Banks that specialized in riskier loans would simply issue capital notes at higher interest rates.
Last year the Brazilian economy took its backward steps, contracting 0.2% due to higher interest rates.
Inflation, when it is not offset by higher interest rates, makes debts easier to repay.
The slide of 1994 was a precursor of nothing -- just momentarily higher interest rates.
Among the beneficiaries of higher interest rates will be companies with little or no long-term debt.
Lenders will demand higher interest rates to protect themselves against the uncertainty of its future value.
This leads to higher interest rates, which lowers the incentive for businesses to grow.
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First, businesses can afford to pay higher interest rates when they are in faster growing economies.
Higher interest rates reduce household income and will put many families even further at risk.
Quite simply, that the new higher interest rates would turn them into Greece, bust.
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Not until financial markets--through higher interest rates or a plunging dollar--force them to, answers Collender.
Higher interest rates should hurt deals, but big mergers are being announced every week.
Apart from higher interest rates, anecdotal evidence that Chinese banks are tightening credit is growing.
That means higher interest rates, which is perceived as a downer for equity investors.
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Higher interest rates and a succession of credit rating downgrades have increased GMAC's cost of borrowing.
Such a move would put pressure on the FOMC to combat inflation with higher interest rates.
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Higher interest rates they argue would cripple the economy and permanently increase debt service costs.
For one, further devaluation of the euro almost certainly ensures higher interest rates on euro debt.
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Higher interest rates are considered to harm stock prices, as they make other investments more attractive.
In the short term, the government's main tool against inflation is higher interest rates.
Higher interest rates will have the biggest impact on home mortgages and consumer loans.
Higher inflation means higher interest rates, and higher interest rates are damaging to growth stocks.
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Thus it would make sense to sell bonds since higher interest rates would reduce their value.
Higher interest rates, however, should eventually slow global growth, and so crimp demand for other commodities.
Higher interest rates means higher credit card rates for consumers and bigger borrowing costs for businesses.
Neither is experiencing runaway growth but, without higher interest rates, both will soon face inflationary pressures.
If they begin to charge sharply higher interest rates, the government's debts will quickly spiral.
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America's inflation rate is low, so there seems no case for higher interest rates.
Higher interest rates would drag back southern Europe's economies, where unemployment is already high.
It is true that higher interest rates may force firms to cut investment and jobs.
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