Pennsylvania imposes its quirky inheritance tax on every dollar not left to a spouse, with the rate dependent on who gets the money.

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In their view, reduction in the main policy rate will likely be dependent to some degree on how much consensus is achieved on the design of the new bond purchase program.

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This is why I feel an interest rate rise will come suddenly and not be dependent on actual inflation.

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The Australian economy is heavily dependent upon mining: this in turn means upon the rate of economic growth in China.

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Since the income from the projects is not dependent on interest rates, the company entered into interest rate swap agreements which act as hedges.

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The results showed that participants given the fake cigarette as treatment, and who were identified as being heavily dependent on the behavior of smoking, had a quit rate roughly 3.5 times higher than those in the standard-treatment group (67% vs. 19%).

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Instead, GM has become what one might call America's subprime auto maker, increasingly dependent on cheap credit, fueled by the Federal Reserve's near-zero interest rate policy, to support its made-in-China production strategy.

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