"We're keeping her responsible, but without having that problem of paying large interest, " Mr. Howell says.
The first point to note is this: It is not possible to just wish away the problem of conflict of interest in dealing with any productive human activity.
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Of course that goes to the second part of the problem, interest rates and money supply.
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Again, there were widespread complaints that panel members had financial ties to drugmakers (see: " The FDA's Conflict Of Interest Problem").
People in disparate industries or areas of interest can problem solve in ways that people in the same field might struggle.
The problem with the latest move from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is that the level of interest rates is not the problem in the housing market or the U.S. economy.
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The subliminal message from their questioning of key witnesses seems to be that they will recommend some pretty robust measures to clean up British banking - because they are not convinced that enough has been done after scandals over the mis-selling of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) and interest swaps to address the problem of serious misconduct.
Many officials are aware of this, but conflicts of interest get in the way of resolving the problem.
This dissolution of the relationship between economics and finance is a huge problem, because interest rates are the theoretical and practical foundation of all financial valuation.
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And that is part of the problem, and the interest that you're talking about is on that debt as well.
As for all those Goldman clients, the firm had a very public problem with its penchant for conflicts of interest.
This conflict of interest is a problem, as it can influence physicians both consciously and unconsciously, to offer more treatment than is medically necessary.
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However, he conceded that there could be a problem with regulations over a contract of interest if he invested in the club while still manager of Pompey.
Overly bullish analysts and conflicts of interest have been a problem in the securities industry.
In fact, both President Obama and Governor Romney have shown an interest in addressing the problem of tax preferences.
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The problem wasn't a lack of scientific interest in adult musical education.
Most companies have taken care of their high interest debt problem in the last three years, but are still uncertain about the other strategies.
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If that gap persists, the problem can be addressed by supplementing payment of interest on reserves with steps to reduce reserves and drain excess liquidity from markets the second means of tightening monetary policy.
The problem is, is that shariah is of material interest to investors.
"There is industry input, but there is not industry control, " he insists. (Ten members of a 22-member board are from the industry.) Still, that built-in conflict of interest is hardly the only problem.
The market would set the appropriate level of interest rates for the economy and would automatically rebalance itself in the event of a problem in the financial system.
The problem is, a person needs to receive signs of genuine interest from someone in order to pursue them.
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This is the problem Romer encountered when the African country of Madagascar expressed an interest in building two charter cities in late 2008.
It is often argued that neither the level of household debt nor the lofty level of house prices need be a problem, so long as interest rates do not rise significantly.
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The problem is that motivation to increase profits may work against the interest of patients.
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For Wells Fargo, much of the problem was a greater than expected drop in its net interest margin.
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Regardless of what rates do, the biggest problem may be that the interest is unlikely to keep pace with inflation over time.
Media interest in disability sport also remains something of a problem.
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There is also the problem of reinvestment risk, meaning current bonds are paying a lower rate of interest than maturing bonds are.
The problem for Russian journalists is that most of their compatriots are too poor to interest advertisers, and thus to pay for good news coverage.
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