But at 0.21%, up from 0.08% last January, it remains easily in investment-grade range.

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Some have more students in the C-D grade range and have therefore been affected more than others.

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The yields on these long-dated bonds is already relatively low, in the 4% to max 6% range for investment grade debt.

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Entitled Opportunities Lost: The Impact of Grade Repetition and Early School Leaving, the Digest presents a wide range of UIS data and indicators to better identify the millions of children that are falling through the cracks in education systems and leaving school, often without being able to read or write.

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The range indicator hits a nerve-wracking three miles as I ascend the 25% grade of the final stretch but I make it home.

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