Forbes Time-Saving News Service.

The article presents an evaluation of various economic areas including bank debits, car loadings and domestic commodity prices. Bank clearings had advanced compared to seasonal schedule and were running about 10 per cent more than the same period in the past year. Car loadings of revenue freight were growing, showing an increase of about 20,000 cars weekly. Commodity prices had consistently declined with the weekly index registering at its lowest level in 3 years.