The interest rate of the loan is generally a low rate of prime plus one percent.
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As a result, they see a low rate of employees leaving and a better prepared staff.
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Buffett would end up paying 28% on gains while middle-classers continued to benefit from a low rate.
Good idea, but if a low rate is good for one year, why not make it permanent?
Next door neighbor Montana, with similar gun laws also had a low rate of 13 per million.
Moreover, in a deflation, where prices fall, a low rate of interest can be very high in real terms.
Some long-term problems are unsolved, such as a low rate of participation in the workforce and patchy public services.
Capital gains are going to continue to be at a low rate, so we're not going to get money that way.
The long-term capital gain, however, would be taxed at a low rate, a little more than half your ordinary income rate.
The obvious problem with bonds right now is that you can be stuck with securities that pay a low rate of interest.
Just like the pain experienced by conservative coupon-clipping bond investors, money is barely earning any interest, due to a low rate environment.
First savers are receiving a low rate of return on investing in short term government bonds because such investment is not economically productive.
Vanguard typically pays managers a low rate per dollar managed, but its marketing clout lets it direct a lot of dollars managers' way, giving them significant revenue.
There were the hedge funds that were doing the carry trades where you borrow in the U.S. or Japan a low rate and then you go to Brazil.
The economy continues to grow, albeit at a low rate.
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Still, for some watchers of telecom stocks, the earnings-wrecking fourth-quarter charges highlight a hitch in the logic that makes both dividend-yielding telecom carriers attractive investments in a low rate environment.
They have a low rate of child support receipt.
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They have borrowed not only for their own direct purposes to build public works and housing but also for enterprises known as local-government financing vehicles, whose businesses often have a low rate of return.
Another subtle point that often eludes people who assume more tax deferral is always better: Any long-term capital gains he gets from fund distributions or from selling fund shares will be taxed at a low rate, 18% or 20%.
Centimillionaire and former Massachusetts Governor Romney pays such a low rate because most of his income (with the exception of some hefty speaking fees) comes in the form of long term capital gains and corporate dividends, which are currently taxed at an historically low top rate of 15%.
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"Over the past 20 years the U.S. has gone from a high statutory corporate tax rate country to a low-rate country following the 1986 reforms, and by most measures, has returned to a high-rate country again, " he says.
And when that interest rate readjusts upward - we're talking specifically about somebody who was in the subprime mortgage that was also in adjustable rate mortgage, meaning that it was typically a very low rate for a year or so, maybe three years, and then it would readjust upward once rates changed in a couple of years.
Despite a slightly positive increase in retail sales in September and October, the country is still facing a high unemployment rate and a low job creation rate.
If the lump-of-labour argument were correct, you would expect to see that a high employment rate among the wrinklies would be offset by a low employment rate among the youngsters, and vice versa.
This could be a viable option, Babb and Rutledge say, if the borrower knows he or she can pay it back quickly, or if they can lock in a low interest rate for at least a year.
Treat the low yields for what they are, a painfully low rate of interest income.
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In the short term, a simpler explanation may be that a low savings rate has left American consumers with a heavy debt burden.
Given this risk, it may be better to sign a long-term lease at a low rental rate than to hold out for a premium rent in a year or two.
Long Island, however, stands out in two ways: the 5th-lowest vacancy rate in the country, but also a very low rate (98th out of 100) of new construction.
How about getting a new credit card with a great low rate and just before you get your first bill you get a notification that your rate is doubling, effective with your first bill.
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