Under this plan, a borrower can consolidate his loans after graduation to achieve a fixed rate.
The consumer then buys back the power produced on their roof at a fixed rate.
For any mortgage it's onerous, but for a fixed rate I think it's really difficult.
The more open an economy to international capital, the harder it is to sustain a fixed rate.
One way to get round this possible problem is to go for a fixed rate mini-cash Isa.
The only catch is that the percentage is promotional, and a fixed rate is yet to be decided.
China benefits from a fixed rate to the dollar for two big reasons.
Such swaps had the university paying a fixed rate to, and simultaneously receiving a variable rate from, a counterparty.
At present, the petrodollars are converted into local money at a fixed rate and doled out as governments see fit.
Conversely, a fixed rate mortgage could be appropriate if you planned to keep home for a significant period of time.
He assumes the U.S. will experience a fixed rate of economic growth.
Typically, buyers of perpetual bonds receive a fixed rate of return but expect the issuer to redeem the bond after several years.
If inflation differentials are more modest, a fixed rate is less troublesome.
As of July 1, Stafford loans, taken out by students, will carry a fixed rate of 6.8%, up from 5.3% just last year.
Ms. SANTOBONI: Rates have come down a lot, so I wanted to just take advantage of the lower rates and get a fixed rate.
The county got the stability of a fixed rate, while paying Wall Street to assume the risk of the variable rates on its bonds.
The German government in 2000 ordered utilities to pay homeowners a fixed rate for 20 years for solar power sent back into the public grid.
They pay a fixed rate (currently 3.3%) above the inflation index.
In February, 56% of new loans were at a fixed rate, up from 49% in January, while 31% were tracker products, down from 38% in January.
And the price of an option to pay or receive a fixed rate of interest in dollars for ten years has been falling sharply of late.
The air force base did not have to provide any upfront payment on the ten-year contract, and will only make a fixed rate once energy production starts.
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The US government has then traded a fixed rate of 0.57 for a bet on the variable rate of US T-Bills over the the next 10 years.
The earnings rate for Series I Savings Bonds is a combination of a fixed rate, which applies for the life of the bond, and the semiannual inflation rate.
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With a "pay for performance" plan, a doctor would receive a fixed rate for, say, fixing someone's knee, eliminating the incentive to order up lots of unnecessary test.
Today borrowers are more likely to be in their early 60s (62 is the minimum age), and they are overwhelmingly (70%) choosing a fixed rate lump sum payment option.
Bonds are the only thing keeping investment banks afloat right now: sluggish economies and dire stockmarkets have increased the attractiveness of something that pays a fixed rate of interest.
Unlike traditional bonds, SIBs do not have a fixed rate of return as financial return depends on the achievement of specific social outcomes set at the start of the bond issue.
The first is a spring-controller circuit that exploits the fact that, although the spring provides energy at a fixed rate, a radio needs less power when it runs at low volume.
On the other hand, fixed rate mortgages have higher interest rates so it may not make sense to pay more to lock in a fixed rate for longer than you need it.
Unlike days of old, Washington doesn't need piles of gold, nor does the government need to promise to exchange gold at a fixed rate for dollars, as it did under the traditional gold standard.
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