31. Higher U.S. interest rates sometimes prompt the Mexican central bank to push local rates higher in order to discourage investors from taking their money out of the country. 32. His plan was to use subsidies for the working poor, and especially their children, to push coverage rates up. 33. Home buyers may also face higher borrowing costs if a rise in U.S. rates pushes up Singapore rates. 34. If he is right, the inflation-wary Federal Reserve will probably push up rates again and the markets will suffer. 35. If the Fed pushes rates higher, for instance, existing bonds with lower rates will be worth less. 36. If asthmatics neglect their daily regimen, they risk serious attacks and can land in the hospital, pushing rates up. 37. If the trend holds, the Fed is likely to push rates higher still. 38. In past cycles, notes Bob Heady of Bank Rate Monitor, banks have pushed up rates more slowly than the market, but never this slowly. 39. In pushing up rates, they reversed course after having driven down rates all week. 40. Inflation had become a severe problem and that gave the Federal Reserve an opportunity to push up rates far more than might be possible today. |