61.   He is asking Congress to establish new payment systems, setting fixed rates in advance.

62.   Higher interest rates typically attract investors into fixed rate securities and out of equity.

63.   Higher rates diminish the value of securities with a fixed rate of return.

64.   Higher U.S. interest rates would attract investors into fixed rate securities and out of equities in Chile and elsewhere, analysts said.

65.   Hodel said he expected interest rates to drop further and the flight to fixed rates to pick up steam.

66.   Hong Kong and Argentina back their local currencies with U.S. dollars, while Bulgaria guarantees convertibility with the German mark at a fixed rate.

67.   If it sold fixed rate dollar bonds, Deutsche would swap to floating, he said.

68.   In addition to guaranteeing a fixed rate, consolidating allows borrowers to change the terms of their repayment periods.

69.   In May, Iran abolished all foreign exchange transactions outside the state-controlled banking system and introduced fixed rates.

70.   In the swaps market, commercial banks rushed to receive fixed rates on maturities of less than five years, pushing down rates on those maturities.