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- Bond & Stock Yields: 1970 - 1990[Percent per year.]Type 1970 1975 1980 1985 1989 1990
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- U.S. Treasury, constant
- maturities:(1,2)
- 3-year 7.29 7.49 11.55 9.64 8.55 8.26
- 5-year 7.38 7.77 11.48 10.13 8.50 8.37
- 10-year 7.35 7.99 11.46 10.62 8.49 8.55
-
- U.S. Government
- long-term bonds(2,3) 6.58 6.98 10.81 10.75 8.58 8.74
-
- State & local
- government bonds:
- Aaa(4) 6.12 6.42 7.86 8.60 7.00 (NA)
- Baa(4) 6.75 7.62 9.02 9.58 7.40 (NA)
-
- High-graded municipal
- bonds (Standard &
- Poor's)(5) 6.51 6.89 8.51 9.18 7.24 7.25
- Municipal (Bond Buyer,
- 20 bonds) 6.35 7.05 8.59 9.11 7.23 7.27
-
- Corporate bonds:
- Aaa seasoned(4) 8.04 8.83 11.94 11.37 9.26 9.32
- Baa seasoned(4) 9.11 10.61 13.67 12.72 10.18 10.36
- AAA utility bonds(6) 8.72 9.71 12.68 11.67 (7) (7)
-
- Corporate, by years to
- maturity:(8)
- AA Industrial 10 yrs (NA) 8.28 12.05 11.11 9.26 (NA)
- AAA Industrial 30 yrs 8.72 9.17 12.57 11.79 9.39 (NA)
- A Utilities 30 yrs 9.17 10.33 13.68 12.20 9.89 (NA)
-
- Corporate (Moody's)(4) 8.51 9.57 12.75 12.05 9.66 9.77
- Industrials
- (49 bonds)(9) 8.26 9.25 12.35 11.80 9.66 9.77
- Railroads (13 bonds)(10) 8.77 9.39 11.48 11.94 (NA) (NA)
- Public utilities
- (51 bonds) 8.68 9.88 13.15 12.29 9.66 9.76
-
- Stocks (Standard &
- Poor's):(5)
- Preferred
- (10 stocks)(11) 7.22 8.36 10.60 10.49 9.04 8.96
- Common:
- Composite (500 stocks) 3.83 4.31 5.26 4.25 3.45 3.61
- Industrials
- (400 stocks) 3.62 3.96 4.95 3.76 3.01 3.16
-
-
- NA=Not available.
- 1. Yields on the more actively traded issues adjusted to
- constant maturities by the U.S. Treasury.
- 2. Yields are based on closing bid prices quoted by at least
- five dealers.
- 3. Averages (to maturity or call) for all outstanding bonds
- neither due nor callable in less than 10 years, including
- several very low yielding "flower" bonds.
- 4. Source:Moody's Investors Service, New York, NY.
- 5. Source:Standard & Poor's Corp., New York, NY.
- 6. Based on first trading day of each month, deferred call, new
- issue estimate. Source:Salomon Brothers, Inc., New York, NY.
- 7. The Aaa public utility average was suspended in 1985 because
- of a lack of appropriate issues.
- 8. Source:Scudder, Stevens & Clark, New York, NY.
- 9. Covers 40 bonds for period 1970-1983, 38 bonds for 1984-1986,
- and 37 bonds for 1987 and 1988.
- 10. Covers 23 bonds for period 1970-1981, 15 bonds for 1982, and
- 17 bonds for 1983. Beginning 1989 there was not an acceptable
- number of issues to continue a yield average.
- 11. Yields based on 10 stocks, 4 yields. Issues converted to a
- price equivalent to $100 par and a 7% annual dividend before
- averaging.
-
- Source:Except as noted, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
- System.
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