In publishing its rule in January, the consumer bureau said it didn't have enough information on why it the industry wouldn't be able to make loans under the current thresholds and "not certain" that lending would slow.

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Increasing competition from rivals Verizon and Sprint in an increasingly saturated wireless market is gradually causing subscriber growth to slow, and the availability (or not) of LTE in certain markets could be key to attracting new subscribers as well as retaining old ones from hereon.

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And I think that's the big worry here that as we have an oversupply, a large supply of homes on the market, we get these ripple effects to the default rates that ultimately lead to less lending and that ultimately bring down, slow down the economy, particular in certain communities.

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While you can point to slow-moving publics, broadband availability issues and compatibility gaps, the proliferation and availability of certain types of devices will force solves for these remaining issues.

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Certain scenes get frustrating because of the slow camera, but you have infinite continues, and there are many ways to correct your own mistakes.

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What is already clear, and makes worse scenarios more likely, is that growth in corporate profits is certain to slow this year, recession or not, due to sluggish growth in demand, rising interest costs (caused by refinancings of debt secured when long-term interest rates were lower than today) and accelerating depreciation costs.

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