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N a t io n a l E c o n o m ic T r e n d s
April 1989
Considerable
m e a s u r e d

public

r a t e hit a p o s t w a r l o w
decades

concern

as the p r o p o r t i o n

since

1950.

has

b e e n

of personal

of 3.2 percent;

H o w e v e r ,

expressed
saving

in 1 9 8 8 ,

in r e c e n t

years

about

to d i s p o s a b l e p e r s o n a l

the

behavior

income.

it r o s e o n l y t o 4 . 2 p e r c e n t ,

In

1987,

well b e l o w

of the

U.S.

personal

for e x a m p l e ,

saving

the personal

rate,

saving

its a v e r a g e l e v e l i n t h e t h r e e p r e v i o u s

c o n c e r n a b o u t the c u r r e n t relatively l o w p e r s o n a l s a v i n g rate m a y

be misplaced.

T w o

broader

m e a s u r e s o f t h e p e r s o n a l s a v i n g rate h a v e n o t d e c l i n e d precipi t o u s l y in th e 1 9 8 0 s c o m p a r e d to their levels in p r e v i o u s d e c a d e s .

T h e
based
b y

table b e l o w
m e a s u r e s

s h o w s

of

w h a t has h a p p e n e d

saving

since

relative to d i s p o s a b l e

1 9 5 0 to t he p e r s o n a l s a v i n g rate d e s c r i b e d a b o v e

personal

income.

T h e

individuals” data f r o m the Federal R e s e r v e f l o w of funds accounts.

n o n p r o f i t institutions,
in o w n e r - o c c u p i e d

farms

h o m e s ,

c a l l e d t h e total p e r s o n a l
ing, p e r s o n a l
welfare

funds.

tially l o w e r
'en

a n d

only

other

noncorporate

durables

s a v i n g rate s i m p l y

e m p l o y e r

In sharp

a n d

c o n s u m e r

contributions

a n d

1980s,

o n

average,

slightly

b e l o w

its p r i o r

while

P e r s o n a l

w e r e
the

S a v i n g

1980-88

Personal

saving

Individual

Total personal

saving

Views



a n d

e m p l o y e r

saving

personal

R a t e s :

increases

saving

m e a s u r e s

D u r i n g

S e l e c t e d

1970-79

8 . 0 %

rate

the
has

in debt.

saving

contributions

rate, t h e t w o

saving

in financial

net reductions

the others,

5 . 4 %

saving

m e a s u r e

in prior d e c a d e s .
total

individual

other broader

rate uses

T h e s e data include households,

assets

a n d

of the personal

than they

levels,

they

t o d i s t i n g u i s h it f r o m

for social i n s u r a n c e

contrast to the b e h a v i o r

in the

business;

certain other

so-called

a n d t w o

the

assets,
T h e

net i n v e s t m e n t

third s a v i n g

as the s u m

broader

saving
the

e x c e e d e d

rate,

of personal

for private pension,

1980s,

“s a v i n g

p e r s o n a l trust f u n d s ,

sav­

health a n d

rates are no t s u b s t a n ­

individual
its e a r l i e r

saving

rate h a s

levels.

M e a s u r e s

1960-69

1950-59

6 . 7 %

6 . 8 %

11.8

13.3

12.2

12.6

24.4

24.0

17.5

13.6

—

Court e n a y

THE
FEDERAL
RESERVE
RANK of
ST.IXHIS

e x p r e s s e d d o n o t n e c e s s a r i l y r e f l e c t official p o s i t i o n s o f t h e F e d e r a l R e s e r v e S y s t e m .

C.

Stone

T O T A L C IV IL IA N E M P L O Y M E N T
(C o m p o u n d e d A m m I R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH

THOUSANDS
OF PERSONS

INITIAL MONTH
7-67

8-87

9-87 1 0-67 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

9 - 8 8 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89
115,019

6-87

4.4

9-67

1.5

-1.5

10-67

2.2

1 .1

5.6

11-87

2.5

1.6

5.0

2.5

112*896
115*225
115*460
115*740

12-87

2.4

1.9

5.0

2.8

5.0

1-88

2.6

2.2

5.1

5.0

5.2

5.4

2-88

2.5

2.2

5.0

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.5

5-88

2.0

1.7

2.2

1. 9

1.8

1.4

0.4

-1.5

4-88

2.4

2.2

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.1

2.0

5.7

5-88

1 .9

1.6

2.0

1.8

1. 7

1.4

0.9

0.5

1.4

-2.7

114*055
114*275
114*129
114*660
114*405
115*001

6-88

2.5

2 .1

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.2

2.0

5.1

1.8

6.5

7-88

2 .1

1.9

2.5

2.1

2 .1

2.0

1.7

2.4

1.5

5.4

0.5

8-88

2 .1

1 .9

2.2

2 .1

2 .1

1. 9

1.7

2.5

1.4

2.8

1 .1

1.8

1.6

115*054
115*205
115*570

9-88

2 .1

1.9

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.7

2.2

1. 5

2.6

1.5

1.8

1.8

10-88

2 .1

1 .9

2.2

2.1

2.0

1. 9

1.8

2.2

1.6

2.5

1.5

1.9

1. 9

2 .1

11-88

2.2

2 .1

2.5

2.2

2.2

2 .1

2.0

2.0

2.4

1.9

2.7

2.0

2.4

2.6

5.0

12-88

2.1

2.0

2.2

2 .1

2.1

2.0

1 .9

1.8

2.2

1.8

2.4

1.8

2.0

2 .1

2.2

2.5

0.6

1-89

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.7

2.4

5.0

2.6

2.9

5.2

5.5

4.0

4.0

7.5

2-89

2.4

2.2

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.9

2.4

2.7

2.9

5. 1

5.4

5.2

4.4

1. 5

7-87

8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-68

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-86

8-88

9 - 8 8 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

115*575
115*947

4.0

116*009
116*711
116*855

INITIAL MONTH

P R E P A R E D B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K O F S T. L O U I S
M A R C H 10» 1 9 6 9

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 ) R a t e s of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
MONTH
7-87

8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

8-87

2.9

9-87

2.8

2.8

10-87

5.7

4.2

5.6

11-87

5.7

4.0

4.6

5.6

1-88

2-88

INITIAL MONTH
OF PERSONS
5-88 4-88 5 -88

THOUSANDS

6-88

7-88

8-88

9 - 8 8 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

102*672
102*906
105*571
105*678

12-87

5.7

5.9

4.5

5.7

5.8

1-88

5.6

5.8

4.0

5.5

5.4

5.1

2-88

5.9

4.0

4.5

4.0

4.1

4.5

5.5

104*001
104*262
104*729

5-88

5.8

4.0

4.2

5.9

5.9

4.0

4.4

5.4

4-88

5.7

5.8

4.0

5.7

5.8

5.7

4.0

5.2

5.0

5-88

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

2.9

2.7

2.4

6-88

5.9

4.0

4.1

5.9

4.0

4.0

4.2

5.9

4.0

4.5

6.7

7-88

5.7

5.8

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.9

5.6

5.6

5.8

4.5

2.4

105*020
105*281
105*489
106*057
106*271

8-88

5.6

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.2

5.5

5.6

2 .1

1.8

9-88

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.6

2.6

2.7

10-88

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.4

2.6

2.7

5. 1

2.7

11-88

5.6

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.7

5.1

5.5

5.8

5.9

12-88

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.0

5.1

5.5

5.4

5.8

2.5

1-89

5.6

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.7

5.5

5.4

5.7

5.8

4.1

5.6

4.7

2-89

5.6

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.7

5.9

5.5

4.0

5.5

7-87

8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-68

6-88

7-88

8-68

9 - 8 8 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

106,425
5.6

106*757
106,975
5.1

107,419
107,641
1 0 8 , 0 5 6P
108,545P

IN IT IA L MONTH
P- PRELIM IN A RY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERV E BANK OF S T . LO U IS
MARCH 10» 1969

2

EMPLOYMENT
R A T IO

R A T IO

S C A L E

M I L L I O N S

OF

S C A L E

MILLIONS OF PERSONS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

P E R S O N S

130
125
120

115

110

105

100

95

90

85

80
SOURCEt U.S.DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BEGINNING JANUARY 1966. TOTAL EMPLOYMENT DATA INCORPORATE NEW PROCEDURES FOR ESTIMATING
MEASURES OF IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION INCREASING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY ABOUT 0.3Z.
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDi FEBRUARY PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

UNEMPLOYMENT
PERCENT

SEASO NALLY

RATE
PERCENT

A D JU S T E D

10.0

10




9 .0

8.0

7 .0

6.0

5 .0

4. 0
1981

19 8 2

198 3

198 4

1985

19 8 6

1 98 7

19 8 8

19 8 9

SOURCEt U .S . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENT OF C IV IL IA N LABOR FORCE
LATEST DATA PLOTTED* FEBRUARY
PREPARED BY FED ERAL R ESER V E BANK OF S T . LOUIS

3

C O N S U M E R P R IC E IN D E X F O R A L L 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 R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL

IN IT IA L MONTH
7-87

8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

5-88

1982-84-100
6-88

7-88

8-88

9 - 8 8 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89
11 4 . 4

8-87

5.4

9-87

3 .7

2 .1

10-87

3.9

3.2

4.3

11-87

4.0

3.5

4.3

4.3

12-87

1 .4

3.2

3.5

3.2

2 .1

11 4 . 6
115.0
115 . 4
115.6
116.1

1-88

S.9

3.6

4.0

3.9

3.7

5.3

2-88

3.4

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.7

2.1

5-88

3.7

3.5

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.9

3.1

4.2

4— 8 8

3.9

3.7

3.9

3.9

3.8

4.2

3.8

4.7

5.3

5-88

4.0

3.9

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.4

4.2

4.9

5.3

4- 8 8

4.0

3.9

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.4

4.2

4.7

4.9

4.7

4.2

7- 8 8

4 .1

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.5

4.4

4.8

5.0

4.9

4.7

5.2

8-88

4.1

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.3

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.7

11 6 . 3
11 6 . 7
11 7 . 2
117.7

5.2

1 18.1
118.6
119.0

4.1

119.5

9- 8 8

4.2

4.1

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.5

4.4

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.8

4.6

5.2

10-88

4.3

4.2

4.3

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.5

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.8

5.1

5.1

11-88

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.1

120.0
120.3

3.0

120.7

12-88

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.3

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.5

4.3

4.3

4.1

3.6

4.1

1-8 9

4.3

4.3

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.7

5.6

7.2

2-89

4.4

4.3

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.7

4.6

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.9

4.9

4.8

5.4

6.1

5.1

7-87

8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

9 - 8 8 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

121.4
121.9

INITIAL MONTH

P R E P A R E D B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K O F ST. L O U I S
M A R C H 21» 1989

P R O D U C E R PRICE INDEX, FINISHED G O O D S
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a l e s of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
MONTH

INITIAL MONTH
7-87

8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

5-88

1 9 8 2 * 1 00

6-88

7-88

8-88

9 - 8 8 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89
105.7

8-87

1.1

9-87

3.5

5.8

10- 8 7

1.5

1 .7

- 2.2

11- 8 7

1.1

1 .1

- 1 .1

0.0

12-87

0.2

0.0

-1.9

-1.7

-3.3

106.2
106.0
106.0
105.7

1-88

1.5

1.6

0.6

1. 5

2.3

8.2

2-88

1.3

1. 3

0.5

1.1

1.5

4.0

0.0

3- 8 8

1.7

1.8

1.1

1.8

2.3

4.2

2.3

4.6

106.4
106.4
106.8

4-88

1 .9

2.0

1.5

2 .1

2.5

4.0

2.7

4.0

3.4

5-88

2.0

2.2

1.7

2.3

2.7

3.9

2.8

3.8

3.4

3.4

6-88

2 .1

2.2

1.8

2.3

2.6

3.6

2.7

3.4

3.0

2.8

2.3

10 7 . 1
107.4
107.6

7-88

2.5

2.6

2.3

2.8

3.1

4.1

3.4

4.1

4.0

4.2

4.6

6.9

8-88

2.5

2.6

2.4

2.8

3.2

4.0

3.4

4.0

3.9

4.0

4.2

5.1

3.4

9-88

2.8

3.0

2.7

3.2

3.5

4.3

3.8

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.8

5.7

5.1

6.8

10-88

2.7

2.8

2.6

3.0

3.3

4.0

3.5

4.0

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.5

3.7

3.9

108.2
108.5
1 0 9.1

1 .1

109.2

11-88

2.7

2.8

2.6

3.0

3.2

3.8

3.4

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.8

4.1

3.4

3.4

1.7

2.2

12-88

2.9

3.0

2.8

3.1

3.4

4.0

3.6

4.0

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.3

3.8

3.9

3.0

3.9

5.6

1-89

3.4

3.5

3.4

3.8

4.0

4.6

4.3

4.7

4.7

4.9

5.1

5.5

5.2

5.6

5.3

6.8

9.1

12.7

2-89

3.8

4.0

3.9

4.3

4.6

5.2

4.9

5.4

5.4

5.6

5.9

6.3

6.3

6.7

6.7

8.2

10.2

12.6

12.6

7-87

8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

9 - 8 8 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89




109.4
109.9
111.0

112.1

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 17» 1989

4




RATIO

SCALE

P R I C E S

1982-100

RATIO

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

SCALE

1982-100

CONSUMER P R IC E S O A TA ARE ON A 1 9 6 2 - 8 4 -1 0 0 B ASE
C P I - U O A T A B E G IN N IN G 1963 IN C O R P O R A T E A R E N TA L E Q U IV A L E N C E M EASURE FO R H O M EO VN E R SH IP C O S T S .
P E R C E N TA G E S A R E AN NU AL R A T E S OF CHANGE F O R P E R IO D S

I N D IC A T E D .

L A T E S T D A TA P LO TTE D » FEBRU ARY

P R E P A R ED B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK OF S T .

r a t io

scale

PRODUCER

P R IC E S

P E R C E N TA G E S ARE AN NU AL R A T E S OF CHANGE FO R P E R IO D S
L A T E S T O A TA P LO T T E D *

r a tio

L O U IS

scale

IN D IC A T E D .

FEBRUARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

5

P R O D U C E R P R IC E IN D E X , F IN IS H E D 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 R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH
7-87

8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

1982 « 100

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89
109.5

8-87

-8.4

9-87

- 1 .1

10-87

- 1 .1

2.8

- 1 .1

11 - 8 7

-0.5

2.6

0.5

12 - 8 7

- 2.8

-1.4

-5.9

1-88

0.5

2.4

1.4

2.2

2.2

19.1

2-88

- 0.2

1.5

0.2

0.5

0.0

6.8

-4.5

5-88

0.7

2.0

1.5

1.8

1.6

6.8

1 .1

6.7

4-88

I 0.6

1.8

1 .1

1.5

1 .5

5.0

0.7

5.5

5-88

>,.2

2.5

1.8

2.2

2.2

5.4

2.2

4.4

5.5

6.7

6-88

2.0

5.1

2.7

5.2

5.5

6.2

5.7

5.8

5.5

8.4

10.2

7-88

2.5

5.6

5.5

5.8

4.0

6.5

4.6

6.4

6.4

8.6

9.5

8.9

8-88

2.9

5.9

5.7

4.2

4.4

6.7

5.0

6.7

6.6

8.4

8.9

8.5

7.7

9-88

5.5

4.5

4.5

4.8

5.0

7.2

5.8

7.5

7.4

8.9

9.5

9.2

9.4

1 1 .1

10-88

5.5

4.2

4.0

4.5

4.7

6.5

5.2

6.5

6.4

7.6

7.7

7. 1

6.5

6.0

1 .1

11-88

5.4

4.2

4.0

4.4

4.6

6.5

5.1

6.2

6.2

7.1

7.1

6.5

6.0

5.4

2.6

4.5

109.9

6.8

109.8

110.0

2.2

108.8

-5.5 -12.5

110.4

110.0
110.6
110.6

0.0

111.2
112.1
112.9
115.6
114.6
114.7
11 5 . 1

12-88

5.2

4.0

5.8

4.2

4.4

5.9

4.8

5.7

5.6

6.5

6.2

5.6

5.0

4.5

2 .1

2.6

1.0

1-89

5.8

4.6

4.5

4.9

5.0

6.5

5.5

6.5

6.4

7.2

7.2

6.8

6.5

6.2

5.1

6.4

7.5

14.4

2-89

4.4

5.2

5.1

5.5

5.7

7.1

6.5

7.2

7.2

8.0

8.1

7.9

7.7

7.7

7.1

8.6

10.1

14.9

15.4

7-87

8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

9 - 8 8 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

115.2
116.5
117.9

INITIAL MONTH

P R E P A R E D B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K O F ST. L O U I S
M A R C H 17» 1 9 8 9

P R O D U C E R PRICE INDEX, FINISHED G O O D S , E X C L U D I N G F O O D S
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a t e s of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
MONTH

INITIAL MONTH
7-87

8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1—88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

1 9 8 2 « 100

6-88

7-88

8-88

9 - 8 8 10-88 11-88 12-88

8-87

5.9

9-87

5.9

5.9

10-87

2.7

1.2

-5.4

11-87

1.7

0.4

-2.5

- 1 .1

12-87

1.6

0.6

- 1 .1

0.0

1.2

1-88

1.9

1.2

0.0

1.2

2.5

5.5

2-88

2.2

1.5

0.7

1. 7

2.7

5.5

5.5

5-88

2.2

1.6

1.0

1.8

2.6

5.1

2.9

2.5

4-88

2.4

2.0

1.5

2.5

5.0

5.5

5.5

5.5

4.6

5-88

2.4

2.0

1.6

2.5

2.9

5.2

5.2

5. 1

5.5

2.5

6-88

2.2

1.8

1. 4

2.0

2.5

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.5

1 .1

0.0

7-88

2.5

2.2

1.8

2.4

2.9

5 .1

5. 1

5.0

5.2

2.7

2.9

5.8

8-88

2.6

2.5

2.0

2.5

2.9

5.2

5. 1

5 .1

5.2

2.9

5. 1

4.6

5.4

9-88

2.7

2.5

2.2

2.7

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.2

5.4

4.6

4.0

4.6

10-88

2.6

2.4

2.1

2.6

2.9

5. 1

5. 1

5.0

5.1

2.9

5.0

5.7

5.0

2.8

11-88

2.5

2.5

2.0

2.5

2.8

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.6

2.7

5.2

2.6

2.5

1 .1

1 .1

12-88

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.9

5.2

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

4.0

5.6

5.7

5.4

4.6

1-89
104.5
105.0
104.7
104.6
104.7

105.0
105.5
105.5
105.9
1 06 . 1
1 06 . 1
106.6
106.9
107.5
107.4

1 .1

107.5
108.2

8.1

1-8 9

5.5

5.2

5.0

5.4

5.8

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.4

5.1

4.9

5.2

5.4

6.9

9.9

11.7

2-89

5.7

5. 5

5.4

5.8

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.8

4.8

5.1

5.7

5.7

6.1

6.4

7.7

10.0

11.0

10.4

7-87

8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

9 - 8 8 10-88 11-88 12-88

1-89




109.2

110.1

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LO U IS
MARCH 17» 1989

6

NDUSTRIAL
RATIO

PRODUCTION
RATIO

SCALE

SEASONALLY ADJÜSTEO

1977-100

SCALE

1977-100

P E R C E N T A G E S A R E A N N U A L R A T E S OF C H A N G E F O R P E R I O O S INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« FEBRUARY PRELIMINARY
P R E P A R E O BY F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K OF ST. L O U I S

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH

INITIAL MONTH

7-87 8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

8-87

5.7

9-87

1.9

- 1.8

10-87

5.9

6.1

14.6

11-87

6.1

6.2

10.5

6.5

12-87

6.2

6.5

9.2

6.5

6.5

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

1977 * 100

6-88 7-88

8-88

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

1-89

151.2
151.0
152.5
155.2
155.9

1-88

5.9

6.0

8.0

5.9

5.5

4.6

2-88

5.0

4.9

6.5

4.4

5.7

2.5

0.0

5-88

4.7

4.6

5.7

4.0

5.4

2.4

1.5

154.4
154.4
2.7

154.7

4-88

4.9

4.8

5.8

4.4

4.0

5.4

5.0

4.5

6.4

5-88

5.1

5.0

5.9

4.7

4.4

4.0

5.8

5.2

6.4

6.4

6-88

4 .9

4.9

5.6

4.6

4.5

5.9

5.8

4.8

5.5

5.0

3.6

7-88

5.7

5.7

6.4

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.4

6.5

7.5

7.9

8 .7

14.0

8-88

5.6

5.6

6.5

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.5

6.2

6.9

7.0

7.2

9.1

4.4

155.4
156.1
156.5
158.0
158.5

9-88

5.2

5.2

5.8

5.0

4.9

4.7

4.7

5.4

5.9

5.8

5.6

6.5

2.6

0.9

10-88

5.4

5.5

5.9

5.2

5.1

4.9

5.0

5.6

6.1

6.0

5.9

6.5

4.1

4 .0

7.2

11-88

5.5

5.5

5.8

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.9

5.5

5.8

5.8

5.7

6.1

4 .2

4.1

5.8

4.4

12-88

5.5

5.5

5.8

5.2

5.0

4.9

5.0

5.5

5.8

5 .7

5 .6

5.9

4.4

4.4

5.6

4.8

5.5

1-89

5.5

5.5

5.7

5.2

5.1

5 .0

5.0

5 .5

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.8

4 .5

4.6

5.5

5.0

5.5

5.2

2-89

5.0

5.0

5.4

4.8

4.7

4 .6

4.6

5.0

5.2

5.1

4.9

5.1

5.9

5.8

4.4

5.7

5.5

2.6

0.0

7-87

8-87

1-88 2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

158.6
159.4
159.9
140.5
141.IP
141.IP

IN IT IA L MONTH
P - PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST* LOUIS
MARCH 16» 1989

7

PERSONAL
RATIO

TRILLIONS

INCOME

MONTHLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES

SCALE
OF

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

DOLLARS

RATIO
TRILLIONS

OF

SCALE

DOLLARS

3.6

3.2

2 .8

2.4

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

SOURCE* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED* FEBRUARY PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

PERSONAL INCOM E
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
INITIAL MONTH

TERMINAL
MONTH
7-87

8-87

8-87

8 5

9-87

69

5.5

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
5,805.7
5,820.8

10-87

15 2

15.7

26.8

11-87

8 6

8 .7

10.4

-4 .0

12-87

10 5

11.1

15.0

6.6

5,897.2
5,884.1
18.5

5,959.0

1-88

7 7

7.6

8.1

2.5

6.0 -5 .1

2-88

7 7

7.7

8.1

5.9

6.6

1.2

7.9

5-88

8 5

8.4

8.8

5 .5

8.1

4.8

10.2

12.6

4-88

7 9

7.9

8.2

5.4

7.4

4.8

8 .5

8 .5

4.6

5-88

7 8

7.7

8.0

5.5

7.2

5.1

7.8

7.8

5.5

6.5

6-88

7 7

7.7

7.9

5.7

7.2

5.4

7.7

7.7

6.1

6.8

7.2

7-88

7 9

7.8

8.0

6.1

7.5

6.0

8.0

8.0

6.9

7.6

8 .5

5,921.8
5,946.7
5,985.9
4,001.0
4,021.4
4,044.9
9.4

4,075.5

8-88

7 6

7.6

7.8

6.0

7.2

5.9

7.5

7.5

6.5

7.0

7.2

7.2

5.0

9-88

7 6

7.5

7.7

6.1

7.2

6.0

7.5

7.4

6.6

7.0

7.1

7.1

5.9

6.9

10-88

8 5

8.5

8.5

7.1

8.2

7.2

8 .7

8.8

8.5

8 .9

9.4

10.0

10.2

12.9

19.2

11-88

7 6

7.5

7.7

6.5

7.2

6.5

7.5

7.4

6.8

7.1

7.5

7.5

6.8

7.4

7.6

4,091.8
4,114.7
4,175.5
-2 .9

4,165.2

12-88

7 8

7.7

7.9

6.6

7.5

6.6

7.8

7.8

7.5

7.6

7.8

7.9

7.6

8.2

8.6

5.7

10.8

1-89

8 5

8.6

8 .7

7.6

8 .5

7.8

9.0

9.0

8 .7

9.2

9.5

9.9

9.9

11.0

12.0

9.7

16.6

22.7

2-89

88

8.8

9.0

7.9

8.8

8.1

9.2

9.5

9.0

9.5

9.9

10.2

10.5

11.2

12.1

10.4

15.2

17.5

12.6

7-87

8-87

1-88 2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

4,200.8
4,272.9
4*515.5P

IN IT IA L MONTH
PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
MARCH 24» 1989

8

RETAIL
RATIO

SALES*
RATIO

SCALE

BILLIONS

1981

OF

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

DOLLARS

1982

1983

1984

1985

BILLIONS

1986

1987

1988

OF

SCALE

DOLLARS

1989

SOUR C E * U.S. D E P A R T M E N T OF C O M M E R C E
P E R C E N T A G E S A R E A N N U A L R A T E S OF C H A N G E FO R P E R I O D S INDICATED.
L A T E S T D A T A PLO T T E D *

J ANUARY, F E B R U A R Y A D V A N C E E S T I M A T E

« R E V I S E D F R O M 1983

P R E P A R E D BY F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K OF ST. L O U I S

RETAIL SALES
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
7-87

INITIAL MONTH
8-87

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
130*390

8-87

23.6

9-87

6.3

—8 .5

129*427

10-87

0.4

-9 .5 -1 0 .5

128*235

11-87

1.0 -5 .6

-4 .0

2.9

12-87

3.3

- 1.2

1.4

7.9

128*541
129*870

13.1

1-88

3.5

0.0

2.2

6.8

8.8

4.7

2-88

5.2

2.4

4.7

8 .9

10.9

9.9

15.3

130*364
131*921

3-88

6.6

4.4

6.7

10.5

12.5

12.3

16.3

4-88

5.4

3.3

5.1

8.0

9.0

8.0

9.2

6.2 -3 .9

5-88

5.7

3.8

5.5

8.0

8 .9

8.1

8.9

6.9

2.0

8.2

6—88

5.9

4.3

5.8

8.0

8.8

8.1

8.8

7.2

4.0

8.2

8.2

7-88

5.9

4.4

5.8

7.8

8.4

7.8

8.3

6.9

4.5

7.4

7.1

6.0

8-88

5.7

4.3

5.6

7.4

7.9

7.2

7.6

6.4

4.3

6.4

5.8

4.7

3.5

9-88

5.1

3.8

4.9

6.4

6.8

6.1

6.3

5.0

3.1

4.6

3.7

2.2

0.4

- 2.6

10-88

6.0

4.9

6.0

7.5

7.9

7.4

7.7

6.8

5.4

7.0

6.8

6.4

6.6

8.2

20.1

11-88

6.6

5.6

6.7

8.1

8 .5

8.1

8.5

7.8

6.6

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.8

10.6

17.9

12-88

6.0

5.0

6.0

7.3

7.6

7.2

7.4

6.6

5.5

6.8

6.6

6.3

6.4

7.1

10.5

1-89

6.1

5.2

6.1

7.3

7.7

7.2

7.5

6.8

5.8

6.9

6.7

6.5

6.6

7.3

9.9

6.7

2.5

8.1

2-89

5.5

4.6

5.5

6.5

6.8

6.3

6.5

5.8

4.8

5.7

5.4

5.1

4.9

5.2

6.8

3.7

0.0

1.5

-4 .7

7-87

8-87

1-88 2-88

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

«REVISED FROM 1983
P- PRELIMINARY
E- ESTIMATED




9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

17.4

133*692
133*249
134*130
135,010
135*662
136*050
135*751
137*842
15.7

139*529

6.0 -2 .9

139*189
140»098P
139»536E

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 14» 1989

9

H O U R L Y C O M P E N S A T IO N , B U S IN E S S S E C T O R
(Com pounded A n n u a l R ates o f C h an ge)
TERMINAL
QUARTER

IN IT IA L QUARTER

1-84
2-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

1977-100

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

2.7

166.9
168.7

5-84

5.5

4.4

4-84

5.6

4.1

5.8

1-85

4.0

4.5

4.6

170.5
5.5

172.5
174.2

2-85

4.0

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.0

5-85

4.2

4.5

4.6

4.8

4.6

5.1

4-85

4.4

4.7

4.8

5.0

4.9

5.4

176.4
5.6

178.8
180.4

1-86

4.5

4.5

4.6

4 .7

4.6

4.8

4.6

5.6

2-86

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.4

4.5

4.5

5.6

5.6

5-86

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.4

4.5

4.5

5.9

4.0

4.5

182.0
184.0
186.2

4-86

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.1

4.5

4.7

4.9

1-87

4.1

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.1

5.8

5.8

5.9

5.6

2.4

2-87

4.1

4 .2

4.2

4.5

4.1

4.2

4.0

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.0

5.7

5-87

4.1

4.5

4.2

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.1

5.9

5.9

4.0

5.9

5.5

4.1

4-87

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.5

4.5

4.2

4.8

5.4

6.2

1-88

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.1

4.2

4.5

4.2

4.1

4.5

4 .8

5.0

2-88

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.4

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.5

4.5

4.2

4.6

4.8

4.9

4.5

4.8

5-88

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.9

5.1

5.2

4.9

5.5

6.2

4-88

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.8

5.0

5.1

4.8

5.2

5.4

4.7

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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

187.5
189.0
191.1

4.5

194.0
5.8

195.8
198.1

201.1
205.4

INITIAL QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 7» 1989

OUTPUT PER H OU R OF ALL PERSONS, BUSINESS SECTOR
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-84

INITIAL QUARTER
2-84

2-84

1.9

5-84

0.8 -0 .4

4-84

1.0

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

1977*100
4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

105.6

0.6

105.5

1 5

105.9

1-85

1.5

1.4

2 5

5.1

2-85

1.8

1.8

25

5.0

5-85

2.0

2.0

2 7

5.0

5.0

5.0

4-85

1.8

1.8

2 5

2.5

2.5

1.9

0.7

106.7
5.0

107.5
108.5
108.5

1-86

2.5

2.6

5 1

5.5

5.6

5.7

4.1

7.6

2-86

2.2

2.2

2 6

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.6

5.5

-0 .4

5-86

1.8

1.8

2 1

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.6

1.8

-0 .9

-1 .4

4-86

1.6

1.6

18

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.1

1.2

- 0.8

- 1.1

-0 .7

1-87

1.5

1.5

1 6

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.0 -0 .5

- 0.6

- 0.2

0.4

2-87

1.6

1.6

1 7

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.5

0.1

0.2

0.7

1.5

2.6

5-87

1.8

1.7

1 9

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.7

0.7

0.9

1.5

2.5

5.5

4.0

4-87

1.7

1.6

18

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.5

0.7

0.8

1.5

1.8

2.5

2.2

0.4

110.5
110.4

110.0
109.8
109.9

110.6
111.7

111.8

1-88

1.8

1.8

1 9

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.7

1.0

1.2

1.7

2.2

2.6

2.7

2.0

5.6

112.8

2-88

1.5

1.4

1 6

1.6

1.4

1.5

1.2

1.2

0.5

0.6

0.9

1.2

1.4

1.1

0.1

0.0 -5 .5

111.8

5-88

1.5

1.5

1 6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.5

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.5

1.5

1.2

0.5

0.6 -0 .9

1.8

112.5

4-88

1.5

1.5

1 4

1.4

1.5

1.1

1.0

1.0

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.9

1.0

0.7

0.1

0.0 - 1.2

0.0 - 1.8

111.8

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

8-86 4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87




4-87

1-88 2-88

5-88

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P R O D U C T IV IT Y ,

C O M PEN SA TIO N ,

AND L A B O R

COSTS

RATIO SCALE

RATIO SCALE

1977-100

1981

SEASO NALLY

1982

1983

1984

ADJUSTED

1985

1977-100

1986

1987

1988

1989

SO U RCEt U . S . D E P A R TM E N T OF LA B O R
P E R C E N TA G E S AR E AN NUAL R A T E S OF CHANGE FOR P E R IO D S

I N D IC A T E D .

L A T E S T D A TA P L O T T E D t 4 TH Q U A R TE R
PR EP AR E D BY F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK O F S T .

LO U IS

UNIT LABOR COSTS, BUSINESS SECTOR
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-84

INITIAL QUARTER
2-84

5-84

2-84

0.5

5—84

2.7

4.9

4-84

2.5

5.6

2.5

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86 2-86 5-86

1977*100
4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88
158.0
159.9
160.8

1-85

2.4

5.0

2.1

2.0

2-85

2.1

2.5

1.8

1.5

1.0

5-85

2.2

2.5

1.9

1.8

1.7

2.5

4-85

2.5

2.8

2.4

2.5

2.6

5.5

4.5

1-86

1.7

1.9

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.1

0.4

161.6
162.0
165.0
164.8
- 5 .6

165.5

2-86

2.0

2.2

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.8

1.6

0.1

4 .0

5-86

2.4

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.0

5.0

6.0

4-86

2 .7

2.9

2 .7

2.7

2.8

5.1

5.2

2.9

5.2

5.8

164.9
167.5
5.6

169.6

1-87

2.6

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.7

5.0

5.0

2.8

4.4

4.6

5.9

2.1

2-87

2.5

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.7

2.7

2.4

5.7

5.6

2.8

1.4

0.7

5-87

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.2

5.2

5.0

2.5

1.2

0.7

170.5
170.8
0.7

171.1

4-87

2.6

2.7

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.8

2.8

2.6

5.5

5.4

5.0

2.5

2.4

5.2

5.7

1-88

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

5.1

2.9

2.5

1.8

1.8

2.1

2.8

0.0

2-88

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.9

5.0

5.1

2.9

5.7

5.6

5.5

2.9

5.1

5.7

4 .7

4.2

8.6

5-88

2.8

5.0

2.9

2.9

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.7

5.7

5.4

5.1

5.5

5.8

4.6

4.2

6.4

4.4

4-88

5.0

5.2

5.1

5.1

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.4

4.0

4.0

5.8

5.6

5.8

4.5

5.1

4 .9

6.6

5.6

6.9

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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




175.5
175.5
177.1
179.0
182.0

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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT IN CURRENT DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
INITIAL QUARTER

t e r m in a l

QUARTER

1-84

2 -8 4

5-84

4 -8 4

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

2-84

8*9

5-84

7.4

5.8

4-84

6.5

5.5

4 .7

1-85

6.8

6.1

6.5

7.9

2-85

6.6

6.0

6.0

6.7

5.6

5-85

6.6

6.2

6.5

6.8

6.5

7.0

4-85

6.6

6.2

6.5

6.6

6.2

6.6

6.2

1-86

6.7

6.5

6.4

6.8

6.5

6.8

6.7

2-86

6.2

5.9

5.9

6.1

5.7

5.7

5.5

4.9

2.6

5-86

6.2

5.9

5.9

6.0

5.7

5.8

5.5

5.2

4.5

5.9

4-86

5.9

5.6

5.6

5 .7

5.4

5.4

5.1

4.8

4.0

4.7

5.4

1-87

6.1

5.9

5 .9

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.5

5.1

5.9

5.9

8.4

2-87

6.5

6.1

6.1

6.5

6.1

6.2

6.0

6.0

5.8

6.6

6.8

8 .5

8 .7

5-87

6.4

6.2

6.5

6.4

6.2

6.5

6.2

6.5

6.1

6.8

7.0

8 .2

8 .2

7.7

5-87

4-87

1-88

2 -8 8

5-88

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

5*754.2
5»807.9
5*851.8
5 »925.6
5*979.0
4*047.0
4*107.9
7.2

4*180.4
4*207.6
4*268.4
4*504.6
4.591.8
4*484.2
4*568.0

4-87

6.6

6.4

6.4

6.6

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.4

7.1

7.5

8 .5

8 .5

8.1

8 .6

1-88

6.5

6.5

6.4

6.5

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.5

6.8

7.0

7.7

7.6

7.2

7.0

5.4

2-88

6.6

6.5

6.5

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

7.1

7.2

7.9

7.8

7.6

7.5

7.0

8 .7

5-88

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.7

6.6

6.7

6.6

6.7

6.6

7.1

7.2

7.8

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.1

8 .0

7.5

4-88

6.7

6.6

6.6

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.8

6.7

7.1

7.5

7.8

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.2

7.8

7.4

7.6

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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*662.8
4 »724.5
4 »825.8
4 »909.0
4,999.7

INITIAL QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 25» 1989

GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT IN 1982 DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-84

INITIAL QUARTER
2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

2-84

5.5

5-84

4.0

2.6

4-84

5.2

2.1

1.7

1-85

5.6

5.0

5.5

2-85

5.4

2 .9

5.0

5.7

2.4

5-85

5.5

5.1

5.5

5.8

5.5

4-85

5.4

5.1

5.2

5.6

5.2

5.5

5.0

1-86

5.8

5.6

5.7

4.1

4.0

4.5

4.6

6.4

2-86

5.5

5.0

5.1

5.5

5.0

5.1

2.8

2.7

-0 .8

5-86

5.1

2.8

2.8

5.0

2.7

2.7

2.4

2.2

0.1

1.0

4-86

2 .9

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.0

0.6

1.2

1-87

5.0

2.8

2.8

5.0

2.7

2.8

2.6

2.5

1.5

2.5

5.0

4.6

2-87

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.2

5.0

5.1

2.9

2.9

2.2

5.0

5.7

4.8

5.0

5-87

5.5

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.1

2.6

5.5

5.9

4.7

4.7

4.5

4-87

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.1

5.8

4.5

5.2

5.5

6.1

1-88

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.1

5.7

4.2

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.8

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
5,498.0
5*520.6
5*555.2

4 .9

5*577.5
5*599.2
4.1

5*655.8
5*662.4
5*719.5
5*711.6
5*721.5
5*754.7

1.4

5*776.7
5*825.0
5*865.5
5*925.0
5.4

5*956.1

2-88

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.6

4.0

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.2

5.2

5.0

5-88

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.5

5.8

4.1

4.1

5.9

5.7

2.9

2.7

2.5

4-88

5.5

5.2

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.5

5.0

5.4

5.6

5.8

5.6

5.5

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.4

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88




4-86

5*985.2
4*009.4
4*055.4

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

NATIONAL

PRODUCT

Q U A R T E R L Y TOTALS AT ANNUAL R A TE S
RATIO SCALE
DOLLARS
S E A SO N AL L Y ADJU ST E D
T R I L L I O N S OF D O L L A R S

5.4
5.2

ò

5.0
4.8
4.6
4.4
4.2
4.0

4.

3.8
4.8
4.6
4.4
4.2
4.0

3.

3.8
3.6
3.

3.4

3.

3.2

3

3.0

2 .

2 .8

2

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986
SO U R C E «

PERCENTAGES

ARE

LATEST

PLO TTED«

D ATA




ANNUAL

RATES

4T H

OF

CHANGE

FOR

P E R IO D S

1987
U .S .

1988
DEPA RTM E N T

1989
OF

COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERV E BANK OF ST . L O U IS

13

2 . 6

GENERAL
RATIO

PRICE

INDEX*

SCALE

RATIO

SCALE

1982-100

1982-100
130
125

120

115

110

105

100

95

1981
*AS USED

1982
IN N A T I O N A L

1983

1984

1985

1986

INCOME A C C O U N T S

1987

1988

90

1989

S O U R C E * U.S. D E P A R T M E N T OF C O M M E R C E

P E R C E N T A C E S AR E A N N U A L R A T E S OF C H A N G E FO R P E R I O D S INDICATED.
L A T E S T D A T A PLOTTED* 4T H Q U A R T E R
P R E P A R E D BY F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K OF ST. L O U I S

IMPLICIT PRICE DEFLATOR FO R GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-84

INITIAL QUARTER
2-84

3-84

4-84

1-85

2-84

3.0

3-84

3.2

3.4

4-84

3.1

3.2

3.0

1-85

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.6

2-85

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.3

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

1982 • 100
4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

107.3
108.2
109.0
109.7
110.6

3-85

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.6

4-85

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.9

3.1

2.9

3.3

1-86

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.0

0.7

2-86

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.2

3.6

111.3
112.2
112.4
113.4

3-86

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.0

4.1

4.7

4-86

2.9

2.9

2.9

2 .8

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.8

3.5

3.4

2.1

1-87

3.0

3.0

2.9

2 .9

3.0

2.9

3.0

2.9

3.5

3.4

2.8

3.5

2-87

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

3.4

3.0

3.5

3.5

3-87

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.0

3.4

3.4

3.1

3.4

3.3

3.1

114.7
115.3
116.3
117.3
118.2

4-87

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.9

3.0

2.9

3.0

2.9

3.3

3.2

2.9

3.1

3.0

2.7

2.4

1-88

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.1

3.0

2.7

2.8

2.7

2.4

2.0

1.7

2-88

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.6

118.9
119.4
5.5

121.0

3-88

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.9

5.1

4.7

4-88

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.8

3.9

4.3

5.2

5.0

5.3

1-84

2-84

3-84

4-84

1-85

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




122.4
124.0

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
MARCH 2 3 » 1 9 8 9

14

PERSONAL CONSUM PTION EXPENDITURES IN CURRENT DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER

BILLIO NS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

INITIAL QUARTER
1-8«

2-84

9.8

5-84

7.7

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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 -8 8

5-88

2*417.0
5.6

2»450.5
2*493.4

4-84

7.5

6.4

7.2

1-85

8 .2

7.7

8.7

10.2

2-85

8 .0

7.5

8.2

8.7

7 1

2*554.9
2*599.5

5-85

8 .5

8.0

8 .6

9.1

8 5

9 9

4-85

8 .0

7.7

8.1

8.5

7 7

7 9

2*661.4
2*700.4

6.0

2*759.0

1-86

7.7

7.4

7.7

7.8

7 2

7 2

5.9

5 .8

2-86

7.4

7.1

7.5

7.5

6 7

6 6

5.6

5.4

4.9

5-86

7.7

7.5

7.7

7.8

7 4

7 4

6.8

7.1

7.7

10.6

2*772.1
2*842.8
2*876.0

4-86

7.4

7.2

7.4

7.4

7 0

7 0

6.4

6.5

6.7

7.6

4.8

1-87

7.4

7.1

7.5

7.5

6 9

6 9

6.4

6.5

6.7

7.5

5.6

2-87

7.6

7.4

7.5

7.6

7 5

7 5

6.9

7.1

7.5

7.9

7.1

8 .2

10.

5-87

7.7

7.5

7.7

7.7

7 5

7 5

7.2

7.4

7.6

8.2

7.6

8 .5

9.

9.1

4-87

7.5

7.1

7.5

7.5

7 0

7 0

6.7

6.7

6.9

7.2

6.5

7.0

7.

5 .7

2.4

2*921.7

6.5

2*992.2
5*058.2
5*076.5
5*128.1

1-88

7.5

7.1

7.2

7.2

7 0

7 0

6.7

6.8

6.9

7.1

6.6

7.0

7.

6.1

4.6

6.9

2-88

7.4

7.2

7.5

7.5

7 1

7 1

6.9

7.0

7.1

7.4

6.9

7.5

7.

6.8

6.0

7.8

8 .8

5-88

7.4

7.5

7.4

7.4

7 2

7 2

7.0

7.1

7.2

7.5

7.1

7.4

7.

7.1

6.6

8.1

8 .7

8 .6

4-88

7.5

7.4

7.5

7.5

7 5

7 5

7.1

7.2

7.5

7.6

7.2

7.5

7.

7.5

7.0

8.1

8 .5

8 .4

8 .2

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-8

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

5*194.6
5*261.2
5*526.4

INITIAL QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 25» 1989

PERSONAL CON SU M PTION EXPENDITURES IN 1982 DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-84
2-84

6.4

5-84

4.1

INITIAL QUARTER
2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
2*246.7

1.9

2*257.5

4-84

4.2

5.1

4.5

1-85

4.8

4.5

5.6

6 8

2-85

4.5

4.0

4.8

5 0

5.2

5-85

4.9

4.6

5.5

5 6

5.0

6.8

4-85

4.4

4.1

4.6

6

5.9

4.5

1.9

1-86

4.5

4.2

4.6

7

4.1

4.5

5.5

4.8

2*281.1
2*519.1
2*557.4
2*575.9
2*586.9
2*415.1

2-86

4.5

4.2

4.6

6

4.2

4.4

5.7

4.6

4.5

5-86

4.7

4.5

4.8

9

4.5

4.8

4.5

5.2

5.5

6.5

4-86

4.5

4.1

4.4

4

4.1

4.2

5.7

4.2

5.9

5.7

1.2

4.0

0

5.6

5.7

5.2

5.4

5.1

2.7

0.9

0.6

5.1

2.0

2.5

1-87

4.0

5.8

2-87

4.0

5.9

4 .0

0

5.7

5.8

5-87

4.1

5.9

4.1

4 1

5.8

4-87

5.7

5.5

5.6

5 5

5.2

5.5

2*440.9
2*478.6
2*486.2
2*490.2
4.5

5.5

5.6

5.9

5.5

5.7

5.6

5.4

2.7

5.2

4.5

4.6

5.2

2.9

5.0

2.7

2.5

1.7

1.8

2.2

1.2

-2 .1

2*516.6
2*545.2
2*551.7

1-88

5.7

5.5

5.7

5 6

5.5

5.4

5.0

5.2

5.0

2.8

2.2

2.4

2.8

2.5

1.2

4.5

2-88

5.7

5.5

5.6

5 6

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.1

5.0

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.8

2.5

1.8

5.8

5.0

5-88

5.7

5.5

5.6

5 6

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.2

5*1

2.9

2.5

2.7

5.0

2.8

2.5

5.8

5.5

5.9

4-88

5.7

5.5

5.6

5 6

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.0

2.6

2.8

5.1

2.9

2.5

5.7

5.5

5.7

5.5

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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




2*559.8
2*579.0
2*605.8
2*626.2

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 25» 1989

15

GROSS PRIVATE DOM ESTIC INVESTMENT IN CURRENT DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)

1-84

2-8 4

3-84

4-84

1-85

2-84

0.7

5-84

2.2

5.7

4-84

-0 .2

-0 .7

-5 .0

1-85

-5 .6

-5 .0

-9 .0

ON
M
1

2-85

-1 .5

-1 .8

-5 .6

-2 .9

5-85

-5 .7

-4 .5

-6 .5

-7 .0

4-85

-0 .8

-1 .0

-1 .9

-1 .2

5.1

1-86

1.8

1.9

1.6

5.0

0.5

0.5

-0 .2

0.6

2-86

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

INITIAL QUARTER

t e r m in a 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

664.2
670.5
661.8
659.5
8.4

652.5

-5 .9 -1 4 .8

626.7

0.6

18.7

7.4

7.1

20.0

5.6

2.4

8.8

654.1
21.4

686.6

4.2 -1 0.5

667.8

5-86

-0 .6

-0 .8

-1 .5

-0 .8

1.4

0.1

4.2

-0 .2

-9 .5

-8 .6

4-86

-0 .4

-0 .5

-0 .9

-0 .4

1.5

0.4

5.8

0.4

-5 .8

-5 .4

2.1

1-87

1.1

1.2

0.9

1.6

5.6

2.9

6.2

5.8

-0 .2

5.5

10.2

18.9

2-87

1.6

1.7

1.5

2.2

4.0

5.5

6.4

4.5

1.4

4.6

9.4

15.2

655.0
656.4
685.5
7.8

698.5

5-87

1.7

1.8

1.6

2.2

5.9

5.4

5.9

4.2

1.6

4.2

7.6

9.5

5.1

2.5

4-87

5.9

4.1

4.1

4 .9

6.7

6.6

9.5

8.1

6.4

9.5

15.5

16.5

15.7

19.9

40.5

1-88

5.6

5.8

5.8

4.5

6.1

5.9

8.2

7.1

5.4

7.9

11.0

12.8

11.4

12.6

18.0

-0 .8

2-88

5.2

5.4

5.5

4.0

5.4

5.1

7.2

6.1

4.5

6.5

8.9

10.1

8 .4

8 .5

10.6

-1 .8

-2 .7

702.8
764.9
765.4
758.1

5-88

5.5

5.6

5.6

4.2

5.6

5.5

7.2

6.2

4.8

6.7

8.8

9.8

8 .5

8.4

9.9

1.5

2.4

7.8

4-88

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.9

5.2

4.9

6.6

5.7

4.4

6.0

7.7

8.4

7.0

6.9

7.8

0.9

1.5

5.7

-0 .5

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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

772.5
772.0

INITIAL QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 25» 1989

GROSS PRIVATE DOM ESTIC INVESTMENT IN 1982 DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-84

INITIAL QUARTER
2-84

5-84

4-84

2-84

2.0

5-84

2 .8

5.6

4-84

0.1

-0 .8

-5 .0

1-85

-5 .2

-4 .9

-8 .8 -1 2 .4

1-85

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

658.4
664.2
655.7
654.5

2-85

-0 .9

-1 .7

-5 .5

-2 .5

5-85

-5 .8

-4 .9

-6 .9

-7 .6

4-85

-0 .6

-1 .1

-2 .0

-1 .2

2.9

1-86

1.7

1.7

1.4

2.7

6.9

6.5

20.5

2-86

- 0 .2

-0 .5

-1 .0

-0 .4

2.2

0.7

7.4

8.6

647.5

-5 .0 -1 7 .0

618.1
20.8

648.0
19.8

678.0

1.5 -1 4.4

652.1

5-86

-1 .7

-2 .1

-2 .8

-2 .5

-0 .7

-2 .5

1.5

-4 .2 -1 4.5 -1 4 .2

4-86

-2 .2

-2 .6

-5 .5

-5 .0

-1 .6

-5 .2

-0 .2

-4 .9 -1 1.9 -1 0 .6

627.6
-6 .9

616.5

1-87

-0 .4

-0 .7

-1 .1

-0 .6

0.9

-0 .1

5.0

-0 .2

-4 .7

-1 .2

6.1

20.9

2-87

0.2

0.1

-0 .2

0.5

1.8

1.0

5.8

1.2

-2 .1

1.2

7.0

14.6

8 .8

5-87

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.7

2.1

1.4

4.0

1.7

-1 .0

1.9

6.4

11.5

6.8

4.8

4-87

2.7

2.8

2.7

5.4

5.0

4.6

7.5

5.8

5.9

7.5

12.2

17.6

16.5

20.5

58.6

1-88

2.7

2.7

2.7

5.5

4.7

4.4

6.8

5.4

5.7

6.6

10.5

14.5

12.8

14.1

19.1

2.5

2-88

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.5

5.8

5.4

5.4

4.0

2.4

4.7

7.7

10.4

8.4

8 .5

9.5

-2 .6

5-88

2.5

2 .5

2.5

2.8

5.9

5.6

5.5

4.2

2.8

4.9

7.6

9.8

8.1

7.9

8.7

0.5

-0 .8

6.5

1.9

1.9

1.8

2.5

5.5

5.0

4.7

5.4

2.1

5.9

6.1

7.9

6.1

5.7

5.9

-1 .0

-2 .2

0.6

-4 .9

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES




646.4
660.1
667.9
724.7
728.9
-7 .4

715.1
726.1
717.1

IN ITIA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 25» 1989

16

GOVERNMENT PURCHASES OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN CURRENT DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER

INITIAL QUARTER
1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

2-84

24.6

5-84

14.9

6.0

4-84

15.2

8 .0

9 9

1-85

12.6

8 .9

10 4

10.8

1-85

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 -8 8

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
5-88

755.8
746.6
764.5
784.4
801.7

2-85

11.9

9.0

10 0

10.0

9.1

5-85

15.5

11.2

12 5

15.4

14.7

20 6

4-85

12.6

10.7

11 6

12.1

12.5

14 2

840.2
856.7

8.1

847.8

1-86

10.5

8.4

8 8

8 .6

8.1

7 7

1.8

-4 .1

2-86

10.5

8 .7

9 0

8 .9

8 .5

8 4

4.6

2.8

10.5

5-86

9.9

8.4

8 7

8 .5

8.1

7 9

5.0

5.9

8 .2

6.1

4-86

9.2

7.7

7 9

7.7

7.2

6 9

4.4

5.5

6.1

4.1

2.1

1-87

9.1

7.8

7 9

7.7

7.5

7 1

5.0

4.4

6.6

5.4

5.1

8 .0

2-87

8.8

7.6

7 7

7.5

7.1

6 9

5.0

4.5

6.4

5.4

5.2

6.7

5.4

5-87

8.7

7.6

7 7

7.5

7.1

6 9

5.5

4.9

6.5

5.8

5.7

6.9

6.4

4-87

8 .5

7.5

7 6

7.4

7.1

6 9

5.5

5.2

6.5

5.9

5.9

6.9

6.5

7.0

6.6

1-88

7.9

6.9

7 0

6.7

6.4

6 2

4.8

4.5

5.6

4.9

4.7

5.5

4.6

4.5

2.8

- 0 .9

2-88

7.9

6.9

7 0

6.8

6.5

6 2

5.0

4.7

5.8

5.2

5.1

5.6

5.1

5.0

4.2

5.0

7.1

5-88

7.5

6.5

6 4

6.1

5.8

5 5

4.4

4.0

4.9

4.5

4.1

4.4

5.8

5.4

2.5

1.1

2.1

- 2 .6

4-88

7.9

7.0

7 1

6.9

6.6

6 4

5.4

5.2

6.1

5.7

5.6

6.1

5.8

5.9

5.6

5 .5

7.4

7.6

18.9

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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

868.8
881.8
886.5
905.8
915.7
952.2

7.4

947.5
945.2
961.6
955.5
997.5

INITIAL QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 25. 1989

GOVERNMENT PURCHASES O f GOODS AND SERVICES IN m 2 D O L L A M S
(CoMpomried A m a i Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-84

INITIAL QUARTER
2-84

5-84

2-84

17.7

5-84

9.9

2.6

4-84

8 .5

5.9

5.2

1-85

8 .0

5.0

6.2

4-84

1-85

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

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
680.2
684.5
695.2

7.5

705.5

2-85

7.7

5.4

6.5

6.9

6.5

5-85

9.7

8.1

9.5

11.0

15.0

19.8

4-85

8 .5

7.0

7.9

8 .6

9.0

10.5

1.6

1-86

6.6

5.1

5.5

5.6

5.1

4.7

-2 .1

-5 .7

2-86

6.9

5.6

6.1

6.2

6.0

5.9

1.6

1.6

5-86

6.6

5.5

5.8

5.9

5.7

5.6

2.5

2.5

6.9

4.5

4-86

6.4

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.5

5.5

2.6

2.9

5.9

4.2

716.7
749.8
752.7
741.8
9.5

758.8
766.9
4.0

774.5

1-87

5.8

4.8

5.0

5.0

4.7

4.4

2.0

2.1

4.2

2.5

1.6

-0 .8

2-87

5.5

4.5

4.5

4 .4

4.1

5.8

1.7

1.7

5.5

1.8

0.9

-0 .6

-0 .4

5-87

5.5

4.4

4.6

4 .5

4.5

4.0

2.2

2.5

5.7

2.5

2.1

1.4

2.6

5.7

4-87

5.5

4 .5

4.6

4.6

4 .5

4.1

2.5

2.6

5.9

2.9

2.7

2.5

5.4

5.4

5 .0

1-88

4.4

5.6

5.7

5.5

5.2

5.0

1.4

1.4

2.5

1.5

0.8

0.2

0.5

0.7

- 1 .7

- 7 .9

2-88

4.4

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.0

1.6

1.6

2.5

1.6

1.5

0.8

1.1

1.5

0.2

-2 .2

5.9

5-88

5.8

5.1

5.1

5.0

2.7

2.4

1.0

1.0

1.7

0.9

0.4

-0 .1

0.1

0.1

- 1 .2

-5 .2

- 0 .7

- 5 .2

4-88

4.2

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.0

1.8

1.9

2.6

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.7

2.0

1.5

0.4

5.5

5.0

11.9

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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




772.9
772.2
782.9
792.6
776.4
785.8
775.5
795.5

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D IS P O S A B LE P E R S O N A L IN C O M E IN C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
(Compounded A n n u a l R ates o f Change)

TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-84
2-8«

4.8

5-84

6.2

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

INITIAL QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
1-86 2-86 5-86 4-86 1-87

BILLIO N S OF

DOLLARS

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88
2 »642.8

7.5

2.691.1

4—84

6.0

6.6

5.7

1-85

5.9

6.2

5.5

5.4

2-85

7.5

7.9

8 .0

9.1

15.1

5-85

5.7

5 .9

5.5

5.5

5.5

4-85

6.2

6.4

6.1

6.5

6.6

5.5

8.6

1-86

6.5

6.8

6.7

6.9

7.5

5.4

9.0

9.4

2-86

6.6

6.8

6.7

6.9

7.2

5.8

8.4

8 .2

7.1

5-86

6.2

6.5

6.2

6.2

6.4

5.1

6.8

6.2

4.6

4-86

6.0

6.1

5 .9

6.0

6.1

4.9

6.5

5.7

4.5

5.2

4.5

1-87

6.4

6.5

6.4

6.5

6.6

5.8

7.0

6.7

6.0

5.7

7.5

10.7

2-87

6.0

6.1

5.9

6.0

6.0

5.2

6.2

5.8

5.1

4.6

5.4

5.9

1.5

5-87

6.2

6.5

6.2

6.5

6.4

5.6

6.6

6.5

5.8

5.5

6.5

7.0

5.2

9.5

2*728.6
2*764.6
2*850.7
-1 .5

2*840.0
2*899.5
2*965.1
5*016.5
2.2

5*052.4
5*064.7
5*145.9
5.154.1
5.224.9

4-87

6.6

6.7

6.6

6.7

6.8

6.2

7.1

6.9

6.6

6.5

7.4

8 .2

7.4

10.5

11.8

1-88

6.6

6.7

6.7

6.8

6.9

6.5

7.2

7.0

6.7

6.6

7.4

8 .0

7.4

9.5

9.6

7.4

2-88

6.6

6.7

6.6

6.7

6.8

6.5

7.0

6.8

6.6

6.5

7.1

7.6

7.0

8 .5

8.2

6.5

5-88

6.8

6.9

6.8

6.9

7.0

6.6

7.5

7.2

7.0

6.9

7.5

8 .0

7.6

8 .9

8.8

7.8

8.0

10.4

4-88

6.9

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.2

6.7

7.4

7.5

7.1

7.1

7.7

8.1

7.7

8 .9

8.8

8.0

8.5

9.6

8.8

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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

5*515.8
5*575.6
5.6

5*421.5
5*507.5
5*582.5

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DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOM E IN 1982 DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-84
2-84

1.6

5-84

2 .7

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

INITIAL QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
1-86 2-86 5-86 4-86 1-87

2-87

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88
2*456.6

5.7

2*479.2

4-84

2.7

5.5

2.8

1-85

2.6

2.9

2.5

2*496.5
2.1

2*509.4

2-85

5.8

4.4

4.6

5 .5

8 .9

5-85

2.4

2.6

2.5

2.1

2.1

-4 .5

4-85

2.7

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.8

-0 .1

2*565.5
2*555.4
4.4

2*562.8

1-86

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.8

4.2

2.7

6.5

8.5

2-86

5.7

4.0

4 .0

4.2

4.6

5.6

6.4

7.4

6.5

5-86

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

2.5

4.5

4.2

2.5

-1 .8

4-86

2.9

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.2

2.2

5.6

5.4

1.8

-0 .5

0.8

1-87

5.1

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.5

2.6

5.8

5.6

2.5

1.2

2.7

4.6

2-87

2.5

2.6

2 .5

2 .5

2.5

1.7

2.6

2.5

1.2

-0 .1

0.4

0.5

-5 .9

5-87

2.7

2.8

2 .7

2.7

2.7

2.1

2.9

2.7

1.8

0.8

1.5

1.7

0.5

4—87

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.1

2.5

5.5

5.2

2.5

1.8

2.6

5.0

2.5

5.8

6.9

1-88

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.2

5.5

2.8

5.5

5.4

2.8

2.5

5.0

5.4

5.1

5.5

5.9

5.0

2-88

2.9

5.0

2 .9

2.9

5.0

2.5

5.2

5.0

2.5

2.0

2.5

2.8

2.5

4.1

5.9

2.5

0.0

5-88

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.2

2.8

5.4

5.5

2.8

2.4

2.9

5.2

5.0

4.4

4.5

5.5

2.8

5.6

4-88

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.2

5.2

2.8

5.4

5.5

2.9

2.5

5.0

5.5

5.1

4.4

4.5

5.6

5.2

4.9

4.1

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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




2*614.5
2*655.9
2*645.9
2*649.4
2*679.6
2 »652.8
4.8

2»685.9
2*728.9
2*762.5
2*762.2
2*800.4
2*828.4

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C O R P O R A T E P R O F IT S A F T E R T A X E S
(Com pounded A n n u a l S a te s o f Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-8«

2-84

2-8 4

5-84

4 -8 4

2 -8 5

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-8 6

1-87

2 -8 7

5 -8 7

4 -8 7

1-88

2 -8 8

5-88

151.2

-1 4 .0 -2 5 .5

4-84

-1 1 .5 -1 5 .2

1-85

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

2-85

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

5-85

-1 0 .5 -1 1 .8

1-86

1-85

-5 .4

5-84

4-85

BILLIO NS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L QUARTER

-6 .6

-7 .2

-1 0 .1 -1 1 .0

141.4
-6 .1

159.2
122.8
4.6

124.2

-8 .6

-9 .5

10.7

17.1

-5 .5

-2 .9

15.7

18.5

19.9

129.2
155.2

-8 .8

-9 .5

0.5

-l.l

-9 .1 -5 1 .0

2-86

-8 .5

-8 .9

-6 .6

-6 .7

1.7

1.0

-5 .9 -1 4 .0

7.5

5-86

-5 .4

-5 .7

-5 .2

-2 .7

5.5

5.4

2.6

-2 .6

15.8

25.0

4-86

-5 .6

-5 .6

-1 .1

-0 .5

6.9

7.2

5.4

2.0

16.2

20.9

125.2
125.4
152.6
157.9

17.0

1-87

-5 .9

-5 .9

-1 .7

-1 .2

5 .0

5.1

5.2

0.2

10.0

10.9

4.4

-6 .8

2-87

-2 .4

-2 .5

-0 .1

0.5

6.4

6.6

5.2

2.9

11.5

12.5

8 .6

4.7

17.6

5-87

-0 .6

-0 .5

1.9

2.6

8 .2

8.6

7.6

5.9

15.8

15.1

12.7

11.4

21.7

26.0

4-87

-1 .2

-1 .1

0.9

1.5

6.4

6.6

5.5

5.8

10.1

10.5

7.8

5.7

10.2

6.6

-9 .8

155.5
141.1
149.5
145.7

1-88

-0 .5

-0 .5

1.6

2.2

6.8

6.9

6.0

4.5

10.1

10.5

8 .5

6.6

10.5

7.9

-0 .1

10.6

2-88

1.5

1.8

5.8

4.6

9.0

9.4

8 .7

7.7

15.2

15.9

12.4

11.7

15.8

15.5

11.9

24.7

5-88

2.5

2.7

4.6

5.5

9.6

10.0

9.4

8 .5

15.5

14.2

12.9

12.4

15.9

15.6

15.1

22.0

28.1

16.7

4-88

2.8

5.2

5.0

5.7

9.7

10.1

9.6

8.8

15.4

14.0

12.8

12.5

15*5

15.0

12.9

19.4

22.4

14.2

11.8

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

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

149.4
162.7

40.7

169.1
175.9

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HISTORICAL SOURCES OF
RATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS DATA
Estimates for the series in the regular quarterly presentation
of NIPA tables for 1985-88:11 are published in the July 1988 Survey
of Current Business. Data for 1984 is in the July 1987 Saryey_of
Current Business and 1983 is 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 Tables.
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.




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INVENTORIES

COMPARED

WITH

MONTHLY

SALES

MANUFACTURING AND TRADE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
72

72

I .6 8

68

1 .6 4

64

1 .6 0

60

56

56

52

52

1.4948

48

44

44

1 .4 0

40

36

36
1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

SOURCE: U.S.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
* BEG INNING IN 1982, INVENTORY DATA REFLECT CHANGES IN ESTIMATION PROCEDURES.
SHADED AREAS REPRESENT PERIODS OF BUSINESS RECESSIONS.
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