They went up the last time they raised the debt ceiling, interest rates went up... because we're not dealing with the problem.
Beijing also sets a ceiling on interest rates, which harms households trying to build a nest egg and helps capital-intensive businesses that borrow to expand.
Smith and Qutb disagreed on the issue of interest: Smith supported interest bearing lending, but argued for the imposition of a ceiling on interest rates; on the contrary, Qutb wanted an outright prohibition on all forms of interest on credit.
Federal law set a ceiling on interest rates for savings accounts and generally prohibited interest payments on checking and other demand deposit accounts.
America's top marginal tax rate stayed at ninety-one per cent until 1964, and anti-usury laws kept a ceiling on interest rates until the late seventies.
One oft-cited case of stability-enhancing deregulation was the abolition in the early 1980s of Regulation Q, which put a ceiling on interest rates paid on deposits.
China imposes a ceiling on the interest rate that banks can pay to depositors.
China now imposes a ceiling on the interest rate paid to depositors.
Washington would create a "floating" interest rate ceiling that reflected rates paid by the U.S. Treasury on securities of equivalent maturity.
Congress could redress the balance, and restore consumer protections, by setting a reasonable federal ceiling on interest rates and allowing states to adopt stricter limits if they want to.
The central bank imposes a ceiling on the interest rates they may pay to depositors and a floor under the rates they may charge borrowers.
