Thinking about rising interest rates.(Viewpoint)

Ivey Business Journal Online;  May 1, 2004 ;   McCallum, John S.;   787 words ...Interest rates are extraordinarily low. Executives should pay heed. Interest rates are a crucial consideration in many important...period of rising, and possibly quite unstable, interest rates. The positioning options are not all that many...

Low interest rates cause jump in mortgage refinancing

The Mississippi Business Journal;  November 16, 1998 ;   Anonymous;   787 words ...Lower interest rates have dramatically increased mortgage...expansions. "The continued lowering of interest rates has served to shore up the housing...Probably, without the lowering of interest rates, we would have seen a continued...

Interest Rates and CEO Sentiment

Chief Executive;  April 1, 2005 ;   Anonymous;   317 words ......month the CEO Index analyzed interest rates and their effect on business...of talk lately about whether interest rates, which have been at historical lows, are infact too low. Low interest rates can have several effects. Primarily...

Outlook: UK interest rates

The Independent - London;  April 7, 2000 ;     275 words ...Outlook: UK interest rates PHEW! INTEREST rates have been held again, not withstanding predictions that...Unfortunately, this is likely to be only a brief reprieve. Interest rates both in the US and Euroland are on the march, as inflationary...

Bahrain interest rates on loans stable, despite rising US rates, BMA study...

Al Bawaba;  September 7, 2005 ;     424 words ...Bahrain average interest rates on loans are stable, despite rising US interest rates, a study by the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) has shown. Interest rates on deposits, on the other hand, are rising, in line with rate increases in the US. The...

Long memory in the interest rates in some Asian countries.

International Advances in Economic Research;  November 1, 2003 ;   Gil-Alana, Luis A.;   787 words ......the stochastic behavior of short run interest rates in some Asian development countries...orders of integration of the short run interest rates in Singapore and Thailand are strictly...The analysis of the persistence of interest rates constitutes a major question in the...

Are you prepared for higher interest rates?(Viewpoint)

Fairfield County Business Journal;  June 14, 2004 ;   Harkleroad, C. Christine;   787 words ...Although interest rates remain near their lowest levels...when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, prices on investments such as...immune to the effects of fluctuating interest rates, there are several investment strategies...

The price of profligacy; Economics focus.(Do bigger budget deficits cause...

The Economist (US);  January 25, 2003 ;     787 words ......budget deficits cause higher interest rates? MITCH DANIELS, the top...national saving and pushing up interest rates. Just as the shift to budget...the 1990s helped to reduce interest rates and boost corporate investment...

Savers, banks can benefit from rising interest rates, Indiana experts say.

Times (Munster, IN);  August 8, 2004 ;     577 words ...Byline: Andrea Holecek Aug. 8--Climbing interest rates have an upside for savers despite their...hikes. For stocks or bonds, higher interest rates are not a good thing, because they...short-term certificates of deposits, higher interest rates could be a boon, he said. Seniors...

IMF Presses Germany To Trim Interest Rates; Monetary Fund Advises U.S to...

The Washington Post;  September 22, 1992 ;   Stuart Auerbach;   466 words ......yesterday urged Germany to lower its interest rates to boost the sluggish economies...from the administration to lower interest rates here, and it suggested that the United States should raise interest rates once its economic recovery gains...

Indonesian central bank expected to raise interest rates

Xinhua News Agency;  June 16, 2004 ;     188 words ......central bank expected to raise interest rates JAKARTA, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The...raise its promissory notes (SBI) interest rates to anticipate the US Federal Reserve plan to raise its interest rates, senior official said Wednesday...

Interest rates are a powerful weapon. But what is their ultimate impact?

The Independent - London;  February 1, 2001 ;   Hamish McRae;   787 words ...US INTEREST rates, the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan...speed of the decline in American interest rates has become the key item that anyone...businesses, but outside of that, US interest rates are the story. Now you might dismiss...

Do Low Interest Rates Hurt or Help Economy?

The Journal Record;  June 6, 1991 ;   Michael Quint;   744 words ......faith in financial markets that lower interest rates are good for the economy and higher...Since the late 1970s, when controls on interest rates were removed from bank deposits, the...from lower rates is heightened because interest rates on savings are quicker to decline than...

Clinton's economic policies are creating a dangerous mix. (how low...

Insight on the News;  October 4, 1993 ;   Roberts, Paul Craig;   701 words ...Will low interest rates come back to haunt us? Right now...their home mortgages at the lowest interest rates in many years. But for savers and...on their investment incomes, low interest rates are causing them to take greater...

Business Chronicle Interest rates at the double!, THE STAR

The Star (Jordan, Middle East);  November 25, 1999 ;     561 words ......Star (Jordan, Middle East) 11-25-1999 INTEREST RATES in Jordan are in full throttle. And...the economy from the gutters, high interest rates might soon force investors to take...million last year as a result of the high interest rates imposed on loans. According to economic...