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The subprime mortgage mess: why lower interest rates will not resolve the credit crunch in the near term.(selected topic)
It's been almost three years since I wrote"Rising Interest Rates and the Impact on Accounts Receivable" for the May 2005 issue of Business Credit. Briefly, the article highlighted how companies that rely on outside financing have deficient cash flows and frequently report poor financial performance are eventually dragged into serious financial problems when interest rates rise. I did not suspect back then that I would now be dispelling the myth--under the prevailing grim economic landscape--why lower interest rates alone will not benefit companies in debt, nor will they be enough to cure the existing credit crisis. Under normal conditions, lower interest rates increase ...
- Out of Greenspan's hands: American investors reckon that the Federal Reserve...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) October 27, 1990 700+ words
...pressing him to cut interest rates soon, to prevent the American economy from sliding...expect for high interest rates to slow the economy; stimulating...cuts on the economy. Although companies...sensitive to interest rates than in the...
- ECONOMY'S HOT, BUT WHAT ABOUT JOBS?\ INTEREST RATES EXPECTED TO RISE AS OUTLOOK...
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) April 22, 2004 700+ words
...big test for the economy -- how it adjusts to higher interest rates,'' said economist...meets to discuss the economy and interest rates. In past statements...it won't raise interest rates until the economy has fully recovered...
- Global Economy Dictates Rise in Interest Rates
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition July 5, 1994 700+ words
...demanding higher interest rates to offset...recent rise in interest rates. But, David...oriented economy, either in...capitalist economy. And stock...33 emerging economies, the total...significantly higher interest rates over the next...
- Giving the economy a fix. (lower interest rates)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) April 10, 1993 700+ words
...consumers have been hurt by tumbling interest rates. Britain is the only big economy where lower interest rates have a positive income effect...could be changing the way that interest rates affect the economy. Although adjustable-rate loans...
- Can one size fit all? The European Central Bank will face a tricky task setting...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) March 28, 1998 700+ words
...exchange rates and interest rates. But that...that the 11 economies expected to...which make some economies more sensitive...Ireland's economy grew by 10...needs higher interest rates than Germany...depress some economies more than others...
- Get smart about inflation. (interest rates and the economy)
- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly Georges, Christopher May 1, 1994 700+ words
...as much. Thus, higher interest rates slow the economy and stifle inflation...flowing into the financial economy, and more flowing into the real economy." In general, by raising short-term interest rates--as the Fed has done...
- Interest rates and the UK economy.
- Magazine article from: National Institute Economic Review Barrell, Ray Kirby Simon October 1, 2007 700+ words
...modelling suggested the effect of interest rates on inflation was slower and...The effects of a change in interest rates on the UK economy are uncertain, and they operate...length of the period over which interest rates are expected to be higher...
- Tonic for a sick economy: lower long-term interest rates should provide a...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Hage, David August 23, 1993 700+ words
...effects of lower interest rates using its econometric...of the American economy. WEFA found that the drop in interest rates since Clinton was...too long to lower interest rates. In his House...predicted that the economy was growing at...
