The economy on Saturday, August 2, 1997

Not what these numbers say now — what they said then. Economic statistics are revised, sometimes for years, so a chart of today's data cannot show what was actually on the screen on a past date. Every figure below is the version that had been published by this day, with the date it was published beside it.

A number missing here was not yet public on this date. The rule that decides, and the steps to reproduce any figure from FRED's own vintage archive, are in the claims ledger.

What had been published47 of 167 tracked series

10-Year Treasury Yield (Monthly)6.49Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 8, 1997
2-Year Treasury Yield (Monthly)6.09Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 8, 1997
3-Month Treasury Bill Rate (Monthly)4.93Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 8, 1997
All Employees, Total Nonfarm122378Jul 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
Bank Credit, All Commercial Banks3949.1Jul 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
Capacity Utilization: Total Index83.5Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 16, 1997
Commercial and Industrial Loans, All Commercial Banks817.2Jun 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
Consumer Loans, All Commercial Banks520.6Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 25, 1997
Core CPI (Core Inflation Rate)169.7Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 16, 1997
Corporate Profits After Tax (without IVA and CCAdj)467.2Jan 1997 figure, published Jul 31, 1997
Employment-Population Ratio63.8Jul 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
Exports of Goods and Services948.4Apr 1997 figure, published Jul 31, 1997
Federal Debt: Total Public Debt5380890Jan 1997 figure, published Jun 22, 1997
Federal Funds Rate5.56Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 8, 1997
Federal Government Current Receipts1675.3Jan 1997 figure, published Jul 31, 1997
Federal Government: Current Expenditures1742.1Apr 1997 figure, published Jul 31, 1997
Gross Domestic Product: Implicit Price Deflator112.12Apr 1997 figure, published Jul 31, 1997
Housing Starts1452Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 17, 1997
Imports of Goods and Services1051.8Apr 1997 figure, published Jul 31, 1997
Industrial Production Index119.886Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 16, 1997
Labor Force Participation Rate67.1Jul 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
M11063.2Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 24, 1997
M2 Money Supply3919.8Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 24, 1997
Moody's Baa Corporate Bond Yield8.02Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 8, 1997
Nonfarm Business Sector: Unit Labor Costs for All Workers111.7Jan 1997 figure, published May 7, 1997
Personal Consumption Expenditures5445.1Jun 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
Personal Income6866.4Jun 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
Personal Saving Rate4.4Jun 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
Producer Price Index by Commodity: All Commodities127.2Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 11, 1997
Real Disposable Personal Income5219.1Jun 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
Real Estate Loans, All Commercial Banks1181.6Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 25, 1997
Real Gross Domestic Product7139.7Apr 1997 figure, published Jul 31, 1997
Revolving Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized486.5May 1997 figure, published Jul 8, 1997
S&P 500 Dividend Yield—Aug 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
Shiller PE Ratio (CAPE)—Aug 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
Total Business Inventories1019325May 1997 figure, published Jul 16, 1997
Total Business: Inventories to Sales Ratio1.37May 1997 figure, published Jul 16, 1997
Total Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized1224.1May 1997 figure, published Jul 8, 1997
Trade Balance: Goods and Services, Balance of Payments Basis-10230May 1997 figure, published Jul 18, 1997
US Adjusted Corporate Profits After Tax538.4Jan 1997 figure, published Jul 31, 1997
US Core Capital Goods New Orders38979Jun 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
US Gross Domestic Product8004.8Apr 1997 figure, published Jul 31, 1997
US Inflation Rate (CPI)160.3Jun 1997 figure, published Jul 16, 1997
US Manufacturing Weekly Hours41.7Jul 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997
US Nonfarm Labour Productivity102.5Jan 1997 figure, published May 7, 1997
US Real Hourly Compensation100.6Jan 1997 figure, published May 7, 1997
US Unemployment Rate4.8Jul 1997 figure, published Aug 1, 1997

Values for licensed series are withheld and shown as —; the publication dates are ours and are shown. Series with no reading had published nothing within the two years before this date.