greenbooks · June 28, 2006
Greenbook/Tealbook
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Class III FOMC – Internal (FR)
June 23, 2006
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
Tables
Orders and Shipments of Nondefense Capital Goods......................2
Charts
Computers and Peripherals ..............................................................2
Communications Equipment............................................................2
Medium and Heavy Trucks..............................................................2
Non-high-tech, Nontransportation Equipment.................................2
The Domestic Financial Economy ...........................................................3
Tables
Commercial Bank Credit .................................................................3
Selected Financial Market Quotations .............................................4
Charts
C&I Loan Rate Spreads at Domestic Banks ....................................3
Bank Profitability.............................................................................3
Supplemental Notes
The Domestic Nonfinancial Economy
Manufacturers’ Shipments, Orders, and Inventories
Shipments of nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft continued to edge up last
month. Shipments of non-high-tech equipment increased moderately in May following
two months of large gains. In high-tech categories, shipments of computers and
peripherals turned up modestly last month while shipments of communications
equipment declined for the first time in six months.
New orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft increased 1.0 percent in May
after having declined 1.9 percent in April. Last month’s increase was led by a jump of
8 percent in orders for communications equipment, which unwound a fraction of the
sharp drop in April. Orders of computers and peripherals, which increased 1.9 percent in
May, also rebounded after having declined in April. Orders for non-high-tech equipment,
which have been less volatile recently than the high-tech categories, continued to move
up in May; the level of these orders in May was 2¼ percent (not at an annual rate) above
the first-quarter average. Backlogs of unfilled orders for these items also continued to
rise sharply.
A moving average of the staff’s constructed series on real adjusted durable goods
orders—which strips out nondefense aircraft, defense capital goods, and industries for
which reported orders actually equal shipments—has historically had some predictive
power for industrial production. In May, its three-month moving average was up
0.5 percent.
The book value of manufacturing durable goods inventories (which constitute about twothirds of total manufacturing inventories) increased $12 billion in May. Shipments of
total durable goods increased 2.6 percent, and the inventory-shipments ratio moved down
to 1.32 months.
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Orders and Shipments of Nondefense Capital Goods
(Percent change; seasonally adjusted current dollars)
2005
Category
2006
Q4
Q1
Mar.
Annual rate
Apr.
May
Monthly rate
Shipments
Excluding aircraft
Computers and peripherals
Communications equipment
All other categories
33.9
13.2
21.6
-8.9
14.5
1.4
10.6
-11.7
87.7
7.9
1.5
2.0
3.1
.7
2.0
-1.0
.8
-1.8
2.8
.9
2.1
.1
.6
-1.9
.3
Orders
Excluding aircraft
Computers and peripherals
Communications equipment
All other categories
82.8
10.0
15.5
-14.9
12.1
-25.6
16.7
-16.3
159.3
12.1
11.6
3.4
4.2
4.5
3.2
-6.3
-1.9
-3.7
-23.8
1.2
-1.9
1.0
1.9
7.9
.2
Memo:
Shipments of complete aircraft1
26.9
33.1
30.8
30.2
n.a.
1. From Census Bureau, Current Industrial Reports; billions of dollars, annual rate.
n.a. Not available.
Computers and Peripherals
Billions of dollars, ratio scale
13
11
Communications Equipment
Shipments
Orders
13
11
9
7
May
20
17
14
Billions of dollars, ratio scale
Shipments
Orders
20
17
14
9
11
11
7
8
8
May
5
3
5
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
3
5
2
Medium and Heavy Trucks
1100
920
800
Thousands of units, ratio scale
Sales of class 4-8 trucks
Net new orders of class 5-8 trucks
1100
53
920
800
680
2
May
48
44
44
40
560
320
320
40
200
36
Note. Annual rate, FRB seasonals.
Source. For class 4-8 trucks, Ward’s Communications;
for class 5-8 trucks, ACT Research.
53
May
440
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Billions of dollars, ratio scale
Shipments
Orders
48
440
200
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Non-high-tech,
Nontransportation Equipment
680
560
5
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
36
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The Domestic Financial Economy
Commercial Bank Credit
(Percent change, annual rate, except as noted; seasonally adjusted)
Type of credit
Total
Adjusted1
Reported
Securities
Adjusted1
Reported
Treasury and agency
Other2
Loans3
Total
Business
Real estate
HELOCs
Other
Consumer
Adjusted4
Other5
Level
(billions
of dollars),
May 2006
2004
2005
2005:
Q4
2006:
Q1
Apr.
2006
May
2006
8.9
8.4
10.4
9.8
6.0
5.9
11.1
10.1
13.4
14.5
14.2
18.3
7,624
7,788
6.6
5.2
4.9
5.7
7.3
5.3
-.1
13.4
-1.5
-1.3
-8.8
9.3
10.8
7.4
8.4
6.0
27.3
30.5
11.2
56.7
4.9
20.5
-3.4
51.6
1,983
2,147
1,193
954
9.8
1.3
13.9
43.7
9.7
8.8
5.9
7.7
11.6
13.1
14.1
11.3
14.7
3.1
.7
8.4
8.7
10.3
8.9
-1.6
10.9
-2.9
-3.7
17.2
11.2
14.8
10.5
-2.2
12.8
3.2
8.3
16.2
8.5
18.5
9.9
-9.9
13.3
7.8
1.4
-9.5
17.5
22.2
10.9
-7.5
13.9
11.5
2.9
42.5
5,641
1,088
3,037
428
2,608
716
1,085
801
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.
C&I Loan Rate Spreads at
Domestic Banks
Bank Profitability
Basis points
Percent
260
Percent
2.5
Quarterly
25
Quarterly, s.a.a.r.
240
Weighted
average
Q2
220
2.0
20
Return on equity
(right scale)
200
1.5
15
180
Adjusted
weighted
average*
Q2
160
Q1
1.0
140
120
10
Return on assets
(left scale)
0.5
5
100
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
Note. Spread over banks’ estimated cost of funds.
* Adjusted for changes in nonprice loan characteristics.
Source. Survey of Terms of Business Lending.
1993
1996
Source. Call Report.
1999
2002
2005
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III-T-1
Selected Financial Market Quotations
(One-day quotes in percent except as noted)
2004
2005
Change to June 22 from
selected dates (percentage points)
2006
Instrument
June 28
Dec. 30
May 9
June 22
2004
June 28
2005
Dec. 30
2006
May 9
1.00
4.25
4.75
5.00
4.00
.75
.25
1.36
1.74
3.99
4.22
4.76
4.84
4.79
5.04
3.43
3.30
.80
.82
.03
.20
Commercial paper (A1/P1 rates)2
1-month
3-month
1.28
1.45
4.23
4.37
4.98
5.07
5.24
5.34
3.96
3.89
1.01
.97
.26
.27
Large negotiable CDs1
3-month
6-month
1.53
1.82
4.49
4.65
5.12
5.24
5.42
5.54
3.89
3.72
.93
.89
.30
.30
Eurodollar deposits3
1-month
3-month
1.29
1.51
4.36
4.52
5.08
5.16
5.32
5.45
4.03
3.94
.96
.93
.24
.29
Bank prime rate
4.00
7.25
7.75
8.00
4.00
.75
.25
Intermediate- and long-term
U.S. Treasury4
2-year
5-year
10-year
2.88
3.97
4.90
4.43
4.35
4.47
5.01
5.00
5.19
5.27
5.15
5.27
2.39
1.18
.37
.84
.80
.80
.26
.15
.08
U.S. Treasury indexed notes
5-year
10-year
1.56
2.25
2.03
2.10
2.25
2.43
2.51
2.62
.95
.37
.48
.52
.26
.19
Municipal general obligations (Bond Buyer)5
5.01
4.38
4.63
4.68
-.33
.30
.05
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
4.92
4.82
5.25
5.84
8.28
5.64
5.38
5.98
6.47
8.21
5.78
5.49
6.13
6.70
8.74
.57
.19
.54
.52
.44
.86
.67
.88
.86
.46
.14
.11
.15
.23
.53
Home mortgages (FHLMC survey rate)
30-year fixed
1-year adjustable
6.21
4.19
6.21
5.16
6.58
5.62
6.71
5.75
.50
1.56
.50
.59
.13
.13
Short-term
FOMC intended federal funds rate
Treasury bills1
3-month
6-month
Record high
2005
Change to June 22
from selected dates (percent)
2006
Stock exchange index
Dow Jones Industrial
S&P 500 Composite
Nasdaq
Russell 2000
Wilshire 5000
Level
Date
Dec. 30
May 9
June 22
Record
high
2005
Dec. 30
2006
May 9
11,723
1,527
5,049
782
14,752
1-14-00
3-24-00
3-10-00
5-5-06
3-24-00
10,718
1,248
2,205
673
12,518
11,640
1,325
2,338
781
13,457
11,019
1,246
2,123
688
12,540
-6.00
-18.45
-57.95
-12.00
-14.99
2.81
-.22
-3.73
2.20
.18
-5.33
-6.00
-9.21
-11.87
-6.81
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 9, 2006, is the day before the most recent FOMC meeting.
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Cite this document
APA
Federal Reserve (2006, June 28). Greenbook/Tealbook. Greenbooks, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_20060629_part1
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_greenbook_20060629_part1,
author = {Federal Reserve},
title = {Greenbook/Tealbook},
year = {2006},
month = {Jun},
howpublished = {Greenbooks, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_20060629_part1},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}