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  • Housing Slump May Reduce Payrolls, Growth: U.S. Economy Preview

    Bloomberg - Federal Reserve policy makers will lower the target interest rate again this week to sustain the expansion through the real-estate crash, economists said. ``Evidence on the labor market is that things are on the soft side,'' said Nigel ...
    2007-10-28 07:22:00
  • Home prices soar on city fringe

    News.com.au - But, with a potential interest rate rise looming as close as Melbourne Cup Day tomorrow week, and only three weekends before the federal election, pundits say current premium prices might be the peak of the market. September quarter figures from the ...
    2007-10-28 08:34:00
  • PM cools it as poll heat rises

    News.com.au - If you're keeping an interest rate at 30-year lows and then suddenly it goes up five times since then, I don't think you're keeping it at 30-year lows," Mr Rudd said. "Mr Howard, out of his own mouth, made a promise to the Australian people before ...
    2007-10-28 08:05:00
  • Dollar looks set to surge, again

    Globe and Mail - TORONTO — The Canadian dollar could be set to blow through its all-time high this week on a combination of U.S. dollar weakness, high oil prices and a strong economy. But it could also be under some pressure because of narrowing interest rate ...
    2007-10-28 08:05:00
  • RBI likely to signal stable rate regime, CRR hike a toss-up

    Times of India - MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank will have to take a tough call on whether to cut key interest rates or maintain status quo when it reviews its monetary policy on Tuesday at a time when inflation is at a five-year low even as the problem of excess liquidity ...
    2007-10-28 03:04:00
  • Strong start to follow US rate talk

    News.com.au - THE Australian share market is predicted to start trade nearly 50 points higher today after a strong finish on Wall Street on Friday. Wall Street's performance was partly triggered by investors anticipating a US interest rate cut this week. MFS Group ...
    2007-10-28 06:39:00
  • Europe bourses eye Fed rate decision, corporate results (Gulf Times)

    FRANKFURT: ,The US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision will be in the limelight next week, competing for investors’ attention with a slew of earnings updates from top European companies and key economic data.
    2007-10-27 09:51:11
  • Stocks hope for a Halloween rate cut (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

    Wall Street expects a two-day Federal Reserve meeting this week to end with another cut in interest rates as financial firms struggle with losses tied to subprime mortgages and related securities.
    2007-10-28 07:54:53
  • Union Bank sees unchanged interest rate (Globes Online)

    The shekel-dollar exchange rate will range between NIS 4/$ and NIS 4.047/$ this week.
    2007-10-28 03:44:55
  • Not lady enough

    Salon - How did the coverage of it compare with what was actually discussed? Do you think ... By this point, anyone who has been paying attention to the news (or has a mortgage ... repairs, but instead exact huge fees and charge inflated interest rates." Then ...
    2007-10-22 05:59:00
  • Buyers play waiting game for best deals

    Charleston Post & Courier - They are not worried about interest rates, and they have time on their side. So ... If you compare it to Southern California, our appreciation wasn't nearly as great ... more established families live, more sellers are able to handle a second mortgage ...
    2007-10-27 08:38:00
  • The basics of Daniels' tax relief plan

    Evansville Courier-Press - Assessors review a parcel, both the land and the house or building, and compare it ... Budgets and tax rates have to be approved by the state. To estimate an individual ... taxes figured into an escrow pay their taxes monthly when they make mortgage payments
    2007-10-27 09:57:00
  • Peter Boutell, Lending a Hand: Lenders are asking for larger down ...

    Santa Cruz Sentinel - ... weeks ago in this column, despite all of the hype about risky loans, the mortgage ... with super high scores [above 780] with more options and slightly lower rates. We ... Compare that stance to just last year when borrowers could buy a $1 million home ...
    2007-10-28 04:52:00
  • US tax-free debt may face risks from Merrill Lynch (Gulf Times)

    NEW YORK: The US municipal bond market, a $2.5tn asset class with one of the world’s lowest default rates, is fretting over whether the downgrade of Merrill Lynch’s credit rating will do more damage.
    2007-10-27 09:51:41
  • Report recalls past mortgage turmoil

    Inside Bay Area - CHICAGO — There's a lot of real estate amnesia out there. It's probably fair to say that a lot of home sellers can't remember much about the housing market before this decade's Big Boom. But, oh, there have been arid spots (actually, deserts) in ...
    2007-10-28 06:39:00