"Moreover, the likelihood of further rate cuts--say, another 50 basis points--in the second half of 2013 has risen significantly, " he said.
Add in the likelihood that the rate cap leads to escalating subsidies, and no wonder that some Brazilians wonder whether an all-too familiar species has re-emerged in the Amazon: a white elephant.
Should the oil price climb further from the current level, this would increase the likelihood of the next rate hike coming earlier in the year and also the scope for monetary tightening in the remainder of this year.
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The down-side is that if you look to another type of investment, the stock market for example, that offers a potentially higher rate of return, then the likelihood is that it will come with a higher rate of risk attached to it.
The CBO also says that "the major health care legislation enacted in 2010 will reduce the labor supply slightly" and that the likelihood of higher individual tax rate will deter growth.
The recent ECB and BoJ policy statements have reduced the likelihood of a Euro-zone rate cut and has increased pressure on Governor Shirakawa at the BoJ to take further action.
If you both have good to excellent credit, that will go a long way to improve your approval odds and the likelihood of landing the lowest interest rate and saving the most money.
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Expectations seem to be leaning towards continued low interest rate policies, with the likelihood of the Fed buying more longer dated bonds to keep the yield curve flatlined.
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The sharper the increase in the jobless rate, the greater the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again at its next policy meeting on May 15th.
Because the issuer determines the fair value of the CVR by designating a discount rate that purportedly estimates the likelihood that the milestones will or will not occur, the fair value measurement itself is highly controversial.
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Add the likelihood of some 1m more repossessions as adjustable-rate mortgages are reset, and you have the makings of a housing glut.
Essentially, banks rate all of their assets based on the likelihood of their default and keep a proscribed amount of capital based on the risk weighting of the asset.
When the Fed reduced the discount rate in September 2007 and left the Federal Funds rate unchanged, it was deliberately increasing the likelihood that banks would shift their borrowing to the Fed and trigger reserve and monetary expansion.
Small-cap stocks have rallied more strongly than large-caps this year, despite their historically weaker ability to avoid taxes and the likelihood that an end-of-year repeal of the Bush tax rate cuts would fall more heavily on entrepreneurial small companies.
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He agrees that, theoretically, concealed carry laws could increase the likelihood that potential victims could carry a gun, and thus reduce the homicide rate (my simple model above).
They quantify your stress level by calculating your heart rate and the minute variations in the time between each beat, a measurement known as heart rate variability (HRV), which has been used to gauge the likelihood of mortality after a heart attack and to help assess certain psychiatric conditions.
These higher tax revenues were in all likelihood from realized gains as there was a rush to have gains taxed at the 15 percent Federal rate as opposed to the impending 20 percent Federal rate.
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