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Period
1949
1950195119521953195419551956195719581959
1960196119621963196419651966196719681969
1970 . . . .197119721973197419751976
1975- JanFebMarAprMayJune
JulyAugSeptOctNovDec
1976" JanFebMar. .AprMayJune
JulyAugSeptOctNovDec
TABLE B-87.—Common stock prices and yields, 1949-76
Common stock prices *
New York Stock Exchange indexes(December 31,1965=50)2
* Averages of daily closing prices, except New York Stock Exchange data through May 1964 are averages of weekly closingprices.
2 Includes all the stocks (more than 1,500) listed on the New York Stock Exchange.3 Includes 30 stocks.«Includes 500 stocks.« Standard and Poor's series, based on 500 stocks in the composite index.e Aggregate cash dividends (based on latest known annual rate) divided by aggregate market value based on Wednes-
day closing prices. Monthly data are averages of weekly figures; annual data are averages of monthly figures.7 Ratio of quarterly earnings (seasonally adjusted annual rate) to price index for last day of quarter. Annual ratios are
averages of quarterly ratios.
Note.—All data relate to stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Sources: New York Stock Exchange, Dow-Jones & Co., Inc., and Standard & Poor's Corporation.
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i Commercial and industrial failures only. Excludes failures of banks end railroads and, beginning 1933, of real estate,insurance, holding, and financial companies, steamship lines, travel agencies, etc.
» Failure rate per 10,000 listed enterprises.s Series revised; not strictly comparable with earlier data.Sources: Department of Commerce (Bureau of Economic Analysis) and Dun & Bradstreet. Inc.
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1978
TABLE B-88.—Common stock prices and yields, 1949-78
Yearor
quarter
1949
1950195119521953195419551956195719581959
1960196119621963196419651966. .196719681969
1970197119721973197419751976 - .19771978
1977: JanFebMarAprMayJune
JulyAugSeptOctNovDec
1978: JanFebMar.AprMayJune
JulyAugSeptOctNovDec
Common stock prices1
New York Stock Exchange indexes(December 31,1965=50)*
1 Averages of daily closing prices, except New York Stock Exchange data through May 1964, are averages of weekly closingprices.
2 Includes all the stocks (more than 1,500) listed on the New York Stock Exchange.3 Includes 30 stocks.« Includes 500 stocks.5 Standard & Poor's series, based on 500 stocks in the composite index.6 Aggregate cash dividends (based on latest known annual rate) divided by aggregate market value based on Wednes-
day closing prices. Monthly data are averages of weekly figures; annual data are averages of monthly figures.7 Ratio of quarterly earnings after taxes (seasonally adjusted annual rate) to price index for last day of quarter.
Annual ratios are averages of quarterly ratios.
Note.—All data relate to stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange.Sources: New York Stock Exchange, Dow-Jones & Co., Inc., and Standard & Poor's Corporation.
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