It has been a while since I last provided an interest rate chart on this blog. Plus I was curious to see what the graph would look like. I knew rates were lower than earlier this year, but it’s always nice to see it plotted out. As you can see in the chart below, after [...]

Its hard to believe but 2009 is almost half over. So, just out of curiosity I took a look at how interest rates have done for the first half of this year. What becomes apparent as you review these charts is that rates fell for a great portion of the year but have been on [...]

The Federal Open Market Committee met today and decided to keep the Federal Funds Rate between 0% and 0.25%. Below is a quote from a very good analysis on Businessweek: The FOMC stuck to its target range for the federal funds rate at 0% to 0.25%, and signaled that rates are likely to remain at [...]