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CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
CLASS III - FOMC
June 24, 1988
SUPPLEMENT
CURRENT ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
Prepared for
Federal Open Market Committee
By the Staff
Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE DOMESTIC NONFINANCIAL ECONOMY
Page
Revised estimate of real GNP..................
Personal income and consumption...............
1
1
Tables
Real Gross National Product and related items.
Personal income.................................
Nominal personal consumption expenditures.....
Sales of automobiles and light trucks.........
3
4
5
6
THE FINANCIAL ECONOMY
Banking and monetary aggregates..............
7
Tables
Monetary aggregates...........................
Commercial bank credit and short- and intermediateterm business credit........................
Selected financial market quotations..........
8
9
10
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES
THE DOMESTIC NONFINANCIAL ECONOMY
Revised estimate of Real GNP
Real GNP growth for the first quarter of 1988 is
now estimated to have
been 3.6 percent at an annual rate, fractionally lower than reported earlier.
Real personal consumption expenditures were revised down $3 billion owing to a
lower estimate of spending on motor vehicles and parts.
New estimates of net
purchases of farm products by the Commodity Credit Corporation caused a
downward revision to federal government nondefense purchases, along with an
offsetting upward adjustment to farm inventories.
The increase in the GNP fixed-weight price index, 3.7 percent at an
annual rate, was little changed from the earlier estimate.
in the GNP deflator
However, the rise
was lowered to 1.4 pertent at an annual rate, owing mainly
to shifts in the composition of inventories.
Personal income and consumption
Total personal income advanced $13-1/4 billion in May, a bit below the
average pace during the first four months of this year.
Increases in wages
and salaries were well maintained and accounted for nearly all of the overall
rise in income.
Disposable income was up substantially in May as the level of
personal tax payments, which had risen sharply in April owing to an increase
in federal nonwithheld income tax payments, fell back to about its March
level.
Nominal disposable income has risen about 6-1/2 percent at an annual
rate over the first five months of the year; in real items, disposable income
probably grew at about a 2 percent annual pace.
Nominal personal consumption spending rose nearly $16 billion in May,
boosted by greater expenditures on nondurable goods and for services.
Revisions to earlier months raised outlays in April, but reduced spending in
February and March.
In real terms, the staff now estimates that consumption
increased about 1-3/4 percent at an annual rate over the first five months of
the year.
The personal saving rate, which had dropped in April owing to the
decline in disposable income, moved up to 4.5 percent in May, similar to its
first-quarter level.
Sales of new domestic motor vehicles rebounded in the second ten-day
selling period of June.
As a result, auto sales through June 20 averaged 7.4
million units at an annual rate, and sales of light trucks averaged 4.2
million units.
In both cases, sales appear to be holding at about the same
pace as in April and May despite some cutbacks in incentive programs.
REAL GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AND RELATED ITEMS
(Percent change from previous period at compound annual rates;
based on seasonally adjusted data)
1986-Q4 to
1987-Q4
1987-Q4
1988-Q1
Previous
Revised
1.
Gross national product
1a. Gross domestic product
1b. Gross domestic purchases
4.0
4.1
3.4
4.8
4.4
4.3
3.9
4.3
2.1
3.6
4.4
1.9
2.
Final sales
2a. Excluding CCC purchases
2.0
2.5
.9
-. 1
4.5
6.3
3.6
5.8
3.
Consumer spending
3a. Excluding motor vehicles
1.0
1.6
-2.5
.6
4.3
3.5
3.8
3.3
4.
Business fixed investment
4a. Producers' durable equipment
5.1
5.4
-. 9
20.8
32.8
21.0
33.1
-2.6
7.4
-9.4
-8.8
.9
5.9
-12.9
14.1
92.7
-21.2
-4.3
-62.3
-25.7
-5.6
-70.6
3.3
5.5
1.5
1.7
5.
Residential structures
6.
Federal purchases
6a. Defense
6b. Nondefense
1.6
-. 9
7.
State and local purchases
8.
Exports of goods and services
16.8
15.9
20.7
22.8
9.
Imports of goods and services
9.1
9.9
3.4
5.9
60.5
51.5
9.0
55,4
37.6
17.8
61.0
39.4
21.6
ADDENDA:
42.9 2
32.5 2
10.4 2
10.
Inventory change 1
10a. Nonfarm 1
10b. Farm 1
11.
Net exports 1
12.
Nominal GNP
7.5
7.6
5.4
5.1
13.
GNP implicit price deflator
3.3
2.7
1,7
1.4
14.
GNP fixed-weighted price index
4.0
3.6
3.6
3.7
15.
Disposable personal income
2.2
6.0
3.9
3.5
16.
Saving rate (percent)
3.7 2
4.8
4.7
4.7
1.
Level. billions of constant dollars.
2.
Annual average.
-135.5 2
-135.8
-119.1
-120.3
PERSONAL INCOME
(Average monthly change at an annual rate;
billions of dollars)
1986
Total personal income
14.2
1987
1988
Q4
Q,
21.3
28.6
22.5
45.6
4.1
13.3
13.8
11.1
14.7
12.5
16.4
14.5
11.8
9.9
12.2
10.2
1987
1988
Mar.r
Apr.r
Wages and salaries
Private
7.5
5.6
12.2
9.8
Other labor income
.7
.8
.8
.5
Proprietors' income
Farm
2.6
.5
2.5
.2
4.8
2.6
5.6
3.9
Rent, dividends and
interest
1.7
4.9
8.6
-.8
Transfer payments
2.5
2.0
1.6
.8
1.0
3.2
3.7
Equals: Disposable personal
income
11.0
17.7
23.8
23.4
35.5
-32.8
Memo: Real disposable income
6.3
4.9
14.8
11.7
16.7
-44.0
Less: Personal contributions
for social insurance
Less: Personal tax and nontax
payments
r--Revised.
p--Preliminary.
Map
m
.5
.5
-8.5
-11.9
-.7
-2.4
.3
1.1
.8
7.8
7.3
.0
1.3
.9
5.4
1.1
4.9
-.9
10.1
.5
22.1
19.4
36.9
-35.2
48.5
NOMINAL PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
(Percent change from preceding period)
1986
1987
1987
Q4
-- Annual
Personal consumption
expenditures
Durable goods
Excluding motor vehicles
5.9
5.7
13.3
11.3
-1.6
.5
1.5
-20.1
-3.4
1988
Q1
1988
Mar.
Apr.
-- Monthly rate--
rate-6.2
.7
.4
.5
11.1
-.2
1.9
-.4
1.4
-. 5
.8
.6
Nondurable goods
Excluding gasoline
1.8
4.9
5.0
3.8
2.7
3.3
Services
Excluding energy
6.6
7.5
8.3
9.0
7.4
8.4
.5
.7
4.1
1.0
-2.5
.3
-. 2
4.3
3.7
4.8
5.0
3.6
Memo:
Real personal consumption
expenditures
Personal saving rate
(percent)
May
2.2
4.7
4.5
SALES OF AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT TRUCKS
(Millions of units at an annual rate, FRB seasonals)
1987
1988
1988
Q3
Q4
Ql1
Apr.
May
June 1-20
Autos and light trucks
Autos
Light trucks
16.4
11.4
5.0
14.7
10.0
4.7
15.6
10.8
4.8
15.1
10.5
4.6
15.8
10.7
5.1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Domestically produced1
Autos
Light trucks
11.9
7.8
4.1
10.5
6.6
3.9
11.8
7.6
4.2
11.2
7.2
4.0
12.1
7.6
4.4
11.6
7.4
4.2
Imports
4.5
4.1
3.8
3.9
3.7
n.a.
Autos
3.6
3.4
3.1
3.3
3.1
n.a.
Japanese
Korean
European
Light trucks
2.4
.5
.7
.9
2.4
.3
.7
.8
2.1
.5
.6
.6
2.2
.5
.5
.6
2.1
.4
.5
.6
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Memo:
Auto production
6.3
7.0
6.2
7.0
7.5
7.6e
1. Includes vehicles produced in Canada and Mexico for General Motors, Ford,
and Chrysler.
n.a.--not available.
e--estimate as of June 24.
THE FINANCIAL ECONOMY
Banking and Monetary Aggregates
Partial data through June 20 indicate a rebound in growth of the
monetary aggregates from May's pace, which was depressed by runoffs of
tax-related balances.
Expansion in M1 and M2 in June is estimated to
pick up to 7 and 6 percent annual rates, respectively.
The acceleration
in M1 reflects a turnaround in demand deposit growth and somewhat faster
OCD expansion.
The pickup in M2 is smaller than that of M1 owing to a
slowdown in the nontransactions component.
M3 is now estimated to
accelerate to a 7 percent pace, with a marked pickup in large time
deposit growth, which is occurring entirely at commercial banks.
Data from large, weekly reporting banks through June 15 suggest
continued strength in bank credit.
Holdings of securities expanded at a
much stronger pace in early June, as these banks made sizable additions
to their trading accounts.
Real estate loans continued growing at a
robust pace in the first half of June.
Consumer loan growth picked up
moderately from May's pace, which was depressed by large issuances of
consumer loan-backed securities.
Expansion in business loans at all
large banks moderated, but still maintained a double-digit pace through
mid-June.
However, commercial paper of nonfinancial businesses ran off
and growth in the sum of business loans and commercial paper slowed to a
moderate rate from the very rapid pace of recent months.
MONETARY AGGREGATES
(based on seasonally adjusted data unless otherwise noted)
19871
-----------1.
2.
3.
1988
Q1
1988
Q2p
1988
May
1988
Jun p
Growth
Q4 87Jun 88p
Percent change at annual rates---------------------
MH
M2
M3
5-3/4
8
7
----------
1988
Apr
Percent change at
11.2
9.9
7.1
5
7-1/4
7
Levels
bil. $
May 88
annual rates----------
Selected components
4.
M1-A
5.
Currency
6.
Demand deposits
7.
Other checkable deposits
8.
M2 minus M12
9.
10.
Overnight RPs and Eurodollars, NSA
General purpose and broker/dealer money
market mutual fund shares, NSA
Commercial banks
3
Savings deposits, SA, plus MMOAs, NSA
Small time deposits
Thrift institutions
3
' Savings deposits, SA, plus MMOAs, NSA
Small time deposits
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17. M3 minus M24
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
Large time deposits
s
At commercial banks, net
At thrift institutions
Institution-only money market
mutual fund shares, NSA
Term RPs, NSA
Term Eurodollars, NSA
2.8
1.4
3-1/2
9.2
-4.1
6
498.2
8.7
-1.0
9.4
-4.4
8-1/4
1/4
9.6
9.2
6.5
-11.6
6
6
203.6
287.3
8.5
10-1/4
14.4
7.1
8
271.9
7.7
8-3/4
9.4
6.4
5
2233.6
-12.8
9-3/4
32.1
75.0
22
81.6
19.3
7.2
2.7
13.7
8.7
-7.3
21.3
4-1/4
7
3-1/4
12
9-1/4
2-1/2
14
6.1
6.8
0.9
15.1
9.5
3.6
13.6
-17.3
1.0
-3.1
6.6
6.2
0.9
-17
10
11
8
4
5
3
232.7
947.5
542.9
404.7
969.0
401.9
567.1
11
776.4
13.6
4.1
10.2
10.8
7.9
4
8.5
11.2
3.4
7.3
3.2
15.7
7-1/2
7
8-3/4
2.9
-3.3
15.3
9.5
11.4
6.5
496.5
328.5
168.1
3.0
29.9
13.8
44.0
3.4
-23.9
-31
10
14-1/4
-67.8
8.9
-13.4
-24.8
34.4
13.6
90.0
111.2
89.5
----- Average monthly change in billions of dollars---MEMORANDA:
6
24. Managed liabilities at commercial
banks (25+261
25. Large time deposits, gross
26. Nondeposit funds
Net due to related foreign
27.
institutions, NSA
7
Other
28.
deposits at commercial
29. U.S. government
8
banks
6.1
3.5
2.6
0.8
2.3
-1.5
7
1-1/4
5-3/4
5.1
-2.0
7.1
2.9
-0.3
-6.5
5.1
4-3/4
1
4.8
2.1
0.3
-0.4
-1
-3.1
586.9
396.5
190.4
12.9
2.4
10.5
1
-1
8.8
181.6
-3
24.7
1. Amounts shown are from fourth quarter to fourth quarter.
2. Nontransactions M2 is seasonally adjusted as a whole.
3. Commercial bank savings deposits excluding MMDAs grew during May and June at rates of 11.7
percent and 14 percent, respectively. At thrift institutions, savings deposits excluding MMDAs grew
during May and June at rates of 3.5 percent and 7 percent, respectively.
4. The non-M2 component of M3 is seasonally adjusted as a whole.
5. Net of large denomination time deposits held by money market mutual funds and thrift institutions.
6. Dollar amounts shown under memoranda are calculated on an end-month-of-quarter basis.
7. Consists of borrowing from other than commercial banks in the form of federal funds purchased, securitites
sold under agreements to repurchase, and other liabilities for borrowed money (including borrowing from the
Federal Reserve and unaffiliated foreign banks, loan RPs and other minor items). Data are partially estimated.
8. Consists of Treasury demand deposits and note balances at commercial banks.
p - preliminary
COMMERCIAL BANK CREDIT AND SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM BUSINESS CREDIT
(Percentage changes at annual rates, based on seasonally adjusted data)
1986:Q4
to
1987
1 987:Q4
Q4
Levels
bil.$
1988
1Q
Mar.
Apr.
May
May
-------------------- Commercial Bank Credit ----------------------1.
2.
Total loans and securities
at banks
7.9
2.5
7.8
7.9
11.4
13.0
2322.5
Securities
5.0
3.1
5.4
13.3
10.7
5.3
543.6
3.
U.S. government securities
9.1
2.2
6.8
14.3
14.5
10.5
346.0
4.
Other securities
1.3
4.7
2.9
11.7
4.3
-3.6
197.6
8.8
2.3
8.6
6.3
11.6
15.4
1778.9
5.
Total loans
6.
Business loans
7.5
4.7
2.7
-3.6
17.5
17.6
587.4
7.
Security loans
1.0
-110.2
76.6
-43.6
-51.3
22.0
38.8
8.
Real estate loans
1 8.1
13.2
10.8
10.5
12.8
16.1
612.5
9.
Consumer loans
4.9
4.5
10.4
13.8
10.8
5.7
339.2
Other loans
2.3
-12.2
4.5
21.7
5.4
21.8
201.0
LO.
------Business loans net of bankers
acceptances
2
12.
Loans at foreign branches
13.
Sum of lines 11 A 12
14.
Commercial paper issued by
nonfinancial firms
15.
Sum of lines 13 & 14
16.
Bankers accetances:
-4.2
17.8
18.2
583.9
92.3
-12.2
61.9
20.4
5.2
-1.4
16.8
20.0
604.4
23.9
8 8
40.6
16.2
28.0
92.0
6.7
5.7
4.1
16.5
20.9
696.3
-24.9
33.1
18.7
729.3
5.4
2.3
-:
35.9
115.8
7.2
4.1
-1.6
6.0
7.6
-4.1
U.S. trade
related'-
17.
Short- and Intermediat-i'-rm Business Credit ---------
Line 15 plus bankers acceptances:
U.S. trade related
13.3
6.3
-11.6
3.6
6.7
4.9
4.1
16.3
7.1
7.1
18.
Finance company loans to business 3 16.6
24.1
8.4
9.5
15.6
n.a.
217.55
19.
Total short- and intermediateterm business credit (sum of
lines 17 & 18)
10.5
5.6
5.2
16.0
n.a.
935.75
8.4
1. Average of Wednesdays.
irms by foreign branches of domestically chartered banks
2. Loans at foreign branches are loans made to U.S. f:
3. Based on average of data for current and preceding ends of month.
4. Consists of acceptances that finance U.S. imports, U.S. exports, and domestic shipment and storage of good.
5. April data.
n.a.--not available
---preliminary
SELECTED FINANCIAL
MARKET
QUOTATIONS 1/
(percent)
1987
Jan-Feb
lows
Change from:
1988
2/
Oct 16
Feb
FOMC
2/
los May 17 June 23 Oct 16
FOMC
May 17
Sbhrt-tem rates
Federal tunds 3/
0.47
5.95
7.59
6.38
7.07
7.54
-0.05
3-unth
5.30
7.74
5.59
5.35
7.74
5.77
6.10
6.30
1-year
5.31
6.9
6.52
6.76
6.99
-0.41 0.22
-0.82 0.21
-0.75 0.10
5.81
5.73
7.94
8.65
6.41
6.45
7.09
7.20
7.41
7.50
-0.53
-1.15
0.
0.
5.85
5.80
5.78
7.92
6.44
6.49
6.55
7.07
7.27
7.51
7.44
7.53
7.69
-0.48
0.7
ELrodollar deposits 5/
l-nnth
3-mnth
6.00
7.79
8.69
6.69
6.60
7.09
7.5
7.61
-1.08
Bank prine rate
7.50
9.25
8.50
9.00
US. Treasry (constant maturity)
6.34
9.52
1 yar
10.23
7.01
7.28
8.25
Tremsry bills 4/
CamCial papr
1-nth
3-onth
Lare neDptiable CD's 4/
T-nth
3-wath
9.12
6.00
7.34
-1.43
0.26:
0.18
0.25
0.45
9.00
-0.25
0.00
0.27
Intermediate- and lo-term rates
7.29
10.24
8.32
9.12
9.22
8.88
8.90
-1
-1.34
(BoPn BE r inder)
6.92
9.59
7.76
8.26
8.10
-1.49
Corporate-A utility
O
y offered
8.78
11.50
9.63
10.60
10.40
-1.10 -0.20
9.84
10.40
10.35
-1.23
0.05
-0.66
0.13
30-year
Imcipal remume 6/
ase
D
rates 7/
hiNB-a r9.10
AIM, 1-ear
11.58
7.52
8.45
1986
.11
8.3;!
7.59
Record
7.79
Pervet oe
1988
1987
Tear end h~mgs
7.66
Low
-0.16
FOeC
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2722.42 1738.74 1986.41 2148.29 -1.09
187.99 125.91 14.65 1.03 -17.53
365.01
231.90
.82 -15.
296.57
.26 291.88 372.27 391.03 -1
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Oct. 19, 1987.
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@misc{wtfs_greenbook_19880630_part2,
author = {Federal Reserve},
title = {Greenbook/Tealbook},
year = {1988},
month = {Jun},
howpublished = {Greenbooks, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19880630_part2},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}