rates
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Introduced as an academic term in the 1980s by sociologist Morris Rosenberg, it has gained new relevance in recent years as rates of anxiety, burnout and disconnection have surged.
The administration has pursued alternative methods to reduce borrowing costs, including a proposed 10% cap on credit-card rates and increased mortgage-backed securities purchases.
From Barron's
Kentucky and Oklahoma are tapering their rates to zero.
The Federal Reserve’s current policy stance on interest rates leaves the central bank well positioned to determine the extent and timing of additional rate adjustments based on incoming data, Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said.
Treasury note—which largely reflects investors’ expectations for what interest rates set by the Fed will average over the life of a bond—has generally drifted between around 4% and 4.2%.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
