The main factor in the slow rate of change probably has had to do with the structure and culture of the electric industry.
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The third factor is the exchange rate.
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One important factor in the poverty rate that we see - the high poverty rate goes back to what I said before, that there are significant numbers of Asian-Americans who did not complete a high school diploma, so that's a factor.
Whale researchers use population models that factor a species' reproductive rate and its natural mortality to come up with an estimate of how many are likely dying.
Recent sharp rises in commodity prices have been an important factor contributing to the rising rate of inflation in the UK and creating uncertainty for interest rate policymakers.
To keep the form factor small but offer heart rate monitoring for fitness purposes to those who want it, the CORE 2 will give consumers the option to purchase an accessory strap with an embedded heart rate sensor.
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As US unemployment continues to head south towards its natural rate, and the prospect of an interest rate spike is a possibility, there is one factor that may avert, or at least moderate, an interest rate spike: The yen tsunami, i.e.
What happens if I factor in a five year expected rate of return on my part of just 10%?
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It is important to note that a low federal interest rate is just one factor that makes these estate planning strategies work.
The result is a material that is not only waterproof but is able to block out UV radiation from the sun to such an extent that it would rate a Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) of 101.15 if the chart went that high.
That was an important factor behind the rise in the jobless rate.
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Because interest rate differentials are a big factor in currency moves, the DBV shorts the three currencies of G10 countries with the lowest rates and goes long the three with the highest rates.
We now have the highest corporate tax rate, which is a major factor that employers consider when looking to incorporate in one country versus another.
The federal government is keen to capitalise on what it calls the "feel-good factor", arising from a robust growth rate of more than 8% and a strong performance over the past six months.
The city has contended that the statistics were in line with the percentages of those people suspected of offenses, and that the policy has been an important factor in the city's falling crime rate.
Another factor is a rigid labour market and a resulting unemployment rate of nearly 10%.
Another negative factor for the U.S. dollar remains the interest rate differential outlook or the official monetary policy rate.
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When asked by Today presenter Sarah Montague whether the fact that Britain is outside the eurozone played a part, he replied that it wasn't a key factor but concedes that Britain "does have an attractive exchange rate at the moment".
D'Vera Cohn, a senior writer at the Pew Research Center in Washington, said the birth rate, rather than immigration, is the primary driving factor in the Latino boom.
For this group, a common factor in most plans is the utilization of a current market interest rate to convert the monthly pension to a lump sum figure.
When it comes to individual bank decisions on mortgage rates - and deposit rates for savers - the Bank is much less of a factor today than in more normal times, precisely because the official base rate has been so low, for so long.
Military spending fell during the fourth quarter of 2012 at its fastest pace in four decades, a key factor in the national economy's paltry 0.1% annualized growth rate, according to updated government figures released Thursday.
But that official rate does not take into account cost of living and when you factor in the fact that it costs more to live in San Francisco than in Topeka, Kansas, for example, then you see that those rates are considerably higher.
The current rate, which hovers around 3.98 percent, should be a positive factor in driving the housing market.
Another factor that can discourage foreign companies from setting up sophisticated operations in China is the dramatic rate of employee turnover.
As opposed to having Greece deal with its own debt issues, using their own fiscal, monetary and currency, measures, EU countries now have to coordinate the opinions of the 26 other member countries and factor in the implications on 27 different economies and cultures with a single, coordinated currency and interest rate framework.
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One driving factor is that children born in the past with complex heart defects "didn't survive at nearly the rate that they do now, " said Jared O'Leary, a researcher at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital.
Not until page 30 of the 84-page document can investors determine that they also will incur an "accrued holding rate" of 0.7% (adjusted quarterly) and an "accrued index adjustment factor" fee of 0.5% implying a total annual cost of 1.65%, or more than triple the reported fee.
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