But I rate the odds on this optimistic scenario at no better than 1-in-3.

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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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In the run-up to the G20 summit in Seoul, Lula's finance minister, Guido Mantega, told journalists that Ms Rousseff "wants to work with lower interest rates" - a move that puts her at odds with Mr Meirelles' avowed strategy of using rate rises as "the basic instrument" to control inflation.

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U.S. federal funds futures had 45% odds Friday that the Fed would cut the 5.25% fed funds rate to 5% by the next policy meeting on Sept. 18.

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He is a tax expert who favours radical reform, but he has no experience as a politician and his views are at odds with the CDU's programme, not least the plan to raise the rate of VAT.

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Clinton's support of the Internet Tax Freedom Act currently before Congress puts him at odds with the nation's governors, who want to establish a single sales tax rate for online shopping.

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By raising funds from successful alumni in 40 schools around the country, SoFi is lowering the rate that students pay on their loans, creating high yielding investments for the alumni, and boosting the odds that those alumni will help the students find jobs.

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