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N a t io n a l E c o n o m ic T r e n d s
A u g u s t 1991
T h e

la te s t c o n s e n s u s

th a t th e r e c o v e r y fr o m
ex p ect re a l G N P
s h o w s , in

is

th a t th e

r e c e s s io n

is

o v e r,

h a v in g

to a c c e le r a t e b y

le s s t h a n h a l f its a v e r a g e

a n a v e r a g e r e c e s s io n , a s lo w in g

in m o n e y

s m a ll

and real G N P

a c c e le r a t io n

T h e

in

th e

r e c e n t r e c e s s io n

in

th e y e a r

in

fa c t,

b e fo re

h o w e ve r,

w h en

it f e ll f r o m

fro m

8 p e r c e n t in

is

a ls o

M

l

th e

s p e n d in g

to

in

th e

secon d

q u a rte r

o f

th e

to

l)

th e p r e v io u s

g ro w th

g ro w th . In

T h u s , a r e la tiv e ly

r e c e s s io n s

and

c o n s is te n t w it h

1987-88

its

in

seven

is a s s o c ia t e d

1991.

T h e

to

r e c e s s io n

in

th e

w o u ld

y e a r p r e c e d in g

because

M

l

g ro w th
A

T h e

B lu e

because

it is

C h ip

it ,

d id

sh a rp

r e c e s s io n s .
w ith

A s

a s lo w in g

R a te s

in n o m in a l s p e n d in g

G N P

fo re c a s t o f a n

a s s o c ia te d

w ith

rea l G N P

n o t s lo w

a

g re w

fro m

in

M

l

g ro w th

u n u s u a lly

m o re s lo w ly

its p r e v io u s

g ro w th

M

o f

M

l ,

G N P

a n d

R e a l

G N P

a n n u a l

year

fo r

Se ve n

l*

P r e v io u s

G N P

R e a l

2 .3

- 2 . 5

Subsequent year

6.6

1 0 .9

5.7

T h e
on

is

C h ip

m e a su re d
F in a n c ia l

f o r m a t o f th is
th e

fe d e ra l

it h a d

s te a d ily

r is e

in

rea l G N P

g ro w th

s m a ll a c c e le r a t io n s

in

S u r r o u n d in g

R e c e s s io n s

ra te s )

fo r

p e r io d s

r e le a s e h a s b e e n

budget

V ie w s



and

one

F o r e c a s t, Ju n e

th e

changed

fe d e ra l

q u a rte r

and

d e b t,

Ju ly ,

and

M

l*

G N P

4 . 0 %

5 .3 %

1 .0 %

4.4

2.6

- 1 . 3

5

6

6 **

R e a l

1**

G N P

2

5**

e a r lie r .
1990.

s e v e r a l s e r ie s h a v e b e e n

w h ic h

R e c e s s io n

(III/ 1 9 9 0 — 11/1991)

3 .0 %

8 .6 %

2.4

g ro w th

th a n

p e rc e n t ra te ;

s u b s e q u e n t ly d e c lin e d

fo r e c a s t o f u n u s u a lly

G N P

4 . 9 %

B lu e

4

e a r lie r ,

R e c e s s io n s

R e c e s s io n

F ro m

a r e la tiv e ly

o ccu rre d

w eak

had

T h is
A v e ra g e

M o n e y

a ls o

g ro w th .

P e r io d

**

a ls o

th e ta b le b e lo w

b e e x p e c t e d to r e s u lt fr o m

s lo w in g

- 0 .4 p e r c e n t o v e r t h e n e x t y e a r ;

(c o m p o u n d e d

*

is

a t y p ic a l r e c o v e r y , m o n e y g r o w t h a c c e le r a te s , le a d in g

w e a k e x p a n s io n

th e t y p ic a l c a s e .

pace.

t y p ic a l e x p e r ie n c e

G r o w th

P r e v io u s

consensus

s h o w s , th e B lu e C h ip fo re c a s te rs

g ro w th .

be unusual because,

is

p e r c e n t in

1987-88

l

p r e v io u s

r e c e s s io n

c o n s is te n t w it h

and

g ro w th .

o f M

a p p e a rs
seven

th is
7 .4

pace

r is e

s to c k ( M

( G N P ) g r o w t h , w h ic h , in t u r n , r e s u lt s in s lo w e r r e a l G N P
to fa s t e r s p e n d in g

ended

th is r e c e s s io n w i l l b e r e l a t i v e l y w e a k . F o r e x a m p le , a s th e t a b le b e lo w

p r e v io u s ly

w e re

added.

p u b lis h e d

in

T h is

r e le a s e

M o n e ta ry

now

in c lu d e s

d a ta

T re n d s.

— Jo h n

e x p r e s s e d d o n o t n e c e s s a r ily r e f le c t o ffic ia l p o s itio n s o f t h e F e d e r a l R e s e r v e S y s te m .

A .

T a to m

Consumer Price Index — All Urban Consumers
Percent Change From Previous Year
Seasonally Adjusted
Percent

Percent

8

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

Prepared by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Consumer Price Index
(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a te s o f C h a n g e )
T e r m in a l

In itia l

1 9 8 2 -6 4 = 1 0 0

M o n th

M o n th
1 1 -8 9

1 2 -8 9

1 -9 0

2 -9 0

3 -9 0

4 -9 0

5 -9 0

6 -9 0

7 -9 0

8 -9 0

9 -9 0

1 0 -9 0

1 1 -9 0

1 2 -9 0

1 -9 1

2 -9 1

3 -9 1

4 -9 1

5 -9 1
1 2 6 .4

1 2 -8 9

4 .9

1 -9 0

8 .4

1 2 .0

2 -9 0

7 .5

8 .9

5 .8

3 -9 0

6 .8

7 .5

5 .3

4 .8

4 -9 0

6 .0

6 .3

4 .5

3 .8

1 2 7 .6
1 2 8 .2
1 2 8 .7
1 2 9 .0

2 .8

1 2 9 .2

5 -9 0

5 .3

5 .4

3 .8

3 .2

2 .4

1 .9

6 -9 0

5 .6

5 .8

4 .6

4 .3

4 .1

4 .7

7 .7

7 -9 0

5 .5

5 .6

4 .6

4 .4

4 .3

4 .7

6 .2

4 .7

8 -9 0

6 .1

6 .2

5 .4

5 .4

5 .5

6 .2

7 .6

7 .6

1 0 .6

9 -9 0

6 .4

6 .6

5 .9

6 .0

6 .2

6 .8

8 .1

8 .2

1 0 .1

9 .5

1 0 -9 0

6 .5

6 .7

6 .1

6 .1

6 .3

6 .9

8 .0

8 .1

9 .2

8 .5

1 1 -9 0

6 .3

6 .4

5 .9

5 .9

6 .0

6 .5

7 .2

7 .2

7 .8

6 .9

5 .6

3 .7

1 2 -9 0

6 .1

6 .2

5 .7

5 .6

5 .7

6 .1

6 .7

6 .6

6 .9

6 .0

4 .9

3 .7

3 .6

1 -9 1

6 .0

6 .1

5 .6

5 .6

5 .7

6 .0

6 .6

6 .4

6 .7

5 .9

5 .1

4 .3

4 .6

5 .5

2 -9 1

5 .8

5 .9

5 .4

5 .4

5 .4

5 .7

6 .1

5 .9

6 .1

5 .4

4 .6

3 .9

3 .9

4 .1

2 .7

3 -9 1

5 .4

5 .4

5 .0

4 .9

4 .9

5 .1

5 .4

5 .2

5 .2

4 .5

3 .7

2 .9

2 .7

2 .4

0 .9

-0 .9

1 3 0 .0
1 3 0 .5
1 3 1 .6
1 3 2 .6
1 3 3 .4

7 .5
1 3 3 .8
1 3 4 .2

1 3 4 .8
1 3 5 .1
1 3 5 .0

* -9 1

5 .2

5 .2

4 .8

4 .7

4 .7

4 .9

5 .2

4 .9

4 .9

4 .2

3 .5

2 .9

2 .7

2 .5

1 .5

0 .9

2 .7

5 -9 1

5 .1

5 .1

4 .7

4 .7

4 .6

4 .8

5 .0

4 .8

4 .8

4 .2

3 .5

3 .0

2 .9

2 .7

2 .0

1 .8

3 .2

3 .6

6 -9 1

5 .0

5 .0

4 .6

4 .5

4 .5

4 .6

4 .8

4 .6

4 .6

4 .0

3 .4

2 .9

2 .8

2 .7

2 .1

2 .0

3 .0

3 .1

2 .7

1 1 -8 9

1 2 -8 9

1 -9 0

2 -9 0

3 -9 0

4 -9 0

5 -9 0

6 -9 0

7 -9 0

8 -9 0

9 -9 0

1 0 -9 0

1 1 -9 0

1 2 -9 0

1 -9 1

2 -9 1

3 -9 1

4 -9 1

5 -9 1

1 3 5 .3
1 3 5 .7
136.
1

The C P I i s

fo r a l l

u rb an c o n s u M r s .




P re p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 1 7 , 1991

Consumer Price Index - Food
(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a te s o f C h a n g e )
T e r m in a l
M onth
11-89 12-89

In itia l
1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

5 .8

1-90

1 3 .4

2 1 .5

2-90

11.8

1 4 .9

9 .2

1 0 .4

5 .2

1.8

7 .4

3 .1

0 .5

- 0 .9

5-90

5 .9

5 .9

2 .3

0 .3

- 0 .5

5-91

1 3 1 .3

0.0

1 3 1 .2
1 3 2 .1

6 .3

6 .3

3 .5

2 .3

2 .5

4 .2

8 .5

7-90

6 .3

6 .4

4 .0

3 .1

3 .5

5 .0

7 .5

6 .5

8-90

6.0 6.0

4 .6

6.2

5 .1

3 .7

4 .4

5 .6

4 .6

3 .7

3 .7

5 .4

4 .6

4 .0

4 .1

5 .8

4 .0
3 .9

3 .2
3 .3

3 .5
3 .5

1 3 2 .8
1 3 3 .2
1 3 3 .6
4 .6

1 3 4 .1

10-90

5 .7

5 .6

4 .0

3 .5

3 .7

4 .5

11-90

5 .6

5 .6

4 .2

3 .7

3 .9

4 .6

5 .4

4 .8

4 .4

4 .6

5 .0

5 .5

4 .3

4 .9

4 .3

3 .8

3 .9

3 .9

3 .6

1.8

5 .2

4 .7

4 .4

4 .6

4 .8

4 .9

4 .5

3 .3

3 .3

2 .9

5 .5

4-91

1 3 1 .2

6-90

1-91

3-91

1 31 .1

7 .1

5 .3

2-91

8.6

3-90

12-90

1-91

1 3 0 .2

4-90

5 .8

1982-84=100

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1 28 .1

L2-89

9-90

M onth

8-90

5 .3
5 .5

3 .9
4 .2

3 .5
3 .8

3 .7
4 .0

4 .6

1 3 4 .7
1 3 4 .9
7 .4

1 3 5 .7

2-91

4 .9

4 .9

3 .7

3 .3

3 .4

3 .9

4 .3

3 .8

3 .4

3-91

4 .8

4 .7

3 .6

3 .2

3 .4

3 .7

4 .1

3 .7

3 .3

3 .2

3 .2

2 .9

2.1 2.2 - 2 .6
2.2 2 .4 0.0

4 .0

4 .0

3 .9

3 .6

4 .1

3 .5

3 .5

3 .3

3 .0

3 .2

2.2

3 .9

4 .5

0.0

3 .8

3 .7

3 .5

3 .7

3 .0

4 .5

5 .1

3 .1

6 .3

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91

4-91

5 .0

5 .0

4 .0

3 .7

3 .8

4 .2

4 .6

4 .2

3 .9

5-91

4 .8

4 .7

3 .7

3 .4

3 .5

3 .9

4 .2

3 .8

3 .5

6-91

4 .8

3 .9

3 .6

3 .7

4 .0

4 .4

4 .0

3 .8

3 .8

11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

4 .8

3 .0

1 3 5 .4
2 .7
5 .9

9 .2

1 3 5 .7
1 3 6 .7
1 3 6 .7

P r e p a r e d b y F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Ba n k o f S t .
J u l y 1 7 , 1991

1 3 7 .4

L o u is

Consumer Price Index - Energy
(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a t e s o f C h a n g e )
T e r m in a l
M onth
11-89 12-89

In it ia l
1-90

2-90

12-89

3 .9

1-90

3 4 .1

7 3 .0

2-90

1 6 .7

2 3 .7 - 1 1 .5

3-90

9 .9

12.0

- 9 .9

- 8 .3

4-90

7 .8

8 .9

- 6 .7

- 4 .2

5-90

5 .8

6.2

- 6 .0

- 4 .0

6-90

6.1

6 .5

- 3 .4

- 1 .2

7-90

4 .8

5 .0

- 3 .4

- 1 .7

8-90

1 0 .4

11.2

4 .4

7 .3

9-90

1 6 .3

1 7 .8

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

M on th
8-90

1982-84*100
9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91
9 4 .1
9 8 .5

9 6 .8

0.0
- 1 .8

9 6 .8
- 3 .7

1.2 1 .9
0.0 0.0
1 0 .7

9 6 .5
7 .7

9 7 .1

1 .9

- 3 .6

1 3 .6

20.0

2 6 .7

6 6 .5

9 6 .8

101.0

1 6 .2

20.8

2 5 .5

3 4 .0

4 4 .2

7 6 .4

86.8

1 7 .1

2 1 .3

2 6 .3

3 1 .3

3 9 .6

4 9 .0

7 2 .3

7 5 .3

6 4 .4

1 5 .9

1 9 .4

2 3 .5

2 7 .2

3 3 .3

3 9 .1

5 2 .4

4 8 .0

3 1 .7

5 .5

1 6 .7

1 9 .9

22.6

2 6 .9

3 0 .4

3 8 .6

3 2 .4

1 8 .0

0.0

1 6 .0

1 8 .7

2 0 .4

2 4 .9

1 8 .0

5 .2

8 .9

1 0 .4

1 0 .7

1 2 .9

4 .5

5 .0

5 .9

5 .7

3 .5

3 .8

4 .5

4 .5

4 .9

3 .4
3-90

11-90
12-90

1 6 .7

1 7 .9

1 3 .8

1-91

1 3 .0

1 3 .8

9 .8

2-91

8 .5

8 .9

5 .1

3-91

5 .9

6.0

2 .3

4-91

5 .0

5 .1

5-91

5 .7

5 .8

^ -9 1

4 .7

4 .8

11-89 12-89

9 7 .5

1 2 .3

20.0 21.8
1 8 .8
20.2

10-90

3-90

12.0 1 4 .3
6.6 8.0
3 .5

1.6 2.6
2.6 3 . 6
1 .7
2.6
1-90




2-90

1 0 6 .4
1 1 0 .9
1 1 1 .4
- 5 .3

1 1 0 .9

- 9 .4 - 1 6 .0 - 2 5 .6

1 0 8 .2

5 .8

- 5 .5 - 1 7 .8 - 2 4 .3 - 3 2 .4 - 3 8 .5

1 0 3 .9

6 .9

0 .3

- 9 .5 - 1 9 .7 - 2 5 .0 - 3 0 .7 - 3 3 .1 - 2 7 .1

4 .2

5 .1

- 0 .7

- 9 .3 - 1 7 .9 - 2 1 .9 - 2 5 .6 - 2 5 .6 - 1 8 .1

5 .6

5 .4

6 .4

3 .6

4 .2

3 .9

4 .6

- 0 .1

- 6 .8

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1.2

101.2
- 8 .0

- 6 .3 - 1 3 .5 - 1 6 .3 - 1 8 .4 - 1 6 .5

- 7 .5

4 .2

- 1 3 .2 - 1 5 .6 - 1 7 .2 - 1 5 .4

- 8 .4

- 1 .2

2-91

3-91

1-91

1 0 0 .5
1 8 .1

1 0 1 .9

2 .4 - 1 1 .2
4-91

1 0 0 .9

5-91

P re p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e se rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
Ju ly 1 7 , 1991

3

Producer Price Index - Finished Goods
Percent Change From Previous Year
Seasonally Adjusted

Percent

Prepared by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Producer Price Index - Finished Goods
(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a le s o f C h a n g e )
T e r m in a l
M onth
11-89 12-89

In itia l
1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

M on th
8-90

1982 - 100
9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91
1 1 5 .5

12-89

7 .6

1-90

1 5 .0

2 2 .9

1 1 7 .5

2-90

9 .4

1 0 .3

- 1 .0

3-90

6 .7

6 .4

- 1 .0

- 1 .0

1 1 7 .4

4-90

5 .1

4 .5

- 1 .0

- 1 .0

- 1 .0

5-90

4 .9

4 .4

0 .3

0 .7

1 .5

6-90

4 .2

3 .7

0.2

7-90

4 .2

3 .7

0 .9

1.0 2.1 0.0
1.2 1.8 2.8 2.1

8-90

5 .3

5 .0

2.6

3 .S

4 .1

5 .5

5 .9

9 .0

1 4 .1

9-90

6 .3

6.2

4 .2

5 .0

6.1

7 .5

8 .4

1 1 .3

1 5 .1

1 6 .2

10-90

7 .1

7 .1

5 .5

6 .3

7 .4

8 .9

9 .9

1 2 .5

1 5 .4

1 6 .1

1 6 .0

11-90

7 .0

6 .9

5 .4

6.2

7 .1

8 .3

9 .0

1 0 .9

1 2 .7

1 2 .3

1 0 .4

12-90

6.0

5 .9

4 .5

5 .0

5 .7

9 .0

7 .7

5 .1

0.0

- 4 .8

1-91

5 .6

5 .5

4 .2

4 .7

5 .2

7 .6

6 .4

4 .0

0 .3

- 1 .9

1 1 7 .3
1 1 7 .2
1 1 7 .6

4 .2

0 .5

1 1 7 .6
4 .2

6.6 6 . 9 8.2
6.0 6.2 7 .1

1 1 8 .0
1 1 9 .3

120.8
1 2 2 .3

122.8

5 .0

1 2 2 .3

1.0

1 2 2 .4

2-91

4 .6

4 .4

3 .1

3 .5

3 .9

4 .4

4 .4

5 .0

5 .1

3 .7

1 .4

- 1 .9

- 4 .2

- 3 .9

- 8 .5

3-91

4 .0

3 .7

2 .5

2 .7

3 .1

3 .4

3 .4

S .8

3 .7

2 .3

0.2

- 2 .7

- 4 .6

- 4 .5

- 7 .1

- 5 .8

4-91

3 .8

3 .6

2 .4

2 .7

3 .0

3 .3

3 .3

3 .6

3 .5

2 .3

0 .4

- 2 .0

- 3 .3

- 2 .9

- 4 .2

- 2 .0

- 0 .7

- 1 .6

- 1 .0

- 1 .5

4 .6

7 .2

- 1 .1

- 1 .9

- 1 .5

- 1 .9

- 0 .2

1 .7

1 .5

- 3 .9

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91

5-91

4 .0

3 .8

2 .7

3 .0

3 .3

3 .6

3 .6

3 .9

3 .9

6-91

3 .6

3 .4

2 .3

2 .5

2.8

3 .1

3 .0

3 .2

3 .1

11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90




3-90

2.8 1.2
2.1 0 .7
8-90

1 2 1 .5

1.0

1 2 0 .9

2.0

121.1
121.8
1 21 .4

P re p a re d by F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 1 2 , 1991

4

Civilian E m p l o y m e n t a n d U n e m p l o y m e n t R a t e
Sea son a lly Ad ju ste d
P e rcent

Millions o f P e r s o n s

1985
S h a d e d

a re a

P e rc e n ta g e s

1986
repre sen ts

a

a re

rates of c h a n g e

a n n u a l

1988

1987

period

of b u siness

1989

1990

1991

recession.

fo r periods indicated.
P re p a re d

C iv ilia n

b y

Federal

R e serve

B a n k o f St. Lo u is

E m p lo y m e n t

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Tor«inai
Month
11-89 12-89
12-89

0.4

1-90

0.1

-0 .1

2-90

0.5

0.6

In itia l Month
1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91

Thousands of
Persons
117,957
117,945

1.3

118,074

3-90

0.8

0.9

1.5

1.6

4-90

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.1

-1 .5

5-90

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.2

1.9

6-90

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.0

0.7

-0 .4

7-90

0.0

-0 .1

-0 .1

-0 .4

-0 .9

-0 .7

-2 .0

8-90

-0 .3

-0 .3

-0 .4

-0 .6

-1 .1

-1 .0

-2 .0

-2 .7

-1 .9

9-90

0.0

-0 .1

-0 .1

-0 .3

-0 .6

-0 .4

-1 .0

-1 .2

0.0

2.0

10-90

-0 .2

-0 .2

-0 .2

-0 .4

-0 .7

-0 .6

-1 .1

-1 .3

-0 .5

0.2

-1 .5

11-90

-0 .5

-0 .5

-0 .6

-0 .8

-1 .1

-1 .0

-1 .5

-1 .7

-1 .3

-1 .0

-2 .5

-3 .5

12-90

-0 .3

-0 .3

-0 .3

-0 .5

-0 .7

-0 .7

-1 .0

-1 .1

-0 .6

-0 .3

-1 .0

-0 .8

1.9

1-91

-0 .7

-0 .8

-0 .9

-1 .1

-1 .3

-1 .3

-1 .7

-1 .9

-1 .6

-1 .6

-2 .4

-2 .7

-2 .3

-6 .5

2-91

-0 .7

-0 .8

-0 .8

-1 .0

-1 .2

-1 .2

-1 .5

-1 .7

-1 .4

-1 .3

-2 .0

-2 .1

-1 .6

-3 .3

0.0

3-91

-0 .7

-0 .8

-0 .9

-1 .0

-1 .3

-1 .2

-1 .5

-1 .7

-1 .4

-1 .4

-1 .9

-2 .0

-1 .6

-2 .8

-0 .9

-1 .7

4-91

-0 .3

-0 .4

-0 .4

-0 .5

-0 .7

-0 .6

-0 .8

-0 .9

-0 .5

-0 .4

-0 .7

-0 .6

0.0

-0 .4

1.6

2.5

6.8

5-91

-0 .8

-0 .8

-0 .9

-1 .0

-1 .2

-1 .2

-1 .4

-1 .5

-1 .3

-1 .2

-1 .6

-1 .7

-1 .3

-2 .0

-0 .8

-1.1

-0 .8

-7 .9

6-91

-0 .6

-0 .6

-0 .6

-0 .8

-0 .9

-0 .9

-1 .1

-1 .1

-0 .9

-0 .8

-1 .1

-1 .1

-0 .7

-1 .2

-0 .1

-0 .1

0.4

-2 .6

3.1

11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91




118,235
118,090
118,277
118,237
-3 .5

117,882
117,690
117,883
117,733
117,386
117,574
116,922
116,918
116,754
117,398
116,591
116,884

P re p a re d by F e d e ra l R e se rve Bank o f S t . Louis
J u ly 5 , 1991

Payroll E m p l o y m e n t
Sea son a lly A d ju ste d
M illions o f

Millions o f P e r s o n s

1985
S h a d e d

a re a

P e rc e n ta g e s

1986
re p re sen ts

a

a re

rates of c h a n g e

a n n u a l

period

of bu sin e ss

1989

1988

1987

1990

P e rs o n s

1991

recession.

fo r periods indicated.
P re p a re d

P a y r o ll

b y

Federal

R e s e rve

B a n k

o f St.

Louis

E m p lo y m e n t

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Ter»inai
Month
11-89 12-89
12-89

1.4

1-90

2.0

2.5

In itia l Month
1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91

Thousands of
Porsons
109,189

109,416

2-90

2.7

3.4

4 .2

3-90

2.4

2.8

2.9

1.6

109,792

4-90

1.9

2.1

1.9

0.8

5-90

2.3

2.5

2.5

1.9

6-90

2.2

2.3

2.2

1.8

1.8

2.8

1.4

7-90

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.0

0.9

1.2

-0 .2

-1 .8

8-90

1.3

1.3

1.2

0.7

0.5

0.6

-0 .5

-1 .5

-1 .2

9-90

1.2

1.1

1.0

0.5

0.3

0.4

-0 .5

-1 .2

-0 .8

-0 .5

10-90

0.9

0.9

0.7

0.3

0.1

0.1

-0 .7

-1 .2

-1 .0

-1 .0

-1 .4

11-90

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.0

-0 .2

-0 .3

-1 .0

-1 .5

-1 .4

-1 .4

-1 .9

-2 .4

12-90

0.5

0.4

0.2

-0 .2

-0 .4

-0 .4

-1 .1

-1 .5

-1 .4

-1 .5

-1 .8

-2 .0

-1 .5

1-91

0.3

0.2

0.0

-0 .4

-0 .6

-0 .6

-1 .2

-1 .6

-1 .5

-1 .6

-1 .9

-2 .0

-1 .9

-2 .2

2-91

0.1

0.0

-0 .2

-0 .6

-0 .8

-0 .8

-1 .4

-1 .7

-1 .7

-1 .8

-2 .1

-2 .2

-2 .2

-2 .5

-2 .8

3-91

-0.1

-0 .2

-0 .4

-0 .7

-0 .9

-1 .0

-1 .5

-1 .8

-1 .9

-1 .9

-2 .2

-2 .3

-2 .3

-2 .6

-2 .8

-2 .8

4-91

-0 .2

-0 .3

-0 .5

-0 .8

-1 .0

-1 .1

-1 .5

-1 .8

-1 .8

-1 .9

-2 .1

-2 .3

-2 .2

-2 .4

-2 .5

-2 .3

-1 .8

-1 .5

-1 .6

-1 .7

-1 .8

-1 .6

-1 .7

-1 .5

-1 .1

-0 .3

1.3

-1 .6

-1 .5

109,933
0.0
2.0

109,934
4.1

110,304
110,435
110,269
110,160
110,113
109,982
109,761
109,621
109,418
109,160
108,902
108,736

5-91

-0 .1

-0 .2

-0 .4

-0 .7

-0 .8

-0 .9

-1 .3

-1 .6

6-91

-0 .2

-0 .2

-0 .4

-0 .7

-0 .8

-0 .9

-1 .3

-1 .5

-1 .4

-1 .5

-1 .6

-1 .5

-1 .3

-1 .0

-0 .4

0.4

-0 .5

11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91




108,855
108,805

P re p a re d by F o d e ra i R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 5 , 1991

S e r v ic e -P r o d u c in g

E m p lo y m e n t

(Compounded Annual Rales of Change)
Terainal
Month
11-89 12-89

In itia l Month
1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91

Thousands of
Persons
83,977

12-89

2.9

1-90

3.3

3 .6

2-90

3.3

3.4

3.3

3-90

3.3

3.4

3.3

84,226
84,453
84,678

3.2

84,769

4-90

2.9

2.9

2.6

2.3

1.3

5-90

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.5

5.7

6-90

3.2

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

4.1

2.6

7-90

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.3

2.0

2.3

0.6

-1 .4

8-90

2.3

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.6

0.3

-0 .8

-0 .3

9-90

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.7

1.4

1.4

0.4

-0 .3

0.2

0.7

10-90

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.2

1.2

0.3

-0 .2

0.2

0.4

0.1

11-90

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.1

1.0

0.3

-0 .2

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.0

12-90

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.1

0.9

0.8

0.2

-0 .2

0.0

0.1

-0 .1

-0 .2

-0 .5

1-91

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.0

0.8

0.7

0.1

-0 .2

0.0

0.0

-0 .1

-0 .2

-0 .3

85,163
85,342
85,242
85,223
85,271
85,277
85,280
85,246
-0 .1

85,237

2-91

1.3

1.2

1.0

0.8

0.6

0.5

-0 .1

-0 .4

-0 .2

-0 .2

-0 .4

-0 .5

-0 .7

-0 .9

-1 .6

3-91

1.1

1.0

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.3

-0 .2

-0 .5

-0 .4

-0 .4

-0 .6

-0 .7

-0 .9

-1 .0

-1 .5

-1 .3

4-91

1.0

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.2

-0 .3

-0 .6

-0 .5

-0 .5

-0 .7

-0 .8

-0 .9

-1 .1

-1 .4

-1 .3

-1 .2

5-91

1.0

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.3

-0 .2

-0 .4

-0 .3

-0 .3

-0 .4

-0 .5

-0 .6

-0 .6

-0 .8

-0 .5

0.0

1.1

6-91

1.0

0.8

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.3

-0 .1

-0 .4

-0 .3

-0 .3

-0 .4

-0 .4

-0 .5

-0 .5

-0 .5

-0 .3

0.1

0.7

0.3

11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91

85,121
85,025
84,942
85,022
85,043

Prepared by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
July 5 , 1991

G o o d s -P r o d u c in g

E m p lo y m e n t

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terainal
Month
11-89 12-89

In itia l Month
1-90

2-90

12-89

-3 .6

1-90

-2 .3

-1 .0

2-90

0.8

3.1

7.3

3-90

-0 .4

0.7

1.6

-3 .9

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91

Thousands of
Persons
25,212
25,190
25,339
25,255

4-90

-1 .2

-0 .6

-0 .4

-4 .1

-4 .2

5-90

-1 .2

-0 .7

-0 .6

-3 .1

-2 .7

-1 .1

6-90

-1 .3

-0 .9

-0 .9

-2 .9

-2 .5

-1 .7

-2 .3

7-90

-1 .6

-1 .3

-1 .3

-2 .9

-2 .7

-2 .2

-2 .7

-3 .1

8-90

-1 .9

-1 .6

-1 .7

-3 .1

-3 .0

-2 .7

-3 .2

-3 .7

-4 .2

9-90

-2 .1

-2 .0

-2 .1

-3 .3

-3 .2

-3 .1

-3 .5

-3 .9

-4 .4

-4 .5

10-90

-2 .5

-2 .4

-2 .6

-3 .7

-3 .7

-3 .6

-4 .1

-4 .6

-5 .0

-5 .5

-6 .4

11-90

-3 .2

-3 .2

-3 .4

-4 .5

-4 .6

-4 .6

-5 .2

-5 .8

-6 .4

-7 .1

-8 .4 -10.4

12-90

-3 .3

-3 .3

-3 .5

-4 .5

-4 .6

-4 .7

-5 .2

-5 .6

-6 .1

-6 .6

-7 .3

-7 .8

-5 .1

25,165
25,141
25,093
25,027
24,937
24,842
24,705
24,481
24,375

1-91

-3 .8

-3 .8

-4 .0

-5 .0

-5 .1

-5 .2

-5 .7

-6 .1

-6 .6

-7 .1

-7 .8

-8 .2

-7 .1

-9 .1

2-91

-4 .0

-4 .0

-4 .2

-5 .1

-5 .2

-5 .3

-5 .8

-6 .2

-6 .7

-7 .1

-7 .6

-7 .9

-7 .0

-8 .0

-6 .8

3-91

-4 .2

-4 .3

-4 .5

-5 .3

-5 .5

-5 .6

-6 .0

-6 .4

-6 .8

-7 .2

-7 .6

-7 .9

-7 .2

-7 .9

-7 .3

-7 .8

4-91

-4 .2

-4 .2

-4 .5

-5 .2

-5 .4

-5 .4

-5 .8

-6 .2

-6 .5

-6 .8

-7 .1

-7 .2

-6 .6

-7 .0

-6 .2

-6 .0

-4 .1

5-91

-3 .9

-3 .9

-4 .1

-4 .8

-4 .8

-4 .9

-5 .2

-5 .5

-5 .7

-5 .9

-6 .0

-6 .0

-5 .2

-5 .3

-4 .3

-3 .4

-1 .1

2.0

6-91

-3 .9

-3 .9

-4 .0

-4 .7

-4 .8

-4 .8

-5 .1

-5 .3

-5 .5

-5 .6

-5 .8

-5 .7

-5 .0

-5 .0

-4 .1

-3 .4

-1 .9

-0 .8

-3 .5

11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91




24,181
24,039
23,877
23,794
23,833
23,762

P re p a re d by F e d e ra l R e se rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
Ju ly 5 , 1991

7

C h a n g e i n t h e E m p l o y m e n t C o s t I n d e x a n d Its C o m p o n e n t s
P e rce n t C h a n g e

F r o m

P revio us Y e a r

Sea son a lly A d ju ste d
P e rce n t

Total

P e rc e n t

c o m p e n s a tio n

is t h e

s u m

of w a g e s

a n d

salaries, a n d

benefits fo r private industry w orkers.
P re p a re d

E m p lo y m e n t

C o st

In d ex

-

T o ta l

by

Federal

R e serve

B a n k

o f St.

Louis

C o m p e n s a tio n

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terairtal
Quarter

In itia l Quarter
3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

4-86

2.7

1-87

2.9

3.1

2-87

3.0

3.1

3.1

3-87

3.2

3.4

3.6

4.0

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

June 1989 * 100
2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91

90.2
90.9
91.6
92.5

4-87

3.3

3.4

3.5

3 .7

3 .5

1-88

3.6

3.8

4.0

4.2

4.4

93.3
94.5

5.2

2-88

3.8

4.0

4.2

4.5

4 .6

5.2

5.2

3-88

3.8

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.4

4.7

4.5

3.8

95.7

4-88

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.6

4.8

4.7

4.4

96.6
5.1

97.8

1-89

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.4

4.5

4 .7

4.6

4.3

4 .6

4.2

2-89

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.5

4.6

4 .7

4.6

4.5

4 .7

4.5

3-89

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.6

4 .8

4.7

4.7

4 .9

4.8

5.1

5.3

4-89

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.8

4.7

4 .6

4.8

4.7

4 .9

4.9

4.4

1-90

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.7

4 .7

4.9

4.8

4 .8

4 .9

4.9

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.6

98.8
4.9

100.0
101.3
102.4
103.8

2-90

4.3

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.8

4 .9

4.9

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.3

5.1

3-90

4.3

4.5

4.5

4.7

4.7

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.9

4.8

4.9

4.9

4 .8

5.0

4.7

4.3

4-90

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.6

4 .7

4.7

4 .6

4 .7

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.7

4.4

4.0

3.8

1-91

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.7

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.6

2-91

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.8

4.7

4 .7

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.7

4.9

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91

105.1
106.2
107.2
108.4
1 0 9.J

Data are for the last «onth of quarter.




P re p a re d by F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 3 0 , 1991

8

Industrial P r o d u c t i o n
Seasonally A d ju ste d

1 9 8 7 -1 0 0

1987-100

115

110

105

100

95

90

85
1985
S h a d e d

1986

1987

a re a

re p re sen ts

a

P e rc e n ta g e s

a re a n n u a l

rates o f c h a n g e

period

o f b u sin e ss

1988

1989

1990

1991

recession.

fo r period s indicated.
P re p a re d

I n d u s tr ia l

b y Federal

R e s e rve

B a n k

o f St.

Louis

P r o d u c tio n

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Torsinai
Month
11-89 12-89
12-89
1-90

In itia l Month
1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

5.7

1987 - 100

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91

108.6

-3 .3 -11.5

2-90

1.5

3-90
4-90

107.5

-0 .6

11.8

108.5

2.2

1.1

8.1

4.5

1.6

0.6

4.9

1.7

-1 .1

5-90

2.4

1.8

5.4

3.4

2.8

6.8

6-90

3.2

2.8

5 .9

4.5

4.5

7.4

7-90

3.2

2.9

5.5

4 .3

4 .2

6.0

5.6

3 .3

8-90

3.0

2.6

4 .8

3.7

3.6

4.8

4.1

2.2

108.9
108.8
109.4
8.0

110.1
110.4
1.1

110.5

9-90

2.8

2.5

4.4

3.3

3.1

4.0

3 .3

1.8

1.1

1.1

10-90

1.8

1.4

3.0

1.9

1.6

2.0

1.1

-0 .5

-1 .8

-3 .2

-7 .3

109.9

11-90

0.2

-0 .3

0.9

-0 .2

-0 .8

-0 .8

-2 .0

-3 .9

-5 .6

-7 .7 -11.8 -16.1

108.3

12-90

-0 .8

-1 .3

-0 .3

-1 .4

-2 .1

-2 .2

-3 .4

-5 .2

-6 .8

-8 .7 -11.7 -13.9 -11.5

1-91

-1 .2

-1 .7

-0 .8

-1 .9

-2 .5

-2 .7

-3 .8

-5 .4

-6 .8

-8 .3 -10.5 -1 1 .5

-9 .1

110.6

107.2
-6 .5

106.6

2-91

-1 .8

-2 .3

-1 .5

-2 .6

-3 .2

-3 .4

-4 .5

-5 .9

-7 .2

-8 .5 -10.3 -11.0

-9 .3

-8 .1

-9 .7

3-91

-2 .2

-2 .7

-2 .0

-3 .0

-3 .6

-3 .8

-4 .8

-6 .1

-7 .2

-8 .4

-9 .9 -10.4

-8 .9

-8 .0

-8 .7

-7 .7

4-91

-1 .7

-2 .1

-1 .5

-2 .4

-2 .9

-3 .0

-3 .9

-5 .0

-5 .9

-6 .7

-7 .8

-7 .8

-6 .1

-4 .7

-4 .1

-1 .1

5.9

5-91

-1 .2

-1 .6

-0 .9

-1 .7

-2 .1

-2 .2

-2 .9

-3 .9

-4 .5

-5 .2

-5 .9

-5 .7

-3 .8

-2 .2

-1 .1

1.9

7.1

8.3

6-91

-0 .7

-1 .0

-0 .4

-1 .1

-1 .5

-1 .5

-2 .1

-2 .9

-3 .5

-3 .9

-4 .4

-4 .1

-2 .2

-0 .6

0.7

3.4

7.4

8.2

8.2

11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91




105.7
105.0
105.5
106.2
106.9

P ro p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e se rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 1 6 , 1991

P e r s o n a l I n c o m e in 1 9 8 2 Dollars
S easonally A d ju ste d

Trillions of Dollars

Trillions o f

Dollars

3.6

3.3

3.0

2.7

2.4

T h e

person a l

S h a d e d

a re a

P e rc e n ta g e s

c o n s u m p tio n

e x pe nditures

repre sen ts

a

a re

rates

a n n u a l

period

d e f la t o r is

of bu sin e ss

of c h a n g e

u se d

to

calculate

real

person a l in c o m e .

recession.

for periods indicated.
P re p a re d

D is p o s a b le

P e rso n a l

In co m e

in

by

1982

Federal

R e serve B a n k

o f St.

Louis

D o lla r s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terainal
Month
11-89 12-89

In itia l Month
1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

Billions of Dollars
Annual Rates
5-91
2,893.7

12-89

4.6

1-90

2.1

-0 .2

2-90

2.5

1.5

3 .3

3-90

2.7

2.1

3 .3

3.3

4-90

1.5

0.8

1.1

0.0

-3 .1

5-90

1.2

0.6

0.8

-0 .1

-1 .7

-0 .2

6-90

1.4

0.9

1.2

0.6

-0 .2

1.3

2.8

7-90

1.4

1.0

1.2

0.8

0.2

1.3

2.1

1.5

8-90

0.6

0.2

0.2

-0 .3

-1 .0

-0 .4

-0 .5

-2 .1

-5 .5

2,893.1
2,900.9
2,908.7
2,901.0
2,900.4
2,907.1
2,910.6
2,896.8

9-90

0.2

-0 .3

-0 .3

-0 .8

-1 .5

-1 .2

-1 .4

-2 .8

-4 .8

-4 .1

10-90

-0 .7

-1 .2

-1 .4

-1 .9

-2 .6

-2 .6

-3 .0

-4 .4

-6 .3

-6 .7

-9 .2

11-90

-0 .5

-0 .9

-1 .0

-1 .4

-2 .0

-1 .8

-2 .1

-3 .0

-4 .1

-3 .7

-3 .5

2,886.8
2,863.7
2.6

2,869.9

12-90

0.0

-0 .4

-0 .4

-0 .7

-1 .2

-0 .9

-1 .0

-1 .6

-2 .2

-1 .4

-0 .5

4 .2

1-91

-0 .7

-1 .1

-1 .2

-1 .6

-2 .1

-2 .0

-2 .2

-2 .9

-3 .6

-3 .2

-3 .0

-0 .8

-2 .5 -10.2

2-91

-0 .7

-1 .0

-1 .1

-1 .4

-1 .9

-1 .7

-1 .9

-2 .5

-3 .0

-2 .6

-2 .3

-0 .5

-1 .5

-5 .0

3-91

-0 .4

-0 .7

-0 .7

-1 .0

-1 .4

-1 .2

-1 .3

-1 .7

-2 .1

-1 .6

-1 .2

0.5

-0 .1

-2 .0

2.4

4.4

4-91

-0 .5

-0 .8

-0 .8

-1 .1

-1 .4

-1 .3

-1 .4

-1 .8

-2 .1

-1 .7

-1 .4

0.0

-0 .5

-2 .0

0.9

1.1

-2 .2

5-91

-0 .3

-0 .6

-0 .6

-0 .9

-1 .2

-1 .0

-1 .1

-1 .4

-1 .7

-1 .3

-0 .9

0.3

-0 .1

-1 .2

1.2

1.4

-0 .1

2.1

6-91

-0 .1

-0 .3

- 0 .3

-0 .5

-0 .8

-0 .6

-0 .7

-0 .9

-1 .2

-0 .7

-0 .3

0.8

0.6

-0 .2

1.9

2.2

1.5

3.4

4.7

11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91




5.8

2,883.5
2,857.8
0.5

2,858.9
2,869.2
2,863.9
2,868.8
2,8 79.y

P re p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 2 9 , 1991

10

R et a i l S a l e s
Sea son a lly A d ju ste d
Billions o f D o llars

Billions o f D o llars

165

1 6 5 -

1.6*\N
1
145

145
6.5*

Curren t D o l l a r s x S N

125

125

1
i
V
1

I

1

\

A
s.-'
✓
V 105 - g» *■--------------------1

1

\ t

1

? 8*

105

1 9 8 2 - 84 DollarsX's

1

85

1

1 -T-

S h a d e d

a re a

re p re sen ts

C P I is u s e d

P e rc e n ta g e s

T------

■

a

period

a n n u a l

rates

i

■

of b u sin e ss

to d e fla te retail sales

a re

1

i

1

i

1988

1987

1986

1985

T h e

1

I
i

1 T™

1

1

85

1991

1990

1989

.
1

f

recession.

d ata.

of c h a n g e

fo r pe riod s indicated.
P re p a re d

R e t a il

S a le s

in

1982

by

Federal

R e s e rve

B a n k o f St.

Louis

D o lla r s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Torsinai
Honth
11-89 12-89

In itia l Honth
1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91

12-69

-5 .6

1-90

7.5

22.4

2-90

1.6

5.3

-9 .4

3-90

-1 .1

0.5

-9 .0

-8 .6

4-90

-2 .5

-1 .7

-8 .6

-8 .2

-7 .8

5-90

-2 .9

-2 .4

-7 .8

-7 .2

-6 .6

-5 .3

6-90

-1 .8

-1 .2

-5 .3

-4 .3

-2 .8

-0 .2

7-90

-1 .7

-1 .1

-4 .6

-3 .6

-2 .4

-0 .5

2.0

-0 .9

6-90

-2 .3

-1 .9

-4 .9

-4 .2

-3 .2

-2.1

-1 .0

-3 .9

-6 .7

9-90

-1 .9

-1 .5

-4 .1

-3 .3

-2 .4

-1 .3

-0 .3

-2 .0

-2 .5

1.8

10-90

-2 .6

-2 .3

-4 .7

-4 .1

-3 .4

-2 .7

-2 .2

-3 .9

-4 .9

-3 .9

-9 .3

11-90

-2 .3

-2 .0

-4 .2

-3 .6

-2 .9

-2 .2

-1 .7

-3 .0

-3 .5

-2 .5

-4 .5

12-90

-4 .2

-4 .0

-6 .1

-5 .8

-5 .5

-5 .2

-5 .2

-6 .8

-8 .0

-8 .3 -11.4 -12.4 -23.7

1-91

-5 .3

-5 .3

-7 .3

-7 .1

-7 .0

-6 .9

-7 .1

-8 .7

-9 .9 -10.5 -13.4 -14.7 -21.4 -19.0

2-91

-3 .4

-3 .3

-5 .0

-4 .7

-4 .3

-3 .9

-3 .8

-4 .8

-5 .4

-5 .2

-6 .5

-5 .8

-7 .8

1.4

26.8

3-91

-3 .0

-2 .8

-4 .4

-4 .0

-3 .6

-3 .3

-3 .0

-3 .9

-4 .3

-3 .9

-4 .8

-3 .9

-5 .0

2.2

14.8

3.9

4-91

-3 .2

-3 .1

-4 .6

-4 .2

-3 .9

-3 .5

-3 .4

-4 .2

-4 .5

-4 .2

-5 .1

-4 .3

-5 .3

0.0

7 .2

-1 .4

-6 .4

5-91

-2 .7

-2 .5

-3 .9

-3 .5

-3 .2

-2 .8

-2 .6

-3 .3

-3 .5

-3 .1

-3 .7

-2 .9

-3 .5

1.2

7.0

1.1

-0 .3

6.2

6-91

-2 .8

-2 .6

-4 .0

-3 .6

-3 .3

-2 .9

-2 .7

-3 .4

-3 .6

-3 .3

-3 .8

-3 .1

-3 .6

0.2

4.6

-0 .4

-1 .7

0.7

-4 .6

11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

5-91

Millions of
Dollars

116,295
118,271
117,307
116,434
115,649
115,126
5.1

115,601
115,513
114,844
115,017
114,086
0.5

114,134
111,587
109,646
111,837
112,198
111,579
112,144
111,704

R e t a il s a le s d a ta d e fla te d by C PI-U (1982-84= 100).




P re p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 1 2 , 1991

11

Inventories C o m p a r e d W i t h M o n t h l y Sales
M a n u fa ctu rin g

a n d

T r a d e

S easonally A d ju ste d

“i —

■—

—

1—

1985
S h a d e d

a re a

T

1986
rep re sen ts

a

1987

p e riod

o f b u sin e ss

1988

recession.
P re p a re d

B u s in e s s

by

Federal

R e s e rve

B a n k o f St.

Louis

In v e n to r ie s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terainal
Month
10-89 11-89 12-89

In itia l Month
1-90

11-89

5.7

12-89

1.3

-3 .0

1-90

1.1

-1 .1

0.7

2-90

0.5

-1 .1

-0 .2

-1 .1

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91

Millions of
Dollars

812,304
810,257
810,742
810,024

3-90

0.7

-0 .5

0.3

0.1

1.2

4-90

1.1

0.2

1.0

1.1

2.2

3 .2

5-90

1.7

1.1

1.9

2.2

3 .3

4 .4

5.6

6-90

0.7

0.0

0.5

0.5

0.9

0.8

-0 .4

-6 .0

7-90

1.7

1.2

1.8

2.0

2.7

3.0

3.0

1.7

10.0

8-90

2.2

1.8

2.5

2.7

3.3

3 .8

3.9

3 .4

8 .4

6 .8

9-90

2.5

2.2

2.8

3.1

3.7

4.1

4 .2

3 .9

7.4

6 .2

5 .5

10-90

2.7

2.4

3.0

3.2

3 .8

4 .2

4 .3

4.1

6 .8

5 .7

5 .2

4.8

11-90

2.7

2.5

3.0

3 .2

3 .7

4.0

4.1

3 .9

6.0

5 .0

4.4

3 .9

3.0

12-90

1.9

1.7

2.1

2.2

2.5

2.7

2.6

2.2

3 .6

2.4

1.3

-0 .1

-2 .5

-7 .7

1-91

2.3

2.0

2.4

2.6

2.9

3.1

3.0

2.7

4.0

3.1

2.3

1.6

0.5

-0 .7

6 .7

2-91

1.8

1.6

1.9

2.0

2.2

2.3

2.3

1.9

2.9

1 .9

1.2

0.3

-0 .8

-2 .0

0.9

3-91

1.0

0.7

0.9

0.9

1.1

1.1

0.9

0.4

1.2

0.1

-0 .8

-1 .8

-3 .1

-4 .6

-3 .5

4-91

0.7

0.4

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.0

0.7

- 0 .3

-1 .2

-2 .1

-3 .2

-4 .4

-3 .6

-6 .8

-7 .9

-3 .9

5-91

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

-0 .1

-0 .5

0.0

-0 .9

-1 .8

-2 .6

-3 .7

-4 .7

-4.1

-6 .7

-7 .4

-5 .1

-6 .3

10-89 11-89 12-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

5-90

6-90

7-90

8-90

9-90 10-90 11-90 12-90

1-91

2-91

3-91

4-91




810,830
812,976
816,667
812,457
818,951
823,468
827,145
830,414
832,464
826,941
831,445
-4 .6

828,201

-8 .2 -11.8

819,615
816,893
812,471

P re p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . Louis
J u ly I S , 1991

12

Gross National P r o d u c t
Seasonally Ad ju ste d

Trillions of Dollars

Trillions o f

Dollars
6 .1

5. 4

4.7

4.0

3 .3

1986

1985
S h a d e d

1987

a re a

re p re sen ts

a

P e rc e n ta g e s

a re a n n u a l

rates o f c h a n g e

period

o f b u sin e ss

1988

1989

recession,

fo r periods

indicated.
P re p a re d

G ro ss

1991

1990

N a tio n a l

P ro d u ct

in

1982

b y

Fe d e ra l R e s e rv e

B a n k

o f St.

Louis

D o lla r s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terminal
Quarter

In itial Quarter
3-86

4-86

4-86

2.3

1-87

3.7

5 .2

2-87

3.9

4 .7

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

Billions of Dollars
Annual Rates
1-91

3,733.6
3,781.2
4.2

3,820.3

3-87

3.9

4 .5

4 .2

4.1

4-87

4.5

5.0

4 .9

5.3

6 .6

1-88

4.6

5.0

5.0

5.3

5 .9

2-88

4.4

4 .8

4 .7

4.9

5.1

4.4

3 .6

3-88

4.2

4 .5

4 .4

4.4

4 .5

3.8

3.1

3,858.9
3,920.7
5.1

3,970.2
4,005.8
4,032.1

2.7

4-88

4.1

4 .3

4.1

4.1

4.1

3.5

3.0

2.7

2.7

1-89

4.0

4 .2

4.1

4.1

4.1

3.6

3 .2

3.0

3.2

3 .6

4,059.3

2-89

3.8

3 .9

3 .8

3.8

3.7

3.2

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.6

1.6

3-89

3.6

3 .7

3 .6

3.5

3.4

3.0

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.3

1.7

1.7

4-89

3.4

3 .4

3.3

3.2

3.1

2.7

2.3

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.2

1.0

0.3

1-90

3.2

3 .3

3.2

3.1

3.0

6

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.3

1.2

1.0

1.7

2-90

3.0

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.3

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.2

1.0

0.8

1.1

0.4

3-90

2.9

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.3

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.2

0.9

1.4

4-90

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.3

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.2

0.8

0.7

0.5

0.5

0.1

-0 .1

-1 .6

1-91

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.6

1.3

1.1

0.9

0.7

0.3

0.2

-0 .1

- 0 .2

- 0 .6

-1 .0

-2 .2

“2.8

2-91

2.3

2.3

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.5

1.2

1.0

0.9

0.7

0.4

0.2

0.0

-0 .1

-0 .4

-0 .6

-1 .3

-1 .2

0.4

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91

4,095.7
4,112.2
4,129.7
4,133.2
4,150.6
4,155.1
4,170.0
4,153.4
4,124.1
4,128.4

Seco nd q u a rte r 1991 d a ta a re ad van ce e s t iv a t e s .




P re p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 2 6 , 1991

13

Implicit P r i c e Deflator
P e rce n t C h a n g e

F r o m

P revio us Y e a r

Seasonally A d ju ste d
P e rce n t

P e rce n t

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

P r e p a r e d

Im p lic it

P r ic e

b y

1990

F e d e r a l

1991

R e s e r v e

B a n k

o f

S t.

L o u is

D e fla to r

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terainal
Quarter

In itial Quarter
3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

1982 * 100
2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91
115.1

4-86

1.8

1-87

2.6

3.5

116.1
117.0

2-87

2.8

3 .3

3.1

3-87

3.0

3.4

3 .3

3 .5

4-87

2.7

3.0

2.8

2.6

118.0
118.5

1.7

119.3

1-88

2.7

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.2

2.7

2-88

3.0

3.2

3.1

3.1

2.9

3.6

4.4

3-88

3 .2

3.4

3 .4

3.4

3.4

4.0

4.6

4.7

4-88

3 .3

3.5

3 .5

3 .6

3 .6

4.1

4.6

4.7

4.7

1-89

3.4

3 .6

3 .6

3 .7

3 .7

4.1

4.4

4.4

4.3

3.9

2-89

3.4

3 .6

3 .6

3 .7

3.7

4.1

4.3

4.3

4.2

3.9

3 .9

3-89

3 .4

3.6

3 .6

3 .6

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.7

3.6

3.2

4-89

3.5

3.6

3 .6

3 .7

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.7

3 .7

3.5

3.8

1-90

3.6

3 .7

3 .7

3 .8

3.8

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.1

3.9

3 .9

3.9

4.3

4.8

2-90

3.6

3 .8

3 .8

3 .8

3 .9

4.1

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.4

4 .7

4.7

3-90

3.6

3.8

3 .8

3 .8

3.9

4.1

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.3

4.4

4.2

3.7

4-90

3.6

3.7

3 .7

3 .8

3 .8

3.9

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.9

3 .8

3.8

4.0

4.0

3.7

3.2

2.8

1-91

3.7

3 .8

3 .8

3 .8

3 .9

4.0

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.2

4 .2

4.1

3 .9

4.0

5.2

2-91

3.7

3.8

3 .8

3 .9

3 .9

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.1

3 .9

4.0

4.6

3.9

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91

The deflator is for Gross National Product.




120.6
122.0
123.4
124.6
125.8
126.8
128.0
129.5
131.0
132.2
133.1
134.8
136.1

Second quarter 1991 data are advance estimates.
Prepared by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
July 26, 1991

14

F in a l

S a le s

in

1982

D o lla r s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
T e r a in a l
Q u a rte r

In itia l Quarter
3-86

4-66

1-87

2-67

3-67

4-67

1-66

2-66

3-86

4-66

1-69

2-69

3-69

4-69

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

B illio n s o f D o lla r s
A n n u al R a te s

1-91

3,754.4

4-66

3.9

I 1-87

2.5

1.0

2-87

3.1

2.6

4.3

3-87

3.6

3.4

4.6

5.0

4-87

3.3

3.1

3 .9

3.7

2.3

1-86

3.9

3 .9

4.7

4.8

4 .7

7.1

2-68

4.1

4.1

4 .8

4.9

4 .8

6.1

5.1

3-88

3 .7

3 .7

4.1

4.1

3 .9

4.4

3.1

3,763.9
3,803.3
3,850.3
3,872.3
3,939.2
3,988.9
1.1

3,999.5
4,045.2

4-66

3.8

3.8

4.2

4.2

4.0

4.5

3 .6

2.8

4.6

1-69

3 .7

3.6

4.0

3.9

3 .8

4.1

3 .3

2.7

3 .5

2-89

3.5

3.4

3 .7

3 .7

3 .5

3 .7

3.0

2.4

2.9

1.7

3-89

3.4

3.3

3.5

3.5

3 .3

3.4

2.8

2.3

2.6

1.6

1.8

4-89

3 .2

3.1

3.3

3.2

3.0

3.1

2.5

2.1

2.3

1.5

1.4

4,069.6

2.4

4,086.6
4,105.1
0.9

4,114.4
4,152.8

1-90

3.2

3 .2

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.2

2.7

2.3

2.5

2.0

2.2

2.3

3.8

2-90

2.9

2.9

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.8

2.3

1.9

2.1

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.5

-0 .7

3-90

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.3

1.9

2.1

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.7

0.6

1.9

4-90

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.2

1.9

2 .0

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

0.9

1.7

4,145.6
4,165.3
1.4

4,179.8
4,149.0

1-91

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.1

1.7

1.4

1.5

1.0

0.9

0.7

0.7

-0 .1

0.1

- 0 .8

-2 .9

2-91

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.0

2.0

1.6

1.3

1.3

0.9

0.6

0.6

0.6

-0 .1

0.1

-0 .5

-1 .4

0.1

3-66

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-86

2-68

3-88

1-89

2-89

4-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91

4-86

3-89

4,149.6

Prepared by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
July 26, 1991

P e rso n a l

C o n s u m p tio n

E x p e n d itu r e s

in

19 82

D o lla r s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terainal
Quarter
4-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-86

2-68

In itia l Quarter
Annual Rates
4-68 1-89 2-89 3-89

3-86

2.2

B illions of Dollars
4-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91

2,477.8

1-87

1.4

0.7

2-87

2.5

2.6

4 .5

2,482.2
2,509.9

3-87

2.9

3.2

4.4

4.3

4-87

2.3

2.3

2.8

1.9

-0 .4

1-66

3.0

3 .2

3 .8

3 .6

3 .2

6 .9

2-66

3.0

3.1

3 .6

3.4

3.0

4.6

2.7

3-68

3.0

3.2

3 .6

3.4

3.1

4 .3

3.1

3 .5

4-66

3.1

3.2

3.6

3.4

3 .2

4.1

3 .2

3 .5

3 .5

2,536.6
2,534.2
2,576.8
2,594.1
2,616.4
2,636.6

1-69

2.7

2.8

3.1

2.9

2.6

3 .2

2.3

2.2

1.6

-0 .3

2-89

2.6

2.7

2.9

2.7

2.4

2.9

2.1

2.0

1.5

0.5

1.3

3-69

2.8

2.8

3.0

2.9

2.7

3.1

2.5

2.5

2.3

1.8

2.9

4.6

4-89

2.5

2.5

2.7

2.5

2.3

2.6

2.0

1.9

1.6

1.2

1.7

1.9

-0 .8

1-90

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

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.2

2.0

2.2

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.0

1.3

1.3

0.2

0.7

3-90

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.3

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.5

1.6

0.8

1.3

1.5

2.7

4-90

1.9

1.9

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.8

1.4

1.2

1.0

0.7

0.6

0.7

-0 .1

0.1

-0 .2

- 0 .4

-3 .4

1-91

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.5

1.1

1.0

0.7

0.4

0.5

0.4

-0 .3

-0 .2

-0 .5

- 0 .8

-2 .4

-1 .5

2-91

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.7

1.3

1.2

1.0

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.3

-0 .5

1.0

3.6

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-86

2-66

3-66

4-66

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91

2,636.7
2,645.3
2,675.3
2,669.9
2,677.3
0.2

2,678.8
2,696.8
2,673.6
2,663.7
2,687.2

Second q u a rte r 1991 d a ta a re ad van ce e s t iv a t e s .




P re p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 2 6 , 1991

15

R e s id e n tia l

F ix e d

In v e stm e n t

in

1982

D o lla r s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terainal
Quarter

In itia l Quarter
3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-68

3-88

4-86

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

Billions of Dollars
Annual Rates
1-91

4-86

0.4

1-87

-4 .0

-8 .1

2-87

-1 .3

-2 .1

4.4

3-87

-2 .3

-3 .2

-0 .6

- 5 .3

4-87

-1 .7

-2 .2

-0 .2

-2 .4

0.6

1-88

-2 .6

- 3 .2

-1 .9

-3 .9

-3 .1

-6 .8

2-86

-1 .3

-1 .6

-0 .2

-1 .3

0.1

-0 .2

6.8

3-88

-1 .1

- 1 .3

-0 .1

-1 .0

0.2

0.0

3.6

0.4

4-86

-1 .0

-1 .2

-0 .1

-0 .9

0.0

-0 .1

2.2

0.0

-0.4

1-89

-1 .3

- 1 .5

-0 .6

-1 .3

-0 .6

-0 .8

0.7

-1 .2

-2.0

-3 .6

193.8

2-89

-2 .2

- 2 .5

-1 .6

- 2 .6

- 2 .2

-2 .6

-1 .8

-3 .8

-5 .2

-7 .5 -11.3

168.1

3-89

-2 .7

-3 .0

-2 .4

-3 .2

- 2 .9

-3 .4

-2 .8

-4 .6

-5 .8

-7 .6

-9 .5

-7 .6

4-89

-2 .9

-3 .2

-2 .7

-3 .4

- 3 .2

-3 .6

-3 .2

-4 .8

-5 .8

-7 .1

-8 .2

-6 .6

-5 .5

1-90

-1 .7

-1 .9

-1 .3

- 1 .8

- 1 .5

-1 .7

-1 .1

-2 .1

-2 .6

-3 .0

- 2 .8

0.1

4.3

2-90

-2 .4

- 2 .6

-2 .1

-2 .7

-2 .4

-2 .7

-2 .2

-3 .3

-3 .8

-4 .4

-4 .6

-2 .8

-1 .2

3-90

-3 .6

-3 .8

-3 .5

-4 .1

-4 .0

-4 .4

-4 .2

-5 .3

-6.0

-6 .8

-7 .3

-6 .5

-6 .2

-6 .4 -15.6 -19.8

173.0

4-90

-4 .7

- 5 .0

- 4 .8

- 5 .4

-5 .4

-5 .9

-5 .8

-7 .0

-7 .8

-8 .6

-9 .3

-9 .0

-9 .3 -10.2 -17.3 -20.2 -20.6

163.3

1-91

-6 .0

-6 .3

-6 .2

-6 .9

-7 .0

-7 .5

-7 .6

-8 .8

-9 .7 -10.7 -11.5 -1 1 .5 -12.2 -13.4 -19.4 -21.9 -23.0 -25.3

2-91

-5 .5

- 5 .8

-5 .6

-6 .2

-6 .3

-6 .8

-6 .8

-7 .8

-8 .5

-9 .3

-9 .9

-9 .8 -10.1 -10.8 -15.2 -16.2 -15.0 -12.0

3.7

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-86

2-68

3-86

4-88

1-89

2-89

1-90

1-91

200.3
196. f
196.2
195.5
195.8
192.4
195.6
195.8
195.6

184.4

3-89

181.8
15.1

186.3

1.1 -11.2

4-89

182.8

2-90

3-90

4-90

151.6
153.2

Prepared by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
July 26, 1991

N o n r e s id e n tia l

F ix e d

In v e stm e n t

in

1982

D o lla r s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terainal
Quarter

In itia l Quarter
3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

4-86

4 .5

1-87

0.2

-4 .0

2-87

4.0

3 .8

12.1

3-87

7.1

8.0

14.5

17.0

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

B illions of Dollars
Annual Rates
1-91
435.7
431.3
443.8
461.6

4-87

5.8

6.1

9 .7

8 .5

0 .6

1-86

6.7

7 .2

10.1

9 .5

5 .9

11.4

2-88

7.9

8 .5

11.2

11.0

9.1

13.5

15.7

3-88

7.1

7 .5

9 .6

9.1

7.1

9.4

8 .4

1.6

4-86

5.6

5 .7

7.1

6 .3

4 .3

5.3

3.3

-2 .4

-6 .3

1-89

5.9

6 .0

7 .4

6 .7

5.1

6.0

4.7

1.2

1.0

8 .9

2-89

6.0

6.1

7 .3

6 .7

5 .3

6.1

5.1

2.6

2.9

7.9

6 .9

3-89

6.0

6.1

7 .2

6 .7

5 .5

6.2

5.3

3.3

3.8

7.4

6 .6

6 .3

4-89

5.2

5 .3

6 .2

5 .6

4 .4

4 .9

4.0

2.1

2.2

4.5

3.0

1.2

1-90

5.2

5 .3

6.1

5.5

4 .4

4 .9

4.1

2.5

2.7

4 .6

3 .5

2.4

0.5

5.0

2-90

4.5

4 .5

5.2

4 .6

3 .6

3.9

3.1

1.6

1.6

3.0

1.8

0.6

-1 .3

0.0

462.3
475.0
492.6
494.6
486.6
497.1
505.5
513.3
-3 .8

508.4
514.6
508.4

-4 .7

3-90

4.8

4 .8

5.4

5.0

4.0

4.3

3.6

2.4

2.5

3.8

3.0

2.2

1.2

2.9

1.8

8.9

4-90

4.5

4 .5

5.1

4 .6

3 .7

4.0

3.3

2.1

2.2

3 .3

2.5

1.8

0.9

2.2

1.2

4.4

1-91

3.2

3.1

3 .6

3.1

2.1

2.2

1.5

0.3

0.2

0.9

0.0

-1 .0

-2 .2

-1 .8

-3 .5

-3 .0

-8 .5 -16.3

2-91

2.9

2.8

3.2

2.7

1.8

1.9

1.2

0.1

-0.1

0.6

-0 .3

-1 .2

-2 .2

-1 .9

-3 .2

-2 .9

-6 .5

-9 .6

-2 .3

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-86

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91

519.3
519.4

0.1

496.8
493.9

Second q u a rte r 1991 d a ta a r e ad van ce e s t iv a t e s .




P re p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 2 6 , 1991

16

E x p o rts

in

1982

D o lla r s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terainal
Quarter

In itial Quarter
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

2-90

3-90

4-90

B illions of Dollars
Annual Rates
1-91
406.5

4-86

7.1

1-87

9.8

12.7

2-87

13.7

17.2

21.9

3-87

15.4

18.3

21.3

20.6

4-87

17.1

19.8

22.3

22.4

24.3

1-88

19.5

22.1

24.6

25.5

28.0

31.7

2-88

17.2

18.9

20.2

19.8

19.6

17.2

4.4

3-88

15.6

16.9

17.6

16.8

15.8

13.2

4.9

5.4

4-88

15.7

16.9

17.5

16.8

16.0

14.0

8.7

10.9

16.7

1-89

15.8

16.8

17.3

16.6

16.0

14.4

10.4

12.5

16.3

15.8

2-89

15.4

16.3

16.7

16.1

15.5

14.1

10.8

12.5

15.0

14.1

12.4

418.8
440.1
461.2
487.0
521.7
527.3
534.3
555.3
576.1
593.2
592.5

3-89

14.0

14.7

14.9

14.1

13.3

11.9

8.9

9.8

10.9

9.0

5.8

-0 .5

4-89

14.0

14.6

14.8

14.1

13.4

12.1

9.5

10.4

11.4

10.1

8.3

6.3

13.5

1-90

13.8

14.3

14.5

13.8

13.2

12.0

9.7

10.5

11.4

10.4

9.0

7.9

12.4

11.2

2-90

12.4

12.8

12.8

12.1

11.4

10.1

8.0

8.4

8.9

7.6

6.1

4.5

6.3

2.8

3-90

12.1

12.4

12.4

11.7

11.0

9.8

7.9

8.3

8.6

7.5

6.2

5.0

6.4

4.1

0.8

6 .9

4-90

12.0

12.3

12.3

11.6

11.0

9.9

8.2

8.5

8.9

8.0

6.9

6.0

7.3

5 .8

4.1

8.9

11.0

1-91

11.3

11.6

11.5

10.9

10.2

9.2

7.5

7.8

8.0

7.1

6.1

5.2

6.2

4 .7

3.2

6.0

5.6

0.5

2-91

10.9

11.1

11.1

10.4

9.8

8.8

7.2

7.4

7.6

6.8

5.8

5.0

5.8

4 .6

3.3

5.5

5.0

2.1

3 .7

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91

611.6
628.1
620.1

-5 .0

630.5
647.2
648.0
653.9

Prepared by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
July 26, 1991

Im p o rts

in

1982

D o lla r s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terainal
Quarter

In itia l Quarter
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

2-90

3-90

4-90

B illions of Dollars
Annual Rates
1-91
541.9

4-86

0.0

1-87

-0 .6

-1 .2

2-87

4.0

6.1

14.0

3-87

7.8

10.6

17.0

20.1

4-87

8.2

10.4

14.6

14.9

9.9

1-88

6.9

8.3

10.9

9.9

5.1

0.5

2-88

5.9

7.0

8.7

7.4

3.5

0.4

0.3

3-88

6.3

7 .3

8.8

7.8

4.9

3.2

4.7

9.2

4-88

7.0

7.9

9.3

8.5

6.3

5.5

7.2

10.8

12.4

1-89

6.0

6.7

7.8

6.9

4.8

3 .9

4.7

6.2

4.8

-2.3

2-89

6.6

7.3

8.3

7.6

5.9

5.3

6.3

7.8

7.4

5.0

12.8

540.2
558.2
584.4
598.3
599.0
599.5
612.8
631.0
627.3
646.5

3-89

6.6

7.2

8.1

7.5

6.0

5 .5

6.3

7.5

7.1

5.4

9.6

6.4

4-89

6.2

6.8

7.5

6.9

5.5

5.0

5.6

6.6

6.0

4.5

6.9

4.0

1.7

1-90

6.0

6.4

7.1

6.5

5.2

4.7

5.2

6.0

5.4

4.1

5.8

3.5

2.1

656.6
659.4
2.5

663.5

2-90

5.6

6.0

6.6

6.0

4.8

4 .3

4.7

5.3

4.8

3.5

4.7

2.8

1.6

1.6

0.7

3-90

5.7

6.1

6.7

6.1

5.0

4 .6

5.0

5.6

5.1

4.1

5.2

3.8

3.1

3 .6

4.1

4-90

4.6

4.9

5.3

4.7

3.6

3.1

3.4

3.7

3.1

2.0

2.6

1.0

-0 .1

-0 .5

-1 .5

-2 .6 -1 1 .8

1-91

3.8

4.0

4.4

3.8

2.7

2.1

2.3

2.5

1.8

0.7

1.1

-0 .5

-1 .6

-2 .2

-3 .4

-4 .7 -10.4

-8 .8

2-91

4.7

4.9

5.3

4.8

3.8

3.4

3.6

3.9

3.4

2.6

3.1

2.0

1.4

1.3

1.1

1.2

-0 .9

5.1

21.2

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91

664.7
7 .6

677.0
656.0
641.0
672.6

Second q u a rte r 1991 d a ta a re ad van ce e s t iv a t e s .




P re p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e se rve Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 2 6 , 1991

17

G overn m en t

P u rc h a se s

o f

G oods

and

S e r v ic e s

in

1982

D o lla r s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terainal
Quarter

In itial Quarter
3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

4-86

5.8

1-87

2.8

-0 .2

2-87

0.7

-1 .7

-3 .2

3-87

1.9

0.7

1.1

5.5

4-87

2.7

2.0

2.7

5.7

6.0

1-88

0.6

-0 .4

-0 .4

0.5

-1 .9

-9 .2

2-88

1.0

0.2

0.3

1.2

-0 .2

-3 .2

3.3

3-88

0.4

-0 .4

-0 .4

0.2

-1 .1

-3 .4

-0 .3

-3 .8

4-88

2.0

1.5

1.8

2.6

2.1

1.1

4.8

5.5

15.7

1-89

1.4

1.0

1.1

1.7

1.1

0.2

2.7

2.5

5.8

-3 .3

2-89

1.7

1.3

1.4

2.0

1.5

0.8

3.0

2.9

5.2

0.3

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90

Billions of Dollars
Annual Rates
1-91
776.0
775.7
769.5
779.8
791.3
772.4
778.7
771.2
799.9
793.2

4.0

801.0

3-89

1.3

0.9

1.0

1.5

1.0

0.4

2.0

1.8

3.2

-0 .6

0.8

-2 .4

4-89

1.5

1.1

1.2

1.7

1.3

0.7

2.2

2.0

3.2

0.3

1.5

0.3

3.0

1-90

1.6

1.2

1.4

1.8

1.4

0.9

2.3

2.1

3.1

0.8

1.9

1.2

3.0

2.9

2-90

1.9

1.6

1.7

2.1

1.9

1.4

2.7

2.6

3.6

1.7

2.7

2.4

4.0

4.5

6.2

3-90

1.8

1.6

1.7

2.1

1.8

1.4

2.6

2.5

3.3

1.6

2.5

2.2

3.3

3.4

3.7

1.2

4-90

2.0

1.8

1.9

2.3

2.0

1.7

2.8

2.7

3.4

2.0

2.8

2.6

3.6

3.8

4.0

3.0

4.7

1-91

1.8

1 .6

1.7

2.0

1.8

1.5

2.4

2.3

3.0

1.6

2.3

2.0

2.8

2.7

2.7

1.5

1.7

-1 .3

2-91

1.8

1.6

1.7

2.0

1.8

1.5

2.4

2.3

2.9

1.7

2.2

2.0

2.7

2.6

2.6

1.7

1.8

0.4

2.1

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91

796.2
802.2
807.9
820.2
822.7
832.3
829.6
833.9

Second quarter 1991 data are advance estimates.
Prepared by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
July 26, 1991

C o rp o ra te

P r o fit s

(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
Terainal
Quarter

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

3-86

-1 .7

4-86

-4 .0

-6 .3

1-87

0.4

1.5

9 .9

2-87

8.7

12.3

23.0

37.6

3-87

11.8

15.5

23.8

31.4

25.5

4-87

9.8

12.2

17.4

20.0

12.1

0.1

1-88

9.7

11.8

15.8

17.3

11.2

4.7

4-87

1-88

In itial Quarter
Annual Rates
3-88 4-88 1-89

2-88

Billions of Dollars
2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90
279.7
275.2
281.8
305.2

323.0
323.1
9.5

330.5

2-88

9.3

11.0

14.2

15.1

10.0

5.3

8.0

6.6

3-88

8.1

9.3

11.8

12.1

7.6

3.5

4.7

2.4

-1 .7

4-88

9.1

10.4

12.7

13.1

9.5

6.5

8.2

7.8

8.4

1-89

5.7

6.5

8.0

7.8

4.1

0.9

1.0

-1 .0

-3 .4

-4 .2 -23.2

2-89

4.6

5 .2

6 .4

6.0

2.6

-0 .3

-0 .4

-2 .2

-4 .3

-5 .1 -15.5

3-89

2.7

3.1

4.0

3.4

0.2

-2 .6

-2 .9

-4 .9

-7 .0

-8 .3 -16.0 -12.2 -17.1

4-89

1.0

1.2

1.9

1.2

-1 .9

-4 .5

-5 .1

-7 .0

-9 .1 -1 0 .5 -16.8 -14.5 -18.1 -19.1

1-90

1.5

1.7

2.4

1.7

-1 .0

-3 .3

-3 .7

-5 .2

-6 .8

-7 .6 -12.3

-9 .3 -10.1

-6 .4

8.4

2-90

2.2

2.5

3.1

2.6

0.2

-1 .9

-2 .1

-3 .3

-4 .4

-4 .8

-8 .4

-5 .1

-4 .6

0.0

11.1

3-90

1.6

1.8

2.4

1.9

-0 .5

-2 .4

-2 .6

-3 .7

-4 .8

-5 .2

-8 .2

-5 .5

-5 .2

-2 .0

4 .5

4-90

0.6

0.8

1.2

0.7

-1 .6

-3 .4

-3 .7

-4 .8

-5 .8

-6 .3

-9 .1

-6 .9

-6 .9

-4 .7

-0 .7

-3 .5 -11.2 -14.8

1-91

0.4

0.5

0.9

0.4

-1 .7

-3 .4

-3 .7

-4 .7

-5 .6

-6 .0

-8 .5

-6 .5

-6 .4

-4 .5

-1 .3

-3 .6

-8 .8

-9 .4

-3 .7

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

335.8
334.4
19.5

349.6
327.3
-7 .0

321.4
306.7
290.9
296.8
13.9
2.6

306.6
-7 .5

300.7
288.9
286.2

Corporate profits with capital consuaption and inventory valuation adjustaents.




P re p a re d by F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
J u ly 2 6 , 1991

18

G r o s s S a v i n g as a P e r c e n t of G N P
Seasonally Adjusted
P e rce n t

P e rc e n t

2 0 -

20

18

18

P r i v a t .e

16

16

T o t a l

14

14
/

N

^

1

\

/ \

<

\

4*

V

/

\

V
\

/

V

/

—

10

12

>

12

r

I

'

T .......' ..........

i

1

i

saving e qua ls

...

1 ----------

|

1

private savin g

(p e rs o n a l

1

,

savin g

plus

j

.

1

1 9 8 8

1 9 8 7

1 9 8 6

1 9 8 5

Total

I

1 9 8 9

business

saving)

P r iv a te

|

i - - |

1

plus g o v e rn m e n t
b y

surplu s

Fed e ra l

|

T -

10

1 9 9 1

1 9 9 0

P re p a re d

G ro ss

i

o r deficit.

R e s e rve

B a n k

o f St.

Louis

S a v in g

(Compounded Annual Rales of Change)
Terminal
Quarter

In itia l Quarter
2-86

3-86

-23.6

4-86

-15.5

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

2-90

3-90

B illions of Dollars
Annual Rates
4-90
652.2

-6 .6

1-87

-3 .7

8.1

2-87

-12.3

-8 .2

3-87

-6 .0

-1 .0

4-87

1.7

1-88

3.3

641.2
25.0

678.0

-9 .0 -33.7

611.8

0.9

-9 .4

23.9

7 .7

11.5

7.4

36.7

50.7

8.6

12.0

8.9

28.5

30.9

13.7

645.5
715.2
738.5

2-88

3.2

7.7

10.3

7 .5

21.3

20.5

7.8

2.1

3-88

3.8

7 .8

10.0

7.7

18.7

17.4

8.1

5.4

8.7

4-88

3.8

7.4

9.3

7.3

16.2

14.7

7.2

5.1

6.6

4.5

1-89

4.4

7 .7

9.4

7.6

15.3

13.9

7.7

6.2

7.6

7.1

9.7

2-89

3.4

6.2

7.6

5.8

12.2

10.6

5.1

3.4

3.8

2.2

1.0

-7 .0

3-89

3.3

6.0

7.2

5.5

11.1

9.6

4.8

3.4

3.6

2.4

1.7

-2 .1

3.0

4-89

3.5

5.9

7.0

5.5

10.6

9.2

4.9

3 .7

3.9

3.0

2.6

0.3

4.2

5 .5

1-90

3.5

5.8

6.8

5.4

10.0

8.7

4.8

3.8

4.0

3.2

3.0

1.4

4.3

5.0

4 .4

2-90

3.7

5.8

6.8

5 .5

9.7

8.4

4.9

4.0

4.2

3.6

3.5

2.3

4.7

5 .3

5 .2

3-90

2.4

4.3

5.1

3.8

7.4

6.2

2.8

1.8

1.8

0.9

0.4

-1 .0

0.2

-0 .5

-2 .4

-5 .7 -16.0

4-90

2.4

4.2

4.9

3.7

7.1

5.9

2.8

1.9

1.9

1.2

0.7

-0 .5

0.6

0.2

-1 .1

-2 .9

-7 .0

2.9

,1-91

2.8

4 .5

5.2

4.0

7.2

6.1

3.3

2.4

2.5

1.9

1.6

0.6

1.7

1.5

0.8

-0 .1

-2 .1

5.7

8.5

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

2-90

3-90

4-90




742.4
758.0
766.4
784.4
770.3
776.0
786.4
795.0
6.0

806.7
772.2
777.8

P re p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t .
J u ly 2 6 , 1991

19

793.9

L o u is

Business Productivity a n d C o m p e n s a t i o n
P e rcent C h a n g e

F r o m

P re vio us Y e a r

S easonally A d ju ste d
P e rc e n t

P e rce n t

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

P re p a re d

B u s in e s s

S e c to r

O u tp u t

p e r

by

Federal

1991

R e serve

B a n k

o f St.

Louis

H our

(Compounded Annual Rales of Change)
Terminal
Quarter

In itia l Quarter
2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1982 * 100
1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90

2-90

3-90

4-90
109.1

3-86

-2 .2

4-86

-0 .5

1.1

1-87

-0 .2

0.7

0.4

2-87

0.5

1.5

1.7

3.0

3-87

1.0

1.8

2.1

2.9

2.9

4-87

1.4

2.1

2.4

3.1

3.1

3.3

1-88

1.8

2.5

2.8

3.4

3 .5

3.8

4.4

2-88

1.4

2.0

2.1

2.5

2.4

2.2

1.6

-1 .1

3-88

1.6

2.0

2.2

2.5

2.4

2.3

1.9

0.7

2.5

4-88

1.2

1.6

1.7

1.9

1.7

1.4

1.0

-0 .1

0.4

-1 .7

1-89

1.1

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.4

1.1

0.7

-0 .2

0.1

-1 .1

-0 .4

109.4
109.5
110.3
111.1
112.0
113.2
112.9
113.6
113.1
113.0
113.0

2-89

1.0

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.2

1.0

0.6

-0 .1

0.1

-0 .7

-0 .2

0.0

3-89

0.8

1.1

1.1

1.1

0.9

0.7

0.3

-0 .4

-0 .2

-0 .9

-0 .6

-0 .7

-1 .4

4-89

0.6

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.3

0.0

-0 .7

-0 .6

-1 .2

-1 .1

-1 .3

-1 .9

-2 .5

1-90

0.5

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.2

-0 .1

-0 .7

-0 .6

-1 .1

-1 .0

-1 .2

-1 .5

-1 .6

-0 .7

2-90

0.5

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.0

-0 .5

-0 .4

-0 .9

-0 .7

-0 .8

-1 .0

-0 .8

0.0

0.7

3-90

0.5

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.0

-0 .4

-0 .3

-0 .7

-0 .5

-0 .5

-0 .6

-0 .4

0.2

0.7

0.7

4-90

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0 .1

-0 .5

-0 .4

-0 .7

-0 .6

-0 .6

-0 .7

-0 .6

-0 .1

0.1

-0 .2

-1 .1

1-91

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.2

-0.1

-0 .4

-0 .4

-0 .6

-0 .5

-0 .5

-0 .6

-0 .5

-0 .1

0.1

-0 .1

-0 .5

0.0

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

2-90

3-90

4-90




112.6
111.9
111.7
111.9
112.1
111.8
111.8

P re p a re d b y F e d e ra l R e s e rv e Bank o f S t . L o u is
Ju n e 5 , 1991

20

N

e

t

F

e

(C o m p o u n d e d
Terminal
Quarter

d

e

r a

Annual

In i t i a l
3-86

2-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

l

D

Rates

e

b

t

of Change)
B i l l i o n s oi
Dollari

Quarter

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90

3-90

2-90

4-90
1,751.2

3-86

15.3

4-86

13.8

12.3

1-87

11.5

9.7

7.1

1,802.7
1,833.8
1,878.7

2-87

11.2

9.8

8.6

10.2

3-87

9.9

8.6

7.5

7 .6

5.2

4-87

9.8

8.7

7.9

8.1

7.1

9.1

1-88

9.7

8.8

8.2

8.4

7.9

9.3

9.4

1,902.6
1,944.4
1,988.7

2-88

9.4

8.5

7.9

8.1

7.6

8.4

8.1

6.8

3-88

9.2

8.5

8.0

8.1

7.7

8.4

8.1

7.5

8.3

4-88

8.8

8.1

7.6

7 .7

7.3

7.7

7.3

6.6

6.6

2,021.5
2,062.0
4.9

2,086.9
2,122.8

1-89

8.6

8.0

7.5

7 .6

7.2

7.6

7.3

6.7

6.7

6.0

7.1

2-89

8.4

7.8

7 .3

7.3

7.0

7.3

7.0

6.5

6.4

5.8

6.2

5.4

3-89

8.3

7 .8

7.4

7.4

7.1

7.3

7.1

6.7

6.7

6.3

6.8

6.6

4-89

8.3

7.8

7.4

7.5

7.2

7.4

7.2

6.9

7.0

6.7

7.2

7.2

8.1

8.4

1-90

8.8

8 .3

8.0

8.1

7.9

8.2

8.1

7.9

8.1

8.0

8.7

9.1

10.3

11.6

14.9

2-90

8.9

8 .5

8.2

8.3

8.2

8.5

8.4

8.3

8.5

8.5

9.1

9.5

10.6

11.5

13.1

11.3

3-90

9.1

8.8

8.5

8.6

8.5

8.8

8.8

8.7

8.9

9.0

9.6

10.0

11.0

11.8

12.9

11.9

12.6

4-90

9.3

9.0

8.8

8.9

8.8

9.1

9.1

9.1

9.3

9.4

10.0

10.5

11.3

12.0

13.0

12.3

12.8

13 - 1

1-91

9.3

9.0

8.8

8.9

8.9

9.1

9.1

9.1

9.3

9.4

9.9

10.3

11.0

11.6

12.2

11.6

11.6

11.2

9.3

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

2,150.7
2,191.7

7.8

2,236.3

Prepared
Ju ly 30,

F E D E R A L

G O V E R N M E N T

(b illio n s
S e a s o n a l l y
Federal
Gross
federal

1 9 8 7

1 9 8 8

1 9 8 9

1 9 9 0

19 91

debt

by

debt

A d j u s t e d

trusts

by Fed e ra l
1991

2,449.8

Reserve

2,526.4

Bank

2,582.9

of

S t.

Louis

D E B T

E n d

o f

M o n t h

T o t a l s

Federal
Net
federal

2,378.3

d o lla rs )

held

agencies

and

o f

2,315.4

by
debt

debt

held

Federal

Reserve

Banks

Federal
by

debt

held

private

investors

Federal
by

debt

held

foreign

investors

M a r c h

2 2 4 8 .9

4 1 4 .5

1 8 3 3 .8

1 9 9 .4

1 6 2 8 .4

2 7 1 .7

J u n e

2 3 1 1 .6

4 3 2 .9

1 8 7 8 .7

2 1 1 .7

1 6 6 8 .1

2 7 8 . 0

S e p t e m b e r

2 3 6 2 .1

4 5 9 .0

1 9 0 2 .6

2 1 4 .5

1 6 9 0 .8

2 8 2 .3

D e c e m b e r

2 4 1 7 .2

4 7 3 .4

1 9 4 4 .4

2 1 7 .4

1 7 2 6 .2

3 0 1 .5
3 3 0 .5

M a r c h

2 4 8 7 .6

4 9 9 .3

1 9 9 8 .7

2 2 1 .3

1 7 6 3 .7

J u n e

2 5 5 0 .3

5 2 7 .9

2 0 2 1 .5

2 2 6 .2

1 7 9 7 .5

3 4 2 .0

S e p t e m b e r

2 6 1 5 .3

55 2 .1

2 0 6 2 .0

2 3 2 .5

1 8 3 2 .2

3 5 0 .5

D e c e m b e r

2 6 7 1 .0

5 8 5 .1

2 0 8 6 .9

2 3 2 .4

1 8 5 4 .8

3 6 3 .3

M a r c h

2 7 4 0 .9

6 1 8 .0

2 1 2 2 .8

2 3 2 .8

1 8 8 6 .4

3 7 3 .6

J u n e

2 8 0 2 .7

6 5 0 .0

2 1 5 0 .7

2 3 0 .2

1 9 2 0 .6

3 6 6 . 2

S e p t e m b e r

2 8 7 1 .8

6 7 8 .1

2 1 9 1 .7

2 2 4 .2

1 9 7 0 .1

4 0 0 .9

D e c e m b e r

2 9 3 8 .3

7 0 3 .6

2 2 3 6 .3

2 2 2 .4

2 0 1 1 . 8

3 9 2 .9

M a r c h

3 0 4 9 .0

7 3 5 .2

2 3 1 5 .4

2 2 3 .8

2 0 9 4 .2

3 8 2 .8

J u n e

3 1 4 6 .9

7 6 5 .1

2 3 7 8 .3

2 2 9 .6

2 1 5 4 . 7

3 9 0 .5

S e p t e m b e r

3 2 4 9 .5

7 9 7 .4

2 4 4 9 .8

2 3 6 .3

2 2 2 0 . 6

4 1 1 . 4

D e c e m b e r

3 3 5 1 .4

8 2 3 .4

2 5 2 6 .4

2 5 2 .7

2 2 8 3 . 7

4 2 4 . 3

M a r c h

3 4 6 1 .7

8 8 1 .8

2 5 8 2 .9

2 5 2 .3

2 3 3 7 . 2

4 2 8 .3

C o l u m n s m a y n o t a d d b e c a u s e e a c h c o m p o n e n t is s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d s e p a r a t e l y . G r o s s f e d e r a l d e b t e q u a l s d e b t h e l d b y a g e n c i e s a n d t r u s t s p l u s n e t f e d e r a l d e b t .
N e t federal d e bt e q u a l s d e bt held b y F e d e r a l R e s e r v e b a n k s p lu s d e b t held by pri vate investors ( wh i c h i n c l u d e s d e b t h e l d b y f o r e i g n i nvestors). S o u r c e s :
data m a y be found
Data have

been

in t h e

Treasury Bulletin

a n d a l s o in t h e F e d e r a l

Reserve

Bulletin-,

r e v is e d to reflect c h a n g e d s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t factors.




21

s ea s o n a l l y a dj us te d ser i es

p r e p a r e d b y this B a nk .

Original

F E D E R A L
(b illio n s

o f

d o lla rs ,

q u a r t e r l y

G O V E R N M E N T
to ta ls

Q u arte rs

at

a n n u a l

ra t e s )

accounts

incom e

adjusted

Surplus
Cyclically

National

Cyclically

budget

1984 1

a d ju s t e d

Expenditures

Receipts
National
incom e

B U D G E T S

s e a s o n a l l y

adjusted

accounts

incom e

budget

budget

budget

$

or

d e f ic it(-)

National

Cyclically

accounts

adjusted

budget

budget

8 5 9 .8

$ - 1 5 4 . 6

- 1 1 5 . 1

2

7 2 1 .9

7 4 7 .9

8 8 5 .3

3 8 0 .4

- 1 6 3 . 4

- 1 3 2 . 5

3

7 2 8 .3

7 5 4 .4

90 1.1

8 9 5 .6

-

1 7 2 .8

- 1 4 1 . 2

4

7 4 2 .7

7 7 1 .0

9 3 0 .2

9 2 5 .3

-

1 8 7 .5

- 1 5 4 . 3

1

7 9 6 .5

8 1 9 .3

9 5 8 .2

9 5 3 .0

- 1 6 1 . 6

- 1 3 3 . 7

2

7 5 8 .7

7 8 0 .7

9 6 9 .9

9 6 4 .4

- 2 1 1 . 1

- 1 8 3 . 7

3

7 9 4 .1

8 1 1 .8

9 9 6 .7

9 9 1 .3

- 2 0 2 . 7

- 1 7 9 . 5

4

8 0 5 .3

8 2 2 .0

1 0 1 7 .5

1 0 1 2 .6

- 2 1 2 . 2

- 1 9 0 . 6

1986 1

8 1 0 .9

8 1 6 .4

1 0 0 6 .6

1 0 0 1 .4

- 1 9 5 . 6

- 1 8 5 . 0

2

8 1 5 .9

8 3 2 .2

1 0 5 1 .9

1 0 4 5 .2

- 2 3 6 . 0

- 2 1 3 . 0

3

8 3 0 .9

8 52.1

1 0 3 7 .7

1 0 3 2 .4

- 2 0 6 . 8

- 1 8 0 . 3

4

8 5 3 .8

8 7 5 .5

1 0 4 2 .8

1 0 3 8 .7

- 1 8 9 . 0

- 1 6 3 . 2

198 7 1

1 9 8 5

$

$

7 1 1 .1

$

7 4 4 .7

8 6 5 .6

8 6 2 .0

875.1

1 0 6 0 .0

1 0 5 7 .4

- 1 9 8 . 0

- 1 8 2 . 3

2

9 2 9 .8

9 38.1

10 61 .1

1 0 6 0 .4

- 1 3 1 . 3

- 1 2 2 . 3

3

9 2 3 .4

9 2 7 .2

1 0 6 4 .9

1 0 6 5 .6

- 1 4 1 . 6

- 1 3 8 . 4

4

9 4 0 .0

9 3 0 .0

1 1 0 1 .7

1 1 0 3 .0

-

1 6 1 .7

- 1 7 3 . 0

1988 1

9 4 3 .0

9 2 4 .9

1 0 9 6 .7

1 0 9 8 .0

- 1 5 3 . 7

- 1 7 3 . 1

2

9 7 2 .5

9 4 9 .5

1 1 0 9 .4

1 1 1 1 .4

- 1 3 6 . 9

- 1 6 1 . 9

3

9 7 6 .7

9 5 3 .0

1 0 9 6 .8

1 0 9 8 .2

- 1 2 0 . 1

- 1 4 5 . 2

4

9 9 7 .5

9 7 1 .4

1 1 5 3 .8

1 156.1

- 1 5 6 . 3

- 1 8 4 . 7

1989 1

1 0 4 5 .4

1 0 1 4 .3

1 1 7 8 .0

1 1 8 1 .0

- 1 3 2 . 6

- 1 6 6 . 7

2

1 0 6 2 .2

1 0 3 2 .2

1 1 8 4 .9

1 1 8 7 .3

- 1 2 2 . 7

- 1 5 5 . 1

3

1 0 48 .1

1 0 2 0 .2

1 1 7 9 .8

1 1 8 2 .0

- 1 3 1 . 7

- 1 6 1 . 8

4

1 0 5 5 .7

1 0 3 5 .4

1 2 0 5 .8

1 2 0 8 .2

- 1 5 0 . 1

- 1 7 2 . 8

1990 1

1 0 8 0 .6

1 0 6 1 .7

1 2 4 8 .8

1 2 5 2 .2

- 1 6 8 . 3

- 1 9 0 . 5

2

1 1 0 5 .8

1 0 9 3 .4

1 2 7 1 .7

1 2 7 5 .4

- 1 6 6 . 0

- 1 8 2 . 0

3

1 1 2 5 .9

1 1 1 6 .0

1 2 7 1 .6

1 2 7 3 .6

- 1 4 5 . 7

- 1 5 7 . 6

4

1 1 2 6 .5

1 132.1

1 3 1 0 .8

1 3 1 1 .2

- 1 8 4 . 3

- 1 7 9 . 1

1991 1

1 1 3 4 .5

1 1 6 3 .4

1 2 6 1 .4

1 2 5 3 .3

- 1 2 6 . 9

-

N .A .

N .A .

1 3 2 1 .3

N .A .

N .A .

2

N .A .

-

not

a va ila b le

Fiscal

years

A ctu al
1983
Total

8 9 .9
N .A .

1984

1985

1986

Estim a tes

1987

1988

1989

1991

1990

1992

budget

Receipts

600.6

$

Outlays
Surplus

o r defi ci t ( -

)

$

666.5

734.1

$

$

769.1

$

income

$

909.0

$

990.7

$

1031.3

$

1068.7

$

1145.5

851.8

946.3

990.3

1003.8

1064.1

1144.1

1251.8

1350.9

1493.8

$ - 2 0 7 . 8

$ - 1 8 5 . 3

$ -2 1 2 .3

$ - 2 2 1 . 2

$ - 1 4 9 . 7

$ -1 5 5 .1

$ - 1 5 3 . 4

$ - 2 2 0 . 5

$ - 2 8 2 . 2

$ - 3 4 8 . 3

$

$

C a le n d a r
National

854.1

808.3

years

accounts

budget
Receipts

659.9

$

Expenditures
Surplus

o r defi ci tf - )

Cyclically adjusted

Fiscal

or d e f i c i t ( - )

years

Estimates
Cyclically
S ource:

refer

to

Office

adjusted
Office

of

$

972.4

1052.9

1109.7

1071.9

1114.2

1187.2

1275.7

$ - 1 7 6 . 0

$■- 1 6 9 . 6

$ -1 9 6 .9

$ - 2 0 6 .9

$ -1 5 8 .2

$ - 1 4 1 . 7

$ - 1 3 4 . 3

$ - 1 6 6 . 0

$

$

$

the

outlays

from

913.8

$

1034.8

725.8

$

budget

827.9

$

985.6

of

917.6

$

$

949.7

1029.4

1071.6

1115.9

- 9 7 . 7

$ - 1 3 5 . 8

$ - 1 7 1 . 9

$ - 1 8 5 . 4

$ - 1 5 4 . 0

$ - 1 6 6 . 2

year

federal

data

are

M a n a g e m e n t

and




844.1

$

980.3

which

runs

entities

th at

M a n a g e m e n t

budget

808.5

$

890.3

budget

include

754.5

$

823.5

Expenditures

Total

788.7

$

895.6

budget

Receipts

Surplus

726.0

$

835.9

and

based

from
are

B u d g e t ’s
on

Budget

a

and

6

October

S ep tem b e r

$ - 1 6 4 . 1

1100.8
1278.1

$ - 1 7 7 . 3

30.

off-budget.
M id-Session

percent
U.S.

1 through

1025.5
1189.6

rate

Review

of

of th e

F Y

1991

B udget

(July

15,

1991).

unem ploym ent.

Departm ent

of C o m m e r c e .
Prepared

22

by

Federal

Reserve

B a nk

of

St.

Louis

G o v e r n m e n t D e f i c i t ( - ) / S u r p l u s ( +■)
Seasonally Adjusted
Billions

of Dollars

Billions

of

Dollars

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6 0

T o t < □I

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\

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1 9 8 5

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1

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n

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p

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n

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d

s

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Louis

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4-88

of

B illio n s
2-89

3-89

4-89

1-90

2 “90

3-90

4-90

of

D o llars
Annual

Rates

1-91
280.7
287.8

2-87

3.5

9.6

8.8

3-87

5.0

9.6

9.2

4-87

2.6

5 .5

3.8

1.4

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1-88

2.3

4 .5

3.1

1.2

-2 .7

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2-88

2.1

3.9

2.6

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-1 .6

0.7

0.7

3-88

1.6

3.0

1*8

0.4

-1 .7

-0 .2

-0 .7

4-88

2.0

3.3

2.3

1.3

-0 .3

1.2

1.4

1.7

5.7

1-89

1.6

2.7

1.8

0.8

-0 .6

0.6

0.5

0.5

1.8

-1 .9

2-89

1.8

2.8

2,0

1.1

0.0

1.0

1.1

1.2

2.3

0.7

3.3

3-89

2.3

3.2

2.5

1.9

0.9

2.0

2.2

2.5

3.7

3.0

5.5

7.8

4-89

1.3

2.2

1 »4

0.7

-0 .2

0.5

0.5

0.5

1.0

-0 .1

0.4

-0 .9

-9 .0

293.9
9.6

300.7
296.0
296.6
297.1
-2 .1

295.5
299.6
298.2
300.6
306.3
299.2

1-90

2.0

2.8

2.2

1.6

0.9

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.6

2.0

3.0

2.9

0.6

11.1

2-90

2.1

2.8

2.3

1.7

1.1

1.8

1.9

2.1

2.7

2.2

3.0

3.0

1.4

7.1

3.2

3-90

2.2

2.9

2,4

1.9

1.3

2.0

2.1

2.3

2.9

2.5

3.2

3.2

2.1

6.0

3 .5

3.9

4-90

3.0

3 .7

3.3

2.9

2 .A

3.2

3.4

3.7

4.3

4.2

5.0

5.3

4.9

8.6

7 .8

10.2

16.8

1-91

3.3

4,0

3.6

3.2

2.8

3.5

3.7

4.0

4.7

4.6

5.4

5.7

5.3

8-5

7.8

9.4

12.3

7.9

2-91

2.7

3.3

2.9

2.6

2.1

2.7

2.9

3.1

3.6

3.3

3.9

4.0

3.5

5.7

4.7

5.1

5,5

0.2

-6 .9

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

1-91




307.2
309.6
312.6
325.0
331.2

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1-91
762.1

5.4

772.2

2-87

2.8

1.3

-2 .6

3-87

1.7

0.4

-2 .1

-1 .6

4-87

5.8

5.7

5.8

10.3

23.6

1-88

4.3

4.0

3.6

5.8

9.6

-2 .8

2-88

4.6

4.3

4.1

5.9

8.5

1.6

6.2

3-88

3.3

2.9

2.5

3.5

4.9

-0 .7

0.3

-5 .3

4-88

5.9

5.9

5.9

7.4

9.3

6.0

9.1

10.6

767.2
764.2
805.7
800.1
812.3
801.3
854.2

29.1

879.8

1-89

6.5

6.6

6.7

8.1

9.8

7.3

10.0

11.2

20.6

12.5

2-89

6.1

6.1

6.2

7.4

8.7

6.4

8.3

8.9

14.0

7.2

2.1

3-89

5.2

5.1

5.1

5.9

6.9

4.7

6.0

6.0

9.0

3.0

-1 .4

-4 .8

4-89

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.9

7.9

6.1

7.4

7.6

10.4

6.1

4.1

5.1

16.0

1-90

6.7

6.7

6.8

7.7

8.7

7.2

8.5

8.8

11.4

8.1

7.0

8.7

16.2

16.4

2-90

6.8

6.9

7.0

7.8

8.7

7.4

8.5

8.8

11.0

8.3

7.4

8.8

13.7

12.6

9.0

3-90

6.3

6.3

6.4

7.1

7.9

6.5

7.5

7.7

9.4

6.8

5.9

6.7

9.8

7.8

3.7

-1 .3

4-90

6.6

6.6

6.7

7.4

8.1

7.0

7.9

8.1

9.6

7.4

6.7

7.5

10.2

8.7

6.3

5.0

11.7

1-91

4.9

4.8

4.8

5.3

5.8

4.5

5.2

5.1

6.1

3.9

2.8

2.9

4.3

2.1

-1 .2

-4 .4

-5 .9

-20.7

2-91

6.1

6.1

6.2

6.7

7.3

6.2

7.0

7.0

8.2

6.3

5.7

6.1

7.8

6.5

4.6

3.5

5.2

2.1

31.4

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

2-90

3-90

4-90

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873.5
906.6
941.6
962.1
959.0
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