Ultra-low Fed rates stoked housing boom: Taylor
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming  - In rare public criticism of Alan Greenspan, former U.S. Undersecretary for International Affairs John Taylor said on Saturday that ultra-low Federal Reserve interest rates had stoked the U.S. housing boom and subsequent bust.
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The Federal Reserve, encouraged by the economy's performance, boosted a key short-term interest rate by one-quarter percentage point Tuesday, the fifth increase this year.
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Sales of existing U.S. homes  unexpectedly rose by 2.7 percent in November as low mortgage  rates fueled a record pace of home-buying, a trade association  report showed on Wednesday.
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New applications for U.S. home loans rose last week while refinancings surged, as 30-year mortgage interest rates fell to their lowest level in over four months, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Treasuries prices leaped on Friday  after another sub-par reading on U.S. employment was seen as  lessening the risk of more aggressive rate hikes from the  Federal Reserve.
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NEW YORK  U.S. mortgage applications rose for the  first time in four weeks as long-term home loan interest rates  plunged to their lowest levels since March, data from the  industry's main trade group showed on Wednesday.
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Sales of existing U.S. homes rose unexpectedly to a record high in November and prices surged as low mortgage rates fueled home-buying, a trade association report showed on Wednesday.
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Interest rates on U.S. 30- and  15-year mortgages fell this week to their lowest levels since  early April as the housing market showed little sign of slowing  despite the Federal Reserve's move to raise interest rates,  mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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Sales of existing U.S. homes surged by an unanticipated 3.1 percent in September as low mortgage rates fueled home buying, a trade association said on Monday.
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Mortgage rates in the US increase, and short-term rates rise overseas.
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U.S. housing starts jumped a  larger-than-expected 6.4 percent in October to the busiest pace  since December as buyers took advantage of low mortgage rates,  a government report showed on Wednesday.
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Stocks surged on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by a half-percentage point, giving relief to investors worried that the housing and credit market turmoil could spread to the broader economy.
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Global stock markets surged after the Federal Reserve moved aggressively to head off the risk of a sharp slowdown in the US economy on Tuesday, cutting interest rates by 50 basis points to 4.75 per cent.
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Interest rates on US 30-year and 15-year mortgages edged higher this week amid signs the economy is improving, stoking inflation concerns, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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New applications for US home loans rose last week to their highest level in four months even though mortgage rates ticked upward from their recent lows, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Interest rates on U.S. 30-year and  15-year mortgages edged higher this week amid signs the economy  is improving, stoking inflation concerns, mortgage finance  company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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Treasury debt prices soared on Friday after the latest employment figures suggested U.S. job creation continues to lag, soothing worries the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates more aggressively.