They expect the unemployment rate, which is now 6.7 percent, to hit 8.5 percent or even higher next year.
But wait, the liberal solution is already at hand: We can raise the VAT to 22 percent or even higher.
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For example, I find many entrepreneurs are certain they can make a profit on a 20% margin, even though most of their competitors target 60% margins, or even higher.
Others rush to buy utility companies and commercial real estate trusts like Duke Energy (NYSE:DUKE), Southern Company (NYSE:SO), HCP, Inc. (NYSE:HCP), and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) that pay similar or even higher dividends.
So a 4.5% interest rate might well lead to flat or even slightly higher house prices in 2009.
And it's really going to become harmful, to be frank, if gas prices, you know, continue to stay at the level that they are, or even rise higher.
Wilkinson looked at times when the Dow had rallied from intraday losses greater than those today and managed to finish even or higher by the end of trading.
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For older patients vulnerable to severe hypoglycemia or who may already have advanced cardiovascular disease, less stringent targets of up to 8% or even a little higher would be sufficient, the guidelines say.
Some economists reckon that higher taxes would be a useful complement, or even an alternative, to higher interest rates.
And to get to these forecast numbers amidst a sea of generics and competing ADHD franchises (like Adderall), the price has to be an order of magnitude, or more likely two orders, higher than generic or even branded generic versions.
We also have a similar system in tertiary or higher (or even college) education.
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In that case, our children will face even higher taxes or lower spending over their precious lives.
The Responsible Wealth groupies want to see an estate tax reinstated at 2009 levels, or with an even lower exemption and higher top rate.
The only thing you have to worry about are those looking down from even higher roofs, or others who also have keys to the space.
Also, it might help the industry counter a trend of resource nationalism in which governments want a bigger cut from mining operations, whether in the form of higher royalties or sometimes even threatening to take back mines.
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They suggested doing things such as taxing winter fuel allowance or even removing it from pensioners who are higher-rate taxpayers.
Drawing customers through airline tickets enables them to sell other products like hotel stays, as well as destination services like car rentals or even cruises (for which they earn higher margins).
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As of now, the setup only snaps black and white images with a resolution of 32 x 32 pixels, but there are plans to boost its fidelity by leveraging higher quality photodiodes (or even composite photos).
Poland relies on highly CO2-emitting coal for most of its electricity and argues that higher carbon prices would mean higher power prices, or even a shift to natural gas that would increase its dependence on Russia.
An example in the business world might be a higher corporate officer authorizing or even simply knowing of the filing of a tax return, or, for that matter, merely occupying a position in the hierarchy where by virtue of that position he is technically in charge of the operation that produced the return.
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Shares across the world have risen well over 10% in general over the past four or five weeks - and are significantly higher even on European markets.
This speculation drives prices even higher, until some shock (or the desire to take profits) causes the boom to implode.
It is likely, given big budget deficits, that earnings already sitting overseas would be taxed at a rate higher than 5.5% or even 8.75%.
My perception, as a consumer looking at one reasonable benchmark, is that 3%, or even 6%, is way below the effect higher prices seem to be having on the renminbi in my wallet.
At times, children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia need multiple drugs, with even higher doses prescribed during periods of illness or severe stress, including surgery.
Pharma dividend yields, even with the price increases, are 3% or higher in most cases.
Imagine if GM could be used to create crops that produced higher yields, or were resistant to drought or could even fix their own nitrogen and produce their own fertiliser.
So, a stock with low, medium or even high current earnings, but one which is expected to have higher future earnings, will be trading at a high valuation of those current earnings.
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