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The article offers advice on borrowing money. 6 per cent is the maximum interest rate in several states in the U.S. as of 1939. Several types of loan agencies are available in the country according to a research conducted by The Russell Sage Foundation which includes credit unions. Several factors must be considered when borrowing money such as the pros and cons.

This article focuses on the monetary policy of the U.S. government. When the U.S. Federal Reserve System was established in 1913, it was made independent of the Executive Branch of the government, accountable directly to the U.S. Congress. Six times during the past 18 months the "Fed" has raised the discount rate, the interest rate banks must pay for money borrowed from,the System. These raises have made money increasingly harder to come by, small business, marginal investors, the home building industry are among those being squeezed. The New Republicans who advise the U.S. President on financial affairs see trouble ahead unless the cost of borrowing money can be brought down.

Focuses on inflation and its impact on an economy. Definition of inflation, noting it occurs during economic periods where prices are rising; Economic theory related to the measures that can be employed to fight inflation, including wage reductions and interest rate changes; Impact of borrowing and lending from banks on the money supply; Application of economic policy through the Federal Reserve Bank system and the tools available to the Federal Reserve; Reserve requirements for banks as a method to fighting inflation; Interest-rate changes as a method to curbing inflation; Discussion of open market sales of government securities as a method to fighting inflation; How banks prefer inflation be fought; Effects of inflation-fighting measures on the small borrower; Recommendation that federal budgets be balanced and federal spending on social welfare increase.

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.