Market drifts lower amid inflation and rate worries
New York stocks declined as inflation and soaring interest rates weighed on sentiment. The Dow fell 9.56 to 857.40 and the blue chip average dropped to 867.40, a yearly low, with declining issues leading advances. Analysts warned a slow pullback or further drops as lenders raised prime rates to 9 percent. Norton Simon led volume at 2 p.m. on the NYSE.
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Patman urges Nixon to curb rising prime rate
Texarkana reports House Banking Committee chairman Wright Patman urges President Nixon to halt the ongoing rise in the prime interest rate. He cites a Truman-era move after World War II and warns of another great depression if not checked. Patman criticizes the fed independence claim and calls for loan-priority lending while criticizing banks’ loan practices and announcing two weeks of hearings starting Sept 10.
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