And in any case the ultra-low central-bank base rate will eventually have to rise, pushing up borrowing costs.
"Somewhere the next Hyundai is out there, working from a low-cost base, " Liker says.
At the same time Miami's lousy public school system and relative paucity of college grads help create a low-wage, low-tech economic base.
In July, Netflix shocked their industry-low-cost-leader video customer base with an abrupt out-of-nowhere 60% price increase.
Although several states already have higher minimum-wage pay levels in place, the national rate sets the base for many low-wage workers.
It is a source of base load, low-carbon and largely fixed-cost power for many utilities.
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Corporate rates also go up and the tax base now includes low-earning farmers.
And with Forbes No. 93 Power Woman Danica Patrick in the race, some 40% of the NASCAR fan base are in low-rise, boot cut jeans.
After 20 years in the service, retirees are entitled to a pension worth half their base pay and low-cost health insurance, but that rarely provides enough compensation for most to stop working.
Second, building large, complex aircraft like bombers -- particularly those featuring sophisticated low observable technology -- from a cold and dissipated industrial base invites significant, costly operational problems with the finished planes.
Regardless of market share upside, it is our view that RIM is now in a good position to successfully stabilize its base, which will help repair its brand reputation and push shipments higher on a year-over-year basis off a low base.
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Before we can begin to play with any technology in this low-tech way, a fairly deep knowledge base needs to be in place (think about how much we needed to know about computers before real hackers could be born).
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The GOP, by contrast, must somehow satisfy the low-tax, small government demands of its activist base without alienating independent voters.
The manufacturing base in China was initially built on low-cost and lower-skill jobs, such as clothing and footwear.
The report does point to the benefits of nuclear power, including competitive pricing, strong base-load power provision, and low-carbon emissions.
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And that is when the bank is likely to start restoring more normal monetary settings, by raising the base rate from its all-time low of 0.5%.
The bank left the base rate at its all-time low of 0.5% earlier this month, but two of the nine members of its monetary-policy committee backed a quarter-point rise, according to minutes published this week.
The number of loans taken out by first-time buyers rose slightly in September from a low base.
True, the original customer base of Dollar General was the price-conscious low income group, but it has since expanded its appeal to the middle-class families with its more varied assortment of products readily available at its stores.
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But setting a low base salary and paying a larger part of compensation in performance-related bonuses might not be effective either.
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Now, as we near what, likely, will be a tax compromise with higher tax rates for many, it seems that tax-motivated expatriation is likely to rise, albeit from a fairly low base.
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At the same time, by removing human employees from the low-level work that most often leads to errors, companies can develop an employee base focused more on the proactive aspects of business that require human creativity and intellect.
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More precisely, the CBO expects a short-term recovery blip for the next few years (coming off a low base) in the 3% range annually, then growth of 2.4 for the latter half of this decade, then 2% for 2021 to 2084.
But, according to George Buckley of Deutsche Bank, the base rate would have to rise from its current 38-year low of 4% to around 7.5% to precipitate a full-scale bust, and he is expecting rates to rise to no more than 5%.
Irrigated rice-farming, which is two or three times more productive than the rain-fed sort, is growing rapidly throughout the basin, albeit from a low base.
Exports fell for the sixth month in a row, down -1.3 percent year over year and they are already coming off a very low base as it is.
"There are a lot of companies in the business of grabbing as many people as possible with low flat-rate pricing, so when the big boys come to town they can sell their subscriber base and move to the Caribbean, " says Rapp.
In simpler terms, the aim was to build a credit card base by handing out more cards while making sure that charge-off figures are kept as low as possible.
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In an existence of almost 25 years, the SFO has never commanded much respect from the police or from its counterparts at the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the City watchdog - whose own performance in taking action against financial wrongdoers is perceived to have improved from a very low base.
All users within a couple of hundred feet of the base station who have an inexpensive Wi-Fi device in their PCs or PDAs can then share low-cost, high-speed access to the Internet--without having to pay individually for more expensive dedicated DSL or cable modem service.
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