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PREPARED

MONTH EN DING:

BY

December 31, 1975

FEDERAL

RESERVE

BANK

trciids
OF

ST. LOUIS

RELEASED:

January 29, 1976

The U.S. economy continues on an upward course which
began In the spring of 1975. Production, employment, and Income
have been Increasing since spring. Prices are rising more slowly,
on average, when compared to the double-digit Inflation rates
which prevailed during 1974; however, the rates of Increase con­
tinue high by historical standards.
Despite a major revision in the GNP data, the contours
of the recent recession and the current recovery are not substan­
tially changed from those depicted by earlier data. Real GNP has
risen at a 6.8 percent rate since first quarter 1975, after de­
clining for 4 consecutive quarters. The implicit price deflator
for GNP rose at a 6.5 percent rate in fourth quarter 1975 and has
risen at a 5.9 percent rate since first quarter last year, which
compares with an 11 percent rate of increase in the previous year.
Industrial production rose at a 13 percent rate in
December, about the same as the rate of growth since April 1975.
Industrial production decreased at a 10.0 percent rate during the
recession period from November 1973 to April 1975. Total civilian
employment and payroll employment have both risen at a 2.6 percent
rate since last April. Retail sales have increased at about a 17
percent rate since April and have shown Increases in seven of the
last eight months. The Increases in consumer and wholesale prices
since last April have been slower than in the previous year, with
consumer prices rising at a 7.3 percent annual rate and wholesale
prices at a 6.5 percent rate. By comparison, consumer and wholesale
prices rose 10 and 13 percent, respectively, in the year ending
April 1975.

Major comprehensive revisions in personal income and the
national income and product accounts were announced January 16, 1976.
The revisions, which go back to 1946, are the largest revisions to
take place since 1965. The revisions Include: (1) regular updating
for the estimates of 1972-1974 which usually take place in July;
(2) benchmarking of GNP-related estimates to various censuses con­
ducted since 1963; (3) a change In the valuation period for constant
dollar estimates from 1958 to 1972; and (4) a number of changes in
definition and classification.




TOTAL C I V IL I A N EM PLO Y A N T
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
IN IT IA L

TERM INAL
MQNTH
5-7*

6-74

7-74

9-74 10-74 11-74 12-74

1-75

0 *4

7-74

2 .4

4 .5

1 .0

1 .3

- 1 .8

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75

10-75

11-75

86 »403
8 6 ,2 7 4
8 6 ,4 0 2

9-74

1 .2

1 .5

- 0 .0

1 .8

l u —74

0 .7

0 .8

- 0 .5

0 .2

- 1 .4

11-74

- 0 .9

- 1 .1

- 2 .5

- 2 .7

—4-.9

- 3 .7

- 5 .4

8 6 ,3 0 4

r \

8 5 ,6 8 9

- 8 .2

v x -6 .7 7 o

12-74

- 1 .7

- 2 .0

- 3 .3

- 7 .4

—6 .6

1-75

- 2 .6

- 3 .0

- 4 .2

- 4 .7

- 6 .3

- 7 .8

- 7 .6

- 8 .7

2-75

- 3 .1

- 3 .6

- 4 .7

- 5 .1

- 6 .5

- 7 .7

- 7 .5

- 8 ,0

- 7 .3

8

- 5 .8

- 6 .7

- 6 .3

—6 .2

- 5 .0

- 3 .8

- 4 .6

- 5 .1

- 4 .4

- 3 .9

- 2 .2

- 3 .7

- 3 .0

- 2 .2

- 0 .6

3-75

- 3 .1

- 3 .5

—4 ,*t

4-75

- 2 .5

- 2 .8

- 3 .6

5-75

- 1 .9

- 2 .1

- 2 .8

- 2 .9

- 3 .5

- 1 .7

- 1 .9

- 2 .5

- 2 .5

- 3 .0

- 3 .2

- 2 .5

- 1 .8

7-75

- 1 .0

- 1 .1

- 1 .5

- 1 .5

- 1 .8

- 1 .9

-1 .1

8-75

- 0 .7

- 0 .7

- 1 .1

- 1 .1

- 1 .3

- 1 .3

- 0 .5

9-75

- 0 .6

—0 . 6

- 1 .0

- Û .9

- 1 .1

-1 .1

8 5 ,2 0 2
8 4 ,5 6 2
8 4 ,0 2 7
8 3 ,8 4 9

•? - 5 i
0 .4

3 .4

1 .8

4 .0

4 .6

- 0 .3

1 .5

2 .9

2 .6

0 .6

- 0 .2

1 .2

3 .0

4 .5

4 .8

4 .9

9 .4

0 .3

1 .6

3 .2

4 .4

4 .6

4 .6

6 .6

3 .9

.

8 5,3 5 2

- 0 .4

0 .3

1 .5

2 .9

3 .8

3 .8

3 .7

4 .7

2 .4

0 .9

8 5 ,4 1 8

8 4 ,0 8 6
8 4 ,4 0 2
8 4 ,4 4 4
8 5 ,0 7 8

0
1
VJ1

6-75

THOUSANDS
OF PERSO NS

MONTH

86*088

6-74

8-74

8-74

- 0 .5

—0 .6

- 0 .9

- 0 .8

- 1 .0

- 1 .0

- 0 .3

0 .3

1 .4

2 .5

3 .3

3 .2

3 .0

3 .6

1 .7

0 .6

0 .3

11-75

—0 .6

- 0 .7

- 1 .0

- 0 .9

- 1 .1

- 1 .1

- 0 .5

0 .1

1 .0

2 .0

2 .6

2 .4

2 .1

2 .4

0 .7

- 0 .3

- 1 .0

- 2 .3

12-75

- 0 .4

- 0 .4

- 0 .7

- 0 .7

- 0 .8

—0 . 8

- 0 .2

0 .4

1 .2

2 .1

2 .7

2 .6

\J 2 .3

2 .5

1 .2

0 .6

0 .4

0 .5

7-7^t

e-74 y-74

10-74 11-74 12=74 ._ lr 7 5

2-75

3“75

4~75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75

10-75

11-75

10-75

THOUSANDS
OF PERSO NS
11-75

5-74

IN IT IA L

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

8 5 ,5 1 1

MONTH

PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
IN IT IA L

T ERM INA L
MONTH
5-74

6-74

6-74

0 .7

7-74

1 .2

1 .8

7-7*

8-74

9-74

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75

7 8 ,6 4 8
7 8 ,7 3 3

8-74

1 .3

1 .6

1 .3

1 .3

1 .5

1 .4

1 .5

10-74

0 .9

1 .0

0 .7

Ü .4

—0 .6

- 1 .8

- 3 .4

- 0 .3

1-75

7 8 ,5 3 0

9-74

11-74

10-74 11-74 12-74

MONTH

- 0 .5

- 1 .0

7 8 ,8 3 0
7 8 ,7 9 0
- 6 .2

7 8 ,3 7 4

\

12-74

- 1 .7

- 2 .0

- 2 .8

- 3 .8

- 5 .5

- 7 .9

- 9 .5 ‘N ^ o . y y o

1-75

- 2 .2

- 2 .6

- 3 .4

- * .3

- 5 .6

- 7 .3

- 7 .8

2-75

- 2 .8

- 3 .3

—<♦.0

—4 .8

- 6 .1

7 7 ,7 2 3

—6 . 1

7 7 ,3 1 9

- 7 .4
- 7 .8
'
1
- 7 .1

- 6 .9

- 7 .7

7 6 ,8 0 4

"

é

H 91

3-75

- 3 .1

- 3 .5

- 4 .1

- 4 .9

- 5 .9

—6 .3

—6 .4

- 5 .1

4-75

- 2 .8

- 3 .2

- 3 .7

- 4 .3

- 5 .1

- 5 .8

- 5 .8

- 4 .8

- 4 .4

- 2 .6

- 0 .1

5-75

- 2 .5

- 2 .8

- 3 .3

—3 . 7

- 4 .4

- 4 .9

- 4 .7

- 3 .7

- 3 .1

- 1 .5

0 .3

6-75

- 2 .5

- 2 .8

- 3 .2

- 3 .6

- 4 .2

- * .6

- 4 .4

- 3 .5

- 3 .0

- 1 .8

- 0 .7

- 0 .9

- 2 .6

7-75

- 2 .0

- 2 .2

- 2 .5

- 2 .8

- 3 .3

- 3 .6

- 3 .2

- 2 .3

- 1 .6

- 0 .4

0 .8

1 .1

1 .3

5 .4

6-75

- 1 .5

- 1 .6

- 1 .9

- 2 .2

- 2 .5

- 2 .7

- 2 .3

- 1 .3

- 0 .7

0 .6

1 .8

2 .2

2 .7

5 .5

7 6 ,4 6 8

\

7 6 ,4 6 2
0 .8

7 6 ,5 1 0
7 6 ,3 4 3
Vo

7 6*6 79

5 .5

7 7 ,0 2 3

9-75

- 1 .1

- 1 .2

- 1 .5

- 1 .7

- 1 .9

- 2 .0

- 1 .6

- 0 .7

- 0 .0

1 .1

2 .2

2 .7

3 .2

5 .2

5 .0

...

10-75

-O.fc

- 0 .9

- 1 .1

- 1 .3

- 1 .5

- 1 .6

- 1 .1

- 0 .3

0 .4

1 .5

2 .4

2 .9

3 .3

4 .8

4 .6

4 .2

11-75

- 0 .8

- 0 .9

- 1 .Ü

- 1 .2

- 1 .4

- 1 .4

- 1 .0

- 0 .2

0 .4

1 .3

0 .7

1 .6

1-75

2-75

—0 . 6

—0 . o

5-74

6-7*

—0 .8

7-7 4

- 0 .9

8-74

- 1 .0

- l.l

- 0 .7

0 .1

9-74

10-74

11-74

12-74

IN IT IA L

3 .9

"V .

2 .5

2 .8

3 .9

3 .5

2 .8

1 .9

0 .0

E E

2 .6

2 .9

3 .8

3 .5

3 .0

2 .5

1 .9

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75

10-75

1-

12-75

7 7 ,3 1 0

\

2 .1
■—

7 7 ,5 5 5
7 7 ,5 5 8 P
3 .8 ^

77 *798P

11-75

MONTH
1

P - P R E L IM IN A R Y




PREPA RED BY FED ERA L R ESE R V E BANK OF S T .
JANUAR Y 9 , 1976

2

L O U IS




EMPLOYMENT
RATIO SCALE

RATIO SCALE

MILLIONS OF PERSONS

MILLIONS OF PERSONS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

SOORCEs i.S.DEP A RTM EN T OF LAOOR
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNOAL RATES OF CHANCE FOR PERIODS IMOICATED.
LATEST OATA PLOTTED« DECEUDER PRELimMARY
PREPARED 8Y FEDERAL RESERVE DANK OF S T . LOUIS

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES*

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

SOM C E t f . S . OEPARTNENT OF LAROR
■PERCENT OF C IV IL IA N LA10R FORCE IN SROOP
LATEST OATA PLOTTEOt OECEWOER
PREPARCO SY FEDERAL RESERVE RANK OF S T . LODIS

3

CO N SUMER PRICE INDEX, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
______ C O M P O U N D E D A N N U A L R A T E S O F C H A N G E
TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L
5 -7 *

6 - 7 *,

7 -7 4

8 -7 4

9 -7 4

1 0 -7 4

1 1 -7 4

1967 « 100

M O N TH

1 2 - 7 4 ___ 1 = 2 5 ___2 - 7 5

3 -7 5

4 -7 5

5 -7 5

6 -7 5

7 -7 5

8 -7 5

9 -7 5

1 0 -7 5

1 1 -7 5

. .6- 2 4 ____ 1 1 . 6

1 4 6 .8 1

. IrU t ------ 11.1

io.S

- 8 = 2 4 -------- L2_^2___1 2 . 6

148.04
1 * .7

1 4 9 .7 4

- . 9 - 2 4 -------- 12 * 5 — 1 3 . 4 ___1 4 . a___1 5 . 0

1 5 1 .4 9

. 1 0 - 7 * -------- 12 ,0

1 2 . 9 ___1 3 . 6

1 3 .1

1 1 .3

■1Irlh------ 12.5

12.6

13.2

12.7

11.5

11.7

.12=14------ 12-. 1 - 12.2

10.8

1 5 2 .8 5 -

154.27,

155,46.-

12.5

11.9

11.0

-1=15------ LL.fr

11.6

11.7

11.1

10.2

9.8___ 8.9

8.0

-2=25------ 11.0

1Q.9

11.0

10.4

9.5

9.1 __ 8.2

7.4

6 * 8-

-2=15------ LCU2__ l£ * l__ 10.0

9.4

8.5

7.9___ 7.0

6.0

5.0

4-75
5-75-6-7.57-75..
„ ftr75..

1Q.0

Ç

9.8

-2*2____2*1____ 8*3____2*&____l* û ____6*4____5.JB

■9«5------ 2*3___ 2*2___ fc*6___ 2*8___ 1*3___ 6*6___ 6.0
-2*5___ 2*3___ 2*2___ 8.7
9.9___ 2^1___ 5*2-5*3___ 2*2_

156.48

9.1

8.0

7.6___ 7.0

6 .7

.8 .0

-.6 .6

_157*34_

.157*77
5 .3

15ft*TL

5.4___ 5.0

5.8___ 4.3__

_£*3___ 6.1

7 . 1___ 7.0

159.27

9.7

160.50

7 .7 ____2*6____2*8____ 2*û____2*5__ 12.2

-8 .6 ___ 8*û___ 2*.7__ 2*3___ X*û___ 6*fl___ 6.8

9*1___ 8*3___ 8L*8___ 8*4___ 7.8

J.2 %

7.6

162.35

8.7

8.2

-2mQ

162.62

6*7____fa* 2___ 2*2____2*2____ 2*5___ 2*3____3 .8

5.7

10-75

5.Q___ 8*9___ 8*8___ fi*A___ 2*5__ 7.6__ _Z*2___ 7.0

6.8___ 6.8

7.4

7.4

6 .9 ____8.1

164.44

1.1-75

5.Q___ 8*5___ a*Jfi___ 8*4___ 7.9

7.7___ 7.3

7.0

7.5

7V«K

7.7___ 6 .1 _.J*5___ 8.4

165.57

12-75

8*9____8*1____8*6____8*2

7*5

5-7*

6-74

7-74

8-74

- 7 . 1 ___ 6 .8

7.5

7.8

7.1

_2*_2_

7.0

_7jl Û____6^9_ -6*9

9-74 10-74 11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

8.0

4-75

5.2

-163*37-

-164*38-

7 t 8____ 2 * 5 ____________ 2*1____ 2*6____ 2 * 3 ____ 6 * £

_ ? t3 ( - 7 t V

3-475

7.5

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75 10-75 11-75

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
JANUARY 21* 1976

1VLO
MUU türinuw»! 11 L J f
CCMPUUNDfcO ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE

n n u Lt;

IN IT IA L

TERM INAL
MONTH
5-74
6-74

0 .2

o-7*

7-7 4

8-74

9-74 10-74 11-74 12-7*

1-75

2-75

1967 *

MONTH
3-75

4—75

5-75

7-75

8-75

9-75

10-75

100

11-75
1 5 4 .7 4
1 6 0 .8 5

7-7*

2 6 .3

t>9.2

6-74

35 .3

5 7 .1

5 5 .2

9-74

2 5 .3

3 * .9

2 4 .2

- 0 .6

1 6 6 .8 5
1 6 6 .7 7
171 .6 1

10-74

2*5 .3

36 .4

2 9 .6

1 6 .4

* 1 .0

11—74

2 6 .5

31 .6

2 6 .6

1 8 .3

2 9 .1

1 6 .2

1 £—74

2 0 .4

2 4 .1

lb .l

1 0 .3

1 * .2

2 .8

- 1 0 .6

1 7 4 .0 2
172 .4 1
172 .0 1

1—75

1 7.2

1V .V

1 4 .*

7 .6

9 .7

0 .9

- 6 .7

- 2 .7

2-75

1 3 .9

1 5 .7

1 0 .6

4 .5

5 .6

- 1 .8

- 7 .7

- 6 .2

- 9 .5

3-75

1 1.7

1 3 .0

Ü .3

2 .9

3 .5

- 2 .7

- 7 .3

—o . 3

-fa. 0

4-75

1 2.4

1 3 .7

9 .6

4 .9

5 .7

0 .8

- 2 .4

- 0 .3

0 .6

6 .1

2 0 .1

5-75

1 1 .7

1 2 .6

9 .0

4 . fc

5 .5

1 .3

- 1 .3

0 .6

1 .5

5 .5

1 1 .9

4 .3

6-75

10. 6

il. 6

6 .0

* .2

* .7

0 .9

- 1 .4

0 .3

0 .9

3 *6

7 .2

1 .3

-1 *7

1 1 .0

1 1 .9

6 .7

5 .2

5 .8

2 .5

0 .6

2 .4

3 .2

6 .0

9 .3

o .O

6 .8

7—75

6-75

1 70 .5 8
1 69 .6 5

—6 . 3 ^ ^ * .
1 7 2 .2 6
V O .U / 0

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

1 7 4 .7 7

8-75

1 0.9

1 1 .7

8 .7

5 .6

6 .1

3*2

1 .6

3*2

* .1

6 .6

9 .*

6 .9

7 .7

1 2 .8

9 .7

V—75

1 0 .7

1 1 .5

fa .7

5 .7

0 .3

3 .0

2 .2

3 . fa

4 .6

6 .8

V .l

7 .1

7 .8

1 1.1

8 .8

7 .9

10-75

1 1 .*

1 2 .2

9 .6

6 .9

7 .5

5 .1

4 .0

5 .6

6 .5

8 .7

11.1

V. 6

1 0 .7

1 4 .1

1 3 .5

1 5 .4

2 3 .5

1 7 6 .1 2
1 7 7 .2 4
180 .3 8

11-75

10. fa

1 1 .*

9 .u

6 .4

7 .0 "

4 .7

3 .7

5 .1

5 .9

7 .7

9 .7

8 .2

8 .9

1 1 .1

1 0 .0

1 0 .1

1 1 .2

0 .1

12-75

9 .9

1 0 .5

0 .1

5 .7

6 .1

4 .0

| 3 .0

4 .2

4 .9

6 .4

7 .9

6 .5

6 .8

8 .3

6 .8

6 .1

5 .6

- 2 .4

5-74

o-74

7-74

fa- 7 *

9-7*

10-7*

11-7*

12—7 *

1-75

2-75

3-75

*-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75

10-75




IN IT IA L

1 8 0 .4 0
—4 . 9 Ì

1 79 .6 5

11-75

MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDER AL RESERVE BANK OF S T . L O U IS
JANUAR Y 9 , 1 976

4




P R IC E S

RATIO SCALE
1967-100

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

RATIO SCALE
1967-100

PERCENTAGES ASE ANIMAL RATES OF CHAM6E FOR PERIODS IMOICATEO.
LATEST OATA PLOTTED. DECEWER
lANK OF S T . L O flS

RATIO SCALE

W H O LESALE

P R IC E S

RATIO SCALE

PERCEMTA6ES ARE AMISAL RATE3 OF CMAMOE FOR FERIOOS IMOICATEO.
LA TEST OATA FLOTTEOt OECEMSER

fREPAREO SY FEDERAL RESERVE SAMK OF ST. LOUIS

5

WHOLESALE PR IC ES - INDUSTRIAL COMMCDITIfcS» SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
1967 * 100

IN IT IA L MONTH

t e r m in a l

MONTH •
5-7a- 6-74
0-74

30.0

7-74

35. *

7 -7 *

8-74

V—74 10-74 11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75 10-75 11-75
152.97
157.38

<*0.6

161*25

8-74

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2 b .4

22 .7

12.4

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26.6

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15.6

11—74

23. t

22 .6

1fc . 5»

13.6

14.5

10.3

12-74

2 0 .V

IV .5

15.6

11.5

11.1

7 .4

4 ,7

10 .0

7.1

5.6

162.83
165.20

ld . V

166.55
167.19
168.07

6 .5

1-75

IV .0

17.5

14.0

10.5

2-7i>

17.3

1 5 .V

12.7

V.5

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6 .6

5.-4

5.7

4 .9

3-75

15.6

14.1

11.2

e.3

7.6

5.5

4 .3

4 .2

3.0

1.1

1*.<-

1 2 .b

10.0

7***-

6 .6

4 .7

3 .7

3 .4

2 .4

1.1

4-75

3-75

168.74
168.90
169.06

1.1

5-75

13.2

11.7

V .2

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6.1

4 .3

3 .4

3.1

2 .3

1.5

1.6

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6-75

12*5

11.1

b.fc

6 .5

5 .9

4*4

3 .6

3 .4

2 .8

2 .3

2 .6

3 .4

7-75

12*0

10.7

8 .5

6 .4

5 .9

* .5

3 .8

3 .7

3.2

2 .9

3.3

4.0

5 .0

5 .4

6-75

11.7

10.5

t .4

6.6

6v0

4 .6

4 .2

4 .2

3 .9

3 .7

4 .2

5.0

6 .0

6 .6

169*35
170.00
170.74
7 .9 '

171.82
173.03

9-75

11.5

10.4

8 .5

6 .7

6 .3

5.2

4 .7

4 .7

4 .5

4 .4

5.0

5.7

6 .7

7 .3

8 .3

8.8

10-75

11.7

10.7

fe.V

7 .3

6 .9

t>.0

5 .6

5.7

5.6

5.7

6 .4

7 .3

8 .4

9 .3

10.7

12.1

15.5

7 .0

6.1

5.8

5.9

5.8

5.9

6 .5

7 .3

8 .2

9 .0

9 .9

10.6

11.5

7 .6

7 .0

6 .2

Lid

6 .0

6 .0

6.1

6 .6

7 .4

8 .1

8 .7

9 .4

9 .8

10.1

7.5

V -7 * 10-74 11-74 12-74

1-75

>-7Î l

5-75

6-75

7-75

$ -7 5

11-75

11.5

10.5

6.6

7 .3

12-75

11.3

lu .3

6.6

7 .4

5 -7 *

6-74

7-74

,e-7*

2=2S_. 3 -7 ?

IN IT IA L

#\r\n rixwwvw

i n u _u

6-74

7-74

8-74

177.25

9-7*.. .19-75. U - 7 ?

MONTH

rr\wwb^«

IN IT IA L MONTH
5-74

7-74

7 .5 ]|

COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE

TERMINAL
MONTH
6-74

175.12
176.19

9-74 10-74 11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

1967 « 100
4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75 10-75 11-75

-47.9

159.3

15.9 158.1

1 72.4

8-74

33.8 114.5

7 8 .2

180.9

9-74

21.1

2 6 .5 -10 .1

179.3

10-74

31.1

65.2

4 2 .3

27.2

6 0 .0

6 1 .3

4 3 .4

3 3 .4

6 2 .4

46*6

18.8

- 3 .5 -3 6 .4

60 .5

188.3
194.4

11—7*

33 .6

12-74

♦ 20.1

36.1

2 1 .9

10.8

1-75

13.0

26.2

12.1

2.1

2-75

6 .6

16.6

4 .1

- 4 .8

- 3 .7 -17*6 -3 2 .0 -2 9 .8 - 3 3 .0
- 7 .2 -18*7 -2 9 .9 -27.6 -28 .2 -23.0

187.2

5 .5 -11*8 -3 1 .5 -2 6 .3

182.5
176.5

3-75

3.2

1 1 .4

0 .3

- 7 .6

4-75

8 .3

16.6

6 .7

0 .1

1 .6

-7*6 ^15.8

- 9 .6

- 3 .2

16.3

7 5 .6

5-75

6 .3

15.7

6 .8

0 .9

2 .4

- 5 .6 - 1 2 .3

- 6 .4

- 0 .7

13.3

3 7 .4

6-75

6 .2

12.7

4 .6

- 0 .9

0 .2

- 6 .8 - 1 2 .7

—8 .0

-3 .8

5 .4

17.0

-4 .6 -15 .3

7-75

9 .9

16.4

6 .9

4 .2

5 .7

- 0 .4

- 5 .0

0 .6

5 .9

16.1

2 8 .6

15.9

2 0 .3

7 0 .9

8-75

8 .6

1 4 .4

7 .5

3 .0

4 .3

- 1 .2

- 5 .4

—0 .6

3 .7

11.5

20.1

9 .2

9 .8

2 5 .0

- 8 .6

9-75

9.8

15.4

9 .0

4 .9

6 .3

1 .3

- 2 .3

2 .4

6 .7

14.1

2 1 .8

13.2

1 4 .7

26.8

9 .3

30.7

10-75

10.5

15.8

9 .8

6 .1

7 .4

2 .9

—0 .3

4 .2

8 .3

15.1

2 1 .8

14.6

16.1

2 5 .6

1 3 .4

2 6 .3

11-75

9 .0

13.9

6*2

4 .7

5 .8

1.6

- 1 .5

2 .5

5 .9

11*5

16.8

10.1

10.6

16.6

6 .0

11.4

- 0 .3

2 .5

7 .0

11.0

4 .8

4 .4

8 .1

- 1 .4

0 .5

- 7 .9 -20.1 - 2 6 .3

9-74 10-74 11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75 10-75 11-75

12-75

6 .8

11.2

5 .8

2 .4

5-74

6-74

7-74

8-74




3 .3

- 0 .7

- 3 .7

172.7
181.0
7 .5

182.1
179.6
187.8
186.4
190.6
22.1
2 .9 -13 .3

193.8
191.5
186.7

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RÇS6RVE BANK OF -ST. LOUIS
JANUARY 9t 1976

6

NDUS TRI AL

PRODUCTION
RATI O SCALE

R ATI O SCALE
1967-100

1968

1967-100

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANCE FOR PERIOD S
L A T E S T OATA P L O TTE D «

1974

1975

1976

IN O IC A T E D .

DECEMBER P R ELIM IN AR Y
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .

L O U IS

COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL
MDMTM

IN IT IA L MONTH
5-74

6-74

6-74

7-74

8-74

9-74 10-74 11-74 12-74

2-75

1 .0

1967 • 100

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

9-75 10-75 11-75

8-75

125*8

7-74

-1 .0

- 2 .8

8-74

- 1 .6

- 2 .8

- 2 .8

9-74

- 0 .2

- 0 .6

0 .5

3 .9

10-74

- 1 .7

- 2 .4

- 2 .2

- 1 .9

11-74

- 6 .3

- 7 .6

- 8 .8 -1 0 .7 -17.2 -26.1

12-74

1-75

125.5
1*9^2
125*6
- 7 .4

124.8
121*7

-11.1 - 1 2 .9 -1 4 .8 -1 7 .5 -2 3 .7 -3 0 .7 -3 5 .1

N -

1-75

- 1 4 .0 -1 5 .9 -1 7 .9 -2 0 .6 -2 5 .8 -31 .1 - 3 3 .5 -31 .9

113.7

-1 5 .1 -1 6 .9 -1 8 .7 -21.1 -2 5 .3 -2 9 .3 - 3 0 .3 -27.8 -2 3 .4
-14 .8 - 1 6 .4 -1 7 .9 - 1 9 .9 -2 3 .3 -2 6 .1 - 2 6 .2 -2 2 .9

4-75

.-13.6 -1 5 .0 -1 6 .2 -17 .8 - 2 0 .5

0»
•

A
o

2-75
3-75

b id

117.4

22.5%

-2 1 .7 -18.0 - 1 2 .7

111.2
-12.2
- 6 .8

110.0
- 1 .1

V

109.9

x

5-75

-1 2 .4 - 1 3 .5 -1 4 .5 - 1 5 .7 -1 7 .9 -1 9 .3 -1 8 .2 -1 4 .3

- 9 .2

- 3 .9

0 .5

2 .2

6-75

-1 0 .8 - 1 1 .7 -1 2 .4 - 1 3 .4 -1 5 .1 -1 6 .0 -1 4 .5 -1 0 .4

- 5 .4

- 0 .3

4 .1

6 .7

11.5

- 2 .6

2 .2

6.1

8 .6

12 .0

12.6

12.2

1 5 .7

18.0

7-75

- 9 .3 - 1 0 .0 - 1 0 .6 -1 1 .3 -1 2 .7 -1 3 .2 -1 1 .5

8-75

- 7 .4

-7.5

- 8 .0

- 8 .3

- 8 .8

- 9 .9 -10.1

- 8 .1

-4.1

0 .8

5.5

9.4

110.1
111.1

\

42.0%

112.2

2 3 .6

X

114.2

.

9-75

- 5 .7

- 6 .2

- 6 .4

- 6 .7

- 7 .5

- 7 .5

- 5 .4

- 1 .4

3 .3

7 .8

11.6

14.3

1 7 .#

1 9 .7

2 3 .4

2 3 .2 '

10-75

- 5 .1

- 5 .5

- 5 .7

- 5 .8

- 6 .6

- 6 .5

- 4 .5

- 0 .7

3 .5

7 .5

10.7

12.8

1 5 .0

15.9

1 7 .0

1 3.9

5 .3

11-75

- 4 .5

- 4 .8

- 4 .9

- 5 .1

- 5 .7

—5 .6

- 3 .6

-0.1

3 .8

7 .4

10.1

11.8

13.5

13 .9

1 4 .3

11.3

5.8

6 .3

12-75

- 3 .7

- 3 .9

- 4 .0

- 4 .0

- 4 .5

- 4 .3

- 2 .4

0 .9

4 .6

7 .9

10.4

1 3 .4

13.8

1 4 .0

11 .7

8 .2

9 .6

5-74

6-74

7-74

8-74

9-74 10-74 11-74 12-74

1-75

2—75

3-75

5-75 _ 6-75

7-75

8-75

l 12- ° l
4-75

116.2
116.7
^
13.0

117.3P
}

1 1 8 .5P

9-75 1 0 - 7 5 1 1 - 7 5

IN IT IA L MONTH
P - PRELIM INARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS

JANUARY 19» 1976

7

PERSONAL
R A T I O SCALE
T R I L L I O N S OF OOLLARS

INCOME

MONTHLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

R A T I O SCALE
T R I L L I O N S OF DOLLARS

------ ---- 1— ------- ----- U ------- ------- 1------- 1— I ---- 1------- 0 .6
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
SOURCEt « . S .
P ERCCNTA0E3 ARE ANNUAL R ATES OF CHANCE FOR FE R IO O S
L A T E S T DATA P L O T T E D .

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

I KOI C A TE O .

DECEMBER P R ELIM IN A R Y
PREPAREO BY FEOERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .

L O U IS

PERSONAL INCOME
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL

B IL L IO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L MONTH

month

5-74

6-74

6-74

8.1

7—74

14.1

20.5

a-74

12.6

14.9

7-74

8-74

9-74 10-74 11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

5-75

4-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75 10-75 11-75
1 »144*4
1 .1 6 2 .3

9 .6

1 .1 7 1 .2

9-74

12-2

13.6

10.3

11.1

10-74

12.0

13.0

10.6

11.1

11.1

11-74

<?.<?

10-3

7 .9

7 .3

5 .5

0.2

12-74

9 .7

10. 0

8 .0

7 .7

6 .6

4 .4

8 .7

1-75

8 .8

8 .9

7 .1

6 .6

5 .5

3-6

5 .4

2-2

2-75

7 .8

7 .8

6 .1

5 .5

4 .5

2 .9

3 .8

1.4

1 .1 8 1.5
1 .1 9 1 .9
1.1 9 2.1
1*200.4
1*202.6
0-6

1 .2 0 3.2

3-7 f>

7 .2

7.1

5 .6

5 .0

4 .0

2 .7

3 .3

1.5

1.2

1.8

4-75

6 .9

6 .8

5 .4

4 .9

4.0*

2 .9

3 .4

2 .2

2.1

2 .9

4 .1

5-75

7.1

7 .0

5-7

5-3

4-6

3 .7

4 .3

3-4

3 .7

4 .7

6 .2

8 .4

6-75

fc.8

8 .8

7-8

7 .6

7 .3

6 .8

7 .8

7 .6

8 .7

10.8

14.0

19.4

7—75

8 .0

8 .0

7 .0

6 .8

6-4

5 .9

6 .6

6 .3

7 .0

8 .3

10.0

12.1

14.0

—1.1

8-75

h

-7

8 .6

7-9

7.8

7-5

7-1

7 .9

7.8

8 .7

10-1

11.8

13.8

15.7

8 .6

19.3

'v

1.767-4

V—75

9 .2

9 .3

8 .5

8 .4

f i- ?

8-0

8-8

8 .8

9 .6

1 1.0

12.6

14-4

15.9

11-2

17-9

1 6 .6 ^ ^

1.278-7
1.287-4

1 .2 0 5 .0
1*209.0

r

\

1.217-2
1.245-2

31.4
X

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(w

/

1.244-0

9.2

9 .2

8 .5

8 .4

8-?

ft - Li

8-8

8-8

9 .5

10-7

12.0

13-4

14.4

10.5

1 4 .7

12.5

11-75

9.1

9-2

8-5

8 .4

ft- ?

fl-0

8-7

ft-7

9-4

10-4

11-5

12.6

13.3

10.1

13.0

11-0

8 .3

12-75

b .9

8 .9

8 .3

8.2

8 .0

7.8

8 .4

8.4l

9 .0

9 .8

10.8

11.6

12.1

9 .2

1 1 .4

9 .5

7 .2

5-74

6-74

7-74

8-74

9-74

11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4-75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

0
1
*

I l i —75

1 .7 9 5 - Q

6 .6

4 .9 1

1 *3 0 1 .I P

9-75 10-75 11-75

IN IT IA L MONTH
P- PRELIMINARY




P R E P A R E D BY FED E R A L R E S E R V E BANK OF ST. LOUIS
-IANUARY 2 1 « 1 9 7 6

8

RETAIL

SALES

RA TI O SCALE

R AT I O SCALE

------ i — 1-----------------------------u --------------- ----------------L I ---------- 3--------------- ---------------1 ---------------1 2 5

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973
SOURCE*

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANCE FOR PERIOD S
L A T E S T DATA P LO TTE D «

1974
U .S .

1975

1976

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

I HO IC A T E D .

NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AOVANCE E S T IM A T E
PREPARED BY FEOERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .

L O U IS

R ET A IL SALES
COM^OUNDÉD ANNUAL *ÂTÉS ÒP ¿HÀfiê'Ê
TfcKMlNAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH
5-74

6-74

6-74*

- 1 .6

7-74

15.^y

36 .6

7-74

8-74

9-74 10-74 11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

MILLIO NS ÛF
DOLLARS
4-75

r-75

6—75

7=75' 8-75

9^-75" 10-75 11-»75
44,727
45,V05

e-74

2Ö.4

33.3

3Ö.0

9-74

7 .3

10*5

—0 .6 -24.0

10-74

S .7

7 *7

-Ö.5 - l3 .0

11-74

- 1 .2

- l.i

12-74

1.2

1.7

1-75

4 .1

5 .0

46,920
45,858
—0 .4

45 »844

- 6 .7 -18.9 -16.2 -277?
—4 . l - i l : i
Ö.4

- 4 .6

44,529

- ¿ .4

—9 .2

l6 .8

1.0

1.4

21 .6

45,109
4 6,0Ü6

¿ 6 .7

2-75

6 .4

'77 4 "

3 .8

-Ö.0

7 .2

23.2

3- V i

3*1

3.7

0 .2

—3.5

0 .4

0 .6

V.9

4—75

4 .*

5.6

2 .6

- 0 .3

376

4 .3 ■ rz T tr

T1TB“ " T 7 7 - -=173

Z F.O

5-75

7 .6

5 .4

6.Ò

à *6

7 .7

6 .9

1 7 .Ö

17.1

14.8

32 .8

¿6 .5
7 .7

2 6 .4

46 »V14

11.2

6-75

7 .6

8 .6

6 .4

4 .3

6 .0

$ .1

16.1

lTVflT

it

7-75

9 .2

1Ö.1

Ò.2

6 .4

1ÏÏ70

ir.2

n r r .ô

n .v "

16.5 " 1 *7 ^

8-75

9.1

9 .9

6 .1

6 .4

io . è

T575

16.4

1570

- T ;r

45 ,V51

—0*7 -277Ö"

.*

11. Ö " 2 ^ 9

4 6 ,B l3
48,173

41.0

48,578

24.9

10.6

26 .2

26.6

19.9

30.1

r s .2

22.Ô

21.3

15.4

17.8

6 .7

49,655
49,925

9-V i

T .*

& .5

6 .8

' 5V2

Ô.0

ÏÏ7"B"" n : 7

13.3' T T .Ö "

S.ft

16.3

14.6

8 .2

-1 .3

=1.7

10-75

8 .3

9 .0

7 .4

57~9

6 .6

9 .4

13.9

1776

ir ; 2

H576

T h.2

14.6

1Ô.2

10.1

4 .2

2 .9

16.0

11-75

8.1

8 .7

*7.2

5.8

8 .3

9 .0

13.1

Î2 . 7

11.4

9 .9

14.7

13.3

972

9 .0

4 .3

3 .4

IÖ .1

4 .5

12-75

10.0

10.7

9 .3

8.2

l o . 't

11.6

15.6

15.5

I5Y5

13.4

18.2

17.4

14 .4

15.0

l i .2

13. 6

22.2

55 .5

9-74 10-74 11-74 12-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

4—75

5-75

6-75

7-75

8-75

9-75 10-75 11-75

ô ; ô"

49,549
50,165
5ô»35M>
50.6

52 »098E

•
5-74

6-74

7-7*

8-74

IN IT IA L MONTH
P- PRELIM INAR ?
E — ESTIMATED




PREP A.. _D BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS

9

""

COMPENSATION PER HOUR.

TOTAL P R IV A T E

ECONOMY*

_________i:Q M £ P U ^ E JL A ^ A l^ g M g .S _ Q J^ £ M N M _________
TERMINAL________________________________________________________________________ I N I T I A L QUARTER _________ „ _________
QUARTER
2-74_
1-74
4-71
1-72
3-72
4-70
2-72
4-72
1-73
2-73
3-73
4-73
1-71
2-71
3-71

_______________________ 1967....?_100_.
4-74

3-74

8 .5

2-71

7 .4

6 .3

1 33 .1

3-71

7 .1

6 .5

6 .6

6 .1

5 .3

4 .8

3 .0

1-72

6 .8

6 .4

6 .5

6 .4

9 .9

1 3 4 .1
137*3

2-77

6 .6

6 .2

6 .2

6 .1

7 .6

5 .3

1-7 ?

6 .3

5 .9

5 .8

5 .6

6 .5

4 .9

4 .4

4-7?

i». 4

6 .1

6 .1

6 .0

6 .8

5 .8

6 .0

7 .6

1-73

7.1

6 .9

7 .0

7 .0

7 .9

7 .4

8 .0

9 .9

7-73

6 .8

6 .6

6 .7

6 .7

7 .3

6 .8

7 .7

8. 1

8 .4

4 .7

3-73

6 .8

6 .6

6 .6

6 .7

7 .2

6 .7

7 .0

7 .7

7 .7

5 .5

6 .3

4-73

6 .9

6 .8

6 .9

6 .9

7 .4

7 .0

7 .3

7 .9

8 .0

6 .6

7 .5

139*1
1 4 0 .6
1 4 3 .2
1 2 .3

1 4 7 .4
149.1
1 5 1 .4
8 .7

1 54 .6

1-74

6 .9

6 .8

6 .8

6 .9

7 .3

7 .0

7 .2

7 .7

7 .7

6 .6

7 .2

7 .7

6 .6

7-74

7 .1

7 .3

7 .3

7 .4

7 .9

7 .A

7 .9

8 .4

Ä .6

7 .8

8 .7

9 .4

9 .8

*- 74

7 . f»

7 .5

7 .*

7 .7

A. 1

8 .0

8. *

8 .8

8 .9

8 .4

9 .1

9 .8

1 0 .2

4-74

7 .6

7 .6

7 .7

7 .8

8 .7

8 .0

8 .3

8 .7

8 .9

8 .4

9 .0

9 .6

9 .8

1 0 .8

9 .7

8 .4

1-75

7 .8

7 .7

7 . ft

7 .9

8 .3

8 .7

8 .4

8 .8

_ 9 .0

8 .6

9 .2

9 .6

9 .8

1 0 .6

9 .8

9 .2

1 0 .0

7—75

7 .8

7 .7

7 .8

7 .9

f t .*

8 .1

8 .4

8 .8

8 .9

8 .5

9 .0

9 .4

9 .5

10. 1

9 .3

8 .8

8 .9

8 .5

. -ß.6 ....a , a

8 .7

9 .0

3-'72

2-73

3-73

.. 7 .7

7-7

7 .7

7-£

8..1

B .O

8 .2

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

4-72

1-73

IN IT IA L

IN IT IA L

TERMINAL
QUARTER
1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1 57 .1
1 3. 1
12.1

1 6 2 .0
1 1 .0

1 66 .3

.._SL*A_
4-73

1-74

1 6 9 .7

_
2-74

1 73 .fi
7 .8

177 .1

. 7 *0

fr

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

.

J7 9 .8

QUARTER

OUTPUT PER HOUR OF ALL P ER SO N S. TOTAL P R IV A T E
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL R ATES OF CHANGE

4-70

2-75

1 3 1 .0

4-71

3-75

1-75

1 2 9 .0

1-71

ECONOMY*

1967 « 100

QUARTER

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

1 0 7 .4

1-71

9 .9

7-71

5 .2

0 .7

3-71

5 .1

2 .8

4 .9

4-71

4 .2

2 .4

3 .2

1 .5

1-72

3 .9

2 .4

3 .0

2 .0

1 0 7 .6
1 0 8 .9
1 0 9 .3
1 1 0 .0

2 .6

1 1 1 .7

2-72

4 .3

3 .2

3 .8

3 .4

4 .4

6 .3

3-72

4 .1

3 .2

3 .7

3 .4

4 .0

4 .8

3 .3

4-72

4 .3

3 .6

4 .0

3 .9

4 .5

5. 1

4 .5

1 1 2 .6
1 1 4 .2

5..8

1-73

4 .4

3 .7

4 .1

4 .0

4 .5

5 .0

4 .6

5.

4 .6

7-73

3 .7

3 .0

* .*

* .1

3 .4

*.*»

2 .9

? , ,7

1 .7

-7. 1

Nw

*- 7 *

* .*

7. A

7 . ft

7. A

7 .7

7 . ft

7.1

1 ,.8

0.«5

- 1 .6

- 1 .0

4—7*

*.1

?-*>

7 .A

7 .4

7 .5

7.<5

l.ft

i -.6

0 .5

- 0 .8

- 0 .2

1 1 5 .5

p v
1 1 4 .9
1 1 4 .6
0 .7 ^ ^

1 1 4 .a

r2 .3 % -

1-74

7.1

1. S

1 .A

1 .7

1 .7

1 .O

0 .3

- n ., ?

- 1 .*

- 7 .ft

- * .n

- 4 .0

- 8 .4

7-74

7 .0

1.4

_ 1 .5

1 .7

1.1

1 .0

0 .*

-n. , 1

- 1 .1

- ?.?

- ?.?

- 2 .6

- 4 .1

0 .4

* —74

1 .ft

1 .7

1 -?

n .Q

0 .0

0 .7

O. 1

-n., 3

- 1 .1

- 7 .0

- 7 .0

- 7 .3

- * .?

- 0 .5

- 1 .4

- 2 .5

- 2 .6

- 2 .9

- 3 .7

- 2 .1

- 3 .4

- 5 .3

| —2 3 1 - 2 .3

- 2 .5

- 3 .1

- 1 .8

- 2 .5

-3 .0

- o >

110.3

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

4-74

1 .*

0 .8

0 .8

0 .4

0 .4

0 .7

- O .A

-n. ■8

- 1 .6

1-75

1 .7

0 .7

0 .7

0 .4

0 .3

0.1

-O-S

-r».. A

- 1 .5

7-75

1. 4

0 .9

0 .9

O.A

0 .6

0 .4

- 0 .1

-0..4

- 1 .0

- 1 .6

- 1 .5

- 1 .6

- 1 .9

- 0 .6

- 0 .8

- 0 .6

1 .8

1

1 1 1 .5

3-75

1 .8

1 .4

1 .5

1 .2

1 .2

1.1

0 .7

0 .5

0 .1

- 0 .4

- 0 .2

- 0 .1

- 0 .2

1 .2

1 .4

2 .1

4 .7

1 7 .6 1 1 0 . 8 sV

1 1 4 .4

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1 1 0 .5

1-75

2-75

IN IT IA L QUARTER
*THESE DATA DO N OT IHCORPORATB T H E R E C E N T R E V I S I O N O F N A T I O N A L INCO M E A H D P R O D U C T A C C T S ______




P R E P A R E D BY F E D ERAL
O E C E M B E R 2, 1 975

10

R E S E R V E B A N K OF ST. L O U I S

PRODUCTIVITY, COMPENSATION, AND LABOR COSTS*
R A T I O SCALE

R A TI O SCALE

1967-100

1967-100

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

1967

1968

1969

197>0

1971

1972

1973

1974

SOURCEt U . S .
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL R A TES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS

1975

DEPARTM ENT OF LABOR

IN O IC A T E D .

L A T E S T DA TA P L O T T E D ' 3RD OUARTER
PREPARED *Y FEDERAL RESERVE SANK OF S T .

U N IT LABOR COSTS»

L O U IS

TOTAL PR IV A T E ECONOMY*
-CHANGE_____

__ CCLMPQj DE P_. _A_N_Nl )A L,R AI f

TERMINAL________________________________________________________________________ I N I T IA L QUARTER
OUARTER
4-72
1-73
4-70
1-71
3-71
1-72
2-73
2-71
4-71
2-72
3-72
1-71

- 1 .6

________
3-73

4-73

2-74

1-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

1967 »

100

2-75

120a

2-71

2 .0

5 .8

3-71

1 .8

3 .5

1 .3

1 2 1 .8

4-71

1 .8

3 .0

1 .6

2 .0

1-72

2 .8

4 .0

3 .4

4 .5

2-72

2 .1

2 .9

2 .2

2 .5

2 .8

- 1 .3

3-72

? .o

?.6

?.0

?- ?

2 .*

0 .0

1 .3

4-7?

?.0

? .n

?- 1

? .1

0 .5

1 .5

1 .6

1-7*

?- 5

*. 1

2-7

2 .9

3 .1

2 .2

3 .3

4 .4

7 .?

? —7 *

* .0

*- 5

*- ?

3-5

3 .A

3 .1

4 .*

5 .3

7 .1

7.

*- 7 *

* -4

* .9

* -7

4 .0

4 .*

* -A

4.<3

5 . ft

7 .?

7 .?

7 .3 s

4 -7 *

* . ft

4« *

4 .1

4 .4

4 .7

4 .4

5 .4

6 .?

7 .4

7 .5

7 .7

1-74

4- 7

<5- ?

S .?

5 .6

6. A

5r A

6. Q

7. Q

9. 1

9 .6

10.5

1 2.2

1 6 .4

? —74

5. ?

S . ft

5. A

6. ?

6 .6

6 .6

7 .6

ft. 5

0 .7

io .?

11 .O

1? . *

1 4 .4

1? . 6s

*-74

5 .7

*

6-*

6 .7

7 .?

7. ?

A.1

... 9 .0

10. 1

1 0 .6

1 1 .4

1 2 .4

1 3 .9

12^7

1 2 .8 s

4-74

6 .?

A-fi

A . «3

7 .*

7 .7

7 . ft _ ft.ft

9 .6

1 0.7

1 1 .?

1 1 .9

12. a

1 4 .0

13^3

1 3 .6

1 4 .5 s

1 -7*

6 .5

7 .n

7-1

7 .5

fi.n

A.O

ft.g

9. 7

in .7

[77771
i
l

1 1.7

1 2.4

1 3 .3

12.6

..IZmJL

1 2 . 5_

? —7 5

6 .*

6. a

6 .9

7 .?

7 .6

7 .7

f t .4

9. 1

9 .9

1 0 .?

10.6

1 1. 1

1 1 .6

1 0 .7

*-75

S .7

6- 1

6 .?

6 .5

6-A

6 . ft

7 .4

7 .9

R. 5

ft.7

8 .9

9 .1

9 .2

4-7 0

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-7 2

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1 2 2 .2
1 2 2 .8
1 2 4 .9

7 .0
1 2 4 .5

1 2 4 .9
1 2 5 .4
1 2 7 .6

1 3 2 .1
8- Is

1 3 4 .7
1 .1 %

IN IT IA L
» t h e s e data do not in c o r p o r a t e t h e r ec e n t r e v is io n o f n a t ional i n come
AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS.




1 2 9 .8

1 3 9 .9
1 44 .1

1 0 .2 _

f i . û _ .... I ..2

1-74

2-74

1 4 8 .5
1 5 3 .6
10^5

9 .4
5 .8 _

3-74

1 5 7 .5

6jl SL
.

4-74

1 5 8 .8

_Lr:0 • 5 1 4 * 2 \

1-75

1 5 7 .1

2-75

OUARTER
________________________________________ ________________________________________
PREPARED BY FED ER AL RESERVE BANK OF S T . L O U IS
OFCEMRFR
1975

-

11

G R O S S N A T I O N A L P R O D U C T IN C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
____ C O M P O U N D E D A N N U A L R A T E S O F C H A N G E _______
BILLIONS OF
J-fcEMINAL__________________________________________________________________ IN IT IA L QUARIfB_____________________________________________________________
DOLLARS
QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
1-74 2-74 3-74 4-74
1-75 2-75 3-75
-1—71 2-71 3-71 4-71
1-72 2-72 3-72 4-72 1-73 2-73 3-73 4-73
2-71

8 .9

3-71

7 .6

4-71

__7. 4

6 .7

7 .2

1-72

9 .0

9 .0

1 0 .4

13.8

2-72

9 .4

9 .5

1 0 .6

1 2 .4

11.0

3-72

St.3

9 .4

1 0 .2

11.2

9 .9

8 .8

10*1

10.8

1 1 .7

11.1

11*1

13.5

1-73

10.6

10.9

1 1 .6

12.6

12.2

12.7

14.7

15*8

2-73

10 .2

10 .4

1 1 .0

1 1 .7

1 1 .3

11.3

12.2

11.5

1 .056.2
6 .3

4-72

1 .0 7 2 .4
1 .001 .7
1 .1 7 7 .0
1 .1 5 6 .7
1 . I f l l .4
1 .2 1 9 .4
1*265.0
1*287.8

3-73

10 .3

1 0 .4

1 0 .9

11.5

11.1

11.1

11.7

11.1

8 .8

10.3

4-73

*10.3

1 0.4

1 0 .9

1 1.3

1 1 .0

11.0

11.4

10.9

9 .3

10.3

1 0 .4

1-74

9 .9

9 .9

10 .3

1 0 .7

10 .3

10.2

1 0.4

9 .8

8.4

8 .7

7 .9

\
5 .5 \

2-74

9 .6

9 .6

9 .9

10.2

9 .8

9 .7

9 .8

9 .2

7 .9

8 .0

7 .3

5 .7

X

1 .3 9 1 .0

3-74

9 .6

9 .6

9 .9

10.2

9 .8

9 .7

9t 8

9 .3

8.2

8 .4

7 .9

7 .1

8 .0

1 .4 2 4 .4

1 .3 1 9 .7
1 .3 5 2 .7
r

1 .3 7 0 .9

7 1

4-74

9 .3

9 .3

9 .5

9 .7

9 .4

9 .2

9 .2

8 .7

7 .7

7 .8

7 .3

6 .5

6 .9

7 .4

_ 1-75

8 .5

8 .5

8 .6

8.8

8 .4

8.1

8 .0

7 .5

6.5

6 .3

5 .7

4 .8

4 .6

4 .1

1 .3

2-75

_ 8 .5

a .4

a .6

a .7

a .3

a .i

a .o

7 .5

6 .6

6 .5

6 .0

5.2

5 .2

5 .0

3 .4

1 .4 4 1 .3
-2>

\

1 .4 3 3 .6

2 .7

^ N J3 . 2 %

3-75

9 .1

9 .1

9 .3

0 .4

9.1

9 . ft

9 . ft

ft. 6

7 .0

•7.0

7. A

7 .2

7 .5

T_a

7 .3

A .I

13-7

,.- x .

1

4-75

9 .2

9 .3

9 .4

9 .6

9 .3

9 .2

9 .2

a .9

8.3

8 .3

a .i

7 .8

8 .2

8 .6

8 .3

9 .2

13.2

16.0

12.2^

1.5 7 3 .2 P

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

1 .4AO-A
.«i?ft-5

IN IT IA L QUARTER
P- PR ELIM IN A RY

GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT IN CONSTANT 1972 DOLLARS
________ m HPQüflßEa„ANf*lM L BATES-flF CHANfeE___________
. T LKMINAL
QUARTfcR

B IL L IO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-71

2-71

2-71

3 .0

3-71

2 .9

2 .6

4-71

3.1

3.1

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3- 75
1 .1 0 3.3

1*111.0
1 f 120.5

3.5

1-72

4 .2

4 .6

5 .5

7 .6

¿-72

4 .9

5 .4

6 .3

7 .7

7 .9

1 .141.2

3-72

5 .0

5 .4

6 .0

6 .9

6 .6

5 .3

1*163.0
1.1 7 8.0

_ 4-72

5 .5

5 .9

6 .5

7 .3

7 .2

6 .9

8.5

1-73

5 .9

6 .3

6 .9

7 .6

7 .6

7 .5

8.6

8 .8

2—73

5 .2

5 .5

5 .9

6 .3

6 .1

5 .6

5.7

4 .4

0.2 V J . 4 %

1 .2 2 8 .4

3-73

5 .0

5 .2

5 .5

5 .8

5 .5

5 .0

5 .0

3.8

1.4

1.2 3 6.5

4-73

4 .6

4 .8

5 .0

5.2

4 .9

4 .4

4 .2

3.2

1.4

1-74

3 .9

4 .0

4 .1

4 .2

3 .a

3.2

2 .8

1.8

0.1

0 .0

- 1 .3

-3^9v ^ t 3 . 3 %

1 .2 2 8 .7

2-74

3 .3

3.3_

3 .4

3 .4

2 .9

2 .3

1 .9

0 .8

-0 .7

- 0 .9

-2 .1

-3 .8

-¿K

1 .217.2

1*202.2
1 .2 2 7.7

1*240.9

-r>!

3-74

2 .9

2 .9

2 .9

2 .8

2 .4

1.8

1 .4

0 .4

-1 .0

- 1 .2

- 2 .1

4-74

2 .2

2 .1

2 .1

1 .9

1 .4

0 .8

0 .3

-0 .6

-1 .9

- 2 .3

- 3 .2

1-3.3
L !
—4 ,4

- 4 .5

- 4 .9

- ^ S .3 %
V
-7 .5

_ 1-75

1 .4

1 .3

1.2

1.0

0 .5

-0.1

-0 .7

-1 .6

- 2 .?

-3 .3

-4 .2

i > . y

- 5 .7

- 6 .4

- 8 .3

2-75

1 .5

1 .4

1 .3

1.2

0 .7

0 .1

-0 .3

-1.1

-2 .2

- 2 .5

- 3 .2

- 4 .0

- 4 .0

- 4 .0

- 4 .6

3-75

2 .1

2 .0

2 .0

1.9

1 .5

1.0

0 .7

- 0 .0

-0 .9

-1 .0

- 1 .4

-1 .8

- 1 .5

- 1 .0

- 0 .7

1.7

7 .5

_ 4-75

2 .2

2 .2 ^

2 .2

2 .1

1.7

1 .3

1 .0

0 .4

-0 .3

- 0 .4

- 0 .7

- 1 .0

-0 .5

0 .0

0 .5

2 .6

6 .8

8 .6

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

1-71

2-71

1 .2 1 0 .2
1*186.8
1.1 5 8.6

k
-3.1

1*168.1

3^3Snv w6 . 8 %

1.2 0 1.5

1 1 > X
5¡ . V I

1 .2 1 7 .4 P

3-•75

IN IT IA L QUARTER
P- PRELIMINARY




P R EPARED BY FEOERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
IANUARY 23. 1976

12

Demand and Production

So u rce: U.S. D ep artm en t of C om m erce
P e rc e n ta g e s a re a n n u a l rates of c h a n g e for p erio d s in d ic a te d .
l i G N P in current dollars.

12 G N P in 1972 dollars.
L a te s t d a t a p lo tte d : 4th q u a r t e r p r e lim in a r y




P r e p a r e d b y F e d e ra l R e s e r v e B a n k o f St. Louis

13

GENERAL

PRICE

INDEX*
R A TI O SCALE

R A TI O SCALE

1972-100

1972-100

1968
" A S U3E0

1969
IN N A TIO N A L

1970

1971

1972

1973

INCONE ACCOUNTS

PERCEN TAOES ARE ANNUAL RATES O f CHANCE FOR PER IO D S
L A T E S T DATA P LO TTED*

1974

SOURCE* U . S .

1975

1976

O E fA R TN E N T OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

4 TH QUARTER P R ELIM IN AR Y
PREPARED BY FEOERAL RESERVE SANK OF S T .

L O U IS

IM P L IC IT PR IC E DEFLATOR FOR GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
--------- COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES QF CHANGE_____________

JE&M1NAL

1972 « 100

IN IT IA L QUARTER

QUARTER

-It J I

.

1-71

2 ~ 7 1 ___3 - 7 1

H

2-71

4-71

3-71

I

------ 1 - 7 2

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-fl3

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

IN IT IA L QUARTER
P- PRELIM INARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
J A N U A R Y 2 3 , 1Q7A

14

PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES IN CURRENT DOLLARS
TERMINAL
QUARTER
J- 7 1

____ i n
2-71

3-71

4-71

2-71

9 .1

3-71

8.Q

6 .9

4-71

8 .0

7 .4

7 .9

1-72

8 .8

8 .7

9 .7

11.4

2-72

9 .3

9 .3

10.1

11.2

3-72

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

it ia l

B IL L IO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

QUARTER

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75
6 6 2 .9

9 .2

674.1

9 .2

9 .7

687.1

10.3

705.9
11.1
9.8

7 2 4 .7
8 .5

7 3 9 .7

4-72

9 .6

9 .7

1 0 .3

10.9

10.7

10.5

12.5

1-73

10.1

10.2

10 .8

11.3

11.3

11.4

12,8

13.2

2-73

9 .8

9 .9

1 0 .3

10.7

10.6

10.5

11.1

10.4

3-73

9 .7

9 .8

10.2

10.5

10.4

10.2

10.6

10.0

8 .5

9.2

4-73

9 .4

9 .4

9 .7

9 .9

9 .7

9 .4

9 .6

8 .9

7 .5

7 .4

5.5

1-74

9 .4

9 .4

9 .7

9 .9

9 .7

9 .5

9 .7

9 .1

8 .1

8.2

7 .7

761.8
7 8 5 .7
7 .8

800.5
8 1 8 .4
829.5
849.5

10.0

2-74

9 .8

9 .8

10.1

10.3

10.2

10.1

10.3

9 .9

9 .3

9 .7

9 .8

12.0

14.0

3-74

10.1

10.2

1 0 .4

10.7

10.6

10.5

10.8

10.5

10.1

10.6

10.9

12.8

14.2

14.3

4-74

9 .4

9 .4

9 .6

9 .8

9-6

9 .5

9 .6

9 .2

8 .6

a .a

8 .7

9 .5

9 .3

7 .1

0 .3

877.8
9 0 7 .7
9 0 8 .4

1-75

9 .3

9 .3

9 .5

9 .6

9.5

9 .3

9 .4

9.1

8 .6

8 .7

8 .6

9.2

9.1

7 .4

4 .2

8.2

2-75

9-4

9-4

9 .6

9 .7

9-6

9-5

9 -5

9-2

8 .8

9 .0

8 .9

9 .5

9 .4

8 .3

6 .3

9-4

10.7

3-75

9 .5

9 .6

9-7

9 .9

9 .7

9 .6

9 .7

9-5

9 .1

9 .3

9 .3

9 .8

9 .8

9 .0

7 .7

10.3

11.3

4-75

9 .5

9 .5

9 .7

9 .8

9-7

9 .6

9 .7

9 .4

9 .1

9 .3

9 .3

9 .7

9 .7

9 .0

7 .9

9 .9

10.5

10 .4

9 .0

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

9 2 6 .4
9 5 0 -3

9 7 7 .4

1 1 .9

9 9 8 .7P

IN IT IA L QUARTER
P - PRELIM INARY

PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES IN CONSTANT 1972 DOLLARS

_____________ CPMPPUW EP ANNUAL RATES QF CHANfrE_______________
IEHMINAL
QUARTER

B IL L IO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-71

2-71

4-»3

3-71

3 .3

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

689.5
2 .4

693.6

4-71

3 .9

3 .7

5.1

1-72

4 .6

4 .7

5 .9

6 .7

2-72

5 .3

5.6

6 .7

7 .5

7 0 2.3
7 1 3 .7
8 .3

728.1

3-72

5 .3

5 .5

6 .3

6 .7

6 .8

5 .3

4-72

5 .8

6 .0

6 .8

7.2

7 .4

6 .9

8 .6

1-73

5 .9

6 .2

6 .8

7 .2

7 .3

7 .0

7.8

2-73

5 .3

5 .4

5 .9

6 .0

5 .8

5.2

5.2

3 .6

0 .2

3-73

5 .0

5.1

5 .4

5.4

5.2

4 .6

4 .5

3.1

1.2

2 .3

4-—73

4 .1

4 .1

4 .3

4 .2

3 .9

3 .2

2 .7

1 .3

-0 .5

- 0 .9

- 3 .9

1-74

3 .7

3 .6

3 .7

3 .6

3.2

2 .5

2 .0

0 .8

-0 .8

-1 .1

- 2 .7

2-74

3 .5

3 .4

3 .5

3 .4

3 .0

2 .4

2 .0

0 .9

-0 .3

- 0 .4

-1 .3

0.1

1.7

3-74

3 .4

3 .3

3 .4

3.3

2 .9

2 .4

2 .0

1.1

0 .1

0 .1

- 0 .4

0 .8

1.9

2 .1

4-74

2 .5

2 .4

2 .4

2.2

1.8

1.1

0 .7

—0-3

-1 .3

-1 .5

-2 .2

-1.8

- 1 .9

—3-7

-0-2

1-75

2 .5

2 .4

2 .3

2.1

1.8

1.2

0 .8

-0-0

-0 .9

-1 .0

- 1 .6

-1.1

-1 .0

- 1 .9

- 3 .8

1-8

2-75

2 .7

2 .6

2 .6

2 .4

2.1

1 .6

1.3

0-6

-0.1

-0.1

- 0 .5

0.1

0 .4

0 .1

-0-5

4 .1

3—75

2 .8

2 .7

2-7

?-*i

1 -fi

i:s

ft-*

ft-*

0.1

0 .7

1 .0

0-9

0-6

4 .1

5.2

4 .0

4—75

?-ft

7-7

2 .7

2.6

2-3

1-9

1-7

1 -1

0-6

0-4

0 .4

1.0

1 .4

1 .3

1-1

3 .9

4 .6

3 .7

3-5

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-11

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75

737.5
752.8
7.1

765.8
766.2
770.5
762.8
7 6 0 .0

-1 .5

763.2
7 67.2
748-0
7 5 2.3
6 .4

764.1
771-A
778-7P

IN IT IA L QUARTER
P - PRELIM INARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
JA N U A R Y 23. 1976

15

GROSS PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT IN CURRENT DOLLARS
T ER M IN A L
QUARTER
J - 71
2-71

_23*0

B IL L IO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL R ATES

I N I T I A L QUARTER
2-71

3 -7 1

4 -71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75
1 6 0 .8

3-71

- i l *2

0 .5

4 -71

1 1 .2

5 .8

1 1 .4

1-72

1 5 *7

1 3*4

2 0 .5

2-72

1 6*5

1 5 .0

2 0 .3

2 5 .0

1 9 .9

3-72

1 6 .1

1 4 .8

1 8 .6

2 1 .2

1 6 .8

1 3 .9

4-72

1 6*8

1 5 .8

1 9 .2

2 1 .2

1 8 .4

1 7 .6

2 1 .4

1-73

1 7 .7

1 7 .0

2 0 .0

2 1 .8

1 9 .8

1 9 .8

2 2 .8

2 4 .3

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

1 7 6 .7
1 8 4 .9
1 9 1 .0
2 0 0 .5
2 1 1 .7

2-73

1 6 ,V

1 6 .2

1 8 .6

1 9 .9

1 7 .9

1 7 .4

1 8 .6

1 7 .2

1 0 .6

3-73

1 6 .0

1 5 .2

1 7 .2

1 8 .1

1 6 .2

15*4

1 5 .8

1 4 .0

9 .2

7 .8

4-7 3

1 6 .4

1 5 .8

1 7 .6

1 8 .*

1 6 .8

1 6 .3

1 6 .8

1 5 .7

1 2 .9

1 4 .1

1-74

1 2 .7

1 1 .8

1 3 .0

1 3 .1

1 1 .2

1 0 .0

9 .3

7 .1

3 .2

0 .8

2-74

1 0 .7

9 .8

1 0 .7

1 0 .6

8 .6

7 .3

6 .3

4 .0

0 .4

- 2 .0

- 5 . 1 -- 1 5 .9 - 1 0 .0

3-74

9 .2

8 .2

8 .8

8 .6

6 .7

5 .3

4 .3

2 .0

- 1 .3

- 3 .5

- 6 .1

- 1 3 .7

- 9 .6

- 9 .3

4-74

£ .9

8 .0

8 .6

8 .3

6 .5

5 .3

4 .4

2 .4

- 0 .4

- 2 .1

—4 .0

- 9 .3

- 4 .9

- 2 .2

1-75

2 .5

1 .3

1 .3

0 .6

- 1 .5

- 3 .3

- 4 .8

- 7 .4 - 1 0 .7 - 1 3 . 4 - 1 6 .5 - 2 2 .5 - 2 2 .8 - 2 6 .6 - 3 4 .0 - 5 8 .6

2-75

1 .3

0 *1

0 .1

- 0 .7

- 2 .7

- 4 .4

- 5 .9

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

3-75

5 .6

4 .6

4 .9

4 .5

2 . fi

1 .6

0 .7

- 1 .0

4-75

6 .6

5 .9

6 .2

5 .9

4 .5

3 .5

2 .7

1 .3

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

2 1 7 .1
2 2 1 .2
2 0 .8

2 3 1 .9

- 2 . 5 «- 2 1 .3

2 1 8 .4
2 1 2 .7

- 2 1 .5 - 2 1 .5 - 2 4 .1

2 0 7 .6
2 1 0 .3

5 .3

1 6 8 .7
1 6 1 .4

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

- 4 .7

- 6 .1

- 9 .5

- 7 .3

- 6 .8

- 6 .1

- 9 .6

3 3 .5

1 1 2 .6

—0 .6

- 1 .6

- 2 .6

- 5 .2

- 2 .7

- 1 .4

0 .3

- 1 .0

3 2 .5

6 6 .6

3 0 .5

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

1 9 4 .9
2 0 8 . 3P

I N I T I A L QUARTER
P - P R E L IM IN A R Y

GROSS P R IV A T E DOMESTIC IN VESTM EN T IN CONSTANT 1972 DOLLARS
_________________ COMPOUNDED ANNUAL R A T ES OF CHANGE___________________
I N I T I A L QUARTER

T ER M IN A L
QUARTER
1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-7 3

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

1 6 8 .4

2-71

1 6 .2

3-71

6 .0

- 3 .3

4-71

6 .2

1 .5

6 .6

1 6 7 .0
1 6 9 .7

1-72

1 0 .4

8 .6

1 5 .0

2 4 .1

2-72

1 1 .7

1 0 .6

1 5 .6

2 0 .4

1 6 .8

3-72

1 1 .2

1 0 .2

1 3 .9

1 6 .4

1 2 .8

4-72

1 1 .9

1 1 .2

1 4 .4

1 6 *4

1 4 *0

1 2 .6

1 6 .5

1-73

1 2 .4

1 1 .9

1 4 .6

1 6 .3

1 4 .5

1 3 .7

1 6 .2

1 5 .8

2-73

1 1 .2

1 0 .6

1 2 .8

1 3 .8

1 1 .9

1 0 .7

1 1 .3

8 .8

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

8 .9

1 9 7 .6
2 0 5 *0
2 0 6 .1

2 .2

2 0 6 .0

3-73

1 0 .0

9 .4

1 1 .1

1 1 .7

9 .8

8 .4

8 .3

5 .7

1 .0

- 0 .2

4 -73

1 0 .3

9 .8

1 1 .3

1 1 .9

1 0 .3

9 .2

9 .3

7 .6

5 .0

6 .4

1-74

6 .5

5 .7

6 .6

6 .6

4 .6

2 .9

2 .0

- 0 .7

- 4 .4

- 6 .5

2-74

3 .9

3 .0

3 .5

3 .2

1 .2

—0 .6

- 1 .9

—4 .7

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

3-74

1 .9

0 .9

1 .2

0 .7

- 1 .3

- 3 .2

—4 .6

- 7 .3 - 1 0 .6 - 1 3 .0 - 1 5 .9 - 2 3 .9 - 2 1 .8 - 2 1 .1

4-7 4

O .fi

- 0 .3

- 0 .0

—0 .6

- 2 .5

—4 .3

- 5 .6

- 8 .1

1-75

- 5 .4

—6 .7

- 7 .0

- 7 .9

- 1 0 .2 - 1 2 .3 - 1 4 .2

- 1 7 .1

2-75

- 6 .1

—7 .3

- 7 .6

- fc.6 - 1 0 .7 - 1 2 . ö - 1 4 .4 - 1 7 .0 - 2 0 .0 - 2 2 . 4 - 2 5 .1 - 3 0 .2

- ? .O

- 3 .0

- 3 .0

- 3 .6

- 5 .3

- 6 .0

-fl-1

- 1 .1

- 2 .0

-1

- 2 . 4-

- 4 .0

—5 .3

- 6 .3

-fc.O

- 9 .9 - 1 1 .0

1-71

¿1-71

3 -71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

4 -75

3-74

B IL L IO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL R ATES
3-75

2 1 2 .6

1 3 .4

1 9 5 .9

- 9 . 6 - 2 7 .9

- 1 1 .1 - 1 3 .1 - 1 5 .5 - 2 1 .5 - 1 9 .2

1 8 3 .8

- 1 7 .5

- 2 0 .5 - 2 3 .3 - 2 6 .5 - 3 2 .7 - 3 3 .8 - 3 7 .2
- 3 0 .6 - 3 2 .5

- 1 0 .0 - 1 2 .3 - 1 3 .7 - 1 5 .3 - 1 8 .fi - 1 7 .1

2-73

IN IT IA L

- 1 2 .2 - 1 4 .9

3-73

4-73

1 6 6 .9

- 4 3 .9 -63.»5

1 2 9 .7

2-74

1 2 4 .1

- 3 5 .9 -44,,7 - 1 6 .2

1 4 7 .8

>0

2 9 .9

1 0 1 .2

- 9 .0

-7,.8

2 5 .6

5 3 .8

1 7 .6

3 -74

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

- 1 6 .0 - 1 4 .7 -1

- 1 2 .0 - 1 1 .2

1-74

1 7 3 .2
- 1 3 .8

1 *>3.9P

QUARTER

P - P R E L IM IN A R Y




PREPARED BY FEDERAL
JANUAR Y ? 3 . 1076

16

RESERVE BANK OF S T .

LO U IS

G O V E R N M E N T P U R C H A S E S O E G O O D S A N D S E R V I C E S IN C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
TER M IN A L
QUARTER

B I L L I O N S OF
DO LLARS
ANNUAL RATES

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

1-74

4-73

2-74

3 -7 4

4-74

1-75

2-75

3-75
2 3 1 .1

2-71

4 .1

3-71

__i> *9

7 .8

4-71

6 .3

7 .5

7 .1

2 3 5 .5
2 3 9 .6
2 4 9 .0

1-72

e .e

1 0 .5

1 1 .8

2-72

7 .7

8 .7

8 .9

9 .8

3 .4

3-72

6 .9

7 .5

7 .4

7 .5

3 .2

V - 72

7 .4

8 .0

8 .0

8 .2

5 .5

6 .6

1 0 .2

1-73

7 .8

8 .3

8 .4

8 .6

6 .7

7 .8

1 0 .3

1 0 .4

2-73

6 .9

7 .2

7 .1

7 .1

5 .3

5 .8

6 .7

5 .1

0 .0

3-73

6 .8

7 .2

7 .1

7 .1

5 .5

6 .0

6 .7

5 .6

3 .3

4-73

7 .4

7 .7

7 .7

7 .8

6 .6

7 .1

8 .0

7 .4

6 .4

9 .8

1 3 .0

1-74

7 .9

8 .3

8 .3

8 .4

7 .5

8 .Û

8 .9

8 .6

8 .2

1 1 .1

1 3 .4

2 5 1 .1
2 5 3 .0

3 .1

2 5 9 .2
2 6 5 .7
2 6 5 .7
2 7 0 .0

6 .6

2 7 8 .4
1 3 .7

2 A 7 .5
2 9 6 .5

2-74

8 .3

8 .7

8 .7

8 .9

8 .1

8 .7

9 .5

9 .4

9 .2

1 1 .6

1 3 .3

1 3 .4

1 3 .1

3-74

ß .7

9 .0

9 .1

9 .3

8 .6

9 .2

10. 0

9 .9

9 .8

1 1 .9

1 3 .3

1 3 .4

1 3 .2

1 3 .3

4-74

fi . f i

<5-3

9 .5

ft.9

9 -4

10-1

10.1

1 0.1

11 .9

1 3 .0

1 2 .9

1 2 .7

1 2 .4

11 .6

9 .3

9 .4

8 .9

9 .4

1 0 .0

1 0 .0

9 .9

11 .4

1 2 .3

12.1

1 1 .7

1 1 .3

1 0 .3

8 .9

«Î.2

3 0 5 .9
3 1 4 .4
371 .2

1-75

8-9

7-75

8 .6

8 .9

fi.9

V .l

ft.5

fl-9

9 .5

9 .4

9 .3

1 0 .5

1 1.1

1 0 .8

1 0 .2

9 .5

8 .3

6 .7

4 .4

3-7 S

ft -ft

<»*1

9-1

9-3

fl- ft

9-7

9 .7

9-7

0-6

10-7

11-2

11-0

10-5

10-0

0-2

R .4

ft - 7

1 2 .1

4-75

9 .0

9 .2

9 .3

9 .4

9 .0

9 .4

9 .9

9 .9

9 .8

1 0 .9

1 1 .3

11.1

1 0 .8

1 0 .4

9 .8

9 .4

9 .5

1 2 .1

1 2 .1

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3 -7 4

4-7 4

1-75

2-75

3 -7 5

3 2 4 .7
3 3 4 .1
3 4 3 . 8P

I N I T I A L QUARTER
P - P R E L IM IN A R Y

GUVERNMENT PURCHASES OF GOODS AND S E R V IC E S IN

ThKM lNAL
QbA KT ER

B I L L I O N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL R A T ES

I N I T I A L QUARTER
1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

2-71

- ä .8

3-71

1 .0

6 .1

4-71

1 .0

3 .4

0 .8

1-72

2 .0

4 .0

2 .9

5 .0

2-72

1 .3

2 .6

1 .4

1 .8

3-72

0 .7

1 .7

0 .6

0 .5

- 1 .6

- 1 .9

_ 4-72

0 .9

1 .7

0 .9

0 .9

- 0 .5

0 .0

1 .9

1 .1

1 .8

1 .1

1 .2

0 .2

0 .8

2 .2

1-73

CONSTANT 1972 DO LLARS

4-72

1-73

2-73

3—73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

2 4 6 .8
2 5 0 .5
2 5 1 .0
2 5 4 .1
- 1 .4

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

2 5 4 .7

2-73

0 .2

0 .7

0 .0

- 0 .1

- l.l

- l.l

- 0 .8

- 2 .1

- 6 .4

3-73

0 .3

0 .8

0 .1

0 .0

- 0 .8

- 0 .7

- 0 .4

- 1 .1

- 2 .8

1 .0

4-73

0 .6

1 .1

0 .5

0 .5

- 0 .1

0 .1

0 .5

0 .1

- 0 .6

2 .4

1-74

0 .6

1 .1

0 .6

0 .5

- 0 .0

0 .2

0 .5

2-74

0 .7

1 .1

0 .6

0 .6

0 .2

0 .4

0 .7

3-74

0 .6

1 .0

0 .6

0 .5

0 .1

0 .3

_ 0 .5

4-74

0 .5

0 .8

Û .4

0 .3

- 0 .1

0 .1

0 .3

0 .3

2 5 0 .5
2 5 1 .1
3 .9

2 5 3 .5
0 .8

2 5 4 .0

- 0 .3

1 .9

2 .3

0 .5

0 .1

1 .8

2 .1

1 .2

1 .6

0 .3

0 .0

1 .3

1 .4

0 .6

0 .6

- 0 .5

0 .1

- 0 .2

0 .8

0 .8

0 .0

- 0 .2

- 1 .1

-1 -7

2 5 5 .0
2 5 4 .7
2 5 3 .6

1-75

0 .6

0 .9

0 .5

0 .5

0 .1

0 .3

0 .5

0 .3

0 .1

1 .0

1.1

0 .5

0 .4

0 .1

0 .3

2 .4

2-75

0 .5

0 .8

0 .5

0 .4

0 .1

0 .2

0 .4

0 .3

0 .0

0 .9

0 .9

0 .4

0 .3

- 0 .0

0 .1

1 .0

—0 .3

3-7 S

ü .b

1 .1

0 .8

0 .8

0 .5

0 .7

0 .9

0 .8

0 .6

1 .4

1 .5

1 .2

1 .2

1 .2

1 .6

2 .7

2 .8

6 .1

4-75

1 .0

1 .3

1 .0

1 .0

0 .7

0 .9

1 .1

1 .0

0 .9

1 .7

l.ft

1 .5

1 .6

1 .6

2 .0

3 .0

3 .1

4 .9

3 .8

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

2 5 5 .1
2 5 4 .9
2 5 8 .7
2 61 - IP

I N I T I A L QUARTER
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17

2*.

IOTA

DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME IN CURRENT DOLLARS
I N I T I A L QUARTER

-LÉBMINAL
QUARTER
3-71

2-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

2-71

. 9 .4

3-71

. 6 .8

4 .3

*- 7 1

6 .6

5 .2

6 .0

1-72

7 .1

6 .3

7 .3

2-72

. 6 .9

6 .3

7 .0

7 .5

6 .3

3-72

. 7 .5

7 .1

7 .8

8 .4

8 .2

10-1

00
•

1-71

9 .4

1 0 .3

1 0 .8

1 3 .1

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

b i l l i o n s OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

7 4 0 .2
7 4 8 .1
759-1
775-0
787 -0
A06-?

W 2

8 .7

1-73

9 .4

9 .4

1 0 .3

1 1 .2

1 1 .8

1 3 .7

1 5 .5

1 4 .9

2-73

9 .7

9 .8

1 0 .6

1 1 .3

1 1 .9

1 3 .3

1 4 .4

1 3 .5

1 2 .1

3-73

9 .8

9 .8

1 0 .5

1 1 .6

1 2 .7

1 3 .4

1 2 .5

1 1 .3

1 0 .4

4-7 3

1 0 .0

1 0 .0

1 0 .7

1 1 .3

1 1 .7

1 2 .6

1 3 .1

1 2 .3

1 1 .4

1 1 .1

1 1 .8

1-74

9 .6

9 .7

'1 0 . 2

1 0 .7

1 0 .9

1 1 .6

1 1 .9

1 1 .0

1 0 .1

9 .4

8 .9

6 .0

2-74

9 .4

9 .4

9 .8

1 0 .2

1 0-4

1 0 .9

1 1 .0

1 0 .2

9 .3

8 .6

8 .0

6 .1

6 .2

3 -74

0 -6

9-6

10-0

10-4

10-6

11-0

11-2

10-5

9-7

9-3

9-0

8-1

9-1

1 6 .2

837-0
8 6 6 .6
891-7
914-1
939-9

953-8
968-2

1 2 .1

996-3

4—74

_ 9-5

9-5

9-9

10-2

10-3

in - fl

10-fi

10-2

9 .5

9 .1

8-8

8 .1

8-8

10-1

ft- 1

1-75

9-1

9 .0

9 .4

9-6

9-7

1 0 .0

10-0

9 .4

8 .7

8 .2

7 .9

7 .1

7 .4

7 .8

5 .6

3-2

2-75

9 .9

9 -9

10-3

10-6

10-8

11-2

11-3

10-8

1 0 .4

1 0 .1

1 0 .1

9-8

1 0 .6

1 1 .7

1 1 .6

1 3 .4

24-5

3-75

9-%

9-5

9-8

10-1

1 0-7

10-5

10-5

10-0

9-5

9-2

9-1

A-7

9-1

9-7

9-1

9-5

1 ? -7

2-0

4-7 S

9-5

9-5

9 .8

10-1

10-2

10-4

1 0 .5

1 0 .0

9-6

9-3

9 .2

8 .9

9 .3

9 .8

9 -4

9-7

1 1 .9

6 .1

10-4

1-71

2-71

3-7 1

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

1 .0 1 5 - 9
1 .0 2 4 - 0
1 .0 8 1 - 7
1

.087-1

1 .1 1 4 .4 P

I N I T I A L QUARTER
P - P R E L IM IN A R Y

D IS P O S A B L E PERSONAL INCOME I N CONSTANT 1972 DOLLARS

T ER M IN A L
QUARTER

B I L L I O N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL R ATES

I N I T I A L QUARTER.
1-71

2-71

3 -71

2-71

4 .5

3-71

2 .2

0 .0

4-71

2 .5

1 .6

3 .2

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3 -73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

7 6 9 .9
7 6 9 .9
775 -9
7 8 3 .7

1-72

2 .9

2 .4

3 .6

4 .1

2-72

3 .1

2 .7

3 .6

3 .9

3 .6

3-72

3 .7

3 .5

4 .4

4 .8

5 .2

6 .7

4 -72

4*.b

4 .9

5 .9

6 .6

7 .5

9 .4

1 2 .2

1-73

5 .3

5 .4

6 .4

7 .0

7 .8

9 .2

1 0 .4

8 .7

2-73

5 .2

5 .3

6 .1

6 .6

7 .1

7 .9

8 .3

6 .5

4 .3

3-73

5 .0

5 .1

5 .7

6 .4

7 .0

7 .1

5 .5

3 .8

4 -73

4 .7

4 .7

5 .3

5 .5

5 .7

6-1

6 .0

4 .5

3 .1

2 .5

1 .6

1-74

3 .9

3 .8

4 .2

4-3

4 -3

4-5

4-1

2 .5

1 .0

- 0 .0

- 1 .7

-5-0

2-74

3 .1

3 .0

3 .3

3-3

3-2

3-2

2 .7

1 .2

- 0 .3

- 1 .4

- 2 .9

—5-1

- 5 .3

3-74

2 .9

2 .8

3 .0

3 -0

2-9

2 .8

2 .4

1 .0

- 0 .2

- 1 .1

- 2 .2

- 3 .4

- 2 .6

0 .1

4-74

2 -6

2 .4

2 .6

2 .6

2 -4

2-3

1 .9

0 .6

—0-5

- 1 .2

- 2 .2

- 3 .1

-2-4

- 1 .0

- 2-1

1-75

2 .2

2 .1

2 .2

2 .2

2 .0

1 .9

1 .4

0 .2

- 0 .8

- 1 .5

- 2 .3

- 3 .0

- 2 .5

- 1 .6

- 2 .5

- 2 .8

2 -75

3-2

3 .1

3-3

3 .3

3 .3

3-2

2 .9

2 .0

1-3

1 .0

0 .6

0 .4

1 .5

3 .3

4 .4

7 .8

1 9 .7

6 .1

7 9 0 .7
8 0 3 .7
8 2 7 .1
8 4 4 .6
8 5 3 .5
8 6 0 .7

3 .4

8 6 4 .2
8 5 3 .3
8 4 1 .8
8 4 2 .0
837 *6
8 3 1 .6
8 6 9 .8

3-75

7-7

7-6

2-8

2 .7

2-6

7-6

2-2

1-4

0-6

0-2

- 0-1

-0 - 4

0 .4

1 .6

1 -9

3 .3

6-5

4-75

7 - ft

2-7

2 .9

2 .9

2-8

2-7

2 .4

1 .6

1 .0

0 .7

0 .4

0-2

1 .0

2 .1

2 .5

3-7

5 .9

- 0 .3

4 .8

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4 -73

1-74

2-7 4

3 -7 4

4 -7 4

1-75

2-75

3-75

8 5 8 .2
8 6 8 .4 P

I N I T I A L QUARTER
P - P R E L IM IN A R Y




PREPAREO BY FEOERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
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73.

1076

CORPORATE PRO FITS AFTER TAXES *
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE
B IL L IO N S OF

URtilflAL______________________________ _________ _____ ______________ INITIAL-QUA&TER_____________________________________________________ ______ POLLARS.
QUARTER

ANNUAL RATES

4-70

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72 _ 1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75
4 0 .4

1-71

46.8

2-71

37 .9

29.5

3-71

33.2

26.8

2 4 .2

4-71

31.1

26.2

2 4 .5

1-72

2 9 .5

25.5

2-72

2 6 .6

22.9

3—72

2 6 .0

43.1
45 .5

4ÌU1

2 4 .9

50 .7

24.2

2 3 .4

2 1 .3

2 0 .4

18 .2

13.2

2 1 .5

2 0 .9

19 .6

17.7

52.3
55.0

2 2 .3

6 0 .4

4-72

28 .3

25.8

25.2

2 5 .4

2546

2 6 .3

3 3 .4

4 5 .4

1-73

31.1

2 9 .3

2 9 .2

30.1

31.1

33.1

4 0 .5

50.6

5 6 .0

2-73

28.8

2 6 .9

2 6 .6

27 .0

2 7 .3

28.1

32.1

35.6

30.9

9 .8

3-73

25.1

23.2

2 2 .5

22.2

2 1 .9

21.6

2 3 .4

23.6

17.1

1.5

*-73

24 .3

2 2 .*

21 -a

21 .5

21-1

20-7

22-0

22.0

16.7

6 .0

4.1

15.5

T-7*

26 .6

25-0

2*-6

2 4 .6

24-6

2 *. 7

26.5

27-2

23.8

1 6 .9

19.3

34.6

56 .9

2-74

23-6

22-0

21-*

21.1

20 .8

20.5

2 1 .4

21.3

17.7

11.2

11.6

18.2

19.6

- 8 .8

3-7*

?fa-Q

24-7

24-3

24 .3

2*-3

2*. 3

2S-6

26-1

23-5

18.8

20-7

28-5

33-2

22-7

65-1

87 .4

*-7*

19-4

17-fi

17-0

16.5

15.8

15.1

15.3

14.6

11.2

6 .0

5.3

7 .8

6 .0

- 7 .0

- 6 .1 -4 6 .6

7 4 .7 ...

1-75

12-1

10-2

9-0

8 .0

6-a

5-5

* .9

3-3

- 0 .6

-6-0

- a .i

- « .4 -12.6 -24.5 -2 9 .1 -5 3 .5 -5 9 .5

6 7 .5

$9tl
6 8 .0

-6 .2

70.5
7 8 .9
77 .1

7-7%

14-2

12-5

11-5

10-7

9-7

fi-fi

ft-*

7-2

*-o

-0-6

-1-8

-1-2

3-75

17.5

16.0

15.3

14.7

14.1

13.4

13.4

12 .7

10.2

6 .4

6 .0

7 .6

6 .6

-0.1

1 .8

- 9 .8

7 .4

7 4 .8

9 6 .0

*
1
O

-3-7 -12-7 -13-6 -30-4 - 2 0 . «5

59.6

1-71

2-71

3-71

4-71

1-72

2-72

3-72

4-72

1-73

2-73

3-73

4-73

1-74

2-74

3-74

4-74

1-75

2-75

66.6

55-9

78.8

IN IT IA L QUARTER
♦ NATIONAL INCOME B A S IS
PREPARED BY FEOERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
JANUARY 2 3 . 1976

SOURCES OF DATA
National Income and Product Accounts Data
Source:

National Income and Wealth Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis,
U. S • Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230

An article describing the revisions and the set of seasonally adjusted
quarterly information for the post World War II period will appear in the
January 1976 Survey of Current Business, published in two parts. Additional
annual detail for 1946-74 and annual estimates for 1929-45 will be published
in a single volume this spring.
An advance package consisting of the tables that will appear in the
January Survey may be ordered for $25.00 from the National Income and Wealth
Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington,
D.C. 20230. (Check payable to Bureau of Economic Analysis).




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MANUFACTURING AND TRADE

1962

1963

1964

1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971

1972

1973 1974 1975

1976

« R A T I O S BASED ON SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA.
SOURCE: U.S.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SHADED AREAS REPRESENT PERIODS OF BUSINESS RECESSIONS
AS DEFINED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH.
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