuing the
pattern reflected in the August survey.

Respondents attributed

declines in demand from large firms to increased financing from
nonbank sources, consistent with the recent heavy pace of bond and
equity issuance.

Changes in credit needs for funding inventories

and investment in plant and equipment were commonly cited as a
source of both declines and increases in demand.

Branches and

agencies of foreign banks experienced a moderate increase in demand
for business loans.
Lending to households
As in August, there was a substantial increased willingness at
respondent banks to make consumer and residential mortgage loans.
Nearly a fifth of respondents reported greater willingness to make
consumer installment loans, down slightly from the previous survey.
Standards for approving mortgage applications have been eased in the

last three months at just under 15 percent of banks queried, above
the share of banks which reported having eased these standards in
August.
Loan demand from households was again reported to have
increased.

More than a quarter of respondents experienced increased

demands for consumer installment credit and for mortgages.

On net,

respondents found that demand for home equity loans had dropped.
This decline may be due to paydowns of this form of debt with the
proceeds from refinancing of first mortgages.
Consumer loans at banks have expanded rapidly this year,
following two years of runoffs.

Banks attributed this reemergence

of growth to a variety of reasons:

The leading explanation was

increased demand, particularly for automobile loans; less commonly
cited reasons included increased demand for revolving credit,
increased demand for student loans, as well as a more aggressive
lending stance by the bank.

Although the pace of securitization of

consumer loans has slowed and some banks appear to be taking back
onto their balance sheet consumer receivables that had backed
maturing securities, these factors were assigned a relatively minor
impact on consumer loan growth this year.

While a few banks

reported that more than 10 percent of their consumer loans are
student loans, almost two-thirds indicated this share was under
5 percent.
Prime rate lending
The November survey asked a series of questions about the
fraction of loans priced off the prime rate and the determinants of
the prevailing prime rate.

The survey responses suggest that

perhaps 20 percent of domestic respondent banks' outstanding loans
are linked to the prime.

The types of loans with the largest

proportion tied to prime were home equity loans and C&I loans; about

-10-

two-fifths of these loans were reported as prime based.

A bit less

than one-fifth of real estate loans other than home equity loans and
around 15 percent of consumer loans are tied to prime, according to
2
the survey responses.
The responses indicate that the share of commercial and
industrial loans linked to prime is inversely related to the size of
borrower.

Close to 60 percent of domestic respondents reported that

more than three-quarters of C&I loans to small firms are prime
based.

About 50 percent reported that more than half of their C&I

loans to middle market firms are prime based.

Nearly two-thirds of

the respondents reported that a quarter or less of their C&I loans
to large firms were prime based.

The respondents placed the shares

of C&I loans that were prime based in the late 1980s at appreciably
higher levels, particularly for loans to large and middle market
borrowers.

At U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks, less

than a quarter of C&I loans were prime based, with nearly threequarters placing the share at less than 10 percent.
The survey asked the respondents which interest rates have had
the greatest influence on the level of the prime rate and why the
current spread of the prime over market rates is so high.

Both

domestic and foreign respondents cited the level of the federal
funds rate as the most influential determinant of the level of the
prime, followed at some distance by LIBOR and rates on CDs with
maturities less than six months.

The respondents attributed the

recent high spread in part to a perceived insensitivity of the
quantity of credit demanded to a rate cut.

Forty-five domestic

respondents felt that a prime rate cut would not increase borrowing
by current customers, and almost as many believed that a cut would

2. These averages were calculated using the mid point of reported
percentage ranges, weighted by separately reported data on
outstanding loans as of mid-October.

-11not attract additional borrowers.

In addition, a large number of

respondents attributed the high level of the prime to the cost of
having to hold additional capital and to other increases in
regulatory expenses.

Foreign respondents as well did not see a cut

in the prime as leading to increased demand and, in addition,
pointed to an increased riskiness of prime-based loans.
Slightly less than half of the domestic respondents reported
using derivatives to hedge the risk associated with prime-based
lending.

Respondents reported that their counterparties in their

derivatives transactions were primarily U.S.-chartered banks, U.S.
securities firms, and foreign banks or securities firms.

Only two

of the U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks used derivatives
to hedge their prime-rate risk.

-12MONETARY AGGREGATES
(Based on seasonally adjusted data except as noted)

1992:Q4
1992 1

1993
Q2 2

1993
Q3 2

1993
Aug.

1993
Sep.

Aggregate or component

1993
Oct.
(pe)

Level
to
(bil. $)
Oct. 93 Sep 93
(pe)

Percentage change (annual rate)

Aggregate

14.3
1.7
0.2

10.5
2.2
2.3

12.9
3.1
1.2

10.1
1.6
0.8

13.6
4.0
3.4

4. M1-A

13.7

13.1

14.2

13.9

16.5

5.
6.

9.1
18.0

9.7
16.0

11.6
17.2

11.6
16.4

14.6
18.5

7. Other checkable deposits

15.4

6.3

10.7

3.6

8.

-2.7

-1.4

-1.1

-2.2

2.7

*10.3

35.5

-5-2
-0.1
!4.5
-15.8
-5.8
14.8
-22.1

-0.7
-0.4
4.6
-7.9
-4.3
0.7
-10.4

-0-6

-6 ,

3.3

-16.5
-15.8
-19.5
18.2
7.8
-22.6

1. Ml
2. M2
3. M3

1106.5
3532.9
4176.8

Selected components

Currency
Demand deposits

M2 minus Ml

Overnight RPs and Eurodollars,
n.s.a.
General-purpose and broker10.
dealer money market funds
11
Commercial banks
Savings deposits
12.
Small time deposits
13.
14. Thrift institutions
Savings deposits
15.
Small time deposits
16.

8.6

9

11%

700.5

7

10%

316.4

13%

376.4

11

12

8%

406.0

-0.3

-4

-2%

2426.4

42.8

45.9

34

12

-5.7

-6.8

-3%
-I
3%
-84
-5%4
1
-13

332.4
1253.6
777.2
476.4
758.5
431.6
326.9

-4y

643.9

-8
-7%
-9

333.7
270.5
63.1

-5%
18%
-4

194.1
95-4
44.7

9.

M3 minus K23
Large time deposits
4
At commercial banks
At thrift 4•estiutions
Institution-only money market
mutual funds
Term RPs, n.s.a.
Term Eurodollars, n.s.a.

-10.7
-4.1
1.7
-11.5

-5.2
1.1
-13.4

2
-3
1
-10
-6
0
-13

-9.3

-3.9

0.0

9

-1.7
0.1

-8.4
-8.9

0.7
2.7

-6.1
-7.5

-10.3

-6.8

-9.4

-1.9

0.4
38.3
7.7

-12.6
24-3
-34.5

-10.5
-5.0
54.4

-0.9
5.3
-10.5
-4.0

2.9
-12-7

0.1
6.9

0.2

5.1
-7.8

5.0
-7.5
24.7

15
-19
16

81.4

Average monchly change (billions of dollars)
Memo
Managed liabilities at com'l.
banks (lines 25
26)
Large time deposits, gross
Nondeposit funds
Net due to related foreign
institutions
5
Other
U-S- government deposits at
6
commercial banks

6.5

9.9

6.1

7.2

1

736.7

-1.0

-5.7

-4.9

-4.2

0

7.5

15.6

11.0

11.4

1

335.5
401.2

2.6
5.0

11.2
4-4

14.5
-3.5

4.8
6.5

0
1

120.7
280.4

2.4

-0.6

-0.7

-5.2

24.2

1- *Percentage change' is percentage change in quarterly average from fourth quarter of preceding year to
fourth quarter of specified year
'Average monthly change' is dollar change from December to December,
divided by 12.

2. "Percentage change" is percentage change in quarterly average from preceding quarter to specified quarter
*Average monthly change' is dollar change from the last month of the preceding quarter to the last month of
the specified quarter, divided by 3.
3. Seasonally adjusted as a whole.
4. Net of holdings of money market mutual funds, depository institutions, U.S. government, and foreign banks
,d official institutions.
5. Borrowing from other than commercial banks in the form of federal funds purchased, securities
sold under agreements to repurchase, and other liabilities for borrowed money (including borrowing from the
Federal Reserve and unaffiliated foreign banks, loan RPs, and other minor items),

6. Treasury demand deposits and note balances at commercial banks.

Data are partially estimated.

-13COMMERCIAL BANK CREDIT AND SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM BUSINESS CREDIT1
(Percentage change at annual rate,
based on seasonally adjusted data)

Type of credit

Dec.
1991
to Dec.
1992

1993
Q2

1993
Q3

1993
Sep.

1993
Aug.

1993
Oct. p

Level,
Oct.
1993 p
($billions)

Commercial bank credit
1. Total loans and securities
at banks
2.

Securities

3.

U.S.

4.

Other

government

5. Loans
6.

Business

7.

Real estate

8.
9.

3.6

.1

3,056.5

13.0

11.2

8.0

9.6

7.8

-5.5

898.2

17.5

12.9

8.6

9.5

9.6

-4.0

717.8

5.2

4.9

10.0

0.0

-9.9

180.5

5.6

4.5

.7

2.4

.2

-5.1

-1.1
.2

2.4

585.4

-2.2

2.1

5.2

3.7

2.4

4.0

5.0

917.9

Consumer

-1.8

7.1

8.7

8.4

4.2

12.7

380.6

Security

10.

-1.2

18.4

44.9

62.7

-26.5

43.7

-49.4

79.2

1.2

12.2

.8

-1.8

-1.8

195.2

Other

-3.2

-9.1

.4

2,158.2

Short- and intermediate-term business credit
576.0

-3.3

-1.4

-2.4

-. 6

-3.7

2.0

-5.2

-31.3

-48.0

-22.2

-3.1

-1.5

-3.6

-2.2

Commercial paper issued by
nonfinancial firms

9.5

15.8

22.5

23.5

4.5

-8.9

160.5

Sum of lines 13 and 14

-. 8

3.0

-2.4

-2.4

757.8

11.5

n.a.

21.1

11.

Business loans net of bankers
acceptances

12.

Loans at foreign branches 2

13.

Sum of lines 11 and 12

14.

15.

1.9

1.7

-4.4

5.7
-. 6

21.3
597.3

5
16. Bankers acceptances, U.S.
3 4
trade-related ,

-16.9

-14.2

-11.1

-11.4

5

17.

Finance company loans to
business4

1.8

18.

Total (sum of lines 15, 16,
and 17)

-. 5

-. 4

3.0

4.8

5.5

n.a.

305.4

.9

1.9

3.3

0.0

n.a.

1,085.8

1. Except as noted, levels are averages of Wednesday data and percentage changes are based on averages of Wednesday data; data are adjusted for breaks caused by reclassification; changes are measured
frcn preceding period to period indicated.
made by foreign branches of domestically chartered banks.
2. Loans to U.S. firs
3. Acceptances that finance U.S. imports, U.S. exports, and damestic shipment and storage of
goods.
4. Changes are based on averages of month-end data.
5. September 1993.
p Preliminary.
n.a. Not available.

-14SELECTED FINANCIAL MARKET QUOTATIONS
(Percent except as noted)
1992

1993

Change to Nov 10, 1993

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Instrument

FOMC, Mid-Oct
Sep 21 lows

Sept. 4

Nov 10

From FOMC,
Sep 21

Mid-Oct
lows

SHORT-TERM RATES
Federal funds

3.19

3.01

3.07

3.00

-0.01

-0.07

2.92
2.96
3.06

2.92
3.05
3.25

3.01
3.09
3.23

3.12
3.26
3.40

0.20
0.21
0.15

0.11
0.17
0.17

3.22
3.22

3.15
3.16

3.13
3.23

3.15
3.40

0.00
0.24

0.02
0.17

3.06
3.06
3.11

3.11
3.12
3.25

3.08
3.22
3.23

3.10
3.35
3.38

-0.01
0.23
0.13

0.02
0.13
0.15

3.31
3.31

3.06
3.06

3.06
3.25

3.06
3.38

0.00
0.32

0.00
0.13

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

0.00

0.00

4.21
5.47
6.14

4.06
5.19
5.78

4.51
5.72
6.21

0.30
0.25
0.07

0.45
0.53
0.43

5.49

5.41

5.72

0.23

0.31

8.06

7.10

6.79

7.21

0.11

0.42

7.84
5.15

6.96
4.36

6.74
4.14

7.11
4.17

0.15
-0.19

0.37
0.03

3
Treasury bills
3-month
6-month
1-year
Commercial paper
1-month

3-month
Large negotiable CDs
1-month
3-month
6-month
4
Eurodollar deposits
l-month
3-month
Bank prime rate
INTERMEDIATE- AND LONG-TERM RATES
U.S. Treasury (constant maturity)
3-year
10-year
30-year
5
Municipal revenue
(Bond Buyer)

4.38
6.40
7.29

Corporate--A utility,
recently offered
6
Home mortgages
FHLMC 30-yr. fixed rate
FHLMC 1-yr. adjustable rate
Record high

S 1989
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1993

I
I
I

Level
_I

I
I
I Low, I FOMC,
I
I Date I Jan. 31 Sep 21 iNov 101
_
I
__I

3697.64
260.48
787.42
4701.68

11/2/93 2144.64 3537.24 3663.55
10/15/93 154.00 251.59 256.57
10/15/93 378.56 733.56 776.50
10/15/93 2718.59 4515.06 4628.16

Stock exchange index

Dow-Jones Industrial
NYSE composite
NASDAQ (OTC)
Wilshire

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!

1. One-day quotes except as noted.
2. Average for two-week reserve maintenance
period closest to date shown. Last observation
is average to date for maintenance period ending
November 10, 1993.
3. Secondary market.

Percentage change to Nov 10
From
I From
record I 1989
high
I low
1
-0.92
-1.50
-1.39
-1.56

70.82
66.60
105.12
70.24

4. Bid rates for Eurodollar
deposits at 11 a.m. London time.
5. Most recent observation based on
one-day Thursday quote and futures
market index changes.
6. Quotes for week ending Friday
previous to date shown.

I
I From FOMC,
I Sep 21
I
3.57
1-98

5.85
2.50