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T r e n d s

A ugu st 1990
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c u r r e n t

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p e rc e n t;

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g r o w th

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th e

r e a l

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re c e n t

in te r e s t:

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a g g re g a te s

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—

C o u r te n a y

v i e w s e x p re s s e d d o n o t n e ce ssarily r e fle c t o ffic ia l p o sitio n s o f t h e Federal R e se rve S ystem .



C .

S to n e

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 l Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
MONTH
12-88

1.5

1-89

5.5

1-89

2-89

5-89

«-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

1-90

2-90

5-90

4-90

5-90
116.141
116.640
116.757

2.6

5.2

1.2

5-89

2.7

5.2

2.1

5.0

4-89

2.2

2.5

1.5

1.7

0.4

5-89

1.9

2.1

1.5

1.5

0.4

0.5

6-89

2.5

2.4

1.9

2.0

1.7

2.4

7-89

1.8

1.9

1.4

1.4

1.0

8-89

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.0

117.047
117.084
117.152
4.5

117.542

1.2

1.6

-1.1

117.456

1.2

1.4

0.0

1.2

117.550
117.419

9-89

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.0

0.6

0.7

0.7

-0.4

-0.1

-l.S

10-89

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.1

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.1

0.5

0.2

1.6

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

5.5

2-89

11-89

THOUSANDS
O F PERSONS

INITIAL MONTH

11-88 12-88

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.1

1.2

0.6

1.0

117.585

1.7

117.856

1.0

2.1

2.6
1.6

0.5

117.888

12-89

1.5

1.5

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.1

0.6

0.9

0.9

1.6

1-90

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

1.4

1.4

1.1

1.1

0.9

1.0

1.0

0.6

0.9

0.8

1.5

1.2

0.7

0.8

1.8

1.5

1.5

1.5

2.4

5.1

0.9

0.6

0.6

0.9

0.4

0.9

1.2

1.1

0.1

2.4

0.9

1.1

0.9

0.2

1.4

0.4

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

1-90

2-9 0

5-90

4-90

5-90

5-90

1.5

1.5

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.2

0.9

1.1

1.1

1.6

4-90

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.0

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.6

0.8

0.7

1.0

5-90

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.8

0.9

0.9

1.2

1.1

0.9

6-90

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.0

0.9

1.0

1.0

0.7

0.9

0.9

1.1

1.0

0.8

11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

117.865
118.055
118.554
118.116

-2.2

118.550
118.589

INITIAL M O NTH

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 UIS
J U L Y 6. 1990

PAYROLL 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 l Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
MONTH
11-88 12-88

T HO U S A N D S
O F P E RSONS

I NITIAL M O NTH
1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-8 9

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

1-90

2-90

5-90

5-90

4-90

107.097

12-88

5.1

1-89

5.5

2-89

5.4

5.5

5.0

5-89

5.0

5.0

2.5

2.0

5.9

107.442
107*711
107.888

4-89

2.9

2.8

2.5

2.2

2.4

5-89

2.8

2.7

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.5

6-89

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.7

2.8

5.5

108*101
108.510
108*607

7-89

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.6

1.8

8-89

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

1.6

1*5

9-89

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.5

2.2

2.2

1.8

1.8

2.5

10-89

2.4

2.5

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.6

0.8

11-89

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.0

5.1

12-89

2.4

2.5

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.7

2.2

1.5

108.767
108*887
109*096
109*171
109*452
109*570

1-90

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.1

2.2

2.5

2.5

2.8

2.7

4.0

2-90

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.7

5.1

5.2

4.1

4.1

109*951
110*504

5-90

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.5

2 .4

2 .5

2.8

2.7

5.2

2.7

1.5

4-90

2.4

2.5

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.5

2.1

2.5

1.7

0.5

-0.5

5-90

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.S

2.5

2.2

2.2

2.5

2 .5

2.5

2.4

2.6

2.5

1.7

1.8

5.9

6-90

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.1

2 .5

1.9

1.5

1.5

2.2

0.4

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

2-9 0

5-90

4-90

5 -90

110*427
110*401
110.757P
110.797P

INITIAL M O N T H
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 UIS
J U L Y 6 » 1990

2

EMPLOYMENT
RATIO

SCALE

MILL IONS

OF

RATIO
PERSONS

SEASONALLY

MILLIONS

ADJ USTED

SO U RC E:

OF

U .S .D E P A R T M E N T

SCALE

PERSONS

OF LABO R

B E G IN N IN G JA N U A R Y 1 9 8 6 , TOTAL EM PLO YM EN T DATA IN C O R PO R A T E NEW P R O C E D U R E S FOR E S T IM A T IN G
M E A S U R E S OF IM M IG R A T IO N ANO E M IG R A T IO N IN C R E A S IN G TOTAL EM PLO YM EN T B Y ABOUT 0 . 3 X .
P E R C E N T A G E S A R E ANNUAL R A T E S OF CHANGE FOR P E R IO D S
LATEST

DATA P L O T T E D :

JU N E

IN D IC A T E D .

P R E L IM IN A R Y
PREPA RED

BY F E D E R A L

RESERVE

BANK

OF

ST.

L O U IS

UN E M P LO YME NT RATE
PERCENT

S E A S O N A L L Y

PERCENT

A D JU S T E D

1 1 .0

1 0 .




1 0 .0

9.

9.0

8 .

8 .0

7.

7.0

6 .

6 .0

b.

5.0

4.

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988
SO U RC E:

PERC EN T
LA TEST

OF C I V I L I A N
DATA P L O T T E D :

LABO R

U .S .

1989
D EPARTM EN T

1990
OF LABO R

FO RCE

JU N E

PRE PAR ED BY F E D E R A L R ES E R V E BANK OF S T .

3

LOUIS

4.0

C O N S U M E R PRICE I N D E X 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 MONTH

11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8 -89

1982-84*100

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

1-90

2-9 0

5-90

4-90

5-90
120.7

12-88

4.1

1-89

5.6

7.2

2-89

5.4

6.1

5.1

5-89

5.6

6.1

5.6

6.1

4-89

6.1

6.6

6.4

7.1

121.4
121.9
122.5
123.3

8.1

123.8

5-89

5.9

6.3

6.0

6.4

6.5

5.0

6-89

5.5

5.7

5.4

5.5

5.3

4.0

2.9

7-89

5.3

5.5

5.2

5.2

5.0

4.0

3.4

3.9

8-89

4.7

4.8

4.4

4.3

4.0

2.9

2.3

1.9

124.1
124.5
124.5

0.0

9-89

4.5

4.6

4.2

4.1

3.8

2.9

2.4

2.3

1.5

2.9

10-89

4.6

4.7

4.4

4.3

4.1

3.4

3.1

3.2

2.9

4.«'.

124.8
125.4

5 .9

11-89

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

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.2

3.7

3.5

3.6

3.5

4.4

4.9

4.4

125.8
126.3

4.9

1-90

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

5.3

5.4

5.2

S.3

5.2

4.9

4.9

5.1

5.3

6.2

6.9

7.1

8.2

9.9

127.7

5-90

5.3

5.4

5.3

5.3

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.2

5.3

6.1

6.7

6.8

7.6

8.5

5.8

5.8

4-90

5.1

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.7

4.7

4.9

5.0

5.6

6.0

6.0

6.4

6.8

4.5

3.8

128.3

5.8

128.9
129.1

1.9

129.3

5-90

4.9

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.6

4.6

5.2

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.8

3.8

3.2

1.9

1.9

6-90

5.0

5.1

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.6

4.6

4.8

4.8

5.3

5.6

5.6

5.8

5.9

4.4

4.0

3.5

4.3

6.7

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

130.0

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. LOU I S
J U L Y 18» 1990

P R O D U C E R PRICE INDEX, FINISHED G O O D S
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l Rates of C h a n g e )
T E RMINAL
MONTH
11-88 12-88

INITIAL M O N T H
1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

1982 * 100

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

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90
110.0

12-88

3.3

1-89

8.5

13.9

2-89

8.3

10.8

7.8

3-89

7.6

9.0

6.7

5.5

4-89

7.6

8.7

7.0

6.6

7.7

5-89

7.8

8.7

7.5

7.3

8.3

8.8

111.2
111.9
112.4
113.1
113.9

6-89

6.8

7.4

6.2

5.7

5.8

4.9

1.1

7-89

5.4

5.7

4.4

3.7

3.2

1.8

-1.6

-4.1

8 -89

4.4

4.5

3.3

2.5

1.9

0.5

-2.1

-3.6

-3.1

9-89

4.8

5.0

3.9

3.4

3.0

2.1

0.5

0.4

2.7

8.8

10-89

5.0

5.1

4.2

3.8

3.5

2.8

1.7

1.9

3.9

7.6

6.5

11-89

4.6

4.8

3.9

3.5

3.2

2.6

1.6

1.7

3.2

5.4

3.7

1.1

12-89

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

114.0
113.6
113.3
114.1
114.7
114.8
115.5

1-90

6.2

6.4

5.8

5.7

5.7

5.5

5.0

5.6

7.3

9.6

9.8

10.9

16.1

25.4

2-90

5.8

6.0

5.4

5.2

5.2

4.9

4.5

4.9

6.3

7.9

7.7

8.1

10.5

12.0

117.7
0.0

117.7

5.2

5.3

4.8

4.5

4.4

4.2

3.7

4.0

5.1

6.3

5.9

5.7

6.9

6.7

-1.5

-3.0

4.7

4.8

4.2

4.0

3.9

5.5

3.1

3.3

4.1

5.1

4.5

4.2

4.9

4.2

- 2.0

-3.0

5-90

4.6

4.7

4.2

5.9

3.8

3.5

3.1

3.3

4.0

4.9

4.4

4.1

4.6

4.0

-0.8

-1.0

0*0

3.1

6-90

4.5

4.6

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.4

3.0

3.2

3.8

4.6

4.1

3.8

4.2

3.7

- 0.2

-0.3

0.7

2.6

2.1

11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89

11-89 12-89

1-90

2-9 0

3-90

4-90

5 -90




?
00

3-90
4-90

117.4
-3.0

117.1
117.4
117.6

INITIAL MONTH
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
JULY 13. 1990

4




RATIO

P R I C E S

SCALE

SEASO N ALLY

1982

1983

1984

1985

RATIO

1986

1987

SCALE

1982-100

A D JU S TE D

1988

1989

1990

CONSWKR PR I CCS DATA ARC ON A 1912-84-100 »ASE
CP I -8 DATA m i H N I M t » t S INCORPORATE A RENTAL tOU I VALENCE MEASURE FOR HOKE OWNERSHIP COSTS.
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANOE FOR PERIODS I NO I CATEO.
LATEST OATA PLOTTEOt JUNE

PREPARED |Y FEDERAL RESERVE SANK OF ST. LOUIS

RATIO

SCALE

1982-100

P R O D U C E R

P R I C

E S

RATIO

SCALE

1982-100

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHAN6E FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED* JUNE
PR E PA R E D BY F E D E R A L

RESER VE

BANK OF S T .

L O U IS

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 )
T E RMINAL
M ONTH
11-88 12-88

INITIAL M O N T H
1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

1982 * 100

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

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90
115.5

12-88

2.1

1-89

9.2

16 7

2-89

9.3

13 1

9.6

3-89

8.8

11 2

8.5

7.4

4-89

5.7

6 6

3.5

0.5

-5.9

5-89

5.8

6 6

4.2

2.4

0.0

6.3

6-89

3.9

4 2

1.9

0.0

-2.3

-0.5

-6.9

7-89

3.7

3 9

1.9

0.4

-1.3

0.3

-2.5

2.1

8-89

3.7

3 9

2.2

1.0

-0.2

1.3

-0.3

3.1

117.0
117.9
118.6
118.0
118.6
117.9
118.1
118.5

4.1

118.1

9-89

2.9

3 0

1.4

0.3

-0.8

0.2

-1.3

0.7

0.0

-4.0

10-89

4.2

4 4

3.1

2.3

1.6

2.9

2.2

4.7

5.5

6.2

17.5

11-89

4.7

4 9

3.8

3.2

2.7

4.0

3.6

5.8

6.8

7.6

14.0

12-89

5.0

5 3

4.3

3.8

3.4

4.6

4.4

6.4

7.3

8.1

12.4

9.9

9.3

1-90

6.7

7 1

6.3

6.0

5.9

7.3

7.4

9.6

11.0

12.4

16.9

16.7

19.9

31.4

2-90

6.9

7 2

6.5

6.3

6.2

7.5

7.6

9.6

10.7

11.8

15.3

14.7

16.1

19.7

119.7
120.7

10.5

121.6
124.4
9.0

125.3

5.9

6 1

5.4

5.1

4.9

5.9

5.9

7.4

8.1

8.7

11.0

9.7

9.5

9.5

0.0

-8. 3

5.0

5 2

4.5

4.1

3.9

4.7

4.6

5.8

6.3

t.5

8.1

6.6

5.9

5.0

-2.5

- 7.9

5-90

5.1

5 3

4.6

4.3

4.1

4.9

4.8

5.9

6.3

6.6

8 .0

6.7

6.1

5.4

-0. 2

-3.2

-0 . 5

7.0

6-90

4.6

4 7

4.1

3.7

3.5

4.2

4.0

5.0

5.3

5.4

6.5

5.2

4.4

3.7

-1. 2

-3. 5

-1 . 9

1.0

-4. 7

11-88 12-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

l
o

124.4

3-90
4-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

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

-7.4

123.6
124.3
123.8

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. L O U I S
J U L Y 13. 1990

P R O D U C E R PRICE INDEX, FINISHED G O O D S , E X C L U D I N G F O O D S
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a ) Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
MONTH
11-88 12-88

INITIAL M O N T H
1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-8 9

1982 * 100

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

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5 -90
108.2

12-88

4.5

1-89

8.0

11.7

2-89

8.4

10.4

9.2

3-89

7.4

8.4

6.8

4.5

4-89

8.2

9.1

8.3

7.9

11.4

5-89

8.7

9.6

9.1

9.0

11.4

11.3

6-89

7.9

8.5

7.9

7.5

8 .6

7.2

109.2
110.0
110.4
111.4
112.4
3.3

112.7

7-89

6.0

6.3

5.4

4.6

4.7

2.5

-1.6

-6. 2

8-89

4.6

4.6

3.6

2.7

2.4

0.3

-3. 2

-6 . 2

-6. 2

9-89

5.6

5.7

5.0

4.4

4.4

3.0

1.1

0.4

3.8

14.9

10-89

5.4

5.5

4.8

4.3

4.2

3.1

1.5

1.1

3.6

8 .9

3.2

11-89

4.7

4.7

4.1

3.5

3.4

2.3

0.9

0.4

2.2

5.1

0.5

-2.1

12-89

4.9

4.9

4.3

3.8

3.8

2.8

1.7

1.4

3.0

5.5

2.5

2.1

6.6

1-90

6.2

6.3

5.9

5.6

5.7

5.1

4.3

4.5

6.3

9.1

7.6

9.1

15.2

24.6

2-90

5.5

5.5

5.1

4.7

4.8

4.1

3.3

3.3

4.8

6.7

5.2

5.7

8.4

9.3

-4.1

112.1
111.5
112.8
113.1
112.9
113.5
115.6
115.2

3-90

5.0

5.1

4.6

4.3

4.3

3.6

2.9

2.8

4.0

5.6

4.1

4.3

6.0

5 .8

-2.6

-1.0

4-90

4.7

4.7

4.2

3.9

3.8

3.2

2.5

2.5

3.5

4.7

3.4

3.4

4.5

4.0

- 2.1

-1.0

-1.0

5-90

4.5

4.5

4.0

3.7

3.6

3.1

2.4

2.3

3.2

4.3

3.1

3.1

3.9

3.4

-1.3

-0.3

0.0

1.0

6-90

4.5

4.5

4.1

3.8

3.8

3.2

2.6

2.6

3.4

4.4

3.3

3.3

4.1

3.7

0.0

1.0

1.7

3.2

5.3

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

5 -90




115.1
115.0
115.1
115.6

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. LOU I S
J U L Y 13» 1990

6

I N D U S T R I A L

RATIO

P R O D U C T I O N

SCALE

RATIO

1987-100

1982

SCALE

1987-100

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED* JUNE
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

INDUSTRIAL P R O DUCTION
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l Rates of C h a n g e )
T E RMINAL
MONTH
11-88 12-88

INITIAL M O N T H
1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

1987 * 100

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

1-90

2-90

5-90

4-90

5-90
107.4

12-88

5.8

1-89

4.6

5.4

2-89

2.6

1.1

-l.l

5-89

2.5

1.1

0.0

1.1

107.7
107.6
107.7

4-89

5.9

5.4

5.4

5.7

10.5

5-89

2.6

2.0

1.7

2.6

5.4

-5.5

108.6

6-89

2.4

1.9

1.6

2.2

2.6

-1.1

1.1

108.5
108.4

7-89

1.5

0.6

0.2

0.4

0.5

-2.9

-2.7

-6. 4

8- 8 9

1.6

1.1

0.8

1.1

1.1

-1.1

-0.4

-1.1

4.5

9-89

1.5

1.0

0.7

1.0

0.9

-0.9

-0.5

-0.7

2 .2

0.0

10-89

0.8

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.0

-1.7

-1.5

-1. 9

-0. 4

-2.7

-5. 4

11-89

1.1

0.7

0.4

0.6

0.6

-0.8

-0.4

-0.7

0.8

-0.4

-0.6

4.5

12-89

1.5

1.1

0.9

1.1

l.l

0.0

0.5

0.4

1.8

1.1

1.5

5.1

1-90

0.5

0.1

- 0.2

-0.1

-0.2

-1.5

-1.1

-1.4

-0.6

-1.5

-1.9

- 0.7

2-90

1.2

0.9

0.7

0.8

0.8

-0.1

0.2

0.1

1.1

0.6

0.7

2.2

1.5

-0.6

11.8

5-90

1.4

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.1

0.5

0.7

0.6

1.5

1.1

1.5

2.7

2.2

1.1

8.1

4.5

4-90

1.2

0.9

0.7

0.9

0.9

0.1

0.4

0.5

1.1

0.7

0.8

1.9

1.5

0.5

4.5

1.1

-2.2

5-90

1.5

1.2

1.1

1.5

1.5

0.6

0.9

0.9

1.7

1.4

1.5

2.6

2.2

1.6

5.1

5.0

2.2

6.8

6-90

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.6

0.9

i.5

1.5

2.0

1.8

2.0

2.9

2.7

2.2

5.2

5.6

5.5

6.2

5.6

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

2-90

5-90

4-90

5-90

107.8
108.2
108.2
107.7
108.1
108.6

5.7

107.5

-5.5 -11.5

108.5
108.9
108.7
109.5P
109.8P

INITIAL M O N T H
P- P R ELIMINARY




P R E P A R E D B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK OF ST. LOUIS
J U L Y 17» 1990

7

P E R S O N A L

RATIO

SCALE

TRILLIONS

MONTHLY

OF

DOLLARS

I N C O M E *

TOTALS

AT

SEASONALLY

ANNUAL

TRILLIONS

ADJUSTED

SO U R C E t
PERC EN T A G ES
LATEST
« R E V IS E D

ARE

ANNUAL R A T E S OF CHANGE FOR P E R IO O S

DATA P LO T T E D *
FROM

JU N E

RATIO

RATES

U .S .

D EPARTM EN T

OF

SCALE

OOLLARS

OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

P R E L IM IN A R Y

1087

PREPA RED

BY F E D E R A L

R ESERVE

BANK

OF S T .

L O U IS

PERSONAL INCOME*
( 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
11-88 12-88
12-88

10.9

1-89

14.6

1-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

18.4

4,262.1
4 »302.2

13.7

15.1

11.9

3-89

13.2

14.0

11.8

11.5

3-89

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

4»202.6

2-89

4-89

2-89

IN IT IA L MONTH
ANNUAL RATES
7-89 8-89 9-89 10-89 11-89 12-89

11.6

9.4

4 »342.2

11.7
8.2

4.359.3

4.8

4.356.8

5-89

9.3

9.0

6.8

5.2

2.0

-0.7

6-89

8.6

8.2

6.3

5.0

2.8

1.8

4.4

7-89

8.5

8.1

6.5

5.4

3.9

3.6

5.8

7.3

8-89

7.5

7.1

5.6

4.5

3.2

2.7

3.9

3.6

0.1
1.8

3.6

4.372.5
4.398.2
4.398.7
4*411.6

9-89

7.1

6.7

5.3

4.4

3.2

2.9

3.8

3.6

10-89

7.2

6.8

5.6

4.9

3.9

3.8

4.7

4.8

3.9

5.9

8.3

4.441.0

4.4

5.3

5.4

5.0

6.6

8.2

8.1

4.470.0

11-89

7.3

7.0

5.9

5.2

4.4

12-89

7.3

7.0

6.0

5.4

4.8

4.8

5.6

5.8

5.5

6.8

7.9

7.8

7.4

6.3

5.Ô

5.3

5.3

6.1

6.3

6.2

7.4

8.4

8.5

8.6

9.9

6.5

6.0

5.5

5.6

6.3

6.6

6.5

7.5

8.4

8.4

8.5

9.0

8.1

6.3

5.8

5.9

6.6

6.8

6.8

7.8

8.5

8.5

8.6

9.0

8.6

1-90
2-90

7.5
7.5

7.2
7.3

4.496.7
4.532.2
4*561.6
9.1

4.594.7

3-90

7.6

7.4

6.7

4-90

7.4

7.1

6.4

6.1

5.6

5.7

6.3

6.5

6.4

7.2

7.7

7.6

7.6

7.6

6.8

6.2

3.4

6.3

5.9

5.5

5.6

6.1

6.3

6.2

6.9

7.3

7.1

7.0

6.9

6.1

5.5

3.7

4.0

6.8

6.2

5.8

5.4

5.5

6.0

6.1

6.0

6.6

6.9

6.8

6.6

6.5

5.8

5.2

4.0

4.2

4.4

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

5-90
6-90

7.2
7.0

7.0

4.607.7
4.622.9
4.639.5P

INITIAL M O N T H
« R E VISED FROM 1987
P- P RELIMINARY




PR 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
J U L Y 30» 1990

8

RETAIL SALES
RATIO

SCALE

BILLIONS

OF

RATIO
DOLLARS

SCALE

B IL L IO N S OF DOLLARS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

175

165
155
145
135
125
1 15
105
95
85

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

SO U R C E t
PERC EN TA G ES
LATEST

A R E ANNUAL

DATA P L O T T E D ;

R A T E S OF

M AY,

JU N E

CHANGE FOR

P E R IO D S

U .S .

1989
DEPAR T M EN T

1990

75

OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

ADVANCE E S T IM A T E
PREPA RED

BY

FED ER A L

RESERVE

BANK

OF

ST.

L O U IS

RETAIL SALES
( 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
MO NTH
11-88 12-88

M ILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

IN ITIAL M O N T H
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

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90
1 4 1 »382

12-88

0.4

1-89

3.3

6.2

2-89

-0.4

-0.9

-7.5

3-89

-0.3

-0.5

-3.7

0.3

4—89

4.1

5.1

4.7

11.4

23.7

5-89

4.7

5.6

5.4

10.1

15.4

142»093
141.179
1 4 1 »214
143.744
144.626

7.6

144.415

6-89

3.8

4.3

4.0

7.0

9.4

2.8

-1.7

7-89

4.4

5.0

4.8

7.4

9.2

4.8

3.4

8. 8

6-89

5.0

5.6

5.6

7.9

9.5

6.2

5.7

9.6

10.5

9— 89

5.0

5.6

5.5

7.5

8.7

5.9

5.5

8. 0

7.6

10-89

3.0

3.3

3.0

4.3

4.9

2.1

1.0

1.7

-0.5

11-89

3.5

3.8

3.6

4.9

5.5

3.1

2.4

3.2

1.9

-0.8

-3 . 6

9.4

12-89

2.9

3.1

2.9

3.9

4.4

2.2

1.4

1.9

0.6

-1.7

-3.8

2.3

- 4.3

1-90

5.2

5.5

5.5

6.7

7.4

5.7

5.5

6.6

6.2

5.4

5.5

13.4

15.4

39.2

2-90

4.8

5.1

5.1

6.2

6.7

5.2

4.9

5.8

5 .3

4.5

4.4

9.9

10.1

18.1

0.2

3-90

4.2

4.5

4.3

5.3

5.7

4.2

3.9

4.5

4.0

3.1

2.8

6.8

6.2

9.9

-2. 3

-4.7

4-90

3.3

3.4

3.2

4.1

4.4

2.9

2.5

2.9

2.3

1.3

0.8

3.7

2.6

4.3

-5.2

-7.8 -10.8

5-90

2.7

2.8

2.6

3.3

3.5

2.1

1.7

2.0

1.3

0.4

-0.2

2.1

1.0

2 .0

-5.6

-7.4

- 8.8

-6.7

6-90

2.9

3.0

2.8

3.5

3.7

2.4

2.0

2.4

1.8

1.0

0.5

2.7

1.7

2 .8

-3.3

-4.1

-3.9

-0.3

6.6

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

145.438
146*649
147.235

4.9

145.244

- 5 . 6 -15.1

146.340
145.804
149.877
149*904
149*302
147 »886
147.040P
147 »824E

I N ITIAL M O N T H
P- P R E L IMINARY
E- ESTIM A T E D




P R E P A R E D B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BAN K O F ST. L O U I S
J U L Y 13» 1990

9

H O U R L Y COMPENSATION, BUSINESS SECTOR
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l Rates of C h a n g e )
T ER MINAL
Q UARTER

INITIAL QUA R T E R
2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-8 7

5-87

4 -87

1977«100
1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
175.9

5-85

5.6

4-85

6.0

6.5

1-86

5.8

5.9

5.5

2-86

5.5

5.4

5.0

4.5

5-86

5.5

5.2

4.9

4.6

4.7

4-86

5.5

5.2

4.9

4.7

4.9

178.6
181.0
185.0
185.1
5.1

187.4
188.5

1-87

4.8

4.6

4.5

4.0

5.9

5.5

1.9

2-87

4.5

4.5

4.0

5.7

5.6

5.2

2.5

2.6

5-87

4.6

4.4

4.2

5.9

5.8

5.6

5.1

5.8

4-87

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.1

4.8

6.0

7.1

1-88

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.2

4.1

4.0

5.8

4.5

4.9

4.9

2.7

2-88

4.7

4.6

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.1

4.6

5.1

5.1

4.1

5.6

189.5
191.8

4.9

195.1
196.4
199.1
201.9

5-88

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.8

5.2

5.5

4.7

5 .7

5.7

4-88

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

4.7

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

4.8

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

4.8

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

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

1-90

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

5.0

5.5

5.5

5.1

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.1

4.7

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

4-89

204.5
206.9

4.8

210.4
212.8
215.7
218.2

INITIAL Q U ARTER

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. LOU I S
J U N E 4» 1990

O U T P U T PER H O U R O F ALL PERSONS, BUSINESS S ECTOR
( C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l Rates of C h a n g e )
T E R MINAL
QUARTER

INITIAL Q U A R T E R
2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1977«100
1-88

5-85

5.4

4-85

2.5

1.1

1-86

4.0

4.5

7.6

2-86

2.8

2.6

5.4

-0.7

5-86

1.9

1.5

1.6

-1.5

-1.8

4-86

1.7

1.5

1.4

-0.6

-0.5

0.7

1-87

1.5

1.2

1.5

- 0.5

-0.1

0.7

2 -87

1.7

1.4

1.5

0.5

0.5

1.5

1.6

2.6

5-87

1.9

1.7

1.8

0.8

1.2

1.9

2.5

5.1

5.7

4-87

2.0

1.8

1.9

1.1

1.4

2.1

2.5

5.0

5.5

2.9

1-88

2.0

1.9

2.0

1.5

1.6

2.2

2.5

2.9

5.0

2.7

2.5

2-88

1.7

1.5

1.6

0.9

1.1

1.6

1.7

1.9

1.7

1.1

0.2

-2.1

5-88

1.8

1.6

1.7

1.1

1.5

1.7

1.9

2.1

1.9

1.5

1.1

0.4

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
108.0
108.5
110.5
110.1
109.6
109.8

0.7

110.0
110.7
111.7
112.5
115.2
112.6
2.9

115.4

4-88

1.7

1.5

1.6

1.0

1.2

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.5

0.9

0.4

1.6

0.4

1-89

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.2

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.2

0.9

0.5

1.4

0.7

l.l

2-89

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

1.6

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

115.5
115.8
114.2
1.8

114.7

4-89

1.6

1.4

1.5

1.1

1.2

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.2

1.0

0.8

1.5

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.1

0.5

1-90

1.5

1.2

1.2

0.9

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

0.9

0.6

0.4

0.8

0.4

0.4

0.5

-0.1

-1 . 0

- 2.4

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-8 7

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89




114.8
114.1

INIT I A L Q U A 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 UIS
J U N E 4» 1990

10

P R O DUCTIVITY,
RATIO

COMPENSATION,

AND

LABOR

SCALE

1977-100

1982

C O S T S
RATIO

1983

1984

1985

1986

SCALE

1977-100

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

1987

1988

1989

1990

SOURCE« U .S . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIOOS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED.

1ST OUARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST . LOUIS

UNIT L A B O R COSTS, BUSINESS S E C T O R
( 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
2-85
5-85

2.7

4-85

5.7

IN IT IA L OUARTER
5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1977*100
1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
165.0
164.9

4.7

1-86

1.8

1.4

-1.9

2-86

2.7

2.7

1.7

5.5

5-86

5.4

5.6

5.2

5.9

6.4

4-86

5.6

5.7

5.5

5.5

5.2

4.1

164.1

■
166.5

168.9
170.6

1-87

5.2

5.5

5.0

4.5

5.9

2.7

1.4

2-87

2.9

2.9

2.6

5.5

5.0

1.9

0.8

0.2

171.2
171.5

5-87

2.6

2.6

2.5

5.0

2.5

1.6

0.8

0.5

0.7

4-87

2.8

2.8

2.6

5.2

2.9

2.2

1.7

1.8

2.6

4.5

1-88

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.8

2.5

1.8

1.4

1.5

1.7

2.2

0.0

2-88

5.0

5.0

2.8

5.4

5.1

2.7

2.4

2.7

5.5

4.1

4.0

171.6
175.5
175.5
8.1

176.9

5-88

5.0

5.0

2.8

5.5

5.1

2.7

2.5

2.6

5.1

5.7

5.5

5.5

2.5

4-88

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.5

5.5

2.9

2.8

5.0

5.4

4.0

5.9

5.2

5.8

5.0

1-89

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.0

2.9

5.1

5.5

4.0

5.9

4.8

5.8

4.4

5.8

2-89

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.1

5.5

5.7

4.1

4.0

4.9

4.1

4.6

4.4

4.9

5-89

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.1

5.5

5.6

4.0

5.9

4.6

5.9

4.5

4.0

4.1

5.5

178.0
180.2
181.9
184.1
185.6

4-89

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.8

4.1

4.1

4.7

4.1

4.4

4.5

4.4

4.2

5.0

1-90

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.9

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.7

4.1

4.4

4.4

4.9

4.5

4.8

4.8

5.1

5.1

6.0

7.0

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

4-89




187.9
191.1

INITIAL OUARTER

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
JUN E 4* 1990

11

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 )
TE R M I N A L
QUARTER

INITIAL Q U A R T E R
5-85

4-85

4-85

6.2

1-8«

6.7

7.5

2-86

4.9

4.5

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

1-89

4-88

5-88

2-89

5-89

4-89

1-90

B I L L I O N S OF
DOL L A R S
ANN U A L R A T E S
4 ,107.9
4.181.5

1.5

4.194.7

5-86

5.1

4.7

5.5

5.7

4-86

4.9

4.6

5.7

5.0

4.2

4.255.5
4.297.5

1-87

5.6

5.5

5.0

6.5

6.6

9.1

2-87

5.9

5.8

5.5

6.6

6.9

8.5

7.5

5-87

6.1

6.0

5.8

6.8

7.0

8.0

7.4

7.4

4— 87

6.5

6.4

6.2

7.1

7.4

8.2

7.8

8.0

8.7

1-88

6.5

6.5

6.4

7.2

7.4

8.1

7.8

8.0

8.5

7.8

2-88

6.7

6.7

6.6

7.5

7.6

8.1

7.9

8.0

8 .5

8.1

8.5

5-88

6.7

6.8

6.7

7.5

7.5

8.0

7.8

7.9

8 .0

7.8

7.8

7.4

4-88

6.8

6.8

6.8

7.4

7.5

8.0

7.8

7.9

8.0

7.8

7.8

7.5

7.7

1-89

6.8

6.9

6.9

7.4

7.5

7.9

7.8

7.8

7.9

7.7

7.7

7.5

7.6

7.5

2-89

6.8

6.8

6.8

7.2

7.4

7.7

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.4

7.5

7.1

7.0

6.7

5.8

5-89

6.7

6.7

6.7

7.1

7.2

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.1

7.0

6.7

6.5

6.1

5.5

5.1

4-89

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.8

6.9

7.2

7.0

6.9

6.9

6.7

6.5

6.2

6.0

5.6

4.9

4.5

5.9

1-90

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.8

6.9

7.1

7.0

6.9

6.9

6.7

6.5

6.5

6.1

5.8

5.4

5.2

5.5

6.7

2-90

6.5

6.5

6.4

6.8

6.8

7.0

6.9

6.8

6.8

6.6

6.5

6.2

6.1

5.8

5.5

5.4

5.5

6.2

5.8

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

4-89

1-90

4*591.6
4.471.6
4.551.7
4.647.6
4.755.8
4.851.4
4,917.9
5.009.8
5.101.5
5.174.0
5*258.6
5.289.5
5.575.4
5 . 4 5 1 . 6E

INITIAL QUAR T E R
* R E V I S E D F R O M 1987
E- ESTIM A T E D
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
J U L Y 27» 1990

G R O S S N A T I O N A L P R O D U C T I N 1982 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
QUA R T E R
5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

INITIAL Q U A R T E R
A N N U A L RAT E S
5-87 4-87 1-88 2-88

5-88

4-88

B I L L I O N S OF
DOLLARS
1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

1-90
5.662.4

4-85

5.0

1-86

4.7

6.6

2-86

2.5

2.5

-1.8

5-86

2.1

1.8

-0.5

0.8

4—8 6

2.1

1.9

0.4

1.6

2.5

1-87

2.6

2.6

1.6

2.8

5.7

5.2

2-87

2.9

2.9

2.1

5.1

5.9

4.7

4.2

5-87

5.0

5.0

2.5

5.5

5.9

4.5

4.2

4.1

4-87

5.4

5.5

5.0

5.9

4.5

5.0

4.9

5.5

6.6

1-88

5.6

5.7

5.5

4.0

4.6

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.9

5.1

2-88

5.6

5.7

5.5

4.0

4.4

4.8

4.7

4.9

5.1

4.4

5.6

5,721.1
5.704.6
5.712.4
5.755.6
5.781.2
5.820.5
5.858.9
5.920.7
5.970.2
4 . 005.8

5-88

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.8

4.2

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.5

5.8

5.1

2.7

4-88

5.4

5.5

5.2

5.7

4.1

4.5

4.1

4.1

4.1

5.5

5.0

2.7

2.7

1-89

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.7

4.0

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.1

5.6

5.2

5.0

5.2

5.6

2-89

5.5

5.4

5.1

5.5

5.8

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.7

5.2

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.6

1.6

5-89

5.2

5.5

5.0

5.4

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.0

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.5

1.7

1.7

4-89

5.1

5.1

2.8

5.2

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.2

5.1

2.7

2.5

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.2

1.0

0.5

1-90

5.0

5.0

2.8

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.2

5.1

5.0

2.6

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.5

1.2

1.0

1.7

2-90

2.9

2.9

2.7

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.0

2.9

2.8

2.4

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.2

1.1

1.5

1.2

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

4-89

1-90

« R E V I S E D F R O M 1987
E- ES T I M A T E D




4,052.1
4 . 059.5
4 , 095.7
4 , 112.2
4 . 1 29.7
4 . 1 55.2
4.1 5 0 . 6
4 »165.2E

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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
J U L Y 27. 1990

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G R O S S

RATIO

SCALE

TRILLIONS

N A T I O N A L

P R O D U C T *

QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES

OF

DOLLARS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

RATIO

TRILLIONS

OF

SCALE

DOLLARS
5.8
5.6
5.4
5.2
5.0
4.8
4.6
4.4
4.2
4.0
4.8
4.6
4.4
4.2
4.0
3.8
3.6

3.

3.4

3.

3.2

3

3.0

2

.

2

. 8

2

.

2

. 6

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

SOURCE« U .S . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST
^ R E V I S E D

DATA
FROM

PLOTTED«

2ND

O U ARTER

A D V ANCE

ESTIMATE

1987




PREPARED

13

BY

FEDERAL

R E S 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

1982-100

1982
*A S

U SED

1983
IN

N A TIO N A L

1984

1985

1986

1987

INCOME ACCOUNTS

P E R C E N T A G E S AR E ANNUAL R A T E S OF CHANGE FOR P E R IO D S
LA TEST

DATA PLO T T ED «

« R E V IS E D

FROM

1988

SO U RCEt

U .S .

1989
D EPARTM EN T

1990
OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

2ND O UARTER ADVANCE E S T IM A T E

1987

PREPA RED

BY FED ER A L

RESERVE

BANK OF S T .

L O U IS

IMPLICIT PRICE D E F L A T O R F O R G R O S S N A T I O 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 Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
Q U A RTER

INITIAL QUA R T E R
5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

4-85

5.5

1-86

2.0

0.7

2-86

2.5

1.8

2.9

5-86

5.0

2.9

4.0

5.0

4-86

2.7

2.6

5.2

5.4

1.8

1-87

2.9

2.8

5.5

5.4

2.6

5.5

2-87

2.9

2.8

5.5

5.4

2.8

5.5

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

1982 « 100
2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2 -89

5-89

4-89

1-90

112.2
112.4
115.2
114.6
115.1
116.1
117.0

5.1

118.0

5-87

5.0

2.9

5.5

5.4

5.0

5.4

5.5

5.5

4-87

2.8

2.8

5.1

5.1

2.7

5.0

2.8

2.6

1.7

1-88

2.8

2.8

5.0

5.0

2.7

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.2

2.7

2-88

5.0

2.9

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.2

5.1

5.1

2.9

5.6

4.4

5-88

5.1

5.1

5.5

5.4

5.2

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

4.0

4.6

4.7

4-88

5.2

5.2

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.6

4.1

4.6

4.7

4.7

1-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.7

4.1

4.4

4.4

4.5

118.5
119.5
120.6
122.0
125.4
124.6

5.9

125.8

2-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.7

4.1

4.5

4.5

4.2

5.9

5.9

5-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.9

4.1

4.1

5.9

5.7

5.6

5.2

4-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.7

5.9

4.1

4.0

5.9

5.7

5.7

5.5

5.8

1-90

5.4

5.4

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.7

5.7

5.8

5.8

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.1

5.9

5.9

5.9

4.5

4.8

2-90

5.5

5.5

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.8

5.8

4.1

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.5

4.6

4.4

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

4-89

1-90

* R E V I S E D F R O M 1987
E- E S T I M A T E D




126.8
128.0
129.5
15 0 . 9E

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J U L Y 27* 1990

14

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
3-85
4-85

4-85

1-86

5-86

1-87

5.1
4.5

4.0

6.2

6.8

6.2

2-89

5-89

4-89

1-90

2.826.0
2.868.5

6.2

6.2

6.6

7.9

6.2

6.4

6.4

6.8

7.7

6.7

2-87

6.8

7.0

7.5

8.2

5-87

7.1

7.2

7.6

8.5

4-87

6.7

6.8

7.0

7.5

1-88

6.9

7.0

7.5

7.8

7.0

7.1

7.5

7.7

7.5

2.919.5

7.7

8.4

9.6

2.987.2

8.0

8.6

9.5

8.9

7.1

7.5

7.4

4.2

5.7

7.5

7.7

7.8

7.2

6.4

7.4

7.1

8.5

7.8

8.2

8.2

7.9

8.2

8.1

7.1

7.0

6.4

7.4

7.8

7.5

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.8

7.6

7.8

7.9

7.0

7.0

7.2

7.5
7.5

7.5
7.5

5.204.5
5*268.2

7.5

7.2

7.2

7.4

7.5

7.1
7.2

7.1

5.147.7

9.2

7.6

5-88

7.0

5.079.1

7.7

4-88

7.4
7.4

7.5
7.4

7.5

5.051.6

7.7

7.8

7.2
7.1

6.7

6.9
6.8

8.5

7.5
7.4

7.0

6.9

5-89

7.0

7.0

7.2

7.4

7.2

7.5

7.5

7.1

6.9

7.5

7.0

6.9

4-89

6.8

6.8

7.0

7.2

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.8

6.5

6.9

6.6

6.4

2-90

1-89

2.761.0

1-87

1-90

4-88

9.8

4—86

2-89

5-88

2.754.5

5.6
5.0

1-89

2-87

2.700.4

2-86

2-88

4-86

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS

6.0

1-86

5-86

2-86

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
5-87 4-87 1-88 2-88

6.9

6.9

7.0

7.2

7.1

7.1

7.1

6.9

6.7

7.0

6.8

6.7

5.352.6
5,571.7

4.8

5.425.9

5.7

6.6

6.6

6.1

6.8

7.0

6.1

5.6

5.8

5.5

4.0

6.1

6.4

6.4

6.0

8.2

5.7

5.2

5.8

5.5

2-89

5-89

4-89

1-90

6.5

6.4

6.7

6.7

6.8

7.0

6.8

6.9

6.8

6.6

6.4

6.7

6.4

6.5

6.0

5.7

5.8

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

5.484.5
5.518.5
5.588.1
5*619.5E

IN IT IA L QUARTER
« REVISED FROM 1987
E- ESTIMATED
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
JULY 27. 1990

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 I N 1982 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
5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
5-87 4-87 1-88 2-88

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS
5-88

1-89

4-88

2-89

5-89

4-89

1-90
2*586.9

4-85

1.9

1-86

5.0

4.1

2-86

5.2

5.8

5.6

2.410.9
2.452.4

5-86

5.7

4.4

4.5

5.4

4-86

5.4

5.8

5.7

3.8

2.2

2.464.4

1-87

5.0

5.2

5.0

2.7

1.4

0.7

2-87

3.2

5.4

5.5

5.2

2.5

2.6

4.5

5-87

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

2.9

3.2

4.4

4.5

4-87

2.9

5.0

2.9

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.8

1.9

2.477.8
2.482.2
2.509.9
2*556.6
-0.4

2.554.2

1-88

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.0

3.2

3.8

5.6

5.2

6.9

2-88

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.0

3.1

5.6

5.4

5.0

4.8

2.7

5-88

3.5

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.0

3.2

5.6

5.4

5.1

4.5

5.1

5.5

4-88

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.1

3.2

5.6

5.4

5.2

4.1

5.2

5.5

5.5

2.576.8
2*594.1
2.616.4
2.658.8

1-89

5.0

5.1

5.0

5.0

2.7

2.8

5.1

2.9

2.6

5.2

2.5

2.2

1.6

-0.5

2-89

2.9

5.0

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.7

2.9

2.7

2.4

2.9

2.1

2.0

1.5

0.5

1.5

5-89

5.0

5.1

5.0

5.0

2.8

2.8

5.0

2.9

2.7

5.1

2.5

2.5

2.5

1.8

2.9

4.6

4-89

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.0

1.9

1.6

1.2

1.7

1.9

-0.8

2.656.7
2.645.5
2.675.5
2*669.9

1-90

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.4

2.2

2.5

1.9

1.8

1.5

1.2

1.5

1.6

0.1

1.1

2-90

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.5

2.1

2.0

2.2

1.7

1.6

1.5

0.9

1.2

1.1

0.0

0.4

-0.5

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

4-89

1-90

« REVISED FR O M 1987
E- ESTIMATED




2.677.5
2.675.2E

INITIAL QUARTER

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
J U L Y 27. 1990

15

G R O S S P R I V A T E 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 )
BILLIONS OF
terminal

QUARTER

initial quarter

5-85

4-85

1-86

4-85

18.7

1-86

19.1

2-86

6.5

1.0 - 1 4.7

2- 8 6

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

dollars

ANNU A L R A T E S
4-87 1-88 2-8 8

5-88

4 -88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

1-90

654.1
19.4

685.8
657.2

5-86

5.4

-1.5 -10.5

-5.7

4-86

2.8

-0 . 8

-6.8

-2.5

0.7

1-87

5.5

2.8

-1. 0

4.0

9.2

18.5

2-87

5.6

5.6

0.7

4.9

8.7

12.9

647.7
648.8
676.7
7.8

689.5

5-87

5.0

5.2

0.7

4.0

6.6

8.7

4.2

0.6

4-87

7.8

6.5

4.7

8. 4

11.4

14.5

12.9

15.6

52.8

1-88

6.2

4.9

5.5

6.1

8.2

9.8

7.8

7.7

11.5

- 6.4

2-88

6.5

5.4

5.9

6.5

8.4

9.8

8.1

8.2

10.8

1.2

9.5

5-88

6.9

5.9

4.6

7.0

8.7

9.9

8.6

8 .7

10.9

4.4

10.2

10.9

4-88

5.6

4.5

5.5

5.5

6.6

7.5

5.9

5.5

6.5

0.8

5.4

0.4

-9.1

1-89

6.0

5.1

4.0

5.9

7.1

7.9

6.7

6.5

7.5

5.0

5.6

4.5

1.1

12.4

2-89

5.9

5.0

4.0

5.7

6.8

7.5

6.5

6.1

6.9

5.1

5.2

4.1

1.9

8.0

5.7

5-89

5.5

4.7

5.7

5.2

6.2

6.7

5.6

5.4

6.0

2.6

4.2

5.2

1.5

5.1

1.6

-0.5

4-89

4.7

5.9

5.0

4.5

5.2

5.5

4.4

4.1

4.5

1.4

2.6

1.5

- 0.5

2.0

- 1.2

- 5.6

-6.6

1-90

4.0

5.2

2.2

5.5

4.2

4.4

5.4

5.0

5.2

0.5

1.2

0.1

-1.6

0.0

-2.9

- 5.0

-7. 2

-7. 9

2-90

4.5

5.8

2.9

4.1

4.8

5.1

4.2

5.9

4.2

1.7

2.6

1.8

0.5

2.2

0.5

-0.6

-0. 6

2.6

14.2

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

4-89

1-90

6 90.6
741.4
729.2
746.0
765.6
747.5
769.7
776.7
775.8
762.7
747.2
772 . 4E

I N ITIAL QUA R T E R
« R E V I S E D F R O M 1987
E- E S T I M A T E D
P R E P A R E D BY F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BAN K O F ST. L O U I S
J U L Y 27, 1990

G R O S S P R I V A T E D O M E S T I C I N V E S T M E N T I N 1982 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
Q UA R T E R

5-85

4-85

20.8

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

INITIAL QUAR T E R
ANNUAL RATES
5-87 4-87 1-88 2 -88

B I L L I O N S OF
DOLLARS
5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

1-90

648.0

1-86

19.6

2-86

5.5

-1.8 - 1 8.5

5-86

1.1

-4. 7 - 1 4 . 5 - 1 0 . 5

4-86

-0.4

1-87

2.8

-0.4

2-87

5.7

5-87

18.5

676.1

-5.1 - 1 1.8

642.5
625.1

-8 . 5

-6.2

- 4.6

0.5

6.4

20.6

615.2

1.1

-2.0

2.6

7.5

14.8

9.2

5.8

1.6

-1.0

2.9

6.5

11.1

6.6

4.1

4-87

6.1

4.4

2.6

6.6

10.5

14.9

15.0

14.9

26.9

1-88

5.0

5.4

1.6

4.9

7.7

10.7

8.5

8.0

10.1

-4.6

2-88

4.9

5.4

1.9

4 .8

7.1

9.5

7.4

7.0

8.0

-0. 4

5.9

5-88

5.4

4.1

2.7

5.4

7.5

9.7

7.9

7.7

8.6

5.1

7.2

4-88

5.7

2.4

1.1

5.5

4.9

6.4

4.5

5.7

5.6

-1.5

-0. 4

1-89

4.5

5.2

2.0

4.1

5.6

7.0

5.5

4.9

5.1

1.2

2.7

2 .5

-1.7

12.5

2-89

4.1

5.0

1.9

5.8

5.2

6.4

5.0

4.5

4.5

1.2

2.4

2.0

-0.7

6.7

644.7
659.1
665.7
706.6
698.4
705.1
7 25.0

10.5

696.2

-2.5 -14.0

717.0
719.1

1.2

5-89

4.0

2.9

1.9

5.7

4.9

6.0

4.7

4.2

4.2

1.5

2.5

1.9

-0.1

5.0

1.5

1.8

4-89

5.5

2.5

1.5

2.9

4.0

4.8

5.5

5.0

2.8

0.2

0.9

0.4

- 1.5

1.9

-1.5

-2.8

-7.1

1-90

2.8

1.9

0.9

2.5

5.5

4.1

2.8

2.5

2.1

-0. 4

0.2

-0.4

-2.1

0.5

-2.5

-5. 4

- 5.9

-4.7

2-90

5.1

2.2

1.5

2.7

5.6

4.4

5.2

2.7

2.6

0.4

1.0

0.7

-0.7

1.7

-0.5

-0.7

-1. 5

1.5

8.0

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

4-89

1-90

« REVISED F R O M 1987
E- E S TIMATED




722.5
709.1
700.7
7 1 4 . 5E

I N I TIAL 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 ANK OF ST. L O U I S
J U L Y 27» 1990

16

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 SER 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 )
T ERMINAL
QUARTER

INITIAL QUARTER
5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

2-88

1-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-8 9

5-89

4-89

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
1-90

4— 85

8.1

1-86

2.4

-5.0

2-86

4.6

5.0

9.2

5-86

4.8

5.7

7.2

5.2

4-86

4.6

5.8

6.1

4.6

4.0

1-87

5.0

4.4

6.4

5.4

5.6

7.2

904.5

2-87

4.7

4.2

5.6

4.8

4.6

5.0

2.8

9 10.7

5-87

5.1

4.7

6.0

5.4

5.5

6.0

5.4

8.1

4-87

5.2

4.9

6.0

5.5

5.6

6.0

5.6

7.0

5.9

1-88

4.6

4.5

5.2

4.6

4.5

4.7

4.0

4.4

2.7

-0.5

2-88

4.8

4.5

5.5

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.5

4.9

5.9

2.9

5-88

4.5

4.0

4.7

4.2

4.1

4.1

5.6

5.8

2.7

1.7

2.8

-0.7

4-88

5.5

5.5

6.1

5.8

5.8

6.1

5.9

6.4

6.1

6.2

8 .5

9.6

20.8

1-89

5.4

5.1

5.9

5.5

5.6

5.8

5.6

6.0

5.7

5.6

7.2

7.5

11.8

5.4

2-89

5.4

5.2

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.8

5.6

6.0

5.7

5.6

7.0

9.7

4.6

5 .8

5-89

5.2

5.0

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.2

5.5

5.2

5.1

6.0

7.8

5.7

5.9

2 .0

4-89

5.2

5.0

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.2

6.1

6.0

7.4

4.5

4.6

4.1

6.2

856.7
850.5
86 9 . 5
880.5
888.9

928.5
9 42.0
940.9
955.4

6.5

955.8
1 *000.0
1 ,008.5
1 ,022.7
1 ,027.8
1 ,045.5
1 ,070.1

1-90

5.5

5.4

5.9

5.7

5.7

5.9

5.8

6.0

5.8

5.8

6.7

8.0

5.6

6.1

6.2

8 .4

10.7

2-90

5.6

5.4

5.9

5.7

5.8

5.9

5.8

6.1

5.9

5.9

6.6

6.7

7.7

5.7

6.2

6.5

7.7

8.5

6.4

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

4 -89

1-90

1 »086.7E

INITIAL QUARTER
• REVISED FR O M 1987
E- ESTIMATED
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
J U L Y 27* 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 I N 1982 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
Q UARTER

INITIAL QUARTER
5-85

4-85

1.6

1-86

-1.5

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

4-8 9

1-90

B I L L I O N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
752.7

- 4.5

744.1

2-86

2.0

2.5

9.5

5-86

2.1

2.2

5.8

2.1

4-86

2.8

5.1

5.8

5.9

5.8

761.2
765.2
776.0

1-87

2.5

2.4

4.2

2.5

2.8

-0.2

2-87

1.5

1.5

2.7

1.1

0.7

-1.7

-5.2

5-87

2.0

2.0

5.2

2.0

1.9

0.7

1.1

5.5

4-87

2.4

2.5

5.6

2.6

2.7

2.0

2.7

5.7

6.0

1-88

1.2

1.2

1.9

0.8

0.6

-0.4

-0.4

0.5

-1. 9

-9.2

2-88

1.4

1.4

2.0

1.1

1.0

0.2

0.5

1.2

-0. 2

-5.2

5.5

775.7
769.5
779.8
791.5
772.4
778.7

5-88

0.9

0.9

1.4

0.6

0.4

-0.4

-0.4

0.2

-l.l

-5.4

-0.5

-5.8

4-88

2.0

2.0

2.7

2.0

2.0

1.5

1.8

2.6

2.1

1.1

4.8

5.5

15.7

1-89

1.6

1.6

2.2

1.5

1.4

1.0

1.1

1.7

1.1

0.2

2.7

2.5

5.8

771.2
799.9
-5. 5

795.2

2-89

1.8

1.8

2.5

1.7

1.7

1.5

1.4

2.0

1.5

0.8

5.0

2.9

5.2

0.5

4.0

5-89

1.5

1.5

2.0

1.4

1.5

0.9

1.0

1.5

1.0

0.4

2.0

1.8

5.2

-0. 6

0.8

-2.4

4-89

1.6

1.6

2.0

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.2

1.7

1.5

0.7

2.2

2.0

5.2

0.5

1.5

0.5

801.0
796.2
5.0

802.2

1-90

1.7

1.7

2.1

1.6

1.6

1.2

1.4

1.8

1.4

0.9

2.5

2.1

5.1

0.8

1.9

1.2

5.0

2 .9

2-90

1.9

1.9

2.5

1.9

1.9

1.6

1.7

2.1

1.9

1.4

2.7

2.6

5.6

1.7

2.7

2.4

4.0

4.5

6.2

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

2-8 9

5-89

4-89

1-90

« REVISED FROM 1987
E- ESTIMATED




80 7 . 9
8 2 0 . 2E

INITIAL QUARTER

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
J U L Y 27, 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 )
T E R MINAL
Q U ARTER

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

INITIAL Q U A R T E R
ANNUAL RATES
3-87 4 - 8 7 1-88 2-88

4-85

8. 6

1-86

8. 6

8.5

2-86

7.9

7.5

6.5

3— 86

6.5

5.8

4.4

2.4

4-86

6.2

5.7

4.7

3.8

5.3

1-87

6.9

6.6

6.1

6.0

7.8

10.4

2-87

5.6

5.1

4.5

4.0

4.5

4.1

-1.8

3-87

6.3

6.0

5.6

5.4

6.2

6.5

4.6

11.4

4-87

6.9

6.7

6.5

6.5

7.3

7.8

7.0

11.6

11.9

1-88

7.2

7.0

6.9

6.9

7.7

8.2

7.6

10.9

10.7

9.6

2-88

7.2

7.1

6.9

7.0

7.6

8.0

7.6

10.0

9.6

8.5

7.4

B I L L I O N S OF
DOLLA R S
3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90
2 ,899.5
2,959.2
3,006.5

3,024.3
3,063.4
3 ,139.8
3 ,125.7
3,211.1
3,302.3
3,378.6
3,439.4

3-88

7.4

7.3

7.2

7.3

7.9

8.3

7.9

10.0

9.6

8.9

8.6

9.7

4-88

7.4

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.8

8.1

7.8

9.4

9.1

8.4

8.0

8.3

6.9

1-89

7.5

7.4

7.4

7.4

8.0

8.3

8.0

9.5

9.1

8.6

8.4

8 .7

8 .2

9.6

2-89

7.3

7.2

7.1

7.1

7.6

7.8

7.5

8.8

8.4

7.8

7.5

7.5

6.8

6.7

3.9

3-89

7.1

7.0

6.9

7.0

7.4

7.6

7.3

8.3

8.0

7.4

7.1

7.0

6.3

6.2

4.5

5.1

4-89

7.1

7,-0

6.9

6.9

7.3

7.4

7.2

8.1

7.8

7.3

6.9

6.9

6.3

6.2

5.1

5.6

6.1

1-90

7.2

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.4

7.6

7.4

8.3

7.9

7.5

7.3

7.3

6.8

6.8

6.2

6.9

7.9

9.6

2-90

7.1

7.0

6.9

6.9

7.2

7.4

7.1

7.9

7.6

7.2

6.9

6.9

6.5

6.4

5.8

6.3

6.7

7.0

4.4

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

4-89

1-90

3,520.1
3,578.9
3,661.7
3,697.3
3,743.4
3,799.6
3,887.7
3 , 9 2 9 . 6E

INITIAL Q U ARTER
« R E V I S E D FR O M 1987
E- E S T I M A T E D
P R E P A R E D B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK OF ST. L O U I S
J ULY 27, 1990

D I S P O S A B L E P E R S O N A L I N C O M E I N 1982 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
Q UA R T E R
3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

INITIAL QUA R T E R
A N N U A L R A TES
3-87 4-87 1-88 2-88

3-88

4-88

B I L L I O N S OF
DOLL A R S
1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90
2* 562.8

4-85

4.4

1-86

5.9

7.4

2-86

6.0

6.8

6.2

3-86

4.0

3.9

2.2

-1.7

4-86

3.5

3.3

1.9

-0. 2

2,609.2
2, 648.6
2,637.3
2,646.2

1.4

2 , 669.5

1-87

3.5

3.3

2.3

1.1

2.5

3.6

2-87

2.0

1.6

0.5

-0. 8

-0.6

-1.5

-6.3

3-87

2.6

2.4

1.5

0.6

1.2

1.2

0.0

6.7

4-87

3.1

3.0

2.4

1.7

2.4

2.7

2.4

7.1

7.5

1-88

3.5

3.4

3.0

2.5

3.2

3.6

3.6

7.1

7.4

7.3

2-88

3.5

3.4

2.9

2.5

3.2

3.5

3.4

6.0

5.8

5.0

2.7

3-88

3.6

3.5

3.1

2.8

3.4

3.7

3.7

5.8

5.6

4.9

3.8

4.9

4-88

3.5

3.4

3.0

2.7

3.2

3.5

3.5

5.2

4 .9

4.3

3.3

3.6

2.3

1-89

3.5

3.5

3.1

2.9

3.3

3.6

3.6

5.1

4.8

4.3

3.5

3.8

3.3

4.2

2-89

3.2

3.1

2.8

2.5

2.9

3.1

3.0

4.3

3.9

3.3

2.6

2.5

1.7

1.5

-1.2

3-89

3.2

3.1

2.8

2.5

2.9

3.1

3.0

4.1

3.8

3.2

2.6

2.6

2.0

1.9

0.8

2.7

4-89

3.1

3.0

2.7

2.5

2.8

2.9

2.8

3.8

3.5

3.0

2.4

2.4

1.8

1.7

0.9

2.0

1.2

1-90

3.0

3.0

2.7

2.5

2.8

2.9

2.8

3.7

3.4

2.9

2.4

2.4

2.0

1.9

1.3

2.2

1.9

2.5

2-90

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.3

2.6

2.7

2.6

3.4

3.1

2.7

2.2

2.1

1.7

1.7

1.1

1.7

1.4

1.5

0.5

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

4-89

1-90

* R E V ISED FR O M 1987
E- EST I M A T E D




2, 626.3
2,669.2
2,717.9
2 , 765.9
2,784.4
2 , 818.0
2,833.9
2 , 8 63.5
2 , 8 54.9
2,874.3
2,883.2
2,900.9
2,9 0 4 . 4 E

INITIAL 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 BANK O F ST. L O U I S
J U L Y 27, 1990

18

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 ) Rates of C h a n g e )
BILLIO N S OF
t e r m in a l

QUARTER

in it ia l

2-85

5-85

17.1

4-85

18.5

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

quarter

d o llars

ANNUAL RATES
5-87 4-87 1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89
129.2

19.9

155.2

1-86

-11.9 -25.6 -51.4

2-86

-10.5 -18.1 -52.4

-5.9

5-86

-5.4 -10.5 -18.6

5.4

18.0

4-86

-1.7

-5.1 -10.5

9.7

18.4

18.8

1-87

4.8

2.9

-0.2

19.4

29.5

55.5

54.0

2-87

8.5

7.4

5.4

25.0

51.6

56.4

46.2

112.9
111.2
115.9
121.0
154.8
58.7

146.5

5-87

10.5

9.5

8.1

25.5

50.4

55.7

59.1

52.2

26.0

4-87

10.0

9.2

8.0

21.0

26.2

27.9

50.2

25.2

16.0

6.9

1-88

12.5

12.0

11.2

25.5

28.1

29.9

52.2

27.5

25.7

22.6

2-88

12.9

12.6

11.9

22.7

26.8

28.2

29.8

25.4

22.5

21.1

28.9

18.1

5-88

12.6

12.2

11.5

21.2

24.6

25.5

26.5

22.4

19.5

17.7

21.6

15.1

8.5

4-88

12.8

12.4

11.8

20.6

25.7

24.5

25.0

21.3

18.7

17.2

20.0

15.8

11.7

15.5

1-89

11.5

11.1

10.4

18.5

20.7

21.0

21.5

17.7

15.0

15.2

14.5

8.8

5.9

4.7

2-89

8.8

8.2

7.4

14.2

16.1

15.9

15.6

12.0

9.0

6.8

6.7

1.0

5-89

6.7

6.1

5.2

11.2

12.6

12.2

11.6

8.1

5.1

2.7

2.2

-5.1

155.0
157.6
40.6

171.6
178.9
182.5

-2.9

189.1
-5.0

186.7

-6.5 -15.5 -24.9

175.8

-6.9 -10.4 -17.6 -25.2 -21.5

165.6
166.5

4-89

6.7

6.1

5.5

10.9

12.2

11.8

11.2

7.9

5.5

5.2

2.7

-1.8

-4.8

-7.2 -12.1 -14.5

-8.4

6.8

1-90

6.4

5.9

5.1

10.5

11.5

11.0

10.4

7.4

5.0

5.1

2.6

-1.5

-5.8

-5.7

-9.4 -10.5

-5.1

4.5

1.9

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

2-89

5-89

4-89

1-89

167.IE

IN IT IA L QUARTER

« REVISED FROM 1987
E- ESTIMATED

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST * LOUIS
JULY 27, 1990

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N A T IO N A L

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B u

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INVENTORIES COMPARED WITH MONTHLY
M ANUFACTURING AND TRADE

SALES

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
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6 8

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1977

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1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

SOURCE-. U.S.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
*BEGINNIN6

IN 1982.

INVENTORY DATA REFLECT CHAN6ES IN ESTIMATION PROCEDURES.

SHADED AREAS REPRESENT PERIODS OF BUSINESS RECESSIONS.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED: MAY PRELIMINARY




PREPARED

20

BY

FEDERAL

RESERVE

BANK

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