Interest-rate

Interest-rate swaps help users to offset swings in borrowing costs, while CDS contracts function like insurance for debt, compensating buyers of the protection if a borrower defaults.

Swaps Contracts Seen Shrinking as New Rules Come Katy Burne 2012

Interest-rate investors are betting that the BOE will lift rates twice before the end of the year.

U.K. Consumers Face Squeeze Ainsley Thomson 2011

"Interest-rate differentials were the main prop for the euro against sterling until around May, when euro/sterling made its peak for the year, but it seems they've been overtaken since as worries about the euro zone's debts have intensified," said Ross Walker , chief U.K. economist at Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

Sterling Stands Caught Between Euro and Dollar David Cottle 2011

Interest-rate futures traders pared bets on a rise in the Fed's key policy rate from near zero by the end of this year.

Treasury Prices Rally Min Zeng 2011

Interest-rate strategists at Deutsche Bank, for example, expect the 10-year yield to fall to 1.75% by the end of December.

Treasurys Slip for First Time This Week Min Zeng 2011

• Interest-rate floor Banks now receive interest of 0.25% on money they keep on reserve at the Fed.

Inside the Central Bank's Toolbox: Ways to Give the Economy a Boost Sudeep Reddy 2011

Interest-rate futures traders currently expect the first rate hike to be in the first half of 2013.

Safe Haven? Investors Still Run to Treasurys Min Zeng 2011

Interest-rate sensitive stocks advanced on hopes of monetary easing by the central bank.

Indian Shares End Up, Banks Gain Khushita Vasant 2012

Interest-rate differentials continue to favor the euro, where the European Central Bank is expected to raise rates further before the Fed starts to tighten policy.

Debt Worries Cap Gains For the Euro Stephen L. Bernard 2011

Interest-rate futures markets have started betting that the Fed will start raising its policy rate in December, even as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has consistently said in recent weeks that the central bank needs to keep its accomodative monetary policy as U.S. consumer prices are tame and unemployment rate is still high.

Fed Chills Treasurys With Buying Plans Min Zeng 2011