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    Why rates could stay low no matter what the Fed does

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    By Brian Barnier on September 6, 2016 Business Credit, Money & Prices

    From Yahoo! Finance by Lawrence Lewitinn   While Fed Chair Janet Yellen and Vice Chair Stanley Fischer recently hinted that another rate hike is likely sometime by the end of the year, low interest rates may be here for the long run irrespective of Fed action.

    20160905yahoolowratesLower rates are not just the result of central banks buying billions of dollars worth of bonds over the years in the United States, Europe, and Japan, according to Brian Barnier, head of research at ValueBridge Advisors and founder of FedDashboard.com.

    For the rest of the story, charts and video visit http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-rates-could-stay-low-000000369.html

     

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