Re: I asked about Industrial Production YoY declines not GDP
Sorry. Here you go. More dramatic when you look at YoY Industrial Production. The FED raised rates in a period (79-82)of declining Industrial Production.
July of '81 is a real eye opener. I wonder if we'll beat it, this time around...
1979 53.7 1980 52.7 1981 50.7 1982 48.2 1983 54.5 economagic.com
Here are the FED funds rates for that period: 12/1978, 10.03 01/1979, 10.07 02/1979, 10.06 03/1979, 10.09 04/1979, 10.01 05/1979, 10.24 06/1979, 10.29 07/1979, 10.47 08/1979, 10.94 09/1979, 11.43 10/1979, 13.77 11/1979, 13.18 12/1979, 13.78 01/1980, 13.82 02/1980, 14.13 03/1980, 17.19 04/1980, 17.61 05/1980, 10.98 06/1980, 9.47 07/1980, 9.03 08/1980, 9.61 09/1980, 10.87 10/1980, 12.81 11/1980, 15.85 12/1980, 18.90 01/1981, 19.08 02/1981, 15.93 03/1981, 14.70 04/1981, 15.72 05/1981, 18.52 06/1981, 19.10 07/1981, 19.04 08/1981, 17.82 09/1981, 15.87 10/1981, 15.08 11/1981, 13.31 12/1981, 12.37 01/1982, 13.22 02/1982, 14.78 03/1982, 14.68 04/1982, 14.94 05/1982, 14.45 06/1982, 14.15 07/1982, 12.59 08/1982, 10.12 09/1982, 10.31 10/1982, 9.71 11/1982, 9.20 12/1982, 8.95 01/1983, 8.68 02/1983, 8.51 03/1983, 8.77 04/1983, 8.80 05/1983, 8.63 06/1983, 8.98 07/1983, 9.37 08/1983, 9.56 09/1983, 9.45 10/1983, 9.48 11/1983, 9.34 12/1983, 9.47 federalreserve.gov |