Among other things, the banks have responded to these regulatory actions by
increasing interest rates on investor and interest - only loans.
She acknowledged that credit card issuers have cut credit limits, closed accounts and
increased interest rates in anticipation of the new laws.
For example, the law prohibits lenders
from increasing interest rates on existing balances due to reasons like «market conditions» or changes in the cardholder's credit score.
In fact, 76 % of current homeowners and 79 % of prospective homeowners cite
increasing interest rates as a challenge impacting the real estate market today.
Many of the gifts being offered for opening a new checking or savings account include cold hard cash, while others
offer increased interest rates to make your savings account more efficient.
In the 1980's when interest rates started rising many dividend paying whole life insurance policy owners
saw increasing interest rates that did not reflect lower policy dividends.
Moreover, the central bank also indicated that economic growth was picking up, as was inflation, and that it would
likely increase interest rates another two times this year.
It enables banks to either
increase the interest rate spread on loans made by the bank or offer borrowers lower rates of interest without eating into its own interest rate spread.