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  • Mortgage lenders pressured to offer relief (Post-Bulletin)

    LOS ANGELES -- Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, said Tuesday it will begin calling borrowers to offer refinancing or modifications on $16 billion in loans with interest rates set to adj
    2007-10-24 07:14:38

  • Countrywide to Adjust Loans for At-Risk Borrowers

    NPR News - Morning Edition , October 24, 2007 ยท Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, will begin calling borrowers to offer refinancing or modifications on $16 billion in loans whose interest rate is set to adjust by the end of ...
    2007-10-24 05:04:00

  • Australia Will Raise Interest Rates in November, Survey Shows

    Bloomberg - Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's central bank will raise its benchmark interest rate a quarter percentage point to the highest in more than 11 years next month, according to 26 of 27 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. Governor Glenn Stevens ...
    2007-10-23 11:42:00

  • Nothing short of calamity is likely to stop Reserve now, say experts

    News.com.au - FINANCIAL markets responded yesterday to stronger-than-expected inflation data that shortened the odds of an interest rate rise next month. Market betting yesterday on the likelihood of a rate rise next month jumped from 57 per cent to 83 per cent ...
    2007-10-24 07:05:00

  • Dollar Weakens as U.S. Existing Home Sales Drop in September

    Bloomberg - Interest-rate futures traded on the Chicago Board of Trade show a 96 percent chance the Fed will cut its benchmark a quarter-percentage point to 4.5 percent on Oct. 31, up from a 54 percent chance a week ago. The Fed lowered its target a half- point ...
    2007-10-24 07:13:00

  • CME Group posts higher third-quarter profit

    Washington Post - (Reuters) - CME Group Inc , parent of the world's largest futures exchange, said quarterly profit rose 94 percent driven by growth in its agricultural, equity index, foreign exchange and interest rate products, as well as its energy and metals ...
    2007-10-24 07:05:00

  • Australia rate rise threat grows

    BBC Business - Australia's underlying inflation surged in the three months to the end of September, rising from an annual rate of 2% to 3%, figures show. Analysts said this meant an interest rate rise was now almost inevitable, and this could worry the government ...
    2007-10-24 02:48:00

  • Kate doesn't seem to rate a cut

    Guardian Unlimited - Interest rate cuts look like next year's story, not this year's. Life on a knife-edge How are the nerves in Edinburgh? If Standard Life, with Swiss Re in tow, is to bid for Resolution it must do so today or tomorrow. Last night's nervy statement - "we ...
    2007-10-24 05:40:00

  • Australian Inflation Rate Rises

    Forbes - Australia's inflation rate rose faster than expected in the most recent quarter, official data showed Wednesday, prompting concerns of a further interest rate hike ahead of federal elections next month. The weighted median measure, which strips out ...
    2007-10-24 03:02:00

  • Mortgage application volume rises less than 1 percent despite large ...

    CNBC - The average interest rate for traditional, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to 6.21 percent from 6.40 percent the previous week. The average interest rate for one-year adjustable-rate mortgages declined to 6.1 percent from 6.17 percent the prior week
    2007-10-24 05:18:00

  • Indian Stock Index Rises, Led By State Bank on Rate Cut Outlook

    Bloomberg - Interest-rate futures traded on the Chicago Board of Trade show an 88 percent chance the Fed will lower its target rate by a quarter point on Oct. 31. The odds were 54 percent a week ago. Infosys Declines Infosys Technologies ...
    2007-10-24 05:25:00

  • CME Profit Rises as Rate Speculators Spur Trading (Update3)

    Bloomberg - Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- CME Group Inc., created in July by the combination of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade, said profit rose 68 percent on record trading by speculators betting on the direction of interest rates. Income ...
    2007-10-24 07:13:00

  • Treasuries Rise as Merrill Losses Raise Rate-Cut Speculation

    Bloomberg - Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries rose for a second day as losses at Merrill Lynch & Co. increased speculation that weakness in the housing sector will prompt the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates next week. Yields on two-year notes fell to ...
    2007-10-24 07:13:00

  • Interest rate rise tip for Melbourne Cup

    News.com.au - Fears of accelerating inflation have put intense pressure on the Reserve Bank board to take the rare step of lifting mortgage rates in the middle of an election campaign. Economists say that a rate rise is almost unavoidable when the board meets next ...
    2007-10-24 07:13:00

  • Interest rate rise we have to have

    News.com.au - It would be grossly irresponsible not to act, threatening serious and damaging problems next year. In particular, even higher interest rates, broader turmoil in the economy and ultimately an unnecessary, and avoidable, loss of jobs. What would you ...
    2007-10-24 07:27:00

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