The phrase "decrease interest rates" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use the phrase in any context where you want to refer to reducing the interest rate for a loan or other type of credit. For example, "The Federal Reserve plans to decrease interest rates to help stimulate the economy."
He quickly added, "I don't exclude that we could decrease interest rates again".
Economy Minister Jose Luis Machinea spent much of the weekend reassuring Wall Street analysts and international bankers that the government would not budge from its policies of cutting its deficit to decrease interest rates.
When the central bank purchases securities on the open market, the effects will be (1) to increase the reserves of commercial banks, a basis on which they can expand their loans and investments; (2) to increase the price of government securities, equivalent to reducing their interest rates; and (3) to decrease interest rates generally, thus encouraging business investment.
The two economies are substantially integrated, and when the Federal Reserve Board decided recently against decreasing interest rates, the Canadian dollar -- sometimes called the loonie because of the water bird depicted on $1 coins -- was pummeled.
While it is no doubt true that on a currency basis the FTSE100 is still down in euro and US dollar terms, the fact that it is one of the highest yielding blue chip benchmarks at over 4% could well be providing a pull factor in an era of ever decreasing interest rates.
The combination of decreasing interest rates, loosening lending standards and regulatory changes for publicly traded companies would set the stage for the largest boom private equity had seen.
It has resumed as the currencies stabilized concurrent with a decrease in interest rates and stock markets in the United States and Europe.
Futures contracts on the Fed's actions showed investors pulling back yesterday from their expectations for a half-point decrease in interest rates.
A lowered repo rate may signal a decrease in interest rates for consumer loans, and is generally considered a sign that Reserve Bank officials believe the economy needs bolstering.
