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    What effect does interest rate have on an economy?

    Just the utterances of the most powerful man in the world, Ben Bernanke. All it takes is a marginally weaker statement and look what happens.
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    Bond market predictions

    With today's hike behind us, I'm curious to get some opinions on a couple of aspects of where treasuries are headed. - Long Yields- Up or down?- Based on the fact that funds futures are still pricing in ~70% chance of an August hike, the obvious answer seems to say that the short end will...
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    What effect does interest rate have on an economy?

    Hiking rates is the Fed's way of slowing the economy, which in turn will slow inflation. Higher rates make borrowing more expensive and saving money more lucrative. Since rate hikes slow inflation, and inflation makes the dollar worth less, that means the dollar tends to appreciate in the...
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