' There has to be a certain kind of maturity to be salient and we think the cut point for that is PG-13.
So I think that it's you know, at the end of the day, you've got to get a cut off point and the question is, where there's a reasonable cut off point.
Richard DeKaser, chief economist at National City, predicted a 50-point cut and thinks another 25-point cut will come in October, the next time the Open Market Committee meets.
Richard DeKaser, chief economist at National City (nyse: NCC - news - people ), predicted a 50-point cut and thinks another 25-point cut will come in October, the next time the Open Market Committee meets.
This week's half-point cut went down badly with share investors, because they wanted a three-quarter-point cut and interpreted Mr Greenspan's more modest offering as a signal that he will do only what the economy requires, not what the stockmarket craves.
Confederation chiefs called for a cut of half a percentage point cut in interest rates to support UK industry, the first time for three years they have demanded such a big reduction.
The cut off point they appear to want to impose is 1, 500 metres - which, in this year's competition would exclude some teams from Ecuador, Peru and Mexico, as well as the Bolivians.
Bopara, England's form player across all formats of the game, got England under way with a cut over point's head for four, but the second delivery of Mohammed Aamer's international career did for him.
Yusuf Pathan is the new man at the crease as Yuvraj caresses a cut over point for four, but is fortunate survive the next delivery as Fletcher grasses a tough chance running around from on midwicket boundary.
The editorial standards committee also ruled that by not making the cut off point clear, it did not "treat those who engaged with the programme fairly" because listeners might be misled by being encouraged to contact the show.
Any threat of Mahendra Dhoni blasting his team out of trouble ended three balls later when he cut to point for a duck as a total of five wickets fell for two runs in 10 balls, which left India 159-9.
Mushfiqur Rahim revived the innings again by first lofting Tredwell for a sublime straight six, then backing away to cut through point for four, but was reprieved on 29 when Prior could not get his gloves to a thick edge that deviated appreciably.
Radio 2 went on to change the wording used in the show and on phone messages to reflect that not all messages may be used, but the BBC Trust said the revision was still in breach of accuracy guidelines and needed to be amended further to make clear there was a cut off point.
The cut Wednesday comes less than one month after another half-point cut, that time coordinated with central banks around the globe.
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Bernanke also said Operation Twist equates a 50 basis point cut in the Fed funds rate, adding he expected an additional 20 basis point fall in lending costs.
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Since the start of 2001, the Fed has cut its interest rates 12 times, to 1.25%, whereas the ECB's half-point cut, to 2%, on June 5th was only its seventh in the same period.
Prime lending rates have fallen one percentage point since June, including a half-point cut Nov. 2.
So is there now some arbitrary cut-off point, the Crimean War (1853-6) perhaps?
Some had expected a 50-point cut, to 4.0%, but that now seems improbable given Friday's jobs data.
We now expect a 25-basis-point cut in the Federal funds rate and discount rate on Dec. 11.
Federal funds futures were indicating expectations for a 75 basis point cut from the Fed March 18.
Since then, futures prices have been predicting a 50 basis-point cut in short-term interest rates by April.
That is roughly 0.3% of the power of the 180-decibel cut-off point that the operational system would have.
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MPC's half-point cut in interest rates last month, is now calling for a repeat performance on December 10th.
Two of its nine members already voted for a quarter-point cut in March.
Barath perished after surpassing his previous career-best of 131 when he cut lazily to point in Pietersen's first over.
After this cut-off point, it gives preference to Catholic pupils, with a proportion of places also allocated for non-Catholics.
In effect, Mr Paulson engineered the equivalent of a half-point cut in interest rates targeted at the mortgage market.
Wall Street, which had been hoping for a sixth half-point cut, was disappointed.
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