http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/interest-rates Blog Articles Tagged with 'interest-rates' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1116213?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates I took out a self-certified mortgage with GMAC two years ago, because as a company director traditional lenders tend to get very confused when your income is not a straight salaried income-taxed income.Like many company directors, I instead take an i... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:32:23 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1116213?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1116336?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates Today's guest post comes from Eddy Elfenbein of Crossing Wall Street fame. Eddy is classic Graham & Dodd investor. He is an independent consultant and advisor based in Washington, DC. His background is in financial newsletter publishing, and prior to... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:15:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1116336?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1115866?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates Imagine a country whose central bank responded to growing inflation by raising interest rates, strengthening the currency and trying to win investor confidence. This may be shocking to some U.S. investors, but proper monetary policy is still being pr... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:47:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1115866?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1115886?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates Alliance & Leicester (A&L) is reducing interest rates for most of its mortgage products, with immediate effect.Cuts of between 0.10% and 0.55% across all but one of the bank s home loans are accompanied by the launch of a two-year fixed-rate deal a... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:42:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1115886?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1115758?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates Today's guest post comes from Mark Thoma, who labors tirelessly in the pacific Northwest. Mark is a Professor of Economics at the University of Oregon, where he also pens the well regarded blog, Economist's View.In today's guest commentary, Mark hits... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1115758?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1116144?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates One explanation for the persistence of the current account deficit is that US assets are unusually attractive. Are they?:Are US assets special in the eyes of global investors?, by Steven B. Kamin, Vox EU: In principle, we would expect a mature indu... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:33:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1116144?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1115601?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates Release Explanation: The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is made up of members of the Federal Reserve led by Mr. Bernanke. Each of the 12 regions discuss their current economic situation and from there a decision is made. An increase in Interest... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:50:42 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1115601?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1115606?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair commented in a press conference this afternoon that she expects the credit markets to continue to worsen, and judging by the recent action in credit spreads, the market seems to agree. According to Merrill Lynch data, inte... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:31:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1115606?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1115559?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates The clever Jim Hamilton presents us with the U.S. unemployment rate:And with a simulated unemployment rate produced from a model obtained by fitting an AR(2) model with fat-tailed Student-T innovations to the unemployment rate series:Jim writes: T... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:35:23 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1115559?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/in-the-money/1115495?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates The latest minutes from the August FOMC meeting indicated that the economy expanded at a moderate pace in the second quarter, but recent financial market developments highlighted some of the stresses that the economy faced going forward.From Briefing... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:24:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/in-the-money/1115495?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1115347?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates A real estate boom spurred by unreasonably low interest rates and the collapse of lending standards leads to a bubble, which bursts. Over leveraged financial firms face staggering losses and struggle to raise capital. The government tries desperately... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:11:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1115347?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1115289?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates Chart courtesy of ECRI As the chart above reveals, ECRI's leading indicators are deep into recession territory. Not only are they weekly measures at the lowest levels in 5 years, but the annualized drop is the biggest in 28 years.Reuters: The Econom... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:15:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1115289?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1115213?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates The most dominant factor operating in markets at this time, domestic and international, is uncertainty. Yes, the price of oil is down. The price of gold and other commodities is down. The dollar is stronger. In addition, questions have been raised ... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:38:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1115213?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1115183?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates Harvard University economist Martin Feldstein, a member of the committee that charts American business cycles, said the Federal Reserve cannot count on low interest rates to buoy economic growth. Lower interest rates are not going to get us anything ... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1115183?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1114627?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates Today's guest post comes to us via Macro Man -- a portfolio manager at a London-based hedge fund, he trades global currencies, equities, fixed income, and commodities. Over a long and varied career, Macro Man has been an international economist, a se... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:57:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1114627?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1114551?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates Something other than Georgia for a change. Via the 8th Circle, here s a recent article in the Economist about a possible economic downturn in Eastern Europe:The party is nearly over After a good run, Eastern Europe faces an economic slowdownIT HAS... Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:20:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-fistfull-of-euros/1114551?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1114499?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates Several reports indicate that GM (GM, Ford (F), and Chrysler are approaching the government for a total of $25 billion in loans at interest rates as low as...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:26:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1114499?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1114999?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that UK economic growth ground to a halt between April and the end of June, representing the weakest performance since 1992 (the tail-end of the last recession).Furthermore, B... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:00:47 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1114999?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1114146?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates Skipton Building Society has launched two five-year fixed-rate mortgages.The products aim to accommodate anticipated changes in financial circumstances as interest rates on the Stepping up and Stepping Down loans change annually.In the ca... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:52:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1114146?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1114006?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates The FTSE finished the week down slightly, but the real loser last week was UK PLC. The pound crashed as various factors come to a head. Up until July, the US Dollar was the currency the world loved to hate, but last week it was sterling s turn to b... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:30:01 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1114006?rsstype=tag&tag=interest-rates