SIGNS OF RISE

Indicator 1963 1964 Change

Gross Nat'l Product^1 $572 bill. $607 bill. up 6.1%

Capital Spending^1 $ 36.95 bill. $ 41.25 bill. up 11.6%

Retail Sales^2 $ 35.3 bill $ 37.6 bill. up 6.5%

Cash Dividends^2 $ 1.6 bill. $ 1.8 bill. up 9.8%

Personal Incomes^3 $454 bill. $478 bill. up 5.3%

Housing Starts^3 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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