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SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS
ENTRAL M ISSISSIPPI VALLEY
1ST QUARTER 1976
STATE ACTIVITY

SUMMARY DISCUSSION page 3

METROPOLITAN AREA ACTIVITY

page

page

page

SUMMARY

4

SUMMARY

16

EVANSVILLE

26

ARKANSAS

6

ST. LOUIS

18

SPRINGFIELD, MO

28

KENTUCKY

8

LOUISVILLE

20

FORT SMITH

30

MISSISSIPPI

10

MEMPHIS

22

PINE BLUFF

32

MISSOURI

12

LITTLE ROCK

24

TENNESSEE

14




CHECK PAYMENTS 10 OTHER CITIES
page 34

Prepared by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Released: May 11, 1976

THE DATA

of data for the last Wednesday of the preceding month,
the Wednesday on or preceding the 15th of the current
month, and the last Wednesday of the current month.
Data are collected by this Bank and the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Fort
Smith SMSA data cover only those counties within the
Eighth Federal Reserve District.

Selected economic data are provided for five
states, seven Standard and one Nonstandard Metropoli­
tan Statistical Areas which are entirely or partially
within the Eighth Federal Reserve District. Also
included are check payment series for ten other
Eighth District cities.
Data are presented in both unadjusted and
seasonally adjusted index form. Index numbers are
on a 1971=100 base. The latest data in most series
are preliminary and are revised as the final figures
are received.

Check payments are debits to demand deposit ac­
counts, except interbank and U.S. Government accounts.
The data are based on a sample of commercial banks in
each area adjusted to reflect total debits of all banks
in the area and the number of trading days in the
month. Data are collected by this Bank and the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Manpower Utilization
Basic employment data are from the respective
State Employment Security Office and the United
States Department of Labor. All manpower data for
metropolitan areas are based on the redefinition of
SMSA areas announced in late April 1973, except for
Memphis which is a Nonstandard Metropolitan Statisti­
cal Area. Memphis data include Shelby and Tipton
Counties in Tennessee and Crittenden County, Arkansas,
but exclude De Soto County, Mississippi.

All banking data remain on the Standard Metro­
politan Statistical Area definitions prior to the
April 1973 announcement.
Income
State personal income figures are annual rates
of monthly figures published by Business Week. United
States data are from the Department of Commerce.

Total employment and unemployment series are
household (place-of-residence) data; payroll employ­
ment, nonmanufacturing and manufacturing employment
are establishment (place-of-work) data.

Farm cash receipts are annual rates of monthly
figures published by the United States Department of
Agriculture.

Banking Activity

Total loan and total deposit data are for
Federal Reserve member banks only and are averages




2

SUMMARY OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

manufacturing employment in the cities is still 9.8
percent below its previous peak while such employ­
ment in the U.S. is only 7.4 percent below its peak.
Nonmanufacturing employment, which comprises the re­
maining portion of payroll employment, has risen at
a 1.9 percent rate in the CMV cities in the past three
quarters and at a 2.9 percent rate for the nation as a
whole. The level of nonmanufacturing employment is
currently slightly below the pre-recession peak, while
such employment in the U.S. is 1.5 percent above the
previous peak.

The economy continues upward in the Central
Mississippi Valley (CMV) as reflected in the latest
employment, personal income, and check payments data.
However, the economic recovery in CMV cities and states
is lagging somewhat that of the U.S.
Employment in most of the CMV states and
cities registered further gains in the first quarter of
this year compared with the fourth quarter of 1975.1/
The summary measure of payroll employment in CMV cities
rose at an annual rate of 3*9 percent in the first
quarter, slightly above the 3.7 percent rate of gain
for the U.S. Likewise, payroll employment gained in
the first quarter in all CMV states except Tennessee,
and the decline reported for this state probably re­
flects the revision in the benchmark for first quarter
data rather than an actual decline. The employment
recovery in the CMV is still somewhat behind that of
the nation as a result of the slower rate of gain in
the second half of last year.
In the three quarters
of the current recovery, payroll employment increased
at a 2.7 percent rate in the CMV cities, below the 3.4
percent rate of increase for the nation as a whole.

Personal income made strong gains in the last
three quarters of 1975 in both the CMV states and in the
U.S. Such income increased at an annual rate of about
11 percent in both the CMV states and the U.S.
In con­
trast, during the previous six months personal income
increased at a 6.8 percent rate in the CMV states and
7.5 percent in the U.S.
Check payments in the CMV cities, a proxy for
spending, rose sharply in the first quarter of this
year after a relatively modest increase in the fourth
quarter of last year. On average, such payments have
increased at a 13 percent annual rate over the past two
quarters, compared with a 7.5 percent rate in the pre­
vious four quarters.

Manufacturing employment, which comprises
approximately one-fourth of total payroll employment
in the CMV cities, increased at a 5.4 percent annual
rate in the three quarters of recovery. However,

1/

The payroll employment series for a few cities and states for the first quarter of this year are not strictly
comparable with previous periods.




3

CENTRAL M I S S I S S I P P I

V A L L E Y STATE SUMMARY
1975

1

II

Ilf

IV

19 7 6
1

JAN

1976
FEB

MAR

1 0 6 .9
1 0 6 .6

1 0 5 .6
1 0 6 .7

1 0 5 .5
1 0 7 .6

1 0 6 .6
1 0 7 .6

1 0 7 .0
1 0 9 .2

1 0 7 .5
1 0 9 .0

1 0 7 .3
109.1

1 0 6 .2
1 0 9 .6

1 1 0 .6
1 0 7 .9

1 0 9 .4
1 0 7 .3

1 0 9 .5
106.1

1 1 0 .9
1 0 9 .0

1 1 1 .6
1 1 0 .0

1 1 1 .4
1 0 9 .8

1 1 1 .9
1 1 0 .0

1 1 1 .7
1 1 0 .2

1 1 4 .6
1 1 0 .9

1 1 3 .7
1 1 0 .7

1 1 3 .4
1 1 1 .6

1 1 4 .5
1 1 2 .3

1 1 5 .3
113.1

1 1 5 .2
1 1 3 .0

1 1 5 .6
1 1 3 .0

1 1 5 .2
1 1 3 .4

1 0 1 .8
9 9 .5

9 9 .2
9 7 .8

1 0 0 .3
9 6 .2

102.1
9 9 .6

1 0 2 .9
101.1

1 0 2 .2
1 0 0 .7

103.1
1 0 1 .3

1 0 3 .3
1 0 1 .3

7 .2
6 .1

8 .2
8 .7

8 .2
8 .6

7 .6
6 .5

6 .5
7 .6

6 .4
7 .8

6 .4
7 .6

6 .6
7 .5

1 4 2 .2
140.1

1 4 7 .5
1 4 2 .5

1 5 2 .3
1 4 6 .9

154.1
1 5 0 .7

N. A.
1 5 4 .2

1 6 1 .5
1 5 2 .9

N .A .
1 5 4 .3

N .A .
1 5 5 .2

1 4 0 .4
1 4 7 .7

1 5 6 .9
1 7 1 .6

1 5 9 .7
185.1

1 5 6 .5
1 8 0 .9

N. A.
N. A.

N. A.
N. A.

N .A .
N.A .

N.A .
N .A .

MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT INDEX
C .M .V . STATESJJ
UNITED STATES
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT INDEX
C .M .V . STATESJJ
UNITED STATES
NONMANUFACTUR1N6 EMPLOYMENT INDEX
C .M .V . STATESJJ
UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT INDEX
C .M .V . STATESJJ
UNITED STATES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
C .M .V . STATESJJ
UNITED STATES

INCOME
PERSONAL INCOME INDEX
C .M .V . STATES
UNITED STATES
FARM CASH RECEIPTS INDEX
C .M .V . STATES
UNITED STATES

J J F IR S T QUARTER 1 9 7 6 OATA ARE NOT S T R IC T L Y COMPARABLE W ITH PREVIOUS OATA.

N .A .
ALL

-

NOT AVAILABLE

INDEXES:




1 9 7 1-100

4

1971-100

PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

MWWWP 'sW / rV
1971-100
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SEASONALLY AOJUSTED INDEX
YEAR ENDIN9
NARCN 1976

TOTAL

TOTAL

NONMANUFACTURIN6 EMPLOYMENT
130

U .S .

+ 1 .8

4 2 .7

NONNANUFACTURING

4 1 .1

4 2 .6

NANUFACTURING

4 3 .7

4 3 .3

4 0 .3

4 3 .1

ENPLOYNENT

PERSONAL INCONE X X
XX

IJ A m r y
PAYROLL ENPLOYNENT

4 14 .1

4 9 .3

YEAR ENDING JANUARY

125

PERSONAL

1971 -100
165

MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT

115

180

160

175

175

170

170

165

165

t

160

155
PERCENT

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

PERCENT

155

150

150

/ /

110

12

12

145

105

10

10

140

100

8

8

135

135

95

6

6

130

130

90

4

4

125

125

85

2

2

120

C .M .V . STATES
u.s.
X F IR S T QUARTER DATA NOT S T R IC T L Y COMPARABLE
WITH PREVIOUS DATA.



1971 -100

165

160

120

INCOME

111 u i >1111 ■l 11H 1l l 1ll
1974

1975

1976

ALL DATA ARE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

145

aO

111n l i t l i i
1974

ii

140

1i i 1i i L j- i i 11-t.i i i i i i .
1975

1976

120

PREPARED 6Y FEDERAL RESERVE DANK OF ST. LOUIS

ARKANSAS
1

II

1975
III

IV

197 6
1

JAN

1976
FEB

MAR

7 4 9 .9
1 1 0 .4

7 8 1 .0
1 0 8 .9

7 9 5 .5
109.1

7 6 6 .7
1 1 1 .9

7 6 0 .3
1 1 2 .0

7 4 6 .6
1 1 2 .3

7 5 7 .8
1 1 2 .0

7 7 6 .2
1 1 1 .5

6 1 1 .6
1 1 3 .6

6 1 5 .6
1 1 1 .9

6 2 3 .2
1 1 2 .0

6 3 2 .2
1 1 4 .7

6 2 9 .6
1 1 7 .0

6 2 6 .6
117.1

6 3 0 .0
117.1

6 3 2 .3
1 1 6 .7

4 3 9 .1
1 1 6 .5

4 4 5 .2
1 1 7 .6

4 4 4 .2
1 1 6 .2

4 5 1 .9
1 1 9 .3

4 4 6 .4
1 2 1 .0

4 4 6 .5
1 2 1 .3

4 4 6 .2
1 2 1 .0

4 5 0 .5
1 2 0 .7

1 7 2 .7
1 0 3 .0

1 7 0 .5
9 9 .3

1 7 8 .9
1 0 2 .6

1 8 0 .2
1 0 4 .4

1 8 1 .2
108.1

180.1
1 0 7 .9

1 8 1 .6
1 0 8 .4

1 6 1 .6
1 0 7 .9

6 4 .9
6 .5

6 2 .4
9 .7

6 9 .6
9 .2

64.1
6 .0

6 0 .4
6 .1

6 4 .0
6 .1

6 0 .9
6 .1

5 6 .3
6 .1

6 ,206
1 4 9 .7

6 ,5 2 4
1 5 4 .3

9 ,3 4 0
162.1

10,7 0 0
1 5 4 .5

N.A.
N.A.

9 ,6 1 6
1 7 6 .3

N .A .
N.A .

N.A .
N .A .

1 ,5 3 9
1 9 6 .8

1 ,3 8 2
1 6 6 .3

1 ,6 7 4
1 9 8 .6

4 ,2 4 3
1 7 8 .4

N.A.
N.A.

N .A .
N.A .

N .A .
N.A.

N .A .
N.A.

MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT-U
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTUR1N6 EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

J]

INCOME
PERSONAL INCOME
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
FARM CASH RECEIPTS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

JJFIRST QUARTER 1976 DATA ARE NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS DATA.
N .A . - NOT AVAILABLE
ALL

INDEXES:




1 9 7 1 -1 0 0

6

ARKANSAS
PERCENTAGE CHANCE
SEASONALLY AOJUSTEO INDEX
YEAR ENDINC
MARCH 1976
ARKANSAS
NONKANUFACTURINC
NANUFACTURINC
1974

1975

TOTAL ENPLOYNENT

1976

NONMANUFACTURIN6 EMPLOYMENT

PERSONAL INCOME X X
XX

♦ 2 .7

♦ 2 .5

♦ 2 .6

1975

1976

MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT

PERSONAL

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

per c e n t

♦ 3 .3
♦ 3 .1

♦ 1 6 .6

♦ 9 .3

INCOME

1971 -100
360

340

340

320

320

300

300

280

280

260

260

1

240
percent

♦ S .6
♦ 2 .5

YEAR ENDING JANUARY

1971-100
360

1974

U .S .

♦ 4 .2

TOTAL PAYROLL ENPLOYNENT

240

220

220

200

200

180

160

f

160

160

140

140
------- -----------------

120
100
ALL 9ATA ARC SEASONALLY ADJSSTED
ARKANSAS

m

m

U .S .

_

_

XFIRST QUARTER DATA NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE
DATA.


WITH PREVIOUS


7
f

120
11 h i,l i l l 11■ I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1974

1975

111 11 I t 1111

1976

100

PREPARES BY FEBERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LONIS

KENTUCKY
19 7 5
1

IV

197 6
1

JAN

1976
FEB

MAR

It

111

1 2 7 6 .3
1 1 0 .5

1 3 0 3 .6
1 0 8 .5

1 3 2 1 .8
1 0 8 .4

1 3 2 2 .3
1 0 9 .4

1 2 8 6 .9
1 1 1 .5

1 2 8 3 .6
1 1 1 .9

1 2 8 4 .6
1 1 1 .6

1 2 9 2 .4
1 1 0 .8

1 0 3 4 .9
1 1 3 .3

1 0 3 6 .4
111.1

1041.1
1 1 1 .0

1 0 5 3 .9
112 .0

1046.1
1 1 4 .6

1 0 4 2 .6
1 1 4 .0

1 0 4 7 .8
1 1 5 .2

1 0 4 8 .0
1 1 4 .5

7 7 6 .5
1 1 6 .6

7 8 6 .4
115.1

788 .1
1 1 4 .9

7 9 9 .0
1 1 6 .3

7 6 9 .6
1 1 6 .6

7 6 5 .3
1 1 8 .0

7 9 0 .4
119.1

7 9 3 .1
1 1 8 .7

2 5 6 .5
1 0 4 .4

2 5 0 .0
1 0 0 .4

2 5 3 .0
1 0 0 .2

2 5 4 .9
100 .2

2 5 6 .5
1 0 3 .6

2 5 7 .3
1 0 3 .3

2 5 7 .4
1 0 4 .4

2 5 4 .9
1 0 3 .3

9 9 .8
6 .4

1 0 6 .8
7 .7

1 0 4 .7
7 .9

100.7
7 .5

1 0 7 .8
6 .6

1 0 7 .7
6 .5

1 1 1 .9
6 .9

1 0 3 .7
6 .9

1 5 ,3 4 6
1 4 4 .6

1 5 ,5 2 0
1 4 7 .0

1 6 ,1 0 4
1 5 1 .6

17,432
1 5 5 .3

N. A.
N. A.

1 7 ,7 9 6
1 6 3 .0

N. A.
N. A.

N. A.
N. A.

1 ,3 2 7
1 3 6 .0

759
1 4 7 .0

926
1 4 7 .3

2 ,3 7 6
1 4 7 .6

N. A.
N. A.

N. A.
N. A.

N. A.
N. A.

N. A.
N. A.

MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTUR1N6 EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

INCOME
PERSONAL INCOME
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
FARM CASH RECEIPTS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

N .A .
ALL

-

NOT A V A IL A B L E

IN D E X E S :




1 9 7 1 -1 0 0

8

KENTUCKY
PERCENTAGE CHANCE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1976
KENTUCKY
4 2 .0

4 2 .7

NONMANUFACTURING

4 2 .2

4 2 .6

MANUFACTURING

TOTAL PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

NONMANUFACTURIN6 EMPLOYMENT

U .S .

4 1 .5

4 3 .3

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT

4 1 .4

4 3 .1

PERSONAL INCOME *

4 1 3 .9

4 9 .3

BE YEAR ENDING JANUARY

130
125

1971-100
185

MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT




175

175

170

170

165

165

160

160

12

145

110

10

10

140

105

8

8

135

100

6 ____

6

130

4

4

125

2

M 111111111. i-i-L i- iIiili i ■111■1««1 ■I
1974

1975

1976

ALL DATA ARE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

9

2

s

150

12

90

U .S .

PERCENT

1971 -1 0 0
185
180

115

95

KENTUCKY

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

PERCENT

INCOME

180

155

125

120

PERSONAL

120

y /

155
150
145
140
135

r^s

130
125
11111111111
1974

11111 l.j i l u 1 1 1 1 n L i i 1 11
1975
1976

120

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

MISSISSIPPI
1

II

fit

IV

19 7 6
1

JAN

1976
FEB

MAR

6 3 3 .7
1 1 0 .3

8 3 2 .9
1 0 6 .5

8 4 5 .0
1 0 6 .6

8 4 7 .6
1 08 .4

631.1
1 0 9 .9

8 2 4 .7
1 1 0 .3

8 2 5 .5
1 0 9 .6

6 4 3 .1
1 0 9 .7

6 6 1 .4
113.1

6 5 8 .6
1 1 1 .0

6 6 6 .4
1 1 1 .6

6 8 2 .7
114.0

676.1
1 1 5 .6

6 7 4 .6
1 1 5 .5

6 7 4 .4
1 1 5 .5

6 7 9 .2
1 1 5 .6

4 6 6 .8
117.1

4 6 6 .6
1 1 5 .4

4 6 7 .0
1 1 5 .3

4 7 6 .6
116 .6

4 7 1 .2
1 1 8 .2

4 7 0 .0
118,1

4 7 0 .2
1 1 6 .3

4 7 3 .3
1 1 6 .2

1 9 4 .6
1 0 4 .4

1 9 1 .6
1 0 1 .8

1 9 9 .5
1 0 4 .3

206.1
108 .4

2 0 4 .9
1 1 0 .0

2 0 4 .6
1 0 9 .9

2 0 4 .2
1 0 9 .5

2 0 5 .9
1 1 0 .6

6 9 .9
7.1

7 2 .5
7 .7

6 6 .3
7 .6

4 9 .8
6.1

55.1
5 .7

5 5 .4
5 .7

5 5 .9
5 .6

5 4 .1
5 .7

8 ,8 3 2
1 4 5 .8

9 ,1 2 0
1 5 2 .4

9 ,7 6 6
1 5 9 .8

10,772
160.7

N.A.
N. A.

1 0 ,3 2 0
1 6 5 .5

N.A .
N.A .

N .A .
N .A .

1 ,1 1 0
1 2 5 .6

823
1 4 0 .8

901
1 3 9 .9

2,411
1 3 4 .3

N.A.
N.A.

N.A .
N.A .

N.A .
N.A .

N.A .
N .A .

19 7 5

MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

INCOME
PERSONAL INCOME
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
FARM CASH RECEIPTS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

N .A .
ALL

-

NOT AVAILABLE

INDEXES:




1 9 7 1 -1 0 0

10

MISSISSIPPI
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1976
M ISS ISS IPP I
TOTAL PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

NONMANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT

4 3 .4

4 2 .7

NONMANUFACTURING

4 1 .4

4 2 .6

MANUFACTURING

4 8 .3

4 3 .3

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT

4 1 .9

4 3 .1

PERSONAL INCOME *

4 1 4 .3

4 9 .3

*

135

U .S .

YEAR ENDING JANUARY

130

PERSONAL

1971 -100
185

INCOME

1971 -100
185

180

180

175

175

170

170

f
r

165

MANUFACTURING

EMPLOYMENT

160

120
115




U.S.

PERCENT
12

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

PERCENT

12
10

140

105

8

8

135

6

130

4

125

6
—

/
^1/

95

4

90

2 A.ill 1111 111
1974

111I I I I jJ l-L -11 1II 111111
1975

1976

ALL DATA ARE SEASONALLY AOJUSTED

11

2

j

145

10

120

155

/
J

150

110

100

160

155

125

MISSISSIPPI

165

J

^

150

/

145

\

140

s N

135
130
125

-li.Li 11i_l !i i. j iIjj
1974

Ltili.1 ii 11 1 J n U-i, 120

1975

1976

PREPARED 8Y FEDERAL RESERVE DANK OF ST. LOUIS

MISSOURI
197 5
1

11

III

IV

1976
1

JAN

1976
FEB

MAR

MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT!!
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT!!
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT!!
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT JJ
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT!!
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

1 6 7 0 .0
102.1

1 9 3 3 .9
1 0 1 .5

1 9 4 0 .6
1 0 1 .5

1 92 9.5
102 .0

1 8 9 3 .5
1 0 3 .4

1 6 9 7 .0
1 0 4 .5

1 9 0 4 .5
1 0 4 .2

1879.1
1 0 1 .6

1 7 1 6 .6
1 0 5 .4

1 7 3 6 .4
1 0 4 .4

1 7 2 8 .6
104 .2

1 74 9.9
104 .9

1 7 2 2 .9
1 0 5 .6

1 7 1 3 .8
1 0 5 .4

1 7 2 1 .7
1 0 6 .0

1733.1
106.1

1 51 0.2
1 0 8 .6

1 33 4.2
1 0 7 .9

1 3 2 1 .0
1 0 7 .4

1 33 6.5
106 .0

131 2.2
1 0 8 .7

1 3 0 5 .4
1 0 8 .6

1 3 1 0 .7
1 0 6 .6

1 3 2 0 .6
1 0 6 .6

4 0 6 .4
9 6 .4

4 0 2 .2
9 4 .4

4 0 7 .6
9 4 .9

4 1 3 .4
9 5 .9

4 1 0 .6
9 7 .5

4 0 6 .4
9 6 .4

4 1 1 .0
9 6 .0

4 1 2 .5
96.1

1 5 6 .6
6 .6

1 5 4 .3
7 .5

1 4 7 .6
7 .4

142 .8
7 .5

142 .2
6.1

1 4 8 .5
6 .1

1 3 5 .9
5 .8

1 4 2 .2
6 .3

2 4 ,5 5 6
1 3 4 .8

2 5 ,9 9 6
1 4 1 .6

2 6 ,5 2 6
1 4 3 .9

2 7 ,7 0 4
1 4 6 .5

N. A.
N. A.

2 7 ,3 9 6
1 5 1 .0

N .A .
N.A .

N .A .
N.A .

2 ,2 4 6
1 3 9 .5

2 ,1 1 4
1 7 3 .9

2 ,5 3 6
1 6 2 .7

3 ,2 5 3
1 4 8 .6

N.A.
N. A.

N.A .
N.A .

N.A.
N.A.

N.A.
N.A.

INCOME
PERSONAL INCOME
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
FARM CASH RECEIPTS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

JJFIRST QUARTER 1976 DATA ARE NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS DATA.
N . A . - NOT AVAILABLE
ALL

INDEXES:




1 9 7 1 -1 0 0

12

MISSOURI
PERCENTAGE CHANCE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
YEAR ENDING
HARCH 1D76
MISSOURI

U .S .

* 1 .5

♦ 2 .7

NONIIANUFACTUR INC

♦O.T

♦ 2 .6

NANUFACTURINC

♦ 3 .9

♦ 3 .3

TOTAL PAYROLL ENPLOYNENT

TOTAL ENPLOYNENT

NONMANUFACTURIN6 EMPLOYMENT

PERSONAL INCONE X X
X X

118

-0 .5

♦ 3 .1

♦ 1 3 .6

♦ 9 .3

YEAR ENDING JANUARY

116

MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT

MISSOURI

-

Digitized forXFIRST
FRASER QUARTER
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
WITH PREVIOUS
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

U .S .

______

DATA NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE
DATA.

ALL DATA ARC SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

13

PREPARES SY FEDERAL RESERVE DANK OF ST. LOUIS

TENNESSEE
1975
1

IV

19 7 6
1

JAN

1976
FEB

II

III

MAR

1 6 4 9 .8
1 0 6 .7

1 6 9 5 .0
106.2

1 7 1 2 .3
1 0 5 .9

1726.1
107 .4

1 6 1 2 .6
1 0 4 .3

1 6 0 4 .7
1 0 4 .3

1 6 0 9 .6
1 0 4 .5

1 6 2 3 .9
104.1

1 51 5.7
1 1 3 .6

1 5 2 7 .6
1 1 2 .6

1 5 4 2 .5
1 1 3 .0

156 6.3
114 .5

1506.1
1 1 3 .0

1 5 0 2 .9
1 1 2 .7

1 5 0 6 .6
1 1 3 .3

1 5 1 2 .7
1 1 3 .0

1 0 4 3 .4
1 1 6 .5

1 0 6 0 .3
1 1 6 .0

1 0 6 4 .9
1 1 6 .3

1060.4
1 1 9 .4

1 0 4 0 .6
1 1 8 .2

1 0 3 7 .6
118.1

1042.1
1 1 8 .8

1 0 4 2 .7
1 1 7 .6

4 7 2 .3
1 0 4 .0

4 6 7 .3
1 0 2 .0

4 7 7 .6
1 0 2 .8

4 6 7 .9
105.1

4 6 7 .3
1 0 2 .9

4 6 5 .3
1 0 2 .0

4 6 6 .5
1 0 2 .6

4 7 0 .0
1 0 3 .8

1 5 7 .6
7 .7

1 6 5 .0
8 .7

1 5 6 .5
9 .0

145 .4
6 .4

1 4 4 .4
7 .3

1 4 6 .0
7 .1

1 4 5 .0
7 .2

1 4 2 .2
7 .5

1 8 ,8 7 6
1 4 5 .4

1 9 ,6 0 4
1 5 1 .5

2 0 ,8 2 8
1 5 7 .0

21,7 3 2
1 6 0 .5

N. A.
N. A.

2 1 ,3 9 6
1 6 4 .6

N. A.
N. A.

N. A.
N. A.

664
113.1

595
1 2 6 .5

766
1 3 8 .9

1 ,8 4 4
146.2

N. A.
N. A.

N. A.
N. A.

N. A.
N. A.

N. A.
N. A.

MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
TOTAL EMPLOYMENTJJ
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENTU
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTUR1N6 EMPLOYMENTJJ
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT JJ
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT!]
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

INCOME
PERSONAL INCOME
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
FARM CASH RECEIPTS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

I f FIRST QUARTER 19T6 DATA ARE NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS DATA.
N .A .
ALL

-

NOT A V A IL A B L E

IN D E X E S :




1 9 7 1 -1 0 0

14

TENNESSEE
PERCENTAGE CHAN6E
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
YEAR END INS
NARCH 1976
TENNESSEE
TOTAL PAYROLL ENPLOYNENT

.0 .5

4 2 .7

NONNANUFACTURINS

- 0 .1

4 2 .6

MANUFACTURING

4 1 .2

4 5 .5

-1 .6

4 5 .1

4 1 5 .r

4 9 .5

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT

NONMANUFACTURIN6 EMPLOYMENT

PERSONAL INCOME * X
XX

135

U .S .

YEAR ENDING JANUARY

130

PERSONAL

1971 -100
160

MANUFACTURING

EMPLOYMENT

115

175

170

170

165

165

160

160
155

s

150

150
PERCENT

110

12

105

10

100

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

PERCENT
12

J

145

/

.

145

140

140

10

135

135

8

8

130

130

95

6

6

125

125

90

4

4

120

85

XFIRST
 QUARTER
WITH PREVIOUS


1971 -1 0 0
160

175

155

120

TENNESSEE

INCOME

2

1«1««1111«1 111 111 ll-lllJ 1■1■■1■■1i ■

U.S.

DATA NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE
DATA.

1974

1975

1976

ALL DATA ARC SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

15

2

115

120
■■ l l l l t l l l l
1974

11111111111 i iJ . t d 111u .
1975

1976

115

PREPARED SY FEDERAL RESERVE SANK OF ST* LOUIS

EIGHT CENTRAL M I S S I S S I P P I VALLEY
METROPOLITAN AREAS
II

19 7 5
III

IV

1976
1

JAN

1976
FEB

MAR

104.1
1 0 7 .3

1 0 4 .6
108.1

105.2
109.0

1 06 .2
1 1 0 .0

1 0 6 .2
1 0 9 .8

1 0 6 .4
1 1 0 .0

1 0 5 .9
1 1 0 .2

1 0 8 .2
1 1 0 .7

1 0 6 .5
1 1 1 .6

109.1
112.3

109 .7
113.1

1 0 9 .9
1 1 3 .0

1 0 9 .9
1 1 3 .0

1 0 9 .3
1 1 3 .4

9 3 .6
9 7 .6

9 4 .7
9 6 .2

9 5 .3
9 9 .8

9 7 .4
101.1

9 7 .1
1 0 0 .7

9 7 .6
1 0 1 .3

9 7 .4
1 0 1 .3

7 .9
8 .7

6 .0
6 .6

6 .2
8 .5

N. A.
7 .6

N.A .
7 .8

N.A.
7 .6

N.A .
7 .5

103

103

103

104

104

103

104

104

1 5 4 .9
1 6 1 .4

1 5 4 .5
1 5 8 .2

1 5 3 .9
1 5 5 .6

152.3
157.0

1 5 3 .6
N. A.

1 5 3 .9
1 5 7 .4

1 5 2 .8
1 5 7 .2

1 5 4 .2
N.A .

1 3 0 .2
1 4 0 .0

1 3 3 .2
1 4 1 .4

1 3 4 .6
1 4 2 .3

137.7
144.5

1 3 9 .3
1 4 5 .6

1 3 9 .4
1 4 4 .9

1 3 6 .4
146.1

1 4 0 .0
1 4 5 .9

1 8 8 .6
1 8 5 .4

191.1
185.1

1 9 2 .2
1 9 2 .4

193.7
194.0

204.1
N.A.

1 9 7 .6
1 9 7 .8

2 0 5 .8
1 9 9 .0

2 0 8 .8
N.A.

1

MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT INDEX
C .M .V . AREASJJ
1 0 5 .4
UNITED STATES
1 0 7 .9
NONMANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT INDEX
C .M .V . AREAS 11
1 0 9 .4
UNITED STATES
1 1 0 .9
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT INDEX
C .M .V . AREASJJ
9 5 .2
9 9 .5
UNITED STATES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
C .M .V . AREAS
7 .2
UNITED STATES
8 .1

BANKING A C T I V I T Y
NUMBER OF MEMBER BANKS
MEMBER BANK LOANS INDEX
C .M .V . AREAS
UNITED STATES
MEMBER BANK DEPOSITS INDEX
C .M .V . AREAS
UNITED STATES
CHECK PAYMENTS I N D E X *
C .M .V . AREAS
UNITED STATES

*

BASED ON A SAMPLING OF MEMBER AND NONMEMBER BANKS.
N .A .
ALL

-

NOT AVAILABLE

INDEXES:

1 9 7 1 -1 0 0

JJFIRST QUARTER 1976 DATA ARE NOT STRICTLY
COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS DATA.



__

16

E I G H T CENTRAL M I S S I S S I P P I VALLEY
METROPOLI TAN AREAS

PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

TOTAL

BANK LOANS

1971 •100

1971 -100

220

220
210

210

200

200

190

190

YEAR END INC

160

160

MARCH 1976

170

170

160

160

TOTAL PAYROLL ENPLOYNENT

♦ 1 .3

♦ 2 .7

150

150

TOTAL LOANS X X

-1 .2

-2 .6

140

MO

TOTAL DEPOSITS

♦ 6 .6

♦ 4 .0

CHECK PAYMENTS X X

♦ 8 .7

♦ 7 .9

130

PERCENTACE CHANCE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

SUMMARY

XX

120

120

110

110

100 ■H 111111111 I I 1111M It 1 I I 111 1II 1I I
1974

1975

1976

TOTAL BANK D E P O S IT S

U .S .

YEAR END INC FEBRUARY

100

CHECK PAYMENTS

1971-100

197 1-10 0
260

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

240

220
200
180
160
140
1975

1974
C .M .V .

AREAS

Digitized forXFIRST
FRASER QUARTER
WITH PREVIOUS


1976
U .S .

DATA NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE
DATA.

1974
ALL DATA ARE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

17

1975

1976

120

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

ST.

LO UIS, M IS S O U R I-IL L IN O IS
M E T R O P O L I T A N AREA

MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT JJ
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENTJJ
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENTJJ
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

BANKING A C T I V I T Y
NUMBER OF MEMBER BANKS
MEMBER BANK LOANS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MEMBER BANK DEPOSITS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
CHECK PAYMENTS *
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
*

BASED ON A SAMPLING OF MEMBER AND NONMEMBER BANKS.
N .A .

-

NOT AVAILABLE

ALL INDEXES: 1971-100
ilFIRST QUARTER 1976 DATA ARE NOT STRICTLY
COMPARABLE
TH PREVIOUS DATA.



VI

18

ST. LOUIS
ftl I S S O U R ( - I L L I N O I S
METROPOLI TAN AREA
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

TOTAL BANK LOANS
1971 -100

1971 -100

220

220
210

210

200

200

190

190

YEAR END INC

180

180

MARCH 1976

170

170

160

160

TOTAL PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

150

150

TOTAL LOANS X X

-1 .0

-2 .6

140

MO

TOTAL DEPOSITS

♦ 6 .4

♦ 4 .0

150

150

CHECK PAYMENTS X X

♦ 9 .0

♦ 7 .9

120

120

110
1974

1975

100

1976

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

1974

1975

1976

1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 11

11 1 1 11 1 11M

1974

1975

1976

U .S .

♦ 2 .2

♦ 2 .7

YEAR END INC FESRUARY

100

1971-100

CHECK PAYMENTS

1 97 1 -1 0 0
260
240

PERCENT

12

220

10

200

6

160

6

160

4

140

2

120

ST. LOUIS _ _
U.S. _____
X FIRST QUARTER DATA NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE

WITH PREVIOUS DATA.


X X

ST. LOUIS

110
n 1 111 111n

TOTAL BANK D E P O S IT S

PERCENT

PERCENTA9E CHANCE
SEASONALLY AOJUSTEO INDEX

ALL OATA ARE SEASONALLY ADJUSTEO

19

PREPARES BY FEDERAL RESERVE SANK OF ST. LOUIS

L O U I S V I L L E , KENTUCKY-INDIANA
METROPOLITAN AREA
MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

BANKING A C T I V I T Y
NUMBER OF MEMBER BANKS
MEMBER BANK LOANS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MEMBER BANK DEPOSITS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
CHECK PAYMENTS *
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
*

BASED ON A SAMPLING OF MEMBER AND NONMEMBER BANKS.
N .A .
ALL

-

NOT AVAILABLE

INDEXES:




1 9 7 1-100

20

LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY-INDIANA
METROPOLITAN AREA
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

TOTAL BANK LOANS
1971- *100
230

1971-100
230

220

220

210

210

200

200

YEAR ENDING

190

190

MARCH 1976

? A

160

160
V

V \

-0 .5

♦ 2 .7

TOTAL LOANS X

-7 .7

-2 .6

150

150

TOTAL DEPOSITS

♦ 4 .0

♦ 4 .0

140

140

♦ 1 2 .6

♦ 7 .9

130

130

120

120

r

’

'—

'

1974

1975

1976

TOTAL BANK DEPOSITS

PERCENT

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

U .S .

TOTAL PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

110 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 11. 1 n ■L-L.1 111l l J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111

1976

LOUISVILLE

160

160

1975

/

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

170

170

1974

a

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CHECK PAYMENTS X
X

YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY

110

1971-100

CHECK PAYMENTS

1971-100
260
240

PERCENT

12

12

220

10

10

200

8

180

6

160

4

140

2

120

6

s

6
4

2

u l l l l l . i l 11 11111 Lxil.i i 11111111 111
1974

LOUISVILLE



1975

1976

U.S.

ALL DATA ARE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

21

PREPARED DY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

M E M P H I S , T EN N ES SE E - A R K A N S A S
M E T R O P O L I T A N AREA
MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENTJLj
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENTJJ
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT I I
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT!]
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

BANKING A C T I V I T Y
NUMBER OF MEMBER BANKS
MEMBER BANK LOANS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MEMBER BANK DEPOSITS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
CHECK PAYMENTS *
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
*

BASED ON A SAMPLING OF MEMBER AND NONMEMBER BANKS.
N .A .

-

NOT AVAILABLE

ALL INDEXES: 1971-100
JJFIRST QUARTER 1 9 7 6 DATA ARE NOT STRICTLY
COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS DATA.



22

MEMPHIS
TENNESSEE-ARKANSAS
METROPOLITAN AREA
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

TOTAL BANK LOANS
1971 •100

1971* •100

220

220

210

210

200

200

190

190

YEAR END INS

180

180

NARCH 1876

170

170

160

160

TOTAL PAYROLL ENPLOYNENT

- 0 .3

4 2 .7

ISO

150

TOTAL LOANS * *

- 4 .8

-2 .6

140

140

TOTAL DEPOSITS

•»3.7

4 4 .0

CHECK PAYNENTS « £

-2 .7

4 7 .9

ISO

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

NENPHIS

3K*

120

120

110

110

100

PERCENTASE CHANCE

i l l 11 111 111

1974

u l l l l l l i l l

1975

1978

TO TAL BANK D E P O S IT S

U .S .

YEAR END I NS FEBRUARY

100

1971-190

CHECK PAYMENTS

1 9 7 1 -1 9 9

300
PERCENT

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

12

250

10

225

S

200

8

175

4

150

2

125

MEMPHIS
u.s. _____
* FRASER
FIRST QUARTER DATA NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE
Digitized for
WITH PREVIOUS DATA.


275

PERCENT

ALL DATA A M SEASONALLY A9JNSTE9

23

PMPARC 9 9Y FEDERAL REMR VC SANK OF OT. LORIS

LITTLE

ROCK,

NORTH L I T T L E ROCK,
M E T R O P O L I T A N AREA
197 5

ARKANSAS
197 6

II

III

IV

1

JAN

1976
FEB

MAR

1 4 9 .6
1 1 8 .5

1 5 0 .0
116 .2

1 5 0 .8
1 1 5 .8

151.7
117 .3

150 .4
1 19 .2

1 4 9 .9
1 1 9 .4

1 5 0 .4
119.1

1 5 1 .0
1 1 6 .9

1 2 2 .6
1 2 3 .5

1 2 3 .4
121.2

1 2 3 .6
1 2 0 .4

124 .7
1 2 2 .4

123.1
1 2 4 .0

123.1
1 2 4 .6

1 2 3 .0
1 2 3 .6

1 2 3 .2
1 2 3 .3

2 7 .0
1 0 0 .0

2 6 .5
9 7 .4

2 7 .3
9 6 .5

2 7 .0
9 8 .3

2 7 .3
1 0 1 .3

2 6 .6
9 9 .7

2 7 .4
1 0 1 .8

2 7 .8
1 0 2 .5

1 1 .3
6 .5

1 2 .4
7 .6

1 0 .4
6 .7

1 0 .3
6 .6

6 .2
4 .9

6 .6
4 .7

7 .6
4 .5

6 .3
5 .5

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

728
1 8 4 .9

764
1 9 3 .5

776
2 0 3 .0

769
2 0 4 .5

622
2 0 6 .6

806
2 0 5 .9

620
2 0 9 .9

839
2 0 9 .9

857
1 4 7 .4

696
153 .7

905
1 5 7 .7

948
1 6 3 .5

968
1 6 6 .4

984
1 6 6 .6

957
1 6 5 .6

962
1 6 6 .9

2 2 .8
2 0 1 .8

2 4 .5
2 1 0 .9

2 3 .5
2 0 7 .6

2 5 .2
2 1 7 .4

2 8 .3
2 4 1 .3

2 9 .3
2 2 5 .5

24.1
2 4 7 .8

3 1 .6
2 5 0 .5

1
MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT!)
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

BANKING A C T I V I T Y
NUMBER OF MEMBER BANKS
MEMBER BANK LOANS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MEMBER BANK DEPOSITS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
CHECK P A Y M E N T S *
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

BASED ON A SAMPLING OF MEMBER AND NONMEMBER BANKS.
N .A .

-

NOT AVAILABLE

ALL INDEXES: 1971-100
1) FIRST QUARTER 1976 DATA ARE NOT STRICTLY
COMPARABLE WITH PREVIOUS OATA.



24

L I T T L E ROCK
NORTH L I T T L E ROCKv ARKANSAS
METROPOLI TAN AREA
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

TOTAL

1971- -100
240

230

230

220

220

210

210

YEAR ENDING

200

MARCH 1976

/V

200
190

/
zr—

r w

LITTLE ROCK

190

U .S .

TOTAL PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

♦ 1 .4

♦ 2 .7

170

TOTAL LOANS * K

♦ 1 4 .6

-2 .6

160

160

TOTAL DEPOSITS

♦ 1 2 .4

♦ 4 .0

CHECK PAYMENTS * X

♦ 2 2 .9

♦ 7 .9

150

150

140

140

130

130
1.1 1 l- ll.

1974

TOTAL

1 1 1 U.1 11 1 1A, 1111 i i 1 1 1 n
1975
1976

BANK D E P O S IT S

* *

YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY

120

1971-100

CHECK PAYMENTS

197 1-10 0
260
240

PERCENT

U.S.
LITTLE ROCK
XFIRST QUARTER DATA NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE

WITH PREVIOUS DATA.


SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

170

120 ■1 i I n

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

/"

PERCENTA9E CHANCE

180

180

PERCENT

BANK LOANS

1971 -100
240

220
200
160
160
140

120
ALL OATA ARE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

25

PREPARED SY FEDERAL RESERVE SANK OF S T . LOUIS

EVANSVILLE f INDIANA-KENTUCKY
M E T R O P O L I T A N AREA
MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTURIN6 EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

BANKING A C T I V I T Y
NUMBER OF MEMBER BANKS
MEMBER BANK LOANS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MEMBER BANK DEPOSITS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
CHECK PAYMENTS *
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
*

BASED ON A SAMPLING OF MEMBER AND NONMEMBER BANKS.
N .A .
ALL

-

NOT AVAILABLE

INDEXES:




1 9 7 1-100

26

EVANSVILLE
INDIANA-KENTUCKY
METROPOLITAN AREA
1971-100

PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

TOTAL BANK LOANS
1971-100

1971-100

1971-100

PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1976

TOTAL PAYROLLEMPLOYMENT

EVANSVILLE

U .S .

+ 1 .1

+ 2 .7

TOTAL LOANS *
TOTAL DEPOSITS
CHECK PAYMENTS
*

1974

1975

1974

1976

1975

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

1974
EVANSVILLE



1975

1976
U .S .

-2 .6
+ 4 .0

+ 7 .0

+ 7 .9

YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY

1976

TOTAL BANK DEPOSITS

PERCENT

X

+ 0 .4
+ 1 1 .8

CHECK PAYMENTS

1971-100

197 1-10 0
260
240

PERCENT

12

220

10

200

6

180

6

160

4

140

2

1974
ALL DATA ARE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

27

1975

1976

120

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF S T . LO U IS

S P R IN G F IE L D MISSOURI
M E T R O P O L I T A N AREA
MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

BANKING A C T I V I T Y
NUMBER OF MEMBER BANKS
MEMBER BANK LOANS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MEMBER BANK DEPOSITS
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
CHECK PAYMENTS *
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
*

BASED ON A SAMPLING OF MEMBER AND NONMEMBER BANKS.
N .A .
ALL

-

NOT AVAILABLE

INDEXES:




1 9 7 1-100

28

SPRINGFIELD
MI SSOURI
METROPOLI TAN AREA
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

TO TAL BANK LOANS

PERCENTAGE CHANCE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
YEAR ENDING
NARCH 1976

TOTAL PAYROLLEMPLOYMENT

SPRINGFIELD

U .S .

* 1 .5

4 2 .7

TOTAL LOANS X
TOTAL DEPOSITS
CHECK PAYMENTS
X

*

4 9 .1

- 2 .6

4 1 4 .7

4 4 .0

4 5 4 .1

4 7 .9

YEAR ENDING FE6RUARY

TOTAL BANK D E P O S IT S
190

PERCENT

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

1971-100

CHECK PAYMENTS

1 9 7 1-10 0
240

220

PERCENT
10

200
160
160
140

120
1974

SPRINGFIELD




1975

100

1976

U.S.

ALL 9ATA ARC SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

29

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

FORT S M IT H , ARKANSAS-OKLAHOMA
METROPOLITAN AREA
MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTURI NO EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEM PLO YM ENT!!
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

BANKING A C T I V I T Y
NUMBER OF MEMBER BANKS
MEMBER BANK LOANS
M ILLIO N S OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MEMBER BANK D E P O S IT S
M ILLIO N S OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
CHECK PAYMENTS *

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
*

BASED ON A SAM PLING
N.A.

-

OF MEMBER AND NONMEMBER BAN KS.

NOT A V A IL A B L E

A L L IN D E X E S : 1 9 7 1 - 1 0 0
JJ FIRST OUARTER 1070 OATA ARE NOT STRICTLY
COMPARABLE V I TH PREVIOUS DATA.



30

FORT S M I T H
ARKANSAS-OKLAHOMA
METROPOLI TAN AREA
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

TOTAL BANK LOANS
1971 -100

1971-100

220

220

210

210

200

200

190

190

YEAR END INC

190

180

MARCH 1976

170

170

160

160

TOTAL PAYROLL ENPLOYNENT

150

TOTAL LOANS K t t

+ 9 .5

-2 .6

140

140

TOTAL DEPOSITS

+ 1 9 .2

+ 4 .0

ISO

130

CHECK PAYMENTS E X

+ 1 5 .7

♦ 7 .0

120

120

110

110

100 -i t l i i , L u l u . , ■1-l.t I i l x d 11 n l n l n i l . j 1974
1975
1976

100

ISO
^

— ’

TO TAL BANK D E P O S IT S

PERCENT

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

X *

FORT SMITH

U .S .

+ 1 1 .0

♦ 2 .7

YEAR END INC FE6RUARY

1971-100

CHECK PAYMENTS

1 9 7 1-10 0
240

220

PERCENT

12

F M T SMITH — — U .S . _____
MFIRST
MASTER SATA MST STRICTLY COMPARABLE

WITH
FREVtOW
RATA.
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/

PERCENTAOE CHANCE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

200
160
160
140
120

100

ALL 9ATA ARC SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

31

PREPARES IT PCOCRAL RESERVE RANK OP OT. LOOIS

P I N E B LUFF ARKANSAS
M E T R O P O L I T A N AREA
MANPOWER U T I L I Z A T I O N
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
NONMANUFACTURIN6 EMPLOYMENT

THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MANUFACTURING

EMPLOYMENT

THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
UNEMPLOYMENT J j

THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED RATE

BANKING A C T I V I T Y
NUMBER OF MEMBER BANKS
MEMBER BANK LOANS

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
MEMBER BANK D E P O S IT S

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
CHECK P A Y M E N T S *

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ANNUAL RATE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX
X BASED ON A SAM PLING
N.A.
ALL

-

OF MEMBER AND NONMEMBER BANKS.

NOT A V A I L A B L E

IN D E X E S :

1971-100

U FIR ST QUARTER 1976 DATA ARE NOT STRICTLY
COMPARABLE VITH PREVIOUS DATA.



32

P I N E BLUFF
ARKANSAS
METROPOLITAN AREA
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT

TOTAL BANK LOANS
1971 -100
230

1971 -100
230

220

220

210

210

200

200

YEAR END INQ

190

190

NARCH 1976

r\\

180
170
160
150

1974

1975

s

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

♦ 2 .7

+ 1 1 .6

-2 .6

TOTAL DEPOSITS

+ 1 1 .3

♦ 4 .0

♦ 7 .5

♦ 7 .9

130

120

120
H 1 11 11 11 II
1976

CHECK PAYHENTS X X
XX

YEAR END INC FEBRUARY

110

1971-100

CHECK PAYMENTS

1 97 1-10 0
240

220

PERCENT

12

200

10

180

8

160

6

140

4

120

2

PINE BLUFF
U.S.
m
FIRST
QUARTER
DATA
NOT STRICTLY COMPARABLE

WITH PREVIOUS DATA.


-2 .7

TOTAL LOANS X X

130

TOTAL BANK DEPOSITS

PERCENT

TOTAL PAYROLL ENPLOYNENT

140

1 1 i.l n
1975

U .S .

160
150

j ill 1

PINE BLUFF

170

'

■11111111111
1974

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX

180

140

110

1976

.a / l

PERCENTAGE CHANCE

1974

1975

1976

ALL DATA ARE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

33

100
PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

CHECK PAYMENTS IN TEN MEDIUM— SIZE CITIES

MILLIONS

OK D O L L A R S

MAR
EL D O R A D O ,
HELENA,

1976

JAN

1976

MAR

1 9 75

672.0

472.7

S3

210.1

208.2

188 . 5

200.6

222

170.6

168.6

166.3

151.5

232

190.1

187.4

178.6

151.2

233

167.9

167.3

165.1

149.0

173

188.6

184.9

179 . 9

158.4

133

181.4

174.4

163.3

155.7

15t>

236.0

222.8

205.5

180.1

MO.

44

170.4

167.9

163.7

151.4

TENN.

17 4

190.1

195.3

1 9 1.3

159.5

SMSA,

ARK.

ILL.
KY.

KY.

GREENVILLE,

MISS.

GIRARDEAU,

HANNIBAL,
JACKSON,

FEB

630.2

ARK.

PADUCAH,

1 9 76

2/

361.5

OWENSBORO,

CAPE

$

MAR

ADJUSTED INDEX
1971 = 100

417

TEXARKANA
UUINCY,

ARK.

1 9 76

SEASONALLY

1/

1/ DEBITS

TO D E M A N D

2/ T H R E E - M O N T H




MO.

GtPUSIT

MOVING

ACCOUNTS*

AVERAGES

(EXCEPT

EXCEPT
LATEST

INTERBANK
MONTH,

A N D U.S.

WHICH

34

GOVERNMENT

IS A T W O - M O N T H

ACCOUNTS.
AVERAGE).