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The article reports on the increasing trend of legalizing gambling by the cities and states of the U.S. due to their running short of cash and inability to raise taxes readily. It informs that New Hampshire introduced the first legal lottery of the century which was soon followed by other states. It highlights that during 1974, states and city treasuries received an estimated 400 million dollars from government-run gambling.

The article focuses on the increase in gold price at nearly 700 dollars per ounce (oz) on September 12, 1980, contributed by the investment trend among wealthy Arab investors that has driven the gold price up to 35%. It states that investors from Arab countries are stock-piling large amounts of gold as a reserve asset, showing 2.9 billion dollars in gold imports from Switzerland. It says that the anticipation of new Arab-Israel tensions appear to be the driving force behind the Arab gold buying.

The author asserts that the U.S. Congress should take legislative action to change the 25 percent gold reserve requirement. According to the author, some change need to be done to ensure that credit is available in a growing domestic economy. He argues that lowering the required reserves is a must to relieve doubts that the U.S. gold supply stands behind the dollar. He claims that the 25 percent requirement ties up too much of the nation's gold reserves at a time when reserves are shrinking.

The author states that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson is expected to ask the U.S. Congress to remove or reduce the legal requirement of maintaining a 25 percent gold reserve against commercial bank deposits with Federal Reserve banks. According to the author, it is the right move to make. He argues that the requirements are outdated and they freeze about 13.4 billion dollars of the country's gold reserves and limit the available reserves needed to meet foreign claims against the U.S. dollar.

The article focuses on a Treasury regulation amendment prohibiting U.S. citizens and residents from buying or holding gold bullion, coin (except for collectors' items), or gold certificates abroad, cited to have possibly no huge impact on the dollar's strength. Announced in January 1961, it discusses the statement's intention to reduce the continued reflux of gold from U.S. shores that has lessened reserves to 17.5 billion dollars, their lowest point since 1939.

The article discusses the issues surrounding the proposal of Henry Clay Alexander, chairman of New York's Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., to boost U.S. gold reserves. During the Investment Bankers Association of America's annual convention, Alexander suggested that the country was actually far more acutely squeezed for gold than its huge stockpile suggested. He added that two thirds of it is completely useless in the settlement of international accounts.

The article reports that the Union of South Africa has drastically cut its imports as it has run out of dollars, gold, and sterling reserves. Accordingly, South Africa (SA) has banned the nonessential raw materials and capital goods and all other consumer goods aside from the those that maintain public health. It adds that SA's gold holdings has taken a nose dive and the trade deficit has been covered by private capital.

The Bank of England witnessed a rise in its official discount rate, last Thursday, from 3 per cent to 4, accompanied by an advance from 4 to 5 in the rate of the Imperial Bank of Germany, and from 4.5 to 5.5 in that of the Bank of Belgium. The decrease for the week of U.S. $12,500,000 in surplus reserves of the New York Associated Banks, brought the surplus down to U.S. $4,900,000. A 4 per cent London bank rate is not exorbitantly high, but it is higher than is usually reached as early as this in autumn.

The article presents information on the problems of the treasury. The new Secretary for treasury has taken office. The article reports that the deficit had drawn on the gold reserve against the legal tenders and on the other, no lawful means except loans existed for obtaining funds to restore that reserve. The result was that the government had to borrow gold explicitly, with the further consequences that discrimination between the different forms of currency constantly prevailed and that public attention was converged on the danger of a lapse to the silver standard.

Focuses on the economic conditions in Argentine under the Presidency of Irigoyen. Fact that he had good vote-getting lieutenants and that nothing succeeds like success; Support of the Conservatives and the propertied classes; Impact of the decision by the President to close the Conversion Office on the Argentine currency; Absence of the necessary financial machinery in Argentina to use its gold reserve; Proclamation by many that Irigoyen's fall means the end of personal dictatorships in the Argentine.

The article focuses on the negotiation between the U.S. and France, along with other Common Market nations over international monetary reform for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which remains far apart. It states that the U.S. promotes a new international monetary asset of the central bank. It says that France and the Common Market countries support new reserve assets and the right of nations to get more money from IMF, after abandoning their total opposition to monetary reform.

The article reports on the decline in the U.S. gold reserves in Fort Knox, Kentucky in 1962. It explains that the decline was a result from the fact that the nation spends and lends more abroad than it earns there. In response, the Treasury and the Defense Departments are pressuring allies to buy more of their military hardware in the U.S.

Presents information on the economic danger faced by the Global economy on account of the monetary supply of gold held back by the U.S. Loss of confidence in the gold value of the dollar; Information on the gold reserve of the U.S.; Holdings of foreign banks in the U.S.; Impact of the international shipment of gold on the balance of payments; Refusal by banks to lend money even on normally good business risks; Measures to be adopted to improve the flow of money.

Evaluates the success of French government in solving the current currency question. Offensive strategy of the government to appreciate the value of a franc, French monetary unit, against a cent, monetary unit of the U.S.; Question on the rapid and increased use of gold and silver reserves to achieve this appreciation; Percept that the franc was forced down by the machinations of a ring of exchange speculators, chiefly German or in sympathy with the Germans; Analysis of the relation between reserves and expenditures; Evaluation of financial measures of Prime Minister, Raymond Poincairé Analysis of prospects of an improved reparations settlement as a result of the expert commission's work; Need for recovering people's confidence in national financial strength; Promise by Poincaré that expenditures will be kept down to revenue and no loans will be raised except for the refunding of short term bonds; Significance of recent fluctuations of the franc for future financial planning.

The article focuses on the gold buying splurge in the U.S. A legislation was passed by the House which makes the entire gold reserve available for sales to foreigners by removing the requirement that part of the gold be earmarked as backing for currency. Meanwhile, bankers such as George S. Moore of the First National City Bank have started talking about the possibility of an increase in the gold price. The fear that the Vietnam war is about to escalate is one factor behind the buying splurge.

Several charts are presented depicting the International Financial Statistics (IFS) including the reserve assets of the U.S., the liabilities to foreign official institutions and foreigners, and the nonmarketable bonds and notes issued by the U.S. Treasury Department to foreign institutions.

The article reports that the largest oil-producing nations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have avoided the negative economic impact of the decline of oil prices. Topics discussed include the countries' reliance on sovereign wealth fund reserves during periods of low oil prices, the long-term impact of the low oil prices on MENA and the global security concerns affecting investments in MENA.

Three charts are presented depicting the reserve assets of the U.S., selected liabilities of the states to foreigners, and the nonmarketable issued American Treasury bonds and notes to official institutions and other residents of foreign countries from 2000 to June 2012.

Three charts are presented which shows the U.S.' reserve assets, statistics on liabilities to foreign financial agencies and other foreigners that are used in the balance of payment statistics, and the nonmarketable notes and bonds issued by the Treasury to official institutions and foreigners.

Several charts are presented depicting the international finance statistics including U.S. reserve assets, selected liabilities to foreigners, and nonmarketable U.S. Treasury bonds and notes issued to foreign institutions and investors.

Several tables are presented which provide international financial statistics (IFS) on the U.S. government reserve assets, liabilities to foreigners, and its international financial position such as one on the reserve assets from 2006-2011, another on the selected liabilities of the country to foreigners from 2000-2011, and one on the nonmarketable treasury bonds and notes of the U.S.

The article focuses on the challenges faced by the Gulf States' sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) on revenues from oil exports with the aim of smoothing the impact of oil price fluctuations. An SWFs review concluded that the rise of the power to affect the situation of SWFs with the main trend in investment strategy that would lead to an increase in the degree of SWFs investing in property and infrastructural projects. SWFs are regarded as the most optimistic branch of the Gulf economy.

The article reports on public comments by Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, in which he raised the possibility of eliminating fractional-reserve banking. It is noted that this is a highly controversial view, particularly since the Bank of England was taking over bank supervision duties in Great Britain which were formerly performed by the British Financial Services Authority.

Several charts are presented which depict the financial statistics of government reserve assets, selected liabilities to foreigners and nonmarketable bonds and notes issued by the treasury to official establishments and other foreign country occupants in the U.S. from 2000 to 2010 and 2005 to 2010.

Several tables are presented depicting the U.S. government reserve assets, liabilities to foreign official institutions and nonmarketable bonds and notes issued by the Department of the Treasury to such institutions and other residents of foreign countries from 2000-2010

Several charts depicting the rates of the international financial statistics of the U.S. as of 2009 are presented including the reserve assets, the selected liabilities to foreigners, and the nonmaketable of the Department of Treasury.

The article reports on several U.S. military relief societies with huge cash reserves. It notes that despite losing a combined $163 million from their reserve funds in 2008, the Army Emergency Relief, Air Force Aid Society and Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society still have a total of $419 million in reserve assets. Other charity groups state that the giving model of the three societies has flaws as they still have much left in reserve despite huge losses. The relief societies contend that they have huge reserves as they mostly provide no-interest loans.

Several charts are presented which show the international financial statistics in the U.S. including government reserve assets, liabilities to foreigners, and its international financial position.

The article provides information on the international financial statistics (IFS) in the U.S. It outlines the statistics on the Federal Government reserve assets, liabilities to foreigners and its international financial position. All the monetary figures are in dollars or dollar equivalents. The IFS tables illustrate the country's reserve assets, bonds and treasury notes issued to official institutions and other foreign countries residents.

Several tables are presented depicting the statistics on the reserve assets, liabilities to foreign official institutions of the U.S. Government and its nonmarketable Treasury bonds and notes issued to foreign countries.

Several tables are presented that depict the international financial statistics of the U.S. in 2007, including the reserve assets of the country, such as gold stocks and holdings of convertible foreign currencies, the statistics on liabilities to foreign official institutions, and the nonmarketable bonds and notes the Department of Treasury issues to official institutions.

The article presents several tables that list data related to U.S. government reserve assets, liabilities to foreigners, and its international financial position.

The article presents the first gold eagles of the U.S. Topics include appearing the average early gold eagle went basically from the Mint to a bank vault; amount using in everyday transactions however appears to be minimal; and appears average early gold eagle went basically from the Mint to a bank vault, served as a reserve.

Several charts on U.S. finance including reserve assets, liabilities to foreigners, and its international finance position are presented.

Several tables on U.S.'s international financial statistics that list the government reserve assets, liabilities to foreigners, and international financial position are presented.

Provides statistical information on the United States government's reserve assets, liabilities to foreigners and its international financial position. Reserve assets of the U.S.; Statistics on liabilities to foreign official institutions; Non-marketable bonds and notes that the Department of Treasury issues to official institutions and other residents of foreign countries.

Presents charts that provide statistics on United States Government reserve assets, liabilities to foreigners and its international financial position.

This article focuses on foreign exchange reserves, or sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). The article explains that the funds are large, government owned, are often secretive, and control large amounts of resources. They are worth up to $3 trillion and are expected to grow three times that in five years.

Several charts are presented depicting changes on the balance of payments and foreign reserve statistics in Lithuania including international investment positions, official reserve assets, and foreign trade from January to March 2014.

Several charts depicting the balance of payments, the foreign trade and the official reserve assets in Lithuania from 2012 to 2014 are presented.

Several charts are presented depicting the main economic indicators of the Bank of Lithuania from 2007 to 2014 including monetary developments and interest rates, prices, output, labour market and earnings, and balance of payments, reserve assets and exchange rates.

Statistics are presented on the balance of payments and foreign reserve in Lithuania from 2005 to 2013 which includes the official reserve assets, balance of payments and international investment position.

Several tables are presented which provide statistics on the balance of payments, international investment position, and official reserve assets of the Bank of Lithuania from 2005-2013.

The article presents charts on balance of payments and foreign reserves of Lithuania, including international investment position, official reserve assets, and foreign trade in 2013.