And no matter what we do, it's not going to get much above 3 percent.
Bond prices are slowly falling as a result lifting yields back above 3.5% as they go.
The economy was given little attention as it turned in growth rates well above 3% every year.
First, the inflation rate has been at or above 3 percent for most of the last half-century.
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The last flagged companies pay yields above 3% and have the apparent financial strength to maintain those yields.
This trading buoyed the Nasdaq to end above 3, 000 for the first time since late 2000, gaining 1.9%.
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With 10-year Treasury bills inching above 3.5%, a good earnings yield generally is considered somewhere north of 5.5%.
At a medical check up doctors told him he would have health problems if he went above 3, 000 meters.
Our view remains that CPI will move above 3% in the coming months.
The dividend yield just above 3.6% is near its highest level since 2006.
The company now sees a Q2 adjusting operating loss of around 40 million Euros, with revenues above 3.5 billion Euros.
Their spending on highways and schools for baby-boomers lifted such investment above 3% of GDP in the 1950s and 1960s.
Now, councils face an even more formidable obstacle: any increase above 3.5% would have to be subject to a local referendum.
Economies of scale kick in above 3 acres and accelerate over 10.
Add in the exports of related services, such as law, accountancy and consulting, and the trade surplus rises above 3% of GDP.
According to the European Commission's figures, only France among the euro-11 had a deficit that was even narrowly above 3% in 1997.
Germany's deficit was above 3% in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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Generating yield substantially above 3% in the fixed-income world requires a foray into the lower levels of investment grade credit or junk bonds.
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The expectation gap was even greater in training, where the assigned value was close to 4.5, while the actual value was slightly above 3.
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Complicating prospects for a future rate cut, headline inflation will likely go above 3.5% year-over-year by November, with more possible due to gasoline price hikes.
"We start breathing when we get above 3, 000ft, " says Art Thompson.
In terms of output, although growth forecasts for this year remain above 3.5 percent, uncertainty around the external scenario and signs of a domestic slowdown continue.
The Curve teaches that it is worthwhile to cut taxes as much as required in order to get the rate of real economic growth above 3.5%.
The central bank predicted in its June report that inflation would stay above 3.5% until the end of 2009 and would slip below that in the following year.
An early milestone of this bull run happened on April 17, 1991: The Dow reached 3, 004.46, passing its July 1990 high and posting its first close above 3, 000.
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Bowden, above 3, 000 feet, recorded 24 inches by early Tuesday, compared with 16 inches in Beckley, elevation 2, 300 feet, and 9 inches in the capital of Charleston, elevation 980 feet.
As the inflation rate climbed above 3% a month late last year, he silently applied the brakes: the government raised interest rates and slowed the rate of increase in public spending.
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