Word: fed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...such reasons, experts predict that the latest rate hikes will have little impact on Christmas sales this year. They note that retailers did a respectable, if unspectacular back- to-school business last summer, which usually augurs a solid Christmas season. Moreover, many consumers fail to recognize that the Fed's moves can increase the interest on their credit cards, so they go right on spending. History shows that it takes at least a year for a change in interest rates to spread through the economy, so the full impact will not be felt until late...
...outlook could be darker by then, particularly if the Fed continues to heed the bond market and pushes rates still higher. According to David Blitzer, chief economist of Standard & Poors Corp., there have been nine U.S. recessions since World War II but only two soft landings. In effect, the odds are 9 to 2 against the Fed...
...wake of the Feds decision last week, bond traders at Smith Barney were consumed by a day of more microeconomic moves as the phones came alive with buy and sell orders. Within minutes of the Fed's announcement, one trader ran up to chief bond manager Carballeira and roared, "I've got $20 million 3s offered at 4." He got the O.K. sign. "Joe, I have a customer for $50 million 5s at 3." "Those are done," said Carbelleira. "Joe, I got a customer for $10 million 3s at 5." "No more," said Carballeira, and then: "Hey, is everyone...
...Those specialty services were layered on top of her daily responsibilities: minding the family's three children, washing the dishes, vacuuming. Moreover, Rachel says because there was never enough to eat in the house, she shelled out about $35 each week to keep herself and the children adequately fed. Rachel hung on eight months, then bolted. "I finally realized I'm not a Cinderella," she says. "This is not something I have to do." Instead of taking up her agency's offer to place her in another home, Rachel found a family herself. That choice cost her the $500 "good...
...Fed raises borrowing costs and makes next to no one happy...