They found that it made sense to buy long bonds in almost all interest-rate scenarios but one: when rates are low (so the risk that they will revert to the mean, thus undercutting the value of the bond, is high) and the yield curve a line drawn through the interest rates on government securities with different maturities is flat (so there is little extra reward for taking that risk).
But this is not to say that either version of the fix-at-all-costs approach resolves the dilemmas inherent in the choice of exchange-rate regime.
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Our gross domestic product -- the sum total of all that our economy produces -- fell at the fastest rate in a quarter century.
The U.K. 10-year bond yielded all of 1.68% in mid-August 2012, well below the rate of consumer price increases.
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The club also has the Rocky Mountain region all to itself and a first-rate facility in Coors Field, which opened in 1995.
While all banks will suffer in a Greek-like interest rate environment, smaller banks and thrifts are least prepared for the economic doomsday scenario.
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BBC, the harder it becomes to justify the flat-rate licence fee (in all but name, a regressive tax) levied on all the country's television owners to pay for the corporation.
The report also cited an accompanying decline in poverty, saying that between 1996 and 2000, 5.4 million fewer Americans were in poverty -- with the poverty rate for all individuals falling from 13.7 percent to 11.3 percent.
The before and after parties were lavish, the course in exceptional condition, and all the handling was absolutely first-rate.
Our lending rate is the lowest in India, on an all-cost inclusive basis. we lend at 26.5% reducing balance and there are absolutely no other charges.
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His push comes as investors of all stripes have hungered for higher-yielding investments in a low-interest-rate environment and have pursued creative variations of financial products that can generate yield.
The FOMC members, who were unanimous in their verdict, took the view that the interest-rate cuts made last year 11 in all, between January and December should be enough to deliver a continuing improvement in the business climate in the next few months.
Mr MacAskill retorted that crime in Scotland was now at its lowest level in 35 years, the clear-up rate for all recorded crimes was at its highest level for over 30 years and that the risk of being a victim of crime in Scotland is lower than in England and Wales.
In April, fully one-half of all new mortgages were variable-rate the highest total on record.
It was a response to the country's growing divorce rate, which hit an all-time high of 50% in 2006 - indeed, 66% of marriages in Vienna end in divorce.
What should matter, in the view of most economists, is what all this means for our rate of growth and our national income per head - in other words, what should matter is how our relationship with the EU is likely to affect our national prosperity.
For example, when former President George W. Bush lowered the maximum long-term capital gains tax rate to 15% in 2003, all gains generated prior to May 6, 2003 were subject to a 20% rate, with all gains derived after that date taxed at the lower 15% maximum.
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But many families can wring even more tax savings from a 529 by investing it all along in taxable bonds--whose interest would otherwise be taxed at a federal rate of up to 40% (including the effect of an itemized deduction clawback)--and holding index funds or individual stocks in their taxable accounts, says Yale School of Management professor Matthew Spiegel.
And with financing rates at near record lows, automakers should continue to build showroom traffic with cut-rate loans and affordable lease deals throughout 2012 on all but the most in-demand models.
"At the root of the euro upheaval is a balance of payment crisis caused by the cumulative effects of a 13-year-old one-size-fits-all monetary policy and a fixed exchange rate for a collection of disparate countries in very different stages of economic and structural development, " he argues.
At the same time, the monthly personal savings rate scratched an all-time low, a negative 0.2% in July.
These principles were in place all the way through the LIBOR scandal, the mis-selling and interest rate swaps.
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In particular, mortgages to prime borrowers and fixed-rate mortgages to all classes of borrowers continue to perform well, with low rates of delinquency.
The move up in yields will be substantial enough over the next few years that all interest-rate sensitive securities will be affected (utilities, preferred stock, etc).
Even if it were to remain in place over the entire coming decade (as all large-number commentaries unrealistically assume), it would only reduce the rate of growth in future spending, not cut spending.
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Banks can deposit all kinds of collateral with euro-area central banks in return for cash without paying a penalty rate, while, until the latest joint operation, the Fed still demanded a penalty rate as did the Bank of England, which also accepted only high-quality collateral.
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