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The article focuses on the sale of participations in pools of mortgages and loans made by the U.S. federal agencies which affected the banking sector. It says that U.S. President Lyndon Johnson enacted the Participation Sales Act of 1966. It adds that the act's enactment induced the rise in bond issues by other agencies which dismayed bankers. Moreover, the sale of participations caused increase on interest rates for participation certificates (PCs) and other private and public debt securities.

The article comments on the financial markets and the British war loan. After Great Britain had announced its new $1,250,000,000 war loan with an interest rate of 4.5 per cent, less than this meant formal recognition of a rise in the price of capital and that therefore all other new securities issued anywhere must pay a higher rate of interest than before. As the war goes on, one shall get many new impressions and learn many new lessons. But even regarding the strain on Europe, people who draw conclusions should make sure they understand what are the real resources of the world's capital. It might be inferred, that the rate of interest on all new securities must be raised, and that the prices of all other outstanding bonds must fall.

The article focuses on a trend among workers in the U.S. to join and deposit their savings to credit unions. It notes that over a thousand workers are joining credit unions per day with daily deposits reaching a rate of 150,000 dollars. It is said that workers favor credit unions for the convenience they afford for depositing savings and obtaining a loan. It discusses the significance of credit unions as proof that the average worker values savings and security.

The article talks about Textron Inc. that sold 50 million dollars worth of bonds at a cost of 5.95 percent. The rate falls short of the expectation of the company. It is stated that Textron had to sell these bonds because it had a sizable bank borrowing of 46 million dollars as a result of financing recent acquisitions.

The article focuses on the decline in long-term borrowing costs of corporate bonds in the U.S. for the year 1953. It notes the case of Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. in which it rejected the best bid of underwriters for its debenture, and discovered that the bid was far too rigid for its AAA-rated issue. It says that more experts in the industry have doubted a continuous decline in borrowing costs, but they believed the figure will be the lowest record for the second half of the year.

The article describes the parts credits and capital play in causing booms and depressions and in bringing on bull and bear movements in stocks and bonds. It also explains the forecasting process, the economic theories in regard to trade cycles, and the movements and cycles of credits and their significance for forecasting problems. The respond of sales and prices to seasonal curves of optimism and prosperity, the ratios of loans to deposits, and the effect of dividend payments are also noted.

The article discusses the system of small business investment (SBI) companies authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1958. The system was intended to extend to small businesses some of the access to equity capital and long-term financing. SBIs offers capital gains and earnings to investors with reduced risk since losses can be written off against income. An SBI refers to a corporation established by private organizers with a minimum capital of 300,000 U.S. dollars. Funds are provided by SBI through loans of up to 20 years or through purchase of debentures.

The article offers information on various topics. It mentions that the people that use their insurance policy, bonds, or certificates of deposit as a collateral for their loan could get 90%-95% of the value of the collateral. It states the advantages of the use of iodine compound instead of chlorine for swimming pools including clarity, absence of bleaching power, and absence of irritants. It says that installation of greenhouses could only be worth 1,000 dollars.

Focuses on the financial status of the United Nations (UN). Increase in emergency costs of the UN outside the regular budgets; Estimate of the debt of the UN; Drain of the cash balances by internal borrowing, specially in the theoretically segregated special accounts of the UN; View of the author that the entire $200 million bond issue of the UN might put the organization's finances on a permanently sound basis for a few months; Information on the bill to authorize the U.S. purchase of $25 million of the bonds.

The article offers a guide in selecting foreign investments, as of 1925. It describes the interest of U.S. investors in foreign securities, particularly, in the securities of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. and the securities in Mexico prior to the World War I. It discusses external and internal loans and offers explanations on why an investment in an external bond is better than in an internal bond. It presents an analysis of investments in the internal bonds of France and Great Britain.

The article presents incidents related to the U.S. politics. The U.S. House bond bill for the relief of the Treasury was a very inadequate measure. It was not at all adapted to the situation, since it provided only for the issue of bonds at a lower rate of interest than could be sold under present conditions, that is, with a threat of war hanging over the country and provided that these should be sold only by what is termed a "popular loan"-a method that has no existence in the U.S. Worse than this, the House bill provided that no future bond sales, under any law or laws, should be made except on the "popular" plan. Another incident focuses on the prediction of the people in U.S. that wool tax become law and it will fail either in the U.S. Senate or in the House.

The article reports that bonds and stocks are risen to the new high for the year 1933 in the U.S. and the government is proposing to float new short-term loan. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced an issue of 900 million dollars of short-term notes and certificates. The continued rise in commodity prices is supported by a genuine upturn in business activity.

Comments on North Dakota's issuance of bonds to help in the operation of a state bank. Sentiment of the investing public towards the bond issue and the creation of a state bank; Interest of the state in the financing of agriculture by loans from a state bank; Arguments that the establishment of a state bank is a step toward a differentiation of financial functions required by the common interest.

Discusses the economic condition of the U.S. following a depression. Performance of the stock market; Restrictions in the supply of loans for legitimate businesses like building and manufacturing; Details on the issuance of bonds for public and industrial construction.

The article analyzes the increasing corporate borrowing costs among U.S. business, as monitored by Wall Street. It attributed the rise to 3 percent of long-term bond floatation as technical in nature, given by the large backlog of contemplated new financing. The article also mentions that 350-million U.S. dollar issue of American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) will take a lot of underwriting capital, which prompted other companies such as Boston Edison, Consolidated Natural Gas and States Telephone & Telegraph to unload unsold bond issues.

The article provides updates on business in the U.S. as of June 8, 1957. The business industry faces a threat of stagnation in the market for new bond issues besides bank loans. An interest rate of 4.53 percent has to be settled by Boston Edison on a bond issue worth 25 million U.S. dollars. People who borrow to purchase on the installment plan took 12.9 billion U.S. dollars in the first four months of the year.

The article focuses on an analysis of the defaults of foreign dollar bonds issued by the Institute of International Finance. Of the original issues of some $8,200,000,000 of foreign dollar bonds, not more than $6,000,000,000 is now held by Americans. Some have been taken over by nationals in other countries and some have been repurchased by the original borrowers. Of these dollar bonds more than a third are now in default on interest, due either to failure to earn interest or to inability to transfer it because of foreign-exchange regulation.