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CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
CLASS III - FOMC
December 13, 1991
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
THE DOMESTIC NONFINANCIAL ECONOMY
Consumer spending.
Retail inventories
Prices . . . . . .
Clarification. . .
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Tables
Retail sales . . . . . . . . . . .
Changes in manufacturing and trade inventories
Inventories relative to sales. . .
Recent changes in consumer prices.
Recent changes in producer prices.
Charts
Consumer sentiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ratio of inventories to sales. . . . . . . . .
THE FINANCIAL ECONOMY
Tables
Monetary aggregates . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commercial bank credit and short- and
intermediate-term business credit. . . . . .
Selected financial market quotations . . . . .
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9
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES
THE DOMESTIC NONFINANCIAL ECONOMY
Consumer Spending
Nominal retail sales are estimated to have risen 0.3 percent in
November. 1
In the retail
control category, which excludes
spending at automotive dealers and at building material and supply
stores, sales also increased 0.3 percent.
However, growth rates for
previous months were revised down sharply:
Retail control now is
estimated to have declined 0.7 percent in September
0.3 percent),
and 0.4 percent in October
Growth in total retail
(rather than
(rather than 0.2 percent).
sales was revised down from 0.6 percent to
0.3 percent in September and was little changed in October.
downward
The
revisions to spending in September and October occurred
mainly in nondurable goods.
The revised figures imply that real personal consumption
expenditures in the third quarter were about $2 billion
rate,
(annual
1987 dollars) below the level shown in the preliminary
estimate of GDP.
Moreover, consumer spending in the fourth quarter
now appears to be running lower than the already-weak performance
projected in the December Greenbook.
Among the components
dealers rose 0.6
of spending, retail sales at automotive
percent last month and were revised upward in both
September and October.
Sales at building material and supply stores
fell a steep 2.2 percent and were revised down in September and
1. The November advance estimates may be more uncertain than
The weekend
usual owing to the late date of Thanksgiving this year.
after Thanksgiving is the traditional start of the Christmas
shopping season, and this November contained fewer Christmas
The Census Bureau attempts to adjust the
shopping days than usual.
seasonal factors to account for the timing of Thanksgiving, but
those adjustments are likely to be less reliable when, as this year,
Thanksgiving falls on the last possible day of the month.
October.
Within the retail control category, sales at general
merchandise, apparel, and furniture outlets (the GAF grouping)-where expenditures tend to be more discretionary--were revised down
to show even steeper drops in both September and October; they
advanced 0.6 percent in November, but retraced only a small part of
the prior decline.
The early responses (315 of the roughly 500 households who
typically report) to the University of Michigan indicate little
change in consumer attitudes in December from the low level reached
in November.
Assessments of personal finances, expected business
conditions, and buying conditions for large household appliances all
remained quite unfavorable.
Households also reported that their
willingness to use credit or savings stayed at the low levels that
have prevailed since October.
Expected inflation for both a year
ahead and 5 to 10 years ahead dropped about 1/2 percentage point in
the preliminary reading--to 4.0 and 4.9 percent, respectively.
Retail Inventories
Retail inventories rose sharply again in October.
In current-
cost terms, stocks in the retail trade sector increased at an annual
rate of $33.6 billion, following a $35.9 billion accumulation in
September.
2
Slightly more than half of the October retail
inventory buildup was in stocks held by auto dealers
($18.3 billion).
Among the non-auto retail establishments, the
largest accumulation in October was reported by general
merchandisers ($6.9 billion).
Stocks held by furniture and
appliance outlets, building materials suppliers, and food stores
2. The September accumulation was revised down from the $42.9
billion annual rate indicated in the preliminary report. The bulk
of the downward revision was in stocks of apparel, food, and
miscellaneous nondurable goods.
-3rose only moderately, and inventories at apparel stores showed a
small drop.
With declines in sales, the inventory-sales ratios for most
Excluding
types of retail establishments rose markedly in October.
auto dealers, the ratio rose to 1.51 months, close to the recent
peak posted in January of this year.
Prices
The consumer price index rose 0.4 percent in November--about in
line with the Greenbook forecast--after an increase of only
0.1 percent in the previous month.
Food and energy prices jumped in
November, and the index for items other than food apd energy moved
up 0.3 percent, after an unusually small increase of only
0.1 percent in October.
The November rise in food prices was 0.6 percent.
A surge in
the index for fruits and vegetables accounted for most of this
increase; lettuce prices, which were affected by the whitefly
infestation in California and Arizona, were up 45 percent.
Fairly
sharp increases also were reported in the indexes for dairy products
and for cereals and bakery products, but prices of other grocery
foods either rose only slightly in November or declined.
The index
for food away from home, which accounts for nearly 40 percent of
total food in the CPI, was up only 0.1 percent for the third month
in a row; its twelve-month rate of change dropped below 3 percent
for the first time since mid-1965.
Energy prices rose 0.8 percent in November.
Gasoline prices
turned up last month, and the price of fuel oil increased sharply
for the third month in a row.
Upward pressures on energy prices
through the autumn have been largely the reflection of a rise in
-4crude oil prices that began around midyear and extended through midOctober.
Since October, however, oil prices have dropped back,
fully reversing their earlier increase; the pressures at retail
thus seem likely to abate.
The November pickup in prices of items other than food and
energy was concentrated in the commodities category, which rose
0.4 percent after declining 0.1 percent in October.
Apparel prices
were up 1.0 percent last month, after two months of decline.
Tobacco prices also rose sharply last month, and a further big
increase may be in store in December, given the large price hike
recently announced by manufacturers.
By contrast, prices of
household durables were unchanged for the third month in a row; car
prices were up a moderate 0.2 percent, and the prices of furniture
and major household appliances fell.
The CPI for services less energy increased 0.3 percent in
November, the same as in the previous month.
The cost of airfares
turned up sharply in November, but auto finance charges continued to
decline and the heavily weighted rental indexes were up only about
1/4 percentage point, on balance.
Producer prices of finished goods rose 0.2 percent in November,
held down by the food and energy components.
Prices of other
finished goods were up 0.3 percent, about the average monthly pace
over the preceding year.
The PPI for finished foods edged down 0.1 percent in November.
As expected, prices climbed for fresh vegetables, but large
offsetting declines occurred for fresh fruits, meats, and poultry.
Energy prices were unchanged, on average, in the November PPI, after
three months of increases.
Refinery prices of gasoline and fuel oil
-5rose further, reflecting previous increases in crude oil costs, but
residential electricity declined.
Excluding food and energy items, the PPI for finished consumer
goods rose 0.4 percent in November.
Manufacturers' prices of cars
and light trucks were up 1.3 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively.
These indexes were 4-1/2 percent and 6 percent, respectively, above
the levels of a year earlier.
The PPI for capital equipment rose
0.2 percent in November--about the average monthly rate over the
past year--despite the increases for cars and light trucks.
Prices
of heavy trucks dropped back, and increases for other capital
equipment items remained small.
At earlier stages of processing, prices of intermediate
materials
(nonfood, nonenergy) edged up 0.1 percent in November and
have been about unchanged over the past six months.
The PPI for
crude nonfood materials less energy fell 1.8 percent further, mainly
reflecting declines for metal scrap.
Clarification
No attempt was made to adjust the national income account data
shown on page I-15 of the Greenbook in the column dated 10/30/91 to
reflect the December benchmark revision; the data are shown as
presented in the October Greenbook.
for
"Nominal GDP" and
"real GDP"
"real GNP" in 1982 prices.
The data in the October columns
actually are "Nominal GNP" and
Similarly, the series shown for the GDP
fixed-weight price index in the October column actually is the 1982-
based GNP fixed-weight price index.
-6RETAIL SALES
(Seasonally adjusted percentage change)
1991
Total sales
Previous estimate
Q1
Q2
-. 9
1.3
1991
Q3
Sep.
Oct.
Retail controll
Previous estimate
-. 3
.8
.4
.5
-. 7
-. 3
-. 4
-. 2
Total excl. automotive group
Previous estimate
-. 3
.9
.4
.6
-. 6
-. 2
-. 4
-. 0
.9
1.0
-1.0
-. 6
-1.1
-. 6
GAF2
Previous estimate
.5
2.2
Durable goods stores
Previous estimate
-1.9
2.5
Bldg. material and supply
Automotive dealers
Furniture and appliances
Other durable goods
-. 8
-3.2
-1.4
1.8
Nondurable goods stores
Previous estimate
-. 3
Apparel
Food
*General merchandise 3
Gasoline stations
Other nondurables 4
-. 2
Memo:
Motor vehicle sales 5
Autos
Light trucks
.6
.0
.0
-. 4
-2.2
.6
.1
1.5
-1.4
.0
.7
.5
.6
.3
1.6
-8.9
1.3
4.4
1.0
1.3
-3.4
.6
.0
-. 3
1.6
-. 2
.9
12.0
8.3
3.6
12.3
8.4
3.9
12.7
8.6
4.1
-. 7
-. 3
-2.1
Nov.
-. 2
-. 3
-. 2
-1.5
1.9
.4
.3
-. 3
-. 6
-2.4
-. 8
-. 3
-. 3
.3
1.1
.6
-1.0
12.9
12.1
8.5
4.4
8.3
3.8
12.3
8.3
3.9
1. Total retail sales less building material and supply stores and
automotive dealers, except auto and home supply stores.
2. General merchandise, apparel, furniture, and appliance stores.
3. General merchandise excludes mail order nonstores; mail order
sales are also excluded in the GAF grouping.
4. Includes sales at eating and drinking places, drug and proprietary
stores.
5. Millions of units at an annual rate;
BEA seasonals.
-7Consumer Sentiment
Index
131
S-
-
Michigan Survey
- Conference Board Survey
124
S117
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11
SDec.
96
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I Nov.
SI
1984
1985
I
I
1986
1987
I
1988
I
1989
I
1990
68
I
1991
54
7
1992
-8CHANGES IN MANUFACTURING AND TRADE INVENTORIES
(Billions of dollars at annual rates;
based on seasonally adjusted data)
1991
1991
Q1
Q2
-29.3
-14.4
-11.3
4.7
-22.7
-14.9
-7.8
-50.0
-42.2
-24.1
-18.8
-7.2
-7.9
.7
Q3
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Current-cost basis:
Total
Total excluding retail auto
Manufacturing
Wholesale
Retail
Automotive
Excluding auto
10.8
1.8
-4.5
-3.3
18.6
9.0
9.6
-1.8
-9.5
-7.4
-3.6
9.2
7.7
1.5
37.7
22.1
17.4
-15.5
35.9
15.6
20.2
36.1
17.8
.5
2.0
33.6
18.3
15.3
INVENTORIES RELATIVE TO SALES 1
(Months supply; based on seasonally adjusted data)
1991
Q1
1991
Q2
Q3
1.51
1.49
1.60
1.32
1.55
1.84
1.47
1.50
1.47
1.57
1.31
1.57
1.91
1.48
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Range in
preceding 12 months: 2
Low
High
Current-cost basis:
Total
Total excluding retail auto
Manufacturing
Wholesale
Retail
Automotive
.Excluding auto
1.49
1.47
1.56
1.31
1,54
1.82
1.46
1.58
1.55
1.69
1.38
1.65
2.18
1.52
1.56
1.53
1.66
1.37
1.58
1.96
1.48
1.49
1.47
1.56
1.32
1.56
1.90
1.47
1.50
1.47
1.56
1.31
1.57
1.87
1.49
1. Ratio of end of period inventories to average monthly sales for the period.
2. Highs and lows are specific to each series and are not necessarily
coincidental.
Range is for the 12-month period preceding the latest month for
which data are available.
1.50
1.47
1.55
1.32
1.59
1.89
1.51
Ratio of
Inventories to
(Current-cost data)
Sales
Manufacturing
1979
1981
Ratio
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
Wholesale
1979
Ratio
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
Retail
1979
Ratio
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
-10-
RECENT CHANGES IN CONSUMER PRICES
(Percentage change; based on seasonally adjusted data) 1
Relative
importance
Dec. 1990
1991
1989
1990
Q1
1991
Q2
Q3
----- Annual rate-----2
All items
Food
Energy
All items less food
and energy
Commodities
Services
Oct.
Nov.
-Monthly rate-
100.0
16.2
8.2
4.6
5.6
5.1
6.1
5.3
18.1
2.4
2.4
-30.7
3.0
5.1
-1.2
3.3
-3.2
1.6
.1
-. 1
.2
.4
.6
.8
75.6
24.5
51.1
4.4
2.7
5.3
5.2
3.4
6.0
6.8
7.9
6.4
3.2
3.2
3.0
4.6
4.1
4.6
.1
-. 1
.3
.3
.4
.3
100.0
4.5
6.1
1.5
3.3
2.7
.1
.5
Memorandum:
CPI-W
3
1. Changes are from final month of preceding period to final month of period indicated.
2. Official index for all urban consumers.
3. Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers.
RECENT CHANGES IN PRODUCER PRICES
1
(Percentage change; based on seasonally adjusted data)
Relative
importance
Dec. 1990
1991
1991
1989
1990
Q1
Q2
Q3
----- Annual rate------
Oct.
Nov.
-Monthly rate-
100.0
23.7
16.8
59.5
36.4
23.1
4.9
5.2
9.5
4.2
4.4
3.8
5.7
2.6
30.7
3.5
3.7
3.4
-3.5
1.0
-35.5
5.4
5.9
4.6
.7
-. 6
.0
1.5
1.2
1.6
.3
-6.3
5.3
1.5
2.4
1.0
.7
.4
1.7
.5
.6
.4
.2
-. 1
.0
.3
.4
.2
2
Intermediate materials
Excluding food and energy
95.2
78.5
2.5
.9
4.6
1.9
-9.8
-2.3
-. 7
-1.0
.4
-. 3
-. 1
-. 1
.1
.1
Crude food materials
Crude energy
Other crude materials
34.4
50.7
14.9
2.8
17.9
-3.6
-4.2
19.1
.6
.0
-54.0
-4.7
-12.5
.5
-13.3
-8.1
.0
-4.0
.1
3.9
-. 5
-.2
1.2
-1.8
Finished goods
Consumer foods
Consumer energy
Other finished goods
Consumer goods
Capital equipment
1. Changes are from final month of preceding period to final month of period indicated.
2. Excludes materials for food manufacturing and animal feeds.
-11MONETARY AGGREGATES
(based on seasonally adjusted data unless otherwise noted)
19901
1991
z2
1991
Q3
1991
Sep
1991
Oct
1991
Nov p
Growth
Q4 90Nov 91p
------------ Percent change at annual rates---------------------1.
2.
3.
M1
M2
M3
4.2
3.8
1.7
-----------
7.3
4.7
1.8
6.8
-0.5
-2.5
5.4
0.0
-2.0
12.6
2.3
1.1
15.2
4.5
2.8
Levels
bil.
$
Nov 91p
Percent change at annual rates------------
Selected components
4.
MI-A
5.
6.
Currency
Demand deposits
4.6
3.9
3.2
11.0
-0.6
3.9
4.5
5.8
1.1
2.6
7.
Other checkable deposits
3.5
13.5
13.3
9.8
8.
M2 minus M12
3.7
3.9
-3.0
-1.9
9.
10.
11.
Overnight RPs and Eurodollars, NSA
General purpose and broker/dealer money
market mutual fund shares
Commercial banks
12.
13.
14.
Savings deposits plus MMDAs
Small time deposits
Thrift institutions
S
Savings deposits plus MMDAs
Small time deposits
.M3
18.
minus M2
3
Large time deposits
19.
4
At commercial banks, net
20.
21.
At thrift institutions
Institution-only money market
22.
23.
Term RPs, NSA
Term Eurodollars, NSA
MEMORANDA:
560.8
9.1
14.2
4.1
20.8
265.3
287.5
13.5
19.6
329.4
-1.1
0.7
2518.0
71.4
-7.4
-13.9
-14.1
39.3
36.4
11.0
9.9
7.5
8.0
7.3
16.6
-10.9
6.9
12.9
-11.5
4.4
9.1
-4.4
3.9
14.7
-5.1
0.7
14.4
348.8
1245.1
651.3
12.4
-5.5
-1.8
-2.1
0.8
-10.8
-0.8
-8.4
-7.5
-9.2
-14.0
-4.2
593.8
851.1
-2.2
18.4
9.8
5.6
8.8
13.3
373.7
-7.3
-14.7
-24.5
-18.9
-22.4
-17.8
477.3
-6.4
-10.5
-11.3
-11.0
-4.7
-4.5
-9.5
-7.6
0.2
-34.8
-15.2
-19.8
-24.4
-14.7
-42.2
-19.0
-46.4
-18.0
-13.6
-37.2
460.0
375.6
84.4
37.3
-16.9
-45.2
49.0
-18.7
-20.7
43.2
-6.3
-24.8
161.0
75.5
61.5
billions
of dollars----
20.2
-12.6
-12.1
-----
5
12.8
3.3
-3.5
-23.9
mutual fund shares
11.8
23.0
-27.8
-32.3
-8.4
-40.8
0.8
-6.6
-4.2
Average monthly change in
742.5
24. Managed liabilities at commercial
banks (25+26)
25.
Large time deposits, gross
26.
Nondeposit funds
27.
28.
Net due to related foreign
institutions
6
Other
-0.1
-2.6
2.5
-3.4
0.3
-2.7
-2.7
1.8
-3.3
4.9
-8.8
0.0
-2.6
703.1
432.5
-3.7
-0.1
5.1
13.7
2.6
270.6
2.2
0.3
-3.6
-0.1
0.2
-0.3
2.8
2.3
10.9
2.8
2.0
0.6
32.8
237.8
0.3
-3.5
-0.4
-1.9
9.2
6.3
37.4
29. U.S. government deposits at commercial
banks
7
Amounts shown are from fourth quarter to fourth quarter.
Nontransactions M2 is seasonally adjusted as a whole.
The non-M2 component of M3 is seasonally adjusted as a whole.
Net of large denomination time deposits held by money market mutual funds and thrift institutions.
Dollar amounts shown under memoranda are calculated on an end-month-of-quarter basis.
Consists of borrowing 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 borrowing from the
Federal Reserve and unaffiliated foreign banks, loan RPs and other minor items). Data are partially estimated.
'onsists of Treasury demand deposits and note balances at commercial banks.
)reliminary
-12COMMERCIAL BANK CREDIT AND SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM BUSINESS CREDIT 1
(Percentage change at annual rate, based on seasonally adjusted data)
Category
Dec.
1989
to
Dec.
1990
1991
Q2
1991
Q3
1991
Sep.
1991
1991
Oct. Nov. p
Level
(billions
of
dollars)
1991
Nov. p
-------------- Commercial bank credit -------------1.
Total loans
and securities
at banks
2.
Securities
5.3
1.7
0.8
8.6
11.9
14.7
18.5
22.2
3.
U.S. government
13.9
19.8
21.7
4.
Other
-3.1
-9.3
-5.3
4.3
-1.5
-3.6
-6.8
-4.2
5.
Loans
6.
Business
1.9
7.
Real estate
9.5
8.
Consumer
9.
Security
10.
Other
3.2
6.4
-1.8
6.2
5.3
-2.8
-0.7
1.2
-3.2
-7.2
-11.7
4.4
-5.2
58.5
-2.4
-9.1
-10.2
36.6
-22.1
6.3
2,799.1
30.3
18.6
721.4
37.0
24.3
549.1
6.8
9.8
0.7
172.3
-1.1
2.0
2,077.6
0.0
-3.9
1.1
620.1
3.1
856.4
-8.5
-3.6
361.6
-2.7
71.2
46.4
0.0
12.5
193.2
---- Short- and intermediate-term business credit---11.
12.
Business loans
net of
bankers acceptances
Loans at foreign
branches 2
1.9
19.3
-6.8
-4.4
-35.7
-3.4
-4.3
6.5
21.0
7.2
-5.1
613.9
40.5
24.5
-3.2
638.4
-22.9
18.0
135.6
0.5
0.8
20.6
13.
Sum of lines 11 and 12
2.5
-7.9
14.
Commercial paper
.issued by
nonfinancial firms
12.2
-9.4
15.
Sum of lines 13 and 14
4.2
-8.2
-8.4
-4.5
-2.9
16.
Bankers acceptances, 3
U.S. trade-related
-9.6
-22.0
-20.5
-8.6
4.3
n.a.
27.85
Finance company
4
loans to business
13.1
4.6
11.6
14.7
11.4
n.a.
309.25
5.8
-5.2
-3.4
0.6
1.2
17.
18.
Total (sum of
lines 15, 16,
and 17)
-26.3
-56.3
1.3
n.a.
774.0
1,112.55
-- -- -----'~ -- -- --- ~----------~----- -- -- --1. Average of Wednesdays.
2. Loans at foreign branches are loans made to U.S. firms by foreign branches of
domestically chartered banks.
3..Consists of acceptances that finance U.S. imports, U.S. exports, and domestic
shipment and storage of goods. Based on average of data for current and preceding
ends of month.
4. Based on average of data for current and preceding ends of month.
5. October 1991 data.
p--Preliminary.
n.a.--Not available.
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SELECTED FINANCIAL MARKET QUOTATIONS
(percent)
1989
1990
March
high
1991
July 13
Change from:
FOMG
Nov 5
Dec 12
Mar 89 1990
highs July 13
FOMC
Nov 5
Short-term rates
Federal funds 2
9.85
8.31
5.17
4.62
-5.23
-3.69
-0.55
9.10
9.11
9.05
7.60
7.51
7.36
4.76
4.81
4.80
4.15
4.16
4.24
-4.95
-4.95
-4.81
-3.45
-3.35
-3.12
-0.61
-0.65
-0.56
10.05
10.15
8.17
8.05
5.05
5.06
4.91
4.60
-5.14
-5.55
-3.26
-3.45
-0.14
-0.46
10.07
10.32
10.08
8.16
8.17
8.19
4.99
5.03
5.01
4.80
4.46
4.39
-5.27
-5.86
-5.69
-3.36
-3.71
-3.80
-0.19
-0.57
-0.62
10.19
10.50
8.13
8.13
4.94
5.06
4.81
4.44
-5.38
-6.06
-3.32
-3.69
0.13
-0.62
11.50
10.00
8.00
7.50
-4.00
-2.50
-0.50
U.S. Treasury (constant maturity)
3-year
9.88
8.25
10-year
9.53
8.45
30-year
9.31
8.46
6.04
7.56
8.02
5.43
7.19
7.77
-4.45
-2.34
-1.54
-2.82
-1.26
-0.69
-0.61
0.37
-0.25
Municipal revenue
(Bond Buyer)
Treasury bills
3-month
6-month
1-year
3
Commercial paper
1-month
3-month
Large negotiable CDs
1-month
3-month
6-month
Eurodollar deposits
1-month
3-month
3
4
Bank prime rate
Intermediate- and long-term rates
Corporate--A utility
recently offered
Home mortgage rates
FHLMC 30-yr. FRM
FHLMC
1-yr. ARM
7.95
7.40
6.86
6.90
-1.05
-0.50
0.04
10.47
9.94
9.07
8.79
-1.68
-1.15
-0.28
11.22
9.31
10.11
8.45
8.78
6.58
8.62
6.29
-2.60
-3.02
-1.49
-2.16
-0.16
-0.29
6
1989
Record
highs
Date
Lows
Jan 3
1991
FOMC
Nov 5 Dec
Percent change
12
Record
highs
from:
1989
lows
FOMC
Nov 5
34.99
36.65
19.95
41.59
36.17
-4.49
-1.98
-4.89
-0.52
-1.90
Stock prices
Dow-Jones Industrial
NYSE Composite
AMEX Composite
NASDAQ (OTC)
Wilshire
3077,15
219.37
397.47
556.17
3862.46
10/18/91
11/13/91
11/18/91
11/13/91
11/13/91
2144.64 3031.31 2895.13
154.00
214.68
210.44
305.24
384.94
366.13
378.56
538.82
536.02
2718.59 3773.53 3701.97
1/ One-day quotes except as noted.
2/ Average for two-week reserve maintenance period
closest to date shown. Last observation is average
for maintenance period ending December 11,
1991.
-5.92
4.07
-7.88
-3.62
-4.16
3/ Secondary market.
4/ Bid rates for Eurodollar
deposits at 11 a.m. London time.
5/ Based on one-day Thursday quotes
and futures market index changes.
6/ Quotes for week ending
Friday closest to date shown.
Cite this document
APA
Federal Reserve (1991, December 16). Greenbook/Tealbook. Greenbooks, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19911217_part2
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_greenbook_19911217_part2,
author = {Federal Reserve},
title = {Greenbook/Tealbook},
year = {1991},
month = {Dec},
howpublished = {Greenbooks, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19911217_part2},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}