SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES
BUSINESS BORROWING
PRIME RATE, EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHANGE: PRIME PAPER, QUARTERLY AVERAGES

PERCENT PER ANNUM

SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES
MONEY MARKET
DISCOUNT RATE, EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHANGE; ALL OTHERS, QUARTERLY AVERAGES

PERCENT PER ANNUM

LONG- AND SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES
ANNUALLY

PERCENT PER ANNUM

COMMODITY RESEARCH BUREAU FUTURES PRICE INDEX

Standard and Poor’s Index of Stock Prices

LONG-TERM BOND YIELDS
QUARTERLY AVERAGES

PERCENT PER ANNUM

Standard and Poor’s Index of Bond Prices

FEDERAL BUDGET
NIA BASIS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATES, QUARTERLY

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

NET FEDERAL DEBT
AMOUNT OUTSTANDING; END OF YEAR, 1950-51; SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, END OF QUARTER, 1952–

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

Gold Value of Major Currencies
United States and Britain
January 1968 to February 1982

Index

(January 1968 = 100)