It would now take a rise above 121 just to break the downtrend (line b) that goes back to 1990.
For another, the tax take tends to rise during periods of fast economic growth, despite constant tax rates.
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But, rather than allow the president to spend the proceeds on new social programmes, Mr Gramm wants an offsetting cut in tax rates, so that the total tax take does not rise.
Using more detailed statistics and more sophisticated methods than the earlier studies, this work has tended to find that immigrants' wages take longer to rise to the level of natives' wages than had been supposed.
In most other resource-rich countries, as prices rise governments take increasing cuts of the upside.
So take the home price rise, divide it by four, and add it to the inflation index.
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For a start, sterling at its trough was undervalued: British companies could therefore take much of its rise in their stride.
Our emotional reactions often take over when conflicts rise up.
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It also fails to take into account the rise in quality and fall in price of many goods since Mexico opened up its economy in the 1990s, argues Mr de la Calle.
Many in this age group could be saving for a deposit on a home, whereas first-time buyers in the 25-to-34 age bracket could explain why that age group saw the smallest rise in take-up (24%).
As a sign of how quickly hackles can rise, take the reaction to a sensible-sounding plan by the Clinton administration to speed the approval of military-equipment sales to favoured allies who are prepared to match America's defence-export restrictions.
For example, Peachtree Hills is faltering as banks take over properties and vacancies rise.
How big a price rise does it take to provoke anything at all in these supposedly more energy-efficient days?
What better way for China to show that it is sincere about its peaceful rise than to take the lead?
But while worldwide prices have improved 40% year-on-year, UK Coal has been unable to take full advantage of the rise thanks to long-term contracts.
Take out yesterday's rise--just one day- and the increase is 213%.
More often than not (unless you are a very angry bird), you will take a long time to rise to anywhere at the top of the app rankings by relying solely on organic search.
The drivers want a 5.83% rise in fares which Mr Khan said would "take into account the rises in VAT since our last rise in 2008, and also the proposed 1% fuel duty due in April".
However, government bonds have a significant Achilles' heel: Whenever rates rise, they will take the biggest hit.
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Shares have appreciated 20% in the last month alone, which is something to take into consideration, but that rise may be justified.
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So banks' non-performing loans rise inexorably and governments take over more financial institutions, using up even more liquidity to keep them alive.
If a wimpy greenback meant fewer purchases of foreign products by American consumers, domestic consumption in Europe and Japan might not rise by enough to take up the slack.
Most of this rise is likely to take place in the second half of the year, as contracts signed at higher prices after November 2010 start coming due this spring and summer.
The bad reason is that he expects a rise in the tax take of two percentage points between 2004-05 and 2007-08, taking it to its highest for two decades, without a tax-raising budget.
As Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, told Congress on October 28th, this does not mean that prices will inevitably fall, just that it will take a lot to explain a rise.
"On balance, however, the screen quality of the new iPad is a significant plus, especially given the likelihood that content will increasingly rise in resolution to take advantage of it, " according to the review.
It is too early to tell if this is simply a brief pause or if profit taking activities will start to take a toll on the recent rise of the pound as investors and traders still remain skittish and prefer to lock in profits when they are available.
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