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Presents financial statistical information on mortgage rates in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Opinion. Argues that the decision by the New York City Transit Authority to increase subway rates demonstrates its' unaccountability. Public hearings held; Impact of public response; Deregulation of Transit Authority's power.

Reports on an increase in subway fares in New York. Strategy of Governor George Pataki; Impact of fare rise on community; Suit by the Urban league and the Straphangers Campaign.

Reports on a different token system instituted by the New York City Transit Authority. Availability of tokens before schedule; Impact on vendors; Response from commuters to higher fares; Reason for early sale of tokens.

Presents mutual funds rates in the United States as of October 17, 1995.

Presents the views of New York City subway commuters on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's plan to increase the subway's transit-fare by as much as 25 cents. Significance of the increase for low-wage earners; Description of passengers who took Car 5264 on the morning of October 17, 1996; Cuts in the subway service; Management practices; Reduction of government subsidies.

Presents statistical information on residential sales for various boroughs in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. Manhattan; Bronx; Brooklyn; Queens; Staten Island; Westchester; Long Island.

Reports findings of a survey by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation on mortgage rates.

Reports on the Treasury's financing schedule; Figures on the rate on the three-month bill; Fixed income issues.

Presents information on Treasury prices. Reports from Labor Department; Comments from market strategist Matthew Alexy.

Presents the advantages due to the plummeting down of the mortgage rates in US. Details of the same.

Presents a graphical and tabular representation of the consumer rates on mortgages and certificates of deposit in US for the period September 25-29, 1995.

Reports on the rise in the rates of fixed-rate mortgages in the last week of September 1995. Details.

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.

Reports that cable-television rates are going up in 1996, just as they did after Congress deregulated the industry in the mid-1980s. Increases from five percent to 20 percent; The 13 percent increase by Tele-Communications Inc., the United States' largest cable operator; Statements from cable operators, on the need for the increases; Index of average consumer cable-television rates from 1986 to 1995.

Compares how government deregulation has affected the cost of airfare in the United States and Europe. Flights within Europe costing roughly twice as much as flights of similar distance within the United States; EBA Express, a low-cost alternative to Europe's higher-priced state-owned airlines. INSET: Flight patterns.

Informs that the United States Postal Service wants to cut the cost of mailing large-circulation magazines and newspapers, and increase the mailing costs for small publications. Reasons for the changes; The political battle in the publishing industry over the changes in second-class postage; The amount by which publications such as `Time,' `The Wall Street Journal,' and `The Nation' would be affected.

Discussing the arrival of a fare-increase for New York City's subway system. The increase to $1.50 testing New Yorkers' natural instincts; Related story on page 43.

Indicates that Treasury securities prices increased once again. Reason for increase; Statistics on increase; Analysis by traders; Implications for Federal Reserve Board. INSETS: Federal Reserve.;Tax-exempt yields.;Key rates..

Reports on a proposal by New York City Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver that applies to subway fare rates. Implications for Governor George E. Pataki and Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani; Response from state Republicans; Details of proposal.

Reports about Governor George E. Pataki's plans for dissolution of the Long Island Lighting Company (Lilco). Other proposals for cuts in Long Island electricity rates; Plans for public takeover of Lilco; State takeover favored by Suffolk County; Interest in Lilco gas operations by Brooklyn Union Gas Company; Political overtones in Pataki's Lilco decision. INSET: A closer look..

Focuses on summer 1998 United States returns from bonds. Prices of US Treasury bonds; Long-term prospects for bonds according to Merrill Lynch investment strategist Charles I. Clough Jr.; Yield predictions.

Focuses on the increasing mortgage rates in the United States. Suggestions on refinancing mortgages. INSET: The $122,000 advantage.

Announces the discount rate offered by telephone company AT&T Corp. to residential customers for long-distance calls within the United States. Impetus for the move.

States that the benchmark mortgage rate in the United States has dropped. Details on the mortgage rate decline.

Focuses on a report released by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., which concluded that the average interest rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased during the week of August 31, 1998. Statistical information on the decrease; Other findings of the report outlined.

Focuses on the minutes of the July 1, 1998 United States Federal Reserve Board's meeting, which indicated that policy makers voted leave the overnight bank lending rate unchanged at 5.50 percent. Ratio of the votes; Concerns that were expressed by many of the board's members at the meeting; Other factors relating to the minutes of the meeting; When minutes of the board's August 18, 1998 meeting will be released.

Focuses on a report released by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. on August 20, 1998, which indicated that the average interest rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages increased slightly during the week of August 17, 1998. Statistical information on the increase in mortgage rates; Other findings that the report outlined.

Reports on the decline in United States (US) Treasury bond prices, on July 17, 1998, citing the weakness of the US dollar. Value of the 30-year Treasury bond following the decline; Information on the yield on the 30-year bond; Impact of speculation on the successor to Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, on trading; View of Dan Seto, senior economist at Nikko Securities company.

Focuses on a report released by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, which indicated that average commitment rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages increased slightly during the week of July 13, 1998. Statistical information on the increase.

Presents statistical information on thirty-year mortgage rates in the United States, as released by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) on July 9, 1998.

Reports on the increase in the price of Treasury bonds in the United States amid concerns over Japan and the United States (US), on July 6, 1998. Price of the 30-year Treasury bond; Decline in the yield of the bond; Comparison of the Japanese yen to the US dollar; Value of bills and notes traded; Average rate of the three-month and the six-month bills.

Reports that the interest rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged less than seven percent, during the week of ended July 3, 1998, according to the United States Federal Home loan Mortgage Corporation. Details on the increase in the average; Statistical information on fifteen-year mortgages.

Reports that the United States (US) Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, reported a reduction of the average rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages in the US. Value of the percentage decrease; Performance of fifteen-year mortgages and one-year adjustable-rate mortgages.

Reports that there was an increase in mortgage rates for the week of May 14, 1998, according to the mortgage company Freddie Mac. What was the average rate on 30-year fixed mortgages; Comparison to the week earlier.

Reports that the sale of three-year notes by the Treasury in the United States, increase prices on May 12, 1998. Value of the notes; Comments from Tracy Eccles of the Treasury.

Reports on speculation that George Soros of Soros Fund Management, may lower the rate of Great Britain's currency, the pound sterling. How Soros broke the Bank of England in 1992; Compares the sterling to the German mark.

Reports on the increase in mortgage rates in the United States during 1998. What contributed to the increase in interest rates; Details on 30-year fixed rate mortgages; Views of Bill Anderson, chief executive of Bank Rate Monitor.

Reports on the increase in the average commitment rates on 30 and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages rates during the week ended April 25, 1998, according to Freddie Mac. Increase in thirty-year mortgages; Performance of one-year adjustable-rate mortgages; Statistics on the mortgage rates.

Presents information on Treasury securities in the United States, for March 31, 1998. How a regional manufacturing report contributed to increase prices; Reference to the second monetary policy meeting held by the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve for 1998; Percentage increase in the 30-year bond.

Announces the across the board cut in electric rates agreed to by Consolidated Edison and New York state regulators, Public Service Commission. The agreement as part of a plan to reshape the power industry; Background on the negotiations leading to the agreement.

Focuses on the decline of mortgage rates in the United States. Average rate of 15-year mortgages.

Presents statistical information on the increase in mortgage rates during the week ending March 29, 1997 in Washington.

Reports that a report released by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation indicates an increase in the interest rate on 30-year fixed rate mortgages in Washington. Details on the increase.

Presents statistical information on rates paid to individual travelers in the United States for each dollar changed, minus service fees.

Presents a chart and a graph with statistical information related to mortgage rates in the United States, for March 9th, 1997.

Presents statistical information on mortgage rates and indexes of housing costs in New York City, New York, as of February 14, 1997.

Reports that six major cruise lines have agreed to advertise their prices to reflect the total cost of a cruise, following investigations by Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth. Names of the cruise lines; Reasons for the investigations.

Presents statistical information on loan rates and yields on savings, for the period February 17-21, 1997.

Presents statistical information on thirty-year fixed-rate mortgages according to a national survey released on February 20, 1997, by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.