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...

Texas Investors, Business Owners Have Different Takes on Higher Interest...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 23, 2004 ;     787 words ......Holmes' point of view, higher interest rates can't come soon enough. We're waiting with bated breath for interest rates to go back up to some reasonable...Merrell's point of view, higher interest rates couldn't come at a worse time...

Fascination with interest rates.(Opinion & Editorial)

Manila Bulletin;  March 30, 2004 ;     571 words ......which our fascination with interest rates is expressed. In populist circles...still hear the desire for low interest rates avowed. That desire stems from...public debt is to cut down interest rates. Some politicians occasionally...

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 again, THE INDEPENDENT

The Independent (Bangladesh);  September 18, 2003 ;   FORREST COOKSON;   787 words ......negative impact on returns to owners of the high interest rates. The interest rates are starting to influence investment behavior...and that is anyone's guess. The reduction of interest rates will have the most impact on the management...

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...

INTEREST RATES ON BONDS MAY CONTINUE TO FALL

The Boston Globe;  October 25, 1987 ;   Marcy Gordon, Associated Press;   513 words ......advance in bond prices and a drop in interest rates as investors fled the stock market to...credit markets. Despite an upturn in interest rates on Friday, analysts said interest rates could extend their decline as shock waves...

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...

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...

Fed: Howard says forget 2004, look to future on interest rates

AAP General News (Australia);  October 26, 2007 ;     426 words ......forget 2004, look to future on interest rates CANBERRA, Oct 26 AAP - Prime...said three years ago about interest rates, but to look to the future...Reserve Bank is expected to lift interest rates next month following higher-than-expe...

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...