In January, as attackers hammered bank sites with DDoS attacks, the availability rate of websites at U.S. financial institutions actually rose to 97.21% from 94.86% in the fall, when the first phase of the ongoing attacks was in full force, according to a report from BankInfoSecurity.com.
JetBlue, which switched to a new points program in November 2009, saw an increase of 7.1 percentage points to a healthy 86.4% availability success rate.
The NAR also has supported a Senate bill that would offer subprime borrowers an alternative by expanding availability of fixed-rate loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration.
He found that the availability of discounted variable-rate deals crowded out comparatively expensive longer-term fixed-rate loans.
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Some academics, most notably former Fed Vice-Chairman Alan Blinder, have suggested that credit availability could be improved by lowering the rate paid on bank reserves held at the Fed to a negative .25 percent.
So far a low U.S. interest rate environment has led to the availability of cheap money for a housing recovery and consumer durability.
Basic social indicators such us life expectancy, mortality rate, and water and electricity availability rank alongside countries with twice the income per person.
The London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, is a measure of credit availability because a lot of lenders use it as a peg to set their interest rates, and it rose yesterday.
Still there was some good news as the overnight London interbank offered rate (LIBOR)--a critical measure of credit availability-- fell to 2.47%, from 5.09%, on Thursday.
Dr. Harry Burns said that raising the price of alcohol, and reducing its availability through licensing, would be examples of how Scotland's alcohol mortality rate, could be brought down.
Meanwhile, Mississippi scored at or near the bottom on 11 of the 22 survey measures, showing a high prevalence of obesity, high rate of childhood poverty, low high school graduation rates, limited availability of primary care physicians and many preventable hospitalizations.
The availability of permanent staff continued to deteriorate last month, with the second-sharpest rate of decline for almost five years.
With regard to the availability of budgetary resources, if the U.S. economy continues its current unspectacular rate of growth and inflation remains subdued, then the nation will generate at least three quadrillion dollars in value through 2065.
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"A drop in price, widespread availability of HD content and successful completion of the digital television transition last year have all led to an increased ownership rate for HDTVs, " said Markwalter.
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"Every airline is a country that gets to establish the value of their currency, and some provide a better rate of exchange than others, " said Mr. Sorensen, whose firm has been tracking airline seat availability for the past three years.
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