Further, the long decline in interest rates means that interest rates don't have much further to fall.
No stock strategy did a good job over the past decade, while bonds rose on a steady decline in interest rates.
Meanwhile, the decline in interest rates has been a great boon for commercial property, a core lending business for community banks.
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The subsequent decline in interest rates and thus investment returns might well have driven many for profit insurers entirely out of the market.
However, without an associated further decline in interest rate, the impact of further monetary ease will likely still be positive, but less so.
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Signaling less confidence among foreign firms, Algeria has recently faced a steady decline in interest among international partners, thanks in part to unfavorable revenue-sharing agreements and accusations of rampant corruption in state energy offices.
As a result, the cardmembers can schedule their payments accordingly leading to either (i) sooner settlement of loans in case of an impending rise in rates, or (ii) a delayed settlement of loans in case of a decline in interest rates.
Facing a decline in fan interest, Nascar has sought to bring back brand identity, which helped fuel the series's rise in the 1950s and 60s.
Beyond pushing out debt maturities last year, high yield borrowers in 2012 saw a decline in their interest rates as demand for their bonds rose.
The Swedish authors explain that drop as mainly due to the decline in real interest rates that lowered incomes of rentiers who depended on interest and dividends.
The result: A remarkable decline in German interest rates, as investors shed holdings of bonds issued by countries that were previously considered safe markets such as Italy and moved their money to Germany.
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Most notably, the bank bucked the trend reported by peers Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and U.S. Bancorp, of a sequential decline in net interest margin figures over recent quarters.
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He reckons the world does not have to become a lot more scary, to see a very large increase in demand for "safe" assets like gilts - and a correspondingly sharp decline in the interest rate which the government needs to pay.
The growth in income from Treasury securities has come despite a decline in the average interest rate the Fed received from Uncle Sam.
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In retreating from the market, Unum cited factors including "the significant decline in long-term interest rates, " and said it also considered a fresh industry study showing that lower termination rates than the company had previously assumed were beginning to emerge in the industry.
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The decline in U.S. interest rates sent the 10-year bonds high and was a loss position.
Henry Blodget, of Merrill Lynch, puts the recent decline down to the rise in interest rates last month.
One of them says that if inflation-adjusted interest rates decline in a given country, its currency is likely to decline.
In fact, concerns about falling interest margins also showed in a decline for shares of other major banks including Bank of America, Citigroup and Capital One who are scheduled to report their results this week.
The decline in the forecasts suggest that lower interest rates and stimulus measures in the form of tax cuts have not been enough to help Brazil in the second half.
The decline in economy-wide inflation has brought down interest payments, but borrowers also have to repay their mortgages.
Worse still would be a combination of a return to higher levels of interest rates combined with a decline in crop prices.
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In some circles it might even be considered acceptable to not even bother to decline an offer in which you have no further interest.
As the Federal Reserve continues to monetize half of our annual budget deficit, the dollar will continue to decline in value and the risk of rapidly rising interest rates will increase.
The sales price of new homes decline in China in August as the government high interest rates and other measures take their intended toll on the red hot real estate market, China Daily reported Sunday.
The forecasts for originations in 2011 are expected to decline even further as interest rates start to rise.
Tightened state budgets and a decline in donations have further stretched resources for the public interest firms, forcing them to make staff cuts at a time when demand for their services is greater than ever before.
My point here is that open market purchases and the associated expansion of money growth rate are accepted as normal or routine Fed policy so long as interest rates have some room to decline in the process.
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