Inflation-linked bonds also offer protection but their current real yields are very low or even negative.
And, finally, the nuclear option's efficiency gains would be minimal or perhaps even negative.
Yet he thinks that this quarter it will be flat or even negative.
That situation produced chronic inflation and low, even negative, real interest rates that sent property prices into the stratosphere.
All this shifting of wealth is a zero-sum game and the net effect on incomes is usually zero, or even negative.
Since then, a lot of us (me included) have started believing that we are returning to zero-sum economics (or even negative-sum economics).
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For many, the real effective return would be zero or even negative.
Unit growth may still result in single-digit or even negative revenue growth if the shift towards cheaper models has been pronounced enough.
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Chevron both missed revenue estimates, the latter by a wide margin Friday morning, and a number of companies have issued tepid or even negative guidance.
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While some women in her study did seek help through counseling and prescription drugs, most of her subjects were ambivalent or even negative about counseling.
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Even negative readings last night on Japanese household spending and industrial production could not stop the flow of funds toward the yen as a safe haven.
Remember that all constructive feedback (even negative feedback) is a sign of interest and a sign that people want to help you do better, Kjerulf says.
Whereas current pensioners are withdrawing far more than they paid into the system, today's workers will receive negligible or even negative rates of return on their contributions.
And one academic review of more than 600 employee-feedback studies found that two-thirds of appraisals had zero or even negative effects on employee performance after the feedback was given.
Stocks that are seen as proxies for the global economy have fared worse: Caterpillar, FedEx, and Alcoa (which posts earnings on Tuesday) have all delivered marginal, or even negative, returns.
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Moreover, Italy's strong employment record has a downside: zero or even negative productivity growth (see chart 4), as more marginal and less productive workers have been brought into the workforce.
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Expect to see the annualized dividend growth rates for those companies that are paying their typical first-quarter 2013 dividend before the end of 2012 reduced, or even negative, for years to come.
In fact, today this is one of the key concerns whereby loan yields may end up lower than bond yields or even negative because most loans can be repaid at par or renegotiated anytime.
The mystery is that rapid export growth has not translated into higher domestic-sector investment, especially as real interest rates in the region have been low or even negative for much of the past three years.
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Real short-term interest rates in Japan (ie, adjusted for inflation) are zero or even slightly negative.
Stephen Green of Standard Chartered thinks export growth could fall to zero next year and even turn negative.
Proponents for retaining the sales-tax exemptions argue that their loss would even have negative ramifications for state coffers.
Still, short-selling bans seem to have a neutral, even slightly negative effect, on the stocks it tries to protect.
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If that keeps up, monthly inflation data going forward might even turn negative.
Topol, the clinic's top cardiologist, is even more negative on the AtheroGenics study.
The Conference Board was even more negative on the economy, as they see a 45% chance that there will be a recession.
If this technology is adopted when wind prices are low or even potentially negative, it can supplant the need for fossil fuel-based heating.
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This figure also languished close of zero and even turned negative in 1998-2001, but since then it has turned strongly positive for Japan.
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In the not so distant future, we see natural gas playing a tiny role in Russia, and maybe even a negative one because of Europe.
However, the Genasense review is probably even more negative than Iressa's.
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