Fingerprinting experts have long claimed that their error rate in matching prints is zero but without any supporting evidence.
The money needs to make a round trip from providers to the state and back to providers to game that 67% federal matching rate.
If the Irish government does not win that battle, the long-standing debate about whether Northern Ireland should adopt a matching lower rate could become an irrelevant side-show.
These hedges effectively convert these variable rate bank loans into fixed rate loans, better matching the interest expense from the loans to the income from the landfill gas projects they finance.
The government would put in funding at a very low interest rate to the green bank and private investors would put in matching funds and receive a reasonable rate of return.
One of them continues from the 2007 strategy - that of matching the average growth rate of small European Union nations by 2017.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warned on Wednesday the economy remained at risk, but he also cautioned that inflation had risen and was being watched closely by the central bank. (See: "Ben Bernanke: No Surprises") The personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and energy, was left unrevised at an annual 2.7% rate in the fourth quarter, matching forecasts and following 2.0% in the previous three months.
Economic growth, though interrupted at points by political unrest in the Middle East and by a natural disaster in Japan, should not be lower this year though, matching the near 4% rate that it measured in 2010.
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The discipline forces commercial banks to do a pretty good job of matching assets and liabilities in interest rate sensitivity.
On the year, the CPI was up 3.7% last month, matching the March figure, while the core rate was 2.4%.
Investment in bonds as part of portfolio diversification should be done via a mix of sectors matching your income needs, risk tolerance and interest rate outlook.
For example, receiving a 50% matching contribution is the equivalent to earning a 50% rate of return instantly.
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