5 JANUARY 1929, page 32

Financialnotes

'" I31SING - , • ALLOWING for the fact busine s s 'oh -the -Stobk Exchange has been interfered with both by the Christmas and New Year Holidays, the tone of the Stock znarkets......

Political Influences.

- - - As regards the first of these factors, I-must; in-weighing the probabilities of the year, even at the cost of being accused of political bias, state quite plainly how the......

A Short And Long View.

If, therefore, I were to sum up the financial prospects for 1929, I should be inclined to express the view that, failing a permanent and important rise in money rates here as a......

Trade Prospects.

A further point to be bOrne in mind in considering the prospects for 1929 is the question of whether we are likely to see anything in the shape of a trade revival. As was the......

Reparation Possibilities.

• Then as regards Reparations, ft must be remembered that the problem has both its political and -financial aspects, and as regards the former it may fairly be said that almost......

The Monetary Factor. The Third Factor To Which I Have

referred,•namely, the course of financial developments in the .United ' Statei and Germany, is the one, perhaps, which is likely to be the paramount influence "so far as the......

Factors In 1929. • -

As regards the year on which we ha' e now entered, there are—quite apart from the supreme fact of the anxiety concerning the King's health—at least three main factors which seem......

Finance Public And Private

New Year Prospects WinAm time - alone can reveal the happenings of the future, there ari/elii possible ori. - .Which at the beginning of the year it - is not POssible iO . disc......