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Manulife Financial Corp., Canada's largest insurer, reported a second straight quarterly loss as low interest rates eroded investment returns.

President Obama said the new package of legislation would make it easier for millions of homeowners to refinance at today’s historically low interest rates.

Falling home prices have sent many would-be buyers to the sidelines.

The rate of late payments for auto loans dropped further in the second quarter of the year, helped by low interest rates and improved car sales.

March 8 -- Jamie Zimmerman, chief executive officer of Litespeed Capital LLC, discusses investment strategy and the role of low interest rates in the financing market and corporate transactions.

Record-low interest rates are still needed to rev up the economic recovery, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Thursday.

Despite low interest rates and the looming deadline for the $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time home buyers, new home sales data points to a sluggish housing market, stuck in a trough that has kept sales figures low.

Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when the improving economy will lead them to start raising record-low interest rates.

Asian stocks extended their gains Tuesday after Wall Street touched its highest level for 2009 amid optimism low interest rates would continue to power this year's rally in global markets.

Interest rates on six-month Treasury bills hit a record low for the second consecutive week.