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Reports on the increase in the yields on short-term Treasury notes in the United States on January 26, 2000. What contributed to the increase; Implications of the fall in long-term yields; Factors that affect Treasury yields.

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.

Announces the increase in the interest rate on fixed-rate mortgages in the United States as of the second week of December 1999. Rate of increase for various types of mortgages.

Reports on the average interest rate on fixed-rate mortgages in the United States for the first week of October 1999. Rate of increase for 30-year mortgages; Average for 15-year mortgages; Interest rates for adjustable rate mortgages.

Looks at the status of mortgage rates in the United States during February 1999. Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages; Fifteen-year mortgage; One-year adjustable-rate mortgages.

Reports that the prices of Treasury bonds fell for the second time in three days on October 22, 1998 in the United States (US). Price and yield of the benchmark 30-year bond; Investors' outlook on the US economy.

Presents information on some economic issues in the United States. Decrease in Treasury securities prices; Effect of bond prices on employment; Employment growth; Comment from Donald Fine, chief market analyst at Chase Securities. INSET: Key rates..