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What If Interest Rates Don’t Rise?

Published on March 25, 2010
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(FORTUNE) — Here’s a shocker: It could be years before U.S. finances are jolted by an interest rate shock.

Some forecasters are banking on rising interest rates. The Federal Reserve has kept its key short-term rate near zero since December 2008, but many economists believe a rate hike could take place as soon as later this year.

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