For nearly a decade, the Federal Reserve and all the central banks in all the industrialized nations have been managing interest rates to keep them outrageously low until the financial system had a chance to right itself. Economies are coming back online and central banks are raising interest rates to keep inflation at bay while not shutting off the green shoots of growth. Its size, scope and quality is one reason hardware giant Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE:) inked a deal to be the only nationwide home seller to offer SHW products.