Rates rise, fall &#39;whoever in power&#39;
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INTEREST rates went up and down regardless of which party was in government, Labor said today. Prime Minister John Howard yesterday said he could guarantee interest rates would be lower under the Coalition
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WASHINGTON - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in auction yesterday with rates on three-month bills rising while six-month bills dropped to the lowest level in two years.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--A bigger-than-expected fall in Australian building approvals in August suggests the Reserve Bank won&#39;t be in a hurry to raise interest rates immediately after the Oct. 9 election.
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Federal Reserve officials raised a key short-term interest rate yesterday for the fifth time this year, and indicated they will gradually move rates higher next year to keep inflation under control as the economy expands.
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Mortgage rates across the country moved up this week, but rates on 30-year mortgages for all of 2004 registered their second-lowest year on record.
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Keep an eye on your credit card issuers -- they may be about to raise your rates.
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As policy makers around the world respond to the threat of accelerating inflation, The Bank of England yesterday raised interest rates for the fifth time in little less than a year and Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, hinted at a possible rate increase later this year .
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If you have a credit card with a variable interest rate, you may have noticed your rates have been going up.
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The Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 5.75% as it tries to bring inflation under control.
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Australia&#39;s central bank said Monday that an expected increase in inflation next year could force it to raise interest rates. The government has pledged to keep interest rates low, but prices have been rising
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Mortgage rates in the US increase, and short-term rates rise overseas.
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The UK economy probably grew at a  faster than predicted pace in the third quarter, putting pressure on the Bank of England to raise rates again.
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WASHINGTON -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in yesterday's auction, with rates on six-month bills rising and rates on three-month bills dropping to the lowest level since early June.
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Do you have a hunch that interest rates are going up? Here are five ways to bet on it.
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The price of the Treasury&#39;s 10-year note was up 9/32 point, or $2.81 per $1,000 in face value, around midday Tuesday, while its yield fell to 4.23 percent from 4.27 percent late Monday. Prices and yields move in opposite directions.
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Some UK mortgage rates are rising as a direct consequence of the recent turmoil in world financial markets.
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The Bank of England&#39;s rate rise on Thursday - a quarter of a percentage point to a six-year high of 5.75 per cent - may have been predictable, but it will give consumers pause for thought. The European Central Bank meanwhile kept rates steady at 4 per cent, but signalled that markets can expect a rise later this year. Despite some doubts over the future direction of UK and European inflation, the decisions were correct, albeit a month too late in the case of the BoE.