17 MARCH 1933, Page 50

Financial Notes

DISTURBING INFLUENCES.

THE Stock Markets during the past week have been dominated more by the European situation than by the crisis in America, On the whole, the news from Washington and New York has been of a reassuring character, but developments in Germany have not unnaturally aroused apprehensions concerning the preservation of peace in Europe. The dullness of high-elass investment securities has been the more striking in view of the cheapness of money, but not only have prices of British Funds proved vulnerable to the political developments in Europe, but the approach of the Budget has also been a disturbing influence.