What if you lose your job and are no longer healthy enough to qualify for low rates on your own?
Above all what they want is for low rates to be passed on to small and medium-sized businesses, particularly in southern Europe.
For travelers on a budget, who flocked to both Kiwi and ValuJet for low rates, there are now even fewer flights to choose from.
For instance, in just a few paragraphs, they fracture the arguments for low rates on capital gains and propose a better alternative (a partial exclusion from income).
But resorting to blaming CEO pay for low tax rates for companies obscures the bigger pictures and muddles the conversation.
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Republicans are unified on revenue neutral tax reform: closing loopholes to pay for low tax rates for individuals and businesses.
The previous day Liu Mingkang, China's chief banking regulator, blasted Washington for its low interest rates and for the falling dollar, which, he claimed, was encouraging a dollar carry trade and global asset-price bubbles.
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The Fed also extended its forward guidance for ultra-low rates, or outlook for interest rate levels, until mid-2015.
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Lower for longer as in low rates for a longer time is the mantra.
Still, the prospects for a continuation of low rates are nevertheless friendly for precious metals.
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Ryan said he felt fear that because Bernanke denied the Fed was responsible for the crisis, via ultra low interest rates for too long, his current policy mix could cause economic disruptions to a possibly catastrophic magnitude.
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It would of course be much worse if not for historically low interest rates.
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That accounts for the low graduation rates and higher loan-default rates, the industry says.
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After qualifying for low German interest rates overnight, citizens entered a spiral of private debt.
We expect the sheer size of European household and personal care market to compensate for the low growth rates.
In order to free up those green cards, the legislation eliminates the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program which sets aside visas for countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.
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Though the law spares them the deep cuts hospitals face, many of the newly insured would be covered by state-run Medicaid plans, known for the low payment rates many doctors already don't accept.
First, tax-related sales, as investors who have been on the long side of the market for the last three years rush to cash in their chips to benefit for the low tax rates still in effect.
The new members have also upset the old with their taste for flat and often low rates of personal income tax and corporate tax, chosen mainly for ease of collection.
Interest rates were too low for too long, and this is partly to blame for the succession of asset bubbles, but low interest rates alone could not create this type of calamity.
Mr. Slome said one of the trickiest elements for insurers to handle amid low interest rates is inflation protection for consumers, which many want to make sure the policies will cover the rising cost of nursing-home care.
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The low footfall rates for Scotland in February are a reflection of low levels of consumer confidence and lower levels of sales growth, according to SRC director Fiona Moriarty.
While many wealthy home buyers could pay for their home outright, the low rates provide an incentive to opt for financing instead.
The harsh reality for investors is that low interest rates are here to stay in my opinion for many years to come.
Savings accounts have been paying very low rates for many years for exactly this reason.
The case for normalisation is that low rates encourage bubbles to develop and reward inefficient firms.
When he announced the 2014 forecast for keeping rates exceptionally low, GLD skyrocketed.
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Growth is accelerating for Zillow amid low mortgage rates and a housing recovery that is finally gaining some traction.
But consider that many insurance companies offer special low rates for small businesses.
The second group includes investment and savings incentives such as low rates for capital gains and preferences for contributions to retirement accounts.
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