Interest News

The Federal Reserve?s pledge to keep interest rates low came after a debate over options for monetary stimulus.

The U.S. Federal Reserve considered a range of actions to help a struggling economy at its August meeting, including the unprecedented step of tying the interest rate policy outlook to a specific unemployment level.

U.S. financial stocks, already weakened on Tuesday by decline in Bank of America and a handful of insurance companies, fell a bit further on after the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its latest interest rate meeting.

One of the three Fed officials who dissented from the central bank's August decision to keep interest super low for another two years says he does not support trying to overturn that commitment.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were unchanged in Monday's auction with rates on six-month bills remaining at a record low.

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NEW YORK, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange on Thursdayreleased details on short interest increases and decreases during the firsthalf of August. Short interest on the NYSE jumped 7.9 percent ...

Quantitative Brokers today launched The Roll Tracker, a free, web-based tool that provides real-time forecasts of the CME?traded US Treasury futures roll. The Roll Tracker, available via the company website, calculates the projected shift of open interest for the current roll cycle based on intraday observations of traded volume for each calendar spread contract.

The Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke has seemingly run out of ammunition in the fight to stimulate the economy.  Neither super-low interest rates, QE1 or QE2 have been able to create growth or confidence in the economy.  But, David Trainer, CEO of New Constructs®, a Nashville-based independent research firm, believes the Fed can still take action to not just stimulate, but fix the economy.  "Drastic times call for drastic measures and it's time for Mr.

NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Short interest on the New YorkStock Exchange rose 7.9 percent in the first half of Augustcompared with the second half of July, the exchange said onWednesday. Through Aug. ...

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills plunged in Monday's auction with the rate on six-month bills marking the lowest level on record.

American International Group, Inc. today announced that it has reduced the remaining liquidation preference of preferred interests that the U.S. Department of the Treasury holds in AIA Aurora LLC to approximately $9.3 billion by applying the proceeds of approximately $2 billion from the sale of Nan Shan Life Insurance Company, Ltd. .

Small-cap stocks are seeing more interest from investors amid the roller coaster market conditions.

The interest rate on credit cards could continue to rise despite the Fed's intentions to keep U.S. rates low.

Three U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday offered sharply differing reasons for opposing the Fed's move to freeze interest rates for two years, suggesting there is no unified revolt within Fed ranks over policy.

The Federal Reserve shouldn't have pledged to keep interest rates at ultralow levels for two years because businesses now have even less incentive to move off the sidelines and start spending and hiring, one of three dissenting central bank presidents argued Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve shouldn't have pledged to keep interest rates at ultralow levels for two years because businesses now have even less incentive to move off the sidelines and start spending and hiring, one of three dissenting central bank presidents argued Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve shouldn?t have pledged to keep interest rates at ultralow levels for two years because businesses now have even less incentive to move off the sidelines and start spending and hiring, one of three dissenting central bank presidents argued Wednesday.

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida , a bank holding company whose principal subsidiary is Seacoast National Bank, announced that it is current on all of its dividend and interest payment obligations for the Series A Preferred Stock that was issued to the US Department of Treasury under the TARP - Capital Purchase Program.   Additionally, Seacoast has notified the trustees for its outstanding trust preferred securities that Seacoast will make all accrued and unpaid interest payments to investors, effective as of September 2011.