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Greenbook/Tealbook
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Class III FOMC – Internal (FR)
June 24, 2005
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
The Domestic Nonfinancial Economy ........................................................ 1
Manufacturers’ Shipments, Orders, and Inventories .......................1
Housing ............................................................................................1
Tables
Orders and Shipments of Nondefense Capital Goods......................2
The Market for Existing Homes ......................................................3
The Market for New Single-Family Homes ....................................4
Charts
Computers and Peripherals ..............................................................2
Communications Equipment............................................................2
Medium and Heavy Trucks..............................................................2
Other Equipment..............................................................................2
The Domestic Financial Economy ...........................................................5
Tables
Commercial Bank Credit .................................................................6
Selected Financial Market Quotations .............................................7
Supplemental Notes
The Domestic Nonfinancial Economy
Manufacturers’ Shipments, Orders, and Inventories
Shipments of nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft ticked up 0.2 percent in May
following an upward-revised increase of 1.4 percent in April. Deliveries of
communications gear jumped 8.5 percent and recouped much of the previous month’s
decline. But shipments of computers and peripheral equipment declined 2.4 percent, and
shipments in the non-high-tech category edged down 0.2 percent. New orders for
nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft declined 2.3 percent in May, reflecting
widespread declines. The staff’s constructed series on real adjusted durable goods orders
moved down 1.9 percent in May after having risen 0.8 percent in April.
The book value of manufacturing durable goods inventories (which constitute nearly twothirds of total manufacturing inventories) increased at an annual rate of less than
$10 billion in May following an anemic accumulation in April. The inventory-shipments
ratio was unchanged at 1.41 months in May.
Housing
Sales of new and existing homes remained at a high level in May. Sales of existing
homes (including single-family homes and condos and co-ops) edged down 0.7 percent in
May from April’s record high. Sales of existing single-family homes slipped roughly
1 percent in May while sales of condos and co-ops rose 2-1/4 percent. The inventory of
existing homes for sale increased in May and represented 4.3 months’ supply at the May
sales pace, similar to the average over the past year and a half. Sales of new homes rose
2 percent in May to an annual rate of nearly 1.3 million units; sales were revised down
about 3 percent in each of the two previous months. The stock of new homes for sale
edged up in May, representing 4.2 months’ supply at last month’s sales pace, about the
same as the average during the past year.
The median sales price of existing homes was up 12-1/2 percent in May from a year
earlier. During the twelve months ending in May, the median sales price of existing
single-family homes advanced 12 percent, and the median price of condos and co-ops
rose 15 percent. The average sales price of new homes was 8 percent higher in May than
a year earlier; the twelve-month change in May 2004 was 6-3/4 percent. The median
price of new homes sold in May was up only 2-1/2 percent from a year earlier, compared
with the increase of 8-1/4 percent posted during the year ending in May 2004.
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Orders and Shipments of Nondefense Capital Goods
(Percent change; seasonally adjusted current dollars)
2004
Indicators
2005
Q4
Q1
Mar.
Annual rate
Apr.
May
Monthly rate
Shipments
Excluding aircraft
Computers and peripherals
Communications equipment
All other categories
9.7
9.6
40.3
-17.1
8.6
12.8
14.0
33.9
16.2
10.0
1.1
-.1
2.3
3.4
-1.0
2.3
1.4
5.9
-9.3
1.9
-.7
.2
-2.4
8.5
-.2
Orders
Excluding aircraft
Computers and peripherals
Communications equipment
All other categories
4.7
6.3
34.6
-23.0
5.9
7.6
21.8
18.0
99.3
14.9
-3.2
-1.6
-5.4
-8.2
.1
4.0
1.7
15.1
-3.0
-.3
14.5
-2.3
-7.0
-.5
-1.5
Memo:
Shipments of complete aircraft1
27.1
23.9
27.9
34.7
n.a.
1. From Census Bureau, Current Industrial Reports; billions of dollars, annual rate.
n.a. Not available.
Computers and Peripherals
Communications Equipment
Billions of dollars, ratio scale
12
Shipments
Orders
11
12
11
10
10
9
9
17
15
13
11
8
8
9
7
7
6
6
May
Billions of dollars, ratio scale
21
Shipments
Orders
17
15
13
11
9
7
May
5
5
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
5
3
800
7
5
1999
2000
Medium and Heavy Trucks
950
21
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
3
Other Equipment
Thousands of units, ratio scale
Sales of class 4-8 trucks
Net new orders of class 5-8 trucks
950
Billions of dollars, ratio scale
52
800
700
700
600
600
52
Shipments
Orders
May
48
48
500
45
45
400
400
42
42
300
300
39
39
500
200
May
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Note. Annual rate, FRB seasonals.
Source. For class 4-8 trucks, Ward’s Communications;
for class 5-8 trucks, ACT Research.
200
36
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
36
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The Market for Existing Homes
2004
2004
Q3
2005
Q4
Q1
2005
Mar.
Apr.
May
Sales1
Single-family and condos and co-ops
Percent change
Previously reported level
6,784
9.7
6,797
-1.5
6,877
1.2
6,837
-0.6
6,870
0.7
7,180
4.5
7,180
7,130
-0.7
5,964
9.4
5,970
-1.6
6,047
1.3
5,980
-1.1
6,010
0.7
6,280
4.5
6,280
6,210
-1.1
820
12.2
828
-0.7
829
0.2
854
3.0
858
1.4
902
5.1
922
2.2
2,392
2,385
2,392
2,331
2,331
2,373
2,530
4.3
4.3
4.2
4.1
4.1
4.0
4.3
185.2
9.3
189.3
8.8
189.3
9.7
190.3
10.2
193.0
10.3
205.0
14.5
207.0
12.5
Single-family
Median
Percent change
184.1
8.3
188.2
7.6
187.5
8.8
188.3
9.4
191.9
10.3
203.1
14.7
204.6
12.2
Mean
Percent change
236.2
9.3
239.8
8.5
240.6
9.4
241.8
9.7
246.0
10.3
251.5
9.8
257.5
9.8
Repeat-transaction price index5
Percent change
326.0
11.0
333.9
13.4
341.3
11.9
348.8
12.5
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Condos and co-ops
Median
Percent change
193.6
17.0
6,796.7
4.7
6,876.7
8.1
6,836.7
8.2
203.4
13.9
220.8
16.9
221.0
15.2
Single-family
Percent change
Previously reported level
Condos and co-ops
Percent change
Inventories
Existing homes for sale2
Months’ supply3
Prices4
Single-family and condos and co-ops
Median
Percent change
Note: Quarterly levels are averages of monthly data.
1. Thousands of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate, except where noted. Percent change is from previous
comparable period, not at an annual rate.
2. Single-family and condos and coops in thousands of units, seasonally adjusted, end of period stock.
3. Single-family and condos and coops at current sales rate; expressed as the ratio of inventories adjusted with staff seasonals to
seasonally adjusted sales.
4. Price levels are expressed in thousands of dollars and are not seasonally adjusted. Percent changes are from the
comparable period a year earlier.
5. The index equals 100 in the first quarter of 1980. Source: OFHEO.
n.a.--data not reported on a monthly basis.
June 23, 2005
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The Market for New Single-Family Homes
2004
2004
Sales1
Total
Percent Change
Previously reported level
Q3
2005
Q4
Q1
2005
Mar.
Apr.
May
1,203
10.8
1,164
-3.2
1,243
6.8
1,238
-.4
1,254
1,272
2.0
1,313
1,271
-.1
1,316
1,298
2.1
Regional Sales
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
83
210
562
348
68
221
533
342
85
216
582
360
73
192
628
344
77
211
631
353
98
218
600
355
74
268
595
361
Inventories
New homes for sale2
395
406
418
442
443
437
442
Months’ supply3
4.0
4.3
4.1
4.3
4.2
4.2
4.2
Prices4
Average
Percent change
274.5
11.4
274.0
10.4
286.3
11.8
283.4
7.8
288.1
10.4
282.5
4.9
281.4
8.1
Median
Percent change
221.0
13.3
213.5
11.3
228.8
15.1
221.4
.0
225.3
7.5
232.2
4.5
217.0
2.5
Constant-quality price index5
Percent change
141.9
7.6
142.9
7.0
146.6
8.4
145.7
4.4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
1. Thousands of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate, except where noted. Percent change is from previous
comparable period, not at an annual rate.
2. Thousands of units, seasonally adjusted. Monthly figures are end of periodstock. Quarterly and annual figures are averages
of monthly figures.
3. At current sales rate, seasonally adjusted. The ratio of NSA inventories to NSA sales is seasonally adjusted by Census; as a
result, the seasonally adjusted ratio may not be the same as the ratio of SA inventories to SA sales. Quarterly and annual figures
are averages of monthly figures.
4. Price levels are expressed in thousands of dollars and are not seasonallyadjusted. Quarterly and annual values of average and
median prices are equal to a weighted average of monthly data;the weights are based on the response rate to the survey in each
month. Percent changes are from the previous comparable period a year earlier.
5. 1996 = 100. Based on characteristics of homes sold in 1996.
n.a.--data not reported on a monthly basis.
June 24, 2005
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The Domestic Financial Economy
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Commercial Bank Credit
(Percent change, annual rate, except as noted; seasonally adjusted)
Type of credit
Total
1. Adjusted1
2. Reported
3.
4.
5.
6.
Securities
Adjusted1
Reported
Treasury and agency
Other2
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Loans3
Total
Business
Real estate
Home equity
Other
Consumer
Adjusted4
Other5
Level
($ billions),
May 2005
2003
2004
Q4
2004
Q1
2005
Apr.
2005
May
2005
5.9
5.6
8.9
8.4
6.7
6.9
14.0
12.0
4.7
4.4
6.7
8.4
6,882
7,028
8.6
7.2
8.9
4.9
6.5
5.2
5.0
5.5
1.1
2.4
-10.6
24.1
22.7
14.8
20.7
5.8
-8.6
-8.4
-23.6
15.3
10.3
16.2
5.8
32.3
1,866
2,012
1,202
809
4.9
-9.4
11.1
30.8
8.8
5.4
5.8
6.8
9.8
1.4
13.9
43.4
9.7
8.8
6.0
7.9
8.7
6.8
13.4
37.6
9.3
-1.1
2.9
4.0
10.9
15.9
13.7
18.7
12.8
8.2
5.0
-3.7
9.6
18.0
11.5
12.1
11.5
7.8
.4
-7.4
5.3
14.6
2.4
10.0
.9
-11.6
-8.4
21.5
5,016
957
2,684
424
2,261
687
1,047
688
Note. Data are adjusted to remove estimated effects of consolidation related to FIN 46 and 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 FAS 115).
2. Includes private mortgage-backed securities, securities of corporations, state and local governments, foreign
governments, and any trading account assets that are not Treasury or agency securities, including revaluation gains
on derivative contracts.
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.
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III-T-1
Selected Financial Market Quotations
(One-day quotes in percent except as noted)
2004
Change to June 23 from
selected dates (percentage points)
2005
Instrument
June 28
Dec. 31
May 2
June 23
2004
June 28
2004
Dec. 31
2005
May 2
1.00
2.25
2.75
3.00
2.00
.75
.25
1.36
1.74
2.18
2.52
2.88
3.10
3.00
3.17
1.64
1.43
.82
.65
.12
.07
Commercial paper (A1/P1 rates)2
1-month
3-month
1.28
1.45
2.29
2.28
3.00
3.10
3.19
3.31
1.91
1.86
.90
1.03
.19
.21
Large negotiable CDs1
3-month
6-month
1.53
1.82
2.50
2.72
3.16
3.38
3.43
3.61
1.90
1.79
.93
.89
.27
.23
Eurodollar deposits3
1-month
3-month
1.29
1.51
2.32
2.49
3.03
3.14
3.26
3.41
1.97
1.90
.94
.92
.23
.27
Bank prime rate
4.00
5.25
5.75
6.00
2.00
.75
.25
Intermediate- and long-term
U.S. Treasury4
2-year
5-year
10-year
2.88
3.97
4.90
3.08
3.63
4.34
3.63
3.87
4.27
3.63
3.73
4.04
.75
-.24
-.86
.55
.10
-.30
.00
-.14
-.23
U.S. Treasury indexed notes
5-year
10-year
1.56
2.25
1.03
1.65
1.16
1.61
1.39
1.69
-.17
-.56
.36
.04
.23
.08
Municipal revenue (Bond Buyer)5
5.37
5.04
4.83
4.76
-.61
-.28
-.07
Private instruments
10-year swap
10-year FNMA6
10-year AA7
10-year BBB7
5-year high yield7
5.21
5.30
5.59
6.18
8.30
4.65
4.61
4.98
5.38
7.34
4.67
4.59
4.98
5.50
8.31
4.36
4.26
4.73
5.31
7.98
-.85
-1.04
-.86
-.87
-.32
-.29
-.35
-.25
-.07
.64
-.31
-.33
-.25
-.19
-.33
Home mortgages (FHLMC survey rate)
30-year fixed
1-year adjustable
6.21
4.19
5.77
4.10
5.75
4.22
5.57
4.23
-.64
.04
-.20
.13
-.18
.01
Short-term
FOMC intended federal funds rate
Treasury bills1
3-month
6-month
Record high
2004
Change to June 23
from selected dates (percent)
2005
Stock exchange index
Dow Jones Industrial
S&P 500 Composite
Nasdaq
Russell 2000
Wilshire 5000
Level
Date
Dec. 31
May 2
June 23
Record
high
2004
Dec. 31
2005
May 2
11,723
1,527
5,049
655
14,752
1-14-00
3-24-00
3-10-00
12-28-04
3-24-00
10,783
1,212
2,175
652
11,971
10,252
1,162
1,929
586
11,422
10,421
1,201
2,071
634
11,927
-11.10
-21.39
-58.99
-3.12
-19.15
-3.35
-.92
-4.82
-2.68
-.37
1.66
3.32
7.36
8.24
4.42
1. Secondary market.
2. Financial commercial paper.
3. Bid rates for Eurodollar deposits collected around 9:30 a.m. eastern time.
4. Derived from a smoothed Treasury yield curve estimated using off-the-run securities.
5. Most recent Thursday quote.
6. Constant-maturity yields estimated from Fannie Mae domestic noncallable coupon securities.
7. Derived from smoothed corporate yield curves estimated using Merrill Lynch bond data.
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NOTES:
June 28, 2004, is the day before the most recent policy tightening began.
May 2, 2005, is the day before the most recent FOMC announcement.
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APA
Federal Reserve (2005, June 29). Greenbook/Tealbook. Greenbooks, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_20050630_part2
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_greenbook_20050630_part2,
author = {Federal Reserve},
title = {Greenbook/Tealbook},
year = {2005},
month = {Jun},
howpublished = {Greenbooks, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_20050630_part2},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}