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N a t io n a l E c o n o m ic T r e n d s
June 1989
R e c e n t c h a n g e s in v a r io u s p r i c e m e a s u r e s a p p e a r t o p r o v i d e w i d e l y d is p a r a t e s ig n a ls a b o u t t h e c o u r s e o f in f la t io n . T h e
G N P i m p l i c i t p r i c e d e f l a t o r r o s e a t a 3 . 9 p e r c e n t a n n u a l r a t e i n t h e f i r s t q u a r t e r o f t h is y e a r , d o w n f r o m

its 5 . 2 p e r c e n t

ra te o f in c r e a s e o v e r th e p r e v io u s th r e e q u a r te r s . M e a n w h ile , th e G N P fix e d -w e ig h t p r ic e in d e x (b a s e d o n th e 1 9 8 2 c o m ­
p o s i t i o n o f r e a l G N P ) r o s e a t a 5 . 2 p e r c e n t r a t e i n t h e f i r s t q u a r t e r , u p s l i g h t l y f r o m it s 4 . 8 p e r c e n t r a t e o v e r t h e p r e v i o u s
th r e e q u a r te r s . In c o n tr a s t to th e s e t w o m e a s u r e s , o v e r a ll p r o d u c e r a n d c o n s u m e r p r ic e in c r e a s e s h a v e a c c e le r a te d m a r k e d ­
l y t h is y e a r c o m p a r e d w i t h t h e l a s t n i n e m o n t h s o f 1 9 8 8 . A s t h e t a b l e b e l o w i n d i c a t e s , h o w e v e r , w i d e s w i n g s in c o n s u m e r
a n d p r o d u c e r p r i c e s o f t e n a r e a s s o c ia t e d w it h s iz a b le c h a n g e s in f o o d

a n d e n e r g y p r i c e s . T h e r e c e n t j u m p in p r o d u c e r

a n d c o n s u m e r p r i c e s i s d u e c h i e f l y t o s h a r p i n c r e a s e s i n b o t h o f t h e s e c o m p o n e n t s . R a t e s o f i n c r e a s e in p r o d u c e r a n d
c o n s u m e r p r ic e s e x c lu d in g f o o d
s in c e M a r c h

a n d e n e r g y , m u c h lik e th e G N P

f i x e d - w e i g h t p r i c e i n d e x , h a v e b e e n r e la t iv e ly s t a b le

1 9 8 8 , a n d , in th e c a s e o f c o n s u m e r p r i c e s , s in c e D e c e m b e r

A n n u a l R a tes

o f P r ic e

1986.

C han ge

D ec. 1988-

M a r. 1988-

A u g. 1987-

D ec. 1986-

A p r. 1989

D ec. 1988

M a r. 1988

A u g . 1987

i 'o d u c e r p r i c e s
F i n is h e d g o o d s
F in is h e d e n e r g y g o o d s

9 .0 %

3 .9 %

1 .8 %

3 .4 %

5 7 .8

-2 .2

-8 .0

F ood

8 .0

5 .6

2 .0

0 .3

E x c lu d in g f o o d an d e n e r g y

3 .8

4 .2

3 .3

2 .0

6 .6 %

4 .6 %

2 2 .2

C o n s u m e r p r ic e s
A l l it e m s
E nergy

3 .5 %

5 .1 %

2 2 .5

3 .4

-1 1 .2

2 1 .1

F ood

7 .6

6 .0

3 .3

3 .2

E x c lu d in g fo o d an d e n e r g y

4 .6

4 .5

4 .5

4 .3

N O T E : A l l ra te s a r e c o m p u t e d f r o m

s e a s o n a lly a d ju s t e d d a ta e x c e p t f o r th e c o n s u m e r e n e r g y m e a s u r e .

-C o u rte n a y C .

TIIK
FEDERAL
RESERVE
R A N K of
ST. I/HIS


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


S to n e

TOTAL CIVILIAN E M PLOYM ENT
( C m p o m M A ia ta ! Rates o f C haige)
TERMINAL
MONTH

THOUSANDS
OF PERSONS

INITIAL MONTH
9-8 7 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-3 8

5-8 8

4 -8 8

S -8 8

4-88

7-8 8

8 -8 8

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

5.4
5.0

2.5

12-87

5.0

2.8

115*740

1-88

5.1

5.0

5.2

5.4

5.0

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.5

5-88

2.2

1.9

1.8

1.4

0.4

-1 .5

4-88

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.1

2.0

S-88

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.4

0.9

0.5

1.4

-2 .7

4-88

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.2

2.0

1.9

5.1

1.8

6.5

114*055

1.5

5.4»

0.5

114*275
114*129
114*660

5.7

114*405
115*001
115*054

7-88

2.5

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.7

1.6

2.4

8-88

2.2

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.7

1.6

2.5

1.4

2 .8

1.1

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.7

2.2

1.5

2.6

1.5

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.0

2.4

2 .6

5.0

10-88

2.2

5-89

115*460
5.0

2-88

2.2

2 -8 9

115*225

10-87
11-87

9-88

1-89

2.1
2.1

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.7

2.2

1.6

2.5

115*205

1.8

115*570
115*575
115*947

4.0

11-88

2.5

2.2

2.2

2.1

2 .0

2.0

2.4

1.9

2.7

12-88

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.8

2.2

1.8

2.4

1.8

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.5

0.6

5.0

2.6

2.9

5.2

5.5

4.0

4.0

7.5

116*009
116*711

1-89

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.7

2 .4

2-89

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.9

2.4

2.7

2.9

5.1

5.4

5.2

4.4

1.5

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.4

2 .9

2.5

2.8

2.9

5.1

5.5

5.1

5.9

2.2

2.9

2.1

2.6

2.2

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.4

2.9

1.4

1.5

-0 .2

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

5-89
4-89

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.4

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

2.5

116*855
117*156
117*115

INITIAL MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 5* 1989

PAYROLL EM PLOYMENT
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87
10-87

5.6

11-87

4.6

INITIAL MONTH
1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

THOUSANDS
OF PERSONS
105*571

5.6

105*678

12-87

4 .5

5.7

5.8

1-88

4.0

5.5

5.4

5.1

2-88

4 .5

4.0

4.1

4 .5

5.5

5-88

4 .2

5.9

5.9

4.0

4.4

5.4

4-88

4.0

5.7

5.8

5.7

4.0

5.2

5.0

5-88

5.8

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

2.9

2.7

2.4

6-88

4.1

5.9

4.0

4 .0

4.2

5.9

4 .0

4.5

6.7

7-88

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.9

5.6

5.6

5.8

4.5

2.4

8-88

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.2

5.5

5.6

2.1

1.8

9-88

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.6

2.6

2.7

5.6

10-88

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.4

2.6

2.7

5.1

2.7

11-88

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.7

5.1

5.5

5.8

5.9

12-88

5.7

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.0

5.1

5.5

5.4

5.8

2.5

1-89

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.7

5.5

5.4

5.7

5.8

4.1

5.7

4.8

2-89

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.5

5.S

5.6

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.9

5.5

4.0

104*001
104*262
104*729
105*020
105*281
105*489
106*057
106*271
106*425
106*757
106*975
5.1

107*419
107*641
108*065
108*541

5.1

5-89

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.2

5.4

5.4

5 .5

5.1

5.5

2.5

1.9

4-89

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.5

2.9

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.1

2.7

2.8

2.1

1.6

1.5

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

108*512P
108*629P

IN IT IA L MONTH
PRELIMINARY




PREPARO) BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 5» 1989

2

EMPLOYMENT
RATIO

SCALE

MILLIONS

OF

RATIO

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

PERSONS

MILLIONS

OF

SCALE

PERSONS

130

125
120

I 15
110

105
100

95
90
85

80
SOURCEt U.S.DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BEGINNING JANUARY 1086, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT DATA INCORPORATE NEW PROCEDURES FOR ESTIMATING
MEASURES OF IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION INCREASING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY ABOUT 0 .3 X .
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTEDt APRIL PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST.

UNEMPLOYMENT
PERCENT

LOUIS

RATE
PERCENT

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

1 .0

10.

1 0 .0

9.

9.0

8.

8 .0

7.

7.0

6.

6 .0

5.

5.0

4.




1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987
SOURCEt

U .S .

1988

1989

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

PERCENT OF CIV ILIA N LABOR FORCE
LATEST DATA PLOTTED» APRIL

PREPAREO BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

3

4.0

C O N S U M E R P R IC E IN D E X F O R A L L U R B A N C O N S U M E R S
(Com pounded A n n u a l R a tes o f C hange)
TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

10-87

4.5

11-87

4.5

4.5

12-87

5.5

5.2

2.1

1-88

4.0

5.9

5.7

5.5

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

1 9 8 2 —8 4 * 1 0 0

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89
115.0
115.4
115.6
116.1

2-88

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.7

2.1

5-88

5.7

5.6

5.4

5.9

5.1

4.2

4-88

5.9

5.9

5.8

4.2

5.8

4.7

5-88

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.4

4.2

4.9

5.5

5.2

6-88

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.4

4.2

4.7

4.9

4.7

116.5
116.7
5.5

117.2
117.7
4.2

118.1

7-88

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.5

4.4

4.8

5.0

4.9

4.7

5.2

8-88

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.7

4.1

9-88

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.8

4.6

118.6
119.0
5.2

119.5

10-88

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.6

4.5

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.8

5.1

5.1

11-88

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.7

4.6

4 .5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.1

12-88

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.5

4 .5

4.5

4.1

5.6

4.1

1-89

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.7

5.6

7.2

2-89

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.7

4.6

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.9

4.9

4.8

5.4

6.1

5.1

5-89

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.7

4 .7

4.9

5.0

4.9

4.9

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.6

6.1

5.6

6.1

4-89

4.7

4.8

4.8

5.0

4.9

5.1

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.5

5 .5

5.5

5.5

5.6

6.1

6.6

6.4

7.1

8.1

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

120.0
5.0

120.5
120.7
121.4
121.9
122.5
125.5

INITIAL MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 18» 1989

PRODUCER PRICE INDEX, FINISHED GO O D S
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

INITIAL MONTH
1-88

2-88

10-87

-2 .2

11-87

-1 .1

0.0

12-87

-1 .9

-1 .7

-3 .3

1-88

0.6

1.5

2.3

8.2

2-88

0.5

1.1

1.5

4.0

0.0

5-88

1.1

1.8

2.3

4.2

2.5

4.6

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

1982 « 100
8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89
106.0
106.0
105.7
106.4
106.4
106.8

4-88

1.5

2.1

2.5

4 .0

2.7

4.0

5.4

5-88

1.7

2.5

2.7

5.9

2.8

5.8

3.4

5.4

6-88

1.8

2.5

2 .6

5.6

2 .7

5.4

3.0

2.8

2.5

7-88

2.5

2.8

3.1

4.1

5.4

4.1

4.0

4.2

4.6

6.9

8-88

2.4

2.8

3.2

4.0

5.4

4.0

5.9

4.0

4.2

5.1

5.4

9-88

2.7

3.2

5.5

4.5

5.8

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.8

5.7

5.1

10-88

2.6

3.0

5.5

4.0

5.5

4.0

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.5

5.7

5.9

1.1

11-88

2.7

3.0

5.5

5.9

5.5

5.9

3.8

5.9

5.9

4.5

5.6

5.7

2.2

5.5

12-88

2.8

3.1

5.4

4.0

5.6

4 -C

5.9

5.9

4.0

4.5

5.8

5.9

5.0

5.9

4.5

1-89

5.4

3.8

4.0

4.6

4.5

4.7

4.7

4.9

5.1

5.5

5.2

5.6

5.5

6.8

8 .5

12.7

2-89

5.9

4.5

4.6

5.2

4.9

5.4

5.4

5.6

5.9

6.5

6.3

6.7

6.7

8 .2

9.8

12.6

5-89

4.0

4.4

4.6

5.2

5.0

5.4

5.4

5.6

5.8

6.2

6.2

6.6

6.5

7.6

8.7

10.2

9.0

5.5

4-89

4.1

4.4

4.7

5.2

5.0

5.4

5.4

5.6

5.8

6.2

6.1

6.4

6.4

7.5

8.1

9.0

7.8

5.5

5.5

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89




107.1
107.4
107.6
108.2
108.5
6.8

109.1
109.2
109.5
109.9
111.0
12.6

112.1
112.6
115.1

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
HAY 1 2 » 1 9 8 9

4




RATIO SCALE

P R IC E S

RATIO SCALE

CONSUMER P R IC E S D A TA AR E ON A I t t « 2 - ê 4 - I O O B ASE
C P I - U D A TA B E G IN N IN G 1983 IN C O R P O R A T E A R E N T A L E Q U IV A L E N C E M EASURE FOR HO M EO VtfêRSH IP C O S T S .
P E R C E N TA 6 E S AR E AN NU AL R A T E S O F CHANCE F O R P E R IO D S

I N D IC A T E D .

L A T E S T D A TA P L O T T E D « A P R I L

P R E P A R E D B Y F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK OF S T . L O U IS

RATIO SCALE
1982-100

PRODUCER PRICES
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

P E R C E N TA O E S A R E AN NU AL R A T E S OF CH AN 6 E F O R P E R IO O S

RATIO SCALE
1982-100

I N D IC A T E D .

L A T E S T D A TA P L O T T E D « A P R I L

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

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
(Com pounded A n n u a l R a tes o f Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH

IN IT IA L MONTH

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

1982 «

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

1 00

5-89

-1 .1

109.8

11-87

0.5

110.0

12-87

-5 .9

1-88

1.4

2.2

2.2

19.1

2-88

0.2

0.5

0.0

6.8

10-87

2.2

108.8

-5 .5 -1 2 .5

110.4
-4 .5

110.0

6.8

1.1

6.7

110.6

5.0

0.7

5.5

0.0

2.2

4.4

5.5

6.7

6.2

5.7

5.8

5.5

8.4

10.2

6.5

4.6

6.4

6.4

8 .6

9.5

8 .9

4.4

6.7

5.0

6.7

6.6

8.4

8 .9

8 .5

7.7

4.8

5.0

7.2

5.8

7.5

7.4

8.9

9.5

9.2

9.4

11.1

4.5

4.7

6.5

5.2

*6.5

6.4

7.6

7.7

7.1

6.5

6.0

1.1

5-88

1.5

1.8

1.6

4-88

1.1

1.5

1.5

5-88

1.8

2.2

2.2

5.4

6-88

2.7

5.2

5.5

7-88

5.5

5.8

4.0

8-88

5.7

4 .2

9-88

4.5

10-88

4.0

110.6
111.2
112.1
112.9
115.6
114.6
114.7

11-88

4.0

4.4

4.6

6.5

5.1

6.2

6.2

7.1

7.1

6.5

6.0

5.4

2.6

4.5

12-88

5.8

4 .2

4.4

5.9

4.8

5.7

5.6

6.5

6.2

5.6

5.0

4.5

2.1

2.6

1.0

115.1

1-89

4.5

4.9

5.0

6.5

5.5

6.5

6.4

7.2

7.2

6.8

6.5

6.2

5.1

6.4

7.5

115.2
14.4

116.5

2-89

5.1

5.5

5.7

7.1

6.5

7.2

7.2

8 .0

8.1

7.9

7.7

7.7

7.1

8.6

10.1

14.9

15.4

5-89

5.4

5.8

6.0

7.4

6.6

7.4

7.5

8.2

8.4

8 .2

8.1

8.1

7.6

9.0

10.2

15.5

15.0

10.7

4-89

4.7

5.0

5.2

6.4

5.6

6.4

6.5

6.9

6.9

6.6

6.5

6.1

5.4

6.2

6.6

8 .0

6.0

1.5

-6 .8

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

117.9
118.9
118.2

INITIAL MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 12» 1989

PRODUCER PRICE INDEX, FINISHED GOODS, EXCLUDING FOODS
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87
10-87

-5 .4

11-87

-2 .5

-1 .1

12-87

-1 .1

0.0

INITIAL MONTH
1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6—88

7-88

1982 « 100
8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89
104.7
104.6

1.2

104.7

1-88

0.0

1.2

2.5

5.5

2-88

0.7

1.7

2.7

5.5

5.5

5-88

1.0

1.8

2.6

5.1

2.9

2.5

4-88

1.5

2.5

5.0

5.5

5.5

5.5

4.6

5-88

1.6

2.5

2.9

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.5

6-88

1.4

2.0

2.5

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.5

l.l

0.0

7-88

1.8

2.4

2.9

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.2

2.7

2.9

5.8

8-88

2.0

2.5

2.9

5.2

5.1

5.1

5.2

2.9

5.1

4 .6

5.4

105.0
105.5
105.5
105.9
2.5

106.1
106.1
106.6
106.9

9-88

2.2

2 .7

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.2

5.4

4 .6

4 .0

4 .6

10-88

2.1

2 .6

2.9

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.1

2.9

5.0

5.7

5.0

2.8

1.1

11-88

2.2

2.6

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.1

2.9

5.0

5.7

5.1

5.0

2 .5

5.4

12-88

2.4

2.9

5.2

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

4 .0

5.6

5.7

5.4

4.6

5.7

1-89

5.0

5.4

5.8

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.4

5.1

4.9

5.2

5.4

6.9

8.7

11.7

107.5
107.4
107.7
108.2
109.2

2-89

5.4

5.8

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.8

4.8

5.1

5.7

5 .7

6.1

6.4

7.7

9.2

11.0

10.4

5-89

5.5

5.9

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.8

4.9

5.1

5 .7

5 .7

6.0

6.2

7.5

8.5

9.2

7.9

5.6

4-89

5.8

4.2

4.5

4 .8

4.8

4.9

5.2

5.2

5.5

6 .0

6.0

6.4

6.6

7.6

8 .4

9.1

8 .5

7.5

9.0

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89




110.1
110.6
111.4

IN IT IA L MONTH

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
MAY 1 2 » 1 9 8 9

6

INDUSTRIAL
RATIO

PRODUCTION
RATIO

SCALE

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

1977-100

SCALE

1977-100

P E R C E N T A G E S AR E A N N U A L R A T E S OF C H A N G E F O R P E R I O D S INDICATED.
L A T E S T D A T A PLO T T E D « A P R I L P R E L I M I N A R Y
P R E P A R E D BY F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K OF ST. L O U I S

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

INITIAL MONTH
1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

1977 * 100
8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89
132.5

10-87

14.6

11-87

10.5

6.5

12-87

9.2

6.5

6.5

1-88

8.0

5.9

5.5

4.6

2-88

6.3

4.4

3.7

2.3

133.2
133.9
134.4
134.4

0.0

134.7

3-88

5.7

4.0

3.4

2.4

1.3

2.7

4-88

5.8

4.4

4.0

3.4

3.0

4.5

6.4

5-88

5.9

4.7

4.4

4.0

3.8

5.2

6.4

6.4

6-88

5.6

4.6

4.3

3.9

3.8

4.8

5.5

5.0

3.6

135.4
136.1
136.5
138.0

7-88

6.4

5.6

5.5

5.3

5.4

6.5

7.5

7.9

8 .7

14.0

8-88

6.3

5.5

5.3

5.2

5.3

6.2

6.9

7.0

7.2

9.1

4.4

9-88

5 .8

5.0

4.9

4.7

4.7

5.4

5.9

5.8

5.6

6.3

2.6

0.9

10-88

5.9

5.2

5.1

4.9

5.0

5.6

6.1

6.0

5.9

6.5

4.1

4.0

7.2

11-88

5.8

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.9

5.5

5.8

5.8

5.7

6.1

4.2

4.1

5.8

4.4

12-88

5.7

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.9

5 .4

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.8

4.2

4.2

5.3

4.4

4.4

1-89

5.6

5.0

4.9

4.7

4.8

5.2

5.5

5.4

5.2

5.5

4.1

4 .0

4.8

4.1

3.9

3.5

2-89

5.0

4.4

4.3

4.1

4.1

4.5

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.3

3.0

2.8

3.1

2.2

1.4

0.0

-3 .4

3-89

4.8

4.2

4.1

3.9

3.9

4.2

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.9

2.7

2.5

2.8

1.9

1.3

0.3

-1 .3

0.9

4-89

4.8

4.3

4.2

4.0

4.0

4.3

4.4

4.2

4.0

4.1

3.0

2.8

3.1

2.5

2.1

1.5

0.9

3.0

5.2

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

138.5
138.6
139.4
139.9
140.4
140.8
140.4
140.5P
141.IP

IN IT IA L MONTH
P - PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
MAY 1 5 » 1 9 8 9

7

PERSONAL

INCOME

RATIO SCALE
MONTHLY TOTALS AT ANNUAL RATES
RATIO SCALE
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS
.8

.4
4.0
3.6

3.2

2 .8

2.4

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

SOURCE» U .8 . DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PERCENTAGES ARE ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE FOR PERIODS INDICATED.
LATEST DATA PLOTTED* APRIL PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

PERSONAL INCOME
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

INITIAL MONTH
1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
3»897.2

10-87

26.8

11-87

10.4

-4 .0

12-87

13.0

6.6

18.3

3,884.1
3»939.0
3*921.8

1-88

8.1

2.5

6.0

-5 .1

2-88

8.1

3.9

6.6

1.2

7.9

3-88

8.8

5.5

8.1

4.8

10.2

12.6

4-88

8.2

5.4

7.4

4.8

8.3

8.5

4.6

5-88

8 .0

5.5

7.2

5.1

7.8

7.8

5.5

6.3

6-88

7.9

5.7

7.2

5.4

7.7

7.7

6.1

6.8

7.2

7-88

8 .0

6.1

7.5

6.0

8 .0

8.0

6.9

7.6

8 .3

9*4

8-88

7.8

6.0

7.2

5.9

7.5

7.5

6.5

7.0

7.2

7.2

9-88

7.7

6.1

7.2

6.0

7.5

7.4

6.6

7.0

7.1

7.1

5.9

6.9

10-88

8 .5

7.1

8.2

7.2

8 .7

8.8

8 .3

8 .9

9.4

10.0

10.2

12.9

3*946.7
3*985.9
4*001.0
4*021.4
4*044.9
4*075.3
5.0

4*091.8
4,114.7
19.2

4»175.5

11-88

7.7

6.3

7.2

6.3

7.5

7.4

6.8

7.1

7.3

7.3

6.8

7.4

7.6

-2 .9

12-88

7.9

6.6

7.5

6.6

7.8

7.8

7.3

7.6

7.8

7.9

7.6

8.2

8 .6

3.7

10.8

1-89

8 .7

7.6

8.5

7.8

8 .9

9.0

8 .7

9.1

9.5

9.8

9.9

10.9

11.9

9.6

16.5

22.5

4*165.2
4»200.8
4,272.4

2-89

9.0

8 .0

8.8

8 .2

9.3

9.4

9.1

9.5

9.9

10.2

10.4

11.3

12.2

10.5

15.4

17.7

13.1

3-89

9.1

8.1

8 .9

8 .3

9.3

9.4

9.2

9.6

9.9

10.2

10.3

11.1

11.8

10.4

14.0

15.2

11.7

10.2

4-89

8 .8

7.9

8.7

8.1

9.0

9.1

8.B

9.2

9.5

9.7

9.7

10.3

10.8

9.5

12.2

12.5

9.4

7.6

5.0

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8-88

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

1-89

2-89

3-89

4*316.6
4*351.6
4*369.3P

IN IT IA L MONTH
PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 26* 1989

8

RETAIL
RATIO

SALES

SCALE

RATIO

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

1981

1982

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

1983

1984

1985

SCALE

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

1986

1987

1988

1989

SOUR C E « U.S. D E P A R T M E N T OF C O M M E R C E
P E R C E N T A G E S A R E A N N U A L R A T E S OF C H A N G E F O R P E R I O D S INDICATED.
L A T E S T O A T A P L O T T E D « MAR C H , A P R I L A D V A N C E E S T I M A T E
P R E P A R E D BY F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K OF ST. L O U I S

RETAIL SALES
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
MONTH
9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

10-87

-1 0 .5

11-87

-4 ,0

2.9

12-87

1.4

7.9

15.1

1-88

2.2

6.8

8 .8

4.7

2-88

4.5

8 .7

10.7

9.5

14.5

2-88

5-88

4-88

INITIAL MONTH
DOLLARS
6-88 7-88

5-88

MILLIONS OF
8-88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

128,255
128,541
129,870
150,564
151,846

5-88

6.9

10.7

12.8

12.7

16.9

19.5

4-88

5.1

7.9

9.0

7.9

9.0

6.4

5-88

5.5

8 .0

8 .9

8.1

8 .9

7.1

1.5

8 .5

6-88

5.8

8 .0

8.8

8.1

8 .8

7.4

5.7

8.4

8 .2

7-88

5.8

7.8

8.4

7.8

8 .5

7.1

4.2

7.5

7.1

6.0

8-88

5.6

7.4

7.9

7.2

7.6

6.5

4.1

6.5

5.8

4.7

155,797
-5 .1

155,217
154,150
155,010
155,662
156,050

5.5

155,751

9-88

4.9

6.4

6.8

6.1

6.5

5.1

2.9

4.6

5.7

2.2

0.4

-2 .6

10-88

6.0

7.5

7.9

7.4

7.7

6.9

5.2

7.1

6.8

6.4

6.6

8 .2

20.1

11-88

6.7

8.1

8 .5

8.1

8 .5

7.8

6.5

8 .5

8 .2

8 .2

8 .8

10.6

17.9

15.7

12-88

6.0

7.5

7.6

7.2

7.4

6.7

5.4

6.8

6.6

6.5

6.4

7.1

10.5

6.0

-2 .9

1-89

6.1

7.5

7.6

7.2

7.4

6.8

5.6

6.9

6.7

6.5

6.6

7.2

9.8

6.5

2.2

7.6

2-89

5.4

6.5

6.7

6.5

6.4

5.8

4.6

5.6

5.5

4.9

4.8

5.0

6.6

5.5

-0 .5

1.0

-5 .1

5-89

5.1

6.0

6.2

5.8

5.9

5 .5

4.2

5.0

4.7

4.5

4.1

4.2

5.4

2.7

-0 .4

0.5

-2 .9

-0 .6

4-89

5.1

6.0

6.2

5.8

5.8

5.2

4.2

5.0

4.7

4.4

4.2

4.5

5.5

5.1

0.7

1.6

-0 .5

2.2

5.0

9-87 10-87 11-87 12-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

5-88

6-88

7-88

8—88

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

1-89

2-89

5-89

157,842
159,529
159,189
140,040
159,428
159.561P
139,951E

I N IT IA L MONTH
P - PRELIMINARY
E - ESTIMATED




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST* LOUIS
MAY I I , 1 9 8 9

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
(Com pounded A n n u a l R a tes o f C hange)
TERMINAL
QUARTER

IN IT IA L QUARTER

2-84

3—84

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-84

2-84

7-86

4-86

1 9 7 7 -1 0 0

1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88
168.7

3-84

4.4

4-84

4.1

3.8

1-85

4.5

4.6

5.3

2-85

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.0

3-85

4.5

4.6

4.8

4.6

170.3
172.5
174.2
176.4

5.1

178.8

4-85

4.7

4.8

5.0

4.9

5.4

5.6

1-86

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.6

4.8

4.6

2-86

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.4

4.5

4.3

3.6

3.6

3-86

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.4

4.5

4.3

3.9

4.0

4.5

180.4

3.6

182.0
184.0

4-86

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.1

4.3

4.7

4.9

1-87

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.1

3.8

3.8

3.9

3.6

2.4

186.2
187.3
189.0

2-87

4.2

4.2

4.3

4.1

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.0

3.7

3-87

4.3

4.2

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.1

3.9

3.9

4.0

3.9

3.5

4.1

4.5

4-87

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.3

4.3

4.2

4.8

5.4

6.2

1-88

4.4

4.3

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.5

4.8

5 .0

3.8

2-88

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.3

4.3

4.2

4.6

4.8

4.9

4.3

191.1
194.0
195.8
4.8

198.1

3-88

4.5

4 .5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.9

5.1

5.2

4.9

5.5

6.2

4-88

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.8

4.9

5 .0

4.7

5.1

5.2

4.2

1-89

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.9

5.0

5.1

4.9

5.2

5.4

4 .9

5.6

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

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

201.1
203.2
206.OP

INITIAL QUARTER
P- PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 3» 1989

OU TPU T PER H O U R O F ALL PERSONS, BUSINESS SECTOR
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-84

INITIAL QUARTER
3-84

4-84

3-84

-0 .4

4-84

0.6

1.5

1-85

1.4

2.3

3.1

2-85

1.8

2.5

3.0

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1977*100
1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88
105.5
105.9
106.7

3.0

107.5

3-85

2.0

2.7

3.0

3.0

3.0

4-85

1.8

2.3

2.5

2.3

1.9

0.7

1-86

2.6

3.1

3.5

3.6

3.7

4.1

7.6

2-86

2.2

2.6

2.8

2 .8

2.7

2.6

3.5

-0 .4

3-86

1.8

2.1

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.6

1.8

-0 .9

-1 .4

4-86

1.6

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.1

1.2

- 0 .8

-1 .1

-0 .7

1-87

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.0

1.0

-0 .5

-0 .6

-0 .2

2-87

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.3

0.1

0.2

0.7

1.5

2.6

3-87

1.7

1.9

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.7

0.7

0.9

1.5

2.3

3.3

4.0

4-87

1.6

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.5

0.7

0.8

1.3

1.8

2.3

2.2

0.4

1-88

1.8

1.9

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.7

1.0

1.2

1.7

2 .2

2.6

2.7

2.0

2-88

1.4

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

0.5

0.6

0.9

1.2

1.4

1.1

0.1

0.0

-3 .5

1.4

1.2

1.3

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.3

1.5

1.2

0.5

0.6

-0 .9

1.8

108.3
108.5
110.5
110.4
110.0
109.8
0.4

109.9
110.6
111.7
111.8
3.6

112.8
111.8

3-88

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.5

4-88

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.0

1.1

0.5

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.1

0.8

0.2

0.2

-0 .9

0.4

-1 .1

1-89

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.3

0.7

0.9

1.1

1.3

1.4

1.2

0.8

0.9

0.2

1.4

1.3

3.6

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

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

112.3
112.0
113.OP

I N IT IA L QUARTER
P - PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
MAY 3 , 1 9 8 9

10

P R O D U C T IV IT Y ,

RATIO SCALE
1977-100

70

C O M PEN SA T IO N ,

AND

LABOR

COSTS

RATIO SCALE
1977-100

SEASONALLY AOJUSTEO

------ 3— 1---------1— I--------------------- I ---------------------------------- 1— I--------------- ---------------- LI----------

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

S O U R C E : U . S . D E P A R TM E N T OF LA B O R
P E R C E N TA O E S AR E AN NU AL R A T E S OF CHANOE FO R P E R IO D S IM 9 IC A T E 0 .
L A T E S T D A TA P LO TTED »

1 S T O U A R TE R P R E L IM IN A R Y
PR EP AR E D BY F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK OF S T .

LO U IS

UNIT LABOR COSTS, BUSINESS SECTOR
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-84

INITIAL QUARTER
3-84

3-84

4.9

4-84

3.6

2.3

4-84

1-85

2-85

3-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

3-86

4-86

1977*100
1-87

2-87

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88
159.9

160.8

1-85

3.0

2.1

2.0

2-85

2.5

1.8

1.5

1.0

3-85

2.5

1.9

1.8

1.7

2.5

4—85

2 .8

2.4

2.5

2.6

3.5

4.5

1-86

1.9

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.1

0.4

-3 .6

2-86

2 .2

1.6

1.8

1.6

0.1

4.0

3-86

2.6

2.3

2.3

2.3

2 .6

2.6

2.0

5.0

6.0

4-86

2 .9

2.7

2.7

2.8

3.1

3.2

2.9

5.2

5.8

1-87

2 .8

2.6

2.6

2.7

3.0

3.0

2.8

4.4

4.6

3.9

2.1

2.5

2.7

2.7

2.4

3.7

3.6

2.8

1.4

1.8

1.7

161.6
162.0
163.0
164.8
163.3
164.9
167.3
5.6

169.6
170.5

2-87

2.6

2.4

2.4

3-87

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.5

2.5

2.2

3.2

3.0

2.3

1.2

0.7

0.7

2.6

2.8

2.8

2.6

3.5

3 .4 '

3.0

2.3

2.4

3.2

5.7

0.7

170.8
171.1

4-87

2.7

2.5

2*6

1-88

2 .5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2 .5

2.5

2.3

3.1

2.9

2.5

1.8

1.8

2.1

2.8

0.0

3.0

3.1

2.9

3.7

3.6

3.3

2.9

3.1

3.7

4.7

4.2

8 .6

173.5
173.5

2-88

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.9

3-88

3.0

2.9

2 .9

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.1

3.7

3.7

3.4

3.1

3.3

3.8

4.6

4.2

6.4

4 .4

4-88

3.1

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.4

3.6

4.1

4.8

4 .6

6.1

4 .9

5 .5

1-89

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.3

3.4

3.8

4.3

4.0

5.1

3.9

3.7

2.0

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

3-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

3-88

4-88

177.1
179.0
181.4
182.3P

IN IT IA L QUARTER

P-

PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T .
MAY 3 » 1 9 8 9

11

LOUIS

GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT IN CURRENT DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
BIL LIO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

INITIAL QUARTER

t e r m in a l

QUARTER
2 -8 4

5 -8 4

4 -8 4

1 -8 5

2 -8 5

5 -8 5

4 -8 5

1 -8 6

2 -8 6

5 -8 6

4 -8 6

1 -8 7

2 -8 7

5 -8 7

4 -8 7

1 -8 8

2 -8 8

5 -8 8

4 -8 8

5 -8 4

5 * 8 0 7 .9

4-84

5*851.8

1-85

6.1

6.5

7.9

2-85

6.0

6.0

6.7

5.6

5-85

6.2

6.5

6.8

6.5

4-85

6.2

6.5

6.6

6.2

6.6

6.2

1-86

6.5

6.4

6.8

6.5

6.8

6.7

7.2

2-86

5.9

5.9

6.1

5.7

5.7

5.5

4.9

2.6

5-86

5.9

5.9

6.0

5.7

5.8

5.5

5.2

4.5

5.9

4-86

5 .6

5 .6

5.7

5.4

5.4

5.1

4.8

4.0

4.7

5.4

1-87

5.9

5.9

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.5

5.1

5.9

5.9

8 .4

2-87

6.1

6.1

6.5

6.1

6.2

6.0

6.0

5.8

6.6

6.8

8 .5

5-87

6.2

6.5

6.4

6.2

6.5

6.2

6.5

6.1

6.8

7.0

8 .2

8.2

7.7

6.4

6.6

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.4

7.1

7.5

8 .5

8.5

8.1

8 .6

6.5

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.5

6.8

7.0

7.7

7.6

7.2

7.0

5.4

6.6

6.6

6.6

7.1

7.2

7.9

7.8

7.6

7.5

7.0

8 .7

4-87
1-88

6.4
6.5

6.4

5,925.6
5,979.0
4,047.0

7.0
4,107.9

4,180.4
4,207.6
4,268.4
4,504.6
4,591.8
8.7

4,484.2
4,568.0
4,662.8
4,724.5
4,825.8

2-88

6.5

6.5

6.6

6.5

6.6

5-88

6.5

6.6

6.7

6.6

6.7

6.6

6.7

6.6

7.1

7.2

7.8

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.1

8.0

7.5

4-88

6.6

6.6

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.8

6.7

7.1

7.5

7.8

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.2

7.8

7.4

7.6

1-89

6.7

6.7

6.9

6.8

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.9

7.5

7.4

7.9

7.8

7.7

7.7

7.5

8.1

7.8

8.1

8 .7

2-84

5-84

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

4,909.0
4,999.7
5 ,1 0 5 .OP

INITIAL QUARTER
PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 25, 1989

GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT IN 1982 DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-84

INITIAL QUARTER
5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

5-84

2.6

4-84

2.1

1.7

1-85

5.0

5.5

4.9

2-85

2.9

5.0

5.7

2.4

5-85

5.1

5.5

5.8

5.5

4-85

5.1

5.2

5.6

5.2

5.5

5.0

1-86

5.6

5.7

4.1

4.0

4.5

4.6

6.4

2-86

5.0

5.1

5.5

5.0

5.1

2.8

2.7

-0 .8

5-86

2.8

2.8

5.0

2.7

2.7

2.4

2.2

0.1

4—86

2.7

2.7

2.8

2 .5

2.5

2.2

2.0

0.6

1.2

1.4

1-87

2.8

2.8

5.0

2.7

2.8

2.6

2.5

1.5

2.5

5.0

4.6

2-87

5.0

5.0

5.2

5.0

5.1

2.9

2.9

2.2

5.0

5.7

4.8

5.0

5-87

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.1

2.6

5.5

5.9

4.7

4.7

4.5

4-87

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.1

5.8

4.5

5.0

5.2

5.5

6.1

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

5,520.6
5,555.2
5,577.5
5,599.2
4.1

5,655.8
5,662.4
5,719.5
5,711.6
1.0

5,721.5
5,754.7
5,776.7
5,825.0
5,865.5
5,925.0

1-88

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.1

5.7

4.2

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.8

5.4

2-88

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.6

4.0

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.2

5.2

5.0

5-88

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.5

5.8

4.1

4.1

5.9

5.7

2.9

2.7

2.5

5,956.1
5,985.2
4,009.4

4-88

5.2

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.5

5.0

5.4

5.6

5.9

5.8

5.6

5.5

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.4

1-89

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.1

5.5

5.7

4.0

5.9

5.7

5.6

5.1

5.0

5.1

5.4

4.5

2-84

5-84

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

4,055.4
4 ,0 7 6 .5P

IN IT IA L QUARTER
PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
MAY 2 5 , 1 9 8 9

12

GROSS
RATIO SCALE
T R I L L I O N S OF

NATIONAL

PRODUCT

Q U A R T E R L Y TOTA L S AT ANNUAL R A T E S
RATIO SCALE
DOLLARS
S E AS O N A L L Y ADJU ST E D
T R I L L I O N S OF D O L L A R S

5.4
5.2
5.0
4.8
4.6

4.4
4.2
4.0
3.8
4.8
4.6
4.4
4.2
4.0
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3.0
2 . 8

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986
SO U R C E t

PERCENTAGES

ARE

LATEST

PLOTTED:

D A TA




ANNUAL

RATES

1ST

OF

QUARTER

CHANGE

FOR

P E R IO D S

1987
U .S .

1988
DEPA RTM E N T

1989
OF

COMMERCE

IN D IC A T E D .

P R E L IM IN A R Y

PREPARED BY FEDERAL R ESER V E BANK OF S T . L O U IS

13

2 .6

GENERAL
RATIO

PRICE

INDEX*

SCALE

RATIO

1982-100

SCALE

1982-100

9 0 I--------------- 1-------- i— i--------------- 1--------------- 1--------------- 1--------------- 1------------ u --------------- u.----------

1981

1982

«AS USED IN NATIONAL

1983

1984

1985

1986

INCOME ACCOUNTS

1987

SOURCEt U .S .

1988

1989

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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

1ST QUARTER PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST.

LOUIS

IMPLICIT PRICE DEFLATOR FO R GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
(C om poonM Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-84

INITIAL QUARTER
5-84

5-84

5.4

4-84

5.2

5.0

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

1982 * 100
1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88
108.2

109.0

1-85

5.0

2.8

2.6

2-85

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.5

109.7

5-85

5.0

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.6

4-85

5.0

2.9

2.9

5.1

2.9

5.5

1—86

2.7

2.6

2.5

2 .5

2.2

2.0

0.7

2-86

2.8

2.7

2.7

2 .7

2.5

2.5

2.2

5.6

5-86

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.0

4.1

4.7

4-86

2.9

2.9

2.8

2 .9

2.8

2.9

2.8

5.5

5.4

2.1

1-87

5.0

2.9

2.9

5.0

2.9

5.0

2.9

5.5

5.4

2.8

5.5

2-87

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.4

5.0

5.5

5.5

110.6
111.5
112.2
112.4
115.4
114.7
115.5
116.5
117.5

5-87

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.0

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.4

5.5

5.1

4-87

5.0

2.9

2.9

5.0

2.9

5.0

2.9

5.5

5.2

2 .9

5.1

5.0

2.7

2.4

1-88

2.9

2 .9

2.8

2 .9

2.8

2.8

2.8

5.1

5.0

2.7

2.8

2.7

2.4

2.0

1.7

2-88

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.1

5.5

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.6

5.5

5-88

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.9

5.1

4.7

4-88

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.7

5.7

5.8

5.9

4.5

5.2

5.0

5.5

1-89

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.8

5.9

4.2

4.9

4.7

4.6

5.9

2-84

5-84

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

118.2
118.9
119.4
121.0
122.4
124.0
125.2P

IN IT IA L QUARTER
P - PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
MAY 2 5 , 1 9 8 9

14

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 IN C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
(Com pounded A n n u a l R ates o f Change)

B ILLIO NS OF

INITIAL QUARTER

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-84

5-84

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

DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
2*450.5

5-84

5 6

4-84

6 4

7.2

1-85

7 7

8 .7

10.2

2-85

7 5

8 .2

8 .7

7.1

5-85

8 0

8 .6

9.1

8 .5

9.9

4-85

7 7

8.1

8 .5

7.7

7.9

6.0

2.495.4
2,554.9
2*599.5
2,661.4
2*700.4
2*759.0

1-86

7 4

7.7

7.8

7.2

7.2

5.9

5.8

2-86

7 1

7.5

7.5

6.7

6.6

5.6

5.4

4.9

5-86

7 5

7.7

7.8

7.4

7.4

6.8

7.1

7.7

10.6

4-86

7 2

7.4

7.4

7 .0

7.0

6.4

6.5

6.7

7.6

4.8

1-87

7 1

7.5

7.5

6.9

6.9

6.4

6.5

6.7

7.5

5.6

6.5

2-87

7 4

7.5

7.6

7.5

7.5

6.9

7.1

7.5

7.9

7.1

8.2

10.0

5-87

7 5

7.7

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.2

7.4

7.6

8 .2

7.6

8.5

9.6

9.1

4-87

7 1

7.5

7.5

7.0

7.0

6.7

6.7

6.9

7.2

6.5

7.0

7.1

5.7

2.4

1-88

7 1

7.2

7.2

7.0

7.0

6.7

6.8

6.9

7.1

6.6

7.0

7.1

6.1

4.6

2-88

7 2

7.5

7.5

7.1

7.1

6.9

7.0

7.1

7.4

6.9

7.5

7.4

6.8

6.0

7.8

8 .8

5-88

7 5

7.4

7.4

7.2

7.2

7.0

7.1

7.2

7.5

7.1

7.4

7.6

7.1

6.6

8 .1

8 .7

8 .6

4-88

7 4

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.1

7.2

7.5

7.6

7.2

7.5

7.7

7.5

7.0

8 .1

8 .5

8 .4

8 .2

1-89

7 5

7.4

7.4

7.2

7.2

7.0

7.1

7.2

7.4

7.1

7.4

7.5

7.2

6.8

7.8

8 .0

7.7

7.2

6.5

2-84

5-84

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

2*772.1
2*842.8
2*876.0
2*921.7
2*992.2
5*058.2
5*076.5
5*128.1

6.9

5*194.6
5*261.2
5*526.4
5*577.2P

INITIAL QUARTER
P- PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 25* 1989

PERSONAL CONSUM PTION EXPENDITURES IN 1982 DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-84
5-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

INITIAL QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
2-86 5-86 4-86 1-87 2-87

1.9

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

2*257.5

4-84

5.1

4.5

1-85

4.5

5.6

6.8

2-85

4.0

4.8

5.0

5.2

5-85

4.6

5.5

5.6

5 .0

6.8

4-85

4.1

4.6

4.6

5.9

4 .5

1.9

1-86

4.2

4.6

4.7

4.1

4 .5

5.5

2-86

4.2

4.6

4.6

4.2

4.4

5.7

4.6

4.5

5-86

4.5

4.8

4.9

4 .5

4 .8

4 .5

5.2

5 .5

6.5

4-86

4.1

4.4

4.4

4.1

4 .2

5.7

4 .2

5.9

5.7

1.2

1-87

5.8

4.0

4.0

5.6

5.7

5.2

5.4

5.1

2.7

0.9

0.6

2-87

5.9

4.0

4.0

5.7

5.8

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.1

2.0

2.5

4.5

2*281.1
2,519.1
2,557.4
2,575.9
2*586.9
4.8

2*415.1
2*440.9
2*478.6
2*486.2
2*490.2
2*516.6

5-87

5.9

4.1

4.1

5.8

5.9

5.5

5.7

5.6

5.4

2.7

5.2

4.5

4.6

4-87

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.2

5.2

2.9

5.0

2.7

2 .5

1.7

1.8

2.2

1.2

-2 .1

1-88

5.5

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.0

5.2

5.0

2.8

2.2

2.4

2.8

2.5

1.2

4 .5

2-88

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.1

5.0

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.8

2.5

1.8

5.8

2*545.2
2*551.7
2*559.8
5.0

2*579.0

5-88

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.2

5.1

2 .9

2.5

2.7

5.0

2.8

2 .5

5.8

5.5

5.9

4-88

5.5

5.6

5*6

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.0

2.6

2.8

5.1

2.9

2 .5

5.7

5.5

5.7

5.5

1-89

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.1

2 .9

2.8

2.5

2.6

2.8

2.6

2.5

5.2

2.9

2 .8

2 .5

1.1

2-84

5-84

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

2*605.8
2*626.2
2*655.6P

IN IT IA L QUARTER
P - PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 25» 1989

15

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 C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
(Com ponnded A n n u a l Rates o f Change)

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-84

BILLIO N S OF

INITIAL QUARTER
5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

5-84

5.7

4-84

-0 .7

- 5 .0

1-85

-5 .0

-9 .0 -1 2 .9

2-85

-1 .8

-5 .6

-2 .9

5-85

-4 .5

-6 .5

-7 .0

-5 .9 -1 4 .8

4-85

- 1 .0

- 1 .9

-1 .2

0.6

18.7

1-84

1.9

1.6

5.0

7.1

20.0

2-86

0.5

-0 .2

0.6

2.4

8 .8

4-85

1-86

2-86

5-86

4-86

DOLLARS

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

annual rates

670.5
661.8
659.5
8 .4

652.5
626.7
654.1
21.4

686.6

4.2 -1 0 .5

667.8

5-86

- 0 .8

-1 .5

-0 .8

0.1

4.2

-0 .2

-9 .5

-8 .6

4-86

- 0 .5

- 0 .9

-0 .4

0.4

5.8

0.4

-5 .8

-5 .4

2.1

1-87

1.2

0.9

1.6

2.9

6.2

5.8

-0 .2

5.5

10.2

18.9

2-87

1.7

1.5

2.2

5.5

6.4

4.5

1.4

4.6

9.4

15.2

7.8

5-87

1.8

1.6

2.2

5.4

5.9

4.2

1.6

4.2

7.6

9.5

5.1

2.5

4-87

4.1

4.1

4.9

6.6

9.5

8.1

6.4

9.5

15.5

16.5

15.7

19.9

40.5

1-88

5.8

5.8

4.5

5.9

8.2

7.1

5.4

7.9

11.0

12.8

11.4

12.6

18.0

-0 .8

2-88

5.4

5.5

4.0

5.1

7.2

6.1

4.5

6.5

8.9

10.1

8.4

8.5

10.6

-1 .8

-2 .7

655.0
656.4
685.5
698.5
702.8
764.9
765.4
758.1

5-88

5.6

5.6

4.2

5.5

7.2

6.2

4.8

6.7

8 .8

9.8

8.5

8.4

9.9

1.5

2.4

7.8

4-88

5.4

5.4

5.9

4.9

6.6

5.7

4.4

6.0

7.7

8 .4

7.0

6.9

7.8

0.9

1.5

5.7

-0 .5

1-89

5.8

5.8

4.4

5.4

7.0

6.1

4.9

6.5

8.1

8 .8

7.6

7.6

8.4

5.0

4.0

6.5

5.5

11.7

2-84

5-84

4-84

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

1-85

772.5
772.0
795.6P

INITIAL QUARTER
P- PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 25. 1989

GROSS PRIVATE DOM ESTIC INVESTMENT IN 1982 DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-84

5-84

5-84

5.6

4-84

-0 .8

-5 .0

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

INITIAL QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
2-86 5-86 4-86 1-87 2-87

5-87

4-87

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88
664.2

655.7

1-85

-4 .9

- 8 .8 -1 2 .4

2-85

-1 .7

- 5 .5

-2 .5

5-85

-4 .9

-6 .9

-7 .6

4-85

-1 .1

- 2 .0

-1 .2

2.9

0.2

20.8

1-86

1.7

1.4

2.7

6.9

6.5

20.5

2-86

-0 .5

- 1 .0

-0 .4

2 .2

0.7

7.4

5-86

-2 .1

-2 .8

-2 .5

- 0 .7

-2 .5

1.5

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

4-86

- 2 .6

-5 .5

-5 .0

- 1 .6

-5 .2

-0 .2

-4 .9 -1 1 .9 -1 0 .6

1-87

-0 .7

-1 .1

-0 .6

0 .9

-0 .1

5.0

-0 .2

2-87

0.1

- 0 .2

0.5

1.8

1.0

5.8

5-87

0.4

0.2

0.7

2.1

1.4

4.0

4-87

2 .8

2.7

5.4

5 .0

4.6

1-88

2.7

2.7

5.5

4 .7

4.4

2-88

2.1

2 .0

2.5

5.8

5.4

5.4

4.0

5-88

2.5

2.5

2.8

5 .9

5.6

5.5

4.2

4-88

1.9

1.8

2.5

5.5

5.0

4.7

5.4

1-89

2.5

2 .2

2.6

5.7

5.5

5 .0

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

654.5
647.5

8 .6

618.1

- 5 .0 -1 7 .0

648.0
678.0

19.8

652.1

1.5 -1 4 .4

627.6
616.5

-6 .9
6.1

646.4

-4 .7

-1 .2

20.9

1.2

-2 .1

1.2

7.0

14.6

8.8

1.7

-1 .0

1.9

6.4

11.5

6.8

4.8

7.5

5.8

5.9

7.5

12.2

17.6

16.5

20.5

58.6

6.8

5.4

5.7

6.6

10.5

14.5

12.8

14.1

19.1

2 .5

2.4

4.7

7.7

10.4

8 .4

8.5

9.5

-2 .6

-7 .4

2.8

4.9

7.6

9.8

8.1

7.9

8 .7

0.5

-0 .8

6.5

2.1

5.9

6.1

7.9

6.1

5.7

5.9

-1 .0

-2 .2

0.6

-4 .9

5.8

2.6

4.5

6.4

8 .0

6.4

6.1

6.5

0.8

0.5

5.2

1.7

8.8

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

660.1
667.9
724.7
728.9
715.1
726.1
717.1
752.4P

IN IT IA L QUARTER
P~ PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
MAY 2 5 * 1 9 8 9

16

GOVERNM ENT PURCHASES OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN CURRENT DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER

INITIAL QUARTER
2 -8 4

5-84

4-84

5-84

6.0

4-84

8 .0

1-85

8 .9

10.4

10.8

2-85

9.0

10.0

10.0

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-84

2-84

5-84

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

BILLIO N S OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES

746.6
9.9

764.5
784.4
9.1

801.7

5-85

11.2

12.5

15.4

14.7

20 6

4-85

10.7

11.6

12.1

12.5

14 2

840.2
8.1

856.7

1-84

8 .4

8 .8

8 .6

8.1

7

1.8

—4.1

2-86

8 .7

9.0

8 .9

8 .5

8

4.6

2 .8

10.5

5-86

8.4

8 .7

8 .5

8.1

7

5.0

5.9

8 .2

4-86

7.7

7.9

7.7

7«2

6

4.4

5.5

6.1

4.1

2.1

1-87

7.8

7.9

7.7

7.5

7

5.0

4.4

6.6

5 .4

5.1

8 .0

2-87

7.6

7.7

7.5

7.1

4

5.0

4 .5

4.4

5.4

5.2

6.7

847*8
868.8
881.8

6.1

886.5
905*8
915.7

5.4

952.2

5-87

7.6

7.7

7.5

7.1

6

5.5

4.9

6.5

5.8

5.7

6.9

6.4

7.4

4-87

7.5

7.6

7.4

7.1

6

5.5

5 .2

6.5

5.9

5.9

6.9

6.5

7.0

6.6

1-88

6.9

7.0

6.7

6.4

6 2

4.8

4.5

5 .6

4.9

4.7

5.5

4.6

4.5

2.8

-0 .9

2-88

6.9

7.0

6.8

6.5

6 2

5.0

4.7

5.8

5.2

5.1

5.6

5.1

5.0

4.2

5.0

7.1

5-88

6.5

6.4

6.1

5.8

5 5

4.4

4.0

4.9

4.5

4.1

4.4

5.8

5.4

2.5

1.1

2.1

947.5
945.2
961.6
955.5

-2 .6

997.5

4-88

7.0

7.1

6.9

6.6

6 4

5.4

5.2

6.1

5.7

5.6

6.1

5.8

5.9

5.6

5.5

7.4

7.6

18.9

1-89

6.9

7.0

6.8

6.6

6 4

5.5

5.5

6.1

5.7

5.7

6.1

5.8

5.9

5.6

5.4

7.0

7.0

12.2

5.9

2-84

5-84

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»011.8P

INITIAL QUARTER
P- PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 25» 1989

GOVERNMENT PURCHASES OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN 1982 DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-84

INITIAL QUARTER
5-84

5-84

2.6

4-84

5.9

5.2

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

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATES
684.5
695*2

1-85

5.0

6.2

7.5

2-85

5.4

6.5

6.9

6.5

5-85

8.1

9.5

11.0

15.0

19.8

4-85

7.0

7.9

8*6

9.0

10.5

1.6

1-86

5.1

5.5

5.6

5.1

4.7

-2 .1

- 5 .7

2-86

5.6

6.1

6.2

6.0

5*9

1.6

1.6

705*5
716*7
749*8
752*7
741.8
9.5

758.8

5-86

5 .5

5.8

5.9

5.7

5*6

2.5

2 .5

6.9

4.5

4-86

5*5

5.6

5.7

5.5

5*5

2.6

2 .9

5.9

4.2

766.9
4.0

774.5

1-87

4.8

5.0

5*0

4.7

4.4

2.0

2.1

4 .2

2.5

1.6

-0*8

2-87

4.5

4 .5

4 .4

4.1

5.8

1.7

1.7

5.5

1.8

0.9

-0 .6

-0 .4

5-87

4.4

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.0

2.2

2 .5

5.7

2.5

2.1

1.4

2.6

5.7

4-87

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.1

2 .5

2 .6

5.9

2.9

2.7

2.5

5.4

5.4

5 .0

1-88

5.6

5.7

5.5

5.2

5.0

1.4

1.4

2.5

1.5

0.8

0.2

0.5

0.7

-1 .7

772.9
772.2
782.9
792.6
- 7 .9

776.4

2-88

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.0

1.6

1.6

2.5

1.6

1*5

0.8

1.1

1.5

0*2

- 2 .2

5.9

5-88

5.1

5.1

5.0

2.7

2 .4

1.0

1.0

1.7

0.9

0*4

-0 .1

0.1

0.1

-1 .2

- 5 .2

- 0 .7

-5 .2

4-88

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.5

5 .0

1.8

1.9

2 .4

1.9

1*6

1.5

1.7

2.0

1.5

0*4

5.5

5.0

11.9

1-89

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.1

2 .9

1.8

1.8

2 .5

1.9

1*6

1.4

1.6

1.9

1.5

0.6

2 .8

2.5

6.5

1.4

2-84

5-84

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

785.8
775.5
795.5
798.5P

IN IT IA L QUARTER
PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
MAY 25» 1989

17

D IS P O S A B LE P E R S O N A L IN C O M E IN C U R R E N T D O L L A R S
(Com pounced A n n u a l K a te s o f Change)

TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-84

3-84

4-84

1-85

5-84

7.5

4-84

« .«

5.7

1-85

« .2

5 .5

5.4

2-85

7.9

8 .0

9.1

15.1

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-8«

INITIAL QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
2-8« 5-8« 4-8« 1-87 2-87

B IL LIO N S OF

DOLLARS

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88
2.691.1
2.728.6
2*764.6
2.850.7

5-85

5 .9

5 .5

5 .5

5 .5

-1 .5

4-85

« .4

«.1

6.5

6.6

5.5

2*840.0
8.6

2*899.5

1-8«

« .8

6.7

6.9

7.5

5.4

9.0

9.4

2-8«

« .8

« .7

6.9

7.2

5.8

8.4

8 .2

7.1

5-8«

« .5

6.2

6.2

6.4

5.1

6.8

6.2

4.6

2.2

4-8«

«.1

5.9

6.0

6.1

4.9

6.5

5.7

4.5

5.2

4.5

1-87

« .5

6.4

6.5

6.6

5.8

7.0

6.7

6.0

5.7

7.5

10.7

2-87

«.1

5 .9

6.0

6.0

5.2

6.2

5.8

5.1

4.6

5.4

5.9

1.5

5-87

« .5

6.2

6.5

6.4

5.6

6.6

6.5

5.8

5.5

6.5

7.0

5.2

9.5

4-87

« .7

6.6

6.7

6.8

6.2

7.1

6.9

6.6

6.5

7.4

8 .2

7.4

10.5

11.8

1-88

« .7

6.7

6.8

6.9

6.5

7.2

7.0

6.7

6.6

7.4

8 .0

7.4

9.5

9.6

7.4

2-88

« .7

6.6

6.7

6.8

6.5

7.0

6.8

6.6

6.5

7.1

7.6

7.0

8.5

8 .2

6.5

5.6

2*965.1
5*016.5
5.052.4
5*064.7
5*145.9
5*154.1
5*224.9
5.515.8
5.575.6
5,421.5

5-88

« .9

6.8

6.9

7.0

6.6

7.5

7.2

7.0

6.9

7.5

8 .0

7.6

8.9

8 .8

7.8

8 .0

10.4

4-88

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.2

6.7

7.4

7.5

7.1

7.1

7.7

8.1

7.7

8.9

8 .8

8.0

8 .5

9.6

8.8

1-89

7.5

7.5

7.4

7.5

7.2

7.8

7.8

7.6

7.7

8 .2

8 .7

8.4

9.5

9.5

9.1

9.5

10.8

11.0

15.5

2-84

5-84

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

5*507.5
5*582.5
5.6 9 6 .OP

INITIAL QUARTER
P- PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 25» 1989

DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOM E IN 1982 DOLLARS
(Compounded Annual Rates of Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

5-84

5.7

4-84

5.5

2.8

1-85

2.9

2.5

2.1

2-85

4.4

4.6

5.5

8 .9

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-86

INITIAL QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
2-86 5-86 4-86 1-87 2-87

5-87

BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88
2*479.2
2*496.5
2*509.4

2*565.5

5-85

2.6

2.5

2.1

2.1

-4 .5

4-85

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.8

-0 .1

4.4

1-86

5.6

5.6

5.8

4.2

2.7

6.5

8.5

2-86

4.0

4 .0

4.2

4.6

5.6

6.4

7.4

6.5

5-86

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

2.5

4.5

4.2

2.5

-1 .8

4-86

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.2

2.2

5.6

5.4

1.8

-0 .5

0.8

1-87

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.5

2.6

5.8

5.6

2.5

1.2

2.7

4.6

2-87

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

1.7

2.6

2.5

1.2

-0 .1

0.4

0.5

-5 .9

5-87

2.8

2 .7

2.7

2.7

2.1

2.9

2.7

1.8

0.8

1.5

1.7

0.5

4.8

4-87

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.1

2.5

5.5

5.2

2.5

1.8

2.6

5.0

2.5

5.8

6.9

1-88

5.2

5.1

5.2

5.5

2.8

5.5

5.4

2.8

2.5

5.0

5.4

5.1

5.5

5.9

5.0

2-88

5.0

2.9

2.9

5.0

2.5

5.2

5.0

2.5

2.0

2.5

2.8

2.5

4.1

5.9

2.5

0.0

5-88

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.2

2.8

5.4

5.5

2.8

2.4

2.9

5.2

5.0

4.4

4.5

5.5

2.8

5.6

4-88

5.2

5.1

5.2

5.2

2.8

5.4

5.5

2.9

2.5

5.0

5.5

5.1

4.4

4.5

5.6

5.2

4.9

4.1

1-89

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.2

5.7

5.7

5.5

5.0

5.5

5.8

5.7

4.9

4.9

4.5

4.5

5.8

5.9

7.8

2-84

5-84

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

2*555.4
2*562.8
2*614.5
2*655.9
2*645.9
2*649.4
2*679.6
2*652.8
2*685.9
2*728.9
2*762.5
2*762.2
2*800.4
2*828.4
2*882.2P

I N IT IA L QUARTER
PRELIMINARY




PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LOUIS
MAY 2 5 . 1 9 8 9

18

C O R P O R A T E P R O F IT S A F T E R T A X E S
( C o a p o u M A n n u l Rates o f Change)
TERMINAL
QUARTER
2-8 4

5-84

4 -8 4

5-84

-2 5 .5

4-84

-1 5 .2

1-85

-2 4 .2 -2 4 .« -5 9 .4

2-85

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

1-85

2 -8 5

5-8 5

4 -8 5

1-84

IN IT IA L QUARTER
ANNUAL RATES
2-8« 5-8« 4-8 6 1-87

2 -8 7

BILLIO NS OF
DOLLARS
5-87

4 -8 7

1-88

2 -8 8

5-8 8

4-8 8

141.4
159.2

- « .1

122.8
124.2

4 .«

129.2

5-85

-1 1 .8

-8 .«

-9 .5

10.7

17.1

4-85

-7 .2

-5 .5

-2 .9

15.7

18.5

19.9

1-8«

-1 1 .0

-8 .8

-9 .5

0.5

-l.l

-9 .1 -5 1 .0

2-8«

-8 .9

-« .«

-« .7

1.7

1.0

-5 .9 -1 4 .0

7.5

5-8«

-5 .7

-5 .2

-2 .7

5.5

5.4

2 .«

-2 .«

15.8

25.0

155.2
125.2
125.4
152.6
157.9

4-8«

-5 .«

-1 .1

-0 .5

« .9

7.2

5.4

2.0

1«.2

20.9

17.0

1-87

- 5 .9

-1 .7

-1 .2

5.0

5.1

5.2

0.2

10.0

10.9

4.4

2-87

-2 .5

-0 .1

0.5

« .4

« .«

5.2

2 .9

11.5

12.5

8.6

4.7

17.6

5-87

-0 .5

1.9

2 .«

8 .2

8 .«

7 .«

5 .9

15.8

15.1

12.7

11.4

21.7

4-87

-1 .1

0.9

1.5

«.4

« .«

5.5

5.8

10.1

10.5

7.8

5.7

10.2

6.6

-9 .8

1-88

-0 .5

1 .«

2.2

« .8

« .9

« .0

4.5

10.1

10.5

8.5

6.6

10.5

7.9

-0 .1

10.6

2-88

1.8

5.8

4 .«

9.0

9.4

8 .7

7.7

15.2

15.9

12.«

11.7

15.8

15.5

11.9

24.7

40.7

155.5

-6 .8

141.1
149.5

26.0

145.7
149.4
162.7
169.1

5-88

2.7

4 .«

5 .5

9 .«

10.0

9.4

8 .5

15.5

14.2

12.9

12.4

15.9

15.6

15.1

22.0

28.1

16.7

4-88

5.2

5.1

5.8

9.8

10.2

9.7

8 .9

15.5

14.1

15.0* 12.5

15.6

15.2

15.2

19.8

25.0

15.0

15.4

1-89

2.7

4.4

5.0

8 .7

9.0

8 .4

7 .«

11.7

12.1

10.9

10.2

12.5

11.8

9.6

14.0

14.9

7.4

5.0

-6 .5

2-84

5-84

4-84

1-85

2-85

5-85

4-85

1-8«

2-8«

5-86

4-86

1-87

2-87

5-87

4-87

1-88

2-88

5-88

4-88

174.5
171.6P

INITIAL QUARTER
P- PRELIMINARY
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS
MAY 25* 1989

HISTORICAL SOURCES OF
RATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS DATA
Estimates for the series in the regular quarterly presentation
of NIPA tables for 1985-88:11 are published in the July 1988 Survey
of Current Business. Data for 1984 is in the July 1987 Survey of
Current Business and 1983 is in the July 1986 Survey of Current
Business. Estimates for NIPA series for 1929-82 are published in
The National Income and Product Accounts of the United States.
1929-82: Statistical Tables.
For further information and prices, write to the National
Income and Wealth Division (BE-54), Bureau of Economic Analysis,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.




19

INVENTORIES

COMPARED

WITH

MANUFACTURING

MONTHLY

SALES

AND TRADE

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
72

72

1 .6 8

68

1 .6 4

64

1 .6 0

60

56

56

1 .5 2

52

48

48

44

44

40

40

36

36
1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

SOURCE:
* BEG INNING

IN

1982,

INVENTORY DATA REFLECT CHANGES

1986

1987

1988

1989

U .S.DEPARTM EN T OF COMMERCE

IN E STIM A TION PROCEDURES.

SHADED AREAS REPRESENT PERIODS OF BUSINESS R E C E SS IO N S .
LATEST

DATA PLO TTE D :




MARCH PRELIMINARY
PREPARED

20

BY

FEDERAL

RESERVE

BANK

OF

ST.

LOUIS