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Reports on the rise in rates for cable television for the remaining days before its scheduled deregulation. Cable television, which is one of the last United States industries to have its prices controlled by the government; Possible reasons for the rise of rates, including the prospect of competition; Unusual aspects to the price increases; Statistics.

Reports on the construction of new homes in the United States in November 1999. Percentage of decline in construction of new homes; Number of housing starts in the year 1999 as expected by analysts; Impact of mortgage rates on demand for housing starts; Status of single-family homes construction for the period. INSET: Housing Construction.

Provides statistical information on borrowing through credit cards, auto loans and other personal loans in the United States (US) for the month of May, 1999. Comparison on the figures between April and May; Annual rate of consumer credit; Figures from the US Labor Department showing initial claims for state unemployment benefits.

Focuses on the reasons for rise in prices of Treasury securities. Details of bond market's performance and purchasing managers' report; Views of Herbert L. Davidson, senior vice president of Meyers, Pollock, Robbins Inc. on the rise.

Describes the performance of money market funds in the United States. Marketing strategies of fund companies; Details of money market funds; Reasons for abandonment of fee waivers by fund companies; Disadvantages of small young funds; Comments from fund companies' officials on the issue; List of top ten money market funds.

Reports on higher movement of treasury prices due to retardation of economic growth according to Federal Reserve (Fed) chairman Alan Greenspan. Speculation of raised interest rates by Fed; Impact of rising prices on short-sellers of securities; Market observers on trend; Details of Greenspan's statements and its effects; Changes in prices of bonds and bills; Comments of P. Christopher Leary, senior vice president at SunAmerica Asset Management on bond trading.

Reports about decline in prices of Treasury securities after a report of higher-than-expected housing starts for August 1994. Prediction of Wayne D. Angell, former Federal Reserve governor on the rise of Fed interest rates; Situation of price of 30-year bond and interest rates; Comments of Walter S. Frank, chief economist for the Money Fund Report in Ashland, Massachusetts on the issue; Figures of housing starts.

Reports about effects of high mortgage rates and surge in multifamily construction on single-family residential sector and overall housing starts in August 1994. Views of David Lereah, an economist with the Mortgage Bankers Association on the impact of high mortgage rates; Report of Commerce Department on percentage rise of starts; Data of mortgage rates and starts; Comments of economists on the issue.

Reports on the fall of Treasury securities' prices and softening of dollar as a result of news of widening trade deficit of United States in July 1994. Details of deficit report; Details of decline in bond prices; Effect of issue of global bond from World Bank on bond prices; Information about corporate issues sold on 20th September 1994.

Presents tables for annual percentage yields on money market accounts, three-month certificates of deposit and six-month CD's expected at selected institutes on February 8, 1995.

Provides information on the sale of houses in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and Westchester as reported on October 30, 1994. Graphical information on mortgage rates and value of residential construction contracts.

Provides information on the Labor Department's report on producer prices in September 1994. Prices of Government securities; Concerns on inflation; Speculations on rise in interest rates of Federal Reserve; Effect of gold and oil prices on the bond market; Views of economists on the Producer Price Index report.

Presents statistical information on treasury bills, bonds and notes traded on December 22, 1995.

Presents statistical information on treasury bills, bonds and notes for December 18, 1995.

Presents statistical information for treasury bills, bonds and notes for December 13, 1995.

Presents statistical information on Treasury bills, bonds and notes in the United States for Friday, December 8, 1995.

Informs about rise in the sale of previously-owned single-family homes in US in August 1995 in United States, highest since May 1994, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's report released on September 25, 1995. Factors causing the appreciation.

Provides information about the sale of residential buildings in the New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut, as reported on August 13, 1995. Graphical presentation of trends in the mortgage rates in the New York region from 1992 through August 1995.

Reports the rise in home resales in May 1995 due to the decline in mortgage rates, as communicated by the National Association of Realtors on June 26, 1995. Consumer spending pattern and its impact on the economy; Mortgage rates.

Gives a list of the small saver rates and jumbo yields for the period May 29-June 2, 1995.