Higher Rates Could Hurt Residual Values

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May 15, 2018
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<p><em>Photo via Wikimedia Commons | User: AgnosticPreacherKid.</em></p> Higher Rates Could Hurt Residual Values

The Federal Reserve announced that it will be maintaining its forecast of two more hikes to the U.S. federal interest this year. Manufacturers may choose to absorb the higher rates on new vehicles, in order to keep prices from rising higher than they have been with heavier incentives, but this could have an adverse effect on residual values


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