[Economic Indicators December, 1997]
[Page Number 38]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                          U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1997  45-487


 
                                Contents

TOTAL OUTPUT, INCOME, AND SPENDING                                  Page
                                     Gross Domestic Product.............
                                                                       1
                                     Real Gross Domestic Product........
                                                                       2
                                     Implicit Price Deflators for Gross 
                                     Domestic Product.
                                                                       2
                                     Gross Domestic Product and Related 
                                     Price Measures: Indexes and Percent 
                                     Changes.
                                                                       3
                                     Nonfinancial Corporate Business--
                                     Output, Costs, and Profits.
                                                                       3
                                     National Income....................
                                                                       4
                                     Real Personal Consumption 
                                     Expenditures.
                                                                       4
                                     Sources of Personal Income.........
                                                                       5
                                     Disposition of Personal Income.....
                                                                       6
                                     Farm Income........................
                                                                       7
                                     Corporate Profits..................
                                                                       8
                                     Real Gross Private Domestic 
                                     Investment.
                                                                       9
                                     Real Private Fixed Investment by 
                                     Type.
                                                                      10
                                     Business Investment and Plans......
                                                                      10
EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES

                                     Status of the Labor Force..........
                                                                      11
                                     Selected Unemployment Rates........
                                                                      12
                                     Selected Measures of Unemployment 
                                     and Unemployment Insurance 
                                     Programs.
                                                                      13
                                     Nonagricultural Employment.........
                                                                      14
                                     Average Weekly Hours, Hourly 
                                     Earnings, and Weekly Earnings--
                                     Private Nonagricultural Industries.
                                                                      15
                                     Employment Cost Index--Private 
                                     Industry.
                                                                      15
                                     Productivity and Related Data, 
                                     Business Sector.
                                                                      16
PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY

                                     Industrial Production and Capacity 
                                     Utilization.
                                                                      17
                                     Industrial Production--Major Market 
                                     Groups and Selected Manufactures.
                                                                      18
                                     New Construction...................
                                                                      19
                                     New Private Housing and Vacancy 
                                     Rates.
                                                                      19
                                     Business Sales and Inventories--
                                     Manufacturing and Trade.
                                                                      20
                                     Manufacturers' Shipments, 
                                     Inventories, and Orders.
                                                                      21
PRICES

                                     Producer Prices....................
                                                                      22
                                     Consumer Prices--All Urban 
                                     Consumers.
                                                                      23
                                     Changes in Producer Prices for 
                                     Finished Goods.
                                                                      24
                                     Changes in Consumer Prices--All 
                                     Urban Consumers.
                                                                      24
                                     Prices Received and Paid by Farmers
                                                                      25
MONEY, CREDIT, AND SECURITY MARKETS

                                     Money Stock, Liquid Assets, and 
                                     Debt Measures.
                                                                      26
                                     Components of Money Stock and 
                                     Liquid Assets.
                                                                      27
                                     Aggregate Reserves and Monetary 
                                     Base.
                                                                      27
                                     Bank Credit at All Commercial Banks
                                                                      28
                                     Sources and Uses of Funds, Nonfarm 
                                     Nonfinancial Corporate Business.
                                                                      29
                                     Consumer Credit....................
                                                                      29
                                     Interest Rates and Bond Yields.....
                                                                      30
                                     Common Stock Prices and Yields.....
                                                                      31
FEDERAL FINANCE

                                     Federal Receipts, Outlays, and Debt
                                                                      32
                                     Federal Receipts by Source and 
                                     Outlays by Function.
                                                                      33
                                     Federal Sector, National Income 
                                     Accounts Basis.
                                                                      34
INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS

                                     Industrial Production and Consumer 
                                     Prices--Major Industrial Countries.
                                                                      35
                                     U.S. International Trade in Goods 
                                     and Services.
                                                                      35
                                     U.S. International Transactions....
                                                                      36
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                              General Notes
          Detail in these tables may not add to totals because 
          of rounding.
          Unless otherwise noted, all dollar figures are in 
          current dollars.
          Symbols used:
          p Preliminary.
          r Revised.
          c Corrected.
           Not available (also, not applicable).
          NSA not seasonally adjusted.
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