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CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
CLASS II
- FOMC
July 7, 1980
SUPPLEMENT
CURRENT ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
Prepared for the
Federal Open Market Committee
By the Staff
Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Producer prices .
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Employment and earnings .
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Interest rates on S&L new commitments for home mortgages 3
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Wholesale trade inventories and sales . . .
ERRATA
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TABLES:
Recent changes in producer prices . . .
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Hourly earnings index .
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Changes in
employment
Selected Financial Market Quotations
Monetary aggregates . . . . . . . .
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Commercial Bank Credit and short- and intermediateterm business credit . .
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SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES
Producer prices
Producer prices of finished goods rose 0.8 percent in June,
following an 0.3 percent increase in May.
In June, a decline in energy
prices was more than offset by advances in prices for food, consumer
durable goods, and capital equipment.
The index for consumer finished
goods other than food and energy rose 1.1 percent, following the 0.4
percent advance in May; the June increase in prices of nonfood, nonenergy consumer finished goods was especially large for gold jewelry,
apparel, and passenger cars.
Prices of capital equipment increased
0.9 percent in June, about the same as the average monthly increase
in the first five months of the year, although they were unchanged
in May; increases in these capital goods prices were large for
photographic equipment, machine tools, oil field and mining equipment,
and office and store machinery.
The 0.7 percent increase in finished
food prices, following a 0.1 percent rise in May, reflected primarily
a surge in prices of beef and veal.
Prices of intermediate materials also posted an 0.8 percent
increase, with prices of durable manufacturing materials and many
construction supplies registering large increases.
prices were up only 0.3 percent.
At the crude level
-2-
Employment and earnings
Labor demand deteriorated in June for the fourth consecutive
month.
Nonfarm payroll employment fell about 500,000, bringing the
cumulative decline since February to more than 1 million.
As in earlier
months, payroll reductions were heaviest in manufacturing; however,
employment in the service-producing sector as a whole also dropped
135,000--the first monthly decline since the 1974-75 recession.
Within
manufacturing, sizable job losses occurred at the primary and fabricated metals, machinery, electrical equipment, furniture, and stone,
clay, and glass products industries.
Construction employment resumed
its downward trend after changing little in May, and trade establishments cut payrolls for the fourth consecutive month.
The factory
workweek was off another 0.2 hour; since January work schedules have
shortened by nearly 1-1/4 hours.
Total employment, as measured by the household survey, also
declined about 1/2 million in June.
A large drop in the labor force
offset most of the exceptional increase in May, and this was partially
reflected in a decline in unemployment; the unemployment rate remained
essentially unchanged at 7.7 percent.
(The pattern of changes in the
labor force, and unemployment, in May and June appears to reflect
problems in seasonal adjustment associated with the entry of younger
workers into the work force.)
changed very little.
Jobless rates for most worker groups
However, in spite of the stability in the overall
unemployment rate, the decline in employment has continued and the
number of persons on layoff as well as those whose jobs have been
terminated have risen further.
The index of average hourly earnings increased 1 percent in
June to a level 9.4 percent above one year ago.
The second quarter
increase in this series was 9.6 percent at an annual rate.
Interest rates on S&L new commitments for home mortgages
The average contract interest rate on new commitments for
conventional home mortgages at sampled S&Ls declined 17 basis points
further in the week ended July 3 to 12.18 percent, a rate 417 basis
points below the high last spring.
Seventy-two percent of the
reporting S&Ls indicated that the supply of mortgage funds was below
normal seasonal patterns, compared with the recent high of 93 percent.
Wholesale trade inventories and sales
The book value of wholesale trade inventories declined at an
annual rate of $4.3 billion in May, following a $12.3 billion rate
buildup in April.
The rate of inventory increase in these two months
combined was considerably below the rate of accumulation in recent
quarters.
The drop in stocks held by wholesalers in May was accom-
panied by a 0.6 percent decline in sales, and the inventory-sales
ratio was unchanged at 1.21.
ERRATA:
Part I, page 1-20.
Second full paragraph:
Delete "at large banks" in next to last line.
Part I, page 1-21.
Third line should read "was nearly offset by a drop in money market
certificates--and large CDs declined."
-4Part II,
page III-6.
The figures "14-1/2" in the last line should be "41-1/2."
RECENT CHANGES IN PRODUCER PRICES
(Percentage change at annual rates; based on seasonally adjusted data) 1/
Relative
1980
importance2/
Dec. 1979
1978
1979
91
Q2
June
100.0
24.3
47.4
10.3
37.0
28.4
9.2
11.9
8.4
8.0
8.5
8.0
12.6
7.6
18.0
62.7
9.6
8.8
18.9
-1.2
34.2
109.2
17.4
12.7
6.3
-7.8
10.6
17.1
8.3
11.7
9.5
8.5
8.7
-7.0
13.2
10.7
Intermediate materials3/
Exc. food and energy
94.9
81.3
8.3
8.9
16.5
13.0
23.1
17.2
5.2
5.1
10.0
11.2
Crude food materials
Crude nonfood
Exc. energy
55.4
44.6
16.0
18.3
15.6
21.0
11.1
26.0
13.1
-16.7
21.4
6.6
-10.5
-3.5
-37.5
Finished goods
Consumer foods
Consumer nonfood
Energy
Exc. energy
Capital equipment
13.3
-5.6
-44.4
1. Changes are from final month'of preceding period to final month of
period indicated. Changes for other than monthly and yearly periods are
compounded.
2. Relative importance weights are on a stage of processing basis.
3. Excludes intermediate materials for manufacturing food and animal
feed.
CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT 1
(Thousands of employees; based on seasonally adjusted data)
1978
1980
1979
May
Q2
Q1
June
- - - Average monthly changes - - -
Nonfarm payroll employment 2
Strike adjusted
357
341
176
182
155
158
-352
-378
-349
-405
-514
-522
Manufacturing
Durable
74
62
1
4
-15
0
-323
-267
-360
-303
-313
-234
Nondurable
12
-3
-15
-56
-57
Construction
31
20
-29
-51
-26
-64
-110
-79
182
113
144
-37
35
Private nonfarm production workers
Manufacturing production workers
264
54
112
-11
55
-35
-424
-518
-395
-369
-479
-886
Total employment 3
Nonagricultural
270
264
173
175
-85
-85
-373
-317
-166
-303
-451
-263
Trade, finance and services
1. Changes are from final month of preceding period to final month of period indicated
2. Survey of establishments. Not strike adjusted, except where noted.
3. Survey of households.
SELECTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
(Percent; based on seasonally adjusted data)
1978
1980
1979
Ql
Q2
May
June
Total, 16 years and older
6.0
5.8
6.1
7.5
7.8
7.7
Teenagers
20-24 years old
Men, 25 years and older
16.3
9.5
3.3
16.1
9.0
3.3
16.2
9.8
3.7
18.0
11.4
4.7
19.2
12.7
5.3
18.5
12.4
5.5
5.1
4.8
4.9
5.7
5.6
White
Black and other
5.2
11.9
5.1
11.3
5.4
11.7
6.6
13.4
6.9
13.9
6.8
13.6
Fulltime workers
5.5
5.3
5.7
6.6
7.5
7.4
White collar
Blue collar
3.5
6.9
3.3
6.9
3.4
7.9
3.7
9.7
3.9
11.3
3.7
11.5
Women, 25 years and older
5.5.
HOURLY EARNINGS INDEX 1
(Percent change at compound annual rates;
based on seasonally adjusted data) 2
1980
Total private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Durable
Nondurable
Contract construction
Transportation and
public utilities
Total trade
Services
1978
1979
8.4
8.1
9.8
9.6
9.7
11.9
8.4
8.5
8.3
7.6
8.7
8.7
8.8
6.8
9.9
10.7
8.6
5.0
12.2
13.0
10.4
8.4
12.1
12.8
10.8
4.1
12.7
14.1
10.1
5.6
7.4
9.6
7.6
9.1
7.6
7.7
7.7
12.2
8.8
8.9
6.3
10.2
5.5
8.9
13.4
10.0
8.4
15.9
Ql
Q2
May
June
1. Excludes the effect of interindustry shifts in employment and fluctuations in overtime pay in manufacturing.
2. Changes are from final quarter of preceding period to final quarter of
period indicated, except monthly changes which are from preceding month;
monthly changes are not compounded.
SELECTED FINANCIAL MARKET QUOTATIONS
(Percent)
19791
FOMC
Oct. 5
__
!
1980L
Mar-Apr FOMC Intermeeting
High
May 20
Low ** July 7
Change from:
s_
FOMC
Mar-Apr
High
May 20
Short-term rates
Federal funds 2
11.91
19.39
10.71
8.99
9.56 p
-9.83
Treasury bills
3-month
6-month
1-year
10.70
10.63
10.28
16.00
15.64
14.58
8.29
8.31
8.38
6.18
6.60
7.00
8.24
8.19
7.99
-7.76
-7.45
-6.59
11.73
11.86
11.84
18.00
17.69
17.25
9.71
9.62
9.38
7.98
7.78
7.59
8.68
8.44
8.17
-9.32
-9.25
-9.08
-1.03
-1.18
-1.21
12.09
12.50
12.80
17.87
18.59
18.47
9.84
9.83
9.80
7.96
7.90
7.66
8.57
-9.30
-10.00
-9.93
-1.27
-1.24
-1.26
Eurodollar deposit2
1-month
3-month
12.45
12.79
19.04
19.60
10.26
11.09
8.88
8.99
9
-9.96
-10.31
-1.18
-1.80
Bank prime rate
13.50
20.00
16.50
11.50
11.50
-8.50
-5.00
10.01
9.60
9.36
14.53
13.65*
12.85*
9.23
10.22
10.47
8.56
9.47
9.49
9.15
10.20
10.22
-5.38
-3.45
-2.63
-.08
-.02
-.25
6.64
9.44
7.44
7.44
7.88
-1.56
.44
Corporate Aaa
New issue5
Recently offered
10.22
10.25
14.22
14.12
11.43
11.65
10.53
10.79
1.51p
11.1 7 p
-2.71
-2.95
.08
-.48
Primary conventional
mortgages 6
11.35
16.35
14.15
12.18
12.18
-4.17
-1.97
Mar-Apr FOMC Intermeeting
July 7
Low
May 20
High
Mar-Apr
Low
FOMC
May 20
898.21
67.58
309.89
163.63
139.08
12.28
94.20
39.54
65.70
6.23
50.16
16.70
Commercial paper
1-month
3-month
6-month
Large negotiable CDs
1-month
3-month
6-month
-1.15
-.05
-.12
-.39
3
8.59
8.54
.08 p
9.29 p
ermediate- and long-
m rates
U.S. Treasury
(constant maturity)
3-year
10-year
30-year
Municipal
4
(Bond Buyer)
FOMC
Oct. 5
Stock prices
Dow-Jones Industrial
NYSE Composite
AMEX Composite
NASDAQ (OTC)
897.61
63.39
235.15
152.29
759.13
55.30
215.69
124.09
832.51
61.35
259.73
146.93
881.91
66.36
297.60
159.18
1. One-day quotes except as noted.
verages for statement week closest to date shown.
Secondary market.
4. One-day quotes for preceding Thursday.
5. Averages for preceding week.
6. One-day quotes for preceding Friday.
*--Highs reached on February 26.
**-Most lows occurred on or around June 13.
-9MONETARY AGGREGATES
(Based on seasonally adjusted data unless otherwise noted) 1
1981Q
1979
Q4
e
Ql
Q2
e
Apr.
May
June
June '79
to
e
June '80
---- Percentage change at annual rates --Money stock measures
1. M-1A
2. M-1B
2. M-2
4. M-3
4.5
4.8 -3.7
5.0
5.9
7.2
7.7
-17.7
-14.1
-2.0
0.4
0.7
-1.2
8.8
8.7
13.7
16.8
17.3
12.4
3.5
4.7
8.1
8.7
Selected components
8.5
8.3
7.4
1.1
5. Currency
-25.4
3.4
-8.0
2.9
6. Demand deposits
66.7
12.6
29.3
31.8
7. Other checkable deposits, NSA 2
7.6
7.9
2.1
7.8
8. M-2 minus M-1B (9+10+11+14)
-7.5 -73.6 -209.8
Overnight RPs and Eurodollars, NSA 3 -33.1
9.
79.4
4.0
149.9
Money market mutual fund shares, NSA 120.0
10.
14.1
9.8
8.6
6.9
11.
Commercial banks
-43.3
-19.3 -22.8
-16.5
12.
savings deposits
29.1 34.1
54.4
32.1
13.
small time deposits
1.7
14.
Thrift institutions
3.7 -0.3 3.6
-45.4
-26.0 -22.5 -28.7
15
savings deposits
24.7
12.0 20.0
22.3
16
small time deposits
17.7
28.3
17.5
10.6
17. Large time deposits
9.5 7.4
15.9
at commercial banks, net 4
18
20.2
28.2
90.8
72.6
28.9
at thrift institutions
19.
-8.9
-16.0
-33.2 -19.5
20. Term RPs, NSA
12.1
-4.2
-37.9
12.2
70.9
95.0
5.6
-7.5
14.1
7.0
-20.9
19.8
9.3
4.8
34.4
0.0
10.9
14.9
78.3
17.5
-33.5
141.3
11.2
32.2
-2.2
8.4
6.1
9.5
-24.5
-28.9
0.0
49.1
9.1
1.3
34.2
9.2
-24.3
197.2
9.3
-12.6
30.8
3.3
7.1
9.1
-Average
MEMORANDA:
21. Managed liabilities at commercial
banks (22+23)
22.
Large time deposits, gross
23.
Nondeposit funds
24.
Net due to related foreign
institutions, NSA
Other 5
25.
26. U.S. government deposits at
commercial banks6
-2.2
5.3
5.6
-18.6
17.3
17.1
10.3
76.0
-60.0
monthly change in billions of dollars--
8.0
3.1
4.9
-8.2
-0.1
-8.1
-6.0
1.7
3.2
-9.2
-2.4
1.7
-4.1
-16.1
2.0
-3.6
-5.1
-11.0
2.2
-2.5
-1.1
1.6
3.2
-6.1
-2.0
-6.0
-3.1
-3.7
-0.5
-8.5
-2.5
-1.0
0.5
-1.0
-0.2
0.3
-0.9
-0.1
-1.6
-0.5
1. Quarterly growth rates are computed on a quarterly average basis.
2. Consists of ATS and NOW balances at all institutions, credit union share draft balances, and
demand deposits at mutual savings banks.
3. Overnight and continuing contract RPs issued to the nonbank public by commercial banks,
net f amounts held by money market mutual funds, plus overnight Eurodollar deposits issued by
Ca
an branches of U.S. member banks to U.S. nonbank customers.
4.
of large denomination time deposits held by money market mutual funds and thrift
in
itions.
5. unsists of borrowings from other than commercial banks in the form of federal funds purchased,
securities sold under agreements to repurchase and other liabilities for borrowed money (including
borrowings from the Federal Reserve), loans sold to affiliates, loans RPs, and other minor items.
6. Consists of Treasury demand deposits at commercial banks and Treasury note balances.
e--estimated.
-10COMMERCIAL BANK CREDIT AND SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM BUSINESS CREDIT
Percentage changes at annual rates, based on seasonally adjusted data) 1
1979
Q4
'79
June
to
1 gRO
Q
Q2
Apr.
May
Junee
June '8 0 e
---------- Commercial Bank Credit
1.
2.
Total loans and investments
at banks2
Investments
3.4
11.5
-4.7
-4.3
-6.1r
-3.8
-3.8
6.6
6.6
3.5
7.3
10.6
-4.5
20.3r
15.9
7.7
18.Or
27.9
2.1
3.
Treasury securities
5.9
3.0
9.7
-16.5
4.
Other securities
8.3
9.4
11.0
1.2
21.4
10.2
10.6
3.4
12.8
-9.8
-4.2
-15.Or
-10.4
6.2
5.
Total loans 2
6.
Business loans
6.0
16.4
-8.3
-5.1
-13.9r
-6.0
9.4
7.
Security loans
-E 8.5
-32.8
-23.8
-21.4
-50.9r
0.0
-31.3
8.
Real estate loans
2.4
-2.9
10.8
9.
Consumer loans
n.a.
n.a.
14.2
11.9
0.6
2.4
5.5
3.7
n.a.
-14.3
Short- an i Intermediate-Term BusJiness Credit --
-10.
11.
12.
Total short- and intermediateterm,business credit (sum of
lines 13,14 and 15)
Business loans net of
bankers acceptances 1
Commercial paper issued by
nonfinancial firms3
6.4
22.0
n.a.
0.3
n.a.
n.a.
6.3
17.6
-9.2
-4.9
-16.3r
-6.6
15.5
76.2
85.7
37.7
119.7
84.6
-0.4
-1.4
13.
Sum of lines 11 & 12
7.0
23.1
0.8
14.
Finance company loans to
business 4
4.0
-2.8
n.a.
0.0
4.6
54.1
n.a.
4.8
15.
-23.1
n.a.
9.2
76.3
4,.4
14.8
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Total bankers acceptances
outstanding4
1. Average of Wednesdays for domestic chartered banks and average of current and preceding ends of months for foreign-related institutions.
2. Loans include outstanding amounts of loans reported as sold outright to a bank's own
foreign branches, unconsolidated nonbank affiliates of the bank, the bank's holding
company (if not a bank), and unconsolidated nonbank subsidiaries of the holding company.
. Average of Wednesdays.
4. Based on average of current and preceding ends of months.
e--estimated.
n.a.--not available.
r--revised.
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APA
Federal Reserve (1980, July 8). Greenbook/Tealbook. Greenbooks, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19800709_part1
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_greenbook_19800709_part1,
author = {Federal Reserve},
title = {Greenbook/Tealbook},
year = {1980},
month = {Jul},
howpublished = {Greenbooks, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19800709_part1},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}