Saturday, August 8, 2015

A Look At Interest Rates As At August 8, 2015.

Interest Rates may well dominate trading for the next few months, now that the earnings season is ended. There are many factors which may influence the amount of changes in rates and what different countries do to compensate.

Definitely we may see volatility in  the markets as the juggling occurs.

Here are some opinions as to what governments may do in future months regarding interest rate policies.




You're The Judge: Can The Job Market Stand Interest Rate Hikes? - NPR
Fri, 07 Aug 2015 17:33:51 GMT
NPRYou're The Judge: Can The Job Market Stand Interest Rate Hikes?NPRThe Labor Department's July jobs report, released Friday, showed employers added 215,000 workers and that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.3 percent. So how would you interp ...

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Interest Rates Are Already Hurting Mortgage REIT ETFs - Bloomberg
 Fri, 07 Aug 2015 14:42:00 GMT
BloombergInterest Rates Are Already Hurting Mortgage REIT ETFsBloombergREM doesn't own companies that own properties, but rather it invests in financial firms that borrow at short-term rates and then buy long-term mortgage securities, profiting from ...

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Rise of the Robots May Hold Back Interest Rates - Bloomberg View
Fri, 07 Aug 2015 06:02:45 GMT
Bloomberg ViewRise of the Robots May Hold Back Interest RatesBloomberg ViewThe U.S. Federal Reserve still seems to be set to raise borrowing costs later this year, probably in September. The Bank of England is trying to convince investors that it, to ...

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The Bank of England just revealed that Britain's interest rate hike is going ... - Business Insider
 Fri, 07 Aug 2015 06:08:16 GMT
Business InsiderThe Bank of England just revealed that Britain's interest rate hike is going ...Business InsiderThe Bank of England has kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5% since March 2009 and markets are on tenterhooks about when they will b ...

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Raising interest rates with zero inflation is a hard sell - Reuters
 Wed, 05 Aug 2015 04:56:34 GMT
ReutersRaising interest rates with zero inflation is a hard sellReutersBoth the Federal Reserve and Bank of England are proclaiming that they are on the cusp of raising interest rates for the first time in almost a decade. It may take a few months, b ...

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U.S. economy adds jobs, could affect Fed's interest rate timing - Tribune-Review
Fri, 07 Aug 2015 22:57:33 GMT
The GuardianU.S. economy adds jobs, could affect Fed's interest rate timingTribune-ReviewThe job market stayed on track in July as hiring gains again topped 200,000, a pace that economists say should compel the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates ...

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Will the Fed's rate rise create more bankruptcies? - CNBC
 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 13:34:27 GMT
CNBCWill the Fed's rate rise create more bankruptcies?CNBCThe number of people filing for bankruptcy in the U.S. and U.K. has been falling steadily for the past few years, but charities and analysts are concerned that homeowners could get in trouble ...

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