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The article reports the condition of the money market in the U.S. as of May 1937. American banks get over the May 1 struggle in reserve requirement which resulted to a surplus funds of more than 800 million U.S. dollars. The market received the 25 million U.S. dollar-offering of the Federal Home Loan Bank and that corporate bond issues are settled. In the domestic sector, the automobile industry posed an increase in production as well as electric power production.

The article reports that bond dealers of Wall Street have sold over 7.7 billion U.S. dollars in publicly offered corporate bonds in the first half of 1967. For the entire of 1966, 8 billion U.S. dollars in corporates were sold. The Federal Reserve's move to expand the country's money supply was said to be a vital element in clearing the way for the new issue market. Also significant was the emergence of new buying interests. Furthermore, the nation's mutual savings banks have contributed to the first-half performance of the bond market.