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N a tio n a l E c o n o m ic T r e n d s
D e c e m b e r 1989
A n i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f a n a t i o n ’ s w e a l t h i s i t s s t o c k o f n o n r e s i d e n t i a l f i x e d p r i v a t e c a p i t a l . T h i s s t o c k is a m a j o r d e t e r m i ­
n a n t o f a n e c o n o m y ’ s p o t e n t ia l to p r o d u c e g o o d s a n d s e r v ic e s . T h e g r o w t h o f th is s t o c k r e la t iv e to th e g r o w t h o f th e la b o r
fo rc e

In

c o n t r ib u t e s to th e g r o w t h

o f p r o d u c t iv it y

a n d th e

sta n d a rd

o f liv in g .

r e c e n t y e a r s , m a n y a n a ly s ts h a v e e x p r e s s e d c o n c e r n a b o u t tre n d s in U . S .

p r o d u c t iv it y , th a t is , th e o u tp u t p e r h o u r

w o r k e d in th e b u s in e s s s e c t o r . T h e y a r e p a r t ic u l a r l y w o r r i e d a b o u t w h e t h e r th e r e c e n t p e r s is t e n c e o f f e d e r a l b u d g e t d e f ic it s
is c r o w d i n g

o u t th e g r o w th

T h e a c c o m p a n y in g

o f c a p ita l,

t a b le s h o w s th e u n d e r ly in g

h a s b e e n r a tc h e tin g d o w n w a r d
to th e la b o r f o r c e ,

t h r e a te n in g

fu tu re

g ro w th

in

o u r s ta n d a rd

o f liv in g .

fa c to r s th a t d e te r m in e p r o d u c t iv it y tre n d s . G r o w t h

in th e c a p it a l s to c k

s in c e th e 1 9 6 0 s. P r o d u c t iv it y g r o w t h , h o w e v e r , d e p e n d s o n th e g r o w t h o f c a p ita l r e la t iv e

s h o w n in th e th ir d c o lu m n .

D u r in g

b y a n a c c e le r a t io n in la b o r f o r c e g r o w t h , r e s u lt in g

th e

1 9 7 0 s, th e s lo w in g

in c a p ita l s to c k g r o w t h

w a s a c c o m p a n ie d

in s lo w e r g r o w t h o f b o th th e c a p ita l- la b o r r a tio a n d p r o d u c t iv it y .

In

th e 1 9 8 0 s , t h e s lo w in g in th e c a p it a l s t o c k w a s m a t c h e d b y a s lo w in g in la b o r f o r c e g r o w t h . A s a r e s u lt , b o th th e c a p ita lla b o r r a t io

a n d p r o d u c t iv it y

G ro w th

g re w

at a b o u t th e

o f th e

C a p ita l

sa m e ra te

S to c k ,

(c o m p o u n d e d

C a p ita l s to c k 1

as in th e

C iv ilia n
a n n u a l

L a b o r

1970s.

L a b o r
ra te s

fo rc e

F o rc e

an d

P r o d u c tiv it y

o f ch an g e)

D iffe r e n c e

P r o d u c tiv ity

1949-59

3 .7 %

1 .1 %

2 .6 %

3 .4 %

1959-69

4 .1

1 .7

2 .4

2 .9

1969-79

3 .6

2 .7

0 .9

1 .4

1979-88

2 .7

1 .7

1 .0

1 .4

1 C a p ita l is the net sto ck in co n stant-co st v a lu a tio n .


V ie w s


— K e ith

T H E
F E D E R A L
R E S E R V E
B A N K of
ST. IX H T S

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 f f ic 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 .

M .

C a r ls o n

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

TERMINAL
MONTH

THOUSANDS
OF PERSONS

IN IT IA L MONTH
3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

4-88

5.7

5-88

1.4

-2 7

6-88

3.1

1 8

6.5

7-88

2.4

1 3

3.4

0.3

8-88

2.3

1 4

2.8

1.1

1.8

9-88

2.2

1 5

2.6

1.3

1.8

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89
114.660

114*403
115*001
115.034
115*203
115.370

1.8

115.573

10-88

2.2

1 6

2.5

1.5

1.9

1.9

2.1

11-88

2.4

1 9

2.7

2.0

2.4

2.6

3.0

4.0

12-88

2.2

1 8

2.4

1.8

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

0.6

115.947
116.009
116.711

1-89

2.7

2 4

3.0

2.6

2.9

3.2

3.5

4.0

4.0

7.5

2-89

2.6

2 3

2.9

2.4

2.7

2.9

3.1

3.4

3.2

4.4

1.5

3-89

2.6

2 4

2.9

2.5

2.8

2.9

3.1

3.3

3.1

3.9

2.2

2.9

116.853
117*136
117.113

4-89

2.4

2 1

2.6

2.2

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.4

2.9

1.4

1.3

-0.2

5-89

2.3

2 1

2.5

2.1

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.5

1.3

1.2

0.4

1.1

6-89

2.4

2 1

2.5

2.2

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.4

2.7

1.7

1.8

1.4

2.2

117.215
3.4

117.541

7-89

2.2

1 9

2.3

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.0

2.2

1.3

1.2

0.8

1.2

1.3

-0.8

8-89

2.1

1 9

2.2

1.9

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

1.9

2.1

1.3

1.3

0.9

1.2

1.3

0.3

1.4

117.459

9-89

1.9

1 7

2.0

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.7

1.0

0.9

0.5

0.7

0.6

-0.3

0.0

-1.4

10-89

1.9

1 7

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.5

1.6

1.0

0.9

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.0

0.3

-0.3

0.9

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89

117.597
117.456
117.545

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
NOVEMBER 3. 1989

PAYROLL EM P LO YM EN T
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH

3-88

4-88

2.5

5-88

2.4

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

IN IT IA L MONTH
OF PERSONS
9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88 1-89

THOUSANDS
2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89
104.901
105.091

2.2

6-88

3.4

3.8

5.5

7-88

3.1

3.3

3.9

2.4

105.561

8-88

2.9

3.0

3.3

2.3

2.1

105.768
105.954

9-88

2.9

3.0

3.2

2.5

2.5

2.9

10-88

3.0

3.0

3.2

2.6

2.7

3.0

3.1

11-88

3.1

3.2

3.3

2.9

3.0

3.3

3.5

4.0

12-88

3.1

3.2

3.3

2.9

3.0

3.3

3.4

3.6

3.1

1-89

3.2

3.2

3.4

3.1

3.2

3.4

3.5

3.7

3.5

106.207
106.475
106.824
107.097
3.9

107.442

2-89

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.4

3.5

3.0

3-89

3.1

3.1

3.2

2.9

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.0

3.0

2.5

2.0

4-89

3.0

3.1

3.1

2.9

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.5

2.2

2.4

5-89

3.0

3.0

3.1

2.8

2.9

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.3

6-89

3.0

3.0

3.1

2.9

2.9

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.7

2.8

3.3

107*711
107.888
108.101
108*310
108.607

7-89

2.9

2.9

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.6

1.8

8-89

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

1.6

1.3

9-89

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

1.8

1.8

2.2

10-89

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.0

2.1

2.4

2.6

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89

108.767
108.887
109.088P
109.321P

IN IT IA L MONTH
P- PRELIM IN A RY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERV E BANK OF S T . LO U IS
NOVEMBER 3» 1989

2

EMPLOYMENT
R ATI O SCALE
M I L L I O N S OF PERSONS

RATI O SCALE
M I L L I O N S OF PERSONS

SEASO N A LLY A D JU S TE D

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

UNEMPLOYMENT
PERCENT

S E A S O N A LLY

RATE
PERCENT

A D JU S TE D

1 1 .0

10




1 0 .0

9.0

8 .0

7.0

6 .0

5.0

4 .0

1981

19 8 2

1983

1984

19 8 5

1986

1 98 7

1988

19 8 9

SOURCEt U .S . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENT OF C IV IL IA N LABOR FORCE
LATEST DATA PLOTTED: OCTOBER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL R ESER VE BANK OF S T . L O U IS

3

C O N S U M E R P R IC E IN D E X F O R A L L U R B A N C O N S U M E R S
(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH

IN ITIAL MONTH

3-88
4-88

5 .3

5-88

5 .3

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8- 88

9-88

10-88 11-88

12-88

1-89

1982-84*100
2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89
1 1 7 .2
1 1 7 .7

5 .2

118 .1

6-88

4 .9

4 .7

4 .2

7-88

5 .0

4 .9

4 .7

5 .2

8-88

4 .8

4 .7

4 .5

4 .7

4 .1

9-88

4 .9

4 .8

4 .7

4 .8

4 .6

10-88

4 .9

4 .8

4 .8

4 .9

4 .8

11-88

4 .7

4 .6

4 .5

4 .5

4 .4

4 .4

4 .1

3 .0

12-88

4 .6

4 .5

4 .4

4 .5

4 .3

4 .3

4 .1

3 .6

4 .1

1-89

4 .9

4 .8

4 .8

4 .8

4 .8

4 .9

4 .8

4 .7

5 .6

7 .2

2-89

4 .9

4 .8

4 .8

4 .9

4 .8

4 .9

4 .9

4 .8

5 .4

6 .1

5 .1

5-89

5 .0

4 .9

4 .9

5 .0

5 .0

5 .1

5 .1

5 .6

6 .1

5 .6

4-89

5 .2

5 .2

5 .2

5 .3

5 .3

5 .5

5 .6

6 .1

6 .6

6 .4

7 .1

8 .1

5-89

5 .3

5 .3

5 .4

5 .5

5 .5

5 .7

5 .8

6 .2

6 .7

6 .6

7 .1

7 .6

7 .0

6-89

5 .1

5 .1

5 .1

5 .2

5 .2

5 .3

5 .3

5 .6

5 .9

5 .6

5 .8

5 .7

4 .5

2 .0

7-89

5 .0

5 .0

4 .9

5 .0

5 .0

5 .0

5 .0

5 .3

5 .5

5 .2

5 .2

5 .0

4 .0

2 .4

2 .9

8-89

4 .7

4 .6

4 .6

4 .6

4 .6

4 .6

4 .6

4 .5

4 .7

4 .8

4 .4

4 .3

4 .0

2 .9

1 .6

1 .5

4 .4

1 1 8 .6

9-89

4 .5

4 .5

4 .4

4 .4

4 .4

10-89

4 .6

4 .6

4 .5

4 .5

4 .5

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

1 1 9 .0
1 1 9 .5

5 .2

1 2 0 .0

5 .1

8 - 88

1 2 0 .3
1 2 0 .7
1 2 1 .4
1 2 1 .9
1 2 2 .5

6 .1

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

0 .0

1 2 4 .7

4 .4

4 .3

4 .4

4 .4

4 .1

4 .0

3 .6

2 .7

1 .7

1 .6

1 .0

1 .9

4 .5

4 .4

4 .5

4 .6

4 .3

4 .2

4 .0

3 .3

2 .5

2 .7

2 .6

3 .9

5 .9

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89

1 2 5 .3

I N I T I A L MONTH

P R EPA R ED B Y F E D ER A L R E S E R V E BANK OF S T .
NOVEMBER 21» 1989

L O U IS

P R O D U C E R P R IC E I N D E X , F I N I S H E D G O O D S
(Compounded Annua) Rates of Change)
TER M IN A L
MONTH

I N I T I A L MONTH
3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1982 * 100
1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89
10 7 .1

4-88

3 .4

5-88

3 .4

3 .4

6-88

3 .0

2 .8

2 .3

7-88

4 .0

4 .2

4 .6

6 .9

8-88

3 .9

4 .0

4 .2

5 .1

3 .4

1 0 7 .4
1 0 7 .6
10 8 .2
1 0 8 .5
1 09 .1

9-88

4 .4

4 .5

4 .8

5 .7

5 .1

10-88

3 .9

4 .0

4 .1

4 .5

3 .7

11-88

3 .8

3 .9

3 .9

4 .3

3 .6

3 .7

2 .2

3 .3

12-88

3 .9

3 .9

4 .0

4 .3

3 .8

3 .9

3 .0

3 .9

4 .5

1-89

4 .9

5 .0

5 .2

5 .6

5 .4

5 .6

7 .1

9 .1

1 3 .9

2-89

5 .4

5 .6

5 .9

6 .3

6 .3

6 .7

8 .2

9 .8

1 2 .6

1 1 .4

6 .8
l.l

6 .7

1 0 9 .2
1 0 9 .5
1 0 9 .9
1 11 .1
1 12 .1

3-89

5 .4

5 .6

5 .8

6 .2

6 .2

6 .6

6 .5

7 .6

8 .7

1 0 .2

8 .4

5 .5

4-89

5 .4

5 .6

5 .8

6 .2

6 .1

6 .4

6 .4

7 .3

8 .1

9 .0

7 .4

5 .5

5 .5

5-89

5 .8

6 .0

6 .2

6 .6

6 .6

6 .9

7 .0

7 .8

8 .6

9 .4

8 .3

7 .3

8 .3

1 1 .1

6-89

5 .5

5 .7

5 .8

6 .1

6 .1

6 .3

6 .3

6 .9

7 .5

8 .0

6 .8

5 .7

5 .8

6 .0

1 .1

7-89

4 .7

4 .8

4 .8

5 .1

4 .9

4 .9

5 .3

5 .5

5 .7

4 .4

3 .0

2 .4

1 .4

- 3 .1

- 7 .1

8-89

4 .1

4 .2

4 .2

4 .4

4 .2

4 .2

4 .0

4 .3

4 .4

4 .4

3 .1

1 .8

1 .1

0 .0

- 3 .5

- 5 .6

- 4 .1

9-89

4 .5

4 .6

4 .6

4 .8

4 .7

4 .8

4 .6

4 .9

5 .1

5 .1

4 .1

3 .1

2 .7

2 .1

0 .0

- 0 .3

3 .2

1 1 .1

10-89

4 .6

4 .6

4 .7

4 .8

4 .7

4 .6

4 .9

5 .1

5 .2

4 .2

3 .4

3 .1

2 .7

1 .1

1 .1

3 .9

8 .2

5 .4

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89




8 - 88

1 1 2 .6
113 .1
1 14 .1
1 1 4 .2
1 1 3 .5
113.1
1 14 .1
1 1 4 .6

INITIAL MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
NOVEMBER 9» 1989

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RATIO SCALE

P R I C E S

RATIO SCALE

CONSUMER PRICES DATA ARE ON A 1962-84-100 BASE
CPI-U DATA BEGINNING 1983 INCORPORATE A RENTAL EOUI VALENCE MEASURE FOR HOMEOVNERSHIP COSTS.
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEOt OCTOBER

11 BANK OF ST. LOUIS

R A T IO

scale

1982-100

PRODUCER

P R IC E S

SEASO NALLY AO JUSTED

r a t io

scale

1982-100

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« OCTOBER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

5

P R O D U C E R P R IC E IN D E X , F IN IS H E D C O N S U M E R F O O D S
(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a ] R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH

5-88

4—88

5-88

*-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

1982 « 100

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89
110.6

4-88

0 0

5-88

5 5

6.7

6-88

5 5

8.4

10.2

7-88

6 4

8.6

9.5

8.9

8-88

6 6

8.4

8.9

8.5

9-88

7 4

8 .9

9.5

9.2

9.4

11.1

10-88

6 4

7.6

7.7

7.1

6.5

6.0

1.1

11-88

6 2

7.1

7.1

6.5

6.0

5.4

2.6

4.3

12-88

5 6

6.5

6.2

5.6

5.0

4.5

2.1

2.6

1.0

1-89

6 7

7.4

7.5

7.1

6.8

6.7

5.6

7.2

8.6

16.8

2-89

7 1

7.9

8.0

7.7

7.6

7.5

6.8

8.3

9.7

14.3

11.9

111.2
112.1
112.9
113.6

7.7

114.6
114.7
115.1
115.2
116.7
117.8
118.8

5-89

7 4

8.1

8.5

8.0

7.9

8 .0

7.5

8.8

10.0

13.1

11.3

10.7

4-89

6 2

6.8

6.8

6.5

6.2

6.0

5.3

6.0

6.4

7.7

4.9

1.5

-6.8

5-89

6 6

7.1

7.1

6.8

6.6

6.5

5.9

6.7

7.1

8.3

6.3

4.5

1.5

10.6

6-89

5 6

6.0

6.0

5.6

5.5

5.1

4.4

4.9

5.0

5.6

3.5

1.5

-1.3

1.5

-6.8

7-89

5 2

5.5

5.4

5.1

4.8

4.5

3.9

4.2

4.2

4.7

2.8

1.0

-1.3

0.7

-4.0

-1.0

8-89

5 1

5.4

5.4

5.0

4.7

4.5

3.9

4.2

4.2

4.6

3.0

1.5

-0.2

1.5

-1.3

1.5

4.1

9-89

4 4

4.7

4.6

4.2

5.9

3.6

3.0

3.1

3.0

3.3

1.7

0.3

-1.3

-0.2

-2.7

-1.3

-1.5

-6.9

10-89

5 1

5.4

5.5

5.0

4.7

4.5

4.0

4.3

4.3

4.6

3.3

2.3

1.2

2.6

1.0

3.1

4.5

4.6

17.5

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89

118.1
119.1
118.4
118.3
118.7
118.0
119.6

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
NOVEMBER 9» 1989

P R O D U C E R P R IC E I N D E X , F I N I S H E D G O O D S , E X C L U D I N G F O O D S
(Compounded A nnual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH
3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

1982 * 100
2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89
105.9

4-88

4.6

5-88

3.5

2.3

6-88

2.5

1.1

0.0

106.1
106.1

7-88

5.2

2.7

2.9

5.8

8-88

5.2

2.9

3.1

4.6

3.4

9-88

5.4

3.2

3.4

4.6

4.0

4.6

10-88

5.1

2.9

5.0

5.7

3.0

2.8

1.1

11-88

5.1

2.9

5.0

3.7

3.1

3.0

2.3

3.4

12-88

3.4

3.5

5.4

4.0

3.6

3.7

3.4

4.6

106.6
106.9
107.3
107.4
107.7
5.7

108.2

1-89

4.3

4.3

4.6

5.2

5.1

5.5

5.7

7.3

9.3

12.9

2-89

4.8

4.8

5.1

5.7

5.7

6.1

6.4

7.7

9.2

11.0

9.1

3-89

4.7

4.7

5.0

5.6

5.5

5.8

6.1

7.1

8.0

8 .8

6.8

4-89

5.2

5.2

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.4

6.6

7.6

8.4

9.1

7.9

7.3

10.2

5-89

5.7

5.7

6.0

6.6

6.7

7.0

7.4

8.3

9.1

9.8

9.0

9.0

11.4

12.5

6-89

5.4

5.5

5.7

6.2

6.3

6.5

6.8

7.5

8.1

8.5

7.6

7.3

8.2

7.2

2.2

7-89

4.5

4.5

4.7

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.6

5.9

5.9

4.8

4.0

3.8

1.8

-3.2

-8.2

109.3
110.1
4.4

110.5
111.4
112.5
112.7
111.9

8-89

3.9

3.8

5.9

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.4

4.5

4.3

3.2

2.2

1.7

-0.3

-4.2

-7.2

-6.2

9-89

4.6

4.6

4.8

5.1

5.0

5.2

5.2

5.6

5.8

5.8

5.0

4.4

4.4

3.3

1.1

0.7

5.5

18.7

10-89

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.8

4.7

4.8

4.8

5.1

5.3

5.2

4.4

3.8

3.8

2.7

0.9

0.5

3.6

8.9

0.0

3-88

4-88

5-88

6—88

7-88

8—88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89




111.3
112.9
112.9

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NOVEMBER 9» 1989

6

N D U S T R I

A L

P R O D U C T I O N

RATI O SCALE
1977-100

1981

RATI O SCALE
1977-100

SEASO N A LLY A D JU S TE D

198 2

19 8 3

1 98 4

1985

19 8 6

1 98 7

198 8

19 8 9

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

IN D U S T R IA L P R O D U C T IO N
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH
3—88

4-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

1977 * 100
2-89

3-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89
135.4

6.4

136.1

5-88

6.4

6.4

4-88

5.5

5.0

3.6

136.5

7-88

7.5

7.9

8.7

14.0

8-88

6.9

7.0

7.2

9.1

4.4

138.0

9-88

5.9

5.8

5.6

6.3

2.6

0.9

10-88

6.1

6.0

5.9

6.5

4.1

4.0

7.2

11-88

5.8

5.8

5.7

6.1

4.2

4.1

5.8

4.4

12-88

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.8

4.2

4.2

5.3

4.4

4.4

1-89

5.5

5.4

5.2

5.5

4.1

4.0

4.8

4.1

3.9

3.5

2-89

4.7

4.5

4.3

4.4

3.1

2.9

3.3

2.4

1.7

0.4

-2.5

3-89

4.5

4.3

4.1

4.1

2.9

2.7

3.1

2.3

1.7

0.9

-0.4

1.7

4-89

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.6

3.6

3.5

3.9

3.3

3.1

2.8

2.6

5.2

8.9

5-89

4.4

4.2

4.0

4.1

3.1

3.0

3.3

2.7

2.4

2.1

1.7

3.2

3.9

6-89

4.3

4.2

4.0

4.0

3.2

3.0

3.3

2.8

2.6

2.3

2.1

3.2

3.7

1.3

3.4

7-89

4.0

3.8

3.6

3.6

2.6

0.6

1.3

-0.8

8-89

4.0

3.9

3.7

3.7

2.9

2.8

3.0

2.6

2.4

2.1

2.0

2.7

2.9

1.5

2.3

1.7

9-89

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.4

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.4

2.1

1.9

1.7

2.3

2.4

1.2

1.7

1.1

2.1

0.0

10-89

3.1

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.0

1.8

-0.3

-1.3

-1.4

-4.1

-8.1

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89

2.8

138.5

2.7

138.6

2.9

139.4

2.4

139.9

2.2

140.4

1.8

140.8

1.6

140.5

2.4

140.7
141.7

0.9

0.6

1.0

0.9

-0.4

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

1.9

1.4

1.2

141.6

-0.8

142.0
141.9
4.3

142.4
142.4P
141.4P

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NOVEMBER 14» 1989

7

P E R S O N A L

RATI O SCALE
TRILLIONS

1981

I N C O M E

MONTHLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES

OF

DOLLARS

1982

19 8 3

1 98 4

19 8 5

RATI O SCALE
TRILLIO NS

SEASO N A LLY A D JU S TE D

19 8 6

1987

OF

19 8 8

DOLLARS

1989

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

P E R S O N A L IN C O M E
(Compounded A nnaal Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

IN IT IA L MONTH
ANNUAL RATES
9-88 10-88 11-88 12-88 1-89

BILLION S OF
DOLLARS
2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89
4*007.1

4-88

8.6

5-88

6.8

5.0

(-88

7.2

6.5

8.1

7-88

7.8

7.5

8.7

9.4

8-88

7.1

6.7

7.2

6.8

4.5

9-88

7.1

6.8

7.5

7.0

5.8

7.4

10-88

8.8

8.8

9.6

10.0

10.2

15.5

19.6

11-88

7.2

7.0

7.4

7.2

6.7

7.5

7.6

-5.5

12-88

7.7

7.5

7.9

7.9

7.6

8.4

8.8

5.8

1-89

8.9

8.9

9.5

9.7

9.7

10.8

11.7

9.2

16.0

20.8

2-89

9.4

9.4

9.9

10.2

10.5

11.5

12.1

10.5

15.5

17.5

15.8

4*025.5
4*049.4
4*079.8
4*094.2
4*118.6
4*180.4
4*168.9
4*206.5

11.5

4*275.1
4*519.5

5-89

9.6

9.7

10.1

10.4

10.5

11.4

12.1

10.7

14.4

15.5

12.9

12.1

4-89

9.4

9.5

9.9

10.1

10.2

10.9

11.4

10.1

15.0

15.5

11.1

9.8

7.5

4*560.7

5-89

8.9

8.9

9.5

9.4

9.4

10.0

10.5

9.0

11.2

11.2

8.9

7.5

5.0

2.5

*-89

8.7

8.7

9.0

9.1

9.1

9.5

9.8

8 .6

10.4

10.5

8.5

7.0

5.5

4.2

5.9

7-89

8.6

8.6

8.9

9.0

8 .9

9*4

9.6

8 .5

10.1

9.9

8.2

7.1

5.9

5.5

6.7

7.5

8-89

8.4

8.5

8.6

8 .6

8.5

8.9

9.0

8.0

9.4

9.1

7.6

6.5

5.5

5.0

5.8

5.7

5.9

9-89

8.1

8.0

8.2

8.2

8.1

8 .4

8.5

7.6

8 .7

8.4

7.0

6.0

5.1

4.6

5.1

4.8

5.5

5.1

10-89

8.2

8.2

8.4

8.4

8 .4

8.7

8.7

7.9

9.0

8.7

7.5

6.7

6.0

5.7

6.5

6*4

6.1

7.2

11.5

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89

4*587.1
4*596.5
4*417.5
4*444.5
4*458.5
4*469.7
4*510.5P

IN IT IA L MONTH
P- PRELIM IN A RY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERV E BANK OF S T . LO U IS
NOVEMBER SO* 1989

8

RETAIL

SALES
R ATI O SCALE

RATI O SCALE
B I L L I O N S OF DOLLARS

BILLIO N S

S EAS O N A LLY A D JU S TE D

OF

DOLLARS
170
160
150
140
130

120

1 10

1 00

90

80

70
1981

198 2

19 8 3

19 8 4

1985

19 8 6

1987

SOURCE:
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PER IO D S
LATEST DATA PLOTTED:

SEPT EM BER,

U .S .

1988

19 8 9

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

IN D ICATED .

OCTOBER ADVANCE ESTIM ATE
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESER VE BANK OF ST .

LO U IS

R E T A IL S A LE S
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH

MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

IN IT IA L MONTH
5-88

4-88

-6.5

5-88

0.9

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-89

9-89
155.077
154.005

8.7

155»060

6-88

5.8

9.5

9.9

7-88

4.4

8.5

8 .0

6.2

155»741

8-88

5.6

6.5

5.5

5.5

0.5

9-88

2.4

4.5

5.2

1.1

-1.4

-5.5

155.800

10-88

5.7

7.8

7.6

7.1

7.4

11.0

27.5

11-88

6.5

8.5

8.4

8.1

8.6

11.4

19.6

12.4

12-88

5.4

7.0

6.7

6.2

6.2

7.7

11.6

4.5

155.421
158.176
159.529
-2.9

159*189

1-89

5.6

7.0

6.8

6.4

6.4

7.7

10.6

5.5

2.2

7.6

2-89

4.6

5.8

5.4

4.9

4.7

5.4

7.2

2.7

-0.5

1.0

-5.1

5-89

4.5

5.5

5.0

4.4

4.2

4.7

6.1

2.5

0.0

0.9

-2.2

0.8

140.040
159*428
159*516

4-89

5.2

6.5

6.0

5.7

5.6

6.5

7.7

4.7

5.5

4.9

4.0

8.9

17.6

5-89

5.6

6.5

6.4

6.1

6.0

6.7

8.0

5.5

4.4

5.9

5.5

9.2

15.7

10.0

6-89

5.2

6.0

5.8

5.5

5.4

5.9

7.0

4.7

5.7

4.8

4.5

6.8

8.8

4.7

-0.4

7-89

5.4

6.5

6.1

5.8

5.8

6.2

7.5

5.2

4.4

5.4

5.1

7.5

8.9

6.2

4.5

9.5

8-89

5.8

6.6

6.4

6.2

6.2

6.7

7.6

5.8

5.1

6.2

6.0

7.9

9.4

7.5

6.7

10.4

11.5

9-89

5.9

6.7

6.6

6.4

6.4

6.8

7.7

6.1

5.5

6.5

6.5

8.1

9.4

7.8

7.2

9.9

10.2

10-89

5.0

5.6

5.5

5.2

5.1

5.4

6.1

4.6

5.9

4.6

4.2

5.5

6.2

4.4

5.5

4.2

2.6

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

141*415
142*545
142»500
145»555
144»860
9.0

145»904P

-1.6 -11.2
8-89

144»466E

9-89

IN IT IA L MONTH
P- PRELIM IN A RY
E- ESTIM ATED




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERV E BANK OF ST* LO U IS
NOVEMBER 14» 1989

9

H O U R L Y C O M P E N S A T IO N , B U S IN E S S S E C T O R
(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
QUARTER

IN IT IA L QUARTER

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

1977*100

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89
171.8

1-85

4 5

2-85

4 3

4.0

3-85

4 7

4.8

173.5
5.6

175.9
178.6

4-85

5 1

5.3

6.0

6.3

1-86

5 2

5.4

5.8

5.9

5.5

181.0
183.0

2-86

5 1

5.2

5.5

5.4

5.0

4 5

3-86

5 0

5.1

5.3

5.2

4.9

4

4.7

4-86

5 0

5.1

5.3

5.2

4.9

4

4.9

185 1
5.1

187. A
188.3

1-87

4 7

4.7

4.8

4.6

4.3

4

3.9

3.5

1.9

2-87

4 5

4.5

4.5

4.3

4.0

3

3.6

3.2

2.3

2.6

3-87

4 5

4.5

4.6

4.4

4.2

3

3.8

3.6

3.1

3.8

189.5
4.9

191.8
195.1

4-87

4 7

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.5

4

4.4

4.3

4.1

4.8

6.0

7.1

1-88

4 6

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.3

4 2

4.1

4.0

3.8

4.3

4.9

4.9

2-88

4 6

4.6

4.7

4.6

4.4

4 3

4.3

4.3

4.1

4.6

5.1

5.1

4.1

5.6

3-88

4 7

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.6

4 5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.8

5.2

5.3

4.7

5.7

4-88

4 7

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.6

4 5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.8

5.2

5.3

4.8

5.5

5.5

5.3

1-89

4 7

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.6

4 6

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.8

5.1

5.2

4.8

5.3

5.3

5.0

196.4

2.7

199.1
201.9

5.7

204.5
4.8

206.9

2-89

4 9

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.8

4 7

4.8

4.8

4.7

5.1

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.9

6.9

3-89

4 9

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.8

4 7

4.8

4.8

4.7

5.0

5.3

5.3

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.8

4.6

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

210.4
212.8

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O U T P U T P E R H O U R O F A L L P E R S O N S , B U S IN E S S S E C T O R
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84
1-85

2.3

2-85

2.7

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

1977«100
3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89
106.5

3.0

107.1

3-85

2.9

3.2

3.4

4-85

2.5

2.5

2.3

1.1

108.0
108.5

1-86

3.5

3.8

4.0

4.3

7.6

2-86

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.6

3.4

-0.7

3-86

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.5

1.6

-1.5

-1.8

4—86

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.3

1.4

-0.6

-0.5

0.7

1-87

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.2

1.3

-0.5

-0.1

0.7

110.5
110.1
109.6
109.8
0.7

110.0

2-87

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.5

0.5

0.5

1.3

1.6

2.6

3-87

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.8

0.8

1.2

1.9

2.5

5.1

5*7

4-87

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.9

1.1

1.4

2.1

2.5

5.0

5.5

2.9

110.7
111.7
112.5

1-88

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

2.0

1.3

1.6

2.2

2.5

2.9

5.0

2.7

2.5

2-88

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.6

0.9

1.1

1.6

1.7

1.9

1.7

1.1

0.2

-2.1

3-*8

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.7

1.1

1.3

1.7

1.9

2.1

1.9

1.5

1.1

0.4

2.9

4-88

1.8

1.«

1.7

1.5

1.6

1.0

1.2

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.3

0.9

0.4

1.6

0.4

1-89

1.8

1.7

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

2-89

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.2

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.3

1.0

0.7

1.4

0.9

1.2

1.4

3-89

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.2

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.1

0.8

1.4

1.1

1.5

1.4

1.4

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89




115.2
112.6
115.4
115.5
1.1

115.8
114.2
114.6

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10

PR O D U C T IV IT Y ,

R A T IO

C O M P E N S A T IO N ,

AND

LA BO R

COSTS

S C A LE

R A T IO
SEASONALLY AP JUSTED

1977-100

1961

1982

1983

1984

1985

SCA LE

1977-100

1986

1987

1988

1989

SOURCEi U .S . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENTA9ES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANCE FOR PERIOOS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« 3RD OUARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

U N I T L A B O R C O S T S , B U S IN E S S S E C T O R
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL.
QUARTER
4-84

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

1-85

2*3

2-85

1.5

0.7

3-85

1.9

1.7

2.7

4-85

2.6

2.7

3.7

4.7

1-86

1.7

1.5

1.8

1.4

-1.9

2-86

2.3

2.3

2.7

2.7

1.7

5.5

3-86

2.9

3.0

3.4

3.6

3.2

5.9

6.4

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

1977*100
3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89
161.6
161.9
165.0
164.9
164.1
166.5
168.9

4-86

3.0

3,1

3.6

3.7

3.5

5.3

5.2

4.1

1-87

2.9

2.9

3.2

3.3

3.0

4.3

3.9

2.7

1.4

2-87

2.6

2.6

2.9

2.9

2.6

3.5

3.0

1.9

0.8

0.2

3-87

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.6

2.3

8.0

2.5

1.6

0.8

0.5

0.7

4-87

2.6

2.6

2.8

2.8

2.6

3.2

2.9

2.2

1.7

1.8

2.6

4.5

1-88

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.3

2.8

2.5

1.8

1.4

1.5

1.7

2.2

0.0

2-88

2.8

2.8

3.0

3.0

2.8

3.4

3.1

2.7

2.4

2.7

5.5

4.1

4.0

8.1

3-88

2.8

2.8

3.0

3.0

2.8

3.3

3.1

2.7

2.5

2.6

5.1

3.7

3.5

5.3

4-88

2.9

2.9

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.5

3.3

2.9

2.8

5.0

3.4

4.0

3.9

5.2

3.8

5.0

1-89

3.0

3.0

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.5

3.3

3.0

2.9

5.1

3.5

4.0

3.9

4.8

3.8

4.4

5.8

2-89

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.1

5.5

3.7

4.1

4.0

4.9

4.1

4.6

4.4

4.9

3-89

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.6

3.5

3.2

5.1

5.5

3.7

4.0

4.0

4.6

4.0

4.5

4.1

4.2

5.5

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89




170.6
171.2
171.5
171.6
173.5
175.5
176.9
2.5

178.0
180.2
181.9
184.1
185.7

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G R O SS N A T IO 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
(Compounded A nnual Rates of Change)
IN IT IA L QUARTER

TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

1-85

2-85

3—85

4-85

1—84

2-84

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

B IL L IO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

3 »925.6

1-85

7.9

2-85

6.7

5.6

3-85

6.8

6.3

3*979.0
7.0

4*047.0

4-85

6.6

6.2

6.6

6.2

1-86

6.8

6.5

6.8

6.7

7.3

2-86

5.9

5.4

5.4

4.9

4.3

1.3

3-86

5.8

5.5

5.5

5.1

4.7

3.5

5.7

4-86

5.6

5.3

5.3

4.9

4.6

3.7

5.0

4.2

1-87

6.0

5.7

5.8

5.6

5.4

5.0

6.2

6.5

8.8

2-87

6.2

6.0

6.1

5.9

5.9

5.6

6.7

7.0

8.5

8.2

3-87

6.4

6.2

6.3

6.2

6.2

6.1

7.0

7.4

8.4

8.3

8.4

4-87

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.5

7.4

7.7

8.6

8.5

8 .7

9.0

1-88

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.5

7.2

7.5

8.2

8 .0

7.9

7.7

6.5

2-88

6.7

6.6

6.7

6.7

6.8

6.7

7.4

7.6

8 .2

8.1

8.1

8.0

7.5

8 .6

3-88

6.8

6.7

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.8

7.4

7.6

8.1

8.0

8.0

7.9

7.5

8.1

7.5

4-88

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.9

6.9

7.4

7.6

8.1

7.9

7.9

7.8

7.5

7.9

7.5

7.5

1-89

6.9

6.8

6.9

6.9

7.0

6.9

7.5

7.6

8.0

7.9

7.9

7.8

7.6

7.9

7.6

7.7

7.9

2-89

6.9

6.8

6.9

6.9

7.0

6.9

7.4

7.6

7.9

7.8

7.8

7.7

7.5

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.1

3-89

6.9

6.8

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.9

7.3

7.5

7.8

7.7

7.6

7.5

7.3

7.4

7.2

7.1

7.0

6.6

6.1

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

4*107.9
4*181.3
4*194.7
4*253.3
4*297.3
4*388.8
4*475.9
4*566.6
4*665.8
4»739.8
4 »838.5
4*926.9
5*017.3
5*113.1
5*201.7
5*278.9P

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PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
NOVEMBER 29» 1989

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
(Compounded A nnual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

BILLION S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
3*577.5

1-85

4.9

2-85

3.7

2.4

3-85

3.8

3.3

3*599.2
3*635.8

4.1

3*662.4

4-85

3.6

3.2

3.5

3.0

1-86

4.2

4.0

4.5

4.7

6.6

3*721.1
3*704.6

2-86

3.2

2.8

2.9

2.5

2.3

-1.8

3-86

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.1

1.8

-0.5

0.8

4-86

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.1

1.9

0.4

1.6

2.3

1-87

3.1

2.8

2.9

2.7

2.6

1.7

2.8

3.8

5.4

2-87

3.2

3.0

3.1

2.9

2.9

2.2

3.2

4.0

4.9

4.4

3-87

3.4

3.2

3.3

3.2

3.2

2.7

3.6

4.3

5.0

4.8

5.3

4-87

3.6

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.3

4.1

4.8

5.4

5.4

5.9

6.6

3*712.4
3*733.6
3*783.0
3*823.5
3*872.8
3*935.6

1-88

3.7

3.6

3.7

3.6

3.7

3.4

4.1

4.7

5.1

5.1

5.3

5.3

4.0

2-88

3.7

3.6

3.7

3.6

3.7

3.4

4.0

4.5

4.9

4.8

4.9

4.8

3.9

3*974.8
4*010.7

3.7

3-88

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.4

4.0

4.4

4.6

4.5

4.6

4.4

3.6

3.4

3.2

4-88

3.6

3.5

3.6

3.5

3.6

3.3

3.8

4.2

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.0

3.4

3.2

2.9

2.7

4*042.7

1-89

3.6

3.5

3.6

3.5

3.6

3.3

3.8

4.1

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.0

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.7

2-89

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.7

4.0

4.1

4.0

4.0

3.8

3.3

3.2

3.0

3.0

3.1

2.5

3-89

3.5

3.4

3.5

3.4

3.5

3.2

3.6

3.9

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

3.0

2.6

2.7

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

4*069.4
4*106.8
4*132.5
4*160.2P

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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
RATIO

SCALE

TRILLIONS

QUARTERLY

OF

DOLLARS

T O T A L S AT A NN U A L

SEASONALLY

RATES

ADJUSTED

RATIO

T R IL LIO N S

OF

SCALE

DOLLARS

6

4.8
6

4.0
8

3.2
0

2 . 8

6

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986
SO U RC E«

PERC EN TA G ES

ARE

LA TEST

PLO TTED «

DATA




ANNUAL

RA TES

3RD

OF

Q U A RTER

CHANGE

FO R

P E R IO D S

1987
U .S .

1988
D EPARTM EN T

1989
OF

C O M M ERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

P R E L IM IN A R Y

PREPA RED

13

BY

FED ERAL

R ESE R V E

BANK

OF

ST .

L O U IS

G E N E R A L

P R I C E

I N D E X *

R AT I O SCALE

RATI O SCALE

1982-100

1982-100

9 0 --------- ----- ----------------------- --------- --------------------c--------- ----- ■
L-

1981

1982

1 98 3

1984

198 5

1986

«AS USED IN NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTS

198 7

19 8 8

198 9

SOURCEt U .S . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt 3RD QUARTER PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

I M P L I C I T P R IC E 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
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

1982 * 100
3-87

4-87

1-88

1-85

2*6

2-85

3.0

3.3

3-85

2*8

2.9

2.6

4-85

2.9

3.1

2.9

3.3

1-86

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.0

0.7

2-86

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3

1.8

2.9

3-86

2.9

3.0

2.9

3.0

2.9

4.0

5.0

4-86

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.6

3.2

3.4

1.8

1-87

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

3.2

3.3

2.5

3.2

2-87

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

3.3

3.4

2.9

3.5

3*8

3-87

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

3.2

3.3

2.9

3*3

3*3

2*8

4-87

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.8

3.1

3.2

2.8

3*0

3*0

2*6

2*4

1-88

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

3.0

3.0

2.7

2*8

2*8

2*4

2.2

2*0

2-88

2.9

3.0

2.9

3.0

2.9

3.2

3.2

3.0

3*2

3*2

3*0

3.1

3*4

4*8

3-88

3.0

3.1

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.1

3*3

3.4

3*3

3.4

3*7

4*6

4—88

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.4

3.5

3.3

3*5

3*5

1-89

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.5

3.5

3.4

3*6

3*6

3*6

3.7

4*0

2-89

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.6

3.6

3.5

3*7

3*7

3*7

3.8

4*1

3-89

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.5

3.6

3.5

3*6

3*7

3*6

3.7

3*9

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

109*7
110*6
111*3
112*2
112*4
113*2
114*6
115*1
116*0
117*1

3*5

117*9

3.6

118*6

4*0

119*2
120*6
121*9

4*4

123*3

4*5

4*7

4*3

4*3

4*0

4*5

4*4

4*4

4*3

4*6

4.3

4*2

4*1

3*9

3*9

3*2

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

4*6
4*4

124*5
125*9
126*9P

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B IL L IO N S OF

TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
4-86 1-87 2-87 3-87

DOLLARS
1-88

4-87

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89
2*554.9

1-85

10.2

2-85

8.7

7.1

3-85

9.1

8.5

9.9

4-85

8.3

7.7

7.9

6 0

1-86

7.7

7.0

7.0

5 6

5.1

2-86

7.0

6.4

6.2

5 0

4.5

4.0

3-86

7.4

7.0

6.9

6 2

6.2

6.8

9 8

4-86

7.3

6.8

6.8

6 2

6.2

6.6

7 9

6.2

1-87

7.2

6.8

6.8

6 2

6.3

6.6

7 5

6.4

6.6

2-87

7.5

7.2

7.2

6 9

7.0

7.4

8 3

7.8

8.6

2*599.3
2*661.4
2*700.4
2*734.3
2*761.0
2*826.0
2*868.5
2*914.7
2*989.4

10.7

3*055.9

3-87

7.7

7.4

7.5

7 2

7.3

7.7

8 5

8.1

8.8

9.9

9.2

4-87

7.3

7.1

7.1

6

6.9

7.1

7

7.2

7.5

7.8

6.4

3.6

1-88

7.4

7.2

7.2

6

7.1

7.3

7

7.5

7.7

8.0

7.1

6.1

8.7

2-88

7.4

7.2

7.2

7

7.1

7.3

7

7.5

7.7

7.9

7.2

6.6

8.0

7.4

3-88

7.4

7.2

7.3

7

7.1

7.3

7

7.5

7.6

7.8

7.3

6.8

7.9

7.5

7.5

4-88

7.5

7.3

7.3

7

7.2

7.4

7

7.5

7.6

7.8

7.3

7.0

7.8

7.5

7.6

7.6

1-89

7.4

7.3

7.3

7

7.2

7.3

7

7.4

7.6

7.7

7.3

7.0

7.7

7.4

7.4

7.4

7.1

2-89

7.4

7.3

7.3

7

7.2

7.4

7

7.5

7.6

7.7

7.3

7.1

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.6

3-89

7.5

7.3

7.3

7 2

7.3

7.4

7

7.5

7.7

7.8

7.4

7.2

7.7

7.6

7.6

7.7

7.7

7.9

8.3

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4—86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

3*083.3
3*148.1
3*204.9
3*263.4
3*324.0
3*381.4
3*444.1
3*513.2P

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P E R S O N A L C O N S U M P T I O N E X P E N D I T U R E S I N 1982 D O L L A R S
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
4-86 1-87 2-87 3-87

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS
4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89
2*319.1

1-85

6.8

2-85

5.0

3.2

3-85

5.6

5.0

6.8

4-85

4.6

3.9

4.3

1.9

1-86

4.5

4.0

4.2

3.0

4.1

2-86

4.4

3.9

4.1

3.2

3.8

3.6

2*337.4
2*375.9
2*386.9
2,410.9
2*432.4

3-86

4.5

4.1

4.3

3.7

4.4

4.5

5.4

4-86

4.2

3.9

4.0

3.4

3.8

3.7

3.8

2*464.4
2.2

2*477.8

1-87

3.8

3.4

3.4

2.9

3.1

2.8

2.5

1.1

0.1

2-87

3.9

3.5

3.6

3.1

3.3

3.2

3.1

2.3

2.4

4.8

3-87

3.9

3.6

3.7

3.3

3.5

3.4

3.4

2.9

3.2

4.8

4.7

4-87

3.5

3.2

3.3

2.9

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.2

2.2

2.9

2.0

-0.7

1-88

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.2

3.4

3.3

3.2

2.9

3.0

3.7

3.4

2.7

2-88

3.7

3.4

3.4

3.1

3.3

3.2

3.1

2.8

2.9

3.5

3.2

2.7

4.4

2.5

3-8S

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.3

3.2

3.1

2.9

3.0

3.5

3.2

2.8

4.0

2.9

3.3

4-88

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.1

3.3

3.2

3.1

2.9

3.0

3.4

3.2

2.9

3.8

3.0

3.2

3.0

2*478.3
2,507.7
2*536.5
2*532.3
6.2

2*570.8
2*586.8
2*608.1
2*627.7

1-89

3.5

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.9

3.2

3.0

2.7

3.4

2.7

2.8

2.5

2.0

2-89

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.0

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.8

3.1

2.9

2.6

3.2

2.6

2.6

2.3

2.0

1.9

3-89

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.0

3.1

3.4

3.2

3.1

3.6

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.4

4.1

6.2

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

2*641.0
2*653.7
2*694.IP

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(C o m p o u n d e d A n n u a l R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84
1-85

-12.9

2-85

-2.9

3-85

-7.0

4-85

-1.2

1-65

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
4-86 1-87 2-87 3-87

B IL L IO N S OF

DOLLARS

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-68

4-88

1-89

2-89

639.3
8.4

652.3

-3.9 -14.8

626.7

3.1

0.6

18.7

654.1

1-86

2.7

7.0

6.5

19.1

2-86

-0.5

2.2

0.8

6.5

1.0 -14.7

3-86

-1.2

0.9

-0.6

3.4

-1.3 -10.3

-5.7

4-86

-1.0

0.8

-0.4

2.8

-0.8

-6.8

-2.5

0.7

1-87

0.8

2.6

1.8

4.9

2.3

-1.6

3.2

8.0

15.8

2-87

1.3

3.1

2.4

5.1

3.0

0.0

4.1

7.6

11.2

6.7

3-87

1.7

3.3

2.7

5.1

3.3

0.9

4.3

7.0

9.1

5.9

5.2

4-87

4.2

6.0

5.7

8 .3

7.1

5.4

9.2

12.4

15.6

15.5

20.1

1-88

3.0

4.5

4.1

6.2

4.9

3.2

6.1

8.2

9.7

8.3

8.8

10.7 -10.7

2-88

3.6

5.0

4.7

6.7

5.5

4.1

6.7

8.6

10.0

8.9

9.4

10.8

-0.3

11.2

19.4

683.8
657.2
647.7
648.8
673.1
684.1
692.8
37.1

749.7
728.8
748.4

3-88

4.2

5.5

5.3

7.2

6.2

4.9

7.4

9.1

10.4

9.5

10.1

11.3

3.8

11.9

12.7

4-88

3.3

4.5

4.2

5.8

4.8

3.6

5.6

6.9

7.7

6.6

6.6

6.9

0.4

4.4

1.2

-9.2

1-89

3.6

4.7

4.5

6.0

5.1

4.0

5.9

7.1

7.9

6.9

7.0

7.3

2.1

5.6

3.8

-0.4

2-89

3.6

4.6

4.4

5.8

5.0

3.9

5.6

6.7

7.4

6.5

6.4

6.6

2.2

5.0

3.6

0.7

6.0

2.8

3-89

3.5

4.5

4.3

5.6

4.8

3.8

5.4

6.3

6.9

6.0

5.9

6.0

2.2

4.5

3.3

1.0

4.7

2.5

2.1

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

771.1
752.8
9.2

769.6
775.0
779.0P

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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
(Compounded A nnual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

1-85

1-85

-12.4

2-85

-2.5

3-85

-7.6

4-85

-1.2

2.9

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
4-86 1-87 2-87 3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

634.3
8.6

647.5

-5.0 -17.0

618.1

0.2

20.8

648.0

1-86

2.5

6.6

5.9

19.6

2-86

-1.4

1.0

-0.8

5.3

-1.8 -18.5

3-86

-2.7

-1.0

-2.8

1.1

-4.7 -14.5 -10.3

4-86

-3.1

-1.7

-3.4

-0.4

1-87

-0.6

0.9

-0.1

3.0

-0.2

2-87

0.1

1.6

0.7

3.5

3-87

0.9

2.3

1.6

4-87

3.2

4.8

1-88

2.3

3.7

2-88

2.4

3-88

3.0

18.5

676.1

-5.1 -11.8

642.3
625.1

-8.3

-6.2

-4.4

0.8

6.9

0.9

-2.3

2.2

4.2

2.1

-0.4

3.6

4.4

7.1

5.5

3.8

3.2

5.5

3.9

3.7

3.3

5.4

4.2

3.9

5.9

615.2
21.8

646.3

6.8

13.9

6.6

656.7

7.5

12.4

8.0

9.5

8.0

12.1

17.2

15.7

20.6

32.8

2.3

5.6

8.6

11.8

9.4

10.3

10.8

-7.6

3.9

2.4

5.4

7.9

10.4

8.2

8.6

8.4

-2.1

3.7

4.6

3.3

6.1

8.3

10.6

8.8

9.3

9.2

2.3

7.7

11.8
-1.2 -12.7

671.7
721.1
707.0
713.5
733.6

4-88

2.0

3.0

2.6

4.3

3.0

1.7

4.0

5.8

7.4

5.4

5.3

4.4

-1.7

0.4

1-89

2.3

3.3

2.9

4.5

3.3

2.2

4.3

5.9

7.3

5.6

5.5

4.8

0.0

2.0

1.4

-3.4

6.9

2-89

2.1

3.0

2.7

4.1

3.0

1.9

3.9

5.3

6.5

4.9

4.7

4.0

-0.1

1.4

0.9

-2.5

3.0

-0.7

3-89

2.1

3.0

2.7

4.0

3.0

2.0

3.7

5.0

6.1

4.6

4.4

3.8

0.2

1.6

1.1

-1.3

2.8

0.7

2.2

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

709.1
721.1
719.8
723.7P

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(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 )

C U R REN T D O LLA R S

B IL L IO N S OF

TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

2-85

10.8
10.0

5-85

15.4

14.7

20.6

4-85

12.1

12.5

14.2

8.1

8 .9

8 .4

8.2

2 .4

1-85

4-85

1-86 2-86

5-86

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
4-86 1-87 2-87 5-87

DOLLARS
4-87

1-88 2-88

5-88

4 -8 8

1-89

2-89
784.4

9.1

1-86
2-86

8 .9

5-86

8 .4

8.6
8.0

4-86

7.8

1-87

7.9

2-87
5-87

801.7
840.2
85 6.7
85 0.5

-5 .0

869.5

8 .4

4 .6

5.0

9.2

7.8

4 .8

5.7

7.2

7.4

7.1

4 .6

5 .8

6.1

4 .6

4 .0

7.5

7.5

5 .2

4 .7

6 .7

5 .8

6.1

8 .5

7.5

7 .2

6.9

5.1

4 .6

6.2

5 .5

5 .6

6.4

4 .4

7.5

7.2

7.0

5 .4

5 .0

6.4

5 .8

6.7

5 .9

4-87

7.4

7.1

1-88
2-88

6.8

6 .4

6.7

6.4

6.2
6.2

6.9

8 8 0.5

5 .2

88 8.9
906.9
916.8

5 .5

5 .2

6.4

5 .9

6.0
6.1

6.6

6.0 6.8

6.5

4 .8

4 .5

5 .5

4 .9

4 .9

5.1

4 .5

4 .2

2 .7

5 .0

4 .7

5 .5

5.1

5.1

5 .5

4 .7

4.7

5.9

4 .4

5.8

5.6

5-88

6.2

5 .9

5 .7

4 .5

4 .2

4 .9

4 .4

4 .4

4-88

7 .2

7.0

6.9

5 .9

5 .7

6.5

6.2

6.4

955.2

7.5

947.5
-

0.8
6.2

2 .7

1.6

2 .7

6.6

6.7

9.4

0.6
11.0

1-89

6 .9

6.7

6.5

5 .6

5 .4

5 .9

6.9

6.7

6.5

5 .7

5 .5

6.1
6.2

5 .8

2-89

5 .9

6.0

6.8
6.1 5 .8 6.0
6.2 6.0 6.2

5-89

6 .7

6.5

6.5

5 .5

5 .5

5 .9

5 .7

5 .7

5 .9

5 .6

5 .8

5 .6

5 .5

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-86 2-86

6.7

6.4

945.7

2 .7

960.1
958.6

-

2 5 .9

5 .8

5 .7

7.4

7.8

12.5

1.8

6.0

5 .9

7.5

7.6

10.5

4 .4

6 .9

6.6

6.6

8 .5

5.8

4 .8

2 .7

1-88 2-88

5-88

4-8 8

1-89

2-8 9

1.01 1.4
1,01 6.0
1,05 5.2
1,040.2P

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G O V E R N M E N T P U R C H A S E S O F G O O D S A N D S E R V IC E S I N 1982 D O L L A R S
(Compounded A nnual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84
1-85

7.5

2-85

6.9

5-85

11.0
8.6

1-85

2-85

3-85

5-86

4-87

1-88 2-88

5-88

4-8 8

1-89

2 -8 9
705.5
716.7

19.8

9.0

10.5

5 .8

5 .5

5.1

6.4

6 .5

5-86

5 .8

5 .6

4 -86

5 .8

5 .6

6.2 2.0
5 .4
2.1
5 .4
2.8

1-87

5 .2

4 .9

4 .7

2-87

4 .6

4 .5

5-87

4 .6

4 .5

4-87

4 .5

1-86
2-86

1-86 2-86

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

6.5
15.0

4 -85

4 -85

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
4-86 1-87 2-87 5-87

749.8

1.6
-1 .5

752.7
-4 .5

744.1

2 .5

9 .5

2.2

5 .8

761.2

2.1

765.2

5.1

5 .8

5.9

5 .8

2 .4

2 .5

4 .4

2 .7

5.0

0.5

4 .0

1.9

2.0

5.5

1.8

1.7

-0 .5

4 .0

2.2

2 .5

5.5

2 .5

2 .4

1.5

776.0

4 .5

4.1

2 .5

2.6

5.6

2 .7

2.8

1-88
2-88

5.5

5.2

2 .9

1.3

1.5

2.1

1.0

0 .9

5.5

5.5

5.0

1.6

2 .5

1.4

1.5

5-88

.3.1

2.8

2 .5

l.l

1.6
1.1

1.7

0 .9

0 .7

2.1
0.1
0.6
0.0

4-88

5.9

5.6

5.4

2 .3

2 .5

5.0

2 .5

2 .4

1.9

1-89

5.4

5 .2

5.0

1.9

1.9

2 .4

2-89

5.5

5.5

5.1

5.2

5 .0

2.8

2.1
1.8

1.8
2.1

5-89

2.1
1.8

1.8
2.1
1.8

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

2 .7
2 .5

1-86 2-86

-

776.6
-0 .9

774.9

1.8

4 .5

2 .7

4 .5

785.5
4 .5

0.2 0.0 - 2.1
1.0 - 0.1
0 .7
0.1 - 1.0
- 0.1
2.2 2 .7 2 .5
1.8 1.4
1.5

-

792.1
-8 .3

775.1

-2 .3

4.1

-2 .7

0.2

1.8
0.8

785.0
-5 .6

5 .4

6.1

3.2

2 .9

775.9
16.7

806.4

1.7

1.9

2 .5

1.9

1.5

5.6

5 .5

6.2
6.0

1.7

1.4

1.5

1.8

1.4

1.0 2.6

2 .5

5 .9

1.0
- 0.1

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

5-88

4-8 8

1.5

4-87

1-88 2-88

-5 .5

799.7
5 .4

1.6
1-89

81 0.5
-

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TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

BILLIONS OF

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

5-87

2-87

1-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

1-85

5.4

2-85

9.1

15.1

5-85

5.5

5.5

-1.5

4-85

6.5

6.6

5.5

8 .6

1-86

6.7

7.0

5.1

8.6

8.5

2-86

6.7

6.9

5.5

7.9

7.5

6.5

5-86

6.1

6.2

4.8

6.5

5.8

4.4

2.4

4-86

6.0

6.0

4.9

6.2

5.7

4.7

5.8

5.5

1-87

6.5

6.6

5.7

7.0

6.7

6.2

6.1

8.0

10.8

2-87

5.8

5.8

4.9

5.9

5.4

4.8

4.4

5.0

4.9

-0.6

5-87

6.2

6.5

5.6

6.5

6.2

5.9

5.7

6.6

7.0

5.2

4-87

6.8

6.9

6.5

7.2

7.0

6.8

6.8

7.7

8.4

7.6

11.9

12.4

6.9

7.6

8.1

7.4

10.5

9.7

7.0

6.9

7.6

8.0

7.4

9.5

8.9

7.1

7.2

7.1

7.8

8.1

7.7

9.4

8.9

7.8

8.2

9.1

8.2

7.9

9.5

8.9

8.1

8.4

9.0

8.9

9.4

8.8

9.5

10.0

10.4

2-89

DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

2 »850.7
2.840.0
2.899.5
2.959.2

1-88

6.8

6.9

6.5

7.2

7.0

2-88

6.8

6.9

6.4

7.2

7.0

6.9

7.0

4-88

1-89

2*764.6

6.8

5-88

4-88

7.1

7.1

7.2

6.6
6.8

5.006.5
5.024.5
5*065.4
5.142.8
5.158.1
11.5

7.5

7.2

7.5

7.4

7.5

7.5

7.9

7.6

7.7

8.5

8 .6

8.5

9.7

7.1

5*225.5
5*519.4
5*576.4
5.455.9
5.511.7
5.587.4
11.9

5.689.5

1-8.9

7.4

7.5

7.1

7.8

7.7

2-89

7.5

7.4

7.1

7.7

7.6

7.5

7.6

8.1

8.4

8.1

9.5

9.0

8.4

8.7

9.1

9.1

9.1

6.5

7.5

7.4

7.1

7.6

7.5

7.5

7.5

8.0

8 .2

8.0

9.0

8.7

8.2

8.4

8.6

8.4

8.5

6.5

6.6

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5-89

5.747.7
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D IS 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
(Compounded A nnual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
4-86 1-87 2-87 5-87

4-87

1-88

BILLION S OF
DOLLARS
2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89
2.509.4

1-85

2.1

2-85

5.5

8.9

2.565.5
2*555.4

5-85

2.1

2.1

-4.5

4-85

2.7

2.8

-0.1

4.4

1-86

5.6

4.0

2.4

5.9

7.4

2-86

4.0

4.4

5.5

6.0

6.8

6.2

5-86

5.2

5.4

2.5

4.0

5.9

2.2

-1.7

4-86

5.0

5.1

2.1

5.5

5.5

1.9

-0.2

1.4

1-87

5.1

5.2

2.4

5.6

5.4

2.4

1.2

2.7

4.0

2-87

2.1

2.2

1.5

2.2

1.8

0.7

-0.6

-0.2

-1.0

-5.8

5-87

2.6

2.6

1.9

2.7

2.5

1.7

0.8

1.5

1.5

0.2

6.7

4-87

5.0

5.1

2.5

5.5

5.1

2.5

1.9

2.7

5.0

2.7

7.2

2.562.8
2*609.2
2*648.6
2*657.5
2*646.2
2*672.5
2*652.5
2*675.6
2*726.2

7.8

2*757.2

1-88

5.1

5.2

2.7

5.4

5.5

2.8

2.5

5.0

5.5

5.2

6.4

6.2

4.6

2-88

5.1

5.1

2.7

5.5

5.2

2.7

2.5

2.9

5.2

5.0

5.5

4.9

5.5

2.4

5-88

5.2

5.2

2.8

5.4

5.4

5.0

2.6

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.5

4.9

5.9

5.6

4.9

4-88

5.2

5.5

2.9

5.5

5.4

5.1

2.8

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.1

4.8

4.0

5.8

4.6

4.5

1-89

5.4

5.5

5.2

5.7

5.7

5.4

5.1

5.6

5.9

5.8

5.5

5.1

4.5

4.5

5.2

5.4

6.6

2-89

5.5

5.4

5.0

5.5

5.5

5.2

2.9

5.4

5.6

5.5

4.7

4.5

5.9

5.8

4.1

5.9

5.7

0.8

5-89

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.1

5.5

5.7

5.6

4.7

4.5

4.0

5.9

4.2

4.1

4.0

2.7

4.7

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

2*775.5
2*806.4
2.855.9
2.881.7
2.887.6
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TERM INAL

B IL L IO N S OF
DOLLARS

IN IT IA L QUARTER

q u a r ter

4-84

1-85

2-85

1-85

-59.4

2-85

-20.4

4.6

5-85

-9.5

10.7

17.1

15.7

18.5

4-85

5-85

1-86

2-86

an n ual r a t e s

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

1-88

4-87

2-88

5-8»

4-88

1-89

2-89
122.8
124.2

129.2

4-85

-2.9

1—86

-15.4

-8.1 -11.9 -25.6 -51.4

2-86

-15.9

-7.6 -10.5 -18.1 -52.4

5-86

-9.9

-5.8

-5.4 -10.5 -18.6

4-86

-6.8

-0.8

-1.7

1-87

-2.5

5.4

5.5

1.1

2-87

0.1

5.8

5.9

4.4

2.1

5-87

2.5

7.8

8.2

7.1

5.4

4-87

2.5

7.5

7.5

6.5

4.9

1-88

4.4

9.2

9.6

8 .9

7.7

2-88

5.5

9.9

10.4

9.8

8.8

19.0

5-88

6.0

10.5

10.8

10.5

9.4

18.7

4-88

6.0

10.0

10.4

9.9

9.1

17.4

1-89

5.5

9.0

9.5

8.8

8.0

15.4

2-89

5.5

6.6

6.7

6.1

5.1

5-89

1.5

4.5

4.5

5.7

2.7

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

155.2

19.9

112.9
-5.9
5.4

111.2
18.0

115.9

-5.1 -10.5

9.7

18.4

18.8

-2.5

16.4

24.9

28.5

18.4

25.4

27.9

52.7

26.7

19.9

25.9

28.0

51.2

27.4

28.1

17.1

21.5

22.2

25.1

18.1

14.1

1.6

19.0

25.1

25.9

25.0

21.7

20.1

16.5

55.0

22.5

25.2

25.9

21.1

19.7

17.1

25.6

18.7

21.8

22.2

22.7

20.2

19.0

16.8

22.5

17.5

16.0

20.1

20.5

20.5

18.0

16.6

14.5

17.9

15.5

10.7

5.7

17.6

17.5

17.4

14.9

15.4

11.1

15.1

8.6

5.4

0.5

11.6

15.2

12.7

12.1

9.5

7.5

4.8

5.4

0.6

-5.5

8.4

9.5

8 .9

8.0

5.3

5.2

0.4

0.2

-4.4

-8.4 -15.7 -19.5 -25.8 -25.8

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

121.0
59.1

151.4
139.4
148.3
148.9
159.9
166.9
173.2
175.6
-4.5

175.6

-9.2 -15.8 -25.8

161.1

5-88

4-88

1-89

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H IS T O R IC A L

N A T IO N A L

E s tim a te s
o f

N IP A

C u rre n t
J u ly

t a b le s

1986,

Ju ly

N a t io n a l

1929 -8 2 :

F o r
an d

W e a lt h

D e p a rtm e n t




th e

D a ta

1987

an d

E s tim a te s
In c o m e

an d

S t a t is t ic a l

fu r th e r

o f

fo r

in
a re

1983,

Ju ly
fo r

PRO D UCT

th e

OF

ACCOUNTS

r e g u la r

p u b lis h e d
1984

1988
N IP A

P ro d u c t

and

S u rv e y
s e r ie s

A c c o u n ts

DATA

q u a r t e r ly

in

th e

1985

p r e s e n t a t io n

J u ly

a re

1989

S u rv e y

p u b lis h e d

o f

C u rre n t

B u s in e s s ,

fo r

1929-82

a re

o f

th e

in

p u b lis h e d

U n it e d

S t a t e s .

to

N a t io n a l

o f

th e

in

T a b le s .

in fo r m a tio n

D iv is io n

AND

s e r ie s

1 9 8 6 - 8 9 :1 1

B u s in e s s .

r e s p e c t iv e ly .
The

fo r
fo r

IN C O M E

SO URCES

(B E - 5 4 ),

C o m m e rce ,

an d

p r ic e s ,

B u re a u

W a s h in g to n ,

o f

D .C .

19

w r it e

E c o n o m ic
20230.

th e

A n a ly s is ,

U .S .

In c o m e

INVENTORIES

COMPARED

WITH

M A N U F A C T U R IN G

SEASONALLY

AN D

MONTHLY

SALES

TR A D E

ADJUSTED

72

72

68

68

1 .6 4

64

1 .6 0

60

56

56

52

52

I .4 8

48

44

44

40

40

36

36
1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

SOURCE:
«BEGINNING

IN

SHADED

AREAS

LATEST

DATA




1982,

I NV E NTORY

REPRESENT
PLOTTEDs

DATA R E F L E C T

PERIODS

SEPTEMBER

OF

BUSINESS

CHANGES

IN E S T I M A T I O N

1986

1987

U.S.DEPARTMENT

1988

1989

OF COMMERCE

PROCEDURES.

RECESSIONS.

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