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This section offers news briefs related to money markets in the U.S. The demand for additional loans increases the possibility that interest rates will also rise due the depletion of reserves. The slow conversion of Liberty loans into Treasury bonds raised speculations that more cash is needed to complete the transactions. The nominees to the Federal Reserve Board include Harvard University Professor John H. Williams, New YorkState bank examiner J.A. Broderick and Concrete Steel President William H. Pouch.

The article discusses a proposal by U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower to establish a new kind of Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Under President Eisenhower's perspective, the U.S. will need a new team of economic advisers who will be able to answers questions based on facts and figures. Established under the Employment Act of 1946, the CEA was initially conceived as an advisory group on matters of economic policy. The position of CEA Chairman had been offered to John H. Williams of Harvard University and Arthur F. Burns of Columbia University.