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Table B-73.--Bond yields and interest rates, 1929-2005
[Percent per annum]
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U.S. Treasury securities              Corporate     High-                              Discount window
--------------------------------------------      bonds       grade                           (Federal Reserve Bank
Bills  (new            Constant           (Moody's)     munici-     New-       Prime     of New York) \5\ \6\
issues)\1\           maturities\2\     ----------------    pal      home       rate    ------------------------ Federal
Year and  month                           --------------------------------------------                  bonds     mort-      charged                             funds
(Stand-     gage        by        Primary     Adjust-   rate\7\
3-        6-       3-      10-     30-   Aaa\3\    Baa     ard &  yields\4\   banks\5\     credit       ment
month     month    year    year    year                   Poor's)                                       credit
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1929...............................................................  ........  ........  ......  ......  ......    4.73    5.90     4.27  .........   5.50-6.00  ..........        5.16  .......
1933...............................................................     0.515  ........  ......  ......  ......    4.49    7.76     4.71  .........   1.50-4.00  ..........        2.56  .......
1939...............................................................      .023  ........  ......  ......  ......    3.01    4.96     2.76  .........        1.50  ..........        1.00  .......

1940...............................................................      .014  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.84    4.75     2.50  .........        1.50  ..........        1.00  .......
1941...............................................................      .103  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.77    4.33     2.10  .........        1.50  ..........        1.00  .......
1942...............................................................      .326  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.83    4.28     2.36  .........        1.50  ..........     \8\1.00  .......
1943...............................................................      .373  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.73    3.91     2.06  .........        1.50  ..........     \8\1.00  .......
1944...............................................................      .375  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.72    3.61     1.86  .........        1.50  ..........     \8\1.00  .......

1945...............................................................      .375  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.62    3.29     1.67  .........        1.50  ..........     \8\1.00  .......
1946...............................................................      .375  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.53    3.05     1.64  .........        1.50  ..........     \8\1.00  .......
1947...............................................................      .594  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.61    3.24     2.01  .........   1.50-1.75  ..........        1.00  .......
1948...............................................................     1.040  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.82    3.47     2.40  .........   1.75-2.00  ..........        1.34  .......
1949...............................................................     1.102  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.66    3.42     2.21  .........        2.00  ..........        1.50  .......

1950...............................................................     1.218  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.62    3.24     1.98  .........        2.07  ..........        1.59  .......
1951...............................................................     1.552  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.86    3.41     2.00  .........        2.56  ..........        1.75  .......
1952...............................................................     1.766  ........  ......  ......  ......    2.96    3.52     2.19  .........        3.00  ..........        1.75  .......
1953...............................................................     1.931  ........    2.47    2.85  ......    3.20    3.74     2.72  .........        3.17  ..........        1.99  .......
1954...............................................................      .953  ........    1.63    2.40  ......    2.90    3.51     2.37  .........        3.05  ..........        1.60  .......

1955...............................................................     1.753  ........    2.47    2.82  ......    3.06    3.53     2.53  .........        3.16  ..........        1.89     1.78
1956...............................................................     2.658  ........    3.19    3.18  ......    3.36    3.88     2.93  .........        3.77  ..........        2.77     2.73
1957...............................................................     3.267  ........    3.98    3.65  ......    3.89    4.71     3.60  .........        4.20  ..........        3.12     3.11
1958...............................................................     1.839  ........    2.84    3.32  ......    3.79    4.73     3.56  .........        3.83  ..........        2.15     1.57
1959...............................................................     3.405     3.832    4.46    4.33  ......    4.38    5.05     3.95  .........        4.48  ..........        3.36     3.30

1960...............................................................     2.928     3.247    3.98    4.12  ......    4.41    5.19     3.73  .........        4.82  ..........        3.53     3.22
1961...............................................................     2.378     2.605    3.54    3.88  ......    4.35    5.08     3.46  .........        4.50  ..........        3.00     1.96
1962...............................................................     2.778     2.908    3.47    3.95  ......    4.33    5.02     3.18  .........        4.50  ..........        3.00     2.68
1963...............................................................     3.157     3.253    3.67    4.00  ......    4.26    4.86     3.23      5.89         4.50  ..........        3.23     3.18
1964...............................................................     3.549     3.686    4.03    4.19  ......    4.40    4.83     3.22      5.83         4.50  ..........        3.55     3.50

1965...............................................................     3.954     4.055    4.22    4.28  ......    4.49    4.87     3.27      5.81         4.54  ..........        4.04     4.07
1966...............................................................     4.881     5.082    5.23    4.92  ......    5.13    5.67     3.82      6.25         5.63  ..........        4.50     5.11
1967...............................................................     4.321     4.630    5.03    5.07  ......    5.51    6.23     3.98      6.46         5.61  ..........        4.19     4.22
1968...............................................................     5.339     5.470    5.68    5.65  ......    6.18    6.94     4.51      6.97         6.30  ..........        5.16     5.66
1969...............................................................     6.677     6.853    7.02    6.67  ......    7.03    7.81     5.81      7.81         7.96  ..........        5.87     8.20

1970...............................................................     6.458     6.562    7.29    7.35  ......    8.04    9.11     6.51      8.45         7.91  ..........        5.95     7.18
1971...............................................................     4.348     4.511    5.65    6.16  ......    7.39    8.56     5.70      7.74         5.72  ..........        4.88     4.66
1972...............................................................     4.071     4.466    5.72    6.21  ......    7.21    8.16     5.27      7.60         5.25  ..........        4.50     4.43
1973...............................................................     7.041     7.178    6.95    6.84  ......    7.44    8.24     5.18      7.96         8.03  ..........        6.44     8.73
1974...............................................................     7.886     7.926    7.82    7.56  ......    8.57    9.50     6.09      8.92        10.81  ..........        7.83    10.50

1975...............................................................     5.838     6.122    7.49    7.99  ......    8.83   10.61     6.89      9.00         7.86  ..........        6.25     5.82
1976...............................................................     4.989     5.266    6.77    7.61  ......    8.43    9.75     6.49      9.00         6.84  ..........        5.50     5.04
1977...............................................................     5.265     5.510    6.69    7.42    7.75    8.02    8.97     5.56      9.02         6.83  ..........        5.46     5.54
1978...............................................................     7.221     7.572    8.29    8.41    8.49    8.73    9.49     5.90      9.56         9.06  ..........        7.46     7.93
1979...............................................................    10.041    10.017    9.71    9.44    9.28    9.63   10.69     6.39     10.78        12.67  ..........       10.28    11.19

1980...............................................................    11.506    11.374   11.55   11.46   11.27   11.94   13.67     8.51     12.66        15.27  ..........       11.77    13.36
1981...............................................................    14.029    13.776   14.44   13.91   13.45   14.17   16.04    11.23     14.70        18.87  ..........       13.42    16.38
1982...............................................................    10.686    11.084   12.92   13.00   12.76   13.79   16.11    11.57     15.14        14.86  ..........       11.02    12.26
1983...............................................................     8.63      8.75    10.45   11.10   11.18   12.04   13.55     9.47     12.57        10.79  ..........        8.50     9.09
1984...............................................................     9.58      9.80    11.89   12.44   12.41   12.71   14.19    10.15     12.38        12.04  ..........        8.80    10.23

1985...............................................................     7.48      7.66     9.64   10.62   10.79   11.37   12.72     9.18     11.55         9.93  ..........        7.69     8.10
1986...............................................................     5.98      6.03     7.06    7.68    7.78    9.02   10.39     7.38     10.17         8.33  ..........        6.33     6.81
1987...............................................................     5.82      6.05     7.68    8.39    8.59    9.38   10.58     7.73      9.31         8.21  ..........        5.66     6.66
1988...............................................................     6.69      6.92     8.26    8.85    8.96    9.71   10.83     7.76      9.19         9.32  ..........        6.20     7.57
1989...............................................................     8.12      8.04     8.55    8.49    8.45    9.26   10.18     7.24     10.13        10.87  ..........        6.93     9.21

1990...............................................................     7.51      7.47     8.26    8.55    8.61    9.32   10.36     7.25     10.05        10.01  ..........        6.98     8.10
1991...............................................................     5.42      5.49     6.82    7.86    8.14    8.77    9.80     6.89      9.32         8.46  ..........        5.45     5.69
1992...............................................................     3.45      3.57     5.30    7.01    7.67    8.14    8.98     6.41      8.24         6.25  ..........        3.25     3.52
1993...............................................................     3.02      3.14     4.44    5.87    6.59    7.22    7.93     5.63      7.20         6.00  ..........        3.00     3.02
1994...............................................................     4.29      4.66     6.27    7.09    7.37    7.96    8.62     6.19      7.49         7.15  ..........        3.60     4.21

1995...............................................................     5.51      5.59     6.25    6.57    6.88    7.59    8.20     5.95      7.87         8.83  ..........        5.21     5.83
1996...............................................................     5.02      5.09     5.99    6.44    6.71    7.37    8.05     5.75      7.80         8.27  ..........        5.02     5.30
1997...............................................................     5.07      5.18     6.10    6.35    6.61    7.26    7.86     5.55      7.71         8.44  ..........        5.00     5.46
1998...............................................................     4.81      4.85     5.14    5.26    5.58    6.53    7.22     5.12      7.07         8.35  ..........        4.92     5.35
1999...............................................................     4.66      4.76     5.49    5.65    5.87    7.04    7.87     5.43      7.04         8.00  ..........        4.62     4.97

2000...............................................................     5.85      5.92     6.22    6.03    5.94    7.62    8.36     5.77      7.52         9.23  ..........        5.73     6.24
2001...............................................................     3.45      3.39     4.09    5.02    5.49    7.08    7.95     5.19      7.00         6.91  ..........        3.40     3.88
2002...............................................................     1.62      1.69     3.10    4.61  ......    6.49    7.80     5.05      6.43         4.67  ..........        1.17     1.67
2003...............................................................     1.02      1.06     2.10    4.01  ......    5.67    6.77     4.73      5.80         4.12        2.12  ..........     1.13
2004...............................................................     1.38      1.58     2.78    4.27  ......    5.63    6.39     4.63      5.77         4.34        2.34  ..........     1.35
2005...............................................................     3.16      3.40     3.93    4.29  ......    5.24    6.06     4.29      5.94         6.19        4.19  ..........     3.22
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\1\ Rate on new issues within period; bank-discount basis.
\2\ Yields on the more actively traded issues adjusted to constant maturities by the Department of the Treasury. In February 2002, the Department of the Treasury discontinued publication of
the 30-year series.
\3\ Beginning December 7, 2001, data for corporate Aaa series are industrial bonds only.
\4\ Effective rate (in the primary market) on conventional mortgages, reflecting fees and charges as well as contract rate and assuming, on the average, repayment at end of 10 years. Rates
beginning January 1973 not strictly comparable with prior rates.

See next page for continuation of table.


Table B-73.--Bond yields and interest rates, 1929-2005--Continued
[Percent per annum]
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U.S. Treasury securities              Corporate     High-                              Discount window
--------------------------------------------      bonds       grade                           (Federal Reserve Bank
Bills  (new            Constant           (Moody's)     munici-     New-       Prime     of New York) \5\ \6\
issues)\1\           maturities\2\     ----------------    pal      home       rate    ------------------------ Federal
Year and  month                           --------------------------------------------                  bonds     mort-      charged                             funds
(Stand-     gage        by        Primary     Adjust-   rate\7\
3-        6-       3-      10-     30-   Aaa\3\    Baa     ard &  yields\4\   banks\5\     credit       ment
month     month    year    year    year                   Poor's)                                       credit
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High-low    High-low    High-low
------------------------------------

2001:
Jan..............................................................     5.27      5.04     4.77    5.16    5.54    7.15    7.93     5.15      7.20    9.50-9.00  ..........   6.00-5.00     5.98
Feb..............................................................     4.93      4.78     4.71    5.10    5.45    7.10    7.87     5.21      7.10    8.50-8.50  ..........   5.00-5.00     5.49
Mar..............................................................     4.50      4.36     4.43    4.89    5.34    6.98    7.84     5.19      7.04    8.50-8.00  ..........   5.00-4.50     5.31
Apr..............................................................     3.92      3.89     4.42    5.14    5.65    7.20    8.07     5.33      7.07    8.00-7.50  ..........   4.50-4.00     4.80
May..............................................................     3.67      3.66     4.51    5.39    5.78    7.29    8.07     5.35      7.12    7.50-7.00  ..........   4.00-3.50     4.21
June.............................................................     3.48      3.44     4.35    5.28    5.67    7.18    7.97     5.24      7.12    7.00-6.75  ..........   3.50-3.25     3.97
July.............................................................     3.54      3.48     4.31    5.24    5.61    7.13    7.97     5.22      7.11    6.75-6.75  ..........   3.25-3.25     3.77
Aug..............................................................     3.39      3.31     4.04    4.97    5.48    7.02    7.85     5.06      7.15    6.75-6.50  ..........   3.25-3.00     3.65
Sept.............................................................     2.87      2.84     3.45    4.73    5.48    7.17    8.03     5.09      6.89    6.50-6.00  ..........   3.00-2.50     3.07
Oct..............................................................     2.22      2.19     3.14    4.57    5.32    7.03    7.91     5.07      6.73    6.00-5.50  ..........   2.50-2.00     2.49
Nov..............................................................     1.93      1.94     3.22    4.65    5.12    6.97    7.81     5.06      6.63    5.50-5.00  ..........   2.00-1.50     2.09
Dec..............................................................     1.72      1.81     3.62    5.09    5.48    6.76    8.05     5.28      6.79    5.00-4.75  ..........   1.50-1.25     1.82

2002:
Jan..............................................................     1.66      1.74     3.56    5.04    5.45    6.55    7.87     5.19      6.87    4.75-4.75  ..........   1.25-1.25     1.73
Feb..............................................................     1.73      1.83     3.55    4.91  ......    6.51    7.89     5.14      6.82    4.75-4.75  ..........   1.25-1.25     1.74
Mar..............................................................     1.81      2.02     4.14    5.28  ......    6.81    8.11     5.27      6.76    4.75-4.75  ..........   1.25-1.25     1.73
Apr..............................................................     1.72      1.97     4.01    5.21  ......    6.76    8.03     5.27      6.74    4.75-4.75  ..........   1.25-1.25     1.75
May..............................................................     1.74      1.88     3.80    5.16  ......    6.75    8.09     5.22      6.59    4.75-4.75  ..........   1.25-1.25     1.75
June.............................................................     1.71      1.83     3.49    4.93  ......    6.63    7.95     5.11      6.47    4.75-4.75  ..........   1.25-1.25     1.75
July.............................................................     1.68      1.71     3.01    4.65  ......    6.53    7.90     5.01      6.37    4.75-4.75  ..........   1.25-1.25     1.73
Aug..............................................................     1.63      1.62     2.52    4.26  ......    6.37    7.58     4.92      6.26    4.75-4.75  ..........   1.25-1.25     1.74
Sept.............................................................     1.63      1.61     2.32    3.87  ......    6.15    7.40     4.73      6.17    4.75-4.75  ..........   1.25-1.25     1.75
Oct..............................................................     1.60      1.57     2.25    3.94  ......    6.32    7.73     4.85      6.09    4.75-4.75  ..........   1.25-1.25     1.75
Nov..............................................................     1.26      1.29     2.32    4.05  ......    6.31    7.62     4.98      6.08    4.75-4.25  ..........   1.25-0.75     1.34
Dec..............................................................     1.20      1.26     2.23    4.03  ......    6.21    7.45     4.91      6.04    4.25-4.25  ..........   0.75-0.75     1.24

2003:
Jan..............................................................     1.17      1.21     2.18    4.05  ......    6.17    7.35     4.88      6.12    4.25-4.25   2.25-2.25   0.75-0.75     1.24
Feb..............................................................     1.16      1.18     2.05    3.90  ......    5.95    7.06     4.80      5.82    4.25-4.25   2.25-2.25  ..........     1.26
Mar..............................................................     1.13      1.12     1.98    3.81  ......    5.89    6.95     4.72      5.75    4.25-4.25   2.25-2.25  ..........     1.25
Apr..............................................................     1.14      1.15     2.06    3.96  ......    5.74    6.85     4.71      5.92    4.25-4.25   2.25-2.25  ..........     1.26
May..............................................................     1.08      1.09     1.75    3.57  ......    5.22    6.38     4.35      5.75    4.25-4.25   2.25-2.25  ..........     1.26
June.............................................................     0.95      0.94     1.51    3.33  ......    4.97    6.19     4.32      5.51    4.25-4.00   2.25-2.00  ..........     1.22
July.............................................................     0.90      0.95     1.93    3.98  ......    5.49    6.62     4.71      5.53    4.00-4.00   2.00-2.00  ..........     1.01
Aug..............................................................     0.96      1.04     2.44    4.45  ......    5.88    7.01     5.08      5.77    4.00-4.00   2.00-2.00  ..........     1.03
Sept.............................................................     0.95      1.02     2.23    4.27  ......    5.72    6.79     4.91      5.97    4.00-4.00   2.00-2.00  ..........     1.01
Oct..............................................................     0.93      1.01     2.26    4.29  ......    5.70    6.73     4.84      5.92    4.00-4.00   2.00-2.00  ..........     1.01
Nov..............................................................     0.94      1.02     2.45    4.30  ......    5.65    6.66     4.74      5.92    4.00-4.00   2.00-2.00  ..........     1.00
Dec..............................................................     0.90      1.00     2.44    4.27  ......    5.62    6.60     4.65      5.59    4.00-4.00   2.00-2.00  ..........     0.98

2004:
Jan..............................................................     0.89      0.98     2.27    4.15  ......    5.54    6.44     4.53      5.48    4.00-4.00   2.00-2.00  ..........     1.00
Feb..............................................................     0.92      0.99     2.25    4.08  ......    5.50    6.27     4.48      5.72    4.00-4.00   2.00-2.00  ..........     1.01
Mar..............................................................     0.94      0.99     2.00    3.83  ......    5.33    6.11     4.39      5.42    4.00-4.00   2.00-2.00  ..........     1.00
Apr..............................................................     0.94      1.06     2.57    4.35  ......    5.73    6.46     4.84      5.49    4.00-4.00   2.00-2.00  ..........     1.00
May..............................................................     1.04      1.31     3.10    4.72  ......    6.04    6.75     5.03      5.77    4.00-4.00   2.00-2.00  ..........     1.00
June.............................................................     1.27      1.58     3.26    4.73  ......    6.01    6.78     5.00      5.81    4.25-4.00   2.25-2.00  ..........     1.03
July.............................................................     1.35      1.68     3.05    4.50  ......    5.82    6.62     4.82      5.96    4.25-4.25   2.25-2.25  ..........     1.26
Aug..............................................................     1.48      1.72     2.88    4.28  ......    5.65    6.46     4.65      5.88    4.50-4.25   2.50-2.25  ..........     1.43
Sept.............................................................     1.65      1.86     2.83    4.13  ......    5.46    6.27     4.49      5.72    4.75-4.50   2.75-2.50  ..........     1.61
Oct..............................................................     1.75      2.00     2.85    4.10  ......    5.47    6.21     4.43      5.82    4.75-4.75   2.75-2.75  ..........     1.76
Nov..............................................................     2.06      2.26     3.09    4.19  ......    5.52    6.20     4.48      5.91    5.00-4.75   3.00-2.75  ..........     1.93
Dec..............................................................     2.20      2.45     3.21    4.23  ......    5.47    6.15     4.40      6.02    5.25-5.00   3.25-3.00  ..........     2.16

2005:
Jan..............................................................     2.32      2.60     3.39    4.22  ......    5.36    6.02     4.28      6.01    5.25-5.25   3.25-3.25  ..........     2.28
Feb..............................................................     2.53      2.76     3.54    4.17  ......    5.20    5.82     4.14      5.75    5.50-5.25   3.50-3.25  ..........     2.50
Mar..............................................................     2.75      3.00     3.91    4.50  ......    5.40    6.06     4.42      5.82    5.75-5.50   3.75-3.50  ..........     2.63
Apr..............................................................     2.79      3.06     3.79    4.34  ......    5.33    6.05     4.31      5.84    5.75-5.75   3.75-3.75  ..........     2.79
May..............................................................     2.86      3.10     3.72    4.14  ......    5.15    6.01     4.16      5.82    6.00-5.75   4.00-3.75  ..........     3.00
June.............................................................     2.99      3.13     3.69    4.00  ......    4.96    5.86     4.08      5.76    6.25-6.00   4.25-4.00  ..........     3.04
July.............................................................     3.22      3.41     3.91    4.18  ......    5.06    5.95     4.15      5.76    6.25-6.25   4.25-4.25  ..........     3.26
Aug..............................................................     3.45      3.67     4.08    4.26  ......    5.09    5.96     4.21      5.83    6.50-6.25   4.50-4.25  ..........     3.50
Sept.............................................................     3.47      3.68     3.96    4.20  ......    5.13    6.03     4.28      5.99    6.75-6.50   4.75-4.50  ..........     3.62
Oct..............................................................     3.70      3.98     4.29    4.46  ......    5.35    6.30     4.49      6.03    6.75-6.75   4.75-4.75  ..........     3.78
Nov..............................................................     3.90      4.16     4.43    4.54  ......    5.42    6.39     4.53      6.20    7.00-7.00   5.00-5.00  ..........     4.00
Dec..............................................................     3.89      4.19     4.39    4.47  ......    5.37    6.32     4.43      6.39    7.25-7.00   5.25-5.00  ..........     4.16
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\5\ For monthly data, high and low for the period. Prime rate for 1929-33 and 1947-48 are ranges of the rate in effect during the period.
\6\ Primary credit replaced adjustment credit as the Federal Reserve's principal discount window lending program effective January 9, 2003.
\7\ Since July 19, 1975, the daily effective rate is an average of the rates on a given day weighted by the volume of transactions at these rates. Prior to that date, the daily effective rate
was the rate considered most representative of the day's transactions, usually the one at which most transactions occurred.
\8\ From October 30, 1942, to April 24, 1946, a preferential rate of 0.50 percent was in effect for advances secured by Government securities maturing in 1 year or less.

Sources: Department of the Treasury, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Housing Finance Board, Moody's Investors Service, and Standard & Poor's.