US rates won&#39;t hit home
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THE decision by the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates for the third month in a row would have little effect on the Reserve Bank of Australia&#39;s deliberations on monetary policy, economists said yesterday.
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The dollar so far has brushed off  signs the U.S. property market could be overheating as house  prices keep rising quickly and consumer demand stays robust.
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand&#39;s central bank is unlikely to alter its neutral monetary policy stance, and almost certainly won&#39;t hike interest rates
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Policy-makers assured nervous investors on Friday that the United States was not heading into recession and stock market losses did not warrant central bank intervention.
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TORONTO (CP) - There&#39;s still optimism for an end-of-year stock market rally - but whether it comes off could be up to the US Federal Reserve, which meets this week to set interest rates and give its latest assessment of the US economy.
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The US Federal Reserve keeps its main interest rate at 5.25%
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US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that he did not foresee big price distortions developing in home prices and said Americans were handling their debts well.
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NEW YORK, October 20  - The US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, does not expect the record high consumer debts and rising home prices to emerge as serious sustained threats to the US economy.
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Don't fall for overly high yields.
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A fourth interest rate hike may be a foregone conclusion Wednesday but the Federal Reserve&#39;s next move in December is far from certain, and analysts say it&#39;s likely to remain that way for a while.
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The Bank of Canada held its main overnight interest rate unchanged at 4.25 percent, as expected, and shrugged off market volatility. It made no suggestion of future rate moves, indicating that it will keep monetary policy unchanged for some time. âThe Bank of Canada is very happy where things are, given all the uncertainties,â said Michael Gregory, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.
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Ok, so most consumer prices barely budged in August. Inflation is far from a threat now. And things, especially in Michigan, aren&#39;t exactly smoking.
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The market has had a nice little rally of late. A real push to higher levels, however, won&#39;t happen until several hurdles are cleared.
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The Bank of England is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent on Thursday after recent signs that a string of hikes have started to douse the red-hot housing market.
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Mortgage rates around the country rose this week but are still at levels that should continue to provide support to the vibrant housing market, analysts say.
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With the federal election out of the way, the path has been cleared for a possible interest rate hike, but some economists don&#39;t expect rates to rise until next year.
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Mortgage rates inched up this week, but remained well below the year-high levels set in the spring. Freddie Mac, in its weekly survey released Thursday, reported that rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages