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Rising Rates Arrive
Which of the figures below belong together? It’s obvious, even if analogies aren’t your strong suit, that A is like C and B is like D. A and C are not like B and D. The economic relevance of this simple visual exercise is this: At its March 2017 meeting, the Federal Open Market…
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Rising Interest Rates May Not Have an Immediate Impact on Senior Loan Rates
Following months of uncertainty, the U.S. Federal Reserve has indicated that there could soon be a hike in the Federal Funds Target Rate. Interest rates have been kept in a range between zero and one-quarter of a percent since December 2008 and have not risen since June 2006. As interest rates have been at historically…
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