Fiduciary duty requires that institutions invest capital with the expectation of earning a competitive rate of financial return commensurate with risk.
The Fed also now pays competitive rate for banks parking excess reserves.
Merchants are charged a nominal fee at an extremely competitive rate.
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Again, it is transparent, low cost and should deliver a competitive market rate of return.
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Toyota has not been shy about using profits from a competitive exchange rate to finance its drive for a bigger market share.
But hyperinflation did not return, and after the economic meltdown of 2002, Argentina's newly competitive exchange rate helped it grow once again.
This is more important at present than a competitive exchange rate, and puts China's exporters at an advantage over their cash-strapped regional rivals.
If the borrowing taxpayer has met the requirement, he or she would have a long-term loan to be paid back at a competitive interest rate.
Moreover, German export success for the past decade has been built on the weaker, more competitive exchange rate that came with sharing a currency with southern Europe.
It ought to be poised for an export-led boom: it has a hugely competitive exchange rate, good infrastructure and has had a decade of high investment in plant and machinery.
The fact that Mr. Sarkozy is now so clearly stressing the need to stimulate growth and have a more competitive exchange rate suggests that whoever wins the French election will try to reshape the debate within the euro zone.
More investment and exports and a competitive real exchange rate can also give a temporary boost.
If we want our companies to grow and prosper here in the U.S., and therefore create American jobs, then we need to have a more competitive corporate tax rate.
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If you believe, as I do, in free, competitive markets, that TBTF rate advantage is repugnant.
Competitive cultures slow down the rate of evolution by locking their ideas away.
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In New Jersey, bids start at 18% interest with the expectation that the public, competitive bidding will reduce that rate.
First, it is hard to argue that any advanced economy has so far secured a significant competitive advantage via its exchange rate.
Question: Corporate tax rates in America are said to be high relative to the world at 35%, though the real rate is very competitive at around 13%.
"We're able to be competitive, with a low effective rate, " says Suzanne Spera, the firm's director of investor relations.
"HSBC keeps its savings rates under review, and they remain competitive in the current interest-rate environment, " says HSBC Vice President Neil Brazil.
So a low profit margin hurdle rate could be a competitive advantage for Japanese companies competing internationally, particularly if it were a choice.
"At a stroke, Greece can lower its real exchange rate and therefore be more competitive, " Mr. Bootle says.
"Britain's North Sea gas supplies are running out and British Gas has to pay the going rate for gas in a competitive global marketplace, " said Mr Bentley.
Yokosawa and Oberweis look for companies with accelerating earnings growth (at least 30% a year), a price-to-earnings ratio no more than twice the long-term growth rate, and a defensible competitive advantage in a growing market.
But starting to do so involves fostering a competitive private sector and dealing with the exchange rate.
In the years that followed the unification of East and West Germany, the country's desire to be competitive meant that wages grew at a very moderate rate.
When it comes to the corporate tax rate, we could actually lower the overall corporate tax rate, which would make us more competitive, if we closed up a whole bunch of these loopholes that special interests and lobbyists have been able to get into the tax code.
If the stock passed, I ran another valuation using a discount rate of 8% and a CAP (competitive advantage period) of 10 years.
Competitive retail providers, like NewEnergy or Direct Energy, offer rate plans that allow customers to lock in current rates for all or almost any portion of their usage.
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