Honda is hamstrung on responding to challengers because the vehicle barely breaks even at current exchange rates.

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At current exchange rates the increase was 13.3 percent for the six-month period.

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At current exchange rates, British legislators get much less than their American counterparts, less than some Europeans and more than others.

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At current exchange rates the increase was 13.3 percent for the company that also produces watch components and electronics, has its own distribution network, its own retail stores and owns and manages museums for some of its better-known watch brands.

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The country's National Confederation of Industry (CNI) has expressed concern at the current exchange rate of about 1.70 reais to the dollar and has called on Ms Rousseff to bring it down to somewhere between 2.00 and 2.20.

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Measured in current dollars at market exchange rates, it has boosted per capita income by 67 percent in the latest ten years, versus a rise of just 34 percent for the United States.

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In any case, the current imbalances at the root of the exchange rate controversy may prove transient.

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Another way of looking at China's current-account surplus with America is that in exchange for selling lots of cheap shoes and fridges to American consumers, China receives little by way of return except IOUs in the form of American Treasuries.

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The current EUR value is much weaker than at the last ECB meet, giving policymakers no real cause to discuss exchange rates, or so we think.

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Kingdom Holding shares, which are only available to Saudi nationals and institutions, were trading at 21.70 riyals three years ago, according to the Saudi stock exchange, more than twice the current price of 9.25 riyals.

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