61.   Higher rates raise the returns on U.S. deposits and often lure international investors to buy dollars to get those returns.

62.   Higher rates raise their borrowing costs and curb demand.

63.   Higher rates raised concern that consumer spending will slow and businesses will find it more expensive to expand.

64.   Higher rates would raise corporate borrowing costs, eating into earnings.

65.   Higher rates would raise the appeal of some Japanese investments and boost the yen.

66.   Higher U.K. rates raise the return investors get for holding pounds and typically make sterling more attractive.

67.   Hogs fell to a one-week low as high slaughter rates raised expectations that pork supplies will overwhelm the market.

68.   Hua Nan Commercial Bank and other major banks led the declines, as the higher rates would raise their funding costs.

69.   Low rates raise the likelihood of a pick-up in mortgage prepayments, which represent home resales and mortgage refinancings.

70.   Rising rates will raise interest payments for borrowers and deter homebuyers from taking up mortgage loans.