51. That pumps money into the banking system, pushing interbank rates down. 52. That pushes ga rate cut back to May at the earliest. 53. The almost total lack of inflation gives him considerable room to push rates down farther in coming months. 54. The bond market retreated Monday, pushing rates up modestly for most maturities, while stocks eased. 55. The central bank has pushed rates higher the past three months in an effort to prevent an increase in prices. 56. The Bank of Japan, in effect, pushed its rates back down to zero. 57. The Fed declined to push up rates at a meeting of its policy-making board yesterday. 58. The Fed might also need to push rates up more aggressively if long-term bond rates continue their recent decline. 59. The Fed in its decision Tuesday seemed to recognize the danger of pushing up rates too much. 60. The Fed only tends to push rates that low when it is acting aggressively to bring the economy out of recession. |