<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/10000836/device/rss/rss.html" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Interest Rates</title><description><![CDATA[Interest Rates]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/10000836</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:11 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Business events scheduled for Wednesday</title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON _ National Association of Realtors releases existing home sales for April, 10 a.m. Eastern. WASHINGTON _ Federal Reserve releases minutes from April interest-rate meeting. WASHINGTON _ Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies about the economy before the Joint Economic Committee.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100755155</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100755155</guid> </item>  <item><title>US senator proposes student loan refinance plan</title><description><![CDATA[The New York Democrat announced Sunday the Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act, a bill that would lower interest rates for many student borrowers currently repaying their federal student loans. Gillibrand said she will introduce the bill in the Senate this week. There are 2.7 million borrowers in New York and 37 million nationwide.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750809</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750809</guid> </item>  <item><title>Bring on the 'Helicopter Money'</title><description><![CDATA[Daniel Arbess, Perella Weinberg Partners, explains why he believes the Fed&#039;s monetary policy is the only game in town for now, and reveals why he sees strong positives in housing and energy.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000169384</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750297</guid> </item>  <item><title>Fed's Fisher: We Are Having a 'Massive' Housing Boom </title><description><![CDATA[Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher, reveals his outlook on jobs and the U.S. economy.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000169743</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750222</guid> </item>  <item><title>Fed's Fisher: Dodd Frank Law 'Horribly Complex'</title><description><![CDATA[Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher explains the importance of simplifying bank regulations. ]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000169741</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750219</guid> </item>  <item><title>Fed's Fisher: 'This is a Judgmental Business'</title><description><![CDATA[&quot;It&#039;s a constant evaluative process,&quot; says Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher, discussing how central bankers are able to gauge the success of its monetary policy.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000169740</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750215</guid> </item>  <item><title>Fed's Fisher: We've 'Flooded the Market With Liquidity'</title><description><![CDATA[&quot;But the boats are still tied to the dock,&quot; says Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher.&quot; Adding, &quot;we have not seen the type of robust job creation that we would like to see,&quot; discussing Fed&#039;s monetary policy.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000168224</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750209</guid> </item>  <item><title>Lebenthal With QE3 Investor Exit Strategy</title><description><![CDATA[Alexandra Lebenthal, President and CEO of Lebenthal &amp; Co, provides a strategy for investors to bank profits when the Fed begins winding down its bond-buying policies.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000168222</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100750205</guid> </item>  <item><title>How Long Can Europe Continue to Rally? </title><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Compton, managing director at Bedlam Asset Management, explains why he expects the European equity rally to continue in the long-term.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000169311</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100749969</guid> </item>  <item><title>UPDATE 1-Fed has not lowered interest rates enough: Kocherlakota</title><description><![CDATA[CHICAGO, May 17- The Federal Reserve has not done enough to lower U.S. borrowing costs to boost economic growth, a top Fed official said on Friday, citing his outlook for overly low inflation and overly high unemployment over the next two to three years.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100747289</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100747289</guid> </item>  <item><title>UPDATE 4-Mexico annual growth slows sharply, govt cuts forecast</title><description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY, May 17- Mexico&#039;s annual economic growth slumped in early 2013 to its weakest in three years, prompting the government to cut growth estimates and backing expectations of another interest rate cut.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100747195</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100747195</guid> </item>  <item><title>Kocherlakota Urges Fed to Focus on 'Real' Rate</title><description><![CDATA[Narayana Kocherlakota of the Minneapolis Fed says the FOMC still has not lowered the &quot;real&quot; interest rate sufficiently, reports CNBC&#039;s Steve Liesman.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000169418</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100747124</guid> </item>  <item><title>UPDATE 2-Mexico annual economic growth slows sharply in early 2013</title><description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY, May 17- Mexico&#039;s annual growth slumped sharply at the start of 2013 to its weakest in three years despite unexpected strength in the services sector, backing expectations of a further interest rate cut later in 2013..]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100746291</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100746291</guid> </item>  <item><title>EURO GOVT-ECB rate cut talk lifts Bunds to one-week high</title><description><![CDATA[*Spain, Italian yields extend fall after supply this week. *Spain to auction more bonds next week. LONDON, May 17- German Bunds hit one-week highs on Friday, with traders citing talk the European Central Bank was checking with some banks whether they were ready for a potential cut in its deposit rate to below zero.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100746029</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100746029</guid> </item>  <item><title>The Many Faces Behind Facebook</title><description><![CDATA[Henry Blodget, Business Insider CEO &amp; editor-in-chief; and Steve Bertoni, Forbes associate editor, discuss how the social networking company has grown up in the past twelve months.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000169312</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100745968</guid> </item>  <item><title>FOREX-Dlr index near 10-month high, ECB deposit rate cut talk hits euro</title><description><![CDATA[LONDON, May 17- The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Friday, trading near a 10- month high as debate over whether the Federal Reserve would wind down its asset buying programme later this year gathered pace.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100745863</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100745863</guid> </item>  <item><title>Doll: Market Forces Still Point Higher</title><description><![CDATA[Bob Doll, Nuveen Asset Management, tells &quot;Squawk Box&quot; why he thinks the stock market rally isn&#039;t running out of steam. (5:07)
 ]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000167889</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100745882</guid> </item>  <item><title>Squawk's Reporter Roundtable</title><description><![CDATA[In a wide-ranging interview, Henry Blodget, Business Insider CEO &amp; editor-in-chief; and Steve Bertoni, Forbes associate editor, discuss a variety of topics, from Yahoo&#039;s move to buy Tumblr; Dell&#039;s takeover battle; to the IRS tax targeting scandal.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000169308</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100745878</guid> </item>  <item><title>Bonds and Cash 'Terrible' Investments: Ray Dalio</title><description><![CDATA[Artificial Fed moves driving investors to riskier assets, said hedge fund titan Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates. But he also had a warning for investors in an interview with CNBC.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000169330</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100745854</guid> </item>  <item><title>US Bull Market Begins to Show Signs of Wear </title><description><![CDATA[Traders are seeing signs of wear as a list of disappointing economic reports stack up against the market&#039;s gains.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100744157</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100744157</guid> </item>  <item><title>QE Could Tighten by Summer: Fed's Williams</title><description><![CDATA[The Fed could begin easing up on the monetary gas pedal this summer, a top official said Thursday.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100744463</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100744463</guid> </item>  <item><title>Business events scheduled for the coming week</title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON _ National Association of Realtors releases existing home sales for April, 10 a.m. Eastern; Federal Reserve releases minutes from April interest-rate meeting.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100743814</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100743814</guid> </item>  <item><title>EURO GOVT-Bunds rally as data casts doubt over U.S. recovery</title><description><![CDATA[LONDON, May 16- German Bund futures jumped the most in six weeks on Thursday as weak data out of the United States cast doubt over the strength of the recovery in the world&#039;s largest economy.  &quot;The march higher in the Bund future was very much driven by the soft patch of U.S. data across the board,&quot; said David Schnautz, interest rate strategist at Commerzbank.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100743707</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100743707</guid> </item>  <item><title>RI treasurer to lawmakers: Cap payday loan rates</title><description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I.-- Payday loan opponents including Treasurer Gina Raimondo urged Rhode Island lawmakers on Wednesday to limit interest rates on short-term loans _ a proposal that payday lenders say could put them out of business. A bill pending before the General Assembly would cap interest rates at 36 percent.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100743481</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100743481</guid> </item>  <item><title>Santelli's Morning Bond Update</title><description><![CDATA[CNBC&#039;s Rick Santelli discusses the latest action in the bond market, and the U.S. dollar.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000168874</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100743158</guid> </item>  <item><title>US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Dow, S&amp;P futures turn lower after U.S. data</title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, May 16- Dow and S&amp;P 500 index futures turned lower on Thursday after U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rose in the latest week and housing starts fell sharply. S&amp;P 500 futures fell 1.9 points and were above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100742764</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100742764</guid> </item>  <item><title>GLOBAL MARKETS-ECB rate cut talk pressures euro, lifts Bunds</title><description><![CDATA[LONDON, May 16- The euro slipped against the dollar and German bond prices rose on Thursday on investor positioning for more monetary easing by the European Central Bank following a run of weak economic data. I think it will confirm in everyone&#039;s mind there is no inflation risk, &quot;said Sarah Hewin, senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100741969</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100741969</guid> </item>  <item><title>Fisher: Three Stages of the Fed</title><description><![CDATA[Peter Fisher of BlackRock Investment Institute said that investors should watch for three distinct stages as the Fed adjusts interest rates.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000168753</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100740337</guid> </item>  <item><title>Rally Shows No Signs of Tiring: Cashin</title><description><![CDATA[UBS&#039; Art Cashin explains how Fed tapering will likely impact the markets, and reveals what he will be watching tomorrow.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000168699</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100739794</guid> </item>  <item><title>MIDEAST MONEY-Turkish central bank finally wins respect for offbeat policy</title><description><![CDATA[*Turkey&#039;s monetary policy mix is unusually intricate. DUBAI, May 15- When Turkey&#039;s central bank cut interest rates last month, its decision aroused a mixture of approval, criticism and sheer confusion about exactly what the decision aimed to achieve.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100739460</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100739460</guid> </item> </channel>   </rss>