greenbooks · May 16, 1977
Greenbook/Tealbook
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CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
May 13, 1977
CLASS II - FOMC
SUPPLEMENT
CURRENT ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
Prepared for the
Federal Open Market Committee
By the Staff
Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES
The Domestic Nonfinancial Economy
No textual addendums to the Greenbook were required.
The Domestic Financial Economy
No textual addendums to the Greenbook were required, but
the usual updating of interest rate developments is contained in the
table on page 2.
ERRATA - PART II:
Appendix A - page A-1, line 16:
change 3 per cent to 2 per
cent.
Addendum - page III-4 (footnote):
The estimated excess
of individuals' nonwithheld Federal income tax payments over last
year's was revised downward from $2.5 billion to $1.5 billion.
As
a consequence, the impact of that source as a special factor stimulating
demand deposits is reduced commensurately.
-2-
INTEREST RATES
(One day quotes-in per cent)
1977
Highs
1977
Lows
Apr. 18
May 12
5.31(5/11)
4.47(1/5)
4.71(4/20)
5.31(5/11)
5.,04(5/11)
4.39(1/3)
4.63(1/10)
4.66(1/3)
4.88(1/5)
4.51
5.25(5/12)
5.38(5/12)
5.94(5/12)
5.00
5.25
5.13
5.38
5.94
5.13(5/11)
4.50(1/5)
4.70(4/13)
5.13(5/11)
5.30(5/11)
5.38(5/12)
4.54(1/3)
4.71
5.26
4.63(1/7)
4.88
5.38
5.,50(5/11)
4.65(1/5)
5.00(4/13)
5.50(5/11)
5.52(5/11)
4.66(1/3)
4.97
5.49
5.,72(5/11)
5.00(1/5)
5.25(4/13)
5.72(5/11)
3,,00(1/21)
2.65(1/7)
2.80(4/15)
3.00(5/6)
6.66(2/2)
7.35(5/11)
7.80(5/11)
5.73(1/3)
6.08
6.96
7.58
6.60
7.31
7.78
Seasoned Aaa
8.,13(3/14)
7.87(1/5)
Baa
9.18(2/25)
8.,33(5/13)
8.35(5/13)
7.99
9.04
8.25(4/15)
8.16(4/15)
8.08(5/11)
9.01(5/11)
Aaa Utility New Issue
9.01(5/11)
7.90(1/5)
7.95(1/5)
5.,93(2/2)
5.70(4/13)
5.70(4/14)
5.82
8.72(4/6)
8.46(1/12)
8.62
8.70(5/2)
Short-Term Rates
Federal funds (wkly. avg.)
3-month
Treasury bills (bid)
Comm. paper (90-119 days)
Bankers' acceptances
Euro-dollars
CD's (NYC) 90 days
Most often quoted new
6-month
Treasury bills (bid)
Comm. paper (4-6 mos.)
CD's (NYC) 180 days
Most often quoted new
4.75
4.75
year
Treasury bills (bid)
CD's (NYC)
Most often quoted new
Prime municipals
Intermediate-
and Long-Term
Treasury (constant maturity)
3-year
7-year
20-year
Corporate
Recently Offered
Municipal
Bond Buyer Index
6.50(1/3)
7.20(1/3)
8.33p(5/13)
8.35p(5/13)
Mortgage-average yield in
FNMA auction
Cite this document
APA
Federal Reserve (1977, May 16). Greenbook/Tealbook. Greenbooks, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19770517_part3
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_greenbook_19770517_part3,
author = {Federal Reserve},
title = {Greenbook/Tealbook},
year = {1977},
month = {May},
howpublished = {Greenbooks, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19770517_part3},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}