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  • Political Economy: Is It Time to Panic? - CQPolitics.com

    Political Economy: Is It Time to Panic?CQPolitics.com, DC - 1 hour agoThen, the interest rate that banks charge each other for overnight loans was in retreat from a high of 20 percent reached in 1981. ...
    2008-01-25 10:09:39
  • Economic stimulus to affect housing market - Fox 12 Boise

    Economic stimulus to affect housing marketFox 12 Boise, ID - 1 hour agoAnd since more and more realtors are about to be approved to offer FHA loans, and because current interest rates are just a few points shy of a three-year ...
    2008-01-25 10:15:46
  • In Brief - January 26th, 2008 - Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog

    In Brief - January 26th, 2008Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog, WA - 1 hour agoNow that the Fed is cutting interest rates, the markets--and everybody else, for that matter--is freaking out about the looming recession, proposals are ...
    2008-01-25 10:17:12
  • Resentment of things past - Globe and Mail

    Resentment of things pastGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoWith interest rates heading toward 24 per cent and the national energy program wreaking havoc on the Alberta economy, the prospects weren't good. ...
    2008-01-25 10:28:00
  • Mortgage market thaws - Mankato Free Press

    Mortgage market thawsMankato Free Press, MN - 1 hour agoThe increase is driven by interest rates that have been dropping since late November. The average 30-year fixed rate loan is at 5.49 percent today. ...
    2008-01-25 10:37:24
  • Stock Market Investors Running With the Herd - The Market Oracle

    Stock Market Investors Running With the HerdThe Market Oracle, UK - 1 hour agoThey've been hammered since last summer, starting with the spike in interest rates and carrying over to concerns about the economy. ...
    2008-01-25 10:38:02
  • Prop. 92 engages educators in debate - Fresno Bee (subscription)

    Prop. 92 engages educators in debateFresno Bee (subscription), CA - 53 minutes agoColleges would also get more money when the state unemployment rate exceeds 5%. California's unemployment rate was 6.1% in December. ...
    2008-01-25 10:55:38
  • Evil abortion industry slowly destroying itself - Bloomington Pantagraph

    Evil abortion industry slowly destroying itselfBloomington Pantagraph,  USA - 48 minutes agoHowever, making abortion illegal will result in more deaths to the women undergoing them, as well as increase the rates of infection and infertility. ...
    2008-01-25 11:00:46
  • Battered builders retrench - Indianapolis Business Journal

    Battered builders retrenchIndianapolis Business Journal, IN - 46 minutes agoAnd falling interest rates have begun to generate new buying interest. It just may take a while for the market to return to normal. ...
    2008-01-25 11:02:23
  • Exit the elephant enter the dragon - Montreal Gazette

    Exit the elephant enter the dragonMontreal Gazette, Canada - 40 minutes ago... recalls Philip Cross, head of current economic analysis at Statistics Canada. The reason: inflation and interest rates were higher in Canada, ...
    2008-01-25 11:09:14
  • Inflation in full retreat - Montreal Gazette

    Inflation in full retreatMontreal Gazette, Canada - 40 minutes ago... pace of only 0.6 per cent this quarter - down sharply from the 2.3 per cent it had anticipated when it first began cutting interest rates last fall. ...
    2008-01-25 11:09:15
  • 4 decades of GOP deficits - Daytona Beach News-Journal

    4 decades of GOP deficitsDaytona Beach News-Journal, FL - 34 minutes agoBut both of those events had a relatively small impact on the economy, while the Federal Reserve's madcap slashing of interest rates to record lows, ...
    2008-01-25 11:15:18
  • Analyst Actions: Microsoft, City National, ScanSource, Microchip ... - BusinessWeek

    Analyst Actions: Microsoft, City National, ScanSource, Microchip ...BusinessWeek - 32 minutes ago... but says the near term it will be difficult for the stock to outperform given current interest rate environment, reduced EPS visibility. ...
    2008-01-25 11:16:51
  • Financial lessons - Rocky Mountain News

    Financial lessonsRocky Mountain News, CO - 19 minutes agoUndocumented students can go to college but must pay much higher out-of-state tuition rates. Two out of three college promises include them - Cole and a ...
    2008-01-25 11:29:32
  • After a wild week, what's the outlook for world equities? - Independent

    After a wild week, what's the outlook for world equities?Independent, UK - 18 minutes agoAlthough the US Federal Reserve reacted instantly by slashing its interest rates by 0.75 percentage points on Tuesday morning, it was not enough to avert ...
    2008-01-25 11:30:46