interest rates

Credit card rates, fees marching up

MSN Money Latest Articles  Wed, 11/26/2008 - 09:30

Where is the consumer's share of the Fed's recent rate cut? Card issuers are raising fees and interest rates, even on good customers, to offset their losses. But you can take action.


 

Markets flat abroad; US looks weak

MSN Money Latest Articles  Wed, 11/26/2008 - 04:45

Markets close mixed in Asia, and dropped lower in Europe as investors take profits. China cuts key interest rates.

Mortgage rates fall, and mortgage financing demands increase as the Fed supports housing and consumer loans.


 

Fed to hold a 2-day Dec. meeting

Economic news - CNNMoney.com  Thu, 11/20/2008 - 13:54

The Federal Reserve says it will hold a two-day meeting in December to weigh it's next move on interest rates and to make a fresh assessment of the economy.


 

Mortgages: How Rates Are Set

NYT > Your Money  Sat, 11/15/2008 - 16:25

Interest rates are often a mystery for many people applying for home loans.


 

Dollar rallies after Euro rate cuts

Economic news - CNNMoney.com  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 11:48

The dollar rose against the euro and the pound Thursday after monetary policy makers in Europe cut interest rates in response to growing economic weakness.


 

U.K., Europe central banks cut key rates

Economic news - CNNMoney.com  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 07:11

European and British central banks cut interest rates on Thursday, responding to the increasing concern about economic conditions throughout the world.


 

Dow up 144; stocks end October with hopeful rally

MSN Money Latest Articles  Fri, 10/31/2008 - 18:20

The Dow and S&P 500 have their best weeks since 1974, a respite from heavy losses for most of October.

Investors see interest rates headed lower. JPMorgan Chase may adjust terms on $110 billion in mortgages. Google and Yahoo may call their ad alliance off.


 

Will the Fed go below 1%

Economic news - CNNMoney.com  Fri, 10/24/2008 - 05:37

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates again next week. But could the Fed soon go where it has never gone before and bring them below 1%?


 

Your Money: A Bill Encouraging to Distressed Homeowners, but Its...

NYT > Your Money  Sun, 09/28/2008 - 23:29

The bailout package should ease tight credit and hold down interest rates. But it does not go as far as some Democrats would have liked in helping distressed homeowners.


 

Another devil in the financial crisis

MSN Money Latest Articles  Mon, 09/22/2008 - 23:01

You may not understand derivatives, but you could eventually feel the effects of these arcane investment tools: slower growth, higher interest rates and a weaker dollar.