What the Federal Reserve does is loan money to banks at a given rate, zero percent at the moment.
For a given rate of inflation, a loan at 12% interest is a lot heavier than a loan at 2%.
In the long run, theory suggests that higher growth, other things equal, should mean higher interest rates for a given rate of inflation.
"We believe gross margin will continue to fall at a similar rate given the higher price of scrap silicon which we have confirmed in our recent trip to China, " Pichel said.
Nominal wage inflation remains very low, as companies sit on vast piles of cash but remain reluctant to spend, and there is still a large amount of slack in the U.S. economy, particularly given a stubbornly high rate of unemployment stuck at 9%.
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Imports sold 3.65 M in Feb, given a total sales rate of 14.50M.
The export coal demand is expected to grow, although at a slower rate, given the tight truckload capacity, growth in international coal prices and improving global demand, particularly from Asian economies.
Given a teen unemployment rate upwards of 20%, today's youth is more tuned into the state of the economy and their parents' financial problems, says Wall Street Strategies analyst Brian Sozzi.
There are very few governments in the world who would not find themselves unable to repay their debt, given a sufficiently high interest rate, for a sufficiently long period of time.
Over time, a number of clinical studies showed that asymptomatic women given regular mammography have a lower breast cancer death rate compared with women who do not get mammography.
In 1969, a more favorable rate table was given to single people.
And demand is unlikely to be a problem given the current low-rate environment, though stricter diligence, from lenders, investors and regulators, will be critical to prevent a repeat of the last crash.
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The reason: Even assuming that Japan's economy grows at a moderate rate (an optimistic assumption given its shrinking population), the deficit would continue to expand at least until 2005, at which point gaps in Japan's pension system would start to appear.
"This is now going to prompt talk again of an ECB rate cut, given that Bundesbank head, Jens Weidmann, conceded recently that a rate cut would be considered if we see further worsening in the economic data, " said Craig Erlam, market analyst at Alpari.
That program involves a series of three annual exams, given simultaneously around the globe and each having about a 60% pass rate.
Even when DMAA and caffeine were combined in one study and the subjects went on a 10km run, the researchers found no increase in heart rate during the run, compared to the runners given a placebo.
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Rate responsive pacing is given a Class IIa indication in those with documented chronotropic incompetence.
The premium is warranted given a higher long-term earnings growth rate of 29.0%, compared with the industry average 12.7%.
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But given the tremendous trading volume, a tax rate of even a few basis points could potentially generate a boatload of revenue.
Granted, this is far from a perfect solution, but given the prevailing interest rate environment, it is less risky than trying to predict unknown outcomes.
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And Mr. Geithner's argument that British regulators were ultimately responsible might have been faulty given the fact Libor is a global interest rate that affects borrowing costs for U.S. corporations and consumers.
It takes more than a year for the full effects of a new CGT rate to come in, given the lags in selling the assets, reporting the gains and then paying the tax.
Executive ministers said they have not given up hope of achieving a cut in the rate of corporation tax.
The thinking is that these investors have the experience and deep enough pockets to withstand losses, given that start-ups have a high failure rate.
All patients must be observed for six hours after their first dose, because Gilenya can cause a drop in heart rate after it is first given.
If anything, he believes, the central bank shows more bias toward another rate increase than toward a cut, given that its last three statements show less tolerance for rising prices than those statements prior to June.
In August, the Museum had a six percent penetration rate of the app with membership and visitors which is high for a museum app and given that only about 45% of Canadians have smartphones.
Women in deprived areas were less likely to be given radiotherapy and, on average, had a lower rate of five-year survival.
One of the big trends we see is that the amount that any individual shares in a given year seems to be growing at this exponentially increasing rate.
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