Title: Yields on Public Utility Bonds, Highest Rating for United States Series ID: M13063USM156NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Percent Date Range: 1945-01-01 to 1968-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-20 8:16 AM CDT Notes: Data Refer To Aaa Grade Bonds. Source: Moody'S Public Utility Manual, 1965; Moody'S Bond Survey, Weekly Issues Thereafter. This NBER data series m13063 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 13 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter13.html. NBER Indicator: m13063 DATE VALUE 1945-01-01 2.65 1945-02-01 2.64 1945-03-01 2.62 1945-04-01 2.61 1945-05-01 2.63 1945-06-01 2.60 1945-07-01 2.61 1945-08-01 2.63 1945-09-01 2.61 1945-10-01 2.60 1945-11-01 2.60 1945-12-01 2.60 1946-01-01 2.51 1946-02-01 2.44 1946-03-01 2.44 1946-04-01 2.45 1946-05-01 2.49 1946-06-01 2.48 1946-07-01 2.48 1946-08-01 2.50 1946-09-01 2.55 1946-10-01 2.58 1946-11-01 2.58 1946-12-01 2.60 1947-01-01 2.54 1947-02-01 2.54 1947-03-01 2.55 1947-04-01 2.52 1947-05-01 2.52 1947-06-01 2.52 1947-07-01 2.53 1947-08-01 2.53 1947-09-01 2.58 1947-10-01 2.67 1947-11-01 2.74 1947-12-01 2.82 1948-01-01 2.82 1948-02-01 2.82 1948-03-01 2.81 1948-04-01 2.75 1948-05-01 2.74 1948-06-01 2.75 1948-07-01 2.82 1948-08-01 2.87 1948-09-01 2.85 1948-10-01 2.85 1948-11-01 2.85 1948-12-01 2.81 1949-01-01 2.73 1949-02-01 2.72 1949-03-01 2.71 1949-04-01 2.72 1949-05-01 2.72 1949-06-01 2.71 1949-07-01 2.67 1949-08-01 2.62 1949-09-01 2.61 1949-10-01 2.61 1949-11-01 2.58 1949-12-01 2.58 1950-01-01 2.56 1950-02-01 2.56 1950-03-01 2.57 1950-04-01 2.59 1950-05-01 2.61 1950-06-01 2.62 1950-07-01 2.64 1950-08-01 2.61 1950-09-01 2.65 1950-10-01 2.66 1950-11-01 2.66 1950-12-01 2.67 1951-01-01 2.65 1951-02-01 2.67 1951-03-01 2.80 1951-04-01 2.89 1951-05-01 2.91 1951-06-01 2.99 1951-07-01 2.97 1951-08-01 2.90 1951-09-01 2.87 1951-10-01 2.92 1951-11-01 3.00 1951-12-01 3.03 1952-01-01 3.01 1952-02-01 2.96 1952-03-01 2.99 1952-04-01 2.96 1952-05-01 2.96 1952-06-01 2.97 1952-07-01 3.00 1952-08-01 3.00 1952-09-01 3.00 1952-10-01 3.04 1952-11-01 3.00 1952-12-01 2.99 1953-01-01 3.05 1953-02-01 3.13 1953-03-01 3.18 1953-04-01 3.30 1953-05-01 3.40 1953-06-01 3.41 1953-07-01 3.32 1953-08-01 3.30 1953-09-01 3.35 1953-10-01 3.20 1953-11-01 3.12 1953-12-01 3.15 1954-01-01 3.07 1954-02-01 2.96 1954-03-01 2.87 1954-04-01 2.87 1954-05-01 2.90 1954-06-01 2.92 1954-07-01 2.92 1954-08-01 2.90 1954-09-01 2.94 1954-10-01 2.92 1954-11-01 2.92 1954-12-01 2.93 1955-01-01 2.95 1955-02-01 3.01 1955-03-01 3.05 1955-04-01 3.03 1955-05-01 3.07 1955-06-01 3.08 1955-07-01 3.09 1955-08-01 3.15 1955-09-01 3.19 1955-10-01 3.14 1955-11-01 3.13 1955-12-01 3.17 1956-01-01 3.14 1956-02-01 3.10 1956-03-01 3.11 1956-04-01 3.23 1956-05-01 3.30 1956-06-01 3.29 1956-07-01 3.30 1956-08-01 3.44 1956-09-01 3.58 1956-10-01 3.63 1956-11-01 3.72 1956-12-01 3.79 1957-01-01 3.81 1957-02-01 3.74 1957-03-01 3.71 1957-04-01 3.71 1957-05-01 3.77 1957-06-01 3.89 1957-07-01 4.05 1957-08-01 4.21 1957-09-01 4.26 1957-10-01 4.25 1957-11-01 4.22 1957-12-01 3.93 1958-01-01 3.68 1958-02-01 3.62 1958-03-01 3.67 1958-04-01 3.66 1958-05-01 3.63 1958-06-01 3.64 1958-07-01 3.74 1958-08-01 3.94 1958-09-01 4.17 1958-10-01 4.25 1958-11-01 4.22 1958-12-01 4.19 1959-01-01 4.23 1959-02-01 4.25 1959-03-01 4.24 1959-04-01 4.31 1959-05-01 4.48 1959-06-01 4.56 1959-07-01 4.60 1959-08-01 4.54 1959-09-01 4.62 1959-10-01 4.74 1959-11-01 4.66 1959-12-01 4.65 1960-01-01 4.68 1960-02-01 4.63 1960-03-01 4.54 1960-04-01 4.50 1960-05-01 4.54 1960-06-01 4.54 1960-07-01 4.48 1960-08-01 4.31 1960-09-01 4.29 1960-10-01 4.37 1960-11-01 4.36 1960-12-01 4.38 1961-01-01 4.35 1961-02-01 4.29 1961-03-01 4.23 1961-04-01 4.28 1961-05-01 4.29 1961-06-01 4.31 1961-07-01 4.41 1961-08-01 4.48 1961-09-01 4.47 1961-10-01 4.46 1961-11-01 4.44 1961-12-01 4.44 1962-01-01 4.44 1962-02-01 4.45 1962-03-01 4.42 1962-04-01 4.38 1962-05-01 4.34 1962-06-01 4.32 1962-07-01 4.35 1962-08-01 4.36 1962-09-01 4.35 1962-10-01 4.30 1962-11-01 4.25 1962-12-01 4.22 1963-01-01 4.19 1963-02-01 4.19 1963-03-01 4.20 1963-04-01 4.21 1963-05-01 4.23 1963-06-01 4.25 1963-07-01 4.29 1963-08-01 4.31 1963-09-01 4.33 1963-10-01 4.33 1963-11-01 4.34 1963-12-01 4.37 1964-01-01 4.40 1964-02-01 4.38 1964-03-01 4.39 1964-04-01 4.41 1964-05-01 4.42 1964-06-01 4.44 1964-07-01 4.43 1964-08-01 4.43 1964-09-01 4.43 1964-10-01 4.42 1964-11-01 4.43 1964-12-01 4.44 1965-01-01 4.41 1965-02-01 4.42 1965-03-01 4.43 1965-04-01 4.42 1965-05-01 4.45 1965-06-01 4.47 1965-07-01 4.48 1965-08-01 4.50 1965-09-01 4.54 1965-10-01 4.57 1965-11-01 4.61 1965-12-01 4.72 1966-01-01 4.76 1966-02-01 4.82 1966-03-01 4.98 1966-04-01 5.08 1966-05-01 5.10 1966-06-01 5.17 1966-07-01 5.22 1966-08-01 5.34 1966-09-01 5.56 1966-10-01 5.50 1966-11-01 5.40 1966-12-01 5.39 1967-01-01 5.17 1967-02-01 5.01 1967-03-01 5.16 1967-04-01 5.14 1967-05-01 5.34 1967-06-01 5.55 1967-07-01 5.70 1967-08-01 5.76 1967-09-01 5.82 1967-10-01 5.89 1967-11-01 6.16 1967-12-01 6.30 1968-01-01 6.24 1968-02-01 6.14 1968-03-01 6.13 1968-04-01 6.26 1968-05-01 6.31 1968-06-01 6.32 1968-07-01 6.28 1968-08-01 6.07 1968-09-01 6.03 1968-10-01 6.14 1968-11-01 6.25 1968-12-01 6.52