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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1975
Page
11
The United States with Bonn and Japan seeks restraint on expansionary steps as IMF pressures ride atop the global recession. IMF chief Witteveen and finance ministers from West Germany and Japan call for careful policy to avoid reigniting inflation while avoiding deeper downturn.
Secretary Kissinger presented a package of measures to assist have-not nations at the United Nations General Assembly. The plan includes a $10 billion IMF financing facility, an international investment trust, energy and industrial institutes, and widened tariff preferences for tropical goods. IMF head Gumersindo Rodríguez and World Bank chief Robert McNamara spoke on reform and lending, urging more aid and changes to global economic power.
American Stock Exchange and PBW Exchange introduce an odd-lot market in U S government securities from 1 000 to 99 000 dollars. The Certificateless system, via DTC and the Fed, lets individuals own securities with electronic settlement and lower processing costs.
Gov. Hugh L. Carey said legislation is being drafted to meet a possible NYC default if an emergency fiscal plan fails. The talks come as subway and bus fares rise to 50 cents and commuter rail and tolls increase, with money from pension funds and other sources eyed to fund a three month bridge.
The IMF decision to reduce gold's monetary role and to sell at least one sixth of its gold reserves sparked a decline in gold prices on European bullion markets. The accord, formed in Washington, marks the first step in removing gold from the monetary system and allowing currencies to float more realistically.
In Detroit the auto industry braces for 1976 with big-model launches from Ford and GM. Ford leads with new models as GM already tests 1970s pricing. analysts predict 7 million 1975 sales with 9.3 to 9.5 million forecast for 1976, amid gas prices and foreign competition concerns.
In Moscow officials from the United States and the Soviet Union marked the corner stone of a $180 million World Trade Center project. U S Ambassador Walter Stoessel led the American group while Armand Hammer was absent due to illness. The complex aims to boost economic ties and status. It will include a 16 story office tower two hotels a congress center a shopping mall and recreation facilities on 15 acres near the Kremlin. Construction slated for completion by 1980 and reflects the 1972 Nixon Brezhnev trade accord.
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