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N a tio n a l E c o n o m ic T r e n d s
January 1990
C o n v e n t io n a l w i s d o m h o ld s th a t t h e c o m p o s it io n o f t h e n a t io n ’ s o u t p u t s h if t e d d r a m a t i c a ll y in t h e 1 9 8 0 s , w i t h u n p r e c e d e n te d
c o n s u m e r a n d f e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t s p e n d in g c r o w d i n g o u t b u s in e s s in v e s t m e n t , r a is in g im p o r t s a n d r e d u c in g e x p o r t s . T h e
ta b le b e l o w

is u s e f u l i n a s s e s s in g t h e s e v i e w s ; it c o m p a r e s t h e s h a r e s o f m a j o r c o m p o n e n t s o f f i n a l s p e n d in g in r e a l G N P

f o r th e f ir s t t h r e e q u a r t e r s o f 1 9 8 9 a n d s ix p r e v io u s d e c a d e - e n d in g y e a r s . F r o m

1 9 7 9 to

a n d im p o r t p u r c h a s e s a ll ro s e fa s te r th a n G N P ,

w h ile th e s h a re o f fix e d

b o o s tin g t h e ir s h a re s o f G N P ,

B u s in e s s fix e d in v e s t m e n t (n o n r e s id e n t ia l), h o w e v e r , r o s e r e la t iv e to G N P
any

o f th e y e a rs

The

1989

p r e v io u s

show n

e x c e p t fo r

1929.

E x p o rts

s h a r e o f c o n s u m e r s p e n d in g , t h o u g h

s ix

decades.

s h a r e o f s p e n d in g

a ls o

fo r d e fe n s e ) h a s fa lle n .

h a s f a lle n s in c e th e n as r e a l G N P
T h u s , th e c o n v e n tio n a l w is d o m

a ls o

The

in th e

a h ig h e r s h a re

la r g e , is n o t a r e c o r d ;

F e d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t p u rch ase s

(m a in ly

r o s e to

has been

th is

in

1 9 8 9 , c o n s u m p t io n , g o v e r n m e n t
in v e s t m e n t f e ll.

1 9 8 0 s , r e a c h i n g a h i g h e r s h a r e t h a n in
th e

19 80s.

sh a re w a s

a la r g e r s h a re

la r g e r at th e e n d o f tw o

of G N P

in

th e p a s t.

s h a re o f sta te a n d lo c a l p u r c h a s e s ro s e fr o m

S in c e

1 9 5 9 to

o f th e

1959,

it s

1969, but

g r o w t h o u ts tr ip p e d th a t o f s ta te a n d lo c a l 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 .
a b o u t th e c h a n g in g

c o m p o s it io n o f o u tp u t in th e

1 9 8 0 s is f a u l t y .

C o n s u m e r a n d fe d e ra l

g o v e r n m e n t p u r c h a s e s d id n o t r is e to u n p r e c e d e n t e d s h a r e s o f t o ta l o u t p u t ; m o r e o v e r , r e a l b u s in e s s in v e s t m e n t a n d e x p o r ts
have

g ro w n

fa s te r th a n

re a l G N P .

M a jo r

Com ponent

R e a l

S p e n d in g

C o m p o n e n ts

as

a

P e rc e n t

o f R e a l

G N P

1989

1979

1969

1959

1949

1939

1929

6 4 .4 %

6 2 .8 %

6 0 .1 %

6 0 .1 %

6 2 .7 %

6 7 .1 %

6 6 .4 %

P e r s o n a l c o n s u m p t io n
e x p e n d it u r e s

F i x e d in v e s t m e n t
N o n r e s id e n tia l

1 6 .9

1 7 .5

1 5 .9

1 5 .6

1 6 .1

1 1 .5

1 8 .1

1 2 .3

1 2 .2

1 1 .1

9 .4

1 0 .4

7 .4

1 3 .1

E x p o rts

1 4 .1

1 1 .2

6 .8

5 .1

5 .9

5 .1

5 .9

Im p o rts

1 5 .4

1 1 .1

8 .2

6 .3

4 .2

4 .2

5 .3

G o v e rn m e n t p u rch a se s

1 9 .5

1 9 .1

2 4 .4

2 4 .4

2 0 .4

2 0 .1

1 3 .3

8 .2

7 .4

1 2 .2

1 3 .6

1 0 .8

7 .5

2 .6

1 1 .3

1 1 .7

1 2 .2

1 0 .8

9 .6

1 2 .6

1 0 .7

Fe d e ra l
S ta te a n d lo c a l

V ie w s



—

T H E
F E D E R A L
R E S E R V E
H A N K of
S T .liH IS

e x p re 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 ra l R e s e r v e S y s te m .

Jo h n

A .

T a to m

T O T A L C IV IL IA N E M P L O Y M E N T
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH

THOUSANDS
OF PERSONS

IN IT IA L MONTH
4-88

s~e8

6-88

7-88

8-8 8

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8-8 9

9-89 10-89

5-88

-2 .7

(-8 8

1.8

6.5

115.001

7-8$

1.5

5.4

0 .5

115.054

8-88

1.4

2 .8

1.1

114.405

9-88

1.5

2 .6

10-88

1.6

2 .5

1.8

115.205

1.5

1.8

1.8

115.570

1.5

1.9

1.9

2.1

115.575
115.947

11-88

1.9

2 .7

2 .0

2 .4

2 .6

5 .0

4 .0

12-88

1.8

2.4

1.8

2 .0

2.1

2 .2

2 .5

0.6

116.009
116.711

1-89

2.4

5.0

2 .6

2 .9

5.2

5.5

4 .0

4 .0

7.5

2-89

2 .5

2 .9

2 .4

2 .7

2 .9

5.1

5 .4

5.2

4 .4

l.S

5-89

2.4

2 .9

2 .5

2 .8

2 .9

5.1

5 .5

5.1

5.9

2.2

116.855
2 .9

117.156
117*115

4-89

2.1

2 .6

2 .2

2 .4

2 .5

2 .6

2 .7

2 .4

2 .9

1.4

1.5

-0 .2

5-89

2.1

2 .5

2.1

2 .5

2 .5

2.4

2 .4

2 .2

2 .5

1.5

1.2

0.4

1.1

6-89

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
117.541

5.4

117*459

7-89

1.9

2 .5

2 .0

2.1

2.1

2 .2

2 .2

2 .0

2 .2

1.5

1.2

0.8

1.2

1.5

-0 .8

8 -89

1.9

2 .2

1.9

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

1.9

2 .1

1.5

1.5

0.9

1.2

1.5

0.5

1.4

117*597
117.456

9-89

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 .5

0.0

-1 .4

10-89

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

0.5

-0 .5

0.9

11-89

1.7

2 .0

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.7

1.1

1.1

0.8

1.0

1.0

0.5

0.8

0 .6

1.7

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-8 8

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

1-89

2-8 9

5-89

4-89

5-8 9

6-89

7-89

8-8 9

117.545
2 .5

117.786

9-89 10-89

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T. LOUIS
DECEMBER 8* 1989

PAYROLL EM P LO YM EN T
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
4-88

5-88

5-88

2 .2

6-88

5.8

5 .5

7-88

5.5

5.9

6-88

7-88

8-8 8

IN IT IA L MONTH
OF PERSONS
1-89 2-89

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

THOUSANDS
5-89

4-89

5-89

6-89

7-89

8 -8 9

9-89 10-89

105.091
105*561
2 .4

105.768

8-88

5.0

5.5

2 .5

2.1

9-88

5.0

5.2

2 .5

2 .5

2 .9

10-88

5.0

5.2

2 .6

2 .7

5.0

5.1

11-88

5.2

5.5

2 .9

5.0

5.5

5.5

4 .0

105.954
106.207
106.475
106.824

12-88

5.2

5.5

2 .9

5.0

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.1

1-89

5.2

5.4

5.1

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.7

5.5

5.9

2-89

5.2

5.5

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.0

5-89

5.1

5.2

2 .9

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.0

2 .5

2 .0

4-89

5.1

5.1

2 .9

5 .0

5.1

5.1

5.1

2 .9

2 .8

2 .5

2 .2

2 .4

5-89

5.0

5.1

2 .8

2 .9

5.0

5.0

5.0

2 .8

2 .7

2 .4

2 .2

2 .4

2 .5

6-89

5.0

5.1

2 .9

2 .9

5 .0

5.0

5.0

2 .9

2 .8

2 .6

2 .5

2.7

2 .8

5.5

107.097
107.442
107.711
107.888
108.101
108.510
108.607

7-89

2 .9

5.0

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 .9

2 .7

2 .7

2 .8

2 .8

2 .7

2 .6

2 .5

2 .5

2 .2

2 .2

2 .2

2.1

1.6

108.767
108.887

1.5

9-89

2 .8

2 .8

2 .7

2 .7

2 .7

2 .7

2 .7

2 .6

2 .5

2 .5

2 .2

2 .5

2 .2

2 .2

1.8

1.8

2 .5

10-89

2 .7

2 .7

2 .6

2 .6

2 .6

2 .6

2 .5

2 .4

2 .5

2 .2

2 .1

2.1

2 .0

2 .0

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.0

11-89

2 .7

2 .7

2 .6

2 .6

2 .6

2 .6

2 .5

2 .4

2 .5

2 .2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2 .0

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.7

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-8 8

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

1-89

2-8 9

5-89

4-89

5-8 9

6-89

7-89

8 -8 9

109.096
109.189P
2 .5

109.599P

9-89 10-89

IN IT IA L MONTH
P- PRELIM IN A RY




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

8

2

EMPLOYMENT
RATI 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 NALLY A D JU S TE D

SOURCEt

U.S.D EPARTM ENT OF LABOR

BEGIN N IN G JANUARY 1086. TOTAL EMPLOYMENT DATA INCORPORATE NEW PROCEDURES FOR ESTIM A TIN G
MEASURES OF IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION INCREASING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY ABOUT 0 .3 % .
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PER IO D S
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt

INDICATED.

NOVEMBER PR ELIM IN A RY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESER VE BANK OF S T .

UNEMPLOYMENT
PERCENT

S E A S O N A LLY

LO U IS

RATE
PERCENT

A D JU S TE D

1 .0

10




1 0 .0

9.0

8 .0

7.0

6 .0

5.0

4.0
1981

1982

19 8 3

1984

19 8 5

1986

19 8 7
SOURCEt

U .S .

1988

1 98 9

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

PERCENT OF C I V IL IA N LABOR FORCE
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt

NOVEMBER
PREPARED BY FE D E R A L

3

R E S E R V E BA N K O F S T .

LO U IS

C O N S U M E R P U C 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 e n p o u M A s a t ta i R a te s o f G fc a a g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH

4-e a

5-e a

m s

7-88

8 -8 8

9-88 10-88 n - 8 8

12-aa

i-8 9

2-8 9

1982-84*100

5-11

4-8 9

M i

h >

7-89

m *

9-89 io -8 9
117.7

5-8 8

5 .2

H 8

4 .7

4 .2

118.1

7-88

4 .9

4 .7

5 .2

118.6

8 -8 8

4 .7

4 .5

4 ,7

119.0

4.1

9-88

5 .2

119.5
120.0

10-88

4 .8

4 .8

4 .9

4 .8

S .l

5.1

11-88

4 .«

4 .5

4 .5

4 .4

4 .4

4.1

5.0

120.5
120.7

12-88

4 .5

4 .4

4 .5

4 .5

4 .5

4 .1

5.6

4 .1

1-89

4 .8

4 .8

4 .8

4 .8

4 .9

4 .8

4 .7

5 .6

121.9

5.1

2-89
5-89

121.4

7 .2

4 .9

4 .9

5 .0

5 .0

5.1

5 .1

5 .1

5 .6

6.1

5 .6

6.1

122.5
125.5

4-89

5 .2

5 .2

5 .5

5 .5

5 .5

5 .5

6.1

6 .6

6.4

7.1

8 .1

5-89

5 .5

5 .4

5 .5

5 .5

5 .6

5 .7

5 .8

6.2

6 .7

6.6

7.1

7.6

7.0

«-8 9

5 .1

5.1

5 .2

5 .2

5 .5

5 .5

5 .5

5 .6

5 .9

5 .6

5 .8

5 .7

4 .5

2 .0

7-89

5 .0

4 .9

5 .0

5 .0

5.1

5 .0

5 .0

5 .5

5 .5

5 .2

5 .2

5 .0

4 .0

2 .4

124.0
124.2
2 .9

124.5
124.5

8-8 9

4 .6

4 .6

4 .4

4 .6

4 .6

4 .6

4 .5

4 .7

4 .8

4 .4

4 .5

4 .0

2 .9

1.6

1.5

0.0

9-89

4 .5

4 .4

4 .4

4 .4

4 .4

4 .4

4 .5

4 .4

4 .4

4.1

4 .0

5 .6

2 .7

1.7

1.6

1.0

10-89

4 .4

4 .5

4 .5

4 .5

4 .5

4 .5

4 .4

4 .5

4 .6

4 .5

4 .2

4 .0

5.5

2 .5

2 .7

2 .6

5.9

5 .9

11-89

4 .6

4 .5

4 .6

4 .5

4 .5

4 .5

4 .5

4 .6

4 .6

4 .4

4 .5

4 .1

5.5

2 .9

5.1

5 .2

4 .2

5 .4

4-8 8

5-8 8

6-88

7-88

8-8 8

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

1-89

2 -89

5-89

4-89

5-8 9

6-89

7-89

8-8 9

124.7

1.9

125.5
4 .9

125.8

9-89 10-89

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
DECEMBER 19» 1969

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 Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
4-8 8

IN IT IA L MONTH
5-8 8

5-88

5.4

6-88

2 .8

2 .5

6-88

7-88

8-8 8

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

1-89

2-89

1982 - 100
5-89

4-8 9

5-89

6-89

7-89

8 -8 9

9-89 10-89
107.4
107.6

7-88

4 .2

4 .6

6 .9

8-8 8

4 .0

4 .2

5.1

5.4

9-88

4 .5

4 .8

5 .7

5.1

6.8

10-88

4 .0

4.1

4 .5

5.7

5 .9

1.1

108.2
108.5
109.1
109.2

11-88

5.9

5.9

4 .5

5 .6

3.7

2 .2

5.5

12-88

5.9

4 .0

4 .5

5.8

5 .9

5.0

5.9

4 .5

1-89

5 .0

5 .2

5 .6

5 .4

5 .8

5 .6

7.1

9.1

15.9

2-89

5 .6

5 .9

6.5

6.5

6.7

6 .7

8 .2

9.8

12.6

11.4

5-89

5 .6

5 .8

6.2

6.2

6.6

6.5

7.6

8 .7

10.2

8 .4

5 .5

4-8 9

5 .6

5 .8

6.2

6.1

6.4

6.4

7.5

8 .1

9 .0

7.4

5 .5

5 .5

5-89

6.0

6.2

6 .6

6.6

6.9

7.0

7.8

8 .6

9.4

8 .5

7.5

8 .5

11.1

6-89

5 .7

5 .8

6.1

6.1

6.5

6.5

6.9

7.5

8 .0

6.8

5 .7

5 .8

6 .0

1.1

7-89

4 .8

4 .9

5 .1

5 .0

5 .1

5 .0

5 .4

5 .7

5 .8

4 .6

5 .2

2 .7

1.8

-2 .6

-6 . 1

8-8 9

4 .2

4 .2

4 .4

4 .2

4.2

4 .0

4 .5

4 .4

4 .4

5.1

1.8

1.1

0 .0

-5 .5

-5 .6

-5 .2

9-89

4 .6

4 .6

4 .8

4 .7

4 .8

4 .6

4 .9

5.1

5.1

4.1

5.1

2 .7

2.1

0 .0

-0 .5

2 .7

11.1

109.5
109.9
111.1
112.1
112.6
115.1
114.1
114.2
115.6
115.1
114.1

10-89

4 .6

4 .7

4 .8

4 .7

4 .8

4 .6

4.9

5.1

5 .2

4.2

5 .4

5.1

2 .7

1.1

1.1

5 .6

8 .2

5 .4

11-89

4 .5

4.4

4 .5

4 .5

4 .4

4 .2

4 .5

4 .6

4 .6

5.7

2 .9

2 .5

2.1

0 .7

0.6

2 .4

5 .0

2.1

4 -8 8

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-8 8

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

1-89

2 -89

5-89

4-89

5-8 9

6-89

7-89

8 -8 9




114.6
-1 .0

114.5

9-89 10-89

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LO U IS
DECEMBER 15» 1989

4




RATIO SCALE

1981

PR IC ES

1982

1983

1984

1985

RATIO SCALE

1986

1987

1988

1989

CONSUMER P R IC ES DATA ARE ON A I982-S4-I00 BASE
CPI-U DATA BEGINNING I O f3 INCORPORATE A RENTAL EQUIVALENCE MEASURE FOR HOMEOVNERSHIP COSTS.
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIOOS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED; NOVEMBER

PREPAREO I Y FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

r a t io

scale

PRODUCER

1982-100

P R IC E S

SEASO NALLY AD JUSTED

r a t io

scale

1982-100

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED* NOVEMBER

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 f o n M A r a m ! R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH

4 -* «

5-8 8

4-88

7-88

8 -5 8

VM

10-98 11-88 12-88

M i

2-8 9

1982 * 100

5-89

6.7

*-88

8 .4

7-88

8 .6

9.5

8 .9

8 -8 8

8 .4

8 .9

8 .5

7.7

9-88

8 .9

9.5

9.2

9 .4

6-89

7-89

8 -8 9

9-89 10-89

11.1
6 .0

1.1

5 .4

2 .6

112.1

10.2

112.9

10-88

7 .6

7.7

7.1

6 .5

11-88

7.1

7.1

6.5

6 .0

115.6
114.6
114.7
4 .3

115.1
115.2

12-88

6.3

6.2

5 .6

S.O

4 .3

2.1

2 .6

1.0

1-89

7.4

7.5

7.1

6.8

6.7

5.6

7.2

8 .6

16.8

2-89

7.9

8 .0

7.7

7.6

7.5

6.8

8 .3

9.7

14.3

116.7
11.9

117.8
118.8

5-89

8.1

8 .5

8 .0

7.9

8 .0

7.5

8 .8

10.0

13.1

11.3

4—89

6.8

6.8

6.5

6.2

6 ,0

5 .3

6.0

6.4

7.7

4 .9

1.5

-6 .8

8 .3

6.5

4 .5

1.5

1.5

7.1

5-8 9

111.2

5-88

5-89

4-8 9

7.1

6.8

6.6

6.7

10.7

118.1
10.6

119.1

-1 .3

118.4

6.5

5 .9

4 .9

5 .0

5 .6

3.5

1.5

-6 .8

4 .2

4 .2

4 .7

2 .8

1.0

-1 .3

0.7

-4 .0

1.5

-0 .2

1.5

-1 .3

7.1

6-89

6.0

6.0

5 .6

S .5

5.1

4.4

7-89

5 .5

5 .4

5.1

4 .8

4 .5

3.9

4 .2

4 .2

4 .6

3.0

1.5

4.1

3.1

5.0

3.3

1.7

0.3

-1 .3

-0 .2

-2 .7

-1 .3

-1 .5

-6 .9

3.3

2 .3

1.2

2 .6

1.0

3.1

4 .5

4 .6

17.5
13.4

8-8 9

5 .4

5 .4

5 .0

4 .7

4 .5

3.9

9-89

4.7

4 .6

4 .2

3.9

3.6

3.0

118.3

-1 .0

118.7

10-89

5,4

5 .5

5 .0

4 .7

4 ,5

4 .0

4 .3

4 .3

4 .6

11-89

5 .6

5 .5

5 .2

5 .0

4 .8

4 .4

4 .7

4 .7

5 .0

3.9

3.1

2 .2

3.5

2 .4

4 .3

5 .7

6.2

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8 -8 8

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

1-89

2-8 9

3-89

4-89

5—89

6-89

7-89

8-8 9

118.0
119.6
9.4

120.5

9-89 10-89

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
DECEttER 15» 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
(C o m p o o n M A nnual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
4-88

IN IT IA L MONTH
5-88

6-88

7-88

8-8 8

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

1-89

2-8 9

1982 » 100
5-89

4-8 9

5 -8 9

6-89

7-89

8-8 9

9-89 10-89
106.1

5-88

2 .3

6-88

1.1

0 .0

7-88

2 .7

2 .9

5 .8

8-8 8

2 .9

3.1

4 .6

3.4

106.1
106.6
106.9
107.3

9-88

3.2

3.4

4 .6

4 .0

4 .6

10-88

2 .9

3.0

3.7

S.O

2 .8

1.1

11-88

2 .9

3.0

3.7

3.1

3.0

2 .3

3.4

12-88

3.3

3.4

4 .0

3.6

3.7

3.4

4 .6

5 .7

107.4
107.7
108.2

1-89

4 .3

4 .6

5 .2

5.1

5 .5

5 .7

7.3

9 .3

12.9

2-89

4 .8

5.1

5 .7

5 .7

6.1

6.4

7.7

9.2

11.0

9.1

109.3

3-89

4 .7

5 .0

5 .6

5 .5

5 .8

6.1

7.1

8 .0

8 .8

6.8

4 .4

4-89

5 .2

5 .5

6.0

6.0

6 .4

6.6

7.6

8 .4

9.1

7.9

7.5

10.2

5-89

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 .5

5 .7

6.2

6.3

6 .5

6.8

7.5

8 .1

8 .5

7.6

7.5

8 .2

7.2

2 .2

7-89

4 .7

4 .8

5 .2

5 .2

5 .3

5 .4

5 .9

6.2

6.3

5 .2

4 .4

4 .4

2 .5

-2 .1

-6 .2

8-8 9

3.8

3.9

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

110.1
110.5
111.4
112.5
112.7
112.1
-8 .2

111.3

9~8£

4 .6

4 .8

5.1

5 .0

5 .2

5 .2

5 .6

5 .8

5 .8

5 .0

4 .4

4 .4

3.5

1.1

0.7

4 .4

18.7

10-89

4 .4

4 .5

4 .8

4 .7

4 .8

4 .8

5.1

5 .3

5 .2

4 .4

3.8

5.8

2 .7

0 .9

0.5

2 .9

8 .9

0.0

11-89

4 .0

4 .0

4.3

4 .2

4 .2

4 .2

4 .5

4 .5

4.4

3.6

3.0

2 .9

1.9

0 .2

-0 .2

1.3

4 .8

-1 .6

-3 .1

4-8 8

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-8 8

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4-89

5-8 9

6-89

7-89

8-8 9

H 9

10-89




112.9
112.9
112.6

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERV E BANK OF S T . LO U IS
DECEMBER 15» 1989

6

N D U S T R I A L

P R O D U C T I O N

RATI O SCALE

R ATI O SCALE
1977-100
155

1977-100
155

SEASO NA LLY A D JU S TE D

150

150

+0. 9X

145

145

140

140

+5.SZ y

135
130

135
130

+0.6Z
W

125

125
12 0

115
110

120

/

115

L

¿ A

110

/

-/J. 6 z\

105

105

7

-J. U VJ|

100

95

90

^
♦

*
♦
1981

100

if

à

fc

*

i

i

%

i

V

I

1982

♦

1983

\

95

%

♦

198 4

t

\

t
1985

f

ì

19 8 6

198 7

1988

90

19 8 9

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt NOVEMBER
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
( C o m p o u M Aniiaal Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
4-88

1977 « 100

IN IT IA L MONTH
5-88

«-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

«-89

7-89

8-89

9-89 10-89
15«.1

5-88

«♦4

«-88

5*0

5.«

7-88

7.9

8.7

14.0

8-88

7.0

7.2

9.1

4.4

9-88

5.8

5 .«

«.5

2 .«

0.9

10-88

«.0

5.9

«.5

4.1

4.0

7.2

11-88

5.8

5.7

«.1

4.2

4.1

5.8

12-88

5 .«

5.5

5.8

4.2

4.2

5.5

4.4

4.4

1-89

5.4

5.2

5.5

4.1

4.0

4.8

4.1

5.9

15«.5
158.0
158.5
158.«
159.4
159.9

4.4

140.4
5.5

140.8

2-89

4.5

4.5

4.4

5.1

2.9

5.5

2.4

1.7

0.4

-2.5

5-89

4.5

4.1

4.1

2.9

2.7

5*1

2.5

1.7

0.9

-0.4

1.7

140.5
140.7

4-89

4.7

4.5

4 .«

5.«

5.5

5.9

5.5

5.1

2.8

2 .«

5.2

8.9

5-89

4.2

4.0

4.1

5.1

5.0

5.5

2.7

2.4

2.1

1.7

5.2

5.9

-0.8

«-89

4.2

4.0

4.0

5.2

5.0

5.5

2.8

2 .«

2.5

2.1

5.2

5.7

1.5

5.4

7-89

5.8

5.«

5.«

2.8

2.7

2.9

2.4

2.2

1.8

1.«

2.4

2 .«

0 .«

1.5

-0.8

8-89

5.9

5.7

5.8

5.0

2.9

5.1

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.1

2.9

5.1

1.7

2 .«

2.1

5.2

9-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.1

1.9

1.«

1.4

2.0

2.0

0.7

1.1

0.5

0.8

-5.5

10-89

2.9

2.7

2 .«

1.9

1.7

1.8

1.4

1.1

0.8

0.5

0.9

0.7

-0 .«

-0.5

-1.5

-1.7

-4.9

- « .«

11-89

2.8

2 .«

2 .«

1.9

1.7

1.8

1.4

1.1

0.9

0.«

1.0

0.9

-0.2

-0.1

-0.8

-0.8

-2.8

-2.5

4-88

5-88

«-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

4-89

5-89

«-89

7-89

8-89

9-89 10-89

141.7
141.«
142.0
141.9
142.5
142.1
141.5P
1.7

141.5P

IN IT IA L MONTH
PRELIM IN A RY




PREPARED BY FED ERAL R ESER V E BANK OF S T . LO U IS
IS * 1989

7

PERSONAL
RATIO

SCALE

TRILLIONS

INCOME
RATIO

MONTHLY T O T A L S A T ANNUAL R ATE S

OF

DOLLARS

TRILLIONS

SEASO NA LLY A D JU S TE D

OF

SCALE

DOLLARS
5.2
4.8

.5410
4.4

4.0

3.6

3.2

2 .8

2.4

2 .0

1981

1982

19 8 3

19 8 4

1985

1986

1 98 7

1988

19 8 9

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

P E R S O N A L IN C O M E
(Compounded A nnual R ite s of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
4-86

5-88

6-88

7-86

8-68

IN IT IA L MONTH
ANNUAL RATES
9-86 10-88 11-68 12-68 1-89 2-69

BILLION S OF
DOLLARS
5-69

4-69

5-89

6-89

7-89

6-89

9-69 10-89
4*025.5

5-66

5.0

6-68

4.5

8.1

7-66

7.5

8.7

9.4

6-66

6.7

7.2

6.8

4.049.4
4.079.8
4.094.2

4.5

»-66

6.8

7.5

7.0

5.8

7.4

10-66

8.8

9.6

10.0

10.2

15.5

19.6

4.118.6

11-66

7.0

7.4

7.2

6.7

7.5

7.6

-5.5

12-68

7.5

7.9

7.9

7.6

8.4

8.8

5.8

11.5

1-69

8.9

9.5

9.7

9.7

10.8

11.7

9.2

16.0

20.8

2-69

9.4

9.9

10.2

10.5

11.5

12.1

10.5

15.5

17.5

15.8

4*180.4
4*168.9
4*206.5
4*275.1
4*519.5

5-89

9.7

10.1

10.4

10.5

11.4

12.1

10.7

14.4

15.5

12.9

12.1

4-69

9.5

9.9

10.1

10.2

10.9

11.4

10.1

15.0

15.5

11.1

9.8

7.5

5-69

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

4-69

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

7-69

8.6

8.9

9.0

8 .9

9.5

9.5

8.5

10.0

9.9

8.1

7.0

5.8

5.5

6.6

7.4

6-69

8.5

8.5

8.6

8.5

8.9

9.0

8.0

9.5

9.1

7.5

6.5

5.4

4.8

5.6

5.5

4*560.7
4*587.1
4*596.5
4*417.5
4*445.7
5.6

4*456.9

9-69

8.0

8.2

8.2

8.1

8.4

8.5

7.5

8.6

8 .4

6.9

5.9

4.9

4.4

4.9

4.6

5.2

2.8

10-69

8.1

8.5

8.5

8.2

8.5

8.6

7.7

8.8

8.5

7.2

6.4

5.7

5.4

5.9

5.9

5.5

6.4

10.1

11-89

8.2

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.6

8.7

7.9

8 .9

8.7

7.6

6.9

6.5

6.1

6.7

6.8

6.7

7.8

10.5

4-88

5-86

6-68

7-88

6-68

9-86 10-66 11-66 12-66

1-69

2-69

5-69

4-69

5-89

6-89

7-69

8-69

4*467.1
4*505.2
10.6

4*541.OP

9-69 10-89

IN IT IA L MONTH
P- PRELIM IN A RY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERV E BANK OF S T . LO U IS
DECEMBER 21» 1969

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
1 40
130

12 0

1 10

100

90

80

70
1981

1982

19 8 3

19 8 4

19 8 5

19 8 6

1 98 7

1 98 8

1 98 9

SOURCE« U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« OCTOBER, NOVEMBER ADVANCE ESTIMATE
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

R E T A IL S A LE S
(Compounded A nnual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
4-88

MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

IN IT IA L MONTH
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

»-89 10-89
154*005

5-88

8 .7

6—88

9.5

9.9

7-88

8 .5

8.0

6.2

9-88

6.5

5.5

5.5

0.5

155*060
155*741
155*800
155*421

9-88

4.5

5.2

1.1

-1.4

-5.5

10-88

7.9

7.8

7.5

7.6

11.4

28.5

11-88

8.4

8.4

8.1

8.6

11.4

19.6

11.5

12-88

7.0

6.7

6.2

6.2

7.7

11.6

4.1

-2.8

1-89

7.0

6.8

6.4

6.4

7.7

10.6

5.5

2.5

7.6

2-89

5.8

5.4

4.9

4.7

5.4

7.2

2.6

-0.5

1.0

-5.1

5-89

5.5

5.0

4.4

4.2

4.7

6.1

2.2

0.0

0.9

-2.2

0.8

4-89

6.5

6.0

5.7

5.6

6.5

7.7

4.6

5.5

4.9

4.0

8.9

17.6

5-89

6.5

6.4

6.1

6.0

6.7

8 .0

5.4

4.4

5.9

5.5

9.2

15.7

10.0

6—89

6.0

5.8

5.5

5.4

5.9

7.0

4.6

5.7

4.8

4.5

6.8

8 .8

4.7

-0.4

7-89

6.5

6.1

5.8

5.8

6.2

7.5

5.1

4.4

5.4

5.1

7.5

8 .9

6.2

4.5

9.5

8-89

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

158.259
159*520
159*189
140*040
159.428
159*516
141*415
142*545
142.500
145.555
144.860

11.5

9-89

6.4

6.5

6.0

6.0

6.4

7.5

5.6

5.0

5.9

5.7

7.5

8 .5

6.7

5.9

8.1

7.5

10-89

5.1

4.9

4.6

4.5

4.8

5.4

5.7

5.0

5.6

5.2

4.5

4.8

2.8

1.4

1.8

-0.5

11-89

5.4

5.2

4.9

4.8

5.1

5.8

4.2

5.6

4 .2

5.9

4.9

5.5

5.8

2.8

5.5

2.1

-0.8

-5.0

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

»-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 10-89

5.6

145.295

-6.1 -14.9

145.558P
10.5

144»557E

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




PREFARED BY FEDERAL R ESER V E BANK OF S T . LO U IS
DECEM ER IS * 1989

8

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 u v a l R a te s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
QUARTER

IN ITIA L QUARTER

4-84
1-85

4.5

2-85

4.5

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

1977*100
5-87

4-87

1-88

4.7

4.8

5.6

5.5

6.0

6.5

1-86

5.2

5.4

5.8

5.9

5.5

2-86

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.4

5.0

4.5

5-86

5.0

5.1

5.5

5.2

4.9

4.6

4.7

178.6
181.0
185.0
185.1
187.4

5.0

5.1

5.5

5.2

4.9

4.7

4.9

5.1

1-87

4.7

4.7

4.8

4.6

4.5

4.0

5.9

5.5

1.9

2-87

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.0

5.7

5.6

5.2

2.5

2.6

5-87

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.4

4.2

5.9

5.8

5.6

5.1

5.8

4-87

4,7

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.1

4.8

6,0

7,1

1-88

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.2

4.1

4.0

5.8

4.5

4,9

4,9

2,7

188.5
189.5
191.8

4,9

195.1
196.4

2-88

4.6

4.7

4.6

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.1

4.6

5,1

5,1

4,1

5,6

5-88

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.8

5,2

5,5

4,7

5.7

2-89
5-89

2-89

175.9

4-86

4,7

1-89

171.8

5.1

4.7

4-66

175.5

5-85

1-89

5-68

4.0

4-85

4-88

2-68

199.1
5.7

201.9

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.8

5,2

5,5

4,8

5.5

5.5

5.5

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.8

5,1

5,2

4.8

5.5

5.5

5.0

4.8

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

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.8

4.8

4.7

5,0

5,5

5,5

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.8

4.6

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-86

5-86

4-66

1-89

2-89

4-84

4.8

1-85

204.5
206.9
210.4
212.8

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST, LOUIS
DECEMBER 6. 1989

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 A nn ual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

1-85

2.5

2-85

2.7

5.0

5-85

2.9

5.2

4-85

2.5

2.5

2.5

1.1

1-86

5.5

5.8

4.0

4.5

7.6

2-66

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.6

5.4

-0.7

5-86

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.5

1.6

-1.5

-1.8

5-86

4-66

1-87

2-67

1977*100
5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-66

4-86

1-69

2-69
106.5
107.1

5.4

106.0
108.5
110.5
110.1
109.6

4-86

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.4

-0.6

-0.5

0.7

1-87

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.2

1.5

-0.5

-0.1

0.7

0,7

2-67

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.5

0.5

0.5

1.5

1,6

2,6

5-87

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

109.8
110.0
110.7
111.7
112.5

1-88

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

2.0

1.5

1.6

2.2

2,5

2,9

5.0

2.7

2.5

2-88

1.8

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

5-88

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.7

1.1

1.5

1.7

1,9

2,1

1.9

1.5

1.1

0.4

2.9

4-8$

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.6

1.0

1.2

1.6

1,7

1.8

1.7

1.5

0.9

0.4

1.6

0.4

1-89

1.8

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

1.5

1.0

0.7

1.4

0.9

1.2

1.4

5-69

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.5

1,5

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.1

0.9

1.5

1.1

1.4

1.6

1.8

4-64

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-66

4-66

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-68

2-86

5-68

4-86

1-69

2-89




115.2
112.6
115.4
115.5
1.1

115.8
114.2
114.7

IN ITIA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
DECEMBER 6» 1989

10

PR O D U C T IV IT Y ,

CO M PEN SA TIO N ,

AND

LABOR

CO STS

RATIO SCALE

RATIO SCALE

1977-100

1981

SEASO NALLY AD JUSTED

1982

1983

1984

1985

1977-100

1986

1987

1988

1989

SOURCE« U .S . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« 3RD QUARTER
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 A in o a J Sates of Cbiftge)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-64

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-65

2—65

1-65

2.5

2-65

1.5

0.7

5-65

1.9

1.7

2.7

4-65

2.6

2.7

5.7

5-65

4-65

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

1977*100
5-87

4-87

1-86

2-86

5-68

4-88

1-89

2-89

161.6
161.9
165.0
4.7

164.9

1-66

1.7

1.5

1.6

1.4

-1.9

2-66

2.5

2.5

2.7

2.7

1.7

5.5

5-66

2.9

5.0

5.4

5.6

5.2

5.9

6 r4

4-66

5.0

5.1

5.6

5.7

5.5

5.5

5.2

4.1

1-67

2.9

2.9

5.2

5.5

5.0

4.5

5.9

2.7

2-67

2.6

2.6

2.9

2.9

2.6

5.5

5.0

1.9

0.8

0.2

5-67

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.6

2.5

5.0

2.5

1.6

0.8

0.5

0.7

4-67

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

5.2

2.9

2.2

1.7

1.8

2.6

1-66

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.8

2.5

1.8

1.4

1.5

1.7

2.2

0.0

2-66

2.6

2.6

5.0

5.0

2.6

5.4

5.1

2.7

2.4

2.7

5.5

4.1

4.0

8.1

164.1
166.5
166.9
170.6
1.4

171.2
171.5
171.6
4.5

175.5
175.5
176.9

5-66

2.6

2.6

5.0

5.0

2.8

5.5

5.1

2.7

2.5

2.6

5.1

5.7

5.5

5.5

2.5

4*-88

2.9

2.9

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.5

5.5

2.9

2.8

5.0

5.4

4.0

5.9

5.2

5.8

5.0

1-69

5.0

5.0

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.0

2.9

5.1

5.5

4.0

5.9

4.8

5.8

4.4

5.8

2-69

5.1

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.1

5.5

5.7

4.1

4.0

4.9

4.1

4.6

4.4

4.9

5-69

5.1

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.1

5.5

5.6

4.0

5.9

4.6

5.9

4 .2

5.9

4.0

5.1

4-64

1-65

2-65

5-65

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-66

4-86

1-87

2-67

5-67

4-87

1-86

2-66

5-86

4-88

1-89

2-89




176.0
180.2
181.9
184.1
185.5

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FED ERA L R ESER V E BANK OF S T . LO U IS
DE CEMBER
» 1969

6

11

G R O S S N A T IO N A L P R O D U C T I N C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
( C o n p o m M A i i i a l R a te s o f O u ta g e )

TERMINAL

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

INITIAL QUARTER

QUARTER
4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-8«

2-8«

5-8«

4-8«

2-87

1-87

1-65

7.9

2-65

6.7

5 .«

H S

6.8

«.5

7.0

4-es

6.6

« .2

« .«

«.2

1-8«

6.8

«.5

«.8

« .7

2-86

5.9

5.4

5.4

4.9

4.5

1.5

5-8«

5.8

5.5

5.5

5.1

4.7

5.5

5.7

4-86

5.6

5.5

5.5

4.9

4 .«

5.7

5.0

4.2

1-87

6.0

5.7

5.8

5 .«

5.4

5.0

«.2

«.5

8 .8

2-87

6.2

« .0

«.1

5.9

5.9

5 .«

«.7

7.0

8 .5

8.2

5-87

6.4

«.2

«.5

« .2

«.2

«.1

7.0

7.4

8.4

8.5

8.4

4-87

6.6

«.5

« .«

«.5

« .«

«.5

7.4

7.7

8 .«

8.5

8.7

4-87

5-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

ANNUAL RATES

5*925.«
5*979.0
4*047.0
4*107.9
7.5

4*181.5
4*194.7
4*255.5
4*297.5
4*588.8
4*475.9
4*5««.«
9.0

4*««5.8

1-88

« .«

«.5

« .«

6.5

« .«

«.5

7.2

7.5

8 .2

8.0

7.9

7.7

«.5

2-88

«.7

« .«

«.7

6.7

«.8

«.7

7.4

7.«

8.2

8.1

8.1

8.0

7.5

8 .«

4*759.8

5-88

«.8

«.7

«.8

6.8

«.8

«.8

7.4

7.«

8.1

8.0

8.0

7.9

7.5

8.1

7.5

4-88

«.8

«.8

«.8

6.8

«.9

«.9

7.4

7.«

8.1

7.9

7.9

7.8

7.5

7.9

7.5

4*858.5
4*92«.9
5*017.5

7.5

5*115.1

1-89

«.9

« .8

«.9

« .9

7.0

«.9

7.5

7.«

8 .0

7.9

7.9

7.8

7 .«

7.9

7 .«

7.7

7.9

2-89

«.9

«.8

«.9

«.9

7.0

«.9

7.4

7.«

7.9

7.8

7.8

7.7

7.5

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.1

5-89

«.9

«.8

«.9

« .9

«.9

«.9

7.5

7.5

7.8

7.7

7.«

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.2

7.1

«.7

«.2

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-8«

2-8«

5-8«

4-8«

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

5*201.7
5*281.0

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST, LOUIS
DECEMBER 20» 1989

G R O S S N A T I O N A L P R O D U C T I N 19S2 D O L L A R S
(C o b b o v b M A B sa al Rates of Cbaage)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

1-85

1-85

4.9

2-85

5.7

2.4

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-8«

2-8«

5-8«

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
4-8« 1-87 2-87 5-87

4-87

1-88

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89
5*577.5

5*599.2

5-85

5.8

5.5

4.1

4-85

5 .«

5.2

5.5

5.0

5*«55.8

1-8«

4.2

4.0

4.5

4 .7

« .«

2-8«

5.2

2 .8

2.9

2.5

2.5

-1.8

5-8«

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.1

1.8

-0.5

0.8

4-8«

2.8

2,5

2*ft

2.1

1.9

0.4

1.«

1-87

5.1

2.8

2.9

2 .7

2 .«

1.7

2.8

5.8

5.4

2-87

5.2

5.0

5.1

2.9

2.9

2.2

5.2

4.0

4.9

4.4

5*««2.4
5*721.1
5*704.«
5*712.4
5*755.«

2.5

5*785.0
5*825.5

5-87

5.4

5.2

5.5

5.2

5.2

2.7

5.«

4.5

5.0

4.8

5.5

4-87

5 .«

5.5

5 .«

5 .«

5.7

5.5

4.1

4.8

5.4

5.4

5.9

« .«

1-88

5.7

5 .«

5.7

5 .«

5.7

5.4

4.1

4.7

5.1

5.1

5.5

5.5

4.0

2-88

5.7

5 .«

5.7

5 .«

5.7

5.4

4.0

4.5

4.9

4.8

4.9

4.8

5.9

5*872.8
5*955.«
5*974.8
4*010.7

5.7

5-88

5 .«

5 .«

5 .«

5 .«

5,7

5.4

4.0

4.4

4 .«

4.5

4 .«

4.4

5 .«

5.4

5.2

4-88

5 .«

5.5

5 .«

5.5

5.«

5.5

5.8

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.2

4.0

5.4

5.2

2.9

2.7

1-89

5 .«

5.5

5 .«

5.5

5.«

5.5

5.8

4.1

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.0

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.2

5.7

2-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5,5

5.5

5.7

4.0

4.1

4.0

4.0

5.8

5.5

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.1

2.5

5-89

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.7

5.9

4.0

5.9

5.9

5.7

5.5

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.1

2.8

5.0

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-8«

2-8«

5-8«

4-8«

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89




4*042.7
4*0«9.4
4,104.8
4*152.5
4*1«2.9

INITIAL QUARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
DECEMBER 20» I9B9

12

GROSS N A T I O N A L
R A T I O

S C A L E

TRILLIONS

OF

PRODUCT

QUARTERLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES
TRILLIONS
DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

R A T I O

OF

S C A L E

DOLLARS

4.8
6

3.2
0
2.8

6
1 98 1

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986
S O U R C E :

P E R C E N T A G E S

.A T E S T

D A T A

A R E

A N N U A L

P L O T T E D «




R A T E S

3 R D

O F

C H A N G E

F O R

P E R IO D S

1987
U . S .

1988
D E P A R T M E N T

1989
O F

C O M M ER C E

IN D IC A T E D .

Q U A R T E R

PREPARED

13

BY

FEDERAL

R E S E R V E

BANK

OF

ST.

LOUIS

GENERAL P R I C E
RATIO

INDEX*

SCALE

RATIO

1982-100

1981

SCALE

1982-100

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

«AS USED IN NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTS
SOURCE; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt 3RD QUARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

IM P L IC IT

P R IC E D E F L A T O R F O R G R O S S N A T IO N A L P R O D U C T
(C o m p o n a d e d A n n u a l R a t e s o f C h a n g e )

TERMINAL
QUARTER
4—84

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-85

2-85

5-65

4-65

1-66

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-67

2-87

1962 « 100
5-67

4-87

1-88

2-88

1-85

2.6

2-85

5.0

5.5

3-65

2.8

2.9

2.6

4-85

2.9

5.1

2.9

5.5

1-86

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.0

2-66

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.5

1.8

2.9

5-86

2.9

5.0

2.9

5.0

2.9

4.0

5.0

4-66

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.6

5.2

5.4

1.8

1-67

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

5.2

5.5

2.5

5.2

2-87

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

5.5

5.4

2.9

5.5

5.8

5-87

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

5.2

5.5

2.9

5.5

5.5

2.8

4-87

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.8

5.1

5.2

2.8

5.0

5.0

2.6

2.4

1-66

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

5.0

5.0

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.4

2.2

2.0

2-88

2.9

5.0

2.9

5.0

2.9

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.1

5.4

4.8

5-88

5.0

5.1

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.1

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.7

4.6

4.4

4-88

5.1

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

4.0

4.6

4.5

1-89

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.7

4.0

4.4

2-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.8

4.1

4.5

3-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.7

5.9

4-64

1-85

2-65

5-65

4-65

1-66

2-66

5-66

4-66

1-67

2-67

5-67

4-67

5-66

4-86

1-69

2-69
109.7




110.6
111.5
112.2
0.7

112.4
115.2
114.6
115.1
116.0
117.1
117.9
118.6
119.2
120.6
121.9
4.7

125.5

4.5

4.5

4.0

124.5

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.2

4.1

5.9

5.9

5.2

1-66

2-66

5-68

4-66

1-69

2-69

125.9
126.9

INITIAL Q U A R T E R

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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 IN C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
(Co s n v b M
A a a a a l Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
QUARTER
*-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

2-88

5-88

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
4-88

1-89

2-89

1-85

10.2

2,554.9

2-85

8 .7

7.1

9-85

9.1

8.5

9.9

2*661.4

4-85

8.5

7.7

7.9

6 0

2,700.4

1-8«

7.7

7.0

7.0

5 6

2-86

7.0

6.4

6.2

5 0

4.5

4.0

5-86

7.4

7.0

6.9

6 2

6.2

6.8

9.8

2,826.0

4—86

7.5

6.8

6.8

6 2

6.2

6.6

7.9

6.2

2,868.5

1-87

7.2

6.8

6.8

6 2

6.5

6.6

7.5

6.4

6.6

2-87

7.5

7.2

7.2

6 9

7.0

7.4

8.5

7.8

8.6

10.7

5-87

7.7

7.4

7.5

7 2

7.5

7.7

8.5

8.1

8.8

9.9

9.2

4-87

7.5

7.1

7.1

6

6.9

7.1

7.6

7.2

7.5

7.8

6.4

1-88

7.4

7.2

7.2

6

7.1

7.5

7.8

7.5

7.7

8.0

7.1

6.1

8.7

2-88

7.4

7.2

7.2

7

7.1

7.2

6.6

8.0

7.4

5-88

7.4

7.2

7.5

7

7.1

7.5

7.5

6.8

7.9

7.5

7.5

7.2

7.4

7.0

7.8

7.5

7.6

7.6

7.0

7.7

7.4

7.4

7.4

2.599.5

4-88

7.5

7.5

7.5

1-89

7.4

7.5

7.5

7

7.2

2-89

7.4

7.5

7.5

7

7.2

5-89

7.5

7.5

7.5

7

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

7

2,754.5

5.1

7.5

2,761.0

7.7
7.7

7.5
7.5

7.7
7.6

2,914.7

7.9
7.8

2,989.4
5.055.9
5,085.5

5.6

5,148.1
5,204.9
5,265.4
5,524.0

7.7

7.5

7.6

7.8

7.5

7.5

7.6

7.4

7.6

7.7

7.5

7.4

7.6

7.5

7.6

7.7

7.5

7.1

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.6

7.2

7.4

7.6

7.5

7.6

7.7

7.4

7.1

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.6

7.6

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

5,381.4

7.1

5,444.1
5,508.1

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
DECEMBER 20» 1989

P E R S O N A L C O N S U M P T IO N
(C o b b o b b M

TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

1-85

1-85

6.8

2-85

5.0

5.2

5-85

5.6

5.0

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

E X P E N D IT U R E S IN

1 9 *2 D O L L A R S

A n n u a l R a te s o f C h a a g e )

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

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS
4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89
2,519.1
2,557.4

6.8

2,575.9

4-85

4.6

5.9

4.5

1.9

1-86

4.5

4.0

4.2

5.0

2-86

4.4

5.9

4.1

5.2

5.8

5.6

5-86

4.5

4.1

4.5

5.7

4.4

4.5

5.4

4-86

4.2

5.9

4.0

5.4

5.8

5.7

5.8

2,586.9
4.1

2,410.9
2,452.4
2,464.4
2.2

2,477.8

1-87

5.8

5.4

5.4

2.9

5.1

2.8

2.5

1.1

0.1

2-87

5.9

5.5

5.6

5.1

5.5

5.2

5.1

2.5

2.4

4.8

5-87

5.9

5.6

5.7

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

2.9

5.2

4.8

4.7

4-87

5.5

5.2

5.5

2.9

5.0

2.8

2.7

2.2

2.2

2.9

2.0

2,478.5
2,507.7
2,556.5
-0.7

2,552.5

1-88

5.7

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.2

2.9

5.0

5.7

5.4

2.7

6.2

2-88

5.7

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.5

5.2

5.1

2.8

2.9

5.5

5.2

2.7

4.4

2.5

5-88

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.5

5.2

5.1

2.9

5.0

5.5

5.2

2.8

4.0

2.9

2,570.8
2,586.8
5.5

2,608.1

4-88

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.5

5.2

5.1

2.9

5.0

5.4

5.2

2.9

5.8

5.0

5.2

5.0

1-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.0

2.8

2.9

5.2

5.0

2.7

5.4

2.7

2.8

2.5

2.0

2-89

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.1

5.0

2.9

2.7

2.8

5.1

2.9

2.6

5.2

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.0

1.9

5-89

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.2

5.0

5.5

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.2

5.8

5.6

4-84

1-85

2-85

5—85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-8*

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89




2,627.7
2,641.0
2,655.7
2,690.1

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D E C E M B E R 20» 1989

15

G R O S S PRIVATE D O M E S T I C I N V E S T M E N T IN C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
( C o m p o u r t e d Anntiil Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84
1—85

-12.9

2-85

-2.9

5-85

-7.0

4-85

-1.2

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

BI L L I O N S OF
DOLLARS
4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

659.5
8.4

652.5

-5.9 -14.8

626.7

5.1

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

5-84

-1.2

0.9

-0.6

5.4

-1.5 -10.5

-5.7

4-84

-1.0

0.8

-0.4

2.8

-0.8

-6.8

-2.5

0.7

19.4

685.8
657.2
647.7
648.8

1-8?

0.8

2.6

1.8

4.9

2.5

-1.6

5.2

8.0

15.8

2-87

1.5

5.1

2.4

5.1

5.0

0.0

4.1

7.6

11.2

6.7

5-87

1.7

5.5

2.7

5.1

5.5

0.9

4.5

7.0

9.1

5.9

5.2

4-87

4.2

6.0

5.7

8 .5

7.1

5.4

9.2

12.4

15.6

15.5

20.1

1-88

5.0

4.5

4.1

6.2

4.9

5.2

6.1

8.2

9.7

8.5

8 .8

675.1
684.1
692.8
57.1

749.7

10.7 -10.7

728.8

2-88

5.6

5.0

4.7

6.7

5.5

4.1

6.7

8.6

10.0

8.9

9.4

10.8

-0.5

11.2

5-88

4.2

5.5

5.5

7.2

6.2

4.9

7.4

9.1

10.4

9.5

10.1

11.5

5.8

11.9

748.4

4-88

5.5

4.5

4.2

5.8

4.8

5.6

5.6

6.9

7.7

6.6

6.6

6.9

0.4

4.4

1.2

-9.2

1-89

5.6

4.7

4.5

6.0

5.1

4.0

5.9

7.1

7.9

6.9

7.0

7.5

2.1

5.6

5.8

-0.4

9.2

2-89

5.6

4.6

4.4

5.8

5.0

5.9

5.6

6.7

7.4

6.5

6.4

6.6

2.2

5.0

5.6

0.7

6.0

2.8

5-89

5.5

4.5

4.5

5 .6

4.8

5.8

5.4

6.4

6.9

6.0

5.9

6.0

2.2

4.5

5.5

1.0

4.7

2.5

2.1

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

12.7

771.1
752.8
769.6
775.0
779.1

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
DECEMBER 20» 1989

G R O S S P R IV A T E D O M E S T IC IN V E S T M E N T IN

1982 D O L L A R S

(C o a p o w r ie d A u r a l R a te s o f C h am g e)

TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

1-85

-12.4

2-85

-2.5

5-85

-7.6

4-85

-1.2

2.9

0.2

20.8

1-86

2.5

6.6

5.9

19.6

2-86

-1.4

1.0

-0.8

5-86

-2.7

-1.0

4-86

-5.1

1-87

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

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

BILLION S OF
DOLLARS
4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89
654.5
647.5

8 .6
-5.0 -17.0

618.1
648.0
18.5

676.1

5.5

-1.8 -18.5

642.5

-2.8

1.1

-4.7 -14.5 -10.5

-1.7

-5.4

-0.4

-0.6

0.9

-0.1

5.0

-0.2

2-87

0.1

1.6

0.7

5.5

5-87

0.9

2.5

1.6

4-87

5.2

4.8

1-88

2.5

2-88

-5.1 -11.8

625.1
615.2

-8.5

-6.2

-4.4

0.8

6.9

21.8

0.9

-2.5

2.2

6.8

15.9

6.6

4.2

2.1

-0.4

5.6

7.5

12.4

8.0

9.5

4.4

7.1

5.5

5.8

8.0

12.1

17.2

15.7

20.6

52.8

5.7

5.2

5.5

5.9

2.5

5.6

8.6

11.8

9.4

10.5

10.8

-7.6

2.4

5.7

5.5

5.4

5.9

2.4

5.4

7.9

10.4

8.2

8.6

8 .4

-2.1

646.5
656.7
671.7
721.1
707.0
715.5

5.7

5-88

5.0

4.2

5.9

5.9

4.6

5.5

6.1

8.5

10.6

8.8

9.5

9.2

2.5

7.7

11.8

4-88

2.0

5.0

2.6

4.5

5.0

1.7

4.0

5.8

7.4

5.4

5.5

4*4

-1.7

0.4

-1.2 -12.7

1-89

2.5

5.5

2.9

4.5

5.5

2.2

4.5

5.9

7.5

5.6

5.5

4.8

0.0

2.0

1.4

-5.4

2-89

2.1

5.0

2.7

4.1

5.0

1.9

5.9

5.5

6.5

4.9

4.7

4.0

-0.1

1.4

0.9

-2.5

5.0

-0.7

5-89

2.1

5.0

2.7

4.1

5.0

2.0

5.8

5.0

6.1

4.7

4.5

5.9

0*5

1.7

1.2

-1.2

2.9

1.0

2.7

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




755.6
709.1
721.1

6.9

719.8
724.6

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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
(C o « p o « a M

TERMINAL
QUARTER

S E R V IC E S IN

C U R R E N T D O L L A R S

A n a a il R a te s o f C h a a g e )

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-65

2-15

5-85

4-65

1-««

2-6«

4-64

1-07

2-67

5-87

<-«7

1-88

2-«»

5-«

4-6«

1-89

BILLIONS OF
DO L L A R S
ANNUAL RATES
2-«»

10 6

764.4

2-65

10 t

9.1

601.7

5-65

If 4

14.7

1-65

20.4

640.2
654.7

4-65

12 1

12.5

14.2

6.1

1-6«

6 9

6.4

6.2

2.4

- S.0

2-6«

6 9

6.4

6,4

4.4

5.0

».2

5-64

6 4

6.0

7.6

4.6

5.7

7.2

650.5
649.5
5.2

660.5
666.9

4-64

7 6

7.4

7.1

4.4

5.6

4.1

4.4

4.0

1-67

7 9

7.5

7.5

5.2

4.7

4.7

5.6

4.1

2-67

7 5

7.2

4.9

5.1

4.4

4.2

5.5

904.9

6.5
4.4

914.6
955.2

5-67

7 5

7.2

7.0

5.4

5.0

4.4

5.6

4.0

5.9

7.5

4-67

7 4

7.1

4.9

5.5

5.2

4.4

5.9

4.1

4.0

4.6

4.5

1-66

4 6

4.4

4.2

4.6

4.5

5.5

4.9

4.9

4.5

4.2

2.7

-0.6

2-66

4 7

4.4

4.2

5.0

4.7

5.5

5.1

5.1

4.7

4.7

5.9

2.7

4.2

5-66

4 2

5.9

5.7

4.5

4.2

4.9

4.4

4.4

5.6

5.4

2.7

1.4

2.7

4-66

7 2

7.0

4.9

5.9

5.7

4.5

4.2

4.4

1-69

4 9

4.7

4.5

5.4

5.4

4.1

5.6

5.9

2-69

4 9

4.7

4.5

5.7

5.5

4.2

5.9

4.0

5-69

4.1

947.5
945.7
940.1
-0.4

958.4
1.011.4

4.4

4.6

4.4

4.7

9.4

11.0

25.9

5.6

4.0

5.6

5.7

7.4

7.6

12.5

1.6

4.0

4.2

4.0

5.9

7.5

7.4

10.5

4.4

1.014.0
1*055.2

4.9

4 7

4.4

4.5

5.5

5.5

5.9

5.4

5.7

5.6

5.4

5.7

5.5

5.4

4.5

4.5

6.4

5.4

4.4

2.2

4-64

1-65

2-65

5-65

4-65

1-64

2-64

5-64

4-64

1-67

2-67

5-67

4-67

1-66

2-66

5-66

4-66

1-69

2-69

1*056.9

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
DECEMBER 20* 1989

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
(C o m p o n M

TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-64

S E R V IC E S IN

1982 D O L L A R S

A n n o a J R a te s o f C h a n g e )

IN IT IA L QUARTER
1-85

2-65

5-85

1-65

7.5

2-65

4.9

4.5

5-65

11.0

15.0

19.8

4-65

8.4

9.0

10.5

1.4

4-85

1-84

2-64

5-84

4-84

1-67

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-68

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-89

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
2-69
705.5
714.7
749.8

752.7

1-64

5.8

5.5

5.1

-1.5

-4.5

2-64

4.4

4.5

4.2

2.0

2.5

9.5

5-64

5.8

5.4

5.4

2.1

2.2

5.8

2 1

4-64

5.8

5.4

5.4

2.8

5.1

5.8

5 9

5.8

744.1
741.2
745.2
774.0

1-67

5.2

4.9

4.7

2.4

2.5

4.4

2 7

5.0

0.5

2-67

4.4

4.5

4.0

1.9

2.0

5.5

1 8

1.7

-0.5

774.4
-0.9

774.9

5-67

4.4

4.5

4.0

2.2

2.5

5.5

2 5

2.4

1.5

1.8

4.5

4-67

4.5

4.5

4.1

2.5

2.4

5.4

2 7

2.8

2.1

2.7

4.5

4.5

1-68

5.5

5.2

2.9

1.5

1.5

2.1

1 0

0.9

-0.1

-0.2

0.0

-2.1

-6.5

2-66

5.5

5.5

5.0

1.4

1.4

2.5

1 4

1.5

0.4

0.7

1.0

-0.1

-2.5

5-68

5.1

2.8

2.5

1.1

1.1

1.7

0 9

0.7

0.0

-0.1

0.1

-1.0

-2.7

0.2

-5.4

4-66

5.9

5.4

5.4

2.5

2.5

5.0

2 5

2.4

1.9

2.2

2.7

2.5

1.8

5.4

4.1

14.7

785.5
792.1
775.1
4.1

785.0
775.9
804.4

1-69

5.4

5.2

5.0

1.9

1.9

2.4

1 8

1.8

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.4

0.8

5.2

2.9

4.2

-5.5

2-69

5.5

5.5

5.1

2.1

2.1

2.7

2 1

2.1

1.7

1.9

2.5

1.9

1.5

5.4

5.5

4.0

1.0

5.4

5-69

5.2

5.0

2.8

1.8

1.8

2.5

1 7

1.7

1.4

1.5

1.7

1.4

0.9

2.4

2.5

5.8

-0.2

1.4

-2.4

4-64

1-85

2-65

5-65

4-65

1-64

2-64

5-84

4-64

1-67

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-68

2-68

5-88

4-68

1-89

2-69




799.7
810.5
805.5

INITIAL Q U A R T E R

P R E P A R E D B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K O F ST. L O U I S
D E C E M B E R 20» 19*9

17

D I S P O S A B L E P E R S O N A L I N C O M E IN C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
( C o m p o u n d e d A n i m a l Rates of C h a n g e )
TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84
1-85

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS

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

5.4

4-87

1-88

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

11.5

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

7.6

8.1

7.4

10.5

9.7

7.0

7.4

9.5

8.9

7.1

7.2

1-88

6.8

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

2*764.6

6.9

2*850.7

6.5

2*840.0

7.2

2*899.5

7.0

2*959.2

6.8

5*006.5

6.9

5*024.5
5*065.4
5*142.8
5*158.1
5*225.5
5*519.4
5*576.4

2-88

6.8

6.9

6.4

7.2

7.0

6.9

6.9

7.6

8.0

5*455.9

5-88

7.0

7.1

6.6

7.5

7.2

7.1

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

5*511.7
5*587.4

7.4

7.5

7.5

7.9

7.8

7.7

7.6

7.7

8.5

8.6

8.5

9.7

9.4

8.8

9.5

10.0

10.4

11.9

7.7

7.6

7.5

7.6

8.1

8.4

8.1

9.5

9.0

8.4

8 ,*

9.1

9.1

9.1

6.5

7.0

7.6

7.5

7.5

7.5

8.0

8.2

8.0

9.0

8.7

8.1

8.5

8.5

8.4

8.2

6.5

6.5

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

4-88

7.1

7.2

1-89

7.4

7.5

7.1

2-89

7.5

7.4

7.1

5-89

7.5

7.4

4-84

1-85

6.8

7.5

5*689.5
5*747.7
5*806.8

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
DECEMBER 20» 1989

D IS P O S A B L E P E R S O N A L IN C O M E IN

1982 D O L L A R S

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

TERMINAL
QUARTER
4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

1-85

2.1

2-85

5.5

8.9

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

2-86

5-86

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

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS
1-88

4-87

2-88

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

2*509.4
2*565.5
2*555.4
2*562.8
2*609.2
2*648.6

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

2»657.5
2 »646.2
2*672.5
2*652.5

-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

7.8

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*675.6
2*726.2
2*757.2

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

5.5

5.4

5.1

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.4

5.6

5.6

4.7

4.5

4.0

5.9

4.2

4.0

5.9

2.6

4.4

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
2*919.2

I N I TIAL Q U A R T E R

P R E P A R E D B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K O F ST. LOU I S
D E C E M B E R 20» 1989

18

C O R P O R A T E PROFITS AFTER TAXES
( C o a p o a i H M A n n u a l R a t « of C h a n g * )
TERMINAL
Q UARTER

INITIAL QUARTER
«-»«

l-M

1-85

-59.4

2-tS

-20.4

4.

3-85

-9.5

10.

5-85

2 -tS

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4-« «

l-»7

2-« 7

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«-«7

1-M

2-M

t-M

«-M

1-»»

2-»»

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
122.8
124.2

17.1

129.2

4-85

-2.9

15.

1-8«

-15.4

-8.

-11.9 -25.« -51.4

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5 4

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4-8«

-«.8

1-87

-2.5

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2-87

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5-87

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4-87

2.5

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1-88

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2-88

5.5

9.

5-88

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4-88

«.0

10.

19.9

-1.7

155.2
112.9

-5.1 -10.5

111.2
115.9

18.0

9 7

18.4

18.8

1« 4

24.9

28.5

121.0
151.4

5.5

1.1

5.

5.9

4.4

2.1

18 4

25.4

27.9

52.7

2 « .7

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8.2

7.1

5.4

19 9

25.9

28.0

51.2

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25.9

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21.7

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22.5

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18.7

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21.8

22.2

22.7

20.2

19.0

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17.5

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10.4

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9.1

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20.1

20.5

20.5

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14.5

17.9

15.5

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59.1

159.4
148.5

28.1

148.9
55.0

159.9
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1-89

5.5

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9.5

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5.5

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4.9

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-7.0 -12.0 -17.2 -22.9 -19.9

152.4

1-M

2-88

0.5

5-88

4-88

1-89

2-89

IN IT IA L QUARTER

PREPARED »V FEDERAL RESERVE SANK OP ST. LOUIS
DECEMBER 20. 1M »

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U.S.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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