France and Russia will decide the Iraq question based on the coldest calculation of their own national interest, meaning money and oil.
Everyone is focused on what the FED plans to do with interest rates, meaning the FED FUNDS rate.
Many developing economies also have positive real interest rates, meaning that you can earn a return on their bonds over and above the rate of inflation.
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But since the crisis, other countries - the US, the eurozone and the UK - also have near-zero interest rates, meaning that in comparison Japanese rates are not so exceptionally attractive any more.
Further, China has made illegal claims to most of the South China Sea and then declared it to be a "core interest, " meaning it is on par with Tibet and Taiwan in importance.
Another issue: more than half of Shurgard's debt is variable-rate, meaning rising interest rates could hurt its profitability, according to Litt.
Those in attendance at the two-day Central Economic Work Conference said pressures could arise from potential inflation and asset bubbles, meaning higher interest rates could be on the horizon.
Amid the domestic tightening on the monetary policy side meaning higher interest rates and higher bank reserve requirements as well as weakening external demand thanks to European and American importers, investors have been increasingly worried about the potential sharp slowdown of GDP growth in China in 2012.
Meanwhile, interest rates remain negative, meaning the yield is below the rate of inflation.
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Bond prices and interest rates are inversely related, meaning that as yields fell over the past three decades, bond prices rose.
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But they reveal little understanding of the complex interest-group politics and broader meaning of Medicare in America, as a social insurance program, as a pillar of the liberal welfare state, as a force in the lives of millions of people.
For starters, the lack of a decent recovery means that the Bank of England may have to loosen monetary policy even further this year, meaning that the market interest rate that foreigners can earn holding sterling will stay very low.
For instance, rates on GE's CareCredit can surge to 26.99% after the promotional period ends, and the card charges "retroactive" interest rates as high as 26.99% meaning that if you make late payments, you may be charged interest on the previous year's balance.
Both Brazil and China are likely coming to the home stretch of their tightening cycle, meaning an end to raising interest rates to cool demand for credit.
The aim of the project, which is taking place in cities across the continent, is to sensitise people to the meaning of cultural heritage and interest them in the preservation of ancient monuments.
Your well-meaning aunt, aware of your interest in that fine Palo Alto institution, buys you a Stanford sweatshirt.
Millennium card also has no grace period, meaning a 19.5% interest rate on charges kicks in as soon as a charge is made.
It is precisely this kind of federal intrusion and overreach that has generated a new-found public interest in the Constitution, its history and meaning.
And second, because of the principal guarantee, the Internal Revenue Service treats these like zero-coupon bonds, meaning you pay taxes on imputed interest of around 5% each year, at ordinary-income rates as high as 35%.
It transpires that they can form during cell division at the point where DNA is being replicated, and may have a hand in the development of some cancers -- meaning they're of great interest to oncologists.
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One agency that grades the fitness of a country's finances, Fitch Ratings, has put the country's debt rating at "junk" status, meaning it must pay a higher interest rate to attract borrowers who are not certain to be paid back.
If interest rates rise, annuities could get cheaper, meaning the cap could shrink.
Muni defaults a term meaning that the bond stops paying its coupon interest occur much less than defaults in the corporate bond market.
In fact, the most widespread meaning of the term that is of particular interest to Westerners who are threatened by Jihad does in fact entail violence.
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In order to meet the margin calls, a suddenly cash-strapped Harvard has been unloading most of its stock portfolio at fire-sale prices--effectively throwing good money after bad--and selling IOUs bearing interest rates of up to 6.5%, meaning that hefty debt service now makes up a growing percentage of Harvard's budget.
U.S. Treasury interest rates rose on the back of the jobs data, meaning that prices fell.
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Interest rates will always be set for the core economies, meaning that they will always be wrong for the peripheral ones.
There is also the problem of reinvestment risk, meaning current bonds are paying a lower rate of interest than maturing bonds are.
At the start of 2011, Allen converted 2.2 million shares of super-voting stock to ordinary shares, meaning he no longer retained a 35% voting interest associated with his super-voting shares.
However, there is a danger that if short-term interest rates increase the leverage would be more expensive to implement, meaning that some funds will have to sell off bonds and reduce leverage.
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