In this bastion of mass consumerism, where a meal can easily cost the equivalent of an average day's wages, some parents can be seen watching their children gobble a burger while they eat nothing.
That will likely increase prices again, causing Brazilians and industry watchdogs to wonder when an entry level vehicle there will no longer cost the equivalent of a small house in a low income state like Pernambuco.
That works out to the equivalent of nine times the cost of a 30-second TV spot during the Super Bowl.
At around 77 basis points, the premium to insure UK five-year gilts is 55% less than the cost of insuring equivalent French government debt.
If your agent knows the local rental market, he or she will be comfortable telling you what it would cost to rent equivalent housing nearby.
It is not trivial to give up safety in order to satisfy curiosity, even in a game, though she acknowledges that the cost is not equivalent to that of suffering an illness in the real world.
By contrast, Japan took a decade to recover from a financial bust that ultimately cost its taxpayers a sum equivalent to 24% of GDP.
In summary, they argue that AB32 will raise business taxes, drive jobs out of California, cost the average family the equivalent of a new car, lower tax revenues and abdicate personal decisions to government.
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If the cost of cigarettes is roughly equivalent in the local Mom and Pop store as it is on the reservation, the incentive to travel to Seneca Nation (or other tribe) territory is arguably lost.
One downside: even the bronze plans cost about twice as much as equivalent coverage in Colorado.
Brazilian players cost European clubs less than local footballers of equivalent talent.
The equivalent stimulus could have been achieved at a much lower budgetary cost, both near and long term, by focusing tax cuts on lower-income households who are more likely to spend their gains.
The tests have found that premiums are the most important factor in consumers' choices, he said, with more than half typically opting for a narrow-network product if it cost them at least 10% less than an equivalent with broader choice.
Now select equivalent nice suburban areas across the country and see what comparable houses cost.
Otherwise, margin increase would come from offering an equivalent level of service at a better production-to-retail cost differential.
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Between 2005 and 2009 natural disasters cost Costa Rica 0.8% of GDP, equivalent to around 18% of public investment.
The Harvard study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at what Medicare Advantage plans would cost on an apples-to-apples basis, if their benefits were of equivalent financial value to those of government-run Medicare.
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Typically, older workers would sign up for Medicare Part A hospital coverage at no cost but not opt to pay for Part B doctor coverage or Part D drug coverage while equivalent corporate coverage is in place.
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Every year the cost of national pension payments for these persons will increase by JPY 2.4 trillion, equivalent the revenues from a one percent sales tax. (The actual national sales tax rate is five percent, so we are talking about the equivalent 20% of current revenues.) Consider that today, 50 percent to pension payments are financed by issuing government debt.
In this case, the cash grant was unnecessary, but the cost to the government would have been the same, since the developer would have cashed in the equivalent tax credits anyway.
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The cost of setting up the infrastructure to support these wireless services is likely to be lower than those for equivalent high-speed services because no cables have to be laid out to homes.
At the moment, universities can recruit an unlimited number of students who have achieved A-level grades equivalent to ABB or higher, but the number of lower achieving students they can take is capped to limit the cost to the state in the form of student loans.
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