Word: marketer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...General imperial preference with a Government subsidy of $4,700,000 to be considered by an imperial economic committee which would inquire into the possibility "of preparing for market and marketing, within the United Kingdom, food products of the overseas parts of the Empire, with a view to increasing the consumption of such products in the United Kingdom in preference to imports from foreign countries and to promote the interests both of producers and consumers...
...first two weeks of December this year have seen an unusual number of large financial settlements in the Manhattan money market. Subscribers to the recent French loan have paid the remaining and greatest part of its cash amount of $94,000,000. On Dec. 15, the British Government paid §68,500,000 in interest and $23,000,000 in amortization on its War debt to the U. S. In both transactions, J. P. Morgan & Co., as fiscal agents for Great Britain and France in this country, were immediately concerned...
...days before the Federal Reserve system, the simultaneous occurrence of such a series of large-scale payments would probably have disrupted the money market for the time being, and caused large rate fluctuations. Except for the rise of call money to 4%, the money market showed no ripple from the tremendous transactions being effected through it. Bankers declare that such instances as this prove the efficiency of the Federal Reserve system in peace times...
With the Christmas shopping season at hand, other business phenomena for the time being are of secondary interest and importance. Indications are for a very good retail trade, although in some quarters it is apparent that merchants have not stocked their shelves heavily. The Manhattan stock market, last week, encountered its first important reaction, so long expected. The slump in prices proved only temporary, however, particularly in the good rails, and failed to indicate any real halt to the rising market...
...undoubtedly toward improvement, particularly in the very barometric steel industry. Nevertheless, the lesson of the first quarters of 1923 and 1924 are still fresh in mind. In both cases, prices rose with increased demand and prospects grew rosy. Manufacturers, however, opened up and speedily unloaded goods on the market in such quantity that prices fell again and production languished...