Interest Rate Video and Articles

Stocks Dip, Best Jan. Since Late '90s

31 Jan 2012

…bought its government bonds. They are expected to swap their bonds for new ones with half the face value, plus a lower interest rate and longer term of maturity. A large majority of countries in the European Union agreed late Monday to sign a treaty designed… ...

Stocks, Bonds Drop on Europe Worries

30 Jan 2012

…reduce its crushing debt. Borrowing costs for European countries with the largest debt burdens shot higher. The two-year interest rate for Portugal's government debt jumped to 21 percent after trading around 14 percent last week. Greece and the investors… ...

Negotiators Near Greek Debt Deal

28 Jan 2012

…But talks have stalled amid disagreement over the average interest rate bondholders should be paid on the bonds they will receive…
…proposal, reported that Dallara and Lemierre could offer interest rates for new bonds that would translate into bigger losses for… ...

White House Expands Mortgage Assistance

27 Jan 2012

…to reduce borrowers' monthly payments to make them affordable, typically by extending the loan term and lowering their interest rate. But officials are making a much more aggressive push for banks to reduce loan balances to achieve that lower monthly payment… ...

Economy Grew 2.8 Pct. in Q4

27 Jan 2012

…this year. Fed officials said after their latest policy-making meeting this week that they expected to keep short-term interest rates near zero for almost three more years and signaled they could restart a controversial bond buying program in the latest… ...

Greece, Creditors Continue Debt Talks

26 Jan 2012

…However, the talks have stumbled twice amid differences over the interest rate the new bonds would pay. Germany and the IMF have been pushing the creditors to accept an interest rate below 3.5 percent, while the creditors have indicated that… ...

2011 Was Worst for New Home Sales

26 Jan 2012

…according to a MarketWatch survey. Several factors, including warm weather at the end of last year, along with low interest rates and aggressive discounting by builders were expected to help boost sales. By region, sales jumped 46.7 percent in the… ...

US Stocks Rally on Fed Vow

25 Jan 2012

Blue-chip stocks raced to an eight-month high, and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index stepped into a new bull market Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it would likely keep interest rates low until at least late 2014. ...

Obama delivers State of the Union

25 Jan 2012

…or turn 18." And he aimed a pitch at homeowners, announcing a new mortgage refinance program with "historically low interest rates" that "gives every responsible homeowner the chance to save about $3,000 a year on their mortgage." He added… ...

TRANSCRIPT: Obama's 2012 State…

24 Jan 2012

…than credit card debt, this Congress needs to stop the interest rates on student loans from doubling in July. Extend the tuition…
…year on their mortgage, by refinancing at historically low interest rates. No more red tape. No more runaround from the banks… ...

Stocks Mixed As Greece Works On Debt

23 Jan 2012

…ministers put pressure on banks that hold Greek government bonds to accept new ones that are worth half as much and carry a lower interest rate. The Greek stock market gained 5 percent, and indexes in Germany, France, Spain and Britain all advanced less than 1… ...

US Stocks Poised For Positive January

21 Jan 2012

…Yahoo, McDonald's, Ford, Boeing and Netflix. They also will get word from the Federal Reserve about policymakers' interest-rate expectations, after a two-day meeting; more housing data; and an estimate of fourth-quarter economic growth. "We… ...

Weekly Mortgage Applications Jump 23%

18 Jan 2012

…seasonally-adjusted 10 percent during the week ended Friday. Interest rates reached new lows near the end of 2011, but the flow of…
…the economic situation in Europe continued to push down US interest rates last week. "With mortgage rates reaching new lows, refinance… ...

Greek Debt Deal Uncertain

18 Jan 2012

…begin late in the day, come after negotiations between the two sides broke up last Friday amid differences about the future interest rate Greece would pay bondholders. What rate is chosen could determine how much of a loss creditors will take on the net present… ...

Sarkozy Shrugs Off Credit Downgrade

16 Jan 2012

…for Sarkozy, France sold €8.6 billion ($10.9 billion) in short-term debt on Monday. The yields — or the interest rates charged by investors on the debt — fell, a sign investors still see the country as a good bet. Spain was also hit by… ...

Standard & Poor's gets France…

16 Jan 2012

…show, and France is about to exhibit, the whole system becomes unglued anyway when investors start demanding much higher interest rates on government bonds. Without a euro, Mediterranean and French governments would be able issue debt denominated in their… ...

Where are the champions of freedom?

12 Jan 2012

…taking TARP. ... And it was a rip-off for healthy banks, because we didn’t need the money. ... And we paid a huge interest rate.” Allison also defended individual freedom and private property by refusing to lend money to developers who acquired land… ...

Fed Eyes 2012 Rate Hike

11 Jan 2012

…provided last year. The central banker said he remains uncomfortable with the Fed's current conditional commitment to keep interest rates very low through the middle of 2013. He fears markets view this as a fixed pledge, rather than something tied to policy… ...