So look into low interest credit cards, cards with 0% introductory APR offers, or special rates on balance transfers to minimize the defense and keep the game moving in your favor.
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If you know you will need to carry a balance in order to repay your current debt or anticipated spending, consider a low interest rate credit card.
Falling unemployment, rising consumer confidence, an improving housing market and wider availability of low-interest credit convinced consumers they were safe to make the big-ticket purchase of a car.
He set up low interest instalment credit plans which enabled thousands to avoid the loan sharks and buy cookers and refrigerators and autos, and he built a whole new electrical industry with his loans.
Despite the recent weak readings, we expect business investment in equipment and software to grow at a moderate pace this year, supported by high rates of profitability, strong business balance sheets, relatively low interest rates and credit spreads, and continued expansion of output and sales.
Despite wider credit spreads relative to Treasuries, we note the relatively low interest rates in most credit markets.
It is correct that a lack of regulation failed to keep limits on credit, but it was the Federal Reserve's artificially low interest rates that blew the credit bubble.
Micro-credit programmes provide low interest loans for the economically marginalised who cannot gain access to credit from conventional banks.
In hindsight, this period of low interest rates, easy credit and loose regulation contributed to a series of dangerous bubbles that would come home to roost.
The alternative is for all the high-risk borrowers to turn to credit unions, leaving credit unions with no choice but to jack up interest rates for those with low credit scores, which would compensate them for the risk but render the legislation useless.
Like department-store cards, gas cards typically carry low credit limits and interest rates that hover at about 25%.
The housing bubble was caused by a lethal combination of easy credit, low interest rates and rampant speculation.
Low interest rates and easy access to credit enticed borrowers to buy homes they couldn't afford.
For Hayek and the Austrians, things go wrong when a central bank sets short-term interest rates too low and allows credit to expand artificially.
If it were true that lenders will always go with the flow, then artificially low interest rates should stimulate borrowing, increase credit and facilitate economic growth.
For smaller companies, credit is still tight and low interest rates have not induced the robust job growth.
Purchases of mortgage-backed securities by the Federal Reserve and the government's bailed-out mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, helped keep mortgage credit flowing and interest rates low.
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Continued low interest rates in the West and a probable credit upgrade for Manila will incline a growing number of long-term investors to give the Philippines a serious look.
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With Europe in a more stable position and strong demand for credit risk amid the continuing low interest rate environment, inflows are set to continue, driving spreads tighter again, sources suggest.
On a smaller scale, think about your credit cards that started with low interest rates that zoomed to 30% during the recent banking crisis if you were late with a payment.
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Better credit performance has meant that impairment (bad loan) charges have continued to fall with continued low interest rates enabling the majority of customers to pay their mortgages and even reduce their credit exposures.
Selling low-yielding bonds to pay off high-interest credit card debt should be the easiest investment decision you make all year.
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The strong credit-rating implied by its low interest rate, claims the Malaysian government, is proof of what it has been saying all along: ill-informed westerners have got things wrong.
Factors that bode well for the economy today include lower gasoline prices, low interest rates and ongoing improvements in the flow of credit, as well as signs of encouragement in the domestic housing sector.
Have you taken on debt beyond what you would have simply because credit was available or interest rates are low?
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In some states, like Washington, private foundations and credit unions are starting to establish low-interest loan programs and other schemes for applicants of limited means.
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Auto lending again has juiced that sector, and those low interest rates are lulling borrowers to take on whatever their credit can bear, but that jig ultimately will be up.
Despite the historically low rate of interest, and the seemingly available supply of credit, applications for mortgages are not increasing, as one might expect, but actually are continuing to decline.
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With inflation under control, central banks are inclined to keep interest rates low and thereby unwittingly accommodate an unsustainable boom in credit and asset prices.
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