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T r e n d s

A p ril 1990
A n

e c o n o m

T a b le

1

c u r r e n t
m o v e
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e x c e p t io n
to

m o n t h ly

th e s e
w h e n

t h is

o f

o f re a l G N P

is

m e a s u re d

s e v e r a l

p e r io d s ,
g r o w th

p a tte rn

o u tp u t

in t e r c h a n g e a b ly
d a ta

fo r

w h ic h

th e

it s

o f

g r o w th

o u tp u t

c o r r e s p o n d

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p e r s o n a l

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p e r io d s

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p a g e

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c o n s u m p tio n

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r e la tiv e ly

fa s t

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r e le a s e ,

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to

m o v e

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in fe r e n c e s

q u a rte rs

o f

C h a n g e

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- 11/1984

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2.8

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4 .9

2.2

2 .3

2 .7

2.6

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C o r r e l a t i o n s

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m e a s u re

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In d u s t r ia l

P C E

p r o d u c tio n

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0 .7 5 2 *

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0 .7 0 9 *

0 .0 2 7

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0 .1 5 0

- 0 .2 2 6

1 .0 0 0

0 .2 8 4

s ig n if ic a n c e

at th e

0 .0 5

ra te

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p r o d u c tio n

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g r o w th

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T a b le

th e

c a n

a n a ly s t s

p ro d u c t io n

in c o m e

2 .7

- IV / 1989

in d ic a t o r s

in d u s t r ia l p r o d u c t io n .

7 .0 %

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g e n e r a lly

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d is p o s a b le

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s im ila r ly .

fa s te r

m a n y

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d u r in g

m o v e d

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in d ic a t e s ,

o n ly

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P C E

d o e s
b a s is .

s ig n ific a n tly

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s a le s

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s h o rte r- te rm

q u a r te r .

c o r r e la t e d

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p e r io d s

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w it h in

c u r r e n t e x p a n s io n

G N P

IV / 198 2

to g e th e r

m o v e m e n t

a b o u t

o f th e

R a t e s

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te n d e n c y

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to

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T h is
b e

p r o v id e s

e x p a n s io n .

in

o n ly

fr o m

y ’s p e r fo r m a n c e

b e lo w

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d is p o s a b le

p e rs o n a l

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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 ) Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
MONTH

THOUSANDS
OF PERSONS

IN IT IA L MONTH
8-88

7-88

8-88

2.0

9-88

1.9

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
115*219
115.395

1.8

115.647

10-88

2.2

2.2

2.7

11-88

2.6

2.8

5.5

5.9

12-88

2.5

2.4

2.6

2.6

1.5

1-89

2.8

5.0

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

2-89

2.6

2.7

2.9

2.9

2.6

5.2

1.2

116.012
116.141
116.640
116.757
117.047

5-89

2.6

2.7

2.9

2.9

2.7

5.2

2.1

5.0

4-89

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.5

1.5

1.7

0.4

5-89

2.2

2.2

2.5

2.2

1.9

2.1

1.5

1.5

0.4

0.5

117.084
117.132
117.542

6-89

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

1.9

2.0

1.7

2.4

4.5

7-89

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

1.8

1.9

1.4

1.4

1.0

1.2

1.6

-1.1

8-89

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.0

1.2

1.4

0.0

1.2

117.456
117.550
117.419

9-89

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.0

0.6

0.7

0.7

-0.4

-0.1

-1.5

10-89

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.1

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.1

0.5

0.2

1.7

11-89

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.1

1.2

0.6

1.0

1.0

2.1

12-89

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

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

1-90

1#

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.0

1.0

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.5

0.7

0.6

1.1

0.9

0.1

-0.5

2-90

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.1

l.l

0.9

1.0

1.0

0.6

0.9

0.8

1.5

1.2

0.7

0.8

1.8

7-88

8-88

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

117.585
117.836

2.6

117.888
117.863
118.035

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 9» 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 n a l R a t e s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH
7-88

8-88

9-88 18-88 11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

•"88

2.1

9-88

2.5

10-88

2.7

5.0

5.1

U-88

3.0

3.3

5.5

4*0

12-88

5.0

3.3

3.4

3.6

S .l

1-89

3 .«

1.4

5.1

1.7

3.S

S .9

2-89

1.2

1.5

3.4

1.1

S .4

S .S

S .S

1-89

8.0

S .l

1.2

3.2

3.0

3.0

2 .1

2.8

IN IT IA L MONTH
OF PERSONS
4-89 5-89

3-89

THOUSANDS
6-89

7-89

8-89

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

1-90
105.954

2.9

106.207
106.475
106.824
107.097
107*442
107*711
107*888

4-89

3.0

S .l

S .l

l.l

2.9

2 .8

2*»

2.2

2.4

5-89

2.9

I.i

1.8

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.5

6-89

2.9

5.8

3.8

14

2.9

2.8

2*6

24

2.7

2.8

5.5

7-89

2*8

2.9

2.9

2*8

2*7

2.7

2 .5

2.4

24

2.5

2.6

1.8

t-89

2 .7

2.8

2*8

2*7

2.6

2.1

2 .S

2.2

24

2.2

2.1

1.6

1.5

108*101
108*510
108*607
108*767
108*887

9-89

2.7

t.7

2*7

2*7

2*6

2.1

2 .S

2.2

24

2.2

2.2

1.8

1.8

2.5

18-89

24

t.*

2 .«

2 .»

2*4

2 .S

2.2

24

2.6

2.0

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.6

0.8

11-89

24

24

24

24

2 .»

2 .4

2.2

24

24

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.0

5.1

13-89

M

2.8

24

14

2.4

2.3

2*2

2,1

2.1

24

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.7

2.2

1.5

109*096
109*171
109*452
109*570

1-90

2.6

t.4

2 .8

2*8

2 ,1

2.4

24

24

24

2.2

2 .2

2.1

2.1

2.5

2.2

2.7

2.5

5.7

2-90

2.7

2 .7

t.7

t.7

2.6

2 .t

2.4

2*4

2 .4

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.6

2.6

5.1

5.0

5.9

4.1

7-88

8-88

9-88 18-88 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

109.902P
110.274P

I N ITIAL 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 B A N K O F ST. L O U I S
M A R C H 9* 1990

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EMPLOYMENT
RATIO

SCALE

MILLIONS

OF

RATIO

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

PERSONS

MILLIONS

OF

SCALE

PERSONS

SOURCEt U.S.DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BEGINNING JANUARY 1986. TOTAL EMPLOYMENT OATA INCORPORATE NEW PROCEDURES FOR ESTIMATING
MEASURES OF IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION INCREASING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY ABOUT 0.3%.
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED: FEBRUARY PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

UN EMPL OY MEN T RATE
PERCENT

S E A S O N A L L Y

PERCENT

A D J U S T E D

1 1 .0

10.

1 0 .0

9.

9.0

8 .

8 . 0

7.

7.0

6 .

6 . 0

5.

5.0

4.

4.0
1982

1983

1984

19 8 5

1986

1987

19 8 8

19 8 9

1990

SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENT OF CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
LATEST DATA PLOTTED: FEBRUARY
P R E P A RE D

3

BY FE DE RA L

RE SE RV E DA NK

OF

ST.

LOUIS

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 )
TERMINAL
MONTH

INITIAL M O N T H
7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

1982-84*100
6-89

7-89

8-89

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

1-90
119.0

8-88

4.1

9-88

5.2

10-88

4.8

5.1

4.1

11-88

4.4

4.4

3.6

3.0

12-88

4.3

4 .5

3.7

3.6

4.1

119.6

6.2

120.0
120.3
120.7
121.4

1-89

4.8

4.9

4.6

4.7

5.6

7.2

2-89

4.8

4.9

4.7

4.8

5.4

6.1

5.1

3-89

5.0

5.1

4.9

5.1

5.6

6.1

5.6

6.1

4-89

5.3

5.5

5.4

5.6

6.1

6.6

6.4

7.1

5-89

5.3

5.4

5.3

5.5

5.9

6.3

6.0

6.4

6.5

5.0

5.4

5.5

5.3

4.0

5.2

5.0

4.0

3.4

3.9

4.3

4.0

2.9

2.3

1.9

6-89

5.1

5.2

5.0

5.2

5.5

5.7

7-89

5.0

5.1

4.9

5.0

5.3

5.5

5.2

121.9
122.5
123.3

8.1

123.8
124.1

2.9

124.5
124.5

0.0

8-89

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.7

4.8

4.4

9-89

4.5

4.5

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

4.6

4.6

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

4.5

4.5

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

4.6

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

5.1

5.1

5.0

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

14.1

2-90

5.1

5.1

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

7-88

8-88

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

124.8
125.4
125.8
126.3
127.7
128.3

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 20» 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 ) R a t e s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH
7-88

8-88

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

1-89

8-88

4.5

9-88

5.1

5.7

10-88

4.1

3.9

2.2

11-88

4.2

4.1

3.3

4.5

12-88

4.0

3.9

3.3

3.9

3.3

1-89

5.6

5.8

5.9

7.1

8.5

13.9

2-89

5.9

6.2

6.3

7.3

8.3

10.8

7.8

3-89

5.9

6.1

6.1

6.9

7.6

9.0

6.7

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

1982 • 100
6-89

7-89

8-89

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

1-90

108.6
109.1
109.3
109.7
110.0
111.2
111.9
5.5

112.4

4-89

6.1

6.3

6.4

7.1

7.6

8.7

7.0

6.6

7.7

5-89

6.4

6.6

6.7

7.3

7.8

8.7

7.5

7.3

8.3

8.8

6-89

5.9

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.8

7.4

6.2

5.7

5.8

4.9

1 1

7-89

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.3

5.4

5.7

4.4

3.7

3.2

1.8

-1 6

8-89

4.3

4.3

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.5

3.3

2.5

1.9

0.5

-2 1 -3.6

9-89

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.8

4.8

5.0

3.9

3.4

3.0

2.1

0 5

0.4

2.7

8.8

10-89

4.8

4.8

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

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.8

3.9

3.5

3.2

2.6

1 6

1.7

3.2

5.4

3.7

12-89

4.7

4.7

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

1-90

5.7

5.8

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

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.7

5.9

5.3

5.1

5.1

4.8

4 4

4.8

6.1

7.7

7.5

7.8

10.1

11.4

0.0

7-88

8-88

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




113.1
113.9
114.0
-4.1

113.6
-3.1

113.3
114.1
114.7
1.1

114.8
115.5
117.6
117.6

INITIAL M O N T H

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. LOUIS
M A R C H 16» 1990

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R A T I O SCALE

PRICES

R A T I O SCALE

C O N S U M E R PR IC C S » A T A A R C O N A I M 2 - 8 4 - I O O BASE
C P I - U D A T A B E G I N N I N G 1983 I N C O R P O R A T E A RE N T A L EOUI V A L E N C E M E A S U R E F O R H O M E O V N E R S H I P COSTS.
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 D S

INDICATED.

LATEST DA TA PLOTTEOt FE BRUARY

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 OF ST. L O U I S

r a t io

sc a le

P R O D U C E R

P R I C E S

r a t i o sc a l 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 F O R P E R I O D S I N D ICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt FEBRUARY

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
MONTH

1982 * 100

IN IT IA L MONTH
7-88

8-88

8-88

7.7

9-88

10.5

13.5

10-88

7.3

7.1

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

113.5
114.7
1.1

114.8

11-88

6.8

6.5

3.2

5.4

12-88

5.8

5.4

2.8

3.7

2.1

115.3

1-89

7.6

7.6

6.1

7.9

9.2

16.7

2-89

7.9

7.9

6.8

8.3

9.3

13.1

9.6

115.5
117.0
117.9
118.6

5-89

7.8

7.8

6.9

8.1

8.8

11.2

8.5

7.4

4-89

6.2

6.0

5.0

5.7

5.7

6.6

3.5

0.5

-5.9

5-89

6.2

6.0

5.1

5.7

5.8

6.6

4.2

2.4

0.0

6.3

6-89

4.9

4.7

3.7

4.1

3.9

4.2

1.9

0.0

-2.3

-0.5

-6.9

7-89

4.7

4.4

3.6

3.9

3.7

3.9

1.9

0.4

-1.3

0.3

-2.5

2.1

8-89

4.7

4.4

3.6

3.9

3.7

3.9

2.2

1.0

-0.2

1.3

-0.3

3.1

118.0
118.6
117.9
118.1
118.5

4.1

118.1

9-89

4.0

3.7

3.0

3.1

2.9

3.0

1.4

0.3

-0.8

0.2

-1.3

0.7

0.0

-4.0

10-89

4.9

4.7

4.0

4.3

4.2

4.4

3.1

2.3

1.6

2.9

2.2

4.7

5.5

6.2

11-89

5.3

5.1

4.5

4.8

4.8

5.0

3.9

3.3

2.8

4.1

3.7

6.0

7.0

8.0

14.5

11.6

12-89

5.4

5.2

4.7

5.0

5.0

5.2

4.2

3.7

3.3

4.5

4.2

6.2

7.0

7.8

12.0

9.4

119.7

17.5

120.8
7.2

121.5

1-90

6.5

6.4

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

17.0

27.7

2-90

6.8

6.7

6.3

6.7

6.7

7.1

6.4

6.1

6.0

7.3

7.4

9.3

10.4

11.4

14.8

14.2

15.0

19.1

11.2

7-88

8-88

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

124.0
125.1

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 14» 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
7-88

8-88

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

8-88

3.4

9-88

3.4

3.4

10-88

3.0

2.8

2.3

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

1982 « 100
6-89

7-89

8-89

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

1-90
106.9
107.2
107.4

11-88

3.4

3.4

3.4

4.6

12-88

3.6

3.7

3.8

4.6

4.5

1-89

4.9

5.2

5.7

6.9

8.0

11.7

2-89

5.5

5.9

6.4

7.4

8.4

10.4

107.8
108.2
109.2
9.2

110.0

3-89

5.4

5.7

6.1

6.8

7.4

8.4

6.8

4.5

4-89

6.0

6.4

6.8

7.6

8.2

9.1

8.3

7.9

11.4

5-89

6.6

6.9

7.4

8.1

8.7

9.6

9.1

9.0

11.4

11.3

6-89

6.3

6.5

6.9

7.5

7.9

8.5

7.9

7.5

8.6

7.2

3.3

7-89

5.2

5.3

5.5

5.9

6.0

6.3

5.4

4.6

4.7

2.5

-1.6

-6.2

8-89

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.6

3.6

2.7

2.4

0.3

-3.2

-6.2

-6.2

110.4
111.4
112.4
112.7
112.1
111.5

9-89

5.0

5.1

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

4.8

5.0

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

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.0

3.4

3.3

2.2

0.7

0.2

1.9

4.7

0.0

112.8
113.1
-3.1

112.8

12-89

4.5

4.6

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

7.7

1-90

5.5

5.6

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

15.2

23.3

2-90

5.0

5.1

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

8.8

9.3

-3.1

7-88

8-88

9-88 10-68 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




113.5
115.5
115.2

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N D U S T R I A L
RATIO

P R O D U C T I O N

SCALE

RATIO

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

1977-100

SCALE

1977-100

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« FEBRUARY
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 te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH
7-88

IN IT IA L MONTH
8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

1977 * 100
6-89

7-89

8-89

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

1-90
138.5

8-88

4.4

9-88

2.6

10-88

4.1

4.0

7.2

11—88

4.2

4.1

5.8

4.4

12-88

4.2

4.2

5.3

4.4

4.4

1-89

4.1

4.0

4.8

4.1

3.9

3.5

2-89

3.1

2.9

3.3

2.4

1.7

0.4

-2.5

3-89

2.9

2.7

3.1

2.3

1.7

0.9

-0.4

1.7

4-89

3.6

3.5

3.9

3.3

3.1

2.8

2.6

5.2

8.9

5-89

3.1

3.0

3.3

2.7

2.4

2.1

1.7

3.2

3.9

-0.8

6-89

3.2

3.0

3.3

2.8

2.6

2.3

2.1

3.2

3.7

1.3

3.4

7-89

2.8

2.7

2.9

2.4

2.2

1.8

1.6

2.4

2.6

0.6

1.3

-0.8

8-89

3.0

2.9

3.1

2.7

2.5

2.3

2.1

2.9

3.1

1.7

2.6

2.1

0.9

138.6
139.4
139.9
140.4
140.8
140.5
140.7
141.7
141.6
142.0
141.9
142.5

5.2

9-89

2.7

2.5

2.7

2.3

2.1

1.8

1.6

2.2

2.3

1.0

1.5

0.8

1.7

-1.7

10-89

2.2

2.0

2.1

1.7

1.5

1.2

0.9

1.4

1.3

0.1

0.3

-0.4

-0.3

-2.9

-4.1

11-89

2.3

2.2

2.3

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.7

1.7

0.7

1.0

0.5

0.8

-0.6

0.0

4.3

12-89

2.2

2.1

2.2

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.6

1.6

0.7

1.0

0.6

0.8

-0.2

0.3

2.6

1-90

1.4

1.3

1.3

0.9

0.7

0.4

0.1

0.4

0.3

-0.7

-0.6

-1.2

-1.3

-2.5

-2.7

-2.2

2-90

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.3

1.1

0.9

0.7

0.9

0.9

0.1

0.2

-0.2

-0.1

-1.0

-0.8

0.0

-2.5

7.0

7-88

8-88

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

142.3
141.8
142.3
142.4

0.8
-5.4 -11.2
-1.4

141.OP
141.8P

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PERSONAL
RATI O SCALE
TRILLIONS

INCOME

MONTHLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES

OF DOl LARS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

RATI O SCALE
TRILLIONS

OF DOLLARS

5.0

4.6

4.2

3.8

3.4

3.0

2 .6

2 .2

1982

1 98 3

1984

1985

198 6

1987

19 8 8

SOURCE:
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS
LATEST DATA PLOTTED:

19 8 9

1990

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

INDICATED.

FEBRUARY PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

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 l R a t e s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH
7-88
8-88

8-88

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

2-89

7-89

8-89

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

1-90
4*094.2
4*118.6

5.8

10-88

10.2

13.3

19.6

11-88

6.7

7.5

7.6

4*180.4
-3.3

4*168.9
4*206.3

12-88

7.6

8.4

8.8

3.8

11.3

1-89

9.7

10.8

11.7

9.2

16.0

12.1

10.3

15.3

17.3

13.8

15.5

12.9

12.1

13.5

11.1

9.8

2-89

6-89

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

4.3
7.4

9-88

1-89

IN IT IA L MONTH
ANNUAL RATES
3-89 4-89 5-89

10.5

11.3

5-89

10.5

11.4

12.1

10.7

14.4

4-89

10.2

10.9

11.4

10.1

13.0

4*273.1

20.8

4*319.5
4*360.7
4*387.1

7.5

5-89

9.4

10.0

10.3

9.0

11.2

11.2

8.9

7.3

5.0

2.5

6-89

9.1

9.5

9.8

8 .6

10.4

10.3

8.3

7.0

5.3

4.2

5.9

7-89

8.9

9.3

9.5

8.5

10.0

9.9

8.1

7.0

5.8

5.3

6.6

7.4

8-89

8.5

8.9

9.0

8.0

9.3

9.1

7.5

6.5

5.4

4.8

5.6

5.5

4*396.3
4,417.5
4*443.7
3.6

4*456.9

9-89

8.1

8.4

8.5

7.5

8.6

8.4

6.9

5.9

4.9

4.4

4.9

4.6

3.2

2.8

10-89

8.2

8.4

8.5

7.7

8.7

8.4

7.2

6.3

5.6

5.2

5.8

5.7

5.2

6.0

9.3

4*467.1
4*500.3

11-89

8.4

8 .6

8.7

7.9

8.9

8.7

7.6

6.9

6.3

6.1

6.7

6.9

6.7

7.8

10.4

11.6

12-89

8.2

8.5

8.6

7.8

8.7

8.5

7.5

6.8

6.3

6.1

6.6

6.7

6.6

7.4

9.0

8.8

1-90

8.3

8.5

8.6

7.9

8.7

8.5

7.5

7.0

6.5

6.4

6.9

7.0

6.9

7.6

8.9

8.7

7.3

8.5

2-90

8.4

8.6

8.7

8.1

8.9

8.7

7.8

7.3

6.9

6.8

7.3

7.5

7.5

8.2

9.3

9.3

8.6

9.8

11.1

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-69

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

1-90

4*541.5
6.1

4*564.1
4*595.3
4*655.9P

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RETAIL SALES*
RATIO

RATIO

SCALE

BILLIONS

1982

OF

SEASONALLY AOJUSTEO

DOLLARS

1983

1984

1985

1986

BILLIONS

1987

1988

1989

OF

SCALE

DOLLARS

1990

SOURCE* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED» JANUARY, FEBRUARY ADVANCE ESTIMATE
«REVISED FROM 1982
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 )

7-88
8—88

MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

IN IT IA L MONTH

TERMINAL
MONTH
8-88

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
137,121

-1.9

137,056

9-88

-1.2

-0.6

10-88

8.1

13.4

29.3

11-88

9.0

12.9

20.2

11.8

12-88

7.2

9.6

13.2

5.9

140,027
141,333
0.4

141,382
142,093

1-89

7.0

8 .9

11.4

6.0

3.3

6.2

2-89

5.0

6.2

7.6

2.7

-0.1

-0.4

-6.6

3-89

4.4

5.3

6.3

2.2

-0.1

-0.2

-3.3

0.2

4-89

6.1

7.2

8.3

5.1

3.9

4.7

4.3

10.2

21.2

143,584

5-89

6.1

7.0

8.0

5.3

4.2

5.0

4.7

8.8

13.3

6.0

144,284

6-89

5.6

6.4

7.2

4.7

3.7

4.3

3.9

6.7

9.0

3.4

0.8

7-89

5.9

6.6

7.4

5.2

4.4

5.0

4.8

7.2

9.0

5.3

4.9

9.1

8-89

6.2

6.9

7.7

5.7

5.0

5.6

5.6

7.7

9.3

6.5

6.7

9.8

10.5

9-89

6.1

6.8

7.4

5.6

5.0

5.6

5.5

7.3

8.6

6.2

6.3

8.1

7.6

10-89

4.6

5.1

5.5

3.7

3.0

3.3

3.0

4.2

4.8

2.3

1.6

1.8

-0.5

11-89

4.9

5.3

5.8

4.2

3.5

3.8

3.6

4.8

5.4

12-89

4.3

4.7

5.1

3.5

2.9

3.1

2.9

3.9

4.3

2.3

1.8

2.0

0.6

-1.7

1-90

6.1

6.5

7.0

5.7

5.2

5.6

5.6

6.8

7.4

6.0

6.0

6.8

6.4

5.6

2-90

5.2

5.6

5.9

4.6

4.2

4.4

4.3

5.3

5.8

4.3

4.1

4.6

3.9

2.9

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

« R EVISED FRO M 1982
P- PRELI M I N A R Y
E- ESTIM A T E D




141,284
141,304

3.3

2.9

144,384

3.3

145,438

1.9

146,649
147,235

4.9

145,244

-5.6 -15.1
-0.8

9.4

146,340

-3.8

2.3

-4.3

145,804

5.8

13.8

16.0

40.7

2.5

7.4

6.7

12.7

-9.7

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

1-90

-3.6

150«012P
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H O U R L Y COMPENSATION, BUSINESS SECTOR
( 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

1977*100

IN IT IA L QUARTER
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

1-89

2-89

5-89
175.5

2-85

4.0

5-85

4.8

5.6

4-85

5.5

6.0

1-86

5.4

5.8

5.9

5.5

2-86

5.2

5.5

5.4

5.0

4.5

175.9
178.6

6.5

181.0
185.0
185.1

5-86

5.1

5.5

5.2

4.9

4.6

4.7

4-86

5.1

5.5

5.2

4.9

4.7

4.9

5.1

187.4
188.5

1-87

4.7

4.8

4.6

4.5

4.0

5.9

5.5

1.9

2-87

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.0

5.7

5.6

5.2

2.5

2.6

5-87

4.5

4.6

4.4

4.2

5.9

5.8

5.6

5.1

5.8

4-87

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.1

4.8

6.0

7.1

4.2

4.1

4.0

5.8

4.5

4.9

4.9

2.7

189.5
191.8

4.9

195.1
196.4

1-88

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.5

2-88

4.6

4.7

4.6

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.1

4.6

5.1

5.1

4.1

5.6

5-88

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.8

5.2

5.5

4.7

5.7

4-88

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.8

5.2

5.5

4.8

5.5

5.5

5.5

1-89

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.8

5.1

5.2

4.8

5.5

5.5

5.0

2-89

4.9

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

5-89

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.8

4.8

4.7

5.0

5.5

5.5

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.8

4.6

4-89

4.9

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

5.1

5.5

5.4

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.7

5.1

5.6

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

199.1
201.9

5.7

204.5
4.8

206.9
210.4
212.8
215.7

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 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

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

2-85

5.0

5-85

5.2

5.4

4-85

2.5

2.5

1.1

1-86

5.8

4.0

4.5

7.6

2-86

2.8

2.8

2.6

5.4

-0.7

5-86

2.1

1.9

1.5

1.6

-1.5

-1.8

4-86

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.4

-0.6

-0.5

0.7

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

1977*100
4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89
107.1
108.0
108.5

110.5
110.1
109.6
109.8

1-87

1.7

1.5

1.2

1.5

-0.5

-0.1

0.7

0.7

2-87

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.5

0.5

0.5

1.5

1.6

2.6

5-87

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.8

0.8

1.2

1.9

2.5

5.1

5.7

4-87

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.9

1.1

1.4

2.1

2.5

5.0

5.5

2.9

1-88

2.1

2.0

1.9

2.0

1.5

1.6

2.2

2.5

2.9

5.0

2.7

2.5

2-88

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.6

0.9

1.1

1.6

1.7

1.9

1.7

1.1

0.2

-2.1

2.1

1.9

1.5

1.1

0.4

2.9

1.8

1.7

1.5

0.9

0.4

1.6

0.4

1.7

1.6

1.2

0.9

0.5

1.4

0.7

1.1

110.0
110.7
111.7
112.5
115.2
112.6

5-88

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.7

1.1

1.5

1.7

4-88

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.6

1.0

1.2

1.6

1-89

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.2

1.5

2-89

1.7

1.6

1.5

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

1.7

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

1.8

4-89

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.0

0.8

1.2

0.9

1.1

1.1

0.9

0.0

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

1-89

2-89

5-89




1.7

115.4
115.5
115.8
114.2
114.7
114.7

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PRO D U C TIVITY,
RATI O

COM PENSATION,

AND

LABOR

SCALE

1977-100

1982

COSTS
RATIO

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

1983

1984

1985

1986

SCALE
1977-100

1987

1988

1989

1990

SOURCEt U .S . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« 4TH OUARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LO UIS

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 t e s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
OUARTER

IN IT IA L OUARTER
1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

1977«100
4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89
161.9

2-85

0.7

3-85

1.7

2.7

4-85

2.7

3.7

4.7

1-86

1.5

1.8

1.4

-1.9

2-86

2.3

2.7

2.7

1.7

5.5

163.0
164.9
164.1
166.3

3-86

3.0

3.4

3.6

3.2

5.9

6.4

4-86

3.1

3.6

3.7

3.5

5.3

5.2

4.1

1-87

2.9

3.2

3.3

3.0

4.3

3.9

2.7

1.4

2-87

2.6

2.9

2.9

2.6

3.5

3.0

1.9

0.8

0.2

3-87

2.4

2.6

2.6

2.3

3.0

2.5

1.6

0.8

0.5

0.7

4-87

2.6

2.8

2.8

2.6

3.2

2.9

2.2

1.7

1.8

2.6

4.5

1-88

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.3

2.8

2.5

1.8

1.4

1.3

1.7

2.2

0.0

2-88

2.8

3.0

3.0

2.8

3.4

3.1

2.7

2.4

2.7

3.3

4.1

4.0

8.1

3-88

2.8

3.0

3.0

2.8

3.3

3.1

2.7

2.5

2.6

3.1

3.7

3.5

5.3

2.5

4-88

2.9

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.5

3.3

2.9

2.8

3.0

3.4

4.0

3.9

5.2

3.8

5.0

1-89

3.0

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.5

3.3

3.0

2.9

3.1

3.5

4.0

3.9

4.8

3.8

4.4

3.8

2-89

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.1

3.3

3.7

4.1

4.0

4.9

4.1

4.6

4.4

4.9

3-89

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.1

3.3

3.6

4.0

3.9

4.6

3.9

4.3

4.0

4.1

3.3

4-89

3.2

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.3

3.5

3.8

4.1

4.1

4.7

4.1

4.5

4.3

4.5

4.3

5.3

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

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89




168.9
170.6
171.2
171.3
171.6
173.5
173.5
176.9
178.0
180.2
181.9
184.1
185.6
188.0

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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 Rates of C h a n g e )
INITIAL Q U ARTER

terminal

Q UARTER
1-85

2-8 5

5-85

4-85

4-85

6.2

6.6

6.2

1-86

6.5

6.8

6.7

7.5

2-86

5.4

5.4

4.9

4.5

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-8

2-88

5-88

4-8 8

1-89

2-89

5-89

BILLIONS OF
DO L L A R S
ANNUAL RATES

2-85
5-85
4,107.9
4,181.5
1.5

4,194.7

5-86

5.5

5.5

5.1

4.7

5.5

4-86

5.5

5.5

4.9

4.6

5.7

5.7

1-87

5.7

5.8

5.6

5.4

5.0

6.2

6.5

8.8

2-87

6.0

6.1

5.9

5.9

5.6

6.7

7.0

8.5

4,255.5
4.2

4,297.5
4,588.8
8.2

4,475.9

5-87

6.2

6.5

6.2

6.2

6.1

7.0

7.4

8.4

8.5

8.4

4-87

6.5

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.5

7.4

7.7

8.6

8.5

8.7

9.0

1-88

6.5

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.5

7.2

7.5

8.2

8.0

7.9

7.7

6.5

2-88

6.6

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

6.7

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

6.8

6.9

6.9

7.4

7.6

8.1

7.9

7.9

7.8

7.5

7.9

7.5

1-89

6.8

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

6.8

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

4,566.6
4,665.8
4,759.8
4,858.5
4,926.9
5,017.5

7.5

5,115.1
5,201.7

7.1

5,281.0

5-89

6.8

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

6.7

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

1-85

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

5,540.2

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 28, 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

BILLION S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-85

2-85

2.4

5-85

5.5

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
5,599.2

4.1

5,655.8

4-85

5.2

5.5

5.0

1-86

4.0

4.5

4.7

6.6

5,662.4

2-86

2.8

2.9

2.5

2.5

-1.8

5,721.1
5,704.6

5-86

2.5

2.5

2.1

1.8

-0.5

0.8

4-86

2.5

2.5

2.1

1.9

0.4

1.6

1-87

2.8

2.9

2.7

2.6

1.7

2-87

5.0

5.1

2.9

2.9

2.2

5,712.4
5,755.6

2.5
5.8

5,785.0

5.4
4.9

5.2

4.4

5,825.5

5-87

5.2

5.5

5.2

5.2

2.7

5.6

4.5

5.0

4.8

5.5

4-87

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.5

4.1

4.8

5.4

5.4

5.9

6.6

1-88

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.7

5.4

4.1

4.7

5.1

5.1

5.5

5.5

4.0

2-88

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.7

5.4

4.0

4.5

4.9

4.8

4.9

4.8

5.9

4.0

5,872.8
5,955.6
5,974.8
4,010.7

5.7

5-88

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.4

4.4

4.6

4.5

4.6

4.4

5.6

5.4

5.2

4-88

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.6

5.5

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.2

4.0

5.4

5.2

2.9

2.7

1-89

5.5

5.6

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

2-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.7

4.0

4.1

4.0

4.0

5.8

5.5

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.1

2.5

5-89

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.7

5.9

4.0

5.9

5.9

5.7

5.5

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.1

2.8

5.0

4-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.1

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.0

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.2

2.0

1.1

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1—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




2-86

5-86

4.042.7
4,069.4
4,106.8
4,152.5
4,162.9
4,174.1

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GROSS N A T I O N A L PRODUCT
RATIO

SCALE

1982

QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES

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 «

D A T A




A N N U A L

R A T E S

4 T H

O F

C H A N G E

FO R

P E R I O D S

RATIO

1988
U . S .

1989
D E P A R T M E N T

SCALE

1990
O F

C O M M ER C E

I N D I C A T E D .

O U A R T E R

PREPARED

13

BY

FEDERAL

RES E R V E

BANK

OF

ST.

LOUIS

G E N E R A L
RATIO

P R I C E

I N D E X *

SCALE

RATIO

SCALE

1982-100

1982

1982-100

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

«AS USED IN NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTS
SOURCEt U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED» 4TH OUARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

IM P L IC IT

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

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-85

2-85

3-85

2-85

3.3

3-85

2.9

2.6

4—85

3.1

2.9

3.3

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

1982 * 100
4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

110.6
111.3
112.2
112.4

1-86

2.5

2.2

2.0

0.7

2-86

2.5

2.4

2.3

1.8

2.9

3-86

3.0

2.9

3.0

2.9

4.0

5.0

4-86

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.6

3.2

3.4

1.8

1-87

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

3.2

3.3

2.5

3.2

2-87

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

3.3

3.4

2.9

3.5

3.8

3-87

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

3.2

3.3

2.9

3.3

3.3

2.8

4-87

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.8

3.1

3.2

2.8

3.0

3.0

2.6

2.4

1-88

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

3.0

3.0

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.4

2.2

2.0

2-88

3.0

2.9

3.0

2.9

3.2

3.2

3.0

3.2

3.2

3.0

3.1

3.4

113.2
114.6
115.1
116.0
117.1
117.9
118.6
119.2
120.6

4.8

3-88

3.1

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.3

3.4

3.3

3.4

3.7

4.6

4.4

4-88

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.4

3.5

3.3

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.6

4.0

4.6

4.5

4.7

1-89

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.7

4.0

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.0

2-89

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.8

4.1

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.6

3-89

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.5

3.6

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.6

3.7

3.9

4.3

4.2

4.1

3.9

3.9

3.2

4-89

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.8

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.2

3.2

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

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89




121.9
123.3
124.5
125.9
126.9
127.9

I N ITIAL QUA R T E R

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 28» 1990

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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 )
TERMINAL
QUARTER

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

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

2-85

7.1

5-85

8.5

9.9

4-85

7.7

7.9

4.0

1-84

7.0

7.0

5.4

5.1

2-84

4.4

4.2

5.0

4.5

4.0

5-86

7.0

4.9

4.2

4.2

4.8

4-86

4.8

4.8

4.2

4.2

4.4

7.9

4.2

1-87

4.8

4.8

4.2

4.5

4.4

7.5

4.4

4.4

2-87

7.2

7.2

4.9

7.0

7.4

8.5

7.8

8.4

10.7

5-87

7.4

7.5

7.2

7.5

7.7

8.5

8.1

8.8

9.9

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89
2,599.5
2,661.4
2,700.4
2,754.5
2,761.0

9.8

2,826.0
2,868.5
2,914.7
2,989.4
9.2

5,055.9
5,085.5

4-87

7.1

7.1

4.8

4.9

7.1

7.4

7.2

7.5

7.8

4.4

5.4

1-88

7.2

7.2

4.9

7.1

7.5

7.8

7.5

7.7

8.0

7.1

4.1

8.7

2-88

7.2

7.2

7.0

7.1

7.5

7.7

7.5

7.7

7.9

7.2

4.4

8.0

7.4

5-88

7.2

7.5

7.0

7.1

7.5

7.7

7.5

7.4

7.8

7.5

4.8

7.9

7.5

4-88

7.5

7.5

7.1

7.2

7.4

7.7

7.5

7.4

7.8

7.5

7.0

7.8

7.5

7.4

7.4

1-89

7.5

7.5

7.1

7.2

7.5

7.4

7.4

7.4

7.7

7.5

7.0

7.7

7.4

7.4

7.4

7.1

2-89

7.5

7.5

7.1

7.2

7.4

7.4

7.5

7.4

7.7

7.5

7.1

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.4

5-89

7.5

7.5

7.1

7.2

7.4

7.4

7.5

7.4

7.7

7.4

7.1

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.6

7.6

4-89

7.2

7.2

7.0

7.1

7.2

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.4

7.1

4.9

7.5

7.1

7.1

7.0

4.8

6.7

6.5

4.9

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

5,148.1
5,204.9
5,265.4

7.5

5,524.0
5,581.4
5,444.1

7.4

5,508.1
5,550.6

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MARCH 28, 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

1-85

2-85

3-85

2-85

5.2

5-85

5.0

6.8

4-85

5.9

4.3

1.9

1-86

4.0

4.2

3.0

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

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

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS
1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89
2,357.4
2,575.9
2,586.9

4.1

2,410.9

2-86

5.9

4.1

3.2

3.8

5.6

5-86

4.1

4.3

3.7

4.4

4.5

5.4

4-86

5.9

4.0

3.4

3.8

5.7

5.8

2.2

1-87

5.4

3.4

2.9

3.1

2.8

2.5

1.1

0.1

2,452.4
2,464.4
2,477.8
2,478.5

2-87

5.5

3.6

3.1

3.5

5.2

5.1

2.3

2.4

4.8

5-87

3.6

3.7

3.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

2.9

3.2

4.8

4.7

4-87

3.2

3.3

2.9

5.0

2.8

2.7

2.2

2.2

2.9

2.0

-0.7

1-88

3.5

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

3.4

3.1

3.3

5.2

3.1

2.8

2.9

3.5

3.2

2.7

4.4

2.5

2,507.7
2,556.5
2,552.5
2,570.8
2,586.8

5-88

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.5

5.2

5.1

2.9

3.0

3.5

3.2

2.8

4.0

2.9

3.5

4-88

3.4

3.4

3.1

5.3

5.2

3.1

2.9

3.0

3.4

5.2

2.9

3.8

3.0

3.2

2,608.1
5.0

2,627.7

1-89

3.3

3.5

3.1

3.2

5.1

5.0

2.8

2.9

3.2

5.0

2.7

3.4

2.7

2.8

2.5

2.0

2-89

3.2

5.2

3.0

5.1

5.0

2.9

2.7

2.8

3.1

2.9

2.6

3.2

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.0

5-89

3.4

3.4

3.2

5.2

5.2

5.1

3.0

3.0

3.3

5.2

3.0

3.5

3.1

3.2

5.1

3.2

3.8

5.6

4-89

3.2

3.2

3.0

5.1

5.0

3.0

2.8

2.8

3.1

2.9

2.7

3.1

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.7

3.0

0.5

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

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89




2,441.0
1.9

2,455.7
2,490.1
2,495.7

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MARCH 28, 1990

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G R O S S P RIVATE 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

1-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

8.4

2-85
5-85

2-85

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

652.5

-5.9 -14.8

626.7

4-85

5.1

0.6

18.7

1-86

7.0

6.5

19.1

2-86

2.2

0.8

6.5

1.0 -14.7

5-86

0.9

-0.6

5.4

-1.5 -10.5

-5.7

4-86

0.8

-0.4

2.8

-0.8

-6.8

-2.5

0.7

1-87

2.6

1.8

4.9

2.5

-1.6

5.2

8.0

15.8

2-87

5.1

2.4

5.1

5.0

0.0

4.1

7.6

11.2

654.1
19.4

685.8
657.2
647.7
648.8
675.1
6.7

684.1

5-87

5.5

2.7

5.1

5.5

0.9

4.5

7.0

9.1

5.9

5.2

4-87

6.0

5.7

8.5

7.1

5.4

9.2

12.4

15.6

15.5

20.1

1-88

4.5

4.1

6.2

4.9

5.2

6.1

8.2

9.7

8.5

8.8

10.7 -10.7

2-88

5.0

4.7

6.7

5.5

4.1

6.7

8.6

10.0

8.9

9.4

10.8

692.8
57.1

749.7
728.8

-0.5

11.2

748.4

5-88

5.5

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

4.5

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

4.7

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

4.6

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

5-89

4.5

4.5

5.6

4.8

5.8

5.4

6.4

6.9

6.0

5.9

6.0

2.2

4.5

5.5

1.0

4.7

2.5

2.1

4-89

4.0

5.8

5.0

4.2

5.2

4.6

5.5

5.9

5.0

4.9

4.8

1.4

5.2

1.9

-0.1

2.5

0.1

-1.5

-4.5

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

771.1
752.8
769.6
775.0
779.1
770.1

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PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
HARCH 28. 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
1-85
2-85
5-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

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

8.6

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

647.5
618.1

-5.0 -17.0

4-85

2.9

0.2

20.8

648.0

1-86

6.6

5.9

19.6

18.5

676.1

2-86

1.0

-0.8

5.5

-1.8 -18.5

642.5

5-86

-1.0

-2.8

1.1

-4.7 -14.5 -10.5

4-86

-1.7

-5.4

-0.4

1-87

0.9

-0.1

5.0

2-87

1.6

0.7

5-87

2.5

4-87

625.1
615.2

-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

4.8

4.4

7.1

5.5

5.8

8.0

12.1

17.2

15.7

20.6

52.8

1-88

5.7

5.2

5.5

5.9

2.5

5.6

8.6

11.8

9.4

10.5

10.8

-7.6

2-88

5.7

5.5

5.4

5.9

2.4

5.4

7.9

10.4

8.2

8.6

8.4

-2.1

5.7

5-88

4.2

5.9

5.9

4.6

5.5

6.1

8.5

10.6

8.8

9.5

9.2

2.5

7.7

11.8

4-88

5.0

2.6

4.5

5.0

1.7

4.0

5.8

7.4

5.4

5.5

4.4

-1.7

0.4

-1.2 -12.7

1-89

5.5

2.9

4.5

5.5

2.2

4.5

5.9

7.5

5.6

5.5

4.8

0.0

2.0

1.4

-5.4

6.9

2-89

5.0

2.7

4.1

5.0

1.9

5.9

5.5

6.5

4.9

4.7

4.0

-0.1

1.4

0.9

-2.5

5.0

-0.7

5-89

5.0

2.7

4.1

5.0

2.0

5.8

5.0

6.1

4.7

4.5

5.9

0.5

1.7

1.2

-1.2

2.9

1.0

2.7

4-89

2.6

2.5

5.6

2.6

1.6

5.2

4.5

5.5

5.9

5.6

5.0

-0.5

0.8

0.4

-1.8

1.2

-0.7

-0.7

-4.0

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

1-89

2-89

5-89




646.5
656.7
671.7
721.1
707.0
715.5
755.6
709.1
721.1
719.8
724.6
717.5

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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 I C 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 )
TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

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

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89
801.7

2-85

9.1

5-85

14.7

20.6

4-85

12.5

14.2

8.1

1-86

8.4

8.2

2.4

-5.0

2-86

8.6

8.4

4.6

5.0

840.2
856.7
850.5
869.5

9.2

880.5

5-86

8.0

7.8

4.8

5.7

7.2

5.2

4-86

7.4

7.1

4.6

5.8

6.1

4.6

4.0

1-87

7.5

7.5

5.2

4.7

6.7

5.8

6.1

8.5

2-87

7.2

6.9

5.1

4.6

6.2

5.5

5.6

6.4

4.4

5-87

7.2

7.0

5.4

5.0

6.4

5.8

6.0

6.7

5.9

7.5

4-87

7.1

6.9

5.5

5.2

6.4

5.9

6.1

6.6

6.0

6.8

6.5

1-88

6.4

6.2

4.8

4.5

5.5

4.9

4.9

5.1

4.5

4.2

2.7

-0.8

2-88

6.4

6.2

5.0

4.7

5.5

5.1

5.1

5.5

4.7

4.7

5.9

2.7

6.2

888.9
906.9
916.8
955.2
947.5
945.7
960.1

5-88

5.9

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

7.0

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

958.6
1*011.4

25.9

1*016.0

1-89

6.7

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

6.7

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

6.4

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

6.5

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

1-85

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

1*055.2
1*058.9
1*058.5

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST* LOUIS
MARCH 28» 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 I C E S EM

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

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

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

2-85

6.5

5-85

15.0

19.8

4-85

9.0

10.5

1.6

1-86

5.5

5.1

-1.5

-4.5

2-86

6.5

6.2

2.0

2.5

9.5

5-86

5.6

5.4

2.1

2.2

5.8

4-86

5.6

5.4

2.8

5.1

5.8

5.9

5.8

1-87

4.9

4.7

2.4

2.5

4.4

2.7

5.0

0.5

2-87

4.5

4.0

1.9

2.0

5.5

1.8

1.7

-0.5

-0.9

5-87

4.5

4.0

2.2

2.5

5.5

2.5

2.4

1.5

1.8

4.5

4-87

4.5

4.1

2.5

2.6

5.6

2.7

2.8

2.1

2.7

4.5

4.5

1-88

5.2

2.9

1.5

1.5

2.1

1.0

0.9

-0.1

-0.2

0.0

-2.1

-8.5

2-88

5.5

5.0

1.6

1.6

2.5

1.4

1.5

0.6

0.7

1.0

-0.1

-2.5

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS
1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89
716.7

749.8
752.7
744.1
761.2
2.1

765.2
776.0
776.6
774.9
785.5
792.1
775.1
4.1

785.0

5-88

2.8

2.5

1.1

1.1

1.7

0.9

0.7

0.0

-0.1

0.1

-1.0

-2.7

0.2

-5.6

4-88

5.6

5.4

2.5

2.5

5.0

2.5

2.4

1.9

2.2

2.7

2.5

1.8

5.4

6.1

16.7

1-89

5.2

5.0

1.9

1.9

2.4

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.4

0.8

5.2

2.9

6.2

-5.5

2-89

5.5

5.1

2.1

2.1

2.7

2.1

2.1

1.7

1.9

2.5

1.9

1.5

5.6

5.5

6.0

1.0

775.9
806.4
799.7
5.4

810.5

5-89

5.0

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

5.0

2.8

1.8

1.9

2.5

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.5

l.l

2.6

2.5

5.5

0.5

1.8

0.0

2.6

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

1-89

2-89

5-89




805.5
810.4

INITIAL QUARTER
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MARCH 28» 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 )
TERMINAL
QUARTER

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

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

2-85

15.1

5-85

5.5

-1.5

4-85

6.6

5.5

8.6

1-86

7.0

5.1

8.6

8.5

2-86

6.9

5.5

7.9

7.5

6.5

5-86

6.2

4.8

6.5

5.8

4.4

2.4

4-86

6.0

4.9

6.2

5.7

4.7

5.8

5.5

1-87

6.6

5.7

7.0

6.7

6.2

6.1

8.0

10.8

2-87

5.8

4.9

5.9

5.4

4.8

4.4

5.0

4.9

-0.6

5-87

6.5

5.6

6.5

6.2

5.9

5.7

6.6

7.0

5.2

11.5

4-87

6.9

6.5

7.2

7.0

6.8

6.8

7.7

8.4

7.6

11.9

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

2 »850.7
2»840.0
2*899.5
2.959.2
5*006.5
5.024.5
5.065.4
5.142.8
5.158.1
5.225.5
12.4

5.519.4

1-88

6.9

6.5

7.2

7.0

6.8

6.9

7.6

8.1

7.4

10.5

9.7

7.0

2-88

6.9

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

7.1

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

4-88

7.2

6.8

7.5

7.4

7.5

7.5

7.9

8.2

7.9

9.5

8.9

8.1

8.4

9.0

8.9

1-89

7.5

7.1

7.8

7.7

7.6

7.7

8.5

8.6

8.5

9.7

9.4

8.8

9.5

10.0

10.4

11.9

2-89

7.4

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

7.4

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

7.5

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

1-85

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

5.576.4
5.455.9
5»511.7
5 »587.4
5.689.5
5.747.7
5.806.8
5.871.5

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MARCH 28» 1990

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
1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

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

BILLION S OF
DOLLARS
1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89
2.565.5

2-85

8.9

5-85

2.1

-4.5

4-85

2.8

-0.1

4.4

2.555.4
2.562.8
2.609.2

1-86

4.0

2.4

5.9

7.4

2-86

4.4

5.5

6.0

6.8

6.2

5-86

5.4

2.3

4.0

5.9

2.2

-1.7

4-86

5.1

2.1

5.5

5.5

1.9

-0.2

2.648.6
2*657.5
2*646.2

1.4

1-87

5.2

2.4

5.6

5.4

2.4

1.2

2.7

4.0

2-87

2.2

1.3

2.2

1.8

0.7

-0.6

-0.2

-1.0

2.672.5
-5.8

2.652.5

5—87

2.6

1.9

2.7

2.5

1.7

0.8

1.5

1.5

0.2

6.7

4-87

5.1

2.5

5.5

5.1

2.5

1.9

2.7

5.0

2.7

7.2

7.8

1-88

5.2

2.7

5.4

3.3

2.8

2.5

5.0

5.5

5.2

6.4

6.2

4.6

2-88

5.1

2.7

5.5

3.2

2.7

2.5

2.9

5.2

5.0

5.5

4.9

5.5

2.4

5-88

5.2

2.8

5.4

3.4

3.0

2.6

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.5

4.9

5.9

5.6

4.9

4-88

5.5

2.9

5.5

3.4

3.1

2.8

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.1

4.8

4.0

5.8

4.6

4.5

1-89

3.5

3.2

5.7

3.7

5.4

5.1

5.6

5.9

5.8

5.5

5.1

4.5

4.5

5.2

5.4

6.6

2-89

5.4

3.0

5.5

3.5

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

5.4

5.1

5.6

3.5

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

5.4

5.1

5.5

3.5

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

1-85

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

1-89

2-89

5-89




2.675.6
2.726.2
2.757.2
2.775.5
2.806.4
2.855.9
2.881.7
2.887.6
2*919.2
2,956.9

INITIAL QUARTER
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MARCH 28» 1990

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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 l Rates of C h a n g e )

TERMINAL

QUARTER

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

INITIAL QUARTER
2-85

1-85

2-85

4.6

5-85

10.7

17.1

4-85

15.7

18.5

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

1-88

4-87

5-87

2-88

5-88

4-88

2-89

1-89

ANNUAL RATES
5-89
124.2
129.2

19.9

155.2

1-86

-8.1 -11.9 -25.6 -51.4

2-86

-7.6 -10.5 -18.1 -52.4

-5 9

5-86

-5.8

-5.4 -10.5 -18.6

5 4

18.0

4-86

-0.8

-1.7

-5.1 -10.5

7

18.4

18.8

1-87

5.4

5.5

1.1

-2.5

16 4

24.9

28.5

59.1

2-87

5.8

5.9

4.4

2.1

18 4

25.4

27.9

52.7

26.7

5-87

7.8

8.2

7.1

5.4

19 9

25.9

28.0

51.2

27.4

28.1

4-87

7.5

7.5

6.5

4.9

17 1

21.5

22.2

25.1

18.1

14.1

112.9
111.2
115.9
121.0
151.4
159.4
148.5
148.9

1.6

1-88

9.2

9.6

8.9

7.7

19 0

25.1

25.9

25.0

21.7

20.1

16.5

55.0

2-88

9.9

10.4

9.8

8.8

19 0

22.5

25.2

25.9

21.1

19.7

17.1

25.6

159.9
166.9

18.7

5-88

10.5

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

10.0

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

175.2
175.6

5.7

1-89

9.0

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

6.6

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

5-89

4.9

4.9

4.2

5.2

9

10.2

9.6

8.8

6.1

4.0

1.4

1.3

-5.2

-7.0 -12.0 -17.2 -22.9 -19.9

4-89

5.5

5.5

4.6

5.8

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

1-85

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

2-89

5-89

IN IT IA L

-4.5

175.6

-9.2 -15.8 -25.8

161.1

0.5

4-88

1-89

152.4
156.7

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INVENTORIES COMPARED WITH MONTHLY
MANUFACTURING AND TRADE

SALES

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
1 .7 2

72

1 .6 8

68

64

64

60

60

56

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52

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1987

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1990

SOURCE: U.S.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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INVENTORY DATA REFLECT CHANGES IN ESTIMATION PROCEDURES.

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