ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 1997


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Table No.
LIST OF TABLES (GIF format)
ERP 1997 page
2-1Growth in Consumer Credit Outstanding55
2-2Average Increase in Rate of Return When Inflation Rises by 1 Percentage Point64
2-3Accounting for Growth in Real GDP, 1960-200386
2-4Administration Forecast90
5-1Earnings Ratios for Male High School Graduates and 25- to 34-Year-Old-Male Full-Time, Year-Round Workers171
6-1The Interconnections Debate204
6-2Examples of Mining Patents Issued Since 1994218
6-3Miles of Streams Polluted by Hardrock Mine Wastes219
LIST OF CHARTS (GIF Format)
1-1The "Misery Index"23
1-2Federal Budget Deficit25
1-3Actual and Trend Labor Productivity29
1-4Federal Government Employment38
2-1Unemployment and the Probability of Inflation46
2-2Changes in Core Inflation and the NAIRU47
2-3Delinquency Rates58
2-4Alternative Measures in Productivity74
2-5Growth in Real GDP75
2-6Consumer Price Inflation76
2-7Civilian Unemployment Rate77
2-8Wealth and Saving79
2-9Yields on Treasury Securities83
2-10Bond Yield Spreads84
2-11Unemployment and the NAIRU88
2-12Inflation and Trend Unit Labor Costs88
3-1Total Fertility Rate94
3-2Life Expectancy at Age 6595
3-3Dependency Ratio of the Aged96
3-4Growth in Entitlement Spending98
3-5Growth in Per-Enrolee Costs of Health Care121
3-6Self-Described Health Status of Medicare Enrolees126
3-7Projected Lifetime Nursing Home Use by Current 65-Year-Olds135
4-1Unemployment Rate141
4-2Employment-to-Population Ratio141
4-3Part-Time Employment for Economic Reasons145
4-4Measures of Annualized Real Wage and Earnings Growth Since 1982146
4-5Alternative Inflation Adjustments to Wages147
4-6Real Compensation and Labor Productivity151
4-7Displacement Rate Among Long-Tenure Workers152
4-8Permanent Job Losers Unemployed Less Than 5 Weeks153
4-9Median Job Duration for Males Selected by Age155
4-10Job Leavers Unemployed Less Than 5 Weeks156
5-1Real Household Income Growth by Quintile from 1993 to 1995164
5-2Earnings Ratios for Male Full-Time, Year-Round Workers168
5-3Male Full-Time, Year-Round Workers by Real Earnings Range168
5-4College/High School Median Earnings Ratio for Male Full-Time, Full-Year Workers169
5-5Ratio of Median Earnings of Males Age 45-54 to those of Males Age 25-34170
5-6Increase in Inequality Due to Supply Shifts173
5-7Increase in Inequality Due to Demand Shifts173
5-8Change in Share of Income Received by Each Quintile from 1979 to 1995178
5-9Share of Households by Real Income Range178
5-10Poverty Rates179
5-11One-Year and Five-Year Mobility Rates185
6-1Economic Activity Attributable to National Forest System Programs223
7-1GDP Per Capita in the "Four Tigers"239
7-2GDP Per Capita in Four Other Asian Economies240
7-3Real GDP Growth in Latin America243
7-4Growth in World Output and Trade244
7-5Shares of World Trade247
7-6U.S. Exports of Goods by Destination253
7-7Net Capital Flows to Developing Countries255
7-8Stock of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad256


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