Interest rates increased by quarter-point to reach 4 percent.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand);  December 15, 2005 ;     598 words ......positive real interest rates after inflation...inflation was 5.9 percent in November, down...of zero to 3.5 percent over the next...fixed deposit interest rates, after adjusting...interest rate of -1.6 percent. Real interest...added that rising interest ...

Britain Cuts Interest Rates to 5.75 Percent

Xinhua English Newswire;  June 6, 1996 ;     248 words ......by cutting its interest rates by 0.25 percent to 5.75 percent...another quarter percent cut in interest rates is sensible. Cost...gland's lower official interest rates, Britain's commercial...amount to 5.75 percent. Meanwhile, the...

Britain raises interest rates to 4.75 percent

Xinhua News Agency;  August 3, 2006 ;     176 words ...Britain raises interest rates to 4.75 percent LONDON, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The interest rates in Britain has been raised by 0.25 percentage points to 4.75 percent on Thursday in what...Inflation rose to 2.5 percent in June - above the government's 2 percent target - ...

Get ready for 9 percent interest rates; Despite rise in unemployment,...

The Christian Science Monitor;  March 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ......that by year's end interest rates, especially short-te...much as 1 full percentage point higher than...rising short-term interest rates. Thus, last Friday...February rose from 4 percent to 4.1 percent...years ago - when interest rates and gasoline ...

Mortgage Interest Rates Drop to 5.67 Percent.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 7, 2003 ;     594 words ......Mar. 7--At 5.67 percent, home loans are...weary economy. Interest rates fell to more record...declined to 5.67 percent for the week that...remained below 6 percent since the start...pick up. With interest rates being so low...ever-dropping interest rates. He said ...

Interest rates fuel Dow's southward trip; Dow is off 16 percent since Jan....

The Christian Science Monitor;  February 28, 2000 ;     700+ words ......drop to 3.9 percent, says Sam...fuel to raise interest rates. So far, the higher interest rates have not done...declined about 10 percent. But much...rise to 8.5 percent by midyear...of rising interest rates has been felt...

Bank Of Israel Increases Interest Rates By 2 Percent.

Israel Business Today;  October 31, 1998 ;     449 words ......an increase in interest rates of two percent - effective November...stopped. Increasing interest rates by the relatively high amount of two percent was one of the...increase of two percent in interest rates was excessive and...

Chile's Central Bank raises interest rates to 4.5 percent

Xinhua News Agency;  November 11, 2005 ;     142 words ...Chile's Central Bank raises interest rates to 4.5 percent SANTIAGO, Nov. 10 (Xinhua...Bank raised its primary interest rates to 4.5 percent on Thursday -- up from the previous 4.25 percent - in a bid to contain inflation...since January, at 0.25 percent each time, was a ...

FED KEEPS INTEREST RATES AT 1.25 PERCENT

United Press International;  January 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ......0000 Fed keeps interest rates at 1.25 percent WASHINGTON, Jan...unchanged at 1.25 percent, but cautioned...risks continue. Interest rates remain at their...when they yield 5 percent. Higher interest rates tend to slow economic...

Interest rates may rise 1.5 percent in 18 months.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand);  July 8, 2005 ;     451 words ......Chudasri Jul. 8--Interest rates are likely to...and another full percentage point next year...percent, MOR 6.50 percent and MRR 6.75 percent. Pisarn Manoleesagul...Research Center, said interest rates were likely to...largely absorbed, interest rates could ...

British central bank raises interest rates by 0.25 percent

Xinhua News Agency;  May 6, 2004 ;     419 words ......central bank raises interest rates by 0.25 percent LONDON, May 6 (Xinhua...Thursday raised the base interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point from 4 percent...would raise basic interest rates to 4.75 percent at the end of the...

US interest rates on 30-year mortgages up above 6 percent

Xinhua News Agency;  March 24, 2005 ;     172 words ...US interest rates on 30-year mortgages up above 6 percent WASHINGTON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Interest rates on 30-year mortgages in the United States increased to above 6 percent this week, the highest level since July of last year. US mortgage giant Freddie Mac. said on Thursday in its ...

Fed keeps interest rates at 1.25 percent.

United Press International;  January 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ......unchanged at 1.25 percent, but cautioned...risks continue. Interest rates remain at their...reduced from 1.75 percent. The FOMC's...decision to keep interest rates steady once...they yield 5 percent. Higher interest rates tend to slow...

Gov't Moves to Lower Proposed Interest Rate Ceiling to 50 Pct. The...

Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  June 2, 2001 ;     239 words ......introduction of the 60 percent ceiling on interest rates for loans worth 30...raised the official interest rates to higher than 30 percent to shore up the tumbling...demanded more than 100 percent interest rates per annum. Some private...

Fed raises interest rates another quarter-percent.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  February 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ......raised short-term interest rates another notch...by one-quarter percentage point to 2.5...bring short-term interest rates to a more normal...rate to be 4.25 percent by year end...bank to bump interest rates up more than...