Article: I-BONDS INTEREST RATE RISES TO 6.73 PERCENT.(MONEYWISE)

Article: The neutral real interest rate.
Economic Bulletin;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The concept "neutral real interest rate" is generally associated with the real interest rate level, which implies that monetary policy ... contractionary. We define the neutral real interest rate as the real interest rate level which in ...

Interest rate swaps: financial tool of the '90s. (includes ...
Healthcare Financial Management;  November 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... financial management tool -- the interest rate swap (a contractual agreement in which one party with a fixed interest rate payment liability and another ... article describes the uses of interest rate swaps and discusses the variables ...

Article: CHINESE INTEREST RATE WOULD BE MARKETIZED IN THIS ...
AsiaInfo Services;  April 30, 2002 ;     490 words ...00-00-0000 Chinese Interest Rate Would Be Marketized in This Year ... insiders, the marketization of interest rate would make further practical step in second half of this year, the interest rate of deposit and loan would be opened ...

Article: Supervising interest rate risk management.
FRBSF Economic Letter;  September 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... establish and improve their procedures for interest rate risk management, including using economic ... expanding their knowledge and oversight of interest rate risk management techniques. For example ... the Accord's stated principles on interest rate risk. In brief, the principles ...

Article: Interest rate hike a plus, but more should follow
China Daily;  August 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... has decided to revise upward the bank interest rate, effective August 19. The interest ... 52 per cent. At the same time, the interest rate for one-year loans is also up by ... are pushed up by larger margins. The interest-rate hike is aimed at braking the runaway ...

Article: Interest rate risk hedging for asset-sensitive ...
Texas Banking;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... LIBOR); and (c) interest rate risk exposure refers ... earnings loss for a 2 percent market rate shock. The interest rate floor contract pays ... by dividing the interest rate risk exposure for ... downward shock by 1.7 percent (assuming the strike ...

Article: Interest rate derivatives and asset-liability ...
New England Economic Review;  January 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... total amount of interest rate, currency, commodity ... increase of 75 percent. A major concern ... In particular, interest rate swaps have become ... derivative users, 92 percent of responding financial ... institutions report using interest rate swaps to manage ...