It now expects an 8.1% credit card charge-off rate, up from 6.7% last quarter.
For example, down-and-out Providian had a charge-off rate of 12.7% in the fourth quarter of 2001.
The charge-off rate is the percentage of credit card debts that the company believes it will never recover.
The charge-off rate (uncollectible balances) is also slowly declining, but still remains high.
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However, the annualized net charge-off rate for US credit cards rose marginally from 7.26% in October to 7.56% in November.
Credit indicators, management explained, remain at all-time lows, with the write-off rate for the U.S. lending portfolio was 2% for the quarter.
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The charge-off rate of a citizen line of credit program would be considerably lower than the 100% loss rate of the existing welfare system.
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In the same period, the charge-off rate on credit card loans for the top 100 banks ranked by assets in the country dropped from 9.59% to 4.08%.
The key to minimizing the charge-off rate of a citizen line of credit program will lie in two areas: tax reform, and how the credit lines are administered.
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Only when every one of these objections had been overcome and the prospect had clearly stated that the only thing standing between us was price would I come down off rate card.
While women represent 53% of new hires, the drop-off rate of women at each level up the ladder is startling: 37% of the next-level promotions go to women while only 14% of executive committees are female.
John Nicholls, chief operating officer at SCAS, said that "our vehicle off road rate is too high at the moment".
Well, fellow blogger NCN over at NoCreditNeeded just did this and shaved 1.525% off the rate on his 15 year mortgage.
All were former Abbey customers, who were put on standard variable rate (SVR) mortgages after coming off fixed-rate deals.
The gift was at risk of being bled off at a rate of 20% per year.
Already some central banks have held off interest-rate increases that looked certain a few weeks ago.
And to top it all off, that rate differential seems to be blowing out.
The fiscal cliff damage is getting priced in, with at least 1 percentage point shaved off the growth rate.
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Eventually, when interest rates elevate their multi-billion dollar investment portfolios, state mandated reserves, must throw off a higher rate of return.
He also knocked a further percentage point off the top rate of income tax, to which all non-incorporated companies are liable.
Recently, we have seen the market sell-off following uneventful rate decisions.
In theory there will be a financial cost for the US government and US citizens, whose debt is priced off the interest rate paid by the government.
If the cash is not needed in the short term (see "why" above), then the smarter investment move is to pay down or off the higher rate debt.
It had already committed itself to cutting 4 pence off the basic rate of income tax to be paid for by taxing the rich and clamping down on avoidance scams.
Although immigration remains a major contributor to Hispanic population growth, the recent recession and high employment rates may have prompted a tapering off in the rate of foreign-born nationals seeking U.S. residence, analysts said.
Going over the fiscal cliff could knock enough points off the growth rate to drive America into a recession, predicts the Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan body that analyses the economic effects of federal laws.
The bursting of the tech bubble and the minor recession of 2001 knocked about a point off the peak rate of 67.3% in April 2000, but even after the Great Recession ended in June 2009 the rate was 65.7%.
And supporters say the high speed link is a vital part of the regeneration of east London, with the leading executives of 82 of London's largest companies promising they would accept a one-off supplementary business rate to fund the rail link.
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