Article: Fed: Economy can handle another rate rise: Howard

Article: Retailers hit hard by rate rise.(interest ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  May 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Australian retailers were affected by the rise in interest rates in March 2005. The interest rate rise reduced the average household budget by ... rises of 0.4 per cent and 0.2 per cent. Interest rates were not raised in May. Publication Date ...

Article: Beating the rate rise; IF INTEREST ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... JUSTIN HARPER Beating the rate rise MORTGAGES will soon get more ... the Bank of England raises interest rates tomorrow. The full impact ... on your mortgage even if interest rates rise. THE BASICS MOST lenders ... 400 over the deal. If interest rates go up by the end of the ...

Article: Economists warn of rate rise risks.(interest ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  February 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... rise in Australian interest rates would risk a recession ... Australia will increase interest rates by 0.25 per cent ... economists feel that a rate rise is needed to avert ... mistake to increase interest rates at this point. Publication ...

Article: Job figures revive new rate rise ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  April 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... resulted in expectations of another increase in official interest rates in Australia. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained ... for the previous month could create pressure for another rate rise. The number of people in the workforce increased by 57 ...

Article: It's a rate rise gamble.(interest ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  March 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... RBA) has announced a 0.25 percentage point increase in interest rates. The cash rate is now at 5.5 per cent, its highest in ... Federal Government on the back foot on economic policy. The rate rise occurred on a day when figures showed Australia's economic ...

Article: Don't rock our boat with a loan rate rise, firms ...
Evening Standard - London;  September 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... policy committee's announcement on interest rates - having delivered the message: don ... little doubt that the fear of higher interest rates is the culprit. Asked to decide which ... most, business leaders put "keeping interest rates down" as their top priority by a large ...

Article: Rate rise surprises market.(interest ...
Money Marketing;  August 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates by a quarter of a point to 4.75 per cent caught the markets by surprise. The monetary policy committee says last week's move ...