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Contents<br />

Page<br />

Sec. 16. ELECTIONS................... 471<br />

Fig. 16.1. Popular vote cast for P resident.................................................................................. 473<br />

Fig. 16.2. Voter participation in Presidential elections.............................................................. 473<br />

Vote for President................... 472<br />

Vote for major offices................................ 478<br />

Vote for Senators...................................... 479<br />

Congressional apportionment.................. 480<br />

Vote for Representatives........................... 481<br />

Congress: Characteristics......................... 485<br />

Vote for Governors...................................... 486<br />

Composition of State legislatures............... 487<br />

Black elected officials.................................. 488<br />

Voting-age population.................................. 490<br />

Voter registration and participation............ 491<br />

Campaign finances....................................... 494<br />

Sec. 17. BANKING, FINANCE, AND INSURANCE.<br />

Figs. 17.1, 17.2. Consumer credit; M oney m arket rates<br />

496<br />

496<br />

Flow of funds accounts............................. 500<br />

Federal Reserve System........................... 503<br />

Bankings structure........ ............................ 504<br />

Commercial banks.................................... 505<br />

Savings and loan associations.................. 508<br />

Uses and sources of funds, lending......... 510<br />

Mortgages, debt......................................... 512<br />

| Consumer credit........................................... 513<br />

Money supply, circulation............................ 514<br />

Money stock.................................................. 515<br />

Money market rates......... ........................... 516<br />

Bonds and stocks......... ...................... 517<br />

Life and health insurance............................ 520<br />

Property insurance, fires.............................. 524<br />

Sec. 18. BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.................................................................................................... 525<br />

Figs. 18.1, 18.2. Corporate profits and private dom estic investm ent; C yclical indicators.... 527<br />

Business firms, loans................................. 528<br />

Firms: Women-owned, minority owned..... 530<br />

Mergers, acquisitions, failures................... 531<br />

Corporate finances..................................... 534<br />

Fixed business capital............................... 538<br />

Capital expenditures................................... 540<br />

Business cyclical indicators........................ 541<br />

Sales and inventories.................................. 542<br />

Large corporations....................................... 544<br />

Corporate profits, sales, equity................... 545<br />

Multinational companies.............................. 547<br />

Cooperatives; patents and trademarks...... 548<br />

Sec. 19. COMMUNICATIONS................... 551<br />

Figs. 19.1, 19.2. Operating revenues; Advertising expenditures.............................................. 550<br />

Postal service............................................. 552<br />

Telephone and telegraph........................... 555<br />

Radio and television................................... 558<br />

Newspapers and periodicals....................... 561<br />

Copyrights, books......................................... 563<br />

Advertising.................. ,...... .. 566<br />

Sec. 20. ENERGY...................... 569<br />

Figs. 20.1,20.2. Energy production, consumption, and im ports; F uel resources.................. 570<br />

Horsepower, fuels, electricity..................... 571<br />

Energy production and consumption........ 572<br />

Fuel conservation and prices.................... 576<br />

Energy development and trade................. 578<br />

Major petroleum company finances.......... 580<br />

Electric light and power...................... 584<br />

Gas utilities; water power......................... 586<br />

Solar energy.................................................. 588<br />

Sec. 21. SCIENCE...................................................................................................................... 590<br />

Figs. 21.1, 21.2. Funds used fo r R & D; Scientists and engineers.......................................... 590<br />

R and D funds, outlays.............................. 592<br />

Scientists and engineers................... 597<br />

Graduate students, doctorates...,.............. 599<br />

Space program budget, spacecraft........... 600

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