"I don't expect rates to go up much over the next several years, except on the coasts, " Hunter says.
We would never go along -- this is a Republican speaking -- we would never allow tax rates to go up.
Expect long-term interest rates to go above 6%, perhaps reaching 7%.
The speaker has previously offered to increase tax revenue by eliminating unspecified deductions and loopholes, but drew the line at allowing any rates to go higher.
Obama has made clear that allowing tax rates to go up on top income brackets was a non-negotiable demand to ensure that the wealthy contribute more to deficit reduction.
So if this extra spending means that their current account surplus becomes smaller, then there's less available to buy U.S. Treasuries, and you'd expect U.S. interest rates to go up a bit.
In other words, instead of setting a date for interest rates to go up and easy monetary conditions to tighten, they would seek to tie those decisions to variables that reflect their dual mandate (i.e. price stability and full employment).
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But the obstacle thus far has been the adamant refusal to accept the proposition that rates have to go up for the top 2 percent and that rates must continue to stay where they are so that there is no tax hike on 98 percent of the American people.
And the only obstacle, or the major obstacle to an agreement, is this refusal to acknowledge that rates have to go up.
But on the fundamental issue of balance and where revenues have to come from, Republicans need to acknowledge reality here, because rates have to go up.
But there is no deal to be had on the spending side without an acknowledgement and an acceptance by Republican leaders that rates have to go up on top earners as part of a balanced approach.
Most shockingly, I watched as the death rates continued to go up, not down.
The American people were saying, are my interest rates going to go up.
He was also sure that interest rates had to go up from here and that longer maturity bonds would decline.
Where all these things are present, fertility rates tend to go up.
And you talk consistently about how rates need to go up, but what he campaigned on was 39.6 at the end of the year.
Inflation is likely to ease up, but housing prices remain a cause of concern, the World Bank said, adding that interest rates need to go higher.
Rates have to go up for wage earners, even as we absolutely, essentially, must sign into law tax cuts for 98 percent of the American people.
The report warns job insecurity and unemployment rates tend to go hand in hand - whenever one of these factors rises, the other one jumps up as well.
So we have seen since the election a change in tone and, in some cases, a change in position from different Republicans, including elected Republicans, on the issue of, first revenue, and then acknowledging that rates have to go up.
We believe the parameters are there and we remain confident that if Republicans agree with the basic idea that rates have to go up for the wealthiest while we extend tax cuts for everyone else that we can reach a deal fairly quickly.
We simply hope that Republican leaders in Congress acknowledge the fundamental fact that rates have to go up on the top 2 percent in order to make sure that a deal is balanced and doesn't leave the middle class or seniors bearing the burden of these important economic goals.
Secondly, he has not seen a single proposal -- he has not seen a single acknowledgement that a proposal is necessary or will be forthcoming from Republicans that even allows for the essential fact that rates have to go up on top earners as part of a balanced deal.
But if the economy is as resilient to weaker house prices as Mr Bernanke seems to believe, rates might have to go up again.
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Even if the economy continues to improve and TXU staves off what many participants think is an inevitable reorganization, default rates have nowhere to go but up.
Was there any way to tell by the size of his briefcase or the tilt of his glasses whether interest rates were going to go up or down?
By now most of you should be aware that income tax rates are set to go up next year.
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This suggests that interest rates may need to go still higher than 5.75%.
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With inflation so low, interest rates are unlikely to go up now.
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