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CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
CLASS III - FOMC
November 13, 1992
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
Retail sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
Consumer attitudes . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ..
. . . . . . . ..
Consumer price index . . . ... . ..
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1
2
Tables
. . .
Retail sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
University of Michigan Survey Research Center:
Survey of consumer attitudes . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
. . . . .. .
Recent changes in producer prices.
Recent changes in consumer prices . . . . . . . . . .
4
5
6
6
Charts
Personal saving rate . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . .
Consumer attitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .
7
7
THE FINANCIAL ECONOMY
The November 1992 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey .
Tables
. . .
Monetary aggregates . . . . . . . . . ....
Commercial bank credit and short- and
.
intermediate-term business credit. . ..... .
Selected financial market quotations . . . . ... .
. .12
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SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES
THE DOMESTIC NONFINANCIAL ECONOMY
Retail Sales
According to the Census Bureau's advance estimate, nominal
retail sales rose 0.9 percent in October, led by an increase in
sales at automotive dealers of nearly 3 percent.
In the retail
control category, which excludes automotive dealers and building
material and supply stores, nominal sales advanced 0.4 percent.
In
addition, the figures for both August and September were revised up.
The revised retail sales data imply about a $2-1/2 billion upward
revision to the estimate of third-quarter real PCE.
Within the retail control in October, higher sales at general
merchandisers, apparel outlets, furniture and appliance stores, and
grocery stores more than offset lower spending at eating and
drinking establishments, drug stores, and establishments in the
"other durable goods" category.
Nominal retail sales at gasoline
stations were reported to have edged up 0.3 percent in October;
however, separate physical-product data from the Department of
Energy indicate that real gasoline expenditures fell back last month
from a relatively high September level.
Consumer Attitudes
According to preliminary, partial-sample data, the University
of Michigan's composite index of consumer sentiment rose 10.3 index
points in the first half of November.
The preliminary November
results are based on about two-thirds of the sample of participants.
The Survey Research Center reported that sentiment improved during
the weekend prior to the election and then remained at the higher
level through mid-month.
The November increase more than offsets
the declines that occurred between June and October; at 83.6, the
-2index is at its highest level since the spike in sentiment following
the conclusion of the Gulf War.
Among the components of the composite index, perceptions of
current economic conditions rose 14.2 index points, reflecting more
optimistic assessments of personal financial situations and buying
conditions for household durables.
The expected conditions
component rose 7.6 points; while respondents held a more favorable
outlook of future business conditions, there was no change in their
expectations of personal financial situations one year from now.
In
other questions not included in the composite index, perceptions of
buying conditions for cars and homes improved, and there was a sharp
decline in the number of respondents expecting higher unemployment
over the next year.
However, respondents' expectations of inflation
over the next twelve months rose 1.0 percentage point to
4.6 percent, the highest reading since November 1991.
In contrast,
long-run inflation expectations were essentially unchanged at
5.0 percent.
Consumer Price Index
The CPI rose 0.4 percent in October, its largest increase since
March.
Energy prices advanced 0.5 percent, mainly owing to an
increase in gasoline prices of 0.6 percent, while food prices were
unchanged.
Excluding food and energy, the index rose 0.5 percent,
breaking a string of five consecutive increases of 0.2 percent.
The jump in the index excluding food and energy was
concentrated in services, with the index for nonenergy services up
0.6 percent--its largest increase since January 1991.
Owners'
equivalent rent rose 1/2 percent in October after posting a small
decline in September, and residential rent showed a similar pattern;
the swing in these two components added about 0.2 percentage point
to the overall CPI.
Still, the index for owners' equivalent rent is
-3up at only a 2-3/4 percent annual pace so far in 1992, compared with
3-3/4 for all of 1991.
Airline fares also made a significant
contribution to the increase in October; air fares surged nearly
8 percent, after falling about 9 percent over the preceding five
months.
Elsewhere, the CPI for consumer commodities other than food
and energy rose 0.3 percent in October.
RETAIL SALES
(Seasonally adjusted percentage change)
1992
Q1
Total sales
Previous estimate
Q2
1992
Q3
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
2.7
.2
1.5
1.3
.9
Retail control1
Previous estimate
2.2
.3
1.7
1.5
.4
Total excl. automotive group
Previous estimate
2.5
.3
1.5
1.3
.4
GAF 2
Previous estimate
5.4
-. 6
3.4
3.6
-.2
-.3
1.3
Durable goods stores
Previous estimate
3.9
.5
1.7
1.6
-.6
-.5
1.7
7.5
3.3
3.9
2.3
.3
-1.3
3.8
-1.0
1.5
3.2
4.2
.7
2.9
2.0
-2.2
2.0
.1
1.4
1.1
.5
.2
3.9
.2
6.7
-. 5
2.0
.5
-1.8
2.2
1.5
-. 3
3.8
.9
3.4
.5
.3
-1.1
1.0
.4
-1.0
1.1
Bldg. material and supply
Automotive dealers
Furniture and appliances
Other durable goods
Nondurable goods stores
Previous estimate
Apparel
Food
General merchandise 3
Gasoline stations
Other nondurables 4
.0
-. 5
-. 7
-. 8
1.1
.4
1.6
-1.0
.3
.3
1.0
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.
November 13, 1992
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER: SURVEY OF CONSUMER ATTITUDES
(Not seasonally adjusted)
1992
1992
1992
1992
1992
1992
1992
1992
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Composite of current and expected conditions
76.0
77.2
79.2
80.4
76.6
76.1
75.6
73.3
83.6
Current conditions
Expected conditions
84.9
87.7
91.5
95.4
90.6
86.2
88.3
82.5
96.7
70.3
70.5
71.2
70.7
67.6
69.5
67.4
67.5
75.1
93
113
97
129
97
122
100
125
96
125
91
121
102
123
90
121
109
121
125
126
153
131
130
162
135
139
159
144
147
163
128
138
153
129
132
159
130
126
162
121
123
148
132
141
163
Average expected increase in prices during
the next 12 months
3.3
3.7
3.4
4.2
3.9
4.0
4.1
3.6
4.6
Average expected increase in prices (per year)
over the next 5 to 10 years
4.6
4.9
5.5
4.7
4.7
S.0
5.0
5.1
5.0
1992
Nov
(P)
Indexes of consumer sentiment (Feb. 1966=100)
Personal financial situation
Now compared with 12 months ago*
Expected in 12 months*
Expected business conditions
Next 12 months*
Next 5 years*
Appraisal of buying conditions
Cars
Large household appliances*
Houses
Willingness to use credit
Willingness to use savings
* -- Indicates the question is one of the five equally-weighted components of the index of sentiment.
(p) -- Preliminary
(f)
--
Final
Note: Figures on financial, business, and buying conditions are the percent reporting 'good times' (or
'better') minus the percent reporting 'bad times' (or 'worse'), plus 100. Asterisk (*) indicates
the question is one of the five equally-weighted components of the index of sentiment.
RECENT CHANGES IN PRODUCER PRICES
(Percent change; based on seasonally adjusted data)1
Relative
importance
Dec. 1991
1992
1990
1991
Q1
1992
Q2
Q3
Sep.
----- Annual rate-----Finished goods
Consumer foods
Consumer energy
Other finished goods
Consumer goods
Capital equipment
Oct.
-Monthly rate-
100.0
21.9
13.8
64.2
39.5
24.7
5.7
2.6
30.7
3.5
3.7
3.4
-. 1
-1.5
-9.6
3.1
3.4
2.5
1.0
.3
-7.0
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.3
-1.0
17.9
1.8
2.4
.9
1.6
3.6
-.5
1.2
1.2
.9
.3
.4
.8
.2
.2
.0
.1
.1
1.4
-.1
-.1
-.2
Intermediate materials 2
Excluding food and energy
95.3
81.7
4.6
1.9
-2.7
-.8
.0
1.7
5.4
1.7
.3
1.0
.1
.0
.0
-.2
Crude food materials
Crude energy
Other crude materials
41.2
40.0
18.7
-4.2
19.1
.6
-5.8
-16.6
-7.6
11.8
-26.6
15.0
1.9
51.5
4.8
-6.2
16.4
2.5
.6
3.6
-.5
.6
-.5
-1.3
1. Changes are from final month of preceding period to final month of period indicated.
2. Excludes materials for food manufacturing and animal feeds.
RECENT CHANGES IN CONSUMER PRICES
1
(Percent change; based on seasonally adjusted data)
Relative
importance
Dec. 1991
1992
1990
1991
Ql
Q2
1992
Q3
----- Annual rate-----All items 2
Food
Energy
All items less food
and energy
Commodities
Services
Sep.
Oct.
-Monthly rate-
100.0
16.0
7.4
6.1
5.3
18.1
3.1
1.9
-7.4
3.5
1.5
-6.9
2.6
-1.2
12.5
2.6
4.7
.4
.2
.4
.0
.4
.0
.5
76.6
24.8
51.9
5.2
3.4
6.0
4.4
4.0
4.6
4.8
5.3
4.8
2.8
2.1
2.9
2.5
2.1
2.6
.2
.2
.1
.5
.3
.6
100.0
6.1
2.8
3.0
2.7
2.9
.1
.4
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.
PERSONAL SAVING RATE
Percent
14
Quarterly
Four-quarter moving average
CONSUMER ATTITUDES
1964
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1972
1968
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17
1978
1i980
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1980
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1982
18
1992
1988
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1984
1980
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1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
THE FINANCIAL ECONOMY
The November 1992 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending
Practices
The November 1992 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank
Lending Practices suggests that the market for loans to businesses
has not greatly changed over the last three months, while the market
for loans to households has continued to expand.
A large majority
of respondents reported no changes in terms and standards on
commercial and industrial loans and commercial real estate loans.
Similarly, most respondents indicated that the demand for loans by
businesses has been unchanged since August, although a small number
reported increased demand by large and medium-sized borrowers.
In
contrast, the respondents reported a slight easing of standards on
home mortgage loans, and an increase in their willingness to make
loans to individuals relative to three months ago.
In addition,
large fractions of respondents reported increased demand for
residential mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and consumer
loans.
As in the August survey, almost all of the respondents
claimed that they were fairly comfortable or very comfortable with
their bank's capital position.
About half of the respondents,
however, reported taking actions over the last quarter to improve
their capital position.
Business Lending
Nonmerger-related commercial and industrial loans.
As was the
case in both the May and August surveys, most domestic banks
reported unchanged standards for approving commercial and industrial
loans over the last three months.
There was a very small net
tightening of standards on loans to large and medium-sized
borrowers.
In contrast, a few banks reported easing standards on
loans to small businesses while none reported tightening them.
As in May and August, most domestic banks reported that lending
terms on commercial and industrial loans and lines of credit were
basically unchanged over the last three months.
More banks reported
cutting the cost of credit lines than increasing them,
although the
net change for medium-sized and small borrowers was very slight.
Spreads of loan rates over base rates, which had widened in the
August survey, narrowed for medium-sized and small firms.
As in
August, there was a small net increase in the use of loan covenants
for large and medium-sized borrowers.
the use of covenants declined somewhat.
For small borrowers, however,
There was little change in
collateral requirements over the past quarter.
U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks reported slightly
tighter standards and terms over the past quarter, much as they did
in the August survey.
The branches and agencies reported a small
net decline in the sizes of credit lines, and a small net increase
in their cost.
There were also small net increases in spreads, and
in the use of loan covenants and collateral.
Real estate loans.
Domestic respondents reported a small net
tightening of standards on commercial real estate loans, as they did
in August.
U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks also
reported a small net tightening of standards on real estate loans of
all types.
In August the foreign branches and agencies reported no
change in standards on these loans.
Demand.
Most domestic respondents reported that business loan
demand changed little over the last quarter, although there was a
small strengthening of demand reported at large and medium-sized
firms.
The primary reason given by the respondents for the stronger
demand by these firms was increased capital investment, although
inventory financing needs and weaker competition from other banks
-10were also noted.
U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks
reported no net change in the demand for loans.
Lending to Households
As in the last two surveys, the respondents reported increases
both in their willingness to lend to households and in the demand
for credit by households.
About a sixth of the respondents reported
increased willingness to provide general purpose consumer loans, a
smaller proportion than in August.
A similar fraction reported
increased willingness to provide consumer installment credit, also
down a bit from the August survey.
As in August, there was a small
net easing of standards on residential
three months.
mortgages over the past
About half of the respondents reported a pick up in
the demand for mortgages to purchase homes.
More than twenty
percent of the respondents indicated that the demand for home equity
lines of credit and consumer installment loans had increased
relative to the previous quarter.
Capital Ratios
The responses to the questions on capital adequacy indicate
that the respondents' capital positions have improved since August.
More than 90 percent of the domestic banks reported that both their
risk-based capital ratio and their tier-i capital ratio were either
"fairly comfortable" or "very comfortable."
None of the respondents
reported that either ratio was tight, as a few banks did in the
August survey.
As in August, only about 10 percent of the
respondents reporting comfortable capital levels--for the most part
banks with assets exceeding $10 billion--said that they took a more
aggressive lending stance as a result.
About half of the
respondents reported taking steps over the last quarter to improve
their capital positions.
About a third of them issued capital, and
about 10 percent increased loan sales and securitizations.
Another
-11-
10 percent reported that they maintained tight lending standards and
terms over the last quarter in order to bolster their capital.
Most of the U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks
reported that the capital position of their parent institution was
only "adequate," and one institution reported a fairly tight capital
position.
Nonetheless, these responses were an improvement over the
responses in the August survey.
At that time almost a quarter of
the respondents indicated that their parent's capital position was
"fairly tight."
About half of the respondents reported that they
maintained tight lending standards in order to strengthen their
parent firm's capital position.
Of the four branches and agencies
that reported "comfortable" or "very comfortable" capital positions,
only one reported lending more aggressively as a result.
-12MONETARY AGGREGATES
(based on seasonally adjusted data unless otherwise noted)
Growth
199
1
----------1.
2.
3.
8.0
2.8
1.2
Ml
M2
M3
1992
Q2
1992
Q3
1992
Aug
1992
Sep
1992
Oct p
04 91Oct 92 p
Percent change at annual rates--------------------9.8
0.4
-1.3
10.3
0.3
-0.2
15.6
3.2
3.4
19.1
3.6
1.7
22.7
5.3
0.8
------------ Percent change at annual rates------------
14.4
2.2
0.5
Levels
bil. $
Oct 92p
Selected components
4.
Ml-A
5.
6.
Currency
Demand deposits
7.
Other checkable deposits
8.
M2 minus M1 2
Overnight RPs and Eurodollars, NSA
General purpose and broker/dealer money
market mutual fund shares
11.
Commercial banks
Savings deposits (including MMDAs)
12.
13.
Small time deposits
14. Thrift institutions
15.
Savings deposits (including MMDAs)
9.
10.
16.
Small time deposits
5.6
9.1
11.2
17.1
22.8
21.2
633.5
8.4
3.4
5.8
12.5
11.2
11.5
14.6
19.4
17.4
26.6
8.4
31.8
288.4
336.5
8.8
13.4
12.9
25.2
373.8
-3.5
-1.6
-2.5
-1.6
2490.4
16.8
54.3
-25.2
25.7
-3.9
0.5
12.0
-13.3
-6.7
18.9
-29.4
-7.2
-1.6
10.0
-16.3
-5.1
8.3
-18.7
-5.8
-0.5
13.4
-18.8
-4.7
9.2
-19.3
-17.1
2.6
16.7
-16.6
-2.8
10.8
-17.4
10.8
0.7
14.4
-18.4
-8.6
8.8
-27.6
348.8
1263.0
743.2
519.8
805.7
428.2
377.5
-9.5
-2.8
4.1
-7.9
-21.5
685.2
-11.7
-5.1
-31.7
-18.9
-14.8
-37.0
-16.2
-16.0
-16.8
-11.7
-10.2
-22.4
-14.7
-16.7
-3.5
-21.5
-25.8
-3.5
373.2
305.3
67.8
33.4
-22.0
-11.0
20.1
6.1
-22.7
39.9
-2.2
-33.1
54.9
5.0
-23.9
23.4
-65.2
40.9
-7.7
205.4
75.8
46.6
12.4
1.1
-6.9
3.9
7.1
13.3
1.1
-6.9
9.3
-16.8
17. M3 minus M2 3
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
Large time deposits
4
At commercial banks, net
At thrift institutions
Institution-only money market
mutual fund shares
Term RPs, NSA
Term Eurodollars, NSA
11.0
-3.0
-27.1
0.0
-58.4
76.2
----- Average monthly change in billions of dollars---MEMORANDA: 5
24. Managed liabilities at commercial
banks (25+26)
25. Large time deposits, gross
26. Nondeposit funds
27.
Net due to related foreign
institutions
s
Other
28.
29. U.S. government deposits at commercial
7
banks
-0.6
-0.2
-0.4
-3.1
-4.8
1.7
0.4
-0.8
0.2
0.3
-3.7
4.0
2.4
-1.5
3.9
3.4
-3.4
6.8
-8.8
-7.9
-0.9
677.0
373.3
303.7
5.0
-3.3
0.6
3.3
-3.4
7.3
3.2
3.6
2.6
-3.3
64.6
239.2
1.3
-0.1
10.7
-7.2
-2.9
22.5
. Amounts shown are from fourth quarter to fourth quarter.
SNontransactions M2 is seasonally adjusted as a whole.
SThe non-M2 component of M3 is seasonally adjusted as a whole.
SNet 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.
SConsists 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.
Consists of Treasury demand deposits and note balances at commercial banks.
- preliminary
-13-
COMMERCIAL BANK CREDIT AND SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM BUSINESS CREDIT 1
(Percentage change at annual rate, based on seasonally adjusted data)
Category
1990
Dec. to
1991
Dec.
1992
Q2
1992
Q3
1992
Aug.
1992
Sep.
1992
Oct. p
Level,
bil.$
1992
Oct. p
Commercial bank credit
1. Total loans and securities at banks
2.
Securities
3.
U.S. government
4.
Other
5.
Loans
3.9
3.0
4.1
5.4
6.8
4.1
2,922.9
17.7
16.4
14.9
22.0
7.7
10.9
824.0
23.8
21.9
17.7
28.1
9.1
12.0
645.1
1.6
-1.8
5.7
0.7
2.7
6.7
178.9
-0.2
-1.8
0.0
-1.0
6.4
1.5
2,098.9
6.
Business
-2.8
-4.2
-0.8
-4.0
5.2
-0.8
603.1
7.
Real estate
2.9
0.2
0.4
-0.8
5.1
5.2
886.1
8.
Consumer
-4.0
-2.9
-2.6
-4.0
-2.4
-4.0
355.4
9.
Security
21.3
22.4
12.5
35.6
71.0
-7.3
65.8
Other
-2.8
-9.0
1.7
1.9
12.3
5.8
188.6
10.
Short- and intermediate-term business credit
11. Business loans net of bankers
acceptances
-2.4
-3.7
-1.1
-3.8
5.6
-3.0
596.2
12. Loans at foreign branches 2
-1.6
26.3
1.6
-42.9
4.9
14.8
24.7
13. Sum of lines 11 and 12
-2.4
-2.6
-0.9
-5.2
5.6
-2.3
621.0
-10.4
-3.9
7.1
15.3
1.7
20.2
145.3
-3.9
-2.9
0.6
-1.3
4.9
1.9
766.3
-16.2
-27.3
-19.5
-29.4
-25.1
n.a.
23.45
1.4
-1.6
7.4
12.0
0.8
n.a.
304.2 5
-2.9
-3.1
2.0
1.7
3.2
n.a.
1,092.7 5
14. Commercial paper issued by
nonfinancial firms
15. Sum of lines 13 and 14
16. Bankers acceptances, U.S. traderelated3 ,4
17. Finance company loans to business 4
18. Total (sum of lines 15,16, and 17)
1. Average of Wednesdays. Data are adjusted for breaks caused by reclassifications.
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.
4. Based on average of data for current and preceding ends of month.
5. September 1992.
p-Preliminary.
n.a.Not available.
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SELECTED FINANCIAL MARKET QUOTATIONS
(percent)
....................................................................................
1992
Sept 4
1992
Change from:
1992
FOMC
Oct 6 Nov 12
FOMC
Sept 4 Oct 6
Short-term rates
Federal funds 2
3.19
3.24
3.04
-0.15
-0.20
Treasury bills 3
3-month
6-month
1-year
2.92
2.96
3.06
2.73
2.84
2.93
3.06
3.28
3.42
0.14
0.32
0.36
0.33
0.44
0.49
Commercial paper
1-month
3-month
3.22
3.22
3.14
3.14
3.28
3.60
0.06
0.38
0.14
0.46
Large negotiable CDs 3
1-month
3-month
6-month
3.06
3.06
3.11
2.97
3.04
3.05
3.14
3.52
3.53
0.08
0.46
0.42
0.17
0.48
0.48
4
Eurodollar deposits
1-month
3-month
3.31
3.31
2.94
3.06
3.13
3.63
-0.18
0.32
0.19
0.57
Bank prime rate
6.00
6.00
6.00
0.00
0.00
4.38
6.40
7.29
4.24
6.30
7.41
5.00
6.79
7.57
0.62
0.39
0.28
0.76
0.49
0.16
Municipal revenue
(Bond Buyer)
6.31
6.45
6.57
0.26
0.12
Corporate--A utility
recently offered
8.06
8.26
8.57
0.51
0.31
Home mortgage rates 6
FHLMC 30-yr. FRM
FHLMC 1-yr. ARM
7.84
5.15
7.93
5.01
8.29
5.17
0.45
0.02
0.36
0.16
Intermediate- and long-term rates
U.S. Treasury
3-year
10-year
30-year
(constant maturity)
...................................................................
1989
1992
Percent change from:
--------------------------
Record
highs
Date
Lows
Jan 3
FOMC
Oct 6
Nov 12
------------------------.----------------.-.----------------------
Record
highs
1989
lows
FOMC
Oct 6
--------------------------
Stock prices
Dow-Jones Industrial 3413.21
NYSE Composite
233.73
418.99
AMEX Composite
NASDAQ (OTC)
644.92
Wilshire
4121.28
6/1/92
9/14/92
2/12/92
2/12/92
1/15/92
2144.64 3178.19 3239.79
154.00 224.09
232.83
305.24 367.71 389.23
378.56 570.55 634.37
2718.59 3928.03 4133.84
-5.08
-0.39
-7.10
-1.64
0.30
51.06
51.19
27.52
67.57
52.06
1.94
3.90
5.85
11.19
5.24
- --- - -- -- --- -- . - - -- - --- - --- -. . -- -- -- -- - --- - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - - -- --- --- -- --
One-day quotes except as noted.
Average for two-week reserve maintenance period
closest to date shown. Last observation is average
for maintenance period ending November 11, 1992.
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 previous to date shown.
Cite this document
APA
Federal Reserve (1992, November 16). Greenbook/Tealbook. Greenbooks, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19921117_part1
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_greenbook_19921117_part1,
author = {Federal Reserve},
title = {Greenbook/Tealbook},
year = {1992},
month = {Nov},
howpublished = {Greenbooks, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19921117_part1},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}