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  • China Inflation Quickens to Decade High, Adds Rate Pressure (Bloomberg.com)

    Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- China's inflation quickened to the fastest pace in more than a decade, raising the likelihood of the fifth interest-rate increase since March to cool the economy.
    2007-09-10 07:22:13
  • New Zealand Will Leave Benchmark Rate at 8.25%, Economists Say (Bloomberg.com)

    Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's central bank will leave its benchmark interest rate at a record 8.25 percent this week amid signs four increases this year are curbing domestic demand and inflation.
    2007-09-10 05:37:44
  • Fed Officials Suggest Division Over Interest-Rate Cut (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)

    Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve bank presidents suggested they are divided on how much to cut interest rates, offering a range of views on the economy after the first decline in payrolls in four years.
    2007-09-10 02:48:42
  • Fed Officials See New Economic Risks, But Show Little Interest In Big Rate Cut (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)

    Debate over how the Federal Reserve should respond to recent market turmoil heated up Monday as central bankers cited growing concerns over the economy but expressed little support for dramatic rate cuts some investors and analysts have urged.
    2007-09-10 04:00:00
  • CKE Restaurants, Inc. Enters Into Interest Rate Swap Agreements (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

    CKE Restaurants, Inc. announced today that it has entered into fixed interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties, the impact of which will effectively fix future interest payments on $200 million of the Company's current $270 million floating rate term loan debt obligations.
    2007-09-10 01:31:00
  • ECB interest rate cut possible (Fijilive.com)

    The European Central Bank may be nearing the end of a cycle of interest rate hikes and it may even begin lowering rates in the 13-nation euro zone, Spain's finance minister said Monday.
    2007-09-10 12:50:31
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    2007-09-10 02:24:00
  • All Bets Off on Vegas Housing: The Once-Hot Real Estate Market in This Gambler's Paradise Cooled Dramatically in the ... (Builder Online)

    Sep. 9--The upscale San Niccolo neighborhood to the south of this city's bustling Strip once offered the real estate equivalent of the town's loosest slots.
    2007-09-10 05:24:06
  • The Fed faces the consumer (FT.com via Yahoo! News)

    One would assume that visitors to the US Federal Reserve's website would be among the world's most financially savvy internet surfers.
    2007-09-10 02:42:10
  • North Texas home sales fall 10% in August

    Dallas Morning News - With the recent turmoil in national home mortgage markets, some analysts had expected a steeper decline. But the full impact of the credit crunch won't be determined right away, real estate agents say. Home sales prices in North ...
    2007-09-10 10:14:00
  • 3 Mistakes to Avoid When Applying for a Home Equity Loan by Informa ...

    Forbes - The loan to value (LTV) ratio is the ratio of the amount of money you borrow through a home equity loan (or mortgage) to the value of your home. This ratio is considered high when it exceeds 80%. Sometimes, if you have outstanding credit, certain ...
    2007-09-10 04:33:00
  • Australia home-loan approvals underperform

    Taipei Times - The monthly repayment on a typical first-home mortgage also increased 5 percent to A$2,506. Consumer confidence slumped by the most in nine months last month, showed a Westpac Banking Corp survey taken in the four days following last month's rate ...
    2007-09-10 07:03:00
  • Using Their IRAs to Make Home Loans

    Wall Street Journal - In the midst of the mortgage meltdown, some lenders are actually rooting for foreclosures: investors who make mortgage loans with their IRAs. Through a little-known tool known as a self-directed individual retirement account, individuals can pursue a ...
    2007-09-10 06:56:00
  • Mortgage Mess Unleashes Chain Of Lawsuits

    Washington Post - When something goes badly on Wall Street , people wind up in court. And the subprime mortgage mess is no exception. A consortium of investors is going after the collapsed Bear Stearns hedge funds. Home buyers, shareholders and investment banks have ...
    2007-09-10 08:01:00
  • Tokyo shares end morning mixed in thin trade; focus on US - UPDATE

    Forbes - Real estate and brokerage shares rebounded, while bank stocks remained under pressure amid lingering worries about the outlook of the US home mortgage and broader credit markets. Mitsubishi Estate rallied 110 yen or 4.1 percent to 2,805 as Mitsui ...
    2007-09-10 08:01:00