Fixed asset investment across the country totaled 17.23 trillion yuan, up 25.5%. Domestic demand, particularly consumer demand, played a greater role in boosting economic growth.

全社会固定资产投资总额17.23万亿元，增长25.5%，国内需求特别是消费需求对经济增长的拉动作用增强。

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India's Banks are not huge fans of lending to small firms; they often demand onerous amounts of collateral or security on fixed assets, exactly the kinds of things start-ups cannot provide.

印度银行对小公司贷款并没有兴趣，银行通常要求各种抵押或固定资产担保，而这些这是公司在创业阶段无法提供的。

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Front-row seats for desirable shows are increasingly marketed as "premium" or "platinum" tickets, sold at a high fixed price or even at prices that float according to demand.

最受欢迎的演唱会的前排位置逐渐被定位为溢价票或白金票，这些票以固定高价、甚至根据需求浮动价格售出。

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But with the Bank rate unlikely or unable to fall further, new home loan demand is shifting back to fixed-rate deals, rather than mortgages which track the Bank rate.

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Demand for fixed income was also buoyed by a ZEW report showing that forward-looking sentiment among investors slipped in its April reading coming in at 7.6 after 14.1.

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That manipulated, pegged, or fixed-rate system worked well in the early postwar years when there was apparently an unlimited demand for dollar reserves, which we were happy to provide to the world in the form of external deficits.

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