The net interest income it earns on these investment is the difference between the interest revenue on interest-earning assets and the interest expense incurred on interest-bearing liabilities.
Economists are warning of the rise of zombie companies - struggling firms that can just about afford the interest payments on their loans - and zombie households, those on interest-only mortgages, yet unable to pay off the loan itself.
But, briefly, Senator Clinton, your proposal calls for a five- year moratorium on interest rates, 90-day moratorium on foreclosure, five year keeping those interest rates the same.
They include the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance, the mortgage interest deduction, tax-free interest on state and local bonds, and dozens of others.
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But on the other, you suggest ending mortgage-interest tax deductions, doing away with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac without replacing them with support for long-term, low-interest mortgages, ending exemptions on capital-gains taxes, and requiring up to 15% down payments on homes from first-time buyers.
The consequences, as Secretary Geithner and many others, including the Speaker of the House, Senator Minority Leader, Congressman Ryan have pointed out, the consequences of not -- of failing to raise the debt ceiling would be Armageddon-like in terms of the economy on -- the impact on interest rates, on job creation, on growth would be devastating.
It would also expose the allocation of public funds to a public-interest test (instead of the prevalent one, based on bureaucratic self-interest).
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The Conservatives' proposal essentially removes this limit and extends the tax privilege to all lower-rate and basic-rate income-tax payers who receive interest on their deposits.
Later that day, the BOJ made a U-turn on its zero interest-rate policy and raised rates by 0.25%.
Short-term and long-term interest rates are virtually on the same level -- another disturbing symptom.
For many people, the health-plan tax break is more valuable than the highly popular mortgage-interest deduction on Schedule A, says Kelly Davis, an employee-benefits specialist at accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen.
Some of the proposed spending cuts range from outdated farm subsidy programs to pricey Pentagon weapons programs and the so-called "carried-interest" loophole on Wall Street.
At stake are trades in eurodollar futures--bets on short-term interest rates affecting American dollar deposits outside the U.S.--accounting for 53% of the Merc's overall volume.
Iran's economic desperation was recently illustrated in stark terms when its central bank gave the go-ahead to issue interest-bearing debentures on the international markets in direct violation of the Shariah law by which the Ayatollahs rule.
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But he thinks that business's case against the current system is based as much on self-interest as on morality.
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He says he has to rely for financing on short-term bank loans at high interest rates instead of on longer-term bonds.
Consider hosting your own mixer -- a seminar or breakfast -- on topics that are of interest to potential customers: the benefits and drawbacks of E- commerce, say, or a local business issue.
All this high-flying adventure--plus some bad bets on Harvard's part in the interest-rate swap market that had apparently been the brainchild of former university president Lawrence Summers--created a perfect financial storm.
While you can generally deduct interest payments and discount points (pre-paid interest) on a qualifying home mortgage if you itemize, you may not deduct processing fees as deductible expenses.
The message was that they would be purposefully limited in aim, and that the core of any programme would be a debtor-led partial default - that is, the suspension of interest payments on the remaining debt and a repudiation of the terms of both Troika-brokered bailouts.
The knock-on effects of a sharp currency devaluation higher interest payments on foreign-currency debt, higher prices for imports and subsequent inflation are certain to crimp economic growth.
Their friendship, intermittent over the years, was based on self-interest rather than on intimacy.
"This is for-profit investment based on economic self-interest, " Winton insists.
Speaking after the European Central Bank's (ECB) half-point cut in interest rates on November 6th, Jean-Claude Trichet, the bank's chief, allowed that inflation could fall well below the ECB's target ceiling of 2% next year.
The employer's contribution is tax-exempt, and the interest on the loan is tax-deductible.
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Among other things, the new treaty adopts a 0% withholding tax--down from 10%--on certain interest, dividends and royalties paid from the country where a company is doing business but isn't based.
Such drops would be more precipitous still were it not for the cushioning effects of ultra-low interest rates on European mortgage-holders.
Debtor countries like America and Britain have huge fiscal deficits, but retain at the same time the ability to depreciate their currencies and offer near-zero interest rates on their short-term debt.
While these policies - clamping down on loans, currency appreciation and interest rate rises - have been effective inflation fighting tactics, they have proven to be a drag on growth for the corporate sector.
According to Levin, many credit lenders engage in practices that are "unfair or abusive"--such as charging interest on balances that have already been paid--that are too complex for the average consumer to understand.
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