Interest rates

Low interest rates and low inflation will help play into policy decisions, such as the future of the Federal Reserve.

Some economists advocate borrowing the money to pay for extending tax cuts and unemployment benefits.

This year may go on record as the worst for new-home sales since anyone started keeping record.

Former Fed economist Gary Shilling says it is unlikely the Fed will change the zero percent interest rate anytime soon, and when it does, the shift will be more the effect than the cause of a booming economy.

Between July to September of this year, bank credit lending was up 10 percent -- the highest rate since before the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008.

Economist Adolfo Laurenti discusses the rate cut and the role of the European Central Bank in Europe's future.

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