Bernanke Fails to Cut Loan Rates for Most Americans (Update1)

Story date: 2008-02-26 09:14:00
Added on: 2008-02-26 14:08:25

Bloomberg - ... more than half a percentage point during the past four weeks to 6.04 percent, according to Freddie Mac, the world's second ... About a third of the loans are adjustable-rate mortgages, according to the Federal Housing Finance Board.


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