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Who Owns the Fed? Exploding Inflation & Higher Interest Rates Coming It's been forecast by everyone but those beating the Obama Democratic drums. Even today, many pundits were saying that inflation wasn't going to be much of a concern...

Invisible Helicopter Raising Rates Risk At some point the Fed will be FORCED to raise interest rates. Learning the DEFLATION game from Japan when two decades ago they suffered through ten years of economic hell, Ben Bernanke isn't let...

Fixed mortgage rates fall in nine of past 10 weeksMarketWatchCHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Rates on fixed-rate mortgages hit another low this week, after recent reports showed drops in existing- and new-home sales, according to Freddie Mac's weekly survey ...

Atlanta Journal ConstitutionMortgage Rates for 30-Year Loans Decline to Record 4.36%, Freddie Mac SaysBloombergUS mortgage rates fell to a record, extending a two-month tumble in borrowing costs for homebuyers as property demand slumps. The average rate f...

New York Daily NewsLow prices and rates can't slow fall in home salesThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — Home prices in many parts of the country scream bargain, and mortgage rates haven't been this low for decades. So why are houses across the natio...

Monetary policy committee minutes show Bank debated small rate rise to combat inflation, but most members unconvinced The Bank of England's rate-setting committee remained split in August over keeping borrowing costs at a record low with Andrew Sentance a...

Baltimore Sun (blog)Neb. getting M to monitor health insurance ratesBusinessWeekThe funding was announced Monday in a news release from the office of Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of the US Department of Health and Human Services. She says Nebraska will use...

WDBO RadioStates get grants to help regulate increases in health insurance ratesWashington PostBy NC Aizenman The Obama administration has awarded 45 states million each to help them improve their oversight of health insurance premium increases. The gran...

Tim Zagat, of Zagat’s restaurant guide, reveals which fast-food chains earned high marks for their burgers, fries and coffee. (Today Show)...

Obesity Rates Fall for White Girls, Not for Blacks, Indians in US StudyBloombergObesity increased among black and American Indian girls in California even while declining for ...UCSF study finds racial gaps in child obesitySan Francisco ChronicleDisparity...