Keyword: interest rates
Leveraging and Deleveraging (5/13/2010)
The leverage cycle could amplify business cycles apart from routine monetary policies via interest rates.
Keywords: ABS, asset-backed securities, CDO, collateralized debt obligation, deleverage, equity, interest rates, Leverage, leverage cycle, margin call, positive feedback
Liquidity Trap (6/17/2010)
Even with short-term interest rates close to zero, the US economy has failed to respond to cheap money because of anemic bank lending.
Keywords: inflation rate, interest rate spread, interest rates, lending, Liquidity trap, loans, negative interest rates, nominal interest rates, real interest rates, yield curve