And with each of these schools having various degrees of success over time (all 5 SEC mentioned above have one national championship since 1998 except Auburn, who finished undefeated and 2nd nationally in 2004), this simply reaffirms fan interest and demand, which in turn re-enforces the pressures to win.
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The Revenue did not demand interest from the other 21 companies for the period pre-2005.
In principle, non-interest-bearing demand deposits are the most senior, and thus do not suffer losses until all the other creditors have a 100% loss.
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Beyond pushing out debt maturities last year, high yield borrowers in 2012 saw a decline in their interest rates as demand for their bonds rose.
As some confidence surrounding the economy and prospects of individual firms as begun to build, companies have found it easier to issue debt at low interest rates as demand for their bonds has been strong.
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In the run-up to October's election, the growing certainty that Lula would win caused the real to slump and the spreads on Brazil's bonds (ie, the interest rate investors demand on them, above that paid by America's government) to soar.
Entrepreneurs and internal managers are constantly evaluating their environments and assessing the growth prospects and their bottom-up evaluations merge up into the financial markets in either higher demand for growth capital (causing higher real interest rates) or lower demand (causing lower ones) for capital.
Lenders will demand higher interest rates to protect themselves against the uncertainty of its future value.
Any such move would likely see interest rates rise and demand for bonds, particularly Treasuries, fall.
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Unfortunately, in our present low interest rate environment the demand for income producing products is high.
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Policymakers have since preferred to tweak aggregate demand via interest rates rather than taxes.
What East Asia hoards, America happily spends: the inflow of Asian capital keeps American interest rates low and demand high.
Normally, Ireland's central bank would have raised interest rates to cool demand.
Argentina has not been able to roll over this debt because investors' lack of trust in the government has led them to demand astronomical interest rates.
Both Brazil and China are likely coming to the home stretch of their tightening cycle, meaning an end to raising interest rates to cool demand for credit.
If Europeans are worried that a stronger euro will hurt their economies, then the solution is simple: the European Central Bank should cut interest rates to boost demand.
Japan seems to be stuck in a classic liquidity trap: it needs lower real interest rates to boost demand, but because of deflation they are stuck painfully high.
At the same time, the firm's projections suggest that sales growth in physical formats for home video will peter out by 2015 amid growing consumer interest in on-demand services.
The higher interest rates began cooling demand for auto loans in March, and expectations are that the economy will begin to slow from the 5.5% gain in the last 12 months ending March 31.
In light of the flood of government debt to finance budget deficits from the U.S. and Europe, demand for interest rate products that market participants use for hedging or speculation could outstrip our current forecasts.
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But Argentina has not been able to borrow in the markets for years, because investors demand punishing interest rates and because it is still mired in legal battles with the holdouts from its 2001 sovereign default.
George Gero, vice president with RBC Capital Markets Global Futures and a precious metals strategist, said he sees higher gold prices next week and there are two areas where he will turn his attention: interest rates and physical demand.
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The Hall-Sargent calculations show that almost all of this inflation tax was borne by those who held bonds with a maturity of five years or more. (That is because investors in short-term bonds could more quickly demand higher interest rates to compensate for inflation.) The trick is harder to repeat today.
Major factors influencing the price of gold include Asian demand and real interest rates.
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As the state sells its exposure, its interest in maintaining Americans' demand for cigarettes will fade.
In normal times, the Fed can bolster aggregate demand by reducing interest rates.
Council-run allotments, private sites and community run agriculture groups have all reported a high level of demand and increasing interest.
Today, China Construction Bank Corporation reported a 31 percent increase in profits on higher loan demand and higher interest rates.
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Banks are left with lending to riskier companies, most of which cannot pay the high interest rates that banks should demand.
If the market started thinking that way, they would demand a higher interest rate, but at higher rates, our debt becomes much less manageable.
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