interest
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Wall Street now feels fairly confident the Federal Reserve under its new chairman, Kevin Warsh, will start hiking interest rates next week, for the first time since 2023.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026
That is because higher productivity boosts expected investment returns, increasing demand for borrowed funds, which can drive interest rates higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Warsh has advocated in the past for lower interest rates due to expected productivity gains from AI technology, but in recent weeks he has doubled down on the Fed's mandate to bring inflation down.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“We had just one meeting with a potential developer who had some interest in it, and all the state provided was, what you can’t do, what they won’t do,” Rodriguez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Over the past few weeks, Duane had discovered that the musk ox had few interests, and of those few, his top interest was by far himself.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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Those interests achieved a one-year reprieve, but I suspect they won’t be able to hold off these innovations for long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
He expects any criticism of US policies to be "vague and indirect", reflecting the sharply divergent interests within the expanded group.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Trump's son Eric, who oversees the family's golf interests, is a more regular visitor and is familiar to villagers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The interests of all these institutions had to be considered as the project moved forward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
One of the things he’d learned about Asperger’s, since he’d discovered that he had it, was the role that his interests served.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Dylan, she said, was pursuing acting while Carys was interested in directing.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
In 1933, Fortune magazine marveled that Ford was “as much interested in the soya bean as he is in the V-8” engine.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
“We’ve been in contact with folks in the agricultural industry, the education industry and even some of them who are interested in opening a casino,” Rickman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Hospitality executive María Martínez had to train workers on how to serve Americans’ needs: they want more small talk, guidance on itineraries and are more interested in the island’s history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
“I can’t,” I tell him—and then add on, because I don’t want him to think I’m turning him down only because I’m not interested, “I’m visiting the Hornadays.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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These bats are especially interesting because closely related species can have dramatically different lifespans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Trump spoke briefly to reporters on the tarmac ahead of his flight to Dublin saying "we're having a lot of meetings with European leaders and others, so it'll be very interesting time".
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
"It was a chance circumstance that Ethan saw someone play chess and thought it looked interesting and he decided he wanted to play and it went from there."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Sometimes the existence of a newspaper story is as interesting as the story itself.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Howard looked a lot more interesting, but nobody expected Mrs. McCluskey to think so.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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