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interest rate

[in-ter-ist reyt, -trist] / ˈɪn tər ɪst ˌreɪt, -trɪst /


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Friday's consumer price index data will "either exacerbate or temper" market concerns about a Fed interest rate hike, O'Hare said.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

Economists are coming to the view that the RBA will indeed deliver a fourth interest rate rise this year at the conclusion of its next policy meeting at the end of this month.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Some 60% of interest-rate traders believe top Fed officials will raise their benchmark short-term interest rate at their Sept. 15-16 meeting.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

Paris last week had to sharply increase the interest rate offered in its monthly sale of benchmark government bonds -- money that could otherwise be spent on education or defence.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

Enter Sosin, with his supposedly new and improved interest rate swap model—even though Drexel Burnham was not at the time a market leader in interest rate swaps.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis



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