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Inflation has declined sharply daring the past two years, suggesting the emergence
o f a sustained period o f lo w er inflation. The G N P im plicit deflato r rose 4.1 percent in the
year ending in 11/1983, down sharply from a peak o f 10.4 percent in the year ending in
1/1981. This decline matches the fa ll to 4.7 percent in 1976 from a peak o f 11 percent in the
year ending in 1/1975. The recent decline in inflation is not unprecedented, however, nor
does it necessarily indicate a transition to a permanent low inflation environment; for
exam ple, follow ing the 1975-76 decline, price increases reaccelerated rapidly, surging to an
8.5 percent rate two years la te r.
A major factor influencing inflation is the trend rate o f monetary expansion. For
exam ple, the 1975-76 decline in inflation and the acceleration that followed were
associated, in part, with a decline in the three-year trend o f money ( M l ) growth from about
7 percent in early 1974 to about 5 percent in 1978 and the subsequent surge to a peak at
over 8 percent late in 1979. The latest decline in inflation was preceded by a decline from
that trend rate o f money growth to about 6 percent in III/1982.
Both o f the sharp changes in the inflation rate also were influenced strongly by
energy price developments. In each instance, the previous double-digit rate o f price
increases was associated with adjustments to about a 50 percent increase in the producer
price o f fuels and related products and pow er relative to the price o f business output. The
latest decline was reinforced by the temporary depressing e ffe c ts o f a 16 percent decline in
relative energy prices from 11/1981 to 11/1983.
Recent labor cost developments also provide a misleading indication o f the
prospects for inflation. Labor cost increases often are monitored as an indicator o f future
inflation, but in the irr'tial stages o f a recovery they are a poor guide. Over long periods,
the rate o f increase o f prices roughly matches increases in unit labor costs. For example,
from 1955 to 1982, both unit labor costs and the G N P deflator rose at an average 4.6
percent rate. Unit labor costs are strongly cyclical, however, moving down sharply at the
end o f recessions and in the initial stage o f recovery.
In the tw o quarters since the recovery began in IV /1982, unit labor costs rose at
only a 1.5 percent rate, 3 percentage points lower than the rate o f increase o f prices during
the sam e period. Following seven previous recessions, prices rose an average o f 4.5
percentage points faster than unit labor costs during the first two quarters o f recovery.
Indeed, during the same period in five o f the seven previous recoveries, unit labor costs fell,
averaging a 2.3 percent rate o f decline. Such a divergence typically is not reflected in a
subsequent slowing in inflation to bring the two measures in line; instead, unit labor costs
tend to accelerate to equal and later to exceed the inflation rate.




— John A . Tatom

total

civilian

employment

COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL_______________________________________________________________
I N I T I A L MONTH_____________________________________________________________________THOUSANDS
MONTH
OF PERSONS
12-81
1- 82
2- 82
5- 8 2 6 - 8 2
3-82
4- 8 2
7- 82
1- 8 3 2- 8 3
3-83
4-83
5- 8 3 6 - 8 3
8- 8 2
9 - 8 2 10- 82 11- 82 12- 82
0. 1

99 , 688

0. 1

0.1

-0.3

-0.5

-1.2

- 0 .6

-0.8

-1.3

CO
ro

2 - 82
3- 82
■t"
1

1- 82

99, 695
99 , 597
99 , 484

-I. 4

___ 9 9 , 9 9 ^

5- 8 2

0. 8

0.9

1. 2

2. ' 4

6. 3

6- 8 2

0.0

-0.0

-0.0

0. 3

1. 2

-3.7

7- 82

-0.2

-0.2

-0.3

-0.'0

0.4

-2.4

8- 8 2

0.3.

-0.0

-0.0

2

0.6

-1.2

0.0

1. 2

9- 82

-0.2

-0.2

-0.3

-o. 1

0. 1

-1.3

-0.6

-0.3

-1.7

10-82

-0.6

-0.7

-0.8

- 0 .'7

-0.6

-2.0

-1.5

-1.6

-3.0

-4.3

11-82

-0.6

-0.7

-0.7

-0.'7

-0.6

-1.7

-1.3

-1.4

-2.2

-2.4

12- 82

-0.6

-0.7

-0.7

-o. 7

-0.6

-1.5

-1.2

-1.2

-1.8

-1.8

-0.5

-0.5

1 -8 3

-0.5

—0 •6

-0.6

- o. <b

-0.5

-1.3

-1.0

-1.0

-1.4

-1.3

-0.3

-0.2

0. 1

2- 83

—0 . 5

—0 . 6

—0 . 6

- o. <i>

—0 . 5

-1.2

-0.9

-0.9

-1.2

-1.2

-0.3

-0.3

-0.2

_-0.J5

0.0

0.0

99. 681
99 , 588

-1.1

99 . 683 __
99» 543
99, 176
99 , 1 3 ^

-0.5

99 , 093
9 9 , 103
99 , 063

3- 83

-0.5

-0.5

-0.5

-0.'5

-0.4

-l.l

-0.8

-0.7

-1.0

-0.9

-0.2

-0.1

4 - 83

-0.2

-0.2

-0.2

- 0 . ;L

-0.0

-0.6

-0.3

-0.2

-0.3

-0.1

0.6

0.8

1. 1 ___ 1. 4 ___ 2. 4 ___ 4 . 4

5- 8 3

-0.1

-0.1

-0. 1

- o. <3

0.1

-0.4

-0.1

-0.0

-0.2

0.0

0.7

0.9

1.1

6- 6 3

0. 7

0.8

0.8

l.<D

1. 1

0.7

1. 1

1. 3

1. 3

1. 7

2.4

2.9

3.4

4. 1

5. 3

7.0

8.3

15. 9

7-83

1 .0

1 .1

1. 1

l.:5

1.4

1. 1

1. 5

1. 7

1. 8

2. 1

2. 8

3.3

3. 8

4.5

5. 5

6.8

7.6

10. 9

12-81

1- 82

4- 82

5- 82

6- 82

7- 82

8- 82

9- 8 2

10- 82

11- 82

12- 82

1- 83

2- 83

3- 8 3

2- 82

3-82

_1 . 4

99 , 103

0. 5

2.0

99 , 458

2. 8 ___ 1. 2

9 9 , 557
100. 786
6.1

101, 285

6- 83

4 - 8 3 ~~5—83~

I N I T I A L MONTH

PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
MÔNTH
12-81

I N I T I A L MONTH
1- 82

2- 8 2

3- 8 2

4- 8 2

5- 8 2

6- 8 2

7-82

8-82

9- 82 10- 82

1HÜUSANÜS
PfcRiUNS
11- 82

12-82

1-83

2-83

3-93

4- 83

6-83

1- 82

-A. 3

2-82

-2.1

0.3

3-82

-2.3

-1 .2

-2.8

4-82

-2.3

-1.6

-2.6

-2.4

5- 8 2

-1.9

- 1 .3

-1.8

-1.3

-0.1

6-82

-2.1

-1 .6

-2.1

-1.9

-1.6

-3.2

7- 8 2

-2.4

-2.1

-2.5

-2.5

-2.5

-3.7

8- 8 2

-2.4

-2.1

-2.5

-2.5

-2.5

-3.3

-3.4

-2.5

9-82

-2.2

-1.9

-2.2

-2.1

-2.1

-2.6

-2.4

-1.4

-0.4

10- 82

-2.4

-2.1

-2.4

-2.4

-2.4

-2.9

-2.8

-2.3

-2.2

-3.9

11- 82

-2.3

-2.1

-2.4

-2.4

-2.3

-2.7

-2.6

-2.2

-2.1

-3.0

-2.0

12- 82

-2.3

-2.1

-2.3

-2.3

-2.3

-2.6

-2.5

-2.1

-2.0

-2.5

-1.8

-1.6

1- 83

-1.9

-1.7

-1.8

-1.8

-1.7

-1.9

-1.7

-1.3

-1.0

-1.2

-0.2

0.7

3. 0

2- 8 3

-1.9

-1.7

-1.8

-1.8

-1.7

-1.9

-1.7

-1.3

-1.2

-1.3

-0.6

-0.2

0. 5

-1.9

3-83

-1.7

-1.5

-1.6

-1.5

-1.5

-1.6

-1.4

-l.l

-0.9

-0.9

-0.3

0.1

0.7

-0.5

0.9

4-83

-1.4

-1.2

-1.3

-1.1

-1.0

-1.1

-0. 9

-0.5

-0.3

-0.3

0.3

0. 8

1. 4

0.9

2.4

5- 83

-1.0

-0.8

-0. 9

-0.7

-0.6

-0.7

-0.4

-0.0

0.2

0. 3

0.9

1.4

2. 1

1. 8

3. 1

4.2

4.6

6-83

-0.7

-0.4

-0.5

-0.3

-0.2

-0.2

0. 1

0.5

0.8

0.9

1.5

2.0

2. 6

2. 6

3.7

4.7

5. 1

5. 7

7-83

-0.3

-0.1

-0. 1

0. 3

0.6

1.0

1. 3

1. 5

2.1

2.6

3. 2

4.3

5.2

5.6

6.2

6.7

12-81

1- 82

2- 32

5- 02

6-82

7-82

8- 8 2

9- 8 2

10- 82

11-82

12-82

2-83

3- 8 3

4- 83

5-8 3

6-83

90 . 396
V O. 417
9 0 . 207
90, 024

0. 1
3-*2

0.3
4

90, 016
89, 775
-4. 3

89, 450
89. 264
89. 235

I nT T I A L
P-

68, 930
88. 785
88, 665
68, 886

I-SÌT

88, 745
8 8 , 814
3.8

89 , 090
89, 421
8 9, 032^
9 0 . 319 ^

mS mT h

Pk EL IMINÀR V




PR £ PA REO BY F E D E R A L
A UGUST 9 , 1983

2

RESERVE

bANK,

UP

S I.

LO UIS




EMPLOYMENT
RATIO

SCALE

MILLIONS

I 15

I 10

OF

RATIO
PERSONS

S E A S ONA L L Y

ADJ US TED

I

1
$i

?:

I
$

ii

§

M I L L IONS

I
%

OF

SCALE

PERSONS

\ \

*

s

$

5

*

^

$

105

1 15

1 10

105
+! . 7X

TOiTAL

X

100

¥•5. 5z

+2,.01

^

0
-------- . 'Y " '101.3
-/. JX

-2.7X

95

95

t
+2.

+/. 9X

ox

*4. 3Z
r z

90
-3.2X

90

-/. 9X

4. /AS

85

100

85

PAYI*OLL
80

80

75

*

$
ii

70

t
1 975

t
1976

1977

1978

1979

% %

s
is

§

*

H

t

t

< <

t

1980

1981

t
1982

t

75

70

1983

SOURCE: 0 . $ . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIO DS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt JULY PR ELIM IN A R Y
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LO U IS

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
SEASONALLY

PERCENT

ADJUSTED

PERCENT

12.0

.

I I .0

10.

10.0

9.

9.0

8.

8.0

7.

7.0

6.

6.0

5.

5.0

1I

4.

4.0
1975

1976

19 77

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

SOURCE; U .S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENT OF C IV IL IA N LABOR FORCE
LATEST DATA PLOTTED: JULY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LO U IS

3

CONSOHtR PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED*
_____________________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE______________________
TERMINAL________________________________________________________ I N I T IA L M
RON TH
3-82
4- 82
12-81
1- 82
6— 8 2 7 - 8 2
2- 82
5- 82
8- 82
1- 62

3.5

2- 82

2*1

0.9

3- 82

1.3

0.2

4-82

1. 7

I.1

1. 3

3.0

5- 82

3. 9

4.0

5.0

7.9

13. 0

6-82

5. 5

5.9

7.2

9.8

13. 4

13. 8

7-82

5. 7

6.1

7.2

9.2

11. 3

10. 5

8- 82

5. 5

5 .8

6.6

8. 1

9.4

8. 2

5.5

3.8

9- 82

5. 0

5. 2

5. 8

6.9

7. 7

6.4

4.1

2.5

O

N

T

9- 82 10- 82

H

_____________________________________________________________ 1967*100
11-82

12- 82

1- 8 3

2-83

3-83

4-83

5-83

283. 2
283. 4
-0.4

W f l
2 84. 0

286. 9
¿90. 0
7.3

291. 7
2 92. 6
292. 9

1. 2

10- 82

5. 0

5. 2

5.7

6.6

7.2

6. 1

4.3

3.3

3. 1

5. 0

11- 82

4. 5

4.6

5. 1

5. 8

6. 2

5. 1

3.4

2.5

2. 1

2. 5

0.0

12- 82

3. 9

3.9

4.2

4.7

5.0

3. 9

2.3

1.3

0. 7

0.5

-1.6

4.0

4.5

294. 1
294. 1
-3.2

293. 3

1- 83

3. 7

3.7

4.6

3.6

2.3

1.4

1. 0

0.9

-0.4

-0.6

2. 1

2-83

3.3

3.3

3.5

3.8

3. 9

2.9

1.7

0.9

0.4

0.2

-0.9

- 1 .2

-0.2

-2.4

3-83

3.2

3. 1

3. 3

3.6

3. 7

2.8

1.7

1.0

0. 6

0.5

-0.4

-0.5

0.4

-0.4

4-83

3. 4

3.4

3.6

3. 9

4.0

3.2

2.2

1.6

1. 4

1. 4

0.8

1.0

2. 1

2. 1

4 . 4 ___ 7. 2

5- 8 3

3. 6

3.6

3.8

4. 1

4.2

3.5

2.6

2.1

2.0

2.1

1.6

1. 9

3. 0

3. 2

5. 1

6 . 9 ___6

6-83

3.5

3.5

3. 7

4. 0

4. 1

3.4

2.6

2.2

2.0

2. 1

1.7

2.0

2. 9

3. 0

4.5

5.4

4.6

2. 5

7-83

3.6

3 .6

3. 8

4.0

4. 1

3.5

2.8

2.4

2. 3

2. 4

2.1

2.4

3. 2

3.4

4.6

5.3

4.7

3. 7

Z~-8~2 ' 3 - 8 2

4- 82

5- 82

6- 8 2

7-8 2

8- 82

9- 82 10-8 2 11- 82

12-82

1- 83

2-83

3-83

4- 93

12-81

6-83

1—B2~

♦DATA BEGINNING 1983 INCORPORAT fcS RENTAL EQUIVALENCE

293. 8
293. 2
1.6

293. 6
_______2 9 5 . 3 _____
296. 9
297. 5
4. 9

298. 7

^ 8 3 ~ 6-83

I N I T I A L MONTH
MEASURE.
P K Ç T i m r w F fcütRÄLRESfc KV E ÖANK OF S T .
AUGUST 23, !L983

LOUIS

PROLHJCER~PBTtnr I NDEX, FI NI SHEO GOODS - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED*
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
HUN 1H
12-81

I N I T I A L MONTH
1- 82

2- 82

3- 8 2

4- 8 2

5- 82

6- 8 2

7- 8 2

1- 82

4. 9

2- 8 2

2. 9

0.9

3-82

0. 9

-1.1

-3.0

4-82

1. 0

-0.3

-0.9

1.3

5- 8 2

0. 8

-0.2

—0 . 6

0.7

0.0

6-82

2. 7

2.3

2.6

4.6

6.2

12. 8

7-82

3. 1

2.8

3.2

4.8

6. 1

9. 2

5.7

8-82

3. 4

3.2

3.6

5.0

6.0

8. 0

5.7

5.7

4.2

3.5

8- 8 2

9 - 8 2 10- 82

19i>7 = ICO
11- 82

12-82

1- 8 3

2- 83

3-83

4- 8 3

5- 8 3

6-8J
27 7. 3
277. 5
276. 8
277. 1
277. 1
279. 9
281 .2
282. 5

9-82

3. 2

3.0

3.3

4.4

5.0

6. 3

10- 82

3. 3

3.1

3.4

4.4

4.9

5.9

4.2

3.8

2. 8

4. 3

11- 82

3. 7

3.6

3.9

4.8

5. 3

6.2

4.9

4.7

4.3

5. 9

7.4

12- 82

3. 7

3.6

3.9

4.7

5. 1

5. 8

4.7

4.5.

4.2

5. 2

5. 6

3. 8

1-83

2. 4

2.2

2.3

2.8

3.0

3.4

2. 1

1. 5

0.7

0. 5

-0.7

-4.5

-12.2

2-83

2. 4

2.2

2.3

2.8

2.9

3. 2

2.1

1.6

0.9

0.9

0.0

-2.4

-5.3

3-83

2. 0

1. 8

1.8

2.2

2.3

2.6

1.5

1.0

0.3

0. 1

-0.7

-2.6

-4.7

-0.6

-3.3

4-83

1.8

1.6

1. 6

2.0

2. 1

2.2

1. 2

0.8

0. 2

0.0

-0.7

-2.3

-3.7

-0.7

-2.1

-0.8

5-83

1. 9

1.7

1. 8

2.1

2. 2

2.4

1.5

1.1

0.6

0.5

-0.1

-1.3

-2.2

0.4

-0.1

1.5

3.9

6-83

2. 1

2.0

2.0

2.4

2.4

2.6

1. 8

1.5

1. 1

1.0

0.6

-0.3

- 1 .0

1. 4

1. 3

2.9

4.8

5. 6

7-83

2. 1

1.9

2.0

2.3

2.4

2.5

1. 8

1.5

1. 1

1. 1

0.7

-0.1

-0.7

1. 4

1. 3

2.5

3.6

3. 4

12-81

1- 82

2-82

3— 82

4-82

5-8Z

6-82

7-52

' 8- 52'

9- 82^10~B2^ 11- 82 12- 52 ~ 1 - 8 3

2-8V

3-8 3

4- 53

1. 3

282. 8
283. 8
285. 5
286. 4
283. 3
2. 1

263. 8
2 63. 0
282. 8
283. 7
285. 0
1 .3

2 8 5 . 3 _____

5 - a T " 6-83

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r N T T T T T T ^ W l T r
♦DATA FOR FOUR MONTHS AGO REVI SED TO REFLECT LATE REPORTING




PR'EPÄR ED“ ô Ÿ FEDÌ fiSU* R t St - V t b A N K “ up
AUGUST 12 , 1993

sT

.

luuI s




RATIO

PR ICES

SCALE

1967-100

SEASONALLY

CONSUMER P R IC E IN D E X
C P I- U DATA B E G IN N IN G

DATA P LO T T E D .

IN D IC A T E D .

JULY

P R EP A R ED BY FED ER A L

RATIO

PRODUCER

SCALE

P ER C E N T A G ES ARE ANNUAL R A T E S Of C H A # M
LA T ES T DATA P LO T T E D ,

SCALE

1967-100

B E G IN N IN G JANUARY 197« 1$ FOK ALL URBAN COMSUWERS ( C P l - U ) .
1083 IN CORPORATE A RENTAL E Q U IV A L E N C E M EASURE FOR H O ttE O tN E R S H IP C O S T S .

P ER C E N T A G ES ARE ANNUAL R A T E S Of CHANGE FOR P E R IO D S
LA T ES T

RATIO

ADJUSTEO

j g LY

RESERVE 6 A M

PRICES

FOR P E R IO D S

L O U IS

RATIO

SCALE

I NO IC A T E D .

P R EP A JU D BY FED ER A L R E S E R V E

5

OF S T .

IA M K O f S T .

L » ilS

PRODUCER PRTCE I NDEX, F I NI S H ED CONSUWTER FOODS - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED*
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
MONTH
12- 81
1- 82

14*6

I N I T I A L MONTH
1- 82

2- 82

3-82

4- 82

5- 82

6-82

7-8 2

2- 82

11.1

7. 8

6. 6

2. 8

- 1 .8

4-S2

10.2

8.7

9. 2

21.4

12-82

1- 8 3

2- 8 3

3-83

4-8 3

5-8 3

257. 8

261. 6

5-82

8.7

7.3

7.2

12.0

3.3

8. 2

7.0

6.8

9.8

4.4

5. 6

7-82

4.0

2.4

1. 3

2.1

-3.6

-6.9

-•17.9
-9.0

0.9

-7.7

-2.1

8- 8 2

3. 6

2.2

1 .2

1.9

-2.5

1

¿ 62. 3

-4.3

2. 6

1. 2

0.3

0.7

-3.0

-4.5

2 6 3. 5
259. 2
259. 4
-5.0

258. 3

10- 82

2. 3

1.0

0.2

0.5

-2.6

-3.7

-5.9

-1.5

-2.7

-0.5

11- 82

2. 1

0.9

0 .2

0.5

-2.2

-3.1

-4.8

-1.2

-1.8

-0.2

0.0

12- 82

2. 2

1. 1

0.5

0.7

-1.6

-2.3

-3.5

-0.4

-0.7

0. 8

1. 4

2.8

1- 83

1. 8

0 .8

0 .2

0.4

-1.7

-2.3

-3.4

-0.7

- 1 . 0

0 .0

0.2

0 .2

2-83

2 .6

1.7

1 .2

1.5

-0.3

-0.7

-1.5

1. 1

1 .2

2. 4

3.2

4.2

5.0

12 . 8

3- 8 3

2 .6

1.7

1. 3

1.6

-0.1

-0.4

-1.1

1.3

1. 3

2.4

3.0

3.8

4. 1

7.4

2. 3

4-83

3. 2

2.5

2. 1

2.4

1. 0

0.8

0.3

2.6

2 .8

3. 9

4.7

5.7

6. 4

9.5

7.8

13 . 6

5-83

2.7

2.0

1 .6

1.8

0. 5

0.2

-0.2

1.7

1. 8

2. 7

3. 1

3.7

3. 8

5. 4

3. 1

3.5

6- 83

2. 1

1 .4

1. 0

1. 2

-0.1

-0.4

-0.9

0.8

0 .8

1.5

1. 7

2. 0

1.9

2. 7

-0.3

-6.6

7-83

1.6

0.9

0.5

0.6

—0 . 6

-0.9

-1.4

0.2

0. 1

0 .6

0.7

0.8

0. 5

1.0

-1.2

-2. 1

-6.8

- 7. 3

1 - 8 7 “ 2- 82

" 3- 82

4-62

5- 82

6- 8 2

7-S2

0"-$ 2

1-6 3

2- 83

3-83

4-83

5- 83

T2-8T

100

6 - 83

257. 4

6-82

CD

1967 »

9- 8 2 10- 82 11- 82
256 .2

3- 8 2

0

8-82

¿ 58. 2

10-82

__ 2 5B.2 ___
2 58. 8
-2.3

11^8? 12-82

253. 3
¿ 60.9

0.3

2t>1.4
264. 2
-5.7

__2 6 2 . 9 ____
261 .2
-7

. i

____259. 6

83

I N I T I A L MONTH
♦DATA FOR FOUR MONTHS AGO REVISED TO REFLECT LATE REPORTING

PRODUCER PRICE INDEX , F I NI SHED GOODS, EXCLUDING FOODS COMPOUHOED ANNUAL RATES OF CHA NGt
TERMINAL
TOTJTFf
12-81
1- 82

2 .2

2 - 82

0. 4

3-82

- 0 . 8

StASONALLY ,A OJUSTEO*

I N I T I A L MONTH
1- 82

2- 82

3- 8 2

4- 82

5- 82

6- 8 2

7- 8 2

8- 82

9- 82

10- 82

1967 ^ 100
11- 82

12- 82

1- 83

2-83

3-83

4-83

5-8 3

282. 3
-1 .3

282. 0

-2.3

-3.4
-3.4

281. 2

4-82

-1.5

-2.7

-3.4

5 - 82

-1.4

-2.3

-2.7

-2.3

-1.3

6- 8 2

1. 1

0.9

1. 5

3.2

6 .6

15.1

7-8 2

2. 9

3. 1

4.0

5.9

9. 1

14. 8

14. 4

8-82

3. 4

3.6

4.4

6.1

8.6

12. 1

10 . 6

6.9

2 8 0. 4
¿80. 1
283. 4
286. 6
283. 2

9- 8 2

3. 4

3 .5

4.2

5.6

7.4

9.7

8.0

4.9

3.0

10- 82

3.6

3.8

4.4

5.6

7. 2

9.0

7.5

5.3

4.5

6.0

11- 82

4. 1

4.4

5.0

6.1

7.5

9.0

7.9

6.3

6 .1

7. 7

9.5

12- 82

4. 2

4.3

4.9

5.9

7. 1

8.3

7.3

5.9

5.6

6. 5

6.8

4.2

1- 8 3

2. 5

2.6

2.9

3.6

4.4

5. 1

3.7

2.0

1. 1

0. 6

-1.1

-6.0

-15.2

2 - 83

2. 2

2.3

2.6

3.1

3. 8

4.4

3.1

1.6

0.7

0.2

-l.l

- 4 .4

-8.5

-1.2

3-83

1. 8

1 .8

2.0

2.5

3. 0

3.4

2.2

0.8

-0.1

—0 . 6

-1.8

-4.4

-7.2

-2.9

-4.5

4-83

1. 4

1 .3

1. 5

1.9

2.3

2.7

1.5

0. 1

-0.7

-1.2

-2.3

-4.5

- 6 . 6

-3.5

-4.7

-4. 9

5-83

1. 7

1.6

1. 8

2.2

2.7

3.0

2.0

0.8

o.i

-0.2

-1.1

-2.7

—4 . 0

-1.0

-1.0

0 . 8

6.9

6-83

2. 1

2.1

2.3

2.7

3. 2

3.5

2.6

1.6

I. 1

0. 9

0.3

-1

.0

-1.8

1. i

1. 7

3.8

8.4

10. 0

7- 8 3

2. 2

2 .2

2.4

2.8

3.2

3.6

2.7

1. 8

1.4

1.2

0.7

-0.4

-1.0

1 .6

2.2

3.9

7.0

7. 1

i 0—8 2 11- 82

1T -W Z

12-81

6 - •83

T - 8 7 '“7-BT7'

3-8 7 T

288. 9

9- 82

290. 3
2 92. 5
293. 5
28 9 . 5

1- 83

289. 2

2-8 3

288 .1
286. 9

3 - 8 3 ~4— 83

288. 5

5-8 3

29 0. 6
4 #2

6 -

291. 8

83

♦DATA FOR FOUR MONTHS AGO REVISED TO REFLECT LATE REPORTING




PREPARED SY FEDERAL R E S ’. V t
AUGUST 1
1983

Z,

6

BANfT~OF~ST .

LO U IS

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
RATIO

SCALE

RATIO

1967-100

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

198 0

SCALE

1967-100

S EAS ONA LLY A D J U S T E D

1981

1982

1983

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIOOS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED. JULY PRELIM INA RY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LO U IS

I N D U S T R I A L P R O D U C T IO N
____________________________________________________________________ COHPOUNOED A N N U AL R A T E S OF CHANGE_____________________________________________________________________
T E R M IN A L ______________________________________________________________________I N I T I A L

HQ NTH_______________________________________________________________________ 1 9 6 7 » 1 0 0

MONTH
12-81

1-8 2

2-B2

3 -8 2

4 -8 2

5-8 2

6-82

7- 8 2

8-8 2

9 -8 2

10-82 11-82

12-82

1 -8 3

2-8 3

3-8 3

4 -83

5-6 3

6-83

1 -8 2

-20 .4

2-82

-2 .1

2 0 .5

3-8 2

-4 .7

4.3

-9 .6

4 -8 2

-6 .5

-1 .4

-1 0 .8

5-82

-6 .9

-3 .2

-1 0 .0 -1 0 .1

6 -82

-6 .4

-3 .4

-8 .6

-8 .2

-6 .3

-4 .2

7-82

-5 .4

-2 .7

-6 .7

-6 .0

-3 .9

-1 .7

0.9

8 -82

-5 .2

-2 .8

-6 .2

-5 .5

-3 .8

-2 .3

-1 .3

-3 .4

9 -8 2

-5 .6

-3 .6

—6 . 6

-6 .1

-4 .9

-4 .0

-4 .0

-6 .3

10 -8 2

-6 .4

-4 .7

-7 .5

-7 .1

-6 .3

-5 .9

—6 . 3

- 8 . 6 -1 1 .1 -1 3 .1

11 -8 2

-6 .4

-4 .9

-7 .4

-7 .1

-6 .4

-6 .1

—6 . 4

-8 .2

-9 .7 -1 0 .0

-6 .8

12 -8 2

-5 .7

-4 .3

-6 .4

-6 .1

-5 .3

-4 .9

-5 .0

-6 .1

-6 .8

-6 .0

-2 .2

2.7

1 -8 3

-3 .9

-2 .3

-4 .2

-3 .6

-2 .7

-1 .9

-1 .6

-2 .0

-1 .7

0.2

5 .1

1 1 .6

21 .4

2-8 3

-3 .2

-1 .7

-3 .4

-2 .8

-1 .8

-1 .1

-0 .6

-0 .9

-0 .4

1.4

5.4

9.8

13 .6

6.3

3-83

-1 .9

-0 .4

-1 .9

-1 .2

-0 .2

0 .7

1 .3

1.3

2.0

4.0

7.8

1 1 .8

15 .0

1 1 .9

17 .8

4-83

-0 .4

l.l

-0 .2

0.6

1 .7

2.7

3 .4

3 .7

4.6

6.7

10 .4

14 .3

17.3

16.0

21.2

24 .7

5-8 3

0.5

2 .0

0 .8

1.6

2 .8

3.7

4 .5

4.9

5.8

7.9

11 .2

14 .6

17.1

16 .1

1 9 .5

20*4

6-8 3

1.2

2.6

1. 6

2.4

3. 5

4.5

5.3

5.7

6 .6

8.5

11 .6

14.5

16. 6

15.7

18 .2

18.3

15 .2

14.1

7-83

2 .3

3.7

2 .8

3.6

4.8

5 .8

6.6

7.1

8 .1

1 0 .0

12 .9

15 .6

17.6

17.0

19 .2

19.6

17 .9

18 .8

2 3 .6

12-81

1-8 2

2-82

3-82

4 -8 2

5-8 2

7— 82

8—82

U - Ô 2 1 2 -8 2

1-8 Ï

2-83

3-8 3

4-83

5 -8 3

6-83

140.7
142.9
141.7
-1 2 .0

140.2
-8 .2

139.2
138.7
138.8
138.4
-9 .1

137.3
135.7

9 -8 2 1 0- 52

I N I T I A L HrONTvi

134.9
135.2
137.4
138.1
140.0

144.4
1 4 6 .OP
1 4 8 .6P

.........

P - PRELIMINARY




142.6
1 6 .2

-----ÊRÉPAREO B Y F 6 D E R A L
AUGUS T 16* 1 903

7

RES6RV6BANKOF

ST.LOUIS

PERSONAL
RATIO

SCALE

TRILLIONS

2

MONTHLY TOTALS

OF

DOLLARS

I NCOME

AT ANNUAL

seasonally

RATIO

RATES

TRILLIONS

ADJUS TED

OF

SCALE

DOLLARS

.

2.9
2.8
2 .

2.

2 .
2.
2.

2 .

2.
2 .

2.

.7
.6

.5
.4
I .

.3

I .

. 2

I .

. 1

I

. 0

.

1 975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

SOURCEi U .S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS

INDICATED.

LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt JULY PRELIM INA RY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LO U IS

PERSONAL INCOME
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OP CHANGE
BI LL I ONS OF
I N I T I A L MONTH
ANNUAL RATES

MONTH"

1- 82

2-82

3-82

0. 2

2-82

3. 0

5. 9

3-82

2. 9

4.3

2.7

3. 8

5.0

4.5

6.4

CD

1- 82

1

12-81

4- 82

5- 82

6- 8 2

7-82

8- 82

9- 82

10- 82

11- 82

12-82

1-83

2-83

3-83

5-2.3

_________

2t548,i
2,530. 2
2,535.6
2»549*Q___

5 - 82

4.9

6.1

6. 1

7.9

9.3

6-82

4.4

5.3

5. 1

5.9

5.7

2. 1

7-82

5. 0

5. 8

5.7

6.5

6.6

5. 2

8.4

2 , 56£*£
2,572.5

4. 1

4.7

4.5

4.9

4.5

2.9

3.4

-1.4

9-82

4. 2

4.8

4.6

4.9

4.6

3. 5

3.9

1.8

5. 1

10- 82

4. 8

5.3

5.2

5.6

5. 5

4.7

5.4

4.4

7.4

9.8

11- 82

5. 0

5. 5

5.5

5.8

5.7

5. 1

5.7

5.1

7.4

8. 5

12- 82

5. 1

5.5

5.5

5.8

5. 7

5.2

5.7

5.2

6.9

7. 5

6.4

5.6

1- 83

4 .9

5. 3

5.3

5.6

5. 5

5.0

5.4

4.9

6. 2

6. 5

5.4

4.5

2- 8 3

4. 5

4.8

4. 8

4 .9

4. 8

4.3

4.6

4.1

5.0

5.0

3.8

2.7

1. 3

-0.9

3 “ 83

4. 8

5. 2

5. 1

5.3

5. 2

4.8

5. 1

4.7

5.6

5.7

4.9

4.3

3. 9

4.0

9.2

4-83

5.1

5.4

5. 4

5.6

5. 5

5. 2

5.5

5.1

6.0

6. 1

5.5

5. 2

5. 1 ___ 5 . 6

9.1

8.9

5-83

5. 7

6.0

6.0

6.3

6.3

6.0

6.4

6.2

7.1

7. 3

6.9

6.9

7. 2

8. 1

11. 3

12. 3

15.9

6- 83

5. 7

6.0

6.0

6.3

6.2

6.0

6.3

6.2

6.9

7. 2

6. 8

6.8

7. 0

7.7

9.9

10 . 2

10 . 8

6.0

7- 83

5. 8

6. 1

6. 1

6.3

6.3

6. 1

6.4

6. 2

6.9

7. 1

6.8

6.8

7. 0

7.6

9.3

9.4

9.5

6.5

5-Ô2

6- 8 2

7- 8 2'

8- 82

9- 82

10- 82

11-82

12-82

1- 8 3

2- 8 3

3-83

4- 83

5- 83

I-S2

" 2 - S 2 " 3- S2

'4-82'

2.58<>,7__
2,597.4
¿»i>17 , 8

__

7.2

¿*633,1
2,645. 0

3. 5
2,650.5
2,670.1
¿JLÉ& 9*1

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- 2 j 722 *3
2*735 . 6

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¿aI5A,Q£_

6-83

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2,589. 8

8- 8 2

Y2-W ]T

«>-93

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RÉSERVE BANK OP S T . LOUIS
AUGUST 1 8 . 1983

8

RETAI L SALES
RATIO

RATIO

SCALE

BILLIONS

OF

DOLLARS

S E A S ONAL L Y

B I L L IONS

ADJ US TED

OF

SCALE

DOLLARS

105
100

95
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55

50

45

40
1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

SOURCE: U .S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIO DS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED. JUNE, JULY ADVANCE ESTIM ATE
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LO UIS

R E TA IL SALES
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
MONTH
12 -81

I N I T I A L MONTH
DOLLARS
1 -8 ?

1- 8 2

-1 1 .3

2-82

4.5

2 3 .0

3-82

1.3

8.3

2-8 2

3— 82

4-82

5 -6 2

6-8 2

7-82

8- 8 2

9-82

10-82

11 -82 12-8 2

1-83

2-83

3-83

4-8 3

5-8 3

6-83
86^542

___

___ 86 1049_______
-4 .6

87 .701

4-82

3.7

9.2

2.9

11 .0

5 -8 2

9 .6

15 .5

13 .2

2 3 .3

6-82

2.8

5.8

1.9

4.2

7-82

4.1

6 .9

3.9

6.2

4.6

-8 .6

12 .4

8-82

2.9

5. 1

2.3

3.8

2.1

-7 .5

3.2

-5 .2

3.9

-3 .0

6.0

2.9

11.7

8 8 .^ 8
36.9

90 .8 1 3 _

0.9 -2 5 .6

88 .6 0 3
89 .4 6 9
8 9 . 0 6 9 __

9-8 2

3 .8

5 .9

3.6

5.1

1 0- 82

4 .8

6.8

4.9

6.3

5.6

0 .2

8.0

6 .6

13 .0

14.3

11-82

6.4

8 .3

6 .8

8.3

7 .9

3.7

10.9

10 .5

16 .3

18.6

23 .1

12-82

5 .8

7.5

6.0

7.3

6 .8

3.1

8 .9

8.2

11 .9

11.9

10.7

-0 .4

1 -8 3

5.1

6.6

5 .3

6.3

5.8

2.5

7 .2

6 .4

8.9

8.2

6.3

-1 .3

-2 .1

2-83

3.7

4.9

3.5

4 .3

3.7

0.5

4.4

3.3

4.8

3 .4

0.9

-5 .6

-8 .1

-1 3 .8

7.6

6.3

2.5

3.5

6 .5

89.897
9 0 ,9 0 5
_92j 492
9 7 .459
9 2 .2 9 5

3 -8 3

5.3

6 .6

5.5

6 .3

5.9

3.2

7 .1

6.4

8.2

4-83

6.8

8.2

7.2

8 .1

7.9

5.6

9 .3

9 .0

10 .9

10 .8

10 .2

7 .8

1 0 .0

1 4 .4

31.7

32 .1

5 -8 3

8 .7

10.1

9.3

10 .4

10.4

8.4

1 2 .2

12. 1

14 .3

14.6

14 .6

13 .3

16 .2

21.3

35.9

38.2

44 .7

6-83

8.4

9.7

8.9

9.9

9.8

8.0

11. 4

11 .3

13.1

13.2

13 .1

1 1 .8

1 3 .9

17.4

26 .8

25.4

22.1

3.1

7 -8 3

7.9

9.1

8.4

9.2

9.1

7.4

10. 4

10. 3

11.8

11.8

11 .5

10 .2

11 .8

14.3

20.9

1 8 .4

14.1

1.4

-0 .4

12-81

i-8 2

3-8 2

4-82

5— 82

6- 8 2

7 -8 2

8-8 2

9-82

10-82

11 -8 2

12 -82

1-8 3

2-83

3-83

4-83

5-83

6- 8 3

IN ITIA L

9 3 .2 6 3

3 1 .4

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98 .43 1
98.6 85 P
9 8 . 6:56t

1MONTH

p - PRELIMINARY
e - ESTIMATED




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .
AUGUST 1 0 , 1983

9

_

9 1 .1 6 4

LOUIS

_ _

HOURLY COMPENSATION* BUSINESS SECTOR*
COMPOUNOED ANNUAL RATES Of CHANGE_______
TERMINAL
OUARTÇR

1977 * 100

I N I T I A L QUARTER
3 -7 8

4-76

1 -7 9

2 -7 9

3-7 9

4-7 9

1- 8 0

2-80

3-60

4 -8 0

1-01

2-81

3-81

4-01

1- 02

2-02

3-^2

4-^2

A lZ ß J.............. - .................... -

_____ 112- 2 __

10.5

il.!

2-T9

9. 8

9 .9

9.9

1 0 .0

9.4

10.2

9.7

9.6

9.1

9 .4

115. 2
8.6

_

117 ,6

)

1

1 .

120.b _
______1 2 3 . 0 __

8.6

9.9

9 .9

9.6

10.0

9.9

11 .2

10.2

10 .3

10.1

1 0 .5

10 .5

11 .5

11.9

3-80

10.1

10 .2

10 .0

10.3

10 .3

10 .9

1 0 .7

4-80

10.1

10 .1

9.9

10.2

10 .2

10 .6

1 0 .4

9.6

9.7

1-81

10.2

1 0 .2

10.1

10 .4

IP -7

10.6

1 0 .2

1 0 .5

11.3

2- 81

9.9

9 .9

9.8

10.0

9.9

1 0 .2

10.0

9.5

9.4

9.3

3 - 81

9.9

9.9

9.8

9 .9

9.9

10 .1

9 .9

9 .5

9.5

9.4

8.5

9.6

CD
1

9 .7

9.7

9.6

9 .7

9.6

9 .8

9 .6

9 .2

9.1

9.0

8.2

8.6

7.6

1-8 2

9.7

9.7

9 .6

9.7

9.6

9.7

9.6

9 .2

9.2

9. 1

8.5

8 .9

0.6

9.5

2-82

9.5

9.4

9.3

9 .4

9.3

9.4

9.2

8 .8

8.7

8.6

0.1

8.2

7.8

7.8

6.2

3-82

9.3

9.3

9.1

9.2

9.1

9.2

9 .0

8.6

8.5

8.4

7 .9

8.0

7 .6

7.5

6.6

6 .9

4-8 2

9.1

9.1

8.9

8.9

8.0

8 .9

8 .7

8.3

8.2

8.0

7 .6

7 .6

7.2

7.1

6.3

6.3

5 .7

1-03

0.9

0 .8

8.7

8.7

8.6

8.6

8.4

8.0

7.9

7.7

7.3

7.2

6.0

6.7

6.0

5.9

5.4

5.1

2-83

0.6

8.5

8.4

0 .4

8.2

8.2

8 .0

7 .7

7.5

7.3

6.9

6.0

6.4

6.2

5.6

5.4

4 .9

4.5

3.8

3-7 8

4-7 8

1 -7 9

2-79

3-7 9

4 -7 *

1-00

2-8 0

3-0 0

4-80

1-8 1

2- 8 1

3-8 1

4-8 1

1 -8 2

2-82

3 -8 2

4-82

1- 8 3

1-8 2

2-82

*

1- 8 0
2-80

o

4-79

w

i

9.8

1-79
!

4- 7 8

126. 3
129. 9
9 .6

____

132. 9
136. 0

__
__
_____ 1 4 2 ^ 2 __
139^7

7V4

145. 5
148. 2
15 1. 6
153.9
156 .5
158 .7
16 0.7
1 6 2 . 2P

INITIAL 0UÀRTÈIT
♦REVI SED FROM 1980.
P - PRELIMINARY

OUTPUT PER HOUR OF ALL PERSONS* BUSINESS SECTOR*
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
0UA*TEK

I N I T I A L QUARTER
3- 7 8

4-7 8

1 -7 9

2—79

4-7 8

0.8

1 -7 9

-0 .4

-1 .6

2-79

-1.1

-2 .0

3-79

-1 .3

-2 .0

-2 .2

-2 .0

4-7 9

-1 .2

-1 .7

-1 .7

-1 .4

3-79

4-7 9

1 -8 0

2-80

3-8 0

4-00

1-81

1977 « 10Q
2-9 1

3- 8 1

3-82

4-82

1 -8 3
100.8
10 0 .4

-2 .4

99 . 3
-0 .0

99 .1

1 -8 0

-0 .9

-1 .2

-l.l

-0 .7

0.0

0.8

2-80

-1 .2

-1 .5

-1 .5

-1 .3

-l.l

-1 .2

-3 .2

3-80

-0 .8

-l.l

-1 .0

-0 .7

-0 .4

-0 .3

-0 .8

99.3
. 98*2

_95 .9

1 ♦6

4-0 0

-0 .7

-0 * 8

-0 .7

-0 .5

-0 .2

0 .0

-0 .3

1.2

0.8

1- 0 1

-0 .0

-0 .1

0 .0

0.4

0.0

1 .1

1.2

2 .7

3.3

5.8

2-81

0 .2

0.1

0.3

0.6

1.0

1.3

1.4

2.6

3.0

4.1

2 .4

3-81

0.4

0.5

0 .8

1.1

1.5

1.0

2.0

3 .1

3.4

4 .3

3.6

4-01

0 .2

0.1

0.3

0.6

0.0

1.1

l.l

1.8

1.9

2. 1

0.9

1 -8 2

0. 1

0*1

0.2

0.5

0 .7

0.9

0 .9

1.5

1.5

1.6

0 .6

0 .0

-2 .3

-0 .4

2-02

0.0

-0 .0

0 .1

0.3

0.5

0.6

0.6

1.1

1.0

1.1

0 .2

-0 .4

-2 .1

-1 .0

-1 .6

3-82

0 .1

0.1

0.2

0 .4

0.6

0.7

0.7

1.2

1 .1

1*1

0.4

0 .0

-1 .2

-0 .1

0 .0

1 .6

4-82

0.3

0.3

0.4

0 .6

O .f

0 .9

0 .9

1 .4

1. 3

1.4

0.8

0.5

-0 .3

0 .7

l.l

2 .4

3.2

99 .1
100*5......
101.1
4.8
-4 .2

101 .2
101.1
10 0 .7
101.1

1-83

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.9

1. 0

1 .1

1 .5

1.4

1.5

1.0

0.8

0 .1

1.0

1.4

2.4

?T*

0.6

0 .6

0 .7

0.9

1.1

1 .2

1.3

1 .7

1.7

1.8

1.3

1.2

0.7

1. 5

1.9

2 .8

3.2

3-7 8

4-78

1-79

2-7 9

3-7 9

4-7 9

1-40

2 -Ï0

3-8 0

4-80

2- 8 1

3-81

4-81

1-82

2-82

3-82




Ï-8 Î7

101 .9
2*4

102 .5
4*0

4-82

1 0 3 . 5P

1 -8 3

IN ITIA L ÖUM TtA

PREPARED 6 Y FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .
AUGUST 2* 1983

10

____

10 2.3

2-83

♦REVISED FROM 19 8 0 .

.

99 .a

LOUIS

P R O D UC T I V I T Y ,
R A T IO

COMPENSATION,

AND LABOR COSTS *

SC AL E

R A T IO
SEASONALLY

1977 - 1 0 0

1975

1976

1977

1978

ADJUSTED

1 9 79

1980

1981
S OURCEi

P E R CE N TA G ES
LA TE ST
^

ARE ANNUAL R A TE S OF CHANGE FOR P E R I O D S

DATA PLOT TE D.

R EV IS E D

FROM

SC AL E

1977-100

U.S.

1982

1983

DEPARTMENT

OF LABOR

INDICATED.

2ND QUARTER P R E L I M I N A R Y

1980.

PREP AR ED BY F EDERAL R E SE R VE

BANK

OF S T .

LOU IS

U N I T LABOR COSTS* BUSINESS SECTOR*
____________________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE________________________
JERWINAL____________________ ______________________________________________I N I T I A L QUARTER_________________________________________________________________ 1 9 7 7 » 1QQ
ôu À'ftm "
3-78 4-78
1-79
2-79 3-79 4-79
1-80 2-80 3-80 4-80 1-91 2-91
3-91 4-81
1-82
2—02 3-82 4-82
1-83
4-7 8

9.5

1-79

11.1

12.8

2 -7 *

11.0

11.8

10*9

3-79

11.4

12.0

11*6

4-79

11*0

11.4

10*9

11.0

9.6

1-80

11.0

11.3

10*9

10*9

10.1

10*7

2-80

11.6

11.9

11*7

12*0

11*0

13*0

15*3

3-80

11.1

11*3

11*1

11*1

10*8

11*2

11*5

7*8

4-80

1 0 .«

11.0

10*7

10*7

10*4

10.6

10.5

8*2

8*6

1-81

10.3

10*3

10.0

9 .9

9*5

9*5

9.2

7*2

7*0

5*4

9*3

8*8

8*7

8 .3

6*7

6*3

5*2

5.0

11 1- 4
114*8
117.8
12*4

121*3
124*1
127*3
131*9
134*4
137*2
13 9. 0

2-81

9.8

9*8

9*5

3-81

9.3

9*3

9*0

8*8

8.3

8*1

7*7

6*3

5*9

5*0

4.8

4.6

4-81

9.5

9.5

9*2

9*1

8*7

• *6

8*3

7*2

7*1

6*7

7.2

8.3

12.0

1-82

9.6

9.6

9*3

9 .2

8*8

8*8

8*5

7*4

7*5

7*3

7.8

8*8

11.0

140*7
142*3
146*4
9*9

149*9

2—82

9.5

9*5

9*2

9*1

8*8

8*7

8*5

7*7

7*4

7*5

7.9

8*7

10.1

9*1

8*2

3-82

9.2

9*2

8*9

8*7

8*4

8*3

8.1

7 .3

7.3

7.1

7.4

7*9

8*7

7.6

6*5

4*8

4-82

8 .Ì

8*7

8*4

8*3

8.0

7*8

7*4

4*8

4*7

4*5

4 .7

6*9

7.4

6*3

5*1

3*6

2*3

152*9
154*7
155*6

1-83

8.5

8*4

• *l

7*9

7*4

7*5

7*2

4*5

4*4

6*1

4.2

6.4

6*7

5*7

4*7

3*5

2*9

3*4

2-83

8*0

7*9

7*6

7*4

7*1

6*9

6.4

5*9

5*8

5.5

5.5

5.6

5*7

4*7

3*7

2*6

1*8

1*5

-0 .3

3-78

4 -f8

1-79

2—7?

3 -r v

4-79

1-80

2—00

4-80

1-81

2-81

3-81

4-81

1-82

2-82

3-82

4-62

1-83

156*9
156*9P

INITIAL QUARTER
♦REVISED FROM 1980*
F - PRELIMINARY




11

P* EPAREO BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK CNF ST* LOUIS
AUGUST 2* 19*3

GROSS NATIONAL PROOUCT IN CURRENT DOLLARS
COHPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANCE_______
TERMINAL

B I L L IO N S OF
OOLLARS
ANNUAL
fcS

I N I T I A L QUARTER

QUARTER

3-78

4-7 8

1 -7 9

2 -7 9

3-79

4 -7 9

1-8 0

2-80

3 -8 0

4-80

1-8 1

4-7 8

15.2

1-79

12 .4

9.8

2-79

10.8

8.6

7.5

3-7 9

11.5

10 .2

10 .5

4-7 9

10.8

9.7

9.7

10.8

8 .1

1-80

10.9

1 0 .1

10.2

II. 1

9 .9

1 1 .7

2-80

9.4

8.5

8.3

8 .4

6 .8

6.2

0.9

3-80

9.5

8 .7

8.5

8 .7

7.5

7.3

5.2

9 .7

4-8 0

10.1

9.5

9 .5

9 .8

9.1

9.3

8 .5

12 .6

15.5

1—81

11.1

10.7

10 .8

11.3

1 0 .9

11 .5

1 1 .4

15 .2

18 .0

20.5

2 -8 1

10 .7

10.3

1 0 .3

10 .7

1 0 .3

10 .6

10. 4

12 .9

14 .0

13 .3

6 .6

2- 8 1

4tT§.l

_ .1^32

ftAl

2-8 2

3-52 . 4 ^ 2

1 -8 3
2*281.6
2 .3 3 5 .5
2.3 77.9

13.6

2 .4 54.8
2 .5 0 2 .9
2 .5 72.9
2.5 7 8 .8
¿.639 .1
2 .7 3 6 .0
2.8 6 6 .6
2 .9 1 2 .5

3 -8 1

10 .9

10.5

•o
*4

11.0

1 0 .6

11.0

10.9

13.0

13 .9

13 .3

9 .9

13.3

4-81

10.3

9.9

10.0

10 .2

9.8

10.1

9.8

11.4

11.7

10 .8

7.8

8 .4

3.7

1 -8 2

9.5

9 .0

9 .0

9. 1

8.7

8.7

8.4

9.5

9.4

8.3

5 .4

5 .0

1.1

-1 .4

2 -8 2

9 .3

8 .9

8.8

8.9

8.5

8.5

8.2

9.1

9 .0

8.0

5.6

5.4

2.9

2.5

6.6

3-82

8.8

8.4

8 .3

8 .4

8.0

8.0

7.6

8 .4

8.2

7.2

5.1

4 .9

2.9

2.6

4 .6

2 .7

4-8 2

8.5

8.0

7.9

8 .0

7.5

7.5

7. 1

7.8

7.6

6.6

4 .8

4 .5

2 .8

2.6

3 .9

2 .6

2 .5

1-83

8.4

8.1

7 .9

8.0

7.6

7.6

7 .2

7 .8

7.6

6.8

5.2

5.0

3.7

3.7

5.0

4 .4

5 .3

8,2

2-83

8.7

8 .3

8.2

8.3

7 .9

7.9

7.7

8.2

8.1

7 .4

6 .0

6.0

4.9

5.2

6.5

6.5

7.8

10.6

13.0

4-78

1 -7 9

2-7 $

3^79

4-79

1-8 0

¿-80

3-80

4-80

1-81

2-8 1

3-81

4-81

1 -8 2

2-82

3-8 2

4-82

1-83

3-7 Ö

3.0 0 4 .9
3 .032.2
3.0 21.4
3 .0 70.2
3 * 090 »7
3 .1 09.6
3.171.5
3 .2 7 0 .0

I N I T I A L QUARTER

GROSS NATIONAL PROOUCT IN 1972 DOLLARS

__ C Q * P « J N P E & A N N U A L RAT£ S OF CHANGE____________________________________________________________
61LLIONS OF

TERMINAL___________ ____________________________INITIAL.WARIER_______________________________________DOLLARS.

QUARTER

3- 7 8

4-78

1-79

4-78

5.5

1-7 9

3.3

1.1

2-79

1 .9

0.1

-0 .9

2 -7 9

ANNUAL RATES
3-79

4-7 9

1-8 0

2 -8 0

3 -8 0

4-8 0

1-81

2-8 1

3-8 1

4-8 1

1-82

2—0 2

3—8 2

4-8 2

l-fll
1

1t 4 7 ? t fr
1

3-7 9

2.6

1 .7

1.9

4.8

4-7 9

2.2

1.4

1.5

2.8

0.7

1-8 0

2.2

1.5

1.6

2 .5

1*3

1f 4 8 A -&
l*4B9-3
1. 9

1

0
00
1
CM

0 .5

-0 .3

-0 .6

-0 .5

-2 .3

-3 .7

-9 .0

o
T

0.5

-0 .2

-0 .4

-0 .3

-1 .5

-2 .2

-4 .3

4-8 0

0.9

0.3

0.2

0.4

-0 .5

-0 .8

-1 .6

2.3

3.8

1 -8 1

1.7

1.3

1.3

1.6

l.l

l.l

0 .9

4 .5

6 .4

9.0

2 -8 1

1 .6

1 .2

1 .2

1 .5

1 .0

1. 0

0 .9

3.5

4 .4

4.7

3-81

1.7

1.4

1.4

1 .7

1.3

1.4

1.3

3 .5

4.2

4.3

2» I

3.6

4 —81

1.2

0 .9

0.8

1.0

0.6

0 .6

0 .4

2.1

2.3

2 .0

-0 .3

-0 .7

-4 .9

1 -8 2

0.7

0.4

0.3

0 .4

-0 .0

-0 .1

-0 .4

1.0

1.0

0 .4

-1 .6

-2 .3

-5 .2

-5 .5

2-82

0.7

0 .4

0.3

0 .5

0.1

0.0

-0 .2

1.0

1.0

0 .5

-l.l

—1 *5

-3 .2

-2 .3

0.9

3-8 2

0.6

0 .3

0 .3

0 .3

-0 .0

-0 .1

-0 .3

0 .7

0 .7

0.3

-l.l

-1 .4

-2 .6

-1 .9

-0 .0

-1 .0

4-8 2

0.5

0.2

0.1

0 .2

-0 .1

-0 .2

-0 .4

0 .5

0 .5

0.1

-l.l

-1 .4

-2 .4

-1 .7

-0 .5

-1 .2

-1 .3

1-83

0 .6

0 .3

0 .3

0 .4

0 .1

0.0

-0 .1

0 .7

0.7

0 .4

-0 .7

-0 .8

-1 .6

-0 .9

0.3

0 .1

0 .6

2.6

2-8 3

l.l

0 .8

0.8

0 .9

0.7

0.6

0 .6

1.4

1.5

1.2

0 .4

0.4

-0 .1

0 .7

2.0

2*3

3 .4

5*9

9.2

4-78

1 -7 9

2 -7 9

3-79

4 -7 9

1- 8 0

2-80

3-8 0

< r 1-8 1

2-8 1

3-8 1

4—81

1- 8 2

2-82

3-82

4-8 2

1 -8 3

3—78

.4.




1* 461 .4
0.8

1*4 64 .2
1 .4 77.9
1.5 1 0 .1
0 .6

1. 5 1 2 - 5
1.5 2 5 .8
1 . 5 0 6 . 9 ____
1.4 85.8
1.4 8 9 .3
1 .4 8 5 -7
1.4 A0 .7
1 .49 0-1
1.5 23.4

I N I T I A L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S I .
AUGUST 19> 1983

12

LOUIS

_

GROSS N AT I ON AL

PRODUCT

RAT 10 S C A L E
Q U A R T E R L Y T O T A L S AT ANNUAL R A T E S
RATIO SCALE
T R I L L I O N S OF D O L L A R S
SEA SO N A L LY ADJUSTED
T R I L L I O N S OF D O L L A R S
.. .
—j
3.8 J —
3.8
T " ...........
T V
.7
3.7
>
&
>-k
k --H
> >
- S
*.6
3.6 >
$
.5
3.5
£
§ 1
.4
3.4
*
$
^
%
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1981
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S
S£

$
£
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t

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

IN D IC AT ED .

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PREPARED BY FEDERAL R ESERV E BANK OF ST.

13

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L O U IS

GENERAL PRICE
RATIO

I NDEX*

SCALE

RATIO

1972-100

19 7 5

SCALE

1972-100

1976

1977

1978

1979

•AS USED IN NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTS

1980

1981

1982

1983

SOURCEt U .S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANCE FOR PERIOOS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PlOTTEOt 2ND OWARTE*
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LO U IS

I M P L I C I T PR ICC DEFLATOR FOR GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
_________ _____________ ___________________________________________ CQHPOUNOEC ANNUAL RATES OP CHANGE__________________________________________________________________
QUARTER

__________________________________ _______________________________ I N I T J A J ^ Q UARTER_________________________________________________________________ 1972 « 1QQ
3- 7 8

4-7 8

1-79

2 -7 9

3-79

4-7 9

1 -8 0

2-80

4 -7 8

9.1

1-7 9

8.8

8.6

2 -7 9

8.7

8.5

8.5

3 -7 9

8.6

8.4

8 .4

8 .3

4 -7 9

8.4

8 .2

8 .0

7 .8

7.3

1-80

8.6

8 .4

8 .4

8.4

8 .4

9.6

2 -8 0

8.9

8 .9

8 .9

9 .0

9 .3

1 0 .3

1 0 .9

3 -8 0

8.9

8 .9

8.9

9 .0

9 .2

9.8

9 .9

8 .8

3-80

4-80

1-8 1

2 -8 1

3-8 1

4-81

1-8 2

2-82

3-82

1-83
155.3Ö
15 8. 60
16 1.8 5
165.12
168.05
17 1. 94
17 6.46
18 0. 24

9.2

9.2

9.2

9 .4

9.6

1 0 .2

10.4

10 .1

1 1 .3

1-81

9.3

9 .3

9.4

9 .5

9.7

1 0 .2

10.4

10 .2

1 0 .9

10 .5

I

4 -8 0

I B S . 13
18 9.8 3

9 .0

9.0

9. 1

9 .2

9.5

9.5

9 .1

9 .2

8.2

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.1

9 .2

9 .5

9 .5

9 .2

9.3

8.6

7 .6

9.4

4 -8 1

9 .0

9.0

9 .0

9.1

9 .2

9.4

9.4

9 .1

9.2

8.7

8.1

9 .2

9.0

1-82

8.7

8.6

8.6

8.7

8.7

8.8

8 .8

8.4

8.4

7.8

7.1

7.5

6.6

8.5

8.4

8 .4

8 .4

8 .4

8.5

8 .4

8 .1

8 .0

7.4

6.8

7.1

6.3

5 .0

5.6

8.2

8.1

8.1

8.0

8.0

8.1

7 .9

7.6

7.4

6.9

6.3

6.4

5.6

4.5

4.6

3 .7

4 .4

3.8

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3-8 2

4 -8 2

19?-S/S

5.9

19 6 .9 4
2 0 1. 22
4.3

2
2 0 6 .1 5
20 8 .0 3

4-8 2

7.9

7.8

7.8

7.7

7 .7

7.7

7 .5

7 .2

7 .0

6.5

5 .9

6 .0

5 .3

4 .4

1 -8 3

7.8

7 .7

7.6

7 .6

7 .5

7.5

7 .4

7 .1

6 .9

6 .4

5 .9

5.9

5 .3

4 .6

4 .7

4.3

4 .7

5.5

2 -8 3

7 .5

7.4

7.4

7.3

7 .2

7 .2

7.1

6.8

6.6

6.1

5 .6

5.6

5.0

4 .4

4 .4

4 .1

4.3

4.5

3.5

3 -7 8

4-7 8

1 -7 9

2-7 9

3-79

4-7 9

1- 8 0

2-8 0

3-80

4-80

1-81

2-81

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4-81

1-8 2

2-82

3 -8 2

4-8 2

1-83




210.00
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I N I T I A L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
AUGUST 19* 1963

14

PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES IN CURRENT DOLLARS
__________COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE________________
TERMINAL
QUARTER

B I L L I O N S OF
DOLLARS.
ANNUAL RATES

IN ITIA L QUART«
3-78

4-7 0

13 .4

1 -7 9

11 .9

4-78

1—79

2-79

3-79

4-7 9

1 -8 0

2-80

3-80

4-80

1-81

2-8 1

3-81

4-8 1

1-8 2

2-92

3-6 2

4 -8 2

1-83
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10.3

1* 44 6 .3

2-7 9

10 .7

9.4

8.5

3-7 9

11.8

1 1 .2

11.7

1 4 .9

4 -7 9

12.1

1 1 .8

1 2 .3

14.3

13.7

13 .3

12 .4

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12.0

11.7

12.0

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10.4

9.9

9.8

10.2

8 .6

6 .2

1 .5

3-80

11.0

10 .6

10 .7

1 1 .1

10.1

9.0

7 .9

1* 62 0 .5

1 1 .2

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14 .8

4 -8 0

11.4

11 .1

11 .2

11.7

11 .0

10.4

10 .1

1 4 .7

14 .6

1-81

11.7

1 1 .5

11 .6

12 .1

11 .6

11 .2

1 1 .2

14.7

14.7

1 4 .7

1* 741 .9

2 -8 1

11.3

11.1

1 1 .2

1 1 .5

11.0

1 0 .6

1 0 .5

12.9

1 2 .2

11.1

7.5

3 -8 1

11.3

11.1

1 1 .2

1 1 .5

11 .1

10.7

1 0 .6

1 2 .6

12.0

11 .2

9.5

11 .4

4-81

10 .7

10 .5

10 .5

10.7

1 0 .3

9.8

9.7

11 .1

10.4

9.3

7 .6

7 .6

1- 8 2

10.5

1 0 .3

10 .3

10.4

10 .0

9.6

9 .4

10.6

9.9

8.9

7 .5

7 .6

5 .7

7.5

2-82

10.3

10 .0

10 .0

1 0 .2

9.7

9.3

9.1

10. 1

9.5

8 .7

7.5

7.5

6.2

7.3

7*2

3-82

10.1

9.9

9.8

9.9

9.5

9.2

9.0

9.8

9.2

8.5

7.5

7.5

6.5

T.4

7*i

7,5

4-8 2

10 .0

9 .7

9.7

9.8

9 .4

9 .1

8 .9

9 .6

9.1

8.4

7 .5

7.5

6.8

7.5

7.5

7.7

7*8

_______
1* 88 6 .1
3.9

1 »904*1_______
1.9 30* 5_______
1*9 72 .8

2 .04 6.9

1-83

9 .7

9.5

9.4

9 .5

9.1

8.8

8.6

9.2

8 .7

8.0

7 .2

7.2

6.5

7.0

6.9

6*9

6*5

5*2

2-83

10.0

9.8

9.8

9.8

9.5

9.2

9. 1

9 .7

9.3

8.8

8.1

8.2

7.7

8 . 4 ___ 8 . 6

8 .9

9.4

1 0 .2

1^*4_____ ¿ .1 4 0 * 4 _______

3 - T 8 ' ~4—T8

1-Î9

2-79

3 -7 9

4-7 9

1 -8 0

2 -8 0

3-80

4-80

1-81

2-81

3-81

2-82

3—82

4-6 2

1-83

4-81

1- 8 2

2*0 73 *0 .

.

I N I T I A L QUARTER

PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES IN 1972 DOLLARS
___________COMPQUNOÇQ ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE__________________________________________________________________
B I L L I O N S OF
TERMINAL________________ __ _______________________________________________ I N I T I A L QUARTER_________________________________________________________________ ÜÜLLARS____
QUARTER
ANNUAL KATES
1-79
3- 7 8
4-78
2-79
3-79
4-79
3—82 4 - 8 2
1-A 3
1 -8 0
2 -8 0
3-80
4 -8 0
1-8 1
2-81
3—81 4 - 8 1
1—82_ 2 - 8 2
4-7 8

4.7

1-79

2. 8

0.9

2-79

1. 6

0.1

-0 .7

3-79

2.5

1.7

2.1

5. 1

4-7 9

2.6

2.1

2.5

4.2

1- 8 0

2. 2

1.7

1.9

2.7

1 .6

-0 * 1

2-8 0

0.7

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-1 .6

-4 .0

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4.3

4-8 0

1. 5

1 .1

1.2

1.5

0.8

0.1

0.2

4.5

4*6

1 -8 1

2.0

1.6

1 .7

2.1

1 .6

1.3

1.6

5 .0

5 .3

5.9

2 -8 1

1 .8

1.5

1 .6

1.9

1.5

1. 1

1 .4

3 .8

3.6

3 .2

3 -8 1

2.0

1.7

1.8

2.1

1.7

1.5

1.7

3*7

3*6

3.3

2*0

3.5

4 -81

1.6

1.3

1 .3

1.6

1. 2

0.9

l.l

2.6

2 .3

1.7

0*3

0*2

-3*0

1 -8 2

1.6

1.4

1.4

1 .6

1.3

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1.5

1.6

1.8

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2.6

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0.8

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1.5

1.5

1.7

1 .4

1.2

1.4

2 .4

2.2

1. 9

1.2

1 .4

0 .8

2.1

2.0

0 .9

4-8 2

1.8

1 .6

1.7

1 .8

1.6

1 .4

1.6

2 .6

2.4

2. 1

1.5

1*7

1*4

2*5

2.5

2 .2

3.6 _

1-83

1 .8

1.7

1 .7

1.9

1 .7

1.5

1.7

2 .6

2.4

2 .2

1*7

1*9

1*6

2*6

2.6

2.5

3.3

2.9

9Û6. »7

2-8 3

2.3

2.1

2 .2

2 .4

2.2

2 .1

2.3

3 .2

3.1

2 .9

2.6

2*9

2*8

3*7

4*0

4*2

5 .4

6*3

u9

3-7Ó

4 -7 8

1-Y 9

2-7 9

3-79

4-7 9

1 -8 0

2-8 0

3-8 0

4 -8 0

1-81

2 -8 1

3-81

4-81

1-8 2

2-8 2

3-82

4-82




.

971.^
979.

1-83

I N I T I A L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T • LO U IS
AUGUST 19* 1983

15

....

GROSS PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT IN CURRENT DOLLARS
____________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
_
B I L L IO N S OF
^ R H I N A L .____________________________________________________________ _ ________________ I N I T I A L
q u a r T ér

4-7 8

1-79

2-7 9

3-79

4-79

1 -8 0

2-80

3- 8 0

4-8 0

______________________________________________________ D O L L A R S

ANNUAL RATES

1-81

2-8 1

3- 8 1

4-8 1

1-8 2

15.5

1-79

10.7

6.0

2 -7 9

11.5

9 .6

1 3 .3

3 -7 9

9.5

7.5

8.3

4-7 9

4 .5

1.9

0 .5

- 5 . 3 -1 3 .3

1 -8 0

4 .6

2.5

1.7

-2 .0

2 -8 0

-0 .0

-2 .4

-4 .0

-7 .9

-1 1 .4 -1 0 .5 -23 .8

3 -8 0

-1 .9

-4 .2

-5 .8

-9 .2

-12 .1

-1 1 .8

-1 9 .1

-14 .2

1.9

0 .3

-0 .5

-2 .6

-3 .8

-1 .2

-3 .2

9.0

1- 8 1

5*9

4 .9

4.8

3.6

3.6

7.4

7.9

21.2

4 4 .1

4 9 .8

2-81

6.7

5.9

5.9

5 .0

5.2

8.7

9.4

1 9 .7

33.8

31.5

15.4

3-81

7.9

7.2

7.4

6 .7

7. 1

1 0 .4

11 .3

2 0 .1

3 0 .6

28 .1

18 .5

4-81

6.0

5.2

5 .1

4 .3

4.4

6.9

7.1

1 3 .4

19.9

1 5 .7

6.1

1-82

2.0

1.0

0 .6

-0 .5

-0 .8

0.6

0.1

4.1

7 .5

2.2

-7 .2 -13 .6

2-82

2.5

1 .6

1 .3

0.3

0 .1

1.5

1 .1

4 .7

7.8

3.3

-4 . 1

-e .4 - 1 6 .6

-1 7 .5

9 .4

3-82

1.9

1.0

0 .7

-0 .2

-0 .5

0 .7

0 .3

3 .4

5 .9

1.9

-4 .5

-8 .0

-1 4 .0

1. 1

4 -8 2

-1 .0

-2 .0

-2 .5

-3 .6

-4 .1

-3 .3

-4 .0

-1 .7

-0 .2

-4 .3 -1 0 .2

-13 .9

1-83

0.5

-0 .3

-0 .7

-1 .5

-1 .9

-0 .9

-1 .4

0 .9

2.5

-0 .8

-5 .8

-8 .5

2-83

2 .9

2 .2

2 .0

1 .3

1.2

2.3

2 .1

4 .6

6.5

3 .8

-0 .4

-2 .2

4 -? *~

1 -7 9

2-7 9

3 -7 9

4-7 9

1 -8 0

2-80

3-80

4-80

1-8 1

2- 8 1

3-78

2-8 2

3 -8 2

4-8 2

1-83
4 0 9 .1
41 5 .1
4 2 8 .3

3.4

431.9

-4 .5

416.8
5 .1

4 2 2 .0
3 9 4. 3
379.5
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455.5
4 7 2. 1
21.6

49 5.Ö

1 .7 - 1 4 . 9

47 6 .2

-2 7 .2 -3 7 .8

-1 4 .2

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422*?
432.5

-6 .5

425.3

- 1 9 . 6 - 2 0 . 7 - 14 *1 - 2 3 . 9 - 3 8 . 0

377.4

-1 2 .7 -12*3

-4 .4

-5 .2

-3 .4

5*4

4*5

8.4

43*3

56 .3

3-81

4-81

1-8 2

2-82

3 -8 2

4-82

1-83

-8 .7

-9 .7

4 0 4 .1

31.4

4 5 1. 8

I N I T I A L QUARTER

GROSS PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT IN 1972 DOLLARS
___________COMPOUNDED ANNUAJL RATES QF CHANGE___________
B I L L IO N S OF
TERMINAL
QUARTER

I N I T I A L QUARTER

DOLLARS

ANNUAL RATtS
3-78

4 -7 8

7.2

4-78

1- 7 9

2-7 9

3-7 9

4-7 9

1 -8 0

2-80

3 -8 0

4-8 0

1-81

2-81

3-6 1

4-81

1-82

2-8 2

3 -6 2

4 -6 2

1- f t l
.

1-79

3 .0

-1 .2

2 -7 9

1.9

-0 .7

-0 .3

3-7 9

-0 .3

-2 .7

-3 .5

4-7 9

-4 . 3

-7 .0

-8 .8

1-80

-3 .9

-6 .0

-7 .1

-9 .3

-1 0 .6

.2 4 2 -Z

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2 4 1 .5
2 4 1 .3

-6 .6
-1 2 .8 -1 8 .6

225.3_
-1 .8

2 -8 0

-8 .8

-1 1 .3

-1 3 .2

-1 6 .1

-1 9 .1

-1 9 .3 -3 3 .7

3 -8 0

-8 .9

—il.O

-1 2 .6

-1 4 .8

-16 .8

-1 6 .2 -2 2 .5

-9 .5

4 -8 0

-5 .4

-6 .9

-7 .7

-8 .8

-9 .3

-6 .8

-8 .4

7.7

28 .1

1-81

-2 .6

-3 .7

-4 .0

—4*5

-4 .1

-0 .9

-0 .7

1 3 .6

2 7 .3

26.5

2-81

-1 .3

-2 .1

-2 .2

-2 .5

-1 .9

1.2

1.9

1 3 .4

22.2

1 9 .4

-0 .9

______

202*4
1 9 7. 4
2 1 0 .0
222.7

12.8

229.5

3-81

-0 .2

-0 .9

-0 .9

-0 .2

2.8

3*5

1 3 .2

19.7

17 .0

12*6

12.4

4-8 1

-2 .2

-2 .9

-3 .1

-3 .3

-3 .0

-0 .8

-0 .7

6.3

9 .7

5.6

-0 .6

-6 .7

1-8 2

-4 .9

-5 .8

-6 .1

—6 . 6

-6 .7

-5 .2

-5 .6

-0 .8

0.8

2-82

-4 .4

-5 .1

-5 .4

-5 .8

-5 .8

-4 .4

-4 .7

-0 .2

3-8 2

-4 .4

-5 .2

-5 .5

-5 .8

-5 .8

-4 .5

-4 .8

-0 .9

4-8 2

—6 . 6

-7 .4

-7 .8

-8 .3

-8 .4

-7 .5

-8 .0

-4 .9

-4 .4

- 7 . 8 - 1 1 . 9 -15*5 -20*1 - 1 9 . 5

1-8 3

-4 .9

-5 .6

-5 .8

-6 .2

-6 .1

-5 .1

-5 .4

-2 .3

-1 .5

-4* 4

2 -8 3

-2 .5

-3 .1

-3 .2

-3 .3

-3 .1

-1 .9

-1 .9

1.3

2 .4

0 .1

-2 .5

-4 * 2

>-?é

4- 7 é ~

1-79

¿ -79

3-7 9

4-7 9

1-80

2-8 0

3—80

4-8 0

1-61

2- 8 1




.

2 2 4 .3

2\A^3

221.7

-2 2 * 5

- 3 . 9 - 1 0 . 3 -16 *9 -2 8 * 6 - 3 4 . 2

19 9 . 7

1.2

-2*7

-7*7 -1 2 * 2 - 1 9 . 2 - 1 7 . 5

20 1 .4

0.3

-3 .2

-7 .4

-11 .0

-16 .0 -1 3 .8

3 .4
-1 .3

-5*8

19 8. 4___ ___
178.4

-14*0 -2 I t i -34 *6

-1 1 .6

-4 .9

-7*5

-8* 3

-6 .4

-3*4

4*3

4*6

8*3

39*4

50.9

3-8 1

4-81

1-62

2-62

3-82

4-6 2

1-63

- 7 * 6 -10 *2

2 8* 7 _

_ _

..

19 Q.0
210.6

I N I T I A L QUARTER

PRCPARCO BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LO UIS
AUGUST 1 9 , 1983

16

GOVERNMB<T PURCHASES Of GOODS AND SERVICES IN CURRENT DOLLARS
_______ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE_________________________________________________________________________
B IL LI O N S OF
I N I T I A L QUARTER_________________________________________________________________ DOLLARS
TERMINAI__________________ ____________________________________
‘ <5u à R T é R
ANNUAL RATtS
1- 7 9
2-79
3 -7 8
4-7 8
3-79
2-8 0
1-80
4-7 9
3-80
4-80
1-81
2- 8 1
3-81
4-81
1-82
2-8 2
3 - 8 2 4- 8 2 _ 1 -8 3
4-78

11.2

1-79

8.2

5 .2

2-7 9

7.7

6.0

6.8

3-79

8.9

8.2

9 .7

12.6

4-7 9

10 .5

10.3

12.1

14.8

16 .9

1-80

11 .6

11.6

13 .3

15.5

17 .0

17.1

45 1 .1

.

456.9
464.5
478-5
497-6
5 17.A

2-80

12. 0

12 .1

13.5

15.3

16.2

15.8

14 . 6

3-80

10 .8

10.7

11 .7

12.7

1 2 .7

11.3

8.5

2.7

4-8 0

11. 3

11 .3

12.2

1 3 .1

13 .2

1 2 .3

1 0 .8

9.0

535.5
53 9.1
1 5 .6

5 5 9 .0

1-8 1

11 .5

11.5

12 .3

1 3 .1

13 .2

12.5

11.3

1 0 .3

14.3

13 .0

2- 8 1

10 .9

10.8

11.5

1 2 .1

1 2 .0

11.2

10 .1

9 .0

11 .1

9.0

5.1

3-81

11.0

10.9

11 .5

1 2 .1

12.0

1 1 .3

10.4

9.6

11 .4

10 .0

8.5

12 .0

4-8 1

11.3

11 .4

11 .9

12.4

12 .4

1 1 .9

11.2

10.6

12.2

11 .4

10.9

13 .9

15 .9

5 7 6. 3
593*5
600.3
622.8

1-8 2

10.8

10 .8

11 .3

11.7

11 .6

11.0

1 0 .3

9 .7

10.9

10.0

9.3

10 . 7

10.1

4.6

2-82

10.2

10 .1

10 .5

1 0 .8

10.6

1 0 .0

9.2

8 .6

9.5

8.5

7.6

8 .2

7.0

2.8

1.1

3-82

10.5

1 0 .5

10.9

11.2

11.1

10.6

9 .9

9 .4

1 0 .3

9 .5

9.0

9.8

9.2

7.1

8.4

16.2

4-8 2

10.8

10 .8

11 .2

1 1 .5

11 .4

1 1 .0

1 0 .4

10.0

10.8

10 .3

9 .9

1 0 .7

10.4

9.1

10.7

15.8

1 5 .5

1 -8 3

10.1

10.0

10 .3

10 .6

10 .4

10.0

9 .4

8.9

9.6

8.9

8.4

8 .9

8 .4

7.0

7 .6

9.8

6 .7

-1 .3

2-8 3

9.7

9 .6

9.9

10 .1

9 .9

9 .4

8 .9

8.4

8.9

8.3

7.8

8.1

7.6

6.3

6.6

8 .0

5.4

0 .7

2.8

3-78

4-79

1- 7 9

2-7 ^

3-79

4-79

1-Ó0

2-6 0

3-dó

4—80

1-81

2-8 1

3-81

4-61

1-8 2

2-8 2

3-82

4-8 2

1 -8 3

629.8
63 1.6
6 5 5 .7

____
6 7 7 .4
682.1

I N I T I A L QUARTER

GOVERNMENT PURCHASES IDF GOODS AND SERVICES IN 1972 DOLLARS
COMPOUNDED <ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
QUARTER

B I L L I O N S OF
nm i AR5w
ANNUAL RATES

I N I T I A L <QUARTER
3 -7 8

4-7 8

1 .3

4-78

1 -7 9

2-7 9

3-79

4-7 9

1-80

2-80

3-8 0

4-80

1-81

2-8 1

3- 8 1

4-81

2-8 2

1- 8 2

3-82

4-8 2

1
77 7 -7

1-79

-0 .3

-1 .9

2-7 9

0 .0

-0 .6

0.6

2 7 6 .4
? 7* -A

0 .7

0.5

1.7

2 .9

1.3

1.3

2.3

3.2

3.5

1-80

1.7

1.8

2.7

3.5

3 .8

4 .0
4 .0

.

2 7 a. B
2 8 1 -2

2.2

3.0

3.6

3.8

1 .3

1 .3

1.8

2.1

1 .9

1 .3

0 .0

-3 .8

4-8 0

0.9

0.9

1.3

1.4

1.1

0.5

-0 .7

-3 .0

-2 .1

1 -8 1

1 .3

1 .3

1.7

1.8

1.6

1 .2

0.6

-0 .6

1.1

4.5

2-81

1.0

0 .9

1.2

1 .3

1 .1

0 .7

0 .0

-0 .9

0.0

1.1

-2 .1

3— 81

1*2

1.2

1.5

1*6

1.4

1.1

0 .7

0.0

1.0

2 .0

0.8

4-81

1.4

1.4

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.1

0 .6

1.6

2.5

1.93 .9

4 . 0 ______________________________________________________________ 2 8 9 .6

X-82

1.3

1.3

1.5

1 .6

1.5

1.3

0.9

0.5

1 .3

1 .9

1 .3 2 . ?

1 .8

«

2.0

3-8 0

4 .0

2 8 6 . a _____
284.0
282.5
285.6
..

28&-B

- 0 , 3 ______________________________________________________¿ 6 9 . 4
- 4 . 9 _____________________________________________ 2 8 5 -8

2-82

0.9

0.8

1 .0

1 .1

0 .9

0.7

0 .3

-0 .2

0 .4

0.8

0 .1 0 . 6

-0 .5

-2 .6

1.4

1.4

1.6

1 .7

1.6

1.4

1.1

0.8

1.4

1 .9

1.5 2 . 3

1.9

1.2

1.9

4-8 2

1.9

1.9

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.8

2.4

3.0

2.83 .6

3.6

3 .5

4.8

1-83

1.3

1.3

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.3

1 .0

0 .8

1.2

1.6

1.31.8

1.4

0.9

1.2

3 .3

2-8 3

1. 1

1.1

1.3

1.3

1 .2

1.1

0 .8

0 .6

1.0

1.3

1 .0 1 . 4

1.0

0.5

0 .7

2.1

3-78

4-7 8

1-79

2-79

3-7 9

4-7 9

1-80

2-80

3-80

4-8 0

1-81

I N I T I A L QUARTER

284.1

3.9

3-82




___

2 8 4 -0

O
00

tv

3-79
4 -7 9

2-8 1

9 . 3 _____________________________________ ¿ 9 2 . 2
10 .0

3-81

1 0 . 7 _____________________________ 299.71
0 . 5 ________ - 8 . 8 ________________ ¿ 9 2 . 9
-0 .1

4-8 1

-5 .1
1-8 2

- 1 . 4 ______________29J^2_
2-8 2

3-82

4-6 2

1-83

~

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LO UIS
AUGUST 1 9 , 1983

17

DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME IN CURRENT DOLLARS
_______COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE_________
TERMINAL
QUARTER

B I L L IO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

I N I T I A L QUARTER
3 -7 8

4—7 8

1-79

2 -7 9

3-79

4 -7 9

1-80

2-8 0

3- 8 0

4-00

4-7 8

13 .0

1-79

12 .6

12 .1

2-7 9

11 .5

1 0 .8

9.5

3-7 9

11 .9

11 .5

11.2

13.0

4 -7 9

11.5

1 1 .2

10 . 8

11.5

10.1

1-80

11 .9

11.7

11 .6

12.3

12.0

13.9

2-8 0

10 .8

10.4

10 .1

10.2

9.3

8.9

4.1

3-8 0

11 .1

10 .8

10.6

10.8

10 .3

10 .3

8.6

13 .2

4-8 0

11.4

11.2

11 .1

11 .3

1 1 .0

1 1 .3

1 0 .4

1 3 .6

14.1

1 -8 1

11 . 6

11 .4

11.3

11 .6

11 .4

11.6

11. 1

13 .5

13 .6

13.1

2-8 1

11.3

11.2

11 .1

11.3

11 .0

11.2

10 .6

12 .3

12.0

11 .0

1-81

2-81

3- 8 1

4-81

1-8 2

2-0 2

3 -8 2

4-0 2

1-83
1.5 4 2 .7
1 *5 0 7. 5
1*624.0
1.674.3
1.7 14.9
1.7 71.7
1.7 89.8
1.846.0
1.9 08.0
1.967.6

9.0

2*010*4

3-81

11 .8

1 1 .7

1 1 .7

11.9

11.8

12 .0

11 . 7

13 .3

13 .3

13.1

13.0

17.3

4-8 1

1 1 .3

11 .2

11.1

11 .3

11.1

11 .2

10.8

1 2 .0

11.7

11.1

10.5

1 1 .3

1-82

10 .6

10 . 4

10.3

10.3

10.1

10.1

9.6

10.4

9.9

9.1

0.1

7.9

3.5

1 .4

2-8 2

10.3

10.1

9 .9

10 .0

9.7

9.6

9.2

9.8

9 .4

0.6

7.7

7.4

4.3

3.7

6.0

3-8 2

1 0 .0

9.8

9.6

9.7

9 .4

9.3

8.9

9 .4

9.0

8.2

7 .4

7 .1

4.0

4.5

6.1

6.2

4-8 2

9.8

9.6

9.5

9.5

9 .2

9.1

8.7

9.2

8.7

8.1

7.4

7.1

5.2

5.1

6.3

6 .5

6 .8

1-83

9.6

9 .4

9.2

9 .2

8.9

8 .«

8.4

8.8

8 .4

7.7

7.1

6.8

5*2

5. 1

6.0

6*0

6.0

5.1

2-8 3

9.5

9.3

9.1

9.1

8 .9

8.8

8.4

8 .8

0 .4

7.8

7 .2

7 .0

5.6

5.7

6 .5

6.7

6 .8

6.9

8*6

3-7 Ô ' 4-7 8

1-7 ^

2-7 9

3 -7 9

4-7 9

1-80

2-80

3-80

4-00

1-81

2- 8 1

3—81

4-81

1-8 2

2-8 2

3-82

4-6 2

1 -6 3

2.0 92.0
5.6

2* 120 .5
2* 12 7 .9
2.1 5 9 .0
2 * 191*5
2*227*8
2 .2 55.9
2.3 0 3 * 0

I N I T I A L QUARTER

DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCONE IN 1972 DOLLARS
_____ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE_______
BI LL IO N S OF
TERMINAL
ÛUARtÉR

I N I T I A L QUARTER
4-7 8

1 -7 9

2 -7 9

3—T9

4-7 9

1 -8 0

2-80

3-0 0

4.3

1-7 9

3.4

2.5

2-7 9

2 .4

1.4

0.2

3 -7 9

2.6

2.0

1.7

3.2

4-7 9

2.1

1 .5

1 .2

1.7

0.1

1-8 0

2.1

1 .7

1.5

1 .9

1. 2

2-8 0

1.0

0.5

0.1

0 .0

-1 .0

-1 .6

-5 .3

3-8 0

1.2

0.8

0 .5

0.6

-0 .1

-0 .1

-1 .3

2.9

1 .2

1.0

1.2

0.8

0.9

0 .5

3 .5

4.1

4-0 0

1-01

2-0 1

3—01

4 -0 1

1-8 2

2-82

3 -8 2

4-62

1- 8 3
1,0 04-8
1,011 -1
1,0 11-7
1,0 19-8
1*020.1
1 . 02 «»-a

2.3

1.0 12.0
1*019.2

©
1

CO

CD

*
1

3-78

DOLLARS

ANNUAL RATES

1.6

1 -0 1

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.4

1.6

1.5

3.0

4.3

4 .4

2 -0 1

1.0

1 .6

1.5

1 .7

1.4

1.7

1.5

3.3

3.5

3 .1

1.9

3-81

2 .4

2 .2

2.2

2 .4

2.3

2.7

2.7

4 .4

4.8

5.0

5.3

0.9

4-8 1

2.1

I .9

1.9

2.0

1.9

2.1

2.1

3.4

3 .5

3.4

3 .0

3.6

-1 .4

1-82

1 .7

1 .5

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.4

2 .4

2.3

2.0

1 .4

1.2

-2 .4

-3 .4

2-82

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.4

1.6

1.5

2.4

2.3

2 .0

1 .5

1.4

-1 .0

-0 .8

1.9

3-8 2

1.6

1 .4

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.4

1.3

2.1

1.9

1.6

1.2

1.0

-0 .8

-0 .6

0 .0

-0 .3

4-8 2

1 .7

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.4

2.1

2.0

1. 0

1.4

1.3

-0 .1

0.2

1.4

1*1

2*6

1-8 3

1 .7

1.6

1.5

1 .6

1.5

1.6

1.5

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.6

1.5

0.4

0 .7

1 .8

1.7

2 .0

2.9

2 -8 3

1.8

1 .7

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.7

2.3

2.2

2.0

1 .0

1.7

0.8

1 .1

2.1

2* i

2*9

3.1

3*3

3-78

4-7 8

1-79

2 -7 9

3-79

4-79

1- 0 0

2-00

3-0 0

4-00

1-01

2-81

3-8 1

4-61

1-8 2

2 -0 2

3 -0 2

4-0 2

1 -0 3




1 .0 29.6

in it ia l

1.0 40.7
1* 045.6
1.0 60.1
1 *0 64 .3
1.0 55.1
1.0 60.2
1.0 5 9 .3
1* 066.1
1.073.8
1 ,0 82 * 5.

QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEOtRAL RESERVE BANK Of S T . LOUIS
AUGUST 1 9 , 1983

18

CORPORATE PROFITS AFTER TAXES*
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
QUARTER

B I L L IO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

I N I T I A L QUARTER
3-78

4-7 8

1-79

2-79

3 -7 9

4-7 8

29*5

1-79

15.6

3.3

2-7 9

13.2

5.8

8 .4

3—79

13.1

8.2

10.7

4-7 9

8.0

3 .2

3.2

0.6 -1 0 .4

1 -8 0

7 .1

3.1

3.1

1.4

2-80

-4 .1

-8 .7

3-8 0

-1 .0

4-—80

4-7 9

1 -8 0

2-80

3—80

4-80

1-81

2-8 1

3-81

4-8 1

1- 8 2

2-82

3-82

4-8 2

1-83
1 5 9 .9
16 1 .2
16 4. 5

13.0

______

-11 .0

-1 5 .3 -2 3 .0

-2 8 .6

-50 .5

-4 .7

-6 .0

- 8 .7 -1 3 .4

-1 4 .4

-2 1 .9

23.3

-1 .0

-4 .2

-5 .2

-7 .4

-11 .0 -1 1 .1

1- 8 1

0 .6

-2 .2

-2 .8

-4 .3

2-81

-2.8

-5 .6

-6 .5

-8 .2

3-81

-1 .3

-3 .7

-4 .4

-5 .7

-7 .9

4-81

-1 .7

-3 .9

—4 . 6

-5 .8

-7 .7

1 -8 2

-7 .8

-10 .2

-6 .3

-8 .4

-9 .3

-1 0 .6 -12 .5

-12 .7

-1 4 .3

-1 0 .1 -11 .8 -1 1 .9

1
<M

2.9

1 6 6. 2
13 9. 4
14 6.9

-15 .3

10.7

-0 .5

—6 . 3

-8 .4

12. 4

7.3

-1 0 .9 -1 1 .0

-1 3 .5

-0 .6

-7 .5

-1 0 .7 -31 .2

-7 .5

-9 .1

2.6

-2 .0

-2 .4 -10 .5

-7 .3

-8 .7

1.1

-2 .8

-1 1 .2 -1 2 .8 -1 5 .0

16? *6
1 6 5 .0

-4 .0

-7 .0

.....

-1 5 .5 -1 7 .6 -1 1 .4 -1 6 .1
-8 .2

14 6.7
15.9

-3 .4

______

________

13 8. 6
16.5

-9 .1

4 .5

-1 8 .9 -25 .8

-2 3 .9

1 4 1. 7

—6 . 2
-3 8 .5 -5 9 .7

-1 2 .0 -1 3 .8 -1 8 .8 -1 5 .3 -2 3 .8 -3 1 .4

___________________ 1X2^3 _______

11 7. 4

1 6 .9

3-82

-6 . 1

-8 .1

-8 .9

-1 3 .2

- 7 . 7 -1 0 .9 -1 2 .3 -16.3

-1 3 .0 -1 9 .1 -2 3 .0

6.5

-3 .0

4-82

-6 . 3

-8 .2

-8 .9

-1 0 .1 -1 1 .6 -1 1 .7

-1 2 .9

-7 .9

- 1 0 . 8 - 1 2 . 0 - 1 5 . 4 - 1 2 . 5 - 17 *3 - 1 9 . 9

0 .7

-6 .5

1-83

-7 .0

-8 .8

-9 .5

-1 0 .6 -1 2 .1

-1 2 .2

-13 .3

-8 .8

- 1 1 . 5 - 1 2 . 7 - 1 5 . 7 - 1 3 . 2 - 1 7 »3 - 1 9 . 4

-4 .2

2-8 3

-3 .9

-5 .5

—6 . 0

-6 .8

-8 .0

-7 .8

-8 .6

-3 .8

-5 .9

-6 .5

-6 .7

-5 .4

-8 .1

-8 .5

7 .9

5 .7

8.8

19.6

73.1

3- 7 8

4—78

1-7 9

2-79

3 -7 9

4-7 9

1 -6 0

2 -8 0

3-8 0

4-80

1-81

2-81

3-81

4-81

1-8 2

2-82

3 -8 2

4-8 2

1 -8 3

_

-9 .9

1 1 3. 5
1 0 8. 2

-1 0 .3 -1 3 .7 -1 7 .4

1 2 4 . IP

I N I T I A L QUARTER
* NATIONAL INCOME BASIS
p_rnpR £L t HILARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
AUGUST 19, 1983

HISTORICAL SOURCES OF
NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS DATA
The NIPA estimates for 1929-76 are in The National Income
and Product Accounts of the United States, 1929-76: StatisticaT
Tables (Stock number TKT3-010-001Ol-1, price $10.Oo). Estimates for
19/7-79 and corrections for earlier years are in the July 1982 Survey
of Current Business. Estimates for 1980-82 appear in the July 1983
Survey of Current Business. Estimates for the periods since, appear
in subsquent issues of the monthly Survey of Current Business. These
publications are available from the Superifiiendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
For further information, write to the National Income and
Wealth Division (BE-54) Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department
of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.




19

INVENTORIES

COMPARED WI TH MONTHLY S A L E S *

MANUFACTURING AND TRADE
.6 8

68

. 64

64

.60

60

. 56

56

.52

52

. 48

48

. 44

44

. 40

40

. 36

36
1.3 6 -

32
1969
* RA T I OS

1970

1971

BASED

ON S E A S O N A L L Y

SHADED

AREAS

LATEST

DATA




1972

REPRESENT
PLOTTED:

1973

ADJUSTED

PERIODS

J UNE

1974
OF

1975

1976

1977

1978

D ATA .

BUSINESS

1979

SOURCE:

1980

1981

U . S . DEPARTMENT

1982
OF

1983

C OMME R C E

RECESSIONS.

PRELIMINARY
PREPARED

20

BY

FEDERAL

RESERVE

BA NK

OF

ST.

LOUIS