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°fUt& financial Data
JUW 02 JS89

May 25, 1989

THE WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS:
The dollar's exchange value continued to rise this week, appreciating
against all major currencies. Its trade-weighted exchange index
averaged 103.2 (1973 = 100), the highest weekly average since the
first week of 1987.
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New factory orders for durable goods in the United States rose a
seasonally adjusted 2.9 percent in April. For the first four months
of the year, durable goods orders were up 10.9 percent from the same
period in 1988.

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The nation's real gross national product (GNP) expanded at a revised
seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.3 percent in the first quarter
of 1989, down from the initial estimate of a 5.5 percent rate. The
GNP implicit price deflator rose at a 3.9 percent annual rate in the
first quarter, unrevised from the earlier estimate.

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Corporate after-tax profits fell 1.7 percent in the first quarter of 1989,
after rising 3.2 percent in the final quarter of 1988, and were 14.9
percent above their year-earlier level.

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2

ADJUSTED MONETARY BASE
AVERAGES OF DAILY FIGURES
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY THIS BANK

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
296 ---------- 1---------- i--------

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
------------------- ----------- 296

287.7
289.8
288.0
288.3
290.2

289.6

APR

4 18

I

MAY

JUN

IS 29 IS 27

JUL

10 24

AUG
1988

7 21

5 19

SEP

OCT

2 16 30 14 28 II

NOV

DEC

29

JAN

8 22

FEB

8 22

MAR

5 19

APR
1989

3 17 31

MAY

14 28

JUN

LATEST PLOTTED RESERVE MAINTENANCE PER 100 ENDING* MAY 17, 1989
THE ADJUSTED

Y BASE IS THE
OF RE
IRCULATI
AN AD
TARY_BASE IS F
THE ADJ

Y INSTIT
OF THE ADJ
BAM\.

... S OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AT FEDERAL
BY THE PUBLIC AND IN THE VAULTS OF ALL
REQUIREMENT RATIO CHANGES.
THE MAJOR
..J CREDlTT DATA ARE COMPUTED BY THIS
IY BASE IS AVAILABLE FROM THIS BANK.

ONS)

A DETAILED

RECENT DATA ARE PRELIMINARY.
ADJUSTED MONETARY BASE
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE,

2

2

8/10/88 10/19/88 11/18/88 12/14/88

Ui

AVERAGE OF TWO MAINTENANCE PERIODS
5/18/88

1/11/89

2/22/89

3/22/89

3.5
1.7
3.1

1 .8
3.8

2.5

TO THE AVERAGE OF
TWO MAINTENANCE
PERIODS ENDING.
10/19/88
11/18/88
12/14/88
1/11/89
2/22/89
3/22/89
4/19/89
5/17/89

5.8
5.9
5.5
5.8
5. 1
5.2
4.6
4.8


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5.1
4.6
5.1
4.3
4.6
3.8
4.2

4.7
5.6
4.2
4.6
3.5
4.1

5.1
3.6
4.2
2.9
3.7

3.9
4.6
3.0
3.9

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

MONEY STOCK ( Ml )

AVERAGES OF DAILY FIGURES
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

1M
APR.

10

BILLIONS

of

DOLLARS

BILLIONS
782.0

781 .6
773.0
773. I

4 18

2 16 SO 19 27 II 25
JUN
JUL

8 22

5 18

9 17 91 14 26 12
NOV
DEC

LATEST DATA PLOTTED WEEK ENDING-. MAY 15,

1
FEB

MAR

15 20 12 28

APR

I9S9

CURRENT DATA APPEAR IN THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS' H.6 RELEASE.
M1IS THE31A10FCURRENCY HELD BY THE NONBANK PUBLIC, DEMAND DEPOSITS, OTHER CHECKABLE
DEPOSITS AND TRAVELERS CHECKS.

MONEY STOCK (Ml )
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE, AVERAGE OF FOUR WEEKS ENDING!
5/IB/88

8/15/88 10/17/88 11/14/88 12/12/88

1/16/89

2/13/89

3/13/89

TO THE AVERAGE
OF FOUR WEEKS
ENDING:
10/17/88
11/14/88
12/12/88
1/16/8B
2/13/88
3/13/80
4/17/89
5/15/89

3.5
3.2
3.5
2.8
2.2
2.3
1.3
0.7


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1.3
2.4
1.4
0.7
1.2
-0.1
-0.8

3.7
1.5
0.5
1.1
-0.5
-1.3

1.6
0.2
1.1
-0.9
-1.8

-2.3
-0.4
-2.3
-3.1

0.5
-2.5
-3.5

-2.3
-3.7

-6.9

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3

LOUIS

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MONEY MULTIPLIERi/
CURRENCY COMPONENT OF MONEY STOCK ^
AVERAGES OF DAILY FIGURES
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

RATIO
3.0 ----------1------------- 1---------- 1---------1989
MAR.
APR.

RATIO
3.0

RATIO

6
20
3
17

2.746
2.711
2.723
2.711

15

2.67

Ml MUL TIPLI :r

2.8

V
Ijll
4 II
APR

1111
111
111
1111
111
2 16 SO IS 2T II 25 • 22 5 10
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
1988

1111
1 1 1
11 1
1111
9 17 91 14 20 12 26 0 29
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN

■ Li-1..
e 20

FEB

in!

1 1 1
IN ■i 1.1 1
6 20 9 17
1 IB 20 12 26
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
1989

LATEST DATA PLOTTED TWO WEEKS ENDING) MAY 15, 1989
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

220
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES
OF CHANGE. AVERAGE OF
the four Weeks ending
MAY 15, 1989 FROM
THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING) ,
MAR.

13,

1989

216

3.5

CURRENCY

— AUG.
_ MAY

1M
APR.

BILLIONS

10
8

215.3
215.9
216.4
216.3
21518

I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I
4 18

2 16 30 19 27 II 25
JUN
JUL

8 22

5 10

9 17 91 14 28 12 26
NOV
DEC

0 29

1988

6 20

6 20

9 17

1 IS 20 12 26

1989

LATEST DATA PLOTTED WEEK ENDING) MAY 15, 1989
1/ RATIO OF MONEY STOCK (Ml ) TO ADJUSTED MONETARY BASE
2/ CURRENT DATA APPEAR IN THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS' H.6 RELEASE.


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TOTAL CHECKABLE DEPOSITS
AVERAGES OF DAILY FIGURES
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
580

559.5

558.0
563.3
557.9
540.9
549.7

570

560

550

4 18

2 10 90 13 27 II

JUN

28

8 22

8 18

3 17 91

JUL

14 28

NOV

12 26

8 23

DEC

8 20

8 20

3 17

FEB

MAR

APR

I

15 28 12 28

LATEST DATA PLOTTED WEEK END I NOt MAY 15, 1S8B
TOTAL|^HECKA^||DEPOSITS IS THE SUM OF DEMAND DEPOSITS AND OTHER CHECKABLE DEPOSITS AT ALL

TOTAL CHECKABLE DEPOSITS
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE, AVERAGE OF FOUR WEEKS ENDING-.
5/16/88

8/15/88 10/17/88 11/14/88 12/12/88

1/16/89

2/13/89

3/13/89

TO THE AVERAGE
OF FOUR WEEKS
ENDING:
10/17/88
11/14/88
12/12/88
1/16/80
2/13/80
3/13/80
4/17/80
5/15/80

2. 1
1.7
2.3
1 . 1
0.3
0.6
-0.7
-1.4


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-0.8
0.7
-0.7
-1.6
-0.9
-2.5
-3.3

2.9
-0.4
-1.9
-0.8
-2.9
-3.9

-0.6
-2.4
-1 .0
-3.5
-4.5

-5.9
-3.0
-5.4
-8.3

-1.5
-5.4
-6.5

-4.9
-6.5

-10.7

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

5

6

YIELDS ON SELECTED SECURITIES
AVERAGES OF DAILY RATES

PERCENT

PERCENT

12.0

11.0

1

15 29 19 27 10 24

MAY

8 22

S 19

2 16 90 14

OCT

JUN

II

25

NOV

9 29

6 20

9

JAN

FEB

1988

17

9 17 91

14 28 12 25

APR
1989

LATEST DATA PLOTTED ARE AVERAGES OF RATES AVAILABLE FOR THE WEEK ENDING' MAY 26,

1989
APR.

7
M
21
28
MAY
5
12
19
26 *
JUNE
2
9
16
23
30

9 29

MAY
1989.

90 DAY
CD'S

30-DAY
COMMERCIAL
PAPER

90-DAY
BANKERS'
ACCEPTANCES

CORPORATE
Aaa bonds

CORPORATE
Baa BONDS

MUNICIPAL
BONDS MR

10.03
10.02
9.87
9.84
9.83
9.72
9.49
9.35

9.83
9.82
9.74
9.72
9.70
9.66
9.50
9.43

9.75
9.75
9.63
9.60
9.57
9.45
9.26
9. 13

9.81
9.80
9.80
9.75
9.73
9.69
9.54
9.43

10.60
10.66
10.61
10.59
10.57
10.57
10.46
10.34

7.56
7.54
7.44
7.40
7.36
7.36
7. 18
N. A.

NOTEt CURRENT DATA APPEAR IN THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS' H.15 RELEASE.
m AVERAGES OF RATES AVAILABLE
ttk BOND BUYER'S AVERAGE INDEX OF 20 MUNICIPAL BONDS, THURSDAY DATA
N.A. - NOT AVAILABLE


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SELECTED

INTEREST RATES

AVERAGES OF DAILY RATES

PERCENT

PERCENT

—i 11.0

TREASURY m ITIES

TREASI

DISCOUNT RATE

19 27

APR

MAY

10 24

8 22

SEP

OCT

II

2S

NOV

0 23

DEC

8 20

3 17

JAN

FEB

9 17 31

MAR

14 26

12 26

LATEST DATA PLOTTED ARE AVERAGES OF RATES AVAILABLE FOR THE WEEK ENDING: MAY 26,

1080.

7
14
21
28
MAY
5
12
19
26 *
JUNE
2

AUG
1988

2 16 30 14 28

MAY

APR.

JUL

8 10

APR
1989

1980

JUN

0 23

JUN

FEDERAL
FUNDS MK

3-MONTH
TREASURY
BILL

6-MONTH
TREASURY
BILL aom

1-YEAR
TREASURY
BILL

5-YEAR
TREASURY
SECURITIES

SECURITIES

9.71
9.82
9.95
9.86
9.88
9.86
9.75
9.74

8.82
8.69
8.55
8.53
8.54
8.43
8.30
8.32

8.84
8.78
8.59
8.72
8.64
8.39
8. 19
8.33

8.74
8.73
8.56
8.52
8.47
8.36
8.23
8. 16

9.36
9.42
9.25
9.16
9.09
9.06
8.86
8.72

9. 19
9.24
9.13
9.08
9.08
9.12
8.87
8.71

16
23
30

'£^.42*55 Of,,GOVERNORS' H. 15 RELEASE EXCLUDING LONG-TERM TREASURY
SECURJTIESeWHJCH(ARE COMPUTED BY THIS BANK. TREASURY BILL YIELDS ARE ON A DISCOUNT BASIS.
WB8 AUCTI ON AVERAGE ( DISCOUNT )


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ENDIN0 T*0 DAYS EARLIER THAN DATE SHOWN

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

7

8

MONEY STOCK ( M2 )

AVERAGES OF DAILY FIGURES
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

APR.

10

— MAY

billions

*

dollars

3084.3
3085.0
3080.8
3072.3
3070.3
3070.9

3050

3000

4 18

2 18 30 13 27 II 28
JUN
JUL

8 22

5 19

4 28 12
NOV
DEC

I I I I
9 23

8
FEB

6 20
MAR

9 17
APR

LATEST DATA PLOTTED WEEK ENDINGt MAY 15, 1980
CURRENT DATA APPEAR IN THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS* H.6 RELEASE

DETAIL, SEE THE H.5 RELEASE.

MONEY STOCK (M2)
COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE, AVERAGE OF FOUR WEEKS ENDINGt
5/16/88

8/15/88 10/17/88

11/14/88 12/12/88

1/16/89

2/13/89

3/13/89

2.3
2.1
0.8

3.3
1.1

-0.6

TO THE AVERAGE
OF FOUR WEEKS
ENDINGt
10/17/88
11/14/88
12/12/88
1/16/89
2/13/89
3/13/89
4/17/89
5/15/89

3.3
3.5
4.1
3.5
3.1
3.2
3. 1
2.6


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2.8
4.1
3.1
2.5
2.8
2.7
2.0

6.4
3.8
2.8
3.2
2.9
2.0

3.5
2.2
2.9
2.7
1.7

-0.4
1.3
1.4
0.5

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

ALL DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS
TOTAL TIME DEPOSITS^
LARGE TIME DEPOSITS 2/
AVERAGES OF DAILY FIGURES
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

55=

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2010

Y 15. 1989 FROM
E FOUR WEEKS END 1
R.
N.
C.

13,
16,
12,

1989
1989
1988

12.
11.
11.1
10.

G.

15,
16,

1988
1988

9.
9.

B. 13, 1989

-R a ft®

llllll

2070

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
2100

------ ------ ------ -------

-—1
1
1
1
- COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES
- OF CHANGE. AVERAGE OF

Y

/L_

/

Wt
TOTAL TIME

1EP0SI TS

z

m il

1950

Z

1111

i989

1

APR .

111

MAY

’fax

2070
-

M ill

2100

ini

-LLL in

1111

111

1111

LATEST DATA PLOTTED WEEK ENDING: MAY 15,

111

111

1989

mi

1 1 1

111

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
1M
APR.

10

us. =

billioi

10
17
24
1
8
15

2058.5
2065.2
2068.6
2068.0
2077.5
2081.2

-

_Z

_
-

1 i i i 1 n i i 1 i i i!
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
580

BILLIONS
568.3

570

560
572.5
LARGE TIME DEPOSITS

550

520

510

4 18

2 16 30 13 27 11 25

JUN

6 22

5 19

3 17 31

JUL

14 28 12 26

NOV

0 23

DEC

8 20

6 20

3 17

FEB

MAR

APR

I

15 29 12 26

LATEST DATA PLOTTED WEEK ENDING: MAY 15, 1989
1/ TOTAL TIME IS THE SUM OF SAVINGS DEPOSITS, SMALL TIME DEPOSITS AND LARGE TIME DEPOSITS.
2/ TIME DEPOSITS ISSUED IN DENOMINATIONS OF 6100,000 OR MORE


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9

10

BORROWINGS FROM FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
5.5 rz------- 1---------- 1-------1M

AVERAGES OF DAILY FIGURES

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
------ ------------- --------=3 5.5

MILLION

18
26
3

2007
2010
1018

24

1675

TOTAL BORROWINGS

LATEST DATA PLOTTED WEEK ENDINGt MAY 24, 1889
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

ADJUSTMENT + SEASONAL
BORROWINGS

8 20

APR

4 18
MAY

1 15 20 19 27 10 24
AUG
JUN
JUL
1088

SEP

10
OCT

LATEST DATA PLOTTED WEEK ENDINGt MAY 24,


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2 IS 90 14 28 11 25 8 22 8 22 5 19
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
1980

9 17 91

14 28

1080

PREPARED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS

COMMERCIAL PAPER OF NONFINANCIAL COMPANIES
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
130

=
125
120
115

1989

billions of dollars

z

MILLION!EL

125

E~ APR. 12 112,278
19
118,04C
Z_
26 118,977
Z MAY
3 121 532
10
122,84G
=_
17 123.098

z

r

120

E

f
J

~

z

110

§

E
105

—7

E
100

IP
z
E
=

115

/—\

J

\

E

/

z

r

z

r

‘in
APR

z

100
05

00
85

111

M11

111

.11.1.1

111

111

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG
1088

SEP

5 IB
OCT

mi JLLL 1 1 1

III

II 1 1

■U 1

ini

xi2

2 10 30 14 26 II 25 S 22 S 22
5 II 9 17 91 14 :
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
I960

LATEST DATA PLOTTED WEEK ENDING: MAY 17, 1989
* DASHED LINE REPRESENTS DATA USING AN OLD REPORTING PANEL AND IS NOT COM*ARABLE TO CURRENT DATA.

BUSINESS LOANS u
(COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL)

WEEKLY REPORTING LARGE COMMERCIAL BANKS 2/
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
316

- COMPOUNDED ANNUAL RATES
OF CHANGE. AVERAGE OF
- THE FOUR *EEKS ENDING
MAY 10. 1080 FROM
- THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING:
- MAR.
FEB.
JAN.
DEC.
~ NOV.
_ AUG.
MAY

~

8,
8,
11,
7,
0,
10,
11,

1080
1980
1989
1988
1988
1088
1988

6.80.0
10.5
6.9
5.4
2.8
4.1

310,777

MAY

0 20
APR

4 18
MAY

I

15 2fi 13 27 10 24

7 21

5 10

3

U-l.11.1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 I I
2 IB 30 14 20 II 29 8 22 • 22 S 10 3 17 31 14 28
DEC
JAN
FEB

LATEST DATA PLOTTED WEEK ENDING: MAY 10, 1089
1/ BUSINESS LOANS INCLUDE BANKERS' ACCEPTANCES AND COMMERCIAL PAPER.
1/ BANKS WITH DOMESTIC ASSETS GREATER THAN 81.4 BILLION


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11

300

DOLLAR'S TRADE-WEIGHTED EXCHANGE INDEX
AVERAGES OF DAILY FIGURES

1973-100

1973-100

APR.

19

100.4
103.2

I I I I

I I I I
6 20

4 18

APR

MAY

1

IS 20 13 27 10 24

7 21

3 19

2 16 30 14 28 11 23

SEP

OCT

DEC

JAN

8 22

3 22

3 19

3 17 31

14 28

FEB

LATEST DATA PLOTTED WEEK ENDINOt MAY 24, 1989
NOTE:

CURRENT DATA APPEAR IN THE BOARD OF GOVERNOR'S H.10 RELEASE.

DATA ARE WEIGHTED AVERAGES OF THE FOREIGN-CURRENCY PRICE OF THE U.S. DOLLAR, COMPUTED USING
10 INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY CURRENCIES.


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