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Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged interest rate hikes

Bernanke on Growth

By | 08.27.10 | 11:29 am

Speaking at a major annual economic conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated he would be willing to support further measures by the central bank to help the recovery. But he did not preview any new tactics, instead elaborating on previously discussed and mostly moderate options. More…

Don’t Be Fooled by New Credit Card Laws; Citi Still Raising Rates

By | 07.01.09 | 3:18 pm

If you’ve got a credit card, you can’t be blamed for thinking that the landmark legislation recently passed by Congress to curb abuses by card issuers would mean the end of things like arbitrary interest rate hikes. That was supposed to be the point, after all, of Congress’ belated More…