The investment performance of the account will depend on interest rates, currently between 4% and 6%.
The best way to achieve this is to stick to a tough line on interest rates.
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The information on interest rates will be incorporated into its economic outlooks, starting on 25 January.
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The effect seems to be limited to the downward pressure placed on interest rates.
If that happens, Greenspan is wrong to lean on interest rates, and I'm wrong, too.
The market place was awaiting the statement from the European Central Bank (ECB) on interest rates.
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China will also push ahead with an easing of restrictions on interest rates on loans and deposits.
Perhaps an additional half of a percentage point on interest rates, over time, according to some analysts?
Like swaps on interest rates and foreign currency, credit swaps outstanding dwarf the underlying bonds in circulation.
Another bunch of derivatives burdened Harvard with a multibillion-dollar bet on interest rates that went against it.
Better to put all your money in long bonds, he says, and take your chances on interest rates.
That gain likely will continue, particularly next week when the U.S. Federal Reserve meets to decide on interest rates.
The effect of the downgrade on interest rates and foreign investments in Treasuries is also uncertain as of yet.
In 2008, the expanded projections will be published in the minutes released after the Fed's meeting on interest rates.
This too would have an immediate impact on interest rates and inflationary expectations.
Moreover, as investors chase stock returns, they are dumping fixed-income products, which will likely put pressure on interest rates.
Wednesday morning's moves come before the Federal Open Market Committee announces its decision on interest rates this afternoon.
However, the net inflow of capital will put downward pressure on interest rates and will also stimulate job growth.
The ECB did not make any major moves on interest rates, as expected.
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Senators have surprised the industry with unexpected, tough amendments that would limit interchange fees and allow caps on interest rates.
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Speeding up money growth along with the accompanying downward pressure on interest rates would tend to stimulate a depressed economy.
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This will put additional upward pressure on interest rates, and more political pressure on the Fed to monetize the debt.
Unexpected movements by the players in the currency war could throw markets into turmoil, having a major affect on interest rates.
Also, before being bought by HSBC in 2003, Household had already come under fire for using bait-and-switch tactics on interest rates.
In addition, a cap on interest rates offered by banks--less than 10%--virtually eliminates the risk premium associated with energy efficiency investments.
The short-term effect that money creation has on interest rates will affect investment patterns, often setting us up for future reversals.
For instance, banks can still trade derivatives on interest rates, foreign exchanges, gold, and silver, which have been very profitable for them.
And many consumer organisations resist a legal cap on interest rates too.
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Now he is a floor broker, whose job is to execute trades for buyers and sellers--hedgers and speculators betting on interest rates.
As a result of better than expected industrial production, the Central Bank has changed its dovish tone on interest rates, Salomon said.
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