“Right now the long-term investors are telling us that they're not as concerned about inflation and so we're seeing these rates now move into the marketplace and out to the street - rates that individuals can get.” LongMovingIndividualTermEconomySeeingStreetsRight NowConcernedRateLong TermInvestorsInflationMarketplace Author:Franklin Raines
“The promise of learning is a delusion.... Tomorrow would alter the sense of what had already been learned, that the learning process is extended in this way, so that from this standpoint none of us ever graduates from college, for time is an emulsion, and probably thinking not to grow up is the brightest kind of maturity for us, right now at any rate.” ThinkingWayKindGrowsProcessGrowing UpCollegeTomorrowPromiseRight NowRateMaturityDelusionGraduatesStandpointLearning Process Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“Right now we think that rates will stay low, that you'll be able to get a mortgage below seven percent and that's kicked off a refinance boom that's going to put more money in the pockets of consumers.” ThinkingAbleEconomyRight NowLowsPercentSevenRateConsumersPocketsMore MoneyMortgageRefinance Author:Franklin Raines
“Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity side are still within the regulated framework.” WellsStillsCoursesSidesEconomyRight NowRateElectricityFramework Author:Kenneth Lay
“I don't think the Federal Reserve has any role in how high rates are right now. I don't understand why everyone is paying attention to this tapering. The Fed is using one kind of bond to buy another kind of bond. What's the big deal, and why is anyone taking the Fed seriously?” ThinkingKindBigsDealsAttentionRolesRight NowRateInvestingPay AttentionFedsReservesBig DealFederal ReserveTapering Author:Eugene Fama
“Over the last few years a lot of people have become aware of the inequities in the criminal justice system, right now, with our overall crime rate and incarceration rate both falling, we're at a moment when some good people in both parties, Republicans and Democrats and folks all across the country, are coming up with ideas to make the system work smarter and better.” PeopleYearsIdeasCountryMomentsLastsFallJusticePartyCrimeRepublicanRight NowDemocratRateFolksCriminalsGood PeopleSmarterJustice SystemCriminal JusticeIncarcerationCriminal Justice SystemCrime Rates Author:Barack Obama
“Gallup defines a good job as 30+ hours per week for an organization that provides a regular paycheck. Right now, the U.S. is delivering at a staggeringly low rate of 44%, which is the number of full-time jobs as a percent of the adult population, 18 years and older. We need that to be 50% and a bare minimum of 10 million new, good jobs to replenish America's middle class.” NeedsYearsJobsAmericaHoursNumbersClassMillionsWeekMiddleRight NowLowsPercentAdultsOrganizationRatePopulationMiddle ClassMinimumGood JobNotableDeliveringPaychecksFull Time Jobs Author:Jim Clifton
“There are so many currency exchange rate problems that people are buying gold as a safe haven. Right now, gold looks like a safe haven if international exchange rates break down.” PeopleIfsLooksProblemBreakHavensRight NowSafeGoldRateInternationalBuyingCurrencyBreaking DownSafe HavenBuying Gold Author:Michael Hudson
“If you're one of the millions of people who have student debt right now, I'll help you refinance your loans at better rates.” PeopleIfsHelpingMillionsStudentsRight NowRateDebtLoanRefinance Author:Hillary Clinton
“Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing out deals to specific groups. Coolidge fixed a problem like that. He came into a rough time and he, and Harding before him, fixed that by budgeting.” ProblemGovernmentInterestDealsGroupsRight NowConcernedRateCorruptionBudgetsFixedRoughRough TimesInterest RateGovernment CorruptionBudgetingHarding Author:Amity Shlaes