Articles for Low Interest Rates

The next big Fed debate: Has the era of very low rates ended?
3 weeks, 2 days ago

The next big Fed debate: Has the era of very low rates ended?

Live Mint  

Investors shuddered on Wednesday after Chair Jerome Powell suggested the Federal Reserve was ready to take a break from cutting rates—and that the total quantity of reductions might be shallower than previously thought. The debate over where neutral rests wasn’t particularly important earlier this year, because interest rates were at a level nearly all Fed officials deemed to be restrictive. …

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Personal Loan: Can you qualify with a 666 credit score?
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Personal Loan: Can you qualify with a 666 credit score?

Live Mint  

Credit score can help you get low interest rates on personal loans and is one of the major criteria of your application approval. A high credit score can help you get low interest rates and your desired loan amounts. CIBIL Score Range Rating 300-500 Poor 550-600 Average 650-750 Good 750-900 Excellent Can you get a personal loan with a 666 …

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Where Are Interest Rates Going?
1 year, 8 months ago

Where Are Interest Rates Going?

NPR  

Where Are Interest Rates Going? He said our economy was experiencing "secular stagnation," the symptoms of which include persistently low interest rates, weak inflation and mediocre economic growth.. In Summers' explanation, the reason why secular stagnation leads to abnormally low interest rates was because, when the economy is experiencing it, something funky happens in the market for borrowing. Something weird …

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Erdogan says he hopes volatile Turkish lira will steady soon
3 years, 1 month ago

Erdogan says he hopes volatile Turkish lira will steady soon

Al Jazeera  

Turkish president promises to continue his policy of low interest rates despite massive plunge in the Turkish currency. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he hopes that volatile foreign exchange and inflation rates would stabilise shortly as he reiterated his stance against high interest rates in the wake of a huge plunge in the lira currency. “Tayyip Erdogan said …

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Strong demand, rising vaccination rate drive positive outlook for Indian corporates: Moody's
3 years, 1 month ago

Strong demand, rising vaccination rate drive positive outlook for Indian corporates: Moody's

Firstpost  

In a report, the rating agency said credit fundamentals are favourable for India’s companies on a sustained economic recovery and earnings of rated companies’ will rise on strong consumer demand and high commodity prices New Delhi: Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday said India’s rising vaccination rate, low interest rates and higher public spending drive the positive outlook for corporate sector. …

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The dangers of continuing with unconventional money policies
3 years, 4 months ago

The dangers of continuing with unconventional money policies

Live Mint  

Are “unconventional” monetary policies deployed by the advanced economies a cure worse than the disease? Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has been a well-known critic of UMPs, and, in particular, the damaging effects of the “taper tantrum” of 2013, in which then Federal Reserve Board chairman, Ben Bernanke, had to walk back from plans to …

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Here’s why car prices are at record highs - and rising
3 years, 8 months ago

Here’s why car prices are at record highs - and rising

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Car dealer lots have only a fraction of the vehicles that they typically have – both new and used. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images “That puts wholesale used prices at the highest level they’ve ever been,” said David Paris of JD Power. “And we are seeing used retail prices accelerating rapidly.” It’s a 180-degree turnaround in the …

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Why RBI never talks about savers
3 years, 9 months ago

Why RBI never talks about savers

Live Mint  

The monetary policy committee of the Reserve Bank of India has maintained the repo rate at 4%, doing what the herd of economists, who are in the business of predicting such things, expected it to do. The reasons that existed for the RBI to maintain low interest rates one year back continue to exist even now. As the second wave …

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House prices rising at fastest pace in 32 years as listings can't keep up with demand: CoreLogic
3 years, 9 months ago

House prices rising at fastest pace in 32 years as listings can't keep up with demand: CoreLogic

ABC  

Australian house prices are rising at the fastest pace in 32 years, as the Sydney and Melbourne property markets stage a full recovery from the short-lived COVID downturn. Key points: Home values in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra and Brisbane are at record highs Capital city price rises outpaced regional markets for the first time in a year Some economists expect …

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Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe warns on house price boom
3 years, 10 months ago

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe warns on house price boom

ABC  

The Reserve Bank has issued its bluntest warning yet about the dangers of the latest house price boom, and the possibility regulators may step in to deflate it. Key points: RBA governor Philip Lowe admitted low interest rates are driving up house prices, but said the bank will not adjust its policy based on the housing market Mr Lowe said …

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2021 economic survey points to brighter times ahead
3 years, 11 months ago

2021 economic survey points to brighter times ahead

ABC  

Suddenly, economic forecasters are optimistic. Six months ago the forecasting team assembled by The Conversation was expecting Australia's recession to continue into 2021, sending the economy backwards a further 4.6 per cent throughout the year. It expects the recovery that began in the September quarter of last year to continue, propelling the economy forward by a larger than normal 3.2 …

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Australian grazing families making record property purchases as Chinese investment declines
4 years ago

Australian grazing families making record property purchases as Chinese investment declines

ABC  

A combination of skyrocketing cattle prices and sustained low interest rates have been credited for a series of record-breaking property purchases in northern Australia this year. Key points: A number of grazing land sales in northern Australia have broken records this year Rural property valuer Roger Hill says a combination of high cattle prices and low interest rates are driving …

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The world’s best pension system is being pushed to the brink
5 years, 1 month ago

The world’s best pension system is being pushed to the brink

CNN  

London CNN Business — Record low interest rates are forcing the world’s best pension system to take drastic action aimed at staving off cuts to payoutsthat were once unthinkable. It’s an extraordinary situation.” Shaktie Rambaran Mishre, Pensioenfederatie chair For global pension funds, low interest rates couldn’t havecome at a worse time. “It’s an extraordinary situation,” said Shaktie Rambaran Mishre, chair …

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RBA governor Philip Lowe says business should stop waiting for negative rates and invest now
5 years, 2 months ago

RBA governor Philip Lowe says business should stop waiting for negative rates and invest now

ABC  

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has effectively ruled out the possibility of cutting its official interest rates below zero and urged business to take advantage of the already historically low borrowing costs. Key points: RBA governor Philip Lowe says negative interest rates were having a "pernicious" effect on the financial system and pensions in Europe Dr Lowe says previously unviable …

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Great Recession 10 years later: The booming US economy has these 5 scars
5 years, 6 months ago

Great Recession 10 years later: The booming US economy has these 5 scars

CNN  

New York CNN Business — As the United States nears its longest economic expansion on record, it’s tempting to proclaim that all the problems brought about by the Great Recession have been fixed. The mixed blessing of low interest rates To keep money circulating after the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates to near zero in late …

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RBA cuts interest rates to a fresh record low
5 years, 7 months ago

RBA cuts interest rates to a fresh record low

ABC  

The Reserve Bank has cut its official interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to a new record low of 1.25 per cent. Key points: RBA cuts rates to support jobs growth in the face of rising unemployment ANZ is the first major bank to move, but only cuts variable mortgage rates by 18 basis points, holding back 30pc of the …

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