Accordingly, a lower liability discount rate means a larger funding gap between plan assets and liabilities.
Currently, we are using a 10-year Treasury bond yield of 6% as a discount rate.
How can you give the banks a three-point spread when Japan's official discount rate is 0.5%?
And raising that discount rate really does lower that social cost of carbon emissions.
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Does the cut in the discount rate mean the Fed has already loosened policy?
We expect profits to rise at a slow rate, but the discount rate to also rise.
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The discount rate is the rate that banks use to borrow from the Federal Reserve.
The latest directional change came on Feb. 19, when the Fed raised the discount rate.
Well, you can do what Alan Greenspan did in 2001--drop the discount rate to 1%.
Its first easing move of the crisis was a change in the discount rate.
The controversy surrounding the choice of discount rate used in climate-change economics still rages today.
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We now expect a 25-basis-point cut in the Federal funds rate and discount rate on Dec. 11.
Low interest rates reduce the discount rate on corporate earnings and cash flow, raising their present value.
In fact, changes in discount rate expectations account for about 100% of variation across most securities and markets.
The Net Present Value of the two options considered here are calculated using a 6 percent discount rate.
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Cost-benefit analysis (which puts a discount rate on the future, and measures in dollars and cents) is wicked.
The new Hologic ESPP boasts a 15% discount rate and a 6-month offering period with a look back provision.
Why not use a discount rate that is equal to the coupon rate?
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The discount rate covers only loans that the Fed makes directly to banks.
For super-geeks this exceeds the Ramsey Rule at a zero discount rate.
The discount rate is basically a measure of what you have to be paid to put off current gratification.
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The controversy surrounding this conclusion precisely because Stern supported this conclusion by using an extremely low discount rate.
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These uncertainties make applying a discount rate to coastal property a bit questionable.
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The average discount rate charged from merchants by American is 2.52%, which is higher than the industry average of 2%.
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The commodities added to the returns of all five equity styles during periods when the Fed tightens the discount rate.
In 1994 the discount rate was raised four times prompting investors to flee bond funds en masse (see graph below).
The problem lies in the uncertainty surrounding both its components: the future stream of dividends and the appropriate discount rate.
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The discount rate for public universities fell modestly in 2012, said Mr. Nelson of Moody's, after rising from 2007 to 2011.
The current discount rate, 3.5%, is significantly higher than the 3% federal funds rate, which is what banks charge each other.
The discount rate is the interest rate that the central bank charges commercial banks that need to borrow additional reserves.
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