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Focuses on the crisis at the Wall Street capital market. Comment on former U.S. President Richard Nixon's policy of high interest rates; Information that between 7500 and 9000 stock issues are actively traded over the counter, roughly four times more issues than are traded on the New York Exchange; Description of the impact of collapse of stock prices; Information about safeguards which can save people from economic consequences that flow from the liquidation of the capital markets.

The article offers information on the current status of the U.S. real estate investment trusts (REITs) and mentions reasons why investors should invest in real estate in 1975. It mentions that some 30 billion dollars worth of construction projects started but unfinished due to lack of money. It informs that real investment returns around 12 percent a year. It reports that despite economic collapse, careful investors can do well in real estate in 1975.

The article discusses strategies that would aim at boosting the economy, and fighting the inflation and recession in the U.S. It mentions that the Federal Reserve had launched a monetary policy to let the money supply grow at six percent per year. It states that the government would expand unemployment insurance, and set a government job program for those unemployed.

The article reports on the projection of several economists in the U.S. concerning the worst economic downturn that the country will experience since 1940s. It highlights some of their predictions for 1975 including the declination of goods and services' total production in the year, the growth of unemployment between seven and eight percent and the fall of corporate profits by 15% to 20%. It notes that they also forecast the beginning of economic recovery in late summer of the year, but they warn that the recuperation will be slow and less likely to be experienced.

The article focuses on the impact of the U.S. recession on the social and economic condition of Americans. It notes that the gradual decline in the U.S. economy has significantly influenced automobile and home building industries, the employment rates, the real gross domestic product (GDP) as well as the celebration of the Christmas season. It also highlights the initiatives undertaken by the administration of U.S. President Gerald Ford to combat the recession including the budget-cutting drive, and the perspectives of economists on the duration of the recession.

The article discusses the presidential trip of U.S. President Gerald Ford around the world. It states that there is no pressing need for Ford to make the trip and he should have stayed home and worked out domestic problems such as inflation and recession. It provides an overview of Ford's trip to the Soviet Union where he held talks with Leonid Brezhnev and to Tokyo, Japan where 3.5 million trade unionists are protesting his visit. Moreover, his visit to Seoul, South Korea is viewed with distaste since it bolsters the position of dictator Park Chung Hee.

The article focuses on two-front battle faced by U.S. President Gerald R. Ford as he imposes programs to fight recession. Driving will be limited with a gasoline tax cutting demand for costly imported oil but raising the tax would strengthen retail prices and worsen inflation. The oil-exporting nations will be pressured to lower their prices by curtailing oil imports directly by imposing quotas but could also send economic activity downward.

The article discusses the political career of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the U.S. It offers information on political history of the U.S. in relation to Nixon's career growth being a Congressman at the age of 33, Senator at 37, Vice President at 39 and President at 47. In the U.S. election, Nixon had the greatest number of votes in the nation's history as of 1974. The article highlights Nixon's career as well as the downfall of his political career. The article presents the implication of the Civil War, Great Depression, and Viet Nam War to the U.S. politics.

This article discusses the possibility of zero population growth in the U.S. It attributes the possible scenario to the falling birthrate. It blames the low fertility rate among women, economic depression and war for the falling birthrate. In addition, the article assesses the resumption of the long downward sweep of fertility in the country.

This article examines the impact of rising inflation on the U.S. economy in 1974. It expects inflation to continue to rise as the recession became intolerable. It discusses the effect of rising inflation on assets of the banking community. In addition, the article relates the inflation trend to increasing prices of petroleum from oil-producing countries.

The article discusses slump in economy as a result of recession and economic programs to balance it. If an annual rate of output of about three hundred and ninety billion dollars is achieved in the fourth quarter of the year, it would be sufficient to achieve full employment, by taking up excess unemployment, providing jobs for a growing labor force and absorbing further productivity gains. In a democracy, fortunately, the people determine the priorities of needs and the speed at which they are met freely. Nonetheless, it is useful to set forth some of the most pressing of these needs and to outline programs to meet them which are also consistent with restoring full employment. These programs are discussed in terms of their effect upon the conventional Federal Budget.

Assesses a proposal to share federal revenues with the states in the U.S. as of March 1967. State of the economy of the U.S. after the 1960-1961 recession; Philosophy underlying the massive tax reductions in the country in 1964; Reason for the opposition to the revenue-sharing plan; Goals for a federal budget through 1975.

The article presents political news briefs for the week of April 20, 1963. Conflict between so-call neutrals and pro-Communist forces in Laos is compared to the conflict in Vietnam. Financial information is presented concerning income tax collection projections by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS). U.S. Democratic Party leadership in the House of Representatives has appropriated funding for anti-recession legislation.

Focuses on the consequences of a mixed economic system for business investment policy, government programming and methods of government budget formulation in the U.S. Performance goals under the Keynesian fiscal policy; Use of the national economic budget in a mixed economy; Actions that be taken by the government to avoid recession.

Focuses on the economic and political aspects of the Marshall Plan. Support of the U.S. to the Plan; Discussion on the economic stability of the Western Europe; Impact of recession on Great Britain.

The article assesses whether Europe's economic growth rate will pick up soon amidst the slowdown as of April 8, 1967. The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has lowered its gross national product (GNP) estimate for Western Europe to 2.5% for 1967. Some positive developments, however, are seen for the European business sector including Italy's recovery from a business slowdown. Businessmen and government officials worry that the continent will not be able to sustain a fast growth rate without facing inflationary pressures.

The article focuses on the confidence of most economists on the ability of the U.S. to avert recession. Economic indicators show the upcoming end of the great business expansion of the 1960s in the country. The facts that serve as bases for the ability of the U.S. economy to escape recession include good business conditions and a federal policy aimed at preventing a major economic slump. INSET: Just what is a 'recession,' anyway?.

The article discusses the forecast in the econometric model of Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, which says that no recession will occur in the U.S. from 1966-first half of 1968 if military spending constantly rise. Wharton group estimates that U.S. gross national product (GNP) will be 743 billion U.S. dollars in 1966 and 795 billion U.S. dollars in 1967. However, it says that if military spending keeps on advancing through mid-1967, the economy would remain in a pressure cooker.

The article focuses on the decline of West Germany's economy following the economic miracle. It states that the symptoms of Great Britain's ills, including price increases, inadequate production, and payments balance deficits, have been threatening the German government officials, businessmen, and bankers. It says that Chancellor Ludwig Erhard started appealing for wage-price front moderation to cope with the problems. Meanwhile, experts believe that economic brakes should already be adopted.

The article discusses updates concerning the business sector and economic situation in the U.S. Although the economy has recorded several months of business expansion, Federal Reserve Board Chairman William McChesney Martin still issued warnings about the possibility of economic depression similar to the recession in the 1920s. Information on the gross national product (GNP) of the country is provided. A comparison between the cash payments, corporate profits and business inventories in 1964 and in 1965 is also presented.

Comments on political and socio-economic issues in the U.S. Abandonment of efforts to bring about limitation of all armament through the League of Nations; Increase on the physical volume of industrial production; Impact of economic downturn on various housing programs and rural electrification projects; Factors influencing the rise of the electric power rates of several private companies; Demonstration of the usefulness of public competition with private utilities; Number of suspected radicals throughout California.

Comments on various political and socio-economic issues concerning the U.S. Impact of economic depression on the business performance of various companies in the country; Opposition of several bankers to the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Criticisms on the performance of various political leaders; Accusation of Governor Culbert L. Olson by conservative elements of favoring the Minneapolis truck strikers in his use of the state forces.

Focuses on various political and business proceedings in the U.S. against the current state of business during the phase of recession. Abundance of news and topics in newspapers related to state of business; Report that there had been no average rise from the record low of depression; Discussion of causes for high inflation; Need for reducing bankruptcies; Report that Communists were spreading rumors against the solvency of banks; Consequences of so-called Communist plot on the U.S. banking sector; Comments of a journalist of Washington DC over the strategy and tactics used by British Expeditionary Forces; Political rivalry between Jimmy Walker, Mayor of New York City, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor of New York; Discussion of the prosecution against accused of the Kentucky Miners' Defense trials; Protest by taxpayers against the cost of trials in arranging Blue-Grass jury; Delusions against "Koremlu," a food product which most people would assume to be under the U.S. Pure Food and Drug Act; Announcement by Governor Roosevelt to remit war debts by tariff revision.

Focuses on the possible measure required to overcome the economic recession in the U.S. Effect of the prevailing economic conditions on the U.S. public; Significance of utilization of scientific measures in industrial management; Possibility for opposition of scientific control of production and distribution from investors and politicians; Opinion that problem of distribution cannot be solved without abolishing the profit system; Need for socialized profit system being used in the Soviet Union economy; Discussion about the profit for entrepreneurs in the U.S.; Problem associated with profit distribution in the railroad industry.

The article discusses the problem of unemployment in aerospace industries in California. The author points out that the current recession in the American economy has hit California very hard. While the national unemployment rate has reached 5.5 per cent, the highest point in more than six years, California's unemployment has soared to 7.2 per cent, the highest level in a decade. Since 1967, employment in aerospace has fallen from an all-time high of 616,000 workers to around 484,000 and is expected to drop in 1971 down to an annual average of about 450,000. This will amount to an overall decline of about 27 per cent, the sharpest slump, which has struck California war industries since the demobilization following World War II.

The article focuses on various issues related to the 1960-1961 recession in the U.S. along with several charts related to the same. As stated, despite the mildness of the recession and the continuing rise in employment levels in 1961, unemployment reached 5. 7 million in February 1961. It also reports that the housing construction also slowed down during recession. Thus 1960-1961 recession is stated to be the first of the "slow growth" recessions in the period following the end of World War II.

The article discusses the state of the U.S. economy as of April 1961. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the recession has reached its lowest point, and an earlier start to economic recovery is expected, therefore, albeit in a modest fashion. A survey of banks and insurance companies reports that the level of corporate loan applications has started to increase, but not at levels previously expected. Consumers have also begun spending more, based on modest increases in retail sales, a sign of greater confidence in the economy.

The article focuses on the economic forecasts and estimates of total personal income of the U.S. states for the year 1961. It says that no U.S. state could get away from the recession although others reported financial gains. It states that unemployment is considered at its worse phase because of the growth in the labor force. It is anticipated that hard-goods states will exhibit the effects of the recession, while personal income increases can be observed in Colorado, California and Arizona.

The article focuses on the change in the buying attitude of consumers in the U.S. as of November 1960. The recession is said to be affecting consumer confidence which results in the consumer being concentrated on his own private world. Another factor affecting consumers' buying behavior is the high cost of a family. The changing attitude towards credit or installment buying is also described.

The article discusses marketing trends in the U.S. which include the centralization of marketing strategy and planning and integration of the sales organization to the market. The changes resulted from recession and the need to reduce costs. Bowser Inc. announced the creation of Marketing Division which will consolidate the sales and service of three manufacturing divisions. John Testers Inc. has established a centralized marketing division to sell hardgoods. Changing distribution channels and negotiating for mergers are some of the ways to centralize.

The article focuses on speculations regarding the recovery of U.S. businesses from the effects of the short, hard recession. According to the Federal Reserve Board, the U.S. economy is recovering from the low point in April 1958 at a rate that is perceived as alarming rather than reassuring, and that the fast growth of the industrial production index and the scattering of prices increases in basic goods indicates renewed inflation. Factors that are expected to help improve business conditions include rising consumer incomes.