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Confidential (FR) Class II FOMC
November 2, 2001
CURRENT ECONOMIC
AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
Supplemental Notes
Prepared for the Federal Open Market Committee
by the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Contents
1
Domestic Nonfinancial Economy ..............................
The Labor M arket ..................
1
..................
Sales of Light Motor Vehicles ..........................
5
Manufacturers' Inventories ............................
5
Staff Forecast Update .................................
7
Tables
Changes in Employment .........................
Selected Unemployment and Labor Force Participation
Rates ...................................
Sales of Automobiles and Light Trucks ...............
Changes in Manufacturing and Trade Inventories .......
Selected Inventory-Sales Ratios in Manufacturing and
Trade ...................................
2
3
6
8
8
Chart
Private Payroll Employment Growth .................
2
Aggregate Hours of Production or Nonsupervisory
2
................
Workers ................
Labor Force Participation Rate and Unemployment Rate . 3
Joe Losers Unemployed for Less than 5 Weeks ........ 3
4
Labor Market Indicators .........................
Appendix: Insurance Payments and NIPA Price Index ............ 9
Tables
Broad Measures of Inflation ....................
Recent Price Indicators ..........................
Broad Measures of Inflation ...................
Surveys of (CPI) Inflation Expectations .............
....
9
10
11
11
The Domestic Financial Economy ............................
Treasury Finance ....................................
Tables
Selected Financial Market Quotations ...............
Commercial Bank Credit ..................
.....
12
12
13
14
Supplemental Notes
The Domestic Nonfinancial Economy
The Labor Market
The labor market deteriorated dramatically in October, with the unemployment
rate jumping half a percentage point and private payroll employment falling by
439,000, the largest one-month drop since 1975. Although travel and tourismrelated industries suffered especially large employment declines, almost all
major sectors posted job losses last month. Aggregate hours of production or
nonsupervisory workers fell 0.7 percent, its largest decline this year.
Manufacturing employment declined 142,000 in October and has fallen by
more than 1.1 million over the past year. The transportation equipment
industry was the hardest hit, losing 26,000 jobs. As in previous months, the
electrical equipment and industrial machinery industries also suffered large
employment decreases. Overall, factory job losses were again very
widespread, and the three-month diffusion index of employment change in
manufacturing remained close to its lowest level since 1982.
Though manufacturing suffered the largest employment decline of any major
industry, the majority of last month's job cuts occurred outside of
manufacturing-a reversal of the pattern prevailing earlier this year. In
particular, employment in travel and tourism-related industries fell sharply in
the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attack: The airlines and
transportation services industries (largely travel agents) lost a combined
53,000 jobs, hotel employment dropped 46,000, and eating and drinking
establishments shed 42,000 jobs. In addition, help supply services cut
107,000 jobs in October. Elsewhere, the construction industry, which had
maintained a steady level of employment over the last three months, cut
30,000 workers, and wholesale trade lost 23,000 jobs.
In addition to the decline in employment, the average workweek fell 0.1 hour
to 34.0 hours in October, and the manufacturing workweek decreased 0.2 hour
to 40.4 hours, 1.2 hours below the level of a year ago. With October's decline,
the index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers
stood 1 percent below the average level in the third quarter.
The unemployment rate in October reached 5.4 percent, the highest level since
1996 and 1.4 percentage points above its level of a year ago. The number of
job losers unemployed for fewer than five weeks as a percent of household
employment (a proxy for the layoff rate) shot up to 1.33 percent, the highest
level since March 1991; the increase in unemployed job losers accounts for
nearly all of the rise in unemployment over the past year. The number of
workers who work part time for economic reasons jumped for the second
consecutive month, and, at 4.5 million, is about 1.1 million higher than in
CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT
(Thousands of employees; based on seasonally adjusted data)
_2000
H1
H2
2001
Q2
Aug.
2001
Sept.
-54
-84
-127
2
-155
-6
-26
-23
-7
5
83
-14
73
-213
-199
-211
-1
-90
1
-20
-61
-22
5
-23
-2
-2
-439
-2
-142
-30
-55
-81
-23
5
-111
-107
24
83
-986
8 -1058
788
685
-619
-599
-0.1
34.1
40.6
-0.7
34.0
40.4
Q3
Oct.
--Average monthly change--
Nonfarm payroll employment i
Previous
Private
Mining
Manufacturing
Construction
Transportation and utilities
Retail trade
Wholesale trade
Finance, insurance, real estate
Services
Help supply services
Total government
267
267
178
1
5
16
13
31
9
-7
110
15
90
66
66
121
1
-29
21
16
21
8
7
76
-19
-54
-74
-74
-113
3
-120
-22
-3
35
-15
4
4
-44
39
Total employment (household survey)
Nonagricultural
114
116
109
115
-283
-227
Memo:
Aggregate hours of private production
2.1
workers (percent change) 1'2
Average workweek (hours)1
34.5
41.8
Manufacturing (hours)
0.2
34.3
41.3
-1.5
34.2
40.8
-83
-88
-141
1
-105
-1
-19
-13
-11
-1
7
-17
58
-3.0
34.1
40.7
-0.5
34.0
40.7
-415
Note. Average change from final month of preceding period to final month of period indicated.
1.
Survey of establishments.
2. Annual data are percent changes from Q4 to Q4. Quarterly data are percent changes from
preceding quarter at an annual rate. Monthly data are percent changes from preceding month.
Private Payroll Employment Growth
(Strike-adjusted data)
Aggregate Hours of Production or
Nonsupervisory Workers
Thousands of employees
1982 = 100
800
-
-
155
600
3-month moving average
-
_
1
00
S4400
/
/A
1998
Oct.
0
-1200
4-5
140
I
1-month
a_- 200
-
1997
150
1999
2000
2001
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
SELECTED UNEMPLOYMENT AND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES
(Percent; based on seasonally adjusted data, as published)
2001
1999
Civilian unemployment rate
(16 years and older)
Ql
2000
2001
Q2
Q3
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
4.2
4.0
4.2
4.5
4.8
4.9
4.9
5.4
13.9
7.5
3.0
3.3
13.1
7.1
2.8
3.2
13.7
7.4
3.1
3.3
14.0
8.1
3.4
3.4
15.2
8.4
3.6
3.7
16.1
9.0
3.7
3.7
14.7
8.5
3.7
3.9
15.5
9.5
4.2
4.3
Labor force participation rate
67.1
67.2
67.2
66.9
66.8
66.6
67.0
66.9
Teenagers
20-24 years old
Men, 25 years and older
Women, 25 years and older
52.0
77.6
76.1
59.5
52.2
77.9
76.0
59.7
51.3
78.2
75.9
59.9
49.7
76.6
75.9
59.6
49.1
77.0
75.9
59.7
47.4
76.8
75.8
59.6
49.8
77.6
75.9
59.7
50.0
77.0
76.0
59.6
7.2
6.9
7.1
7.4
7.8
8.0
7.8
n.a.
Teenagers
20-24 years old
Men, 25 years and older
Women, 25 years and older
Memo:
Potential worker ratel
1. The potential worker rate equals the number of civilian unemployed plus those who are not in the
labor force and want a job as a percentage of the civilian labor force plus those who are not in the
labor force and want a job.
Labor Force Participation Rate and Unemployment Rate
Percent
Participation rate (left scale)
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Job Losers Unemployed for Less Than 5 Weeks
(Percentage of household employment)
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
2001
Percent
1999
2000
2001
-4-
Labor Market Indicators
Initial Claims
Thousands
4-week moving average
Oct. 27
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
Help-Wanted Index
Insured unemployment rate
Percent
1992
1995
1998
2001
Reporting Positions Hard to Fill
Percent
Index
1992
1995
1998
Conference Board:
Current Employment Conditions
2001
Percent
-Nat. Fed. of Independent Businesses
1992
1995
1998
2001
1992
1995
1998
2001
August. The labor force participation rate edged down 0.1 percentage point to
66.9, after having increased sharply last month. Though the participation rate
has fluctuated noticeably over the past year, it has experienced little net
movement and is currently only 0.1 percentage point below the rate prevailing
last fall.
Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers rose
0.1 percent in September. Over the twelve-month period ended in October,
average hourly earnings increased 4.1 percent. Although the year-over-year
rise is greater than the 3.9 percent increase over the previous twelve months,
average hourly earnings have decelerated recently, increasing at an annual rate
of 3.7 percent over the three months ended in October.
Sales of Light Motor Vehicles
Sales of total light vehicles in October surged to a near-record level of
21.2 million units (annual rate).1 Special financing packages offered by many
firms prompted the surge in demand.2 Most of this surge in demand was likely
borrowed from future months; based on typical price elasticities, the size of
the net increase in incentives-about $500 per vehicle-would have suggested
a much smaller overall consumer response. Consistent with anecdotal reports
and confirmed by confidential data from the major automakers, retail sales
skyrocketed last month. However, fleet sales dropped back as demand from
rental car companies apparently plunged.
With the financing incentives applying to most models, sales of both cars and
trucks soared last month. However, the incentive plans were most prominent
among the Big Three producers, and their collective market share jumped
more than three percentage points, to 68 percent.
Manufacturers' Inventories
The book value of manufacturers' inventories dropped at an annual rate of
$48.4 billion in September, a slightly larger liquidation than the average pace
recorded in the first two months of the quarter. For the quarter as a whole,
stocks declined at a $44.3 billion annual rate, a bit faster than the secondquarter drop. However, shipments decreased 4.3 percent in September (not at
an annual rate), and the inventory-sales ratio jumped to 1.43 months, the
highest monthly ratio in more than five years.
1. The only higher monthly sales rate occurred in September 1986, when sales were
21.6 million units (annual rate); that spike in sales was also prompted by higher incentives,
including discounted finance rates.
2. These programs were typically zero-interest financing for loans up to 36 months and
discounted rates for longer-term loans.
SALES OF AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT TRUCKS
(Millions of units at an annual rate, FRB seasonals)
2001
1999
2000
Q2
Q3
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
16.78
17.22
16.65
16.12
16.24
15.76
21.17
8.70
8.07
8.84
8.38
8.41
8.24
7.91
8.21
7.93
8.30
7.68
8.08
10.20
10.96
North American 2
Autos
Big Three
Transplants
Light trucks
Big Three
Transplants
14.29
6.98
4.86
2.12
7.31
6.55
.76
14.37
6.83
4.65
2.17
7.54
6.57
.97
13.62
6.34
4.11
2.23
7.28
6.25
1.03
13.15
5.89
3.75
2.15
7.26
6.23
1.03
13.20
5.85
3.67
2.18
7.36
6.28
1.08
12.89
5.74
3.79
1.96
7.15
6.18
.97
17.61
7.82
5.43
2.39
9.79
8.62
1.17
Foreign produced
Autos
Light trucks
2.49
1.72
.77
2.85
2.01
.84
3.03
2.07
.96
2.97
2.02
.95
3.04
2.09
.95
2.86
1.93
.93
3.56
2.39
1.17
16.77
69.5
17.23
66.8
16.65
64.2
16.12
63.7
16.24
63.1
15.76
64.9
21.17
68.0
Total1
Autos
Light trucks
Memos:
Total sales, as reported
Big Three market share
Note. Components may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data on sales
of trucks and imported autos for the most recent month are preliminary and
subject to revision.
1. Excludes the estimated effect of automakers' changes in reporting periods.
2. Excludes some vehicles produced in Canada that are classified as imports
by the industry.
November 2, 2001
Durable goods inventories fell sharply in September, led by a whopping
$30.9 billion drawdown at manufacturers of computers and electronic
products. Although the inventory-shipments ratio in this industry moved
down, stocks remain quite bloated relative to shipments. Inventories declined
in most other durable goods categories as well, but many stock-sales ratios
rose sharply further. Nondurable goods inventories fell at a $10.8 billion pace
in September, led by a large liquidation at food stores. Nonetheless, the ratio
of inventories to shipments at nondurable goods manufacturers also increased
in September.
Staff Forecast Update
Since the publication of the Greenbook, we have received not only the details
underlying the BEA's advance estimate of third-quarter real GDP, but also a
number of pieces of information that were not available for that estimate. These
include September data on manufacturers' inventories, construction put in place,
and revised shipments of nondefense capital goods. On net, the information did
not alter our thinking about third-quarter real GDP.
However, the October labor market report has led us to reevaluate the near-term
forecast. The report suggested that job losses in travel and related industries in
the wake of September 11 were as large, if not larger, than we had anticipated.
The substantial drop in factory hours was not altogether surprising, but given the
weakness in the orders component of the National Association of Purchasing
Managers report, we are inclined to deepen the drop in industrial production
projected for the fourth quarter. Apart from those cutbacks, the payroll report
more generally was weaker than we anticipated. We now expect that real GDP
will decline at an annual rate of about 3 percent in the fourth quarter, with final
sales likely to decline somewhat more than we previously thought and the
drawdown in inventories a bit larger. Some of the additional weakness in
demand likely will carry over to early next year, and real GDP is now expected
to edge down at an annual rate of about 1/2 percent in the first quarter.
CHANGES IN MANUFACTURING AND TRADE INVENTORIES
(Billions of dollars; annual rate except as noted;
based on seasonally adjusted Census book value)
2001
2001
Category
Q1
Q2
Manufacturing and trade
Less wholesale and retail
motor vehicles
-24.0
Manufacturing
Less aircraft and parts
Merchant wholesalers
Less motor vehicles
Retail trade
Automotive dealers
Less automotive dealers
Q3
July
Aug.
Sept.
-43.3
n.a.
-72.2
-16.8
n.a.
-10.0
-40.4
n.a.
-88.0
-21.3
n.a.
-11.9
-9.3
-34.4
-35.3
-44.3
-46.3
-43.1
-43.6
-41.3
-42.3
-48.4
-53.0
-5.0
-2.4
.2
3.3
n.a.
n.a.
-34.0
-33.0
-4.3
.3
n.a.
n.a.
-7.2
-11.5
4.3
-9.0
.3
-9.3
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
4.9
16.9
-12.0
28.8
9.0
19.8
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
SELECTED INVENTORY-SALES RATIOS IN MANUFACTURING AND TRADE
(Months' supply, based on seasonally adjusted Census book value)
2001
2001
Category
Q1
Q2
Q3
1.42
1.42
n.a.
1.42
1.42
n.a.
1.38
1.38
n.a.
1.38
1.38
n.a.
Manufacturing
Primary metals
Steel
Machinery
Computers and electronics
Electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles
Aircraft
Fabricated metals
Textiles
Paper
Chemicals
Petroleum
Rubber and plastics
1.38
1.80
2.30
2.01
1.38
1.41
1.49
.62
4.02
1.71
1.75
1.17
1.41
.68
1.25
1.38
1.76
2.20
2.06
1.52
1.39
1.42
.59
3.84
1.69
1.68
1.18
1.43
.68
1.22
1.38
1.73
2.20
2.09
1.55
1.46
1.42
.58
3.77
1.67
1.60
1.21
1.45
.70
1.18
1.38
1.72
2.17
2.06
1.60
1.45
1.37
.56
3.77
1.67
1.62
1.19
1.44
.72
1.16
1.38
1.72
2.19
2.04
1.66
1.42
1.38
.56
3.83
1.65
1.61
1.19
1.43
.70
1.18
1.43
1.80
2.26
2.20
1.59
1.54
1.52
.65
3.68
1.70
1.59
1.24
1.50
.69
1.21
Merchant wholesalers
Less motor vehicles
1.30
1.28
1.32
1.31
n.a.
n.a.
1.31
1.30
1.30
1.29
n.a.
n.a.
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
1.62
.97
1.61
1.03
n.a.
n.a.
1.60
1.01
1.58
1.02
n.a.
n.a.
1.59
1.50
1.56
1.47
n.a.
n.a.
1.56
1.47
1.57
1.47
n.a.
n.a.
1.85
1.94
2.41
.85
1.80
1.92
2.41
.86
n.a.
1.81
1.90
2.37
.85
1.82
1.92
2.40
.85
n.a.
n.a.
Manufacturing and trade
Less wholesale and retail
motor vehicles
Retail trade
Less automotive dealers
Automotive dealers
General merchandise
Apparel
Food
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
July
Aug.
Sept.
n.a.
n.a.
Appendix: Insurance Payments and NIPA Price Indexes
Many of the price indexes in the national accounts were affected by BEA's
treatment of insurance payments resulting from the events of September 11. In
the NIPAs, nominal insurance expenditures are determined either as premiums
less benefit payments or, as in the case of life insurance, as operating expenses
(including profits) of insurers. Although the usual source data for insurance
services are available only with a lag, the BEA made judgmental downward
adjustments to nominal insurance services in the third quarter for personal
consumption, state and local government consumption, and imports to reflect
disaster-related benefit payments. 3
These adjustments lowered nominal expenditures but - according to standard
BEA practice - were assumed to have no effect on real outlays. As a result,
price inflation was temporarily reduced for these expenditure components, as
well as for aggregates such as gross domestic purchases. In particular, the chain
price index for PCE excluding food and energy was held down about
1-1/2 percentage points at an annual rate in the third quarter.4 By contrast, GDP
price inflation in the third quarter was boosted 0.9 percentage point by the
adjustment, since the effect on imports was much larger than for personal and
government consumption. We expect that these effects of disaster-related
insurance payments on inflation will be reversed in the fourth quarter.
Broad measures of inflation
(Percent)
2001:Q3
Chain price index
September 2001
FourOne-quarter
change
quarter
(annual rate) . change
change
Twelvemonth
change
One-month
GDP
excluding insurance adjustment
2.1
1.2
2.3
2.1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Gross domestic purchases
excluding insurance adjustment
-0.3
0.5
1.3
1.5
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
PCE
excluding insurance adjustment
-0.4
0.8
1.5
1.8
-0.6
0.3
0.9
1.8
PCE excluding food and energy
excluding insurance adjustment
0.3
1.7
1.2
1.6
-0.9
0.2
0.5
1.6
3. The downward adjustments amounted to $20.5 billion (at an annual rate) for personal
consumption expenditures, $0.8 billion for state and local government expenditures, and
$44 billion for imports of services. The change in imported insurance services, which include
payments to businesses, exceed the combined change in household and government insurance
services. As a result, nominal GDP was boosted on balance by these adjustments.
4. Because the special adjustments were made entirely to the September data, the effects on
that month's changes in PCE price indexes were considerably larger and are expected to be
reversed in October.
-10RECENT PRICE INDICATORS
(Percent)
From 12
months earlier
From 3
months earlier
Sept.
2000
June
2001
Sept.
2001
Sept.
2001
-Annual rate-
2001
Aug.
Sept.
-Monthly rate-
Total
Core
ex tobacco
Core commodities
ex tobacco
Core services
0.3
-0.2
3.5
Current-methods
Core
ex tobacco
0.1
-0.5
3.8
-1.6
-2.5
4.5
0.3
-1.1
3.1
-0.4
-0.2
0.5
2.6
2.6
2.5
3.7
2.6
2.4
0.7
2.4
2.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.9
0.5
0.4
1.6
0.5
0.3
-2.4
-2.3
-2.6
0.0
0.1
0.1
-0.9
-1.4
1.1
-2.3
-3.1
1.8
-0.5
-1.7
-3.0
1.6
-5.0
0.9
-1.5
PCE Prices
Total
Core
ex tobacco
Core commodities
ex tobacco
Core services
-0.4
-0.8
3.0
Core market-based
Core nonmarket-based
1.8
-20.6
-0.6
-0.9
-1.0
0.3
0.3
0.0
-1.4
0.0
0.4
0.2
-6.3
-0.5
-0.3
PPI
Total finished goods
Core
ex tobacco
-0.8
1.6
1.7
Core consumer goods
ex tobacco
Capital equipment
Core intermediate materials
Core crude materials
--
2.3
2.7
-0.9
-10.1
-0.9
-13.7
0.4
-0.1
-0.1
1.8
2.0
1.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-3.7
-6.0
-0.4
-0.8
-0.1
0.2
-11BROAD MEASURES OF INFLATION
(4-quarter percent change)
1998
Q3
Product prices
GDP chain price index
Less food and energy
1999
Q3
2000
Q3
2001
Q3
1.2
1.4
1.4
1.4
2.4
2.3
2.3
1.9
0.8
1.0
2.1
1.8
0.8
1.1
1.6
1.4
2.7
2.1
1.3
1.2
PCE chain price index
Less food and energy
1.1
1.5
1.7
1.4
2.7
2.0
1.5
1.2
PCE chain price index, market-based components
Less food and energy
0.9
1.4
1.7
1.3
2.7
1.8
1.9
1.7
Nonfarm business chain price index1
Expenditure prices
Gross domestic purchases chain price index
Less food and energy
CPI
1.6
2.3
3.5
2.7
Less food and energy
2.3
2.0
2.6
2.7
Current-methods CPI
Less food and energy
1.3
2.1
2.3
2.0
3.4
2.5
2.7
2.7
Median CPI
Trimmed mean CPI
3.0
2.0
2.4
1.7
2.8
2.7
3.7
3.0
1. Excluding housing.
SURVEYS OF (CPI) INFLATION EXPECTATIONS
(Percent)
University of Michigan
Actual
inflation1
1 year
Mean2
Median 2
Mean 3
Median 3
Professional
forecasters4
(10-year)
1999-Q4
2.6
3.5
2.9
3.3
2.9
2.5
2000-Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
3.2
3.3
3.5
3.4
3.6
3.5
3.6
3.8
3.0
3.0
2.9
3.0
3.5
3.3
3.4
3.7
3.0
2.8
2.9
3.0
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2001-Q1
Q2
Q3
3.4
3.4
2.7
3.4
3.9
3.1
2.9
3.1
2.7
3.6
3.6
3.5
3.0
3.0
2.9
2.5
2.5
2.5
July
2.7
3.0
2.6
3.4
2.9
Aug.
Sept.
2.7
2.6
3.1
3.2
2.7
2.8
3.6
3.4
3.0
2.9
1.6
1.0
2.8
2.7
Oct.
5 to 10 years
1. CPI; percent change from the same period in the preceding year.
2. Responses to the question: By about what percent do you
expect prices to go up, on the average, during the next 12 months?
3. Responses to the question: By about what percent per year do you
expect prices to go up, on the average, during the next 5 to 10 years?
4. Compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
2.5
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The Domestic Financial Economy
Treasury Finance
In its mid-quarter refunding announcement on October 31, the Treasury said
that it is suspending its issuance of both nominal and inflation-indexed thirtyyear bonds. This decision largely caught market participants by surprise. The
yields on the on-the-run nominal and indexed Treasury bonds dropped 33 and
19 basis points on the day, respectively. The announcement also drove down
private yields, particularly at longer maturities. Yields on thirty-year swaps
and Fannie Mae bonds fell nearly 30 basis points, and yields on investmentgrade corporate bonds fell about 16 basis points on the day. Partly in response
to the sharp movements in bond prices, bid-ask spreads for thirty-year bonds
reportedly widened considerably.
The announcement also described some adjustments to the Treasury's debt
buyback program. The Treasury will not conduct any buyback operations in
January 2002, and thereafter it will announce at its mid-quarter refundings the
amounts and timing of buyback operations for the subsequent three months.
The Treasury indicated that there will likely be periods during which it will
not repurchase debt, depending in part on its financing needs. Market
participants interpreted these comments as indicating that the buyback
program would be scaled back considerably.
-13III-T-1
Selected Financial Market Quotations
(One-day quotes in percent except as noted)
2000
Change to Nov. 1 from
selected dates (percentage points)
2001
Instrument
June 26
Sept 10
Oct. 1
Nov. 1
2000
June26
2001
Sept 10
2001
Oct. 1
6.50
3.50
3.00
2.50
-4.00
-1.00
-.50
5.66
5.94
3.19
3.13
2.32
2.31
2.02
1.94
-3.64
-4.00
-1.17
-1.19
-.30
-.37
Commercial paper
1-month
3-month
6.56
6.56
3.42
3.24
2.63
2.40
2.20
2.10
-4.36
-4.46
-1.22
-1.14
-.43
-.30
Largenegotiable CDs 1
1-month
3-month
6-month
6.64
6.73
6.89
3.46
3.26
3.24
2.60
2.54
2.46
2.21
2.10
2.08
-4.43
-4.63
-4.81
-1.25
-1.16
-1.16
-.39
-.44
-.38
Eurodollar deposits 2
1-month
3-month
6.63
6.69
3.41
3.26
2.63
2.50
2.25
2.18
-4.38
-4.51
-1.16
-1.08
-.38
-.32
Bank prime rate
9.50
6.50
6.00
5.50
-4.00
-1.00
-.50
Intermediate-and long-term
3
U.S. Treasury
2-year
10-year
30-year
6.54
6.35
6.22
3.59
5.14
5.55
2.87
4.88
5.48
2.54
4.55
5.04
-4.00
-1.80
-1.18
-1.05
-.59
-.51
-.33
-.33
-.44
4.09
3.26
3.14
2.95
-1.14
-31
-.19
5.99
5.25
5.41
5.23
-.76
-.02
-.18
Private instruments
10-year swap
10-year FNMA
5
10-year AA
10-year BBB 5
6
High yield
7.38
7.15
7.60
8.49
11.97
5.62
5.64
6.30
7.08
12.86
5.25
5.27
6.13
7.07
14.11
4.78
4.81
5.84
6.82
13.55
-2.60
-2.34
-1.76
-1.67
1.58
-.84
-.83
-.46
-.26
.69
-.47
-.46
-.29
-25
-56
Home mortgages (FHLMC survey rate) 7
30-year fixed
1-yearadjustable
8.14
7.22
6.89
5.64
6.72
5.45
6.64
5.25
-1.50
-1.97
-.25
-.39
-.08
-.20
Short-term
FOMC intended federal funds rate
Treasury bills
3-month
6-month
1
U.S. Treasury 10-year indexed note
Municipal revenue (Bond Buyer)
4
Record high
Change to Nov. 1
from selected dates (percent)
2001
Stock exchange index
Dow-Jones Industrial
S&P 500 Composite
Nasdaq (OTC)
Russell 2000
Wilshire 5000
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Level
Date
Sept. 10
Oct, 1
Nov. 1
Record
high
2001
Sept. 10
2001
Oct 1
11,723
1,527
5.049
606
14,752
1-14-00
3-24-00
3-10-00
3-9-00
3-24-00
9,606
1,093
1,695
441
10,104
8,837
1,039
1,480
398
9.518
9,264
1,084
1,746
435
10,001
-20.98
-29.03
-65.41
-28.25
-32.21
-3.56
-.77
3.00
-1.33
-1.03
4.83
4.39
17.96
9.38
5.07
Secondary market
Bid rates for Eurodollar deposits collected around 9:30 a.m Eastern time.
Derived from a smoothed Treasury yield curve estimated using off-the-nm securities.
Most recent Thursday quote.
Derived from smoothed corporate yield curves estimated using Merrill Lynch bond data.
Merrill Lynch 175 high-yield bond index composite.
For week ending Friday previous to date shown.
NOTES:
June 26, 2000 is the day before the FOMC meeting that ended the most recent period of policy tightening.
September 10, 2001 is the day before the terrorist attacks.
October 1, 2001 is the day before the most recent FOMC meeting.
BA-DAM
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Commercial Bank Credit
(Percent change, annual rate, except as noted; seasonally adjusted)
Type of credit
Total
1. Adjusted 1
2. Reported
Level,
Oct. 2001P
($ billions)
2001
Q2
2001
Q3
2001
Aug.
2001
Sept.
2001
Oct.P
2001
3.2
4.3
2.7
3.2
1.8
2.5
-.6
3.1
13.6
17.2
-10.2
-8.4
5,196
5,374
7.0
11.0
4.2
6.1
11.6
13.2
16.8
29.4
7.7
21.8
6.5
11.2
1,281
1,460
2.2
24.0
-3.3
18.6
10.9
16.2
20.3
41.0
17.1
27.7
11.1
11.3
806
654
Securities
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Adjusted'
Reported
Treasury & Agency
Other 2
Loans3
Total
2.0
2.2
-1.2
-6.2
15.5
-15.6
3,914
8.
9.
10.
11.
Business
Real estate
Home equity
Other
-3.4
4.7
18.3
3.6
-4.3
6.2
12.5
5.6
-9.8
3.0
13.3
2.2
-7.9
-3.4
15.7
-5.1
3.6
4.0
20.7
2.5
-17.2
5.7
27.1
3.7
1,049
1,723
145
1,578
12.
13.
14.
Consumer
Adjusted 4
Other5
2.6
4.9
3.7
3.9
5.1
1.6
-2.5
1.8
3.4
-5.5
-1.5
-11.3
-.2
1.1
83.7
6.1
8.8
-88.1
549
880
593
Note. All data are adjusted for breaks caused by reclassifications. Monthly levels are pro rata averages of weekly (Wednesday)
levels. Quarterly levels (not shown) are simple averages of monthly levels. Annual levels (not shown) are levels for the fourth
quarter. Growth rates are percentage changes in consecutive levels, annualized but not compounded.
1. Adjusted to remove effects of mark-to-market accounting rules (FIN 39 and FIN 115).
2. Includes securities of corporations, state and local governments, and foreign governments and any trading account assets that
are not Treasury or Agency securities.
3. Excludes interbank loans.
4. Includes an estimate of outstanding loans securitized by commercial banks.
5. Includes security loans and loans to farmers, state and local governments, and all others not elsewhere classified. Also includes
lease financing receivables.
p Preliminary.
Cite this document
APA
Federal Reserve (2001, November 5). Greenbook/Tealbook. Greenbooks, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_20011106_part1
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_greenbook_20011106_part1,
author = {Federal Reserve},
title = {Greenbook/Tealbook},
year = {2001},
month = {Nov},
howpublished = {Greenbooks, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_20011106_part1},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}