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  • Canada holds interest rate steady at 3% - San Diego Union-Tribune

    “The bank judges that the current level of the target for the overnight rate remains appropriately accommodative,” the bank said The bank said the current level of interest rates is appropriate to bring core inflation down to its 2 percent target ...
    2008-09-02 05:57:00
  • Global interest rate moves signal tightening near end - Forbes

    * European Central Bank holds rates at 4.25 percent * Bank of England holds rates at 5 percent as forecast * Sweden raises rates by 25 bps, lowers Q4 rate outlook * Growth concerns becoming more dominant for policymakers (Adds Federal Reserve ...
    2008-09-03 05:56:00
  • U.S. Central Bank Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged - Digital Chosunilbo

    Some economists had been expecting the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in an effort to ease the current financial crisis by making it easier for businesses and consumers to borrow money. In a statement explaining their decision, Fed ...
    2008-09-16 05:54:00
  • China's Banks Limit Interest-Rate Swaps With Overseas (Update1) - Bloomberg

    Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese banks said they've cut approvals for traders to enter into interest-rate swap agreements with international finance companies to avoid losses as credit markets collapse. China Citic Bank Corp. introduced tighter limits ...
    2008-09-25 01:37:00
  • Interest rate cuts could be on their way as economy slows: economists - News1130.com

    TORONTO - The Canadian economy is slowing to a crawl and the stock market lost about $100 billion of value this week, prompting economists to predict that further interest rate cuts could be on the way to boost consumer and business confidence. The ...
    2008-09-26 04:02:00
  • Victorian new home sales up 0.3 per cent in latest HIA survey - News.com.au

    THE slide in Victoria's new home sales appears to have eased slightly but still remained flat last month, the latest survey shows. Nationally, Australia’s residential market continues to be sluggish with high interest rates and a lack of properties ...
    2008-09-25 12:26:00
  • Protecting Your Assets From Bank Failures (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)

    There are steps anyone can take to minimize hassles in the coming months of bank failures. Here is a primer on bank collapses.
    2008-09-26 08:38:56
  • A Horrible Mess, and How We Got There (Resource Investor)

    No one will deny that last week was one of the most tumultuous in history. The streets red with blood… the bodies of the dead and dying strewn about where they fell.
    2008-09-26 08:44:28
  • High hopes led to this crisis (Hutchinson News)

    It is fashionable in some circles to fume and fuss that the current financial crisis was born out of ...
    2008-09-26 08:54:41
  • House passage of stimulus bill largely symbolic (Contra Costa Times)

    n Senate rejection, Bush pledge of a veto delay plans to provide economic kick-start
    2008-09-26 09:14:53
  • In the Spirit: Ministry reaches out to women (Grand Forks Herald)

    We moved here - my husband, Jim, our two sons and I - in 1975. Our employer, The Boeing Co., and its Minuteman missile installation contract with the U.S. Air Force, brought us. Advertisement: Bank of North Dakota North Dakota's #1 Student Loan Source! START HERE for answers to your questions about which loan is right for you. Bank of North Dakota is a student loan lender you can ...
    2008-09-26 09:58:11
  • Help Housing (New York Times)

    The government response so far to the financial crisis has been to prop up insolvent financial institutions while ignoring the underlying housing problem.
    2008-09-26 10:20:12
  • McCain to attend debate despite lack of bailout deal (The Pantagraph)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Republican John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate Friday night even though Congress doesn't have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the event until Washington had taken action to address the crisis. | Video | Bush scrambles to save bailout | WaMu becomes biggest bank to fail in U.S. history
    2008-09-26 10:34:56
  • Economy no reason to forgo home ownership (Daily Herald)

    The troubles on Wall Street are no reason for the average prospective homebuyer to panic.
    2008-09-26 10:48:43
  • WaMu sale will affect other banks, real estate, economy, philanthropy ... - Tampa Bay Business Journal

    Desire for area by California's Arden Realty creates a $634M portfolio WaMu sale will affect other banks, real estate, economy, philanthropy; depositors protected Sixells investor hits back after being sued by banks Seattle banks boost CD interest ...
    2008-09-26 03:59:00