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WASHINGTON -- Is the era of ultra-low interest rates nearing an end? That's the question Chairman Ben Bernanke will face this week when he takes questions after a Federal...
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WASHINGTON -- Has the Federal Reserve inflated a stock market bubble by driving interest rates to record lows? The answer, according to economists surveyed by The Associated...
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Long-term interest rates have surged. Recent readings on the U.S. economy suggest softness. And Japan's once-sizzling stock market has suffered an attention-gripping drop of...
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The current bonds are at interest rates ranging from 4.5 percent to 6.4 percent, but refinanced bonds will have interest rates of 2 percent to 5 percent.'' For those that are...
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Those purchases have helped keep interest rates at record lows. The Fed has been assessing the job market's health in considering when to start scaling back its support for the...
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Part of the issue in recent years has been the low interest rates available on the open market, which often made the program's rates unattractive. In October 2011, when it was...
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The Federal Reserve has said it plans to keep short-term interest rates at record lows at least until unemployment falls to 6.5 percent. A healthy recovery in housing and recent...
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Buy $40 billion a month in mortgage bonds indefinitely to try to lower long-term interest rates ... Probably hold interest rates ... handling of interest rates.'' We're looking for...
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There is ongoing agreement that there is not yet evidence the Fed's stimulative policies of bond buying and ultralow interest rates are creating'' financial imbalances. Fed...
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It plans to keep short-term interest rates ... When the economy weakens, Fed policymakers cut interest rates ... The lower interest rates are aimed at promoting increased borrowing and...
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