Many websites started to have collaborations with Facebook to boost their hit rates.
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Adverse publicity has already hit response rates to sweepstakes, which people in the industry say are down by around 60%.
Just a few years after the stock market crashed in 1987, murder rates hit historic highs in cities across the country.
If interest rates hit 15%, inflation runs at 18% and unemployment is 20%, we might not be broke, but it will hurt.
Despite the pessimistic consumer environment, credit card delinquency rates hit a record low as the 30-plus day delinquency rate fell by 10 basis points.
Freight rates hit a record low Wednesday on weak demand for iron ore, poor weather conditions in mining regions and a glut of shipping capacity.
Charges vary between retailers (the worst rates hit 30% but some of the lower ones are just 13%) so always check carefully before signing up.
But what if deflation takes hold and interest rates hit zero?
Even if interest rates hit zero, they argue, central banks can use other measures, such as flooding the banking system with money, buying government bonds or intervening in the currency markets.
Interest rates hit 21.5%, a deep recession ensued with unemployment reaching 11%, the agricultural sector slid into depression, a bubble burst in the energy sector, the real estate industry collapsed, and third-world debt burdens nearly brought down the mega banks.
Buyers' appetites for pricier homes and bigger mortgages were fueled by interest rates that hit new lows this year.
Many analysts expect interest rates to hit 3.75% in early 2007.
Hit by rising suicide rates in the wake of two long wars, the Pentagon has suddenly become a prime mover in researching treatments for the suicidal.
This is clear from the performance of the commercial-paper market, another short-term asset class that rarely hits the headlines, where rates suddenly hit six-year highs last week.
While the latter have been hard hit by weakened advertising rates and declining viewership, cable outlets continue to benefit from the dual-revenue streams of advertising and subscriber fees.
The recession, credit crunch and a new law limiting how credit-card companies can boost interest rates or hit consumers with fees and penalties have made card issuers hungrier for transactors with good credit.
Research by the International Monetary Fund suggests that, if average inflation targets are set below 2%, then there is a marked increase in the risk that interest rates will hit zero and that deflation may occur.
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Even if the fiscal cliff is partially solved, it will hit home that tax rates are going to go up (in part because of some of the provisions of Obamacare going into effect) and people will realize that the recovery is not as strong as believed.
The day before, Spain's borrowing rates too had hit record highs (see article).
Two months ago MRSA rates in England hit their lowest level since records began.
The global economic slowdown, coupled with inflation in India plus the accompanying high interest rates have all hit bottom lines.
Banks wiped 17 points off the FTSE amid revived worries of a possible rise in UK rates that would hit demand for loans.
By the way, Mr. Reid's surcharge comes on top of the tax increase that will hit when the Bush tax rates expire at the end of 2012.
Personally, Steinhardt is net short the bond market, reflecting his feeling that the stock market is going to continue recovering, and interest rates may have hit their lows.
Strategists say it is best to avoid Turkey and South Africa, where growth is slowing but the central banks may be unable to act because inflation has hit worrisome levels and interest rates are already too low.
Interest rates may have hit bottom in the past two years, but does that necessarily mean they have to, at some point, make a violent move upward that will have dire consequences for the economy and stock and bond markets?
If the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates, Harley may hit a speed bump because financing spreads will narrow.
If that autonomy were anchored in law, the central bank might be able to hit that target with lower interest rates.
Debt in these countries has become a burden not because of government profligacy but because each enjoyed a decade of low interest rates and was then hit by the financial crisis.
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