1.   Higher demand for credit will drive up interest rates, making it more profitable for banks to supply more credit.

2.   Callable CDs offer higher interest rates than traditional CDs, sometimes a full percentage point more.

3.   Canadian and U.S. interest rates typically move together because the two countries economies are so tightly linked.

4.   Environmental groups, Gov. Mike Lowry and commercial fishing interests also rated high in the poll.

5.   Higher interest rates, dead ahead.

6.   Interest rates are now nearly a half-point higher than in early December, when indications of economic resurgence first emerged.

7.   Last week the government cut short-term interest rates by a quarter of a point to cushion the US economy from the effects of the global crisis.

8.   Lower interest rates usually strenthen economic growth and increase corporate profits, making stocks more attractive than fixed-income investments.

9.   The Federal Reserve cut two key interest rates this week by a quarter of a percentage point to prevent a slowing U.S. economy from falling into a recession.