Mortgage Refinancings boost revenues in county clerk's office - 2004-02-20
The Morris County Clerk's Office generated a record $34 million last year, the second consecutive year of major increases in revenues, mostly thanks to a record number of mortgage refinancings caused by low interest rates, according to county officials.

The $34 million doubles the amount collected just five years ago, when the clerk's office generated $17.8 million.
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Inflation lower in January - 2004-02-20
Canada's annual inflation rate decreased in January, but the market is treating the change as a statistical quirk that will do little to alter expectations for another interest rate cut by the central bank.

The "core" rate of inflation, which strips out volatile components such as fuel prices and mortgage interest costs, was flat between December and January and up by 1.5 per cent from January 2003.
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