U.S. Business: SIGNS OF RISE
Indicator 1963 1964 Change
Gross Nat'l Product¹ $572 bill. $607 bill. up 6.1%
Capital Spending¹ $ 36.95 bill. $ 41.25 bill. up 11.6%
Retail Sales² $ 35.3 bill $ 37.6 bill. up 6.5%
Cash Dividends² $ 1.6 bill. $ 1.8 bill. up 9.8%
Personal Incomes³ $454 bill. $478 bill. up 5.3%
Housing Starts³ 1,380,000 1,643,000 up 19 %
Steel (1st eleven weeks) 22.1 mill. tons 24.5 mill. tons up 10.8%
Consumer Price Index (Jan.) 106 107.6 up 1.5%
Wholesale Price Index (Feb.) 100.2 100.5 up 0.3%
Unemployment (Feb.) 5.9% 5.4% down 8 %
¹Annual rate in 1st Qr. ²Total, Jan & Feb. ³Annual rate in Feb.
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