Now companies that finance themselves through equity and retained earnings, including giants like Apple and Google, will have the edge as interest rates rise.

FORBES: Debt-Free Firms Have The Edge With Rates Going Up

But as interest rates edge up--prompting most economists to predict that home values will stabilize while demand softens--most think the merry ride is over for a while.

FORBES: Magazine Article

There remains only a slim chance of a change from the Bank on Tuesday although investors seem to feel that it remains a matter of time before rates edge higher.

FORBES: Government Shutdown Aversion Boosts The Buck

And gambling revenue on the Las Vegas Strip is up for the past six months through February, while visitation and room rates also have continued to edge up, according to the Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority.

WSJ: Betting on Vegas Comeback

And the concern is that these high rates could push people over the financial edge.

NPR: Credit-Card Debt May Be Next Problem

Instead Obama got 1.3% economic growth rates, the economy teetering on the edge of a double dip, an unemployment rate over 9%, and shrill claims from the hard left that mere near trillion dollar deficits simply are not enough.

FORBES: Not Default, Growth: Wall Street, Main Street And Even Washington Gets It Now

The problem is that a healthier world economy could, paradoxically, bring about its own downfall, if rising interest rates push America's stockmarket over the edge.

ECONOMIST: Hurdle rates

Hyperinflation and high interest rates embroiled Brazil a year later, and CBD teetered on the edge of bankruptcy.

FORBES: Outmuscling Wal-Mart

"The SNP want to see business tax rates lowered to encourage enterprise and give the Scottish economy a much-needed competitive edge, " he added.

BBC: US atrocities impact 'overstated'