Mortality from TB had already fallen by 75% in most Western countries by 1950, when streptomycin became available, and the rate of fall was little different before and after.
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While real M1 deposits are still holding up in the German bloc, the rate of fall over the last six months (annualised) has been 20.7pc in Greece, 16.3pc in Portugal, 11.8pc in Ireland, and 8.1pc in Spain, and 6.7pc in Italy.
But in the example of snow retention, evenly spacing both rate-of-fall and rate-of-residence-in-the-clouds values will give different distributions of result.
However, the overall rate of headline inflation continued to fall at an annual rate of 0.8%.
But this rate of decline should fall to 0.1% in 2010, it added.
And if private banks continue their money printing ways, instead of a precipitous fall in the rate of monetary inflation we could be looking at a precipitous rise.
He reckons that starting from current levels of volatility, eliminating the business cycle would increase average well-being by the equivalent of a fall in the unemployment rate of only 0.2 percentage points.
If not, and those banks decide to instead sit on those reserves, or at least the greater part of them, we will likely see a precipitous fall in the rate of growth in the money supply, maybe even an actual contraction.
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And, even with these staggering sums, the cost of a transistor continues to fall at an annual rate of roughly 30%.
The top rate of income tax is to fall only from 51% to 48.5%.
It is crucial to note that the unemployment rate did not fall because of the same circumstances as past months.
Sarah Hewin, head of research at Standard Chartered, told the BBC that she was optimistic that the rate of inflation would start to fall.
However, over the last 15 years the rate of tonsillectomy has continued to fall, so much so that we are now in danger of too few procedures being carried out.
Headline inflation has fallen to 3.2%, from its high of 4.0%, and the ECB has said it should fall to its target rate of 2.0% by the end of the second half of 2009.
So strong is this indirect effect, on his calculations, that the gradual fall in the relative value of America's minimum wage over the past 20 years is capable of explaining 1.5 percentage points of the fall in the country's equilibrium rate of unemployment over the same period.
The sharp fall in the cost of fuel caused the US monthly inflation rate to fall at its sharpest pace since December 2008.
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The fall in the crime rate has coincided with a fall in the number of young men between the ages of 15 and 21, the peak age for criminal activity in any society, including America.
On the face of it, another fall in unemployment, and a jobless rate of 6.2%, is a sign that labour markets are still tight, and hence a risk to inflation.
It means maintaining a high rate of immigration (which started to fall two years ago).
What about a precipitous fall in the rate of monetary inflation negating this thesis?
Vietnam's inflation target is not very exacting: the aim is only that it should fall below the rate of economic growth.
The top rate of corporate income tax is to fall from 35% (one of the highest in the world) to 25%.
The evening commute could be especially treacherous, with snow predicted to fall at a rate of 1 to 1.5 inches an hour in some areas.
This means that the rate of US inflation is likely to fall, meaning investors have less reason to hold gold to avoid a corresponding decline in the value of cash investments.
The rate of premature births was found to fall after each phase of the ban with the biggest impact seen after the second two bans with restaurants and bars introducing no smoking rules.
But figures released on Wednesday showed a surprise fall in the headline rate of unemployment.
Economists suggest the economy would have to grow at an annual rate of about 2% for unemployment to fall.
Moreover, in a deflation, where prices fall, a low rate of interest can be very high in real terms.
In July Mr Brown said that the rate of tax relief on mortgage interest would fall from 15% to 10% this April.
Morgan expects business investment to fall at an annual rate of between 5% and 9% in the first three quarters of 1999.
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