greenbooks · September 25, 1995
Greenbook/Tealbook
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CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
CLASS III
FOMC
September 22. 1995
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 FINANCIAL ECONOMY
Tables
Selected financial market quotations . . . . . . . . .
Commercial bank credit and short- and
intermediate-term business credit . . . . . .
Selected Financial Market Quotations1
(Percent except as noted)
1994
1995
Instrument
Change to Sep. 21, 1995 from:
FOMC,
1994
1994
FOMC,
Feb. 3
High
Aug. 22
Sep. 21
Feb. 3
high
Aug. 22
3.07
5.66
5.72
5.80
2.73
0.14
0.08
3.13
327
3.52
5.78
6.38
6.84
5.46
5.45
5.54
5.24
5.29
5.30
2.11
2.02
1.78
-0.54
-1.09
-1.54
-0.22
-0.16
-0.24
3.16
3.25
6.13
6.32
5.84
5.83
5.80
5.69
2.64
2.44
-0.33
-0.63
-0.04
-0.14
3.11
3.25
3.41
6.10
6.39
6.89
5.77
5.78
5.82
5.70
5.68
5.67
2.59
2.43
2.26
-0.40
-0.71
-1.22
-0.07
-0.10
-0.15
1-month
3-month
3,06
3.25
6.06
6.38
5.78
5.81
5.69
5.69
2.63
2.44
-0.37
-0.69
-0.09
-0.12
Bank Prime Rate
6.00
8.50
8.75
8.75
2.75
0.25
0.00
4.60
5.81
6.31
7.82
8.04
8.16
621
6.57
6.89
5.91
6.21
6.56
1.31
0.40
0.25
-1.91
-1.83
-1.60
-0.30
-0.36
-0.33
Municipal revenue (Bond Buyer)5
5.49
7.37
6.44
6.18
0.69
-1.19
-0.26
Corporate-A Utility, recently offered
7.35
9.05
7.87
7.50
0.15
-1.55
-0.37
6.97
4.12
9.25
6.79
7.94
5.95
7.60
5.80
0.63
1.68
-1.65
-0.99
-0.34
-0.15
Short-term Rates
Federal Funds2
Treasury Bills
3
3-month
6-month
1-year
Commercial paper
1-month
3-month
Large negotiable CDs3
1-month
3-month
6-month
Eurodollar deposits4
Intermediate- and Long-term Rates
U.S. Treasury (constant maturity)
3-year
10-year
30-year
Home mortgages 6
FHLMC 30-yr fixed rate
FHLMC 1-yr adjustable rate
Record high
1989
1995
Low,
FOMC,
Stock Exchange Index
Level
Date
Jan. 3
Aug. 22
Dow-Jones Industrial
4801.80
9/14/95
2144.64
4620.42
NYSE Composite
314.33
9/21/95
154.00
NASDAQ (OTC)
1067.40
9/13/95
378.56
Percentage change to Sep. 21 from:
Record
1989
FOMC.
high
low
Aug. 22
4767.40
-0.72
122.29
3.18
300.16
312.71
-0,52
103.06
4.18
1025.29
1058.51
-0.83
179.61
3.24
Sep. 21
Wilshire
5843.27
9/21/95
2718.59
5574.66
5815.15
-0,48
113.90
4.31
1. One-day quotes except as noted.
2. Average for two-week reserve maintenance period closest to date shown. Last observation is average to date for maintenance period ending
September 27, 1995.
3. Secondary market.
4. Bid rates for Eurodollar deposits at 11 a.m. London time.
5. Most recent observation based on one-day Thursday quote and futures market index changes.
6. Quotes for week ending Friday previous to date shown.
Commercial Bank Credit and Short- and Intermediate-Term Business Credit
(Percentage change; seasonally adjusted annual rate) 1
Type of credit
1994
1995
Q1
1995
Q2
1995
Jun
1995
Jul
1995
Aug
Level,
Aug
1995
(billions of $)
Commercial bank credit
1. Total loans and securities
6.8
7.8
13.1
4.8
3.2
5.3
3,519.6
2.
4.9
-5.0
17.4
-1.7
-14.0
8.4
975.6
0.0
-6.0
-5.1
-2.0
-13.1
6.9
702.0
23.9
-2.1
88.2
-1.3
-15.7
12.4
273.6
7.6
13.0
11.4
7.4
9.9
4.1
2,544.0
Securities
3.
U.S. government
4.
Other
5.
Loans
6.
Business
9.2
16.8
11.1
4.4
7.0
3.1
694.7
7.
Real estate
6.4
11.9
7.3
8.4
11.1
5.9
1,061.8
8.
Consumer
15.2
12.9
11.7
13.4
8.0
14.0
487.3
9.
Security
-17.2
-9.1
69.3
11.4
-26.9
-57.8
79.0
3.6
15.0
12.5
-2.2
31.2
.5
221.1
10.
Other
Short- and intermediate-term business credit
11. Business loans net of bankers
acceptances
9.4
17.8
11.6
3.5
6.5
3.9
687.9
12. Loans at foreign branches 2
5.1
17.6
21.9
9.6
14.3
0.0
25.5
13. Sum of lines 11 and 12
9.2
17.7
12.0
3.7
6.8
3.7
713.4
14. Commercial paper issued by
nonfinancial firms
1.2
22.1
20.7
-29.1
27.8
30.4
185.9
15. Sum of lines 13 and 14
7.6
18.6
13.7
-3.0
11.0
9.1
899.3
16. Bankers acceptances, U.S. traderelated 3,4
-8.3
-21.2
-4.5
-13.6
-6.9
n.a.
17.35
17. Loans at finance companies 4
12.6
20.3
14.8
11.6
4.0
n.a.
387.45
8.7
18.5
13.7
8.7
n.a.
18. Total (sum of lines 15, 16, and 17)
1.2
1,297.2
1. Except as noted, levels are averages of Wednesday data and percentage changes are based on averages of
Wednesday data. For years, "percentage change" is percentage change in quarterly average from fourth quarter
of preceding year to fourth quarter of specified year. For quarters, it is the percentage change in quarterly average
from preceding quarter to specified quarter, annualized. Data are adjusted for breaks caused by reclassification.
2. Loans to U.S. firms made by foreign branches of domestically chartered banks.
3. Acceptances that finance U.S. imports, U.S. exports, and domestic shipment and storage of goods.
4. Levels and changes are based on averages of month-end data.
5. July 1995.
n.a. Not available.
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APA
Federal Reserve (1995, September 25). Greenbook/Tealbook. Greenbooks, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19950926_part3
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_greenbook_19950926_part3,
author = {Federal Reserve},
title = {Greenbook/Tealbook},
year = {1995},
month = {Sep},
howpublished = {Greenbooks, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19950926_part3},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}