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Perhaps in Bits & Pieces. Both before and after Kennedy's bland statement, steel executives kept warily silent about their intentions. But it was widely believed that the industry would indeed raise prices, perhaps in bits and pieces over a period of time. The steel industry has been feeling better...
Despite soft prices and profits, the long-distressed steel industry shows signs of firming. Production has increased steadily since the week of July 4, approached 1,600,000 tons last week. In only three weeks' time, production as a percentage of estimated capacity advanced from 45% to last week...
One by one, the last remaining soft spots in the U.S. economy are firming. After months in the horse latitudes, retail and auto sales are scudding along at a brisk pace. Last week came two new harbingers of boom: a sharp drop in unemployment and a pickup in the long...
After years of disappointing flicker, the color-television industry at last shows signs of firming up. Besides RCA, which has been the only major manufacturer in the field since 1956, General Electric plans to start making color-TV sets again in the fall. And in Chicago last week, squads of...
Contradictory. On the long-term side, the FHA recently lowered interest rates on home loans from 5¾% to 5½% The Treasury has begun switching more of its financing into short-term securities: by satisfying the demand for short-term investments, it can thus drive short-term interest rates...