That might not be such a bad thing if Petrobras could charge market rate for gasoline.
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It now expects an 8.1% credit card charge-off rate, up from 6.7% last quarter.
For example, down-and-out Providian had a charge-off rate of 12.7% in the fourth quarter of 2001.
The charge-off rate is the percentage of credit card debts that the company believes it will never recover.
The charge-off rate (uncollectible balances) is also slowly declining, but still remains high.
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You could even take on debt or sell part of your company to investors to turbo-charge your growth rate.
However, the annualized net charge-off rate for US credit cards rose marginally from 7.26% in October to 7.56% in November.
American Express is able to charge a higher rate from merchants on faith of its promises to bring them higher spending customers.
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The charge-off rate of a citizen line of credit program would be considerably lower than the 100% loss rate of the existing welfare system.
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The current generation of battery technology can charge at this rate.
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Hence, the cardholder must make six on-time monthly payments that start at the time of the penalty, or the issuer can charge the penalty rate indefinitely.
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In the same period, the charge-off rate on credit card loans for the top 100 banks ranked by assets in the country dropped from 9.59% to 4.08%.
The key to minimizing the charge-off rate of a citizen line of credit program will lie in two areas: tax reform, and how the credit lines are administered.
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Even when repayment rates are high, a microfinance institution may charge an interest rate too low to cover its overall costs or its costs of funds, thus making it more of a charity than a commercial enterprise.
Spreads between the Fed's lending rates and the rate banks charge each other remained elevated.
Colleges currently charge a flat-rate fee about half that figure which is paid upfront.
Those liquidity facilities charge borrowers a penalty rate which makes them less attractive as private credit returns.
And banks have a pretty good idea what interest rate to charge a specific borrower to make a profit.
The central bank is supposed to be independent, and is also supposed to be in charge of exchange-rate and monetary policy.
In 1996 researchers at the University of Texas announced a new battery design offering high performance and a fast rate of charge.
The target for federal funds rate, which is the rate banks charge each other to borrow funds overnight, is already near zero.
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In addition, banks and other lenders maintain a spread between the rate they pay on deposits and the rate they charge on loans.
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Those that offer "life care, " or Type A, contracts typically charge the same monthly rate for an independent-living villa or for 24-hour skilled-nursing care.
To ease the burden on Greece, ministers seem ready to lend it money to buy back existing bonds, and to lower the interest rate they charge on loans.
The London interbank offered rate, the rate banks charge each other for short-term loans, soared in recent weeks despite central bank injections of hundreds of billions into the system.
The AP news agency quoted a local doctor as saying he was outraged when a tax collector tried to charge him a higher rate than that paid by local business owners.
They have a spread on the interest rate they charge the other person over what they pay you and this pays for the buildings, the unpaid loans, the staff and everything else.
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Some local authorities have already announced plans to not just scrap the council tax discount on second homes and empty properties, but to charge double the standard rate on those properties instead.
An insurer that sought to charge everyone the same rate would quick find itself in the red when people whose expected costs were higher than the flat rate raced to sign up.
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But to charge both the full rate of the corporate income tax and then the top marginal income tax rate means that dividends will be taxed more highly than any other form of income.
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