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National Economic Trends
June 1988
Net exports rose in the first quarter of this year, reducing the record deficit of the previous quarter. Net exports is
the GNP-based measure of the nation’s annual rate of exports of goods and services, including factor income abroad,
less its imports of goods and services. This measure rose from —$124.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 1987 to —$111.1
billion in the first quarter, roughly its average level in 1986. The first-quarter rise was the result of a $27.7 billion increase
in exports and a $14.5 billion increase in imports.
The nominal value of exports has been booming upward since 1986. Exports now total $485.8 billion, or 10.4 percent
of nominal GNP, the highest share since the trough of 8.9 percent of GNP in 1986, but well below the previous peak
of 12.8 percent in 1980. Real exports, which were only 10.2 percent of real GNP in 1986, rose to 12.2 percent in the
first quarter of 1988, the same as their historical record share in 1980. The export price deflator has risen only 2 percent
since 1986, substantially less than the rise in the GNP deflator, shifting the relative price of exports down 2.3 percent
from 1986 to early 1988. This decrease continues a previous declining trend; the relative price of exports fell 17 percent
from 1980 to 1986. The fall in the relative price of exports played a dominant role in the decline in the share of exports
in GNP over the 1980-to-1986 period.
Imports, meanwhile, also have risen, reaching 12.8 percent of GNP in the first quarter of 1988, up from 11.4 percent
in 1986 and 11.7 percent in 1980. Since 1986, the relative price of imports increased only 3.8 percent, despite the large
decline in the value of the dollar that began in 1985. The volume of imports has grown faster than real GNP since 1986,
accounting for most of the rise in the share of imports in GNP.
Despite the resurgence of U.S. export volume over the past two years, the nominal trade deficit, or net exports, failed
to improve until early this year. Net exports as a share of GNP have declined from 1.2 percent in 1980 to —2.4 percent
early this year. Less than one-third of this worsening is due to the rise in the nominal import share, while the rest is due
to a decline in the relative price of U.S. export goods. A reversal of the relative price decline for imports has begun to
emerge, albeit weakly. A comparable reversal for export goods has not yet materialized.


Views expressed do not necessarily reflect official positions of the Federal Reserve System.


—John A. Tatom

T O T A L C I V I L I A N 1 E MP L O Y ME N T
C O MP O U N D E D ANNUAL R A T E S O F C HA NG E

4-87

6-8 7

5-97

THOUSANDS
OF PE R S O N S

MONT H

7-87

OD

3-87

11-87

?

2-8 7

•o
1

1-87

00
1
00

INITIAL
12-86

11-86

OD

TERMI NAL
MONTH
10-86

12-87

1-88

2-88

3— 88

4-88
110*457

I 1-86

2.0

12-86

2. 5

2. 2

1-87

3.0

3. 1

3.9

2-87

3. 2

3.3

3.8

L 10 » 6 5 7
' 111 « o í * !
111,344

3.6

3-87

2.8

2. 7

2.9

2.4

1.2

4-87

2.9

3.0

3. 1

2.9

2. 5

3.8

111,455

5-87

3.4

3.4

3.7

3.6

3. 6

4.8

5.8

6-87

2.9

2.9

3.0

2.8

2. 6

3.1

2.7

-0.4

7-87

3.0

3.0

3. 1

2.9

2. 8

3.2

3.0

I .6

8-87

3. 1

3. 1

3.3

3.2

3, 1

3.5

3.4

2 .6

4. 1

9-87

2. 7

2.6

2.7

2.5

2,4

2.6

2.3

I .4

2. 1

1.2

-1 .9

10-87

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.6

2, 5

2.7

2.5

1.9

2.5

2.0

0.9

3.7

I 1-87

2.8

2. 8

2.8

2.7

2. 6

2.8

2.6

2.1

2.6

2. 3

1.6

3.4

111,806
112,334
112,300
1 12 « 6 39

3.7

113,050

4.5

112,672
113,210
3.2

113,504

12-87

?. 8

2.7

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.6

2.2

2.6

2.4

1.9

3.1

2.9

2.6

1-88

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.8

2. 7

2.9

2.8

2.4

2.0

2.7

2.3

3.4

3.3

3.3

4. 1

2-88

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2. 8

2.9

2.8

2.5

2. 0

2.7

2.4

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.6

3.0

113,744
114,129
114,409

3-88

2.5

2. 5

2.5

2.4

2. 3

2.4

2.2

I .9

2. 1

2.0

1.6

2.2

1.9

1.6

1.3

-O .l

-3.2

4-88

2. 7

?. 7

2. 7

2.7

2. 6

2.7

2.6

2.3

2.6

2.5

2.2

2 .8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.1

1.6

6.6

5-88

2.3

2»?

2 .2

2.1

2 .0

2,1

2*0

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.4

1,8

1.5

1.2

1.0

0.2

-0.7

0.5

-5.3

10-86

11-86

12-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-97

7-87

8-87

9-87

10-8 7

11-87

12-87

L-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

INITIAL

114,103

MONT H

114,713
114,195

'

P R 6 P A R EO BY F E O E R A L R E S E R V É BANK OF S T . L O U I S
J U N E 3♦ 1 9 8 8 _____________________________________________________

P A YROLL EMPLOYMENT*
C O H P Q U N O E 0 A NNUA L R A T E S OF

C HA NG E

T E R M! NAL_______________________ ________________________________________________________I N I T I A L MONT H________ __________________________________________________________________________T HOU SA NOS
OF PERSONS
MONT H
3-86
4-80
1-87
3-87
2-8 7
4-87
0-87
1-88
2-00
\ 0 - l S6 n - 8 6 1 2 - 8 6
6-0?
9 - 0 7 1 0 - 0 7 1 1 - 8 7 1 2 - 87
5-87
7-5 7
I 1-86

100,349

2 8

100,571

2 7

2.7

1-87

2 7

2. 7

2.7

2-87

2 7

2.7

2.7

100,795

2 .1

101,016

3-87

2 8

2.7

2.8

2,8

2. 9

4-87

3 0

3. 1

3.1

3,3

3.6

4.3

5-87

2 9

3.0

3.0

3.1

3. 3

3.4

6-87

2 9

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.3

2.8

3.0

7-87

3 I

3. 1

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.2

3.6

4,2

8-87

3 I

3. 1

3.1

3.2

3. 3

3.4

3.2

3.4

3.5

2.9

9-87

3 0

3. 1

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.1

3.2

3.3

2.8

2,8

10-87

3 2

3.3

3.4

3.4

3. 5

3.6

3.5

3*7

CD

12-86

3*7

**2

9*6

I 1-87

3 3

3.3

3.4

3.4

3. 5

3.6

3.5

3.7

3. 8

3.7

4,0

4,6

3,6

12-87

3 3

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.7

3.8

3.7

3.9

4.3

3,7

3,8

1-88

3 3

3. 3

3.4

3,4

3.5

3.6

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.6

3.8

4,0

3,5

3,4

3•1

2-88

3 4

3.5

3.5

3,6

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.8

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.3

4.0

4,1

4 ,3

5,5

3-88

3 4

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.8

3.9

3.8

4.0

4.2

3,9

3,9

4 ,0

4,4

101,260
101,615
101,829

2.6
102,078
102,430

102,672
102,906
103,371
103,678
104,001
104,262
104,729
3,4

105,020

4-88

5 4

3.4

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.6

3,7

3*0

3,7

3,8

4,0

3,7

3,7

3,7

3,9

3,1

2,9

5-88

3 3

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.5

3.6

3.6

3,6

3,7

3,8

3,5

3,5

3,4

3,5

2*9

2,6

2,4

10-86

U -8 6

12 —86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-87

7-87

8-87

9-87

10-87

11-87

12-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

INITIAL

1 0 5 , 2 69P
105,478P

MON T H

♦ R E V I S E D FROM 1 9 8 3
P - PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY F E D E R A L
J W E 3 , 1988

2

RESERVE

BANK

OF

ST,

LOUFS

EMPLOYMENT
RATIO

RATIO

SC A L E

M I L L I ON S

OF

PERSONS

SEASONALLY

M I L L I ONS

AOJUSTED

OF

SCALE

PERSONS
130
125
120

I 15
I 10

105
100

95
90

85

80

75
1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986
SOURCE:

1987

1988

U.S.D EPA RTM EN T OF LABOR

BE GI NNI NG JANUARY 1 8 8 6 , TOTAL EMPLOYMENT DATA INCORPORATE NEW PROCEDURES FOR ES T I M A T IN G
MEASURES OF IMM IGR ATIO N AND EMIG RAT ION INCREASING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY ABOUT 0 . 3 2 .
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS IN D IC A T E D .
LATEST DATA PLOTTED« MAY P R EL IM IN AR Y
« R E V I S E D FROM 198 3

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST.

UNEMPLOYMENT
SEASONALLY

PERCENT

LO UI S

RATE

ADJUSTED

PERCENT
12.0

11

.

11.0

10.

10.0

9.

9.0

I.

LO

7.

7.0

6.

6.0

5.

5.0

4.




4.0
1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986
SOURCE t U . S .

1987

1988

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

PERCENT OF C I V I L I A N LABOR FORCE
LATEST DATA PLOTTED.

MAY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST.

LO UI S

C O N S U M E * PH IC E IN O E X F O * A L L U R B A N
___________________________ C O M P O U N D ED A N N U A L

CON SUM ERS, S EA S O N A LLY A D JU S TE D
R A T E S O F C H A N C E ________________________

T E R M I N A L _____________________________________ __________________________________________ I N I T I A L MONT H _____________________________________________________________________________ 1 9 8 2 - 8 4 * 100
MONTH
3-88
»-86
8— 87
1-87
6-87
2-87
7-8 7
9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87
1-88
2— 8 6
5-87
3-87
4 - 87
1 0 - 8 6 1 1 - 06 1 2 —86
110.»

I 1-86

3.3

I 2-86

2.8

2

2

1-87

4.8

5

6

2-87

4.7

5

2

6.7

4.4

3-87

4.9

5

3

6. 3

4.9

5. 5

4-87

5.0

5

3

6. 1

5.1

5. 5

5.5

110.^
111.’

9.0

111.8
112.3
112.8

5—8 7

4.9

5

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5.7

4.9

5. 1

4.9

4

6-87

4.7

4

9

5.3

4.6

4. 6

4.3

3 8

7-87

4.5

4

7

5.0

4.4

113.2

3

4.3

4.1

3 6

113.5

3.2
3.2

3.2

113.8
11».3

8-87

4.6

4

7

5.1

4.5

4. 5

4.3

4 0

3 .9

4.3

5.4

9-87

4.5

4

6

4.9

4.3

4. 3

4.1

3 9

3.8

3.9

4.3

3.2

10-87

4.5

4

6

4.8

4.3

4. 3

4.2

3 9

3.9

4.C

4.3

3.7

4.3

114.6
115.0
115.3

I 1-87

4.4

4

4

4.6

4.2

4. 2

4.0

3 8

3 .7

3.8

4.0

3.5

3.7

3.2

12-87

4.2

4

3

4.4

4.0

4. 0

3.8

3 6

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.2

3.2

2.6

2.1

1-88

4.2

4

3

4.4

4.0

4.0

3.9

3 7

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.2

115.5
115.9

4.2

116.1

2-88

4. 1

4

I

4.2

3.9

3. 8

3.7

3 5

3 .4

3. 5

3.5

3.2

3.2

2.9

2.0

3.2

2.1

3-88

4.2

4

3

4.4

4.1

4.0

3.9

3 8

3.7

3.8

3. 8

3.6

3.7

3.6

3.7

4.2

4.2

6.4

4-88

4. 3

4

3

4.4

4.1

». 1

4.0

3 9

3.9

3.9

4.0

3.8

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.5

4.6

5.0

5.3

3.9

4.0

3.9

4.0

3.9

4.0

4.4

4.5

5.3

4.7

4.2

6-87

8-87

9-87

11 — 07

12-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

5-88

4.2

10-86

3

4.4

4.1

4. t

4.0

3 9

3.9

I l - l 36

12-86

1-87

2-8 7

3-87

4- 137

5-87

4

7-8 7

I 0-8 7

116.7
117.2
I 17.6

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PRE PAR60
JUNE 2 1 ,

BY F E D E R A L RÉ S E R V E BANK O F S T . L O U I S
1 9 8 8 ___________________________________________________

P R O D U C E R P R I C E I N D E X , F I N I S H E D GOODS - S E A S O N A L L Y A D J U S T E O
______________________ C QMPQUNOE 0 ANNUA L R A T E S OF C HA NG E ______________ ___
TFRMI NAL
MONTH
10-86
1 1-86

1.2

12-86

0.0

1-87

1.9

i n i t i a l

I 1-86

12-86

1-87

2-8 7

3-07

»-87

5-87

6-8 7

1982

month

7-87

8-87

9-87

10-87

11-87

12-87

1-68

2-86

103.9

6.0

2.3
2. 3

4.1

10». 1

2.3

3-87

2.6

2.9

4.3

3.5

4. 7

4-87

3.3

3.8

5.0

4.7

5. 9

7.1

5-87

3. 2

3.5

4. 5

4.1

4. 7

4.7

10».5
105.1
105.3

2.3

105.4

6-87

2.9

3.2

3.9

3.5

3. 8

3.5

1.7

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7-87

3.0

3.2

3.8

3.5

3. 7

3.5

2.3

2.3

3.5

8-87

3.0

3. 2

3.0

3.5

3. 7

3.5

2.6

2.7

3.5

3.5

105.7
106.0

9-87

3.2

3.4

3.9

3.6

3. 8

3.7

3.0

3.2

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2.6

2.7

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2.8

2.9

2.6

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1.5

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1 1-87

2.5

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106.1

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2.2

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2-88

1.8

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1.7

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0.8

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-3.3

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106.2

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3-88

3-6 6

105.9
106.2
105.9

2.2

2.4

2.1

2. 1

2.2

2. 3

2.5

2.3

2. 3

2.1

1.7

1 .7

1.7

1.5

1.3

0.8

1.5

1.6

2.9

2.7

5.8

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2.4

2.5

2.7

2.5

2. 5

2.4

2.0

2 .0

2.1

1.9

1.8

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2.3

3.»

3.»

5.8

5.2

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12-66

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5-07

6-87

7-87

8-87

9-87

11-87

12-87

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4

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RATIO

PR I C ES

SCALE

RATIO

1980

19 81

1982

1983

1984

CON SU M ER P R I C E S D A TA ARE ON A I 9 B 2 - B 4 - I 0 0 BA SE
C P I - U D A TA B E G I N N I N G 1 9 8 3 I N C O R P O R A T E A R E N T A L
P ERCENTAGES
LAT ES T

ARE A NNUA L

DATA P L O T T E D .

RATES

Of

CHANGE

1985

EQ U IV A L EN C E

FOR P E R I O D S

PRODUCER

ARE

LAT ES T

PLOTTED.

D A TA

M EA SU R E

1987

1988

FOR H O M E O V N E R S H I P

COSTS

MAY

SCALE

P ERCENTAGES

1986

IN DIC ATED.

PREPARED

RATIO

SCALE

1982-100

SEASON ALL Y ADJUSTED

A N NUA L

RATES

OF

CHANGE

FOR

BY F E D E R A I

RES ERV E

BANK OF

PRICES

P E RIO DS

ST.

LOUIS

RATIO

SCALE

IN D IC A TED .

MAY
PREPARED

5

BY F E D E R A L

RES ERV E

BANK

OF

ST.

LOUIS

P R O D U C E R P R IC E IN D E X * F I N I S H F D CON SUM ER
_________________________ C O W P O U N O EP A NN UA L R A T E S

FO O D S - S E A S O N A L L Y A D J U S T E D
O F C H A N 6 E _____________________________

T E R M I N A L ________________________________________________________________________________I N I T I A L MON T H___________________________________________________________________________
MONTH
10-86 11-86 12-86
1-87
2-87
8-87
5-87
6-87
7-87
4-8 8
3-87
4-87
9 -8 7 10-87 11-87 12-87
1-88
2 - 88
3-88
-3.2

12-86

-4.8

-6.4

108.0

1-87

-6.4

-7.9

-9.5

-4.3

-4.7

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2.2

3-87

-3.5

-3.5

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1.1

4-87

-0.4

0.2

1.9

6.1

8.0

16.7

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1.6

2.4

4.2

8.0

10.0

15.3

14.0

6-87

1.2

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3.3

6.1

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9.6

6.2

108.2
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109.6
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5.9

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-0.3

0.0

0.8

2.4

2.4

2.9

-0.3

-4.6

-6.3

-8.4

9-87

0.4

0.8

1.6

3.1

3. 2

3.7

1.3

-1 .6

-1.8

-0.5

7.9

0. 1

0.4

l.l

2.4

2.4

2.7

0.5

- I .9

-2.2

-1.4

2.2

-3.2

0.2

12-87

-0.9

109.9

2.2

2. 2

2.5

0.6

-1 .4

-1.5

-0.8

1.8

- l . l

l.l

-0.3

0.6

0.4

0.5

-1.4

-3.4

-3.8

-3.7

-2.4

-5.7

-6.9

0. 5
-0.8

109.5
110.2

I . 1

110.0
-14.2

108.6
110.5

1-88

0.5

0. 8

1.4

2.3

2. 3

2.6

l.l

-0.4

-0.3

0.4

2.2

0.8

2.2

2.8

2-88

-0.3

-0 . 1

0.3

l.l

1.0

l.l

-0.3

- I .8

-1.9

-1.5

-0.4

-1.9

-1.6

-2.5

3.9

-12.3

3-88

0.2

0.4

0.9

1.7

1.6

1.8

0.5

-0.8

-0.7

-0. 3

0.9

-0.2

0.4

0.3

5.6

-2.2

4-88

0.4

0. 6

1. 1

1.8

1.8

2.0

0.8

-0.3

-0.2

0.2

1.4

0.5

l.l

l.l

5.3

0.0

6.8

4 .4

5— 88

1.0

1.2

1.7

2.4

2.4

2.6

1.6

0.6

0.0

1.3

2.4

1.8

2.5

2.7

6.5

2.7

8.3

7.9

I 1.4

10 -8 6

11-86

12-^6

2-é?

3 -Ô 7

4-Ô7

$-87

6-87

7-87

8-87

9-97

10-87

11-87

1 2 -d T

1-98

2 - 08

3 - 88

4 -08

IN ITIA L

23.1

PR ISDUC FR

PRICE

I NDEX ♦ F I N I S H E O GOODS, E X C L U 0 I N 6
C O MP O U N D E D ANNUAL R A T E S OF
INITIAL

I 1-86

12-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-8 7

7-87

109.3
110.1

9. 1

110.5
I 11 . 5

MONTH

PREPARED
JUNE 1 0 ,

TERMINAL
MONTH
10-86

100

108.9

2-87

I 1-87

«

109.5

1 1-86

10-87

1982

FOODS C HA NG E

Of

6V F E D E R A L
1908

SEASONALLY

LOUIS

\

,• O J U S T E O

1982

MONT H
8-87

ST.

9-87

10-87

11-87

12-87

1-88

2 - 88

3 - 88

*

1 00

4-88
101.5

I 1-86

2.4

1 2- 8i >

1.8

1.2

1-87

4.8

6. 1

2-87

4.2

4.8

6.7

2.4

3-87

4.8

5.4

6.9

4.8

7.2

4-87

4.6

5.0

6.0

4.4

5.4

101 . 6
102.5

11.2

5-87

3.8

4.0

4.5

3.0

6-87

3.4

3.6

4.0

2.6

7-87

3.8

4.0

4.4

3.3

102.7
103.3
3.5

103.6

3. 2

1.2

-1.2

103.5

2. 7

1.2

0.0

1 .2

3.5

2.6

2.3

4.1

7.2

3.5

5.1

7.2

7.1

103.6
104.2

8-87

4.2

4.4

4.8

3.9

*. 1

3.5

9-87

4.2

4.4

4.8

4.0

4.2

3.7

3.7

5.0

6.3

5.9

4.7

10-87

3.6

3. 7

3.9

3.1

3. 2

2.7

2.5

3.3

3.8

2.7

0.6

-3.4

1 1-87

3.3

3.3

3.5

2.8

2. 9

2.3

2.2

2.7

3.0

2.0

0.4

-1.7

12-87

3.0

3. 1

3.2

2.6

2.6

2.1

1.9

2.3

2.5

1.6

0.3

- l . l

0.0

0.0

1-88

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.2

2.2

1.7

1.5

1.9

2.0

1.2

0.0

- l . l

-0.4

-0.6

- l . l

2-88

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.0

1,9

1.5

1.3

I .5

1.6

0.8

-0.2

-1.1

-0.6

-0.8

- l . l

3-88

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.3

2.2

1.8

1.7

2.0

2. 1

1.4

0.7

0.0

0.7

0.9

1.1

2.3

5.9

4-88

2.9

2.9

3.0

2.5

2.5

2.1

2.0

2.3

2.4

1.9

1.3

0.8

1.5

1.8

2.3

3.5

5.9

5.9

5-88

3.0

3.0

3.1

2.6

2.6

2.3

2.2

2.5

2.6

2.2

1.7

1.3

2.0

2.3

2.8

3.8

5.5

5 .2

4.6

10-86

11-86

12-86

i-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-87

7-87

8-87

9-87

11-87

12-81

1-88

2 - 86

3-88

4 -ÔÔ




104.8
105.2
104.9
0^0

1 Ô— 8 7

104.9
104.9
104.8
- l . l

104.7
105.2

vrrrai------

Pft EPAt Ed B> FEOÊfcÀL RESERVE "
J UNE 1 0 » 1988____________

6

105.7
106.1

INDUSTRIAL
RATIO

PRODUCTION
RATIO

SCALE

1977-100

SEASONALLY

1980

1981

1982

1983

1977-100

ADJUSTED

1984

1985

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS

SCALE

1986

1987

1988

IN D IC A TE D .

LATEST DATA PLO TTEDt MAY P RE L IM IN AR Y
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST.

LO UI S

I N D U S T R I A L PRODUCT I ON
COMPOUNDED AN*U*L RAT ES OF CHANGE
TERMINAL

INITIAL

1977

MON T H

»

1 00

month

10-86

11-86

12-86

1-87

2-87

I 1-86

3.9

12-86

7.4

11.0

1-87

2.9

2.4

-5.5

2-87

<i . 4

4.5

1.4

8.9

3— 87

4. 1

4. 1

1.9

5.8

2.9

4-87

3.4

3. 3

1.4

3.9

1.4

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-87

7-87

8-87

9-87

10-87

11-87

12-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

125.7
126.8
126.2
127.1
127.4
127.4

0.0

5-87

4.0

4.0

2.7

4.8

3.5

3.8

7.8

6-87

4.6

4.7

3.7

5.6

4.8

5.4

8.3

8.8

7-87

5.7

5.9

5.2

7.1

6.7

7.7

10.4

11.8

14,9

128.2
129.1
130.6

8-87

5.7

5.9

5.2

6.9

6.6

7.3

9.2

9.7

10.2

5.7

9-87

5.0

5. 1

4.4

5.8

5.3

5.7

6.9

6.7

6.0

1.9

-1.8

131.2

10-87

5.7

5.9

5.4

6.7

6.4

7.0

8.2

8.2

8.1

5.9

6.1

14.6

I 1-87

5.8

6.0

5.5

6.7

6.4

6.9

7.9

8.0

7.8

6. 1

6.2

10.5

6.5

12-87

5.9

6.0

5.6

6.7

6.5

6.9

7.7

7.7

7.6

6.2

6.3

9.2

6.5

6.5

1-88

5.8

5.9

5.5

6.5

6.3

6.6

7.4

7.3

7.1

5.9

6.0

8.0

5.9

5.5

4.6

134.4

2-88

5.4

5.5

5.1

6.0

5.7

6.0

6.6

6.5

6.2

5.0

4.9

6.3

4.4

3.7

2.3

134.4

131.0
132.5
133.2

o
•
o

133.9

134.7

3-88

5.2

5.3

5.0

5.7

5.5

5.7

6.3

6.1

5.8

4.7

5.7

4.0

3.4

2.4

1.3

2.7

4-88

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.9

5.6

5.9

6.4

6.2

6.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

4.6

4.2

3.6

3.3

5.0

7.4

5-88

5.3

5.4

5.1

5.8

5.6

5.B

6.2

6.1

5.8

5.0

4.9

5*8

4.6

4.2

3.8

3.6

4.8

5.9

10-86

n-86

12-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-8 7

7-8 7

8-87

9-87

10-87

11 - 0:

¿¿-67

i-èè

2-88

1 3 5 . 5P
4.5

1 3 6 .OP

4-8d

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for FRASER


7

6V ÉÉôÉftAL ftÉSCÊVÏ BÀWK OF ST. LOUIS
15»

1 9 8 6 __________________________________________________

PERSONAL
RATIO

SCALE

TRILLIONS

MONTHLY

OF

DOLLARS

TOTALS

INCOME
AT

SEASONALLY

A N NUAL

RATIO

RATES

TRILLIONS

ADJ UST ED

OF

SCALE

DOLLARS
4.4
4.2
4.0
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3.0

2.8
2.6
2.4
2.

2.2

2.0

1 .8
1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

SOURCE« U . S .
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANCE FOR PERIODS

1987

1988

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A TE D .

LATEST DATA PLOTTED« MAY P R EL IM IN AR Y
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST.

P€*SONAL

LO UI S

IWCOHE

COrrOtlHflfcD âftfttlIL .RATES QF CMAW«_______________ ___________________________________

BILLIONS OF
-LERfllMAL_____________________________________________________________ I NIT IA L MONTH______________________________________________________________ POLLAR?------MONT H

ANNUAL
10-86

11-86

12-86

1-87

2-8 7

3— 87

4-87

5-87

6— 8 7

8-87

7-8 7

9— 87

10-8 7

11-87

12-8 7

1-Ä8

2-88

3-88

RATES

4-88
3,590.3

11-86

4.4

12-06

6.1

7.9

1-87

6.2

7* 1

2-87

8* I

9.3

10.1

13.9

3-87

7.3

8.0

8.0

8.9

3,613.0
3.631.5

6.3

3,671.2
3,683.4

4. 1

3,701.9

4-87

7.1

7,6

7.6

8.0

5. 1

6,2

5-87

6.4

6. 7

6.5

6.5

4. 1

4.2

2.2

6-87

5.8

6.0

5.7

5.6

3.6

3.5

2.2

2.2

7-87

6.1

6.3

6.1

6.0

4.5

4.6

4.1

5,1

9,0

8-87

6.2

6.4

6.2

6.2

4. 9

5.1

4.8

5.7

7.5

7. 1

9-87

6.3

6.5

6. 3

6.3

5.3

5.5

5.4

6.2

7.5

7.3

7.5
15,9

3,708.5
3,7 15.3
3*739.2
3,760*6
3,783.2

1 0— 87

7.7

8. 1

8,1

8.3

7.6

8,1

8*4

9.7

11,7

12.9

I 1-87

6.7

6.9

6.9

6.9

6. 2

6.4

6.5

7.2

8.2

8.3

8..î_

12-87

6.9

7. 1

7.1

7.2

6.5

6.8

6.9

7.5

a .5

8,5

8.9

9.4

3,854.4

25,1

.

3,839.8

-4.5
2,3

9.6

3,869.1

6.5

6.6

6.5

6.6

5.9

6.1

6.1

6.6

7.2

7. 1

7.1

7.0

1.6

4.7

0.2

6.5

6. 6

6.6

6.6

6.0

6.2

6.2

6.6

7.2

7. 1

7.1

7.0

2.9

5.5

3.5

6.9

3,891.1

3-88

7.0

7.2

7.1

7.2

6. 7

6.9

6.9

7.4

8.0

8.0

8.2

8.3

5.2

7.8

7.2

10.9

3,936.7

4-88

6. 7

6. 8

6.7

6.8

6,3

6.4

6.5

6,9

7,3

7,3

7,3

7,2

4,5

6,4

5,7

7,6

7.9

1,3

5-88

6.5

6.6

6.6

6.6

6. 1

6.3

6.3

6.6

7.0

6.9

6.9

6.9

4.5

6.0

5.4

6.7

6.6

2.7

10-86

11-86

12-86

1-87

3-87

4-87

5-87

6-87

7-87

8-87

9-87

10-87

11-87

12-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

2-87

INITIAL
P-

3,869.6

ô

1-88
2-88

3,940.8
4. 1

3 , 9 5 4 . IP

4-88

MONT H

PRELIMINARY
PREPARED

BY

FEOERAL

RESERVE

BANK

OF

ST.

LOUIS

___________________________________________________________________ i tr i m _____________________________




8

RETAIL
RATIO

SALES

SCALE

BILLIONS

OF

1980

RATIO
DOLLARS

1981

SEASONALLY

1982

1983

BILLIONS

ADJ UST ED

1984

1985

1986

SOURCE:
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS
LATEST DATA PLOTTED:

APRIL,

U .S.

OF

1987

SCALE

DOLLARS

1988

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

MAY ADVANCE ESTIMATE
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST.

L OU IS

R E T A I L SALES
C 0 HPOUNDED ANNUAL RAT ES OF CHANCE
T ERMI NAL________________________________________________________________________ I N I T I A L

MONTH________________________________________________________________________ MI L L I O N S OF
dolU

MONT H
10-86

11-86

12-86

1-67

2-6 7

3-87

4-07

5-67

6-67

7-8 7

8-87

9-07

10-87

11-07

12-07

1-80

2-88

3-80

H

4-88
1 20» 470

I 1-86

-3.0

12-86

29.0

71.5

1-87

-11.2

-15.0

-57.9

126 » 011
117 » 2 46
123»292

2-87

6.4

9.7

-12.3

82.8

3-87

5.9

8.2

-7.2

37.8

3.8

4-87

6.4

8.4

-3.3

27.6

6.6

123*680
124 » 6 0 9

9.4

124*844

5-87

5.8

7.4

-2.2

20.7

5. 1

5.8

2.3

6-87

7.2

8.7

0.8

20.0

8.0

9.5

9.5

17.3

7-87

7.2

8. 5

1.7

17.8

7.8

8.9

8.7

12.0

7.0

8-87

9.2

10.7

4.8

19.3

1 1. 1

12.7

13.5

17.5

17.6

126*511
127*230
129*981

29.3

127*815

9-87

6.4

7.4

1.9

13.8

6.4

6.8

6.3

7.3

4.2

2.8

-18.3

10-87

5.0

5. 8

0.8

11.0

4.3

4.4

3.6

3.8

0.7

-1.3

-13.8

-9.1

1 1-87

4.9

5.6

l.l

10.3

4. 3

4.4

3.9

1.4

0.0

-8.1

-2.6

12-87

5.5

6. 2

2.1

10.6

5. 2

5.4

5.2

3.4

2.6

-3.1

2.5

8.9

13.7

1-88

5.3

5.9

2.0

9.8

4.9

5.0

4.8

3. 1

2.4

-2.2

2.3

6.3

7.4

1.4

2-88

5.7

6.4

2.8

10.1

5.5

5.7

5.7

4.3

3.9

0.2

4.4

8.0

9.3

7.2

13.4

126*808
127*248

4.2

128*615
128*769
130*121

7. 3

3.9

10.9

6.7

6.9

7.2

6. 1

6.0

3.0

7.1

10.6

12.3

11.8

17.4

21.6

6.5

3.4

9.8

5.9

6.0

5.7

6.1

5.0

4.8

2. 1

5.4

6.0

8.7

7.5

9.6

7.8

-4.4

5-88

5.7

6.2

3.3

9.2

5.5

5.7

5.4

5.6

4.6

4.4

2.0

4.8

7.0

7.4

6.2

7.4

5.5

-1 .7

10-86

1 1 -8 6

1 2 -8 6

l-ST

2-87

3-87

4-Q7

5-87

6-6 7

7-d7

8-87

9-87

QO

6 .6
6 .0

A

3-88
4-88

11-87

12-8T"

1 - 8 # “T - 8 8

132*259

3-8T

131*761P
l.l

131*8806

4-88

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PREPARED BY FEDERAL AESfcRVE BANK OF S T * L O U I S
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H O i m L Y COMPENSA T I ON* B US I N E S S SECTOR
C O WP O U N P E P A N N U A L R A T E S O f C H A N C E
T E R M I N A L ________________________________________________________________________________I N I T I A L Q U A R T E R ______________________________________________________________________________ 1 9 7 7 - 1 0 0
QUARTER
3-87
4-87
3-86
2-87
4-86
I — 87
2-86
3-85
1-86
2-85
4-«5
2-8 3
3-83
4-83
2-8 4
3-84
4-84
1-85
1-84
3-83

1.5

4-83

3.5

161.4
163.6

5.6

165.8

1-84

5.5

5.5

2-84

4.6

4.1

2.7

166.9
168.7

3-84

4.5

4.2

3.5

4.4

4-84

4.4

4.1

3.6

4. 1

3.8

4. 1

4.5

4.3

4.0

4.4

4.4

5.0

2-85

4.2

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.6

4.7

5.1

5.2

3-85

4.4

4.7

4.6

4.5

4. 8

4.9

5.3

5.4

5.6

4-85

4. 5

4. 8

4.7

4.6

4.9

5.0

5.3

5.4

5.5

5. 3

1-85

170.3
172.4
174.6
177.0
179.3
180.7

1-86

4.3

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.6

4.7

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.2

3.2

2-86

4.3

4.5

4.4

4.3

4. 5

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.4

3.9

3.3

3.4

4.4

4.3

4.2

4. 3

4.3

4.4

4.3

4.1

3.7

3.2

3.2

3-86

182.2
183.6

3. 1

185.2

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.2

4.3

4.2

4.0

3.7

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.5

1-87

4. 1

4.0

3.9

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.3

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.4

1.3

2-87

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.6

3. 3

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.3

3.3

3-87

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.4

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

2.8

3.6

3.9

4-86

4. 1

185.8
187.3
189.1

4-87

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.9

3.5

3.6

3.2

1-88

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.4

3.5

3.3

3.4

5-63

4-63

1-64

2-64

3-64

4-64

1-85

2-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

I -87

2-8 7

3-87

4-87

2-83

3 - 8 15

190.6
192.2

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PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T. LOUIS
JUNE

O U T P U T PE R HOUR OF
_____________C O MP O U N O E O

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OF C HA NGE __________

T F R M I N A L ________________________________________________________________________________ I N I T I A L Q U A R T E R ______________________________________________________________________________ 1 9 7 7 « 1 0 0
QUARTER
4-87
2-85
1-87
3-87
2-83
3-83
3-85
4-85
3-86
4-86
2-8 7
4-83
2-84
3-84
4-84
1-85
1-86
2-86
1-84
3-83

-1.5

4-83

0.6

2.7

103.0
103.7

1-84

2.2

4. 1

5.5

2-84

2.1

3.4

3.7

1.9

105.1

3-84

1.6

2.4

2.3

0.8

-0.4

4-84

1.6

2.2

2.1

1.0

0.6

1-85

1.7

2.3

2.2

1.3

I. 1

2-85

1.8

2.3

2.2

1.6

1.5

2.2

2.5

2.7

3-85

2.0

2.5

2.5

2.0

2.0

2.6

2.9

3.2

3.8

4-85

1.7

2. 1

2.0

1.5

1.4

1.8

1.9

1.8

1.3

-1.1

105.6
105.5
1.5

105.9
106.5

2.3
107.2

108.2
107.9

1-86

2. 1

2.5

2.4

2.1

2. 1

2.7

2.8

2.9

2.4

6.1

2— 86

2.0

2.3

2.3

1.9

1.9

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.3

1.9

3.4

0.7

3-86

1.8

2.1

2.0

1.7

1.7

1.9

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.3

2.1

0.2

—0 . 4

4-86

1.7

1.9

1.9

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.5

1.0

1.6

0.1

-0.2

0.0

1-87

1.6

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.6

I .5

1.3

0.9

1.3

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

2-87

1.6

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.0

1.4

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.9

1.5

109.5
109.7
109.6
109.6
109.7
110.1

3-87

1.7

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.6

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.8

l.l

1.2

1.6

2.1

2.9

4.4

4-87

1.6

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

l . l

1.4

0.7

0.7

0.9

1.2

1.5

1.5

-1.4

1-88

1.7

1.8

1.8

I .6

1.5

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.6

1.0

l.l

1.3

1.6

1.9

2.1

0.9

3.3

2-83

3-83

4-83

1-84

2 —8 4

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

i-èè

4-é6

1-87

3-87

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1988

K EffR V Tl AHK OF ST . LOUI S

_____________ ____

1

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RATIO

COMPENSATI ON,

AND LABOR COSTS

SCALE

RATIO

1977-100

SEASONALLY

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986
S OU RC E :

PERCENTAGES
LATES T

ARE

A NNUA L

DATA P L O T T E D .

RATES

1ST

OF CH ANGE

FOR P E R I O D S

U.S.

1987

1988

DEPARTMENT

OF

LA B OR

ST.

LOUIS

IN D IC A T E D .

Q UA R TE R
P RE P A R E D

I__

SCALE

1977-100

ADJUSTED

BY F E D E RA L

RE S ER VE

BANK

OF

Ukï\

L A « * C O S t s . B US I N E S S SEC T O*
CONPOVNOEO ANNUAL RAT ES OF CHANCE
T ERMINAL
QUARTER

1 9 7 7 » 100

I N I T I A L QUARTER
2-83

3-8 3

4-8 3

3-83

3.1

4-83

2.8

2.6

1-84

2.0

1.4

0.3

I — 84

2-84

3-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

4-86

3-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87
156.7
157.7
157.8

2-84

1.6

1.1

0.4

0.5

3-84

2.3

2.0

1.9

2.7

4.9

4-84

2.3

2.1

2.0

2.5

3.6

2.3

1-85

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.6

3. 3

2.5

2.8

2-85

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.5

3.0

2.4

2.5

2.2

158.0
159.9
160.8
161.9
162.8

3-85

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.4

2. 8

2.3

2.3

2.1

2.0

4-85

2.7

2.6

2.6

3.0

3.4

3.1

3.3

3.5

4. 1

6.3

1-86

2.2

2. 1

2.0

2.3

2.5

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.7

-2.6

2-86

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.3

2.6

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

0.1

3-86

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

1.1

3.1

3.2

4-86

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.5

2. 7

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.6

1.7

3.2

3.4

3.6

1-87

2.3

2. 3

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

1.6

2.7

2.6

2.3

2-87

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.3

1.6

2.5

2.4

2.2

1.4

1.9

3-87

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.1

2. 2

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.3

1.9

1.7

I .4

0.6

0.5

4-87

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

1.7

2.3

2.2

2.0

1.7

1.9

1.9

4.8

1-88

2. 1

2. 1

2.0

2.2

2. 3

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.5

2.1

1.9

1.7

1.4

1.5

1.3

2.5

0.2

4-83

1-84

3-Ô4

4-84

4-85

1-86

2-66

3-86

4— 86

1-87

2-Ô?

5-Ô7

4-87

3-83




2-84

¿-84

3^35”

166.1
165.0
2.9

166.2
167.5
169.0
1.0

169.4
170.2

*
•
0
1

1

163.6

169.8
171.8
171.9

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C OMPOUND E D A N N U A L R A T E S OF C H A N C E

BILLIONS OF
INITIAL

TERMINAL
QUARTER

DOLLARS

ANNUAL RATES
2-83

3-83

QUARTER

3-83

4-83

1-04

2 —8 4

3-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87
3*443.9

9.4

4-83

10.9

12.4

1 — 84

12.4

13.9

15.4

3*545.8

2-84

11.5

12.2

12.1

3*674.9
8.9

3*754.2

3-84

10.3

10.6

10.0

7.4

5.8

4-84

9.4

9.4

8.6

6.5

5. 3

4.7

3*807.9

1-85

9. 1

9.0

8.4

6.7

6.0

6.0

7.4

7.9

6.5

5.8

5.8

6.4

5.5

3*851.8
3*921.1
3*973.6

2-85

8.6

8.5

3-85

8.5

8.3

7.8

6.6

6. 1

6.1

6.6

6.3

7.1

4-85

8.2

8.1

7.6

6.5

6. 1

6.2

6.6

6.3

6.7

6.3

1-86

8.1

8.0

7.5

6.6

6.3

6.3

6.6

6.5

6.8

6.7

7.0

2-86

7.7

7.6

7.1

6.2

5.9

5.9

6.1

5.9

6.0

5.6

5.3

3.6

3-86

7.5

7.4

7.0

6.1

5.8

5.8

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.5

5.3

4.4

5.3

4-86

7.1

7.0

6.5

5.8

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.2

5.2

4.8

4.5

3.6

3.7

2.1

4*042.0
4*104.4
4*174.4
4*211.6
4*265.9
4*288.1

1-87

7.2

7.1

6.7

6.0

5.7

5.7

5.9

5.7

5.7

5.5

5.3

4.9

5.3

5.3

8.6

2-87

7.?

7.0

6.7

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.9

5.7

5.8

5.6

5.5

5.2

5.5

5.6

7.5

6.3

3-87

7.2

7.1

6.7

6.1

5.9

5.9

6.0

5.9

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.5

5.9

6.1

7.4

6.8

7.3

4-87

7.2

7. 1

6. 8

6.2

6.0

6.0

6.2

6.0

6. 1

6.0

6.0

5.8

6.2

6.4

7.4

7.1

7.4

7.6

1-88

7.1

7.0

6.7

6.1

6.0

6.0

6.1

6.0

6.0

5.9

5.9

5.7

6.0

6.1

7.0

6.6

6.7

6.3

5.1

2-83

3-83

4-83

1-84

2-84

3-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

3 - ST

4-87

4*377.7
4*445.1
4*524.0
4*607.4
4*665.1

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BY f^ÉOÉR A L R É S i f t V É ftANK OF S T . L O U I S
1 9 8 8 ________________________________________ __________

1982 DOLLARS
OF C H A N C E

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOLTOWS OF
ANNUAL RAT ES

QUARTER
2-83

3-8 3

4-83

1-84

2-84

3-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2— 8 6

3-86

4-86

1-87

2-8 7

3-87

4 —87
3*306.4

3-83

6.0

4-83

6.7

7.3

1-84

8.0

9.0

3*365.1
3*451.7

10.7

3*498.0

2-84

7.4

7.8

8.1

5.5

3-84

6.4

6.5

6.2

4.0

2.6

4-84

5.6

5.5

5.1

3.2

2. 1

1*7

3*520.6
3*535.2
3*568.7

1-85

5.3

5.2

4.8

3.4

2.7

2.8

3.8

2-85

4.9

4. 8

4.4

3.1

2.5

2.5

3.0

2 *1

3-85

4.8

4.7

4.3

3.3

2.8

2.9

3.3

3.1

3*587.1
4.1

3*623.0
3*650.9

4-85

4.7

4.5

4.2

3.3

2.9

3.0

3.1

3.6

3.1

1-86

4.7

4.6

4.3

3.5

3.2

3.3

3.7

3.6

4.2

4.2

5.4

2-86

4.4

4.2

3.9

3.2

2.9

3.0

3.2

3.0

3.3

3.0

3.0

0.6

3-86

4.1

4.0

3.7

3.0

2.7

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.6

2.5

1.0

4-86

4.0

3.8

3.5

2.9

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.4

2.2

1.2

1.5

1.5

1-87

4.0

3.8

3.6

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.0

2.4

2.9

2-87

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.7

3*698.8
3*704.7
3*716.0

1.4

2.6

2.1

2.4

2.8

3*731.5
3*772.2

4.4
3.4

2.5

3*795.3
3*835.9

3-87

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.1

2.9

2.9

3.0

2.9

3*0

2.9

2.9

2.5

2.6

3.2

3.7

3.4

4.3

4-87

4.0

3.8

3.6

3.2

3.0

3.0

3.2

3.1

3.2

3.1

3.1

2.8

3.1

3.5

4.0

3.9

4.6

4.8

1-88

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.2

3.1

3*1

3.2

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

2.9

3.2

3.5

3.9

3.8

4.2

4 .2

3.6

2-85

3 -8 3

4-83

1 -8 4

2 -8 4

3 -84

4-6 4

1-85

2-05

3 -8 5

2 -8 ¿

i - §6

4 -8 6

1 -é T

3-87

4-87




2 -« 7

3*880.6
3*915.4

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GROSS N A T I O N A L PRODUCT
R A T I O S CA L E
T R I L L I O N S OF

QUARTERLY T OT AL S AT ANNUAL R A T E S
DOLLARS
S E AS O NA L L Y AD J US T ED
TRILLIONS

R A T I O SCALE
OF D O L L A R S

5.0
4.8
4.6
4.4
4.2
4.0
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
4.4
4.2
4.0
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3.0
2.8
2. 6

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985
SOURCE:

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIO DS
LATEST DATA PLOTTED«




1986
U .S .

1987

1988

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

1ST QUARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .

13

L O U IS

GENERAL
RAT I 0

PRICE

INDEX*

SCALE

RAT I 0 S C A L E

1982-100

1982-100

1980

1981

1982

*A S USED IN NATIONAL

1983

1984

1985

INCOME ACCOUNTS

SOURCE:

PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS
LATEST DATA PLOTTED:

1986
U .S.

1987

1988

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

1ST OUARTER
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST.

I M P L I C I T P R I C E DE F L AT OR FOR CROSS N A T I O N A L
CONPOUNOEO ANNUAL RAT ES OF CHANCE
T E R MI N AL
OUARTER

IN ITIAL
2-8 3

3-8 3

4-83

3-83

3.5

4-83

4. 1

4.7

1—84

4.2

4.5

4 2

2-84

3.9

4.0

3 6

1-84

2-84

3-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

LO UI S

PRODUCT

1902 »

OUARTER

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-06

4-86

1-87

2-07

3-07

104.2
105.4
106.5
107.3

3.0

100.2

3-84

3.8

3.8

3 6

3.2

3.4

*— 84

3.6

3.7

3 4

3.1

3.2

3.0

1-85

3.6

3.6

3 4

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.3

2-85

3.6

3.6

3 4

3.2

3.3

3.2

3.3

3.3

109.0
109.9
110.8
111.6

3-85

3.5

3.5

3 3

3.2

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