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The article reports on the decision by the European Central Bank not to cut interest rates in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, as the eurozone hurtles toward recession .

Focuses on mortgage rates in the United States, as of October 28, 2001. How low rates have sparked a continuing surge in mortgage refinancings; Suggestion that consumers could save up to $70 billion in interest payments during the next year because of mortgage refinancings; Increase in applicants to refinance existing mortgages; Disadvantages to refinance.

Discusses the impact of United States Federal Reserve interest rate cuts on mortgage rates, as of May, 2001. How short-term interest rate cuts has had little or no effect on reducing long-term mortgage rates; Suggestion that immediate moves by the Federal Reserve are far removed from mortgage rates; Reasons why home owners are upset over the slight changes in mortgage rates.

Addresses the prevalence of loan sharks, especially within Latino communities in the United States. Use of high interest rates in loan sharking; Example of Juan Luis of New York City who borrowed money from loan sharks to open a series of fried chicken stands; How loan sharking works, as opposed to traditional commercial banks; Changes that have occurred from loan sharks of the past, with links to the mob and brutality, to nearly becoming a mainstream institution.

Reports on the decrease in the average interest rates of fixed-rate mortgages in the United States. Demand of lenders on one-year adjustable-rate mortgages.

Reports on the average interest rate on fixed-rate mortgages as of April 15, 2000 in the United States. Percentage of increase in interest rate.

Reports on the decline of the average interest rate for fixed-rate mortgages in the United States as of April 15, 2000. Details on the decline.

Reports on the decline in mortgage rates in the United States as of March 2, 2000. Percent decline in the average interest rate on 30-year mortgages; Percent decline in the average rate on 15-year mortgages; Initial rate on one-year adjustable-rate mortgages.

Reports that mortgage rates hit their highest level since April 1997 to January 2000 amid fears that the United States Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in February 2000.

Reports a May 11, 1999 increase in long-term United States interest rates. Investor concerns; Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's comments about the possibility of inflation; Scheduled meeting of Federal Reserve policy makers; Yield on the 30-year US Treasury bond; Stock market activity.

Discusses the sale of credit card accounts by regional United States banks, as of early 1999. Comparison of the number of accounts sold in 1998 and 1997; Impact of lack of interest rate regulation on card holders; US banks which are buying accounts, including Chase Manhattan, Citibank and others; Overview of the practice and the laws.

Reports on the average interest rate on fixed-rate mortgages in the United States for the first week of October 1999. Rate of increase for 30-year mortgages; Average for 15-year mortgages; Interest rates for adjustable rate mortgages.

Reports on a survey released by Freddie Mac which found an increase on the average interest rate on fixed-rate mortgages in the United States. Rate of increase.

Reports on the rise of mortgage rates in the United States. Amount of increase experienced by Abby Rogers, marketing director with the Coca-Cola Company in Houston, Texas; Comments from Seth Cohen, managing director of the Home Mortgage Acceptance Corp.; How home buyers with extra cash can cut their interest rates.

Provides information on the bond market in the United States. Short-term interest rates on Treasury securities; Yield on the two-year note; Key rates.

Focuses on the 90-day Eurodollar futures trading in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Projected interest rate of the contract; Common exception to the price patterns; Difference between projected interest rate and the rate of the contracts.

Reports on the decline of the average interest rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages on November 19, 1998 in the United States. Initial rate that lender were asking for one-year adjustable-rate mortgages; Average of the add-on fees known as points.

Reports on the increase in the average interest rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages in Washington D.C. Average rate of the mortgages.

Presents data on loan rates and yields on savings for July 1-5, 1996. Small saver rates; Jumbo yields.

Presents charts showing consumer loan rates and yields on savings in the United States, for the week ending March 8, 1996.

Presents charts and graph showing consumer rates for the week of February 12, 1996. Loan rates; Yields on savings.

Reports about decline in prices of Treasury securities after a report of higher-than-expected housing starts for August 1994. Prediction of Wayne D. Angell, former Federal Reserve governor on the rise of Fed interest rates; Situation of price of 30-year bond and interest rates; Comments of Walter S. Frank, chief economist for the Money Fund Report in Ashland, Massachusetts on the issue; Figures of housing starts.

Provides information on the Labor Department's report on producer prices in September 1994. Prices of Government securities; Concerns on inflation; Speculations on rise in interest rates of Federal Reserve; Effect of gold and oil prices on the bond market; Views of economists on the Producer Price Index report.

Discusses the increase in average interest rates of mortgages in Washington, D.C. for July 3rd, 1997. Statistics highlighting the increase.

Examines the decline in interest rates for house mortgage. Decline figures; Interest rate as an index for home demand; Market of home sales; Reaction of home buyers to the decline; Speculation about the future of interest rates. INSET: What kind of mortgage?, by Nick Ravo..