With a thin majority in the new parliament, he cannot afford to offend important interest groups.
These are two of the most important interest rates in the global financial markets and directly influence the value of trillions of dollars of financial deals between banks and other institutions.
So is there any reason to feel sympathy for Barclays, following the tidal wave of opprobrium that has hit it, after its admission that it tried to rig important interest rates?
You might remember that I said on Thursday that influential investors were saying he would probably have to quit, in the light of Barclays' admission that it tried to rig important interest rates.
Twice in the past nine months, the Canadian establishment has rallied round to prevent what it perceived as an unwanted takeover of a strategically important interest - which is the sort of thing we haven't seen in the UK since... well I can't remember when.
And as I said, our view here is that it's quite important for our interest and it's important for the interest of this region for the United States to put the resources in place, to continue to provide what it's provided for the last 60-plus years, which is the foundation, the platform on which you've seen this tremendous rise in economies here and social development.
Moreover, America has an important strategic interest in preventing Qaddafi from overrunning those who oppose him.
We have important relationships and a very important national interest in stability and order in the country and in the region.
The so-called "Luxembourg Compromise" allows a member state to block a majority decision being taken if an issue is deemed to seriously affect "a very important national interest".
They were unable to force him out, because the recent FSA investigation into how Barclays attempted to rig the important Libor interest rates did not find him personally culpable.
Such rhetoric placates important domestic interest groups.
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What is perhaps even more problematic is that the SFO is embarking on its most important investigation in recent years, whether crimes were committed in the way that banks and bankers tried to manipulate the important Libor interest rates.
So where does that leave Bob Diamond, Barclays' chief executive - whom some have said should quit, because he ran Barclays' investment bank during the period when its traders were trying to manipulate the important Libor interest rates and when the bank was understating what it had to pay to borrow?
Thank you again for your leadership on this important issue of interest to both countries.
Which is in the most important, strategic interest of the United States: having jobs for people and growing the economy or waging at least two or three major military efforts, causing a major diversion of resources and mindshare?
This Axis of Evil has surfaced not only as a result of the Iraq War and perceived U.S. hegemony, rather, its foundation has been built on a number of other important common-interest issues such as energy security, political ideology and a need reassert regional influence based upon historical precedent dating back almost two thousand years.
It involves examining 3, 500 places listed as important or of special interest and 1, 000 not currently rated.
The Center believes that such an asset is sufficiently important to the national interest that it should receive an appropriate allocation of the government's resources.
For startups, your school is less important than your persistence, interest, and ability.
But is it also important to know precisely how interest compounds?
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Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK's credit rating "matters because the most important thing is to keep interest rates low, to keep mortgage rates low".
Not only do certain consulting firms fail to disclose to clients important information about conflicts of interest, some firms outright lie about their lines of business when asked.
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Our plan included important steps to help lower interest rates.
President GEORGE W. BUSH: The stakes in the global war on terror are too high, and the national interest is too important for politicians to throw out false charges.
Broadly, I could give you our view of U.S.-Pakistani relations and the fact that that relationship has been and continues to be complicated but is very important to our national security interest, to our fight against al Qaeda, and to the stability of the region.
In the meantime, threatening default on the interest payment is an important club Clearwire has to swing at Sprint.
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This shows why interest rates are very important.
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