Interest rates on government debt are still low.

Participation in the European elections is threatening to be low because of disillusionment with the economic union.

Hydromagmatic eruptions are increasingly explosive when the ratio of water to magma is low.

Production or labour costs constitute only a relatively low proportion of their total operational costs.

On the issue of the number of female members of Parliament, she acknowledged that 4.4 per cent was very low.

Oil accounts for a large percentage of the world s energy consumption, ranging from a low of 32 for Europe and Asia, to a high of 53 for the Middle East.

China s investment in US government securities and other sovereign debt will continue to yield extremely low returns.

The proportion of women prosecutors and lawyers remains low (16 per cent and 6.5 per cent respectively).

Wrong again. It's now six and a half years ago since the congestion charges were introduced in Stockholm, and we basically have the same low traffic levels still.

Moving across to the West coast, you see San Francisco and Los Angeles big low traffic zones across Nevada and Arizona.

But how? Buying other countries bonds would mean abandoning the goal of keeping real currency values low against the dollar.

In the years 2000 3, the Ministry which granted 122 scholarships to female students in faculties where there is a low percentage of female students.

The average percentage of children vaccinated against measles in 2002 was 86 per cent, and is lower compared with 2001, when it stood at 91.7 per cent.

In part, the decline was due to increased holdings of foreign public debt relative to private debt.

Even with the latest deal, Greece s debt ratio remains at 120 of last year s GDP.

The United States is the largest importer of goods and second largest exporter, though exports per capita are relatively low.

The ability to refinance government debt and keep costs down is essential to strengthening public finances and boosting GDP growth.

After all, more debt (relative to equity) means a higher payoff when things go well.

Thus, a higher proportion of debt in the firm's capital structure leads to higher ROE.

Throughout the 2000 s, firms with higher entrenchment levels have had lower market capitalization (relative to their book value).

If the carbon content is over 2 , the metal is called cast iron, because it has a relatively low melting point and is easily cast.

In leadership positions, the proportion of women was lower for instance, 5 of mayors of Latin American municipalities are women.

The proportion of women doing supporting work at project offices remains low, averaging 17 and tends to drop.

But that simply shifts leverage to the public sector, with any reduction in the ratio of private debt to GDP more than matched by an increase in the public debt ratio witness the Irish and Spanish governments high and rising debt burdens.

In 2004, women accounted for 54.4 per cent of enrolments in higher education, though they continue to be underrepresented in some fields of study, such as engineering, information technology and architecture.

But, despite this legislation, the percentage of women legislators in many of these countries remains very low.

If the government s contingent liabilities are included, China s debt GDP ratio may be closer to 50 .

Given that the urbanization ratio is still quite low, at 48 , a relatively high investment in infrastructure may be sustained for a long time.

By international standards, arms spending in Latina America is low relative to GDP but it is nonetheless excessive relative to the region s needs.

The Senate is unpopular among the public and suffers from low election turnout (overall roughly 30 in the first round, 20 in the second).

In fact, there is a gradual and smooth decline in growth rates as debt GDP ratios increase 80 looks only trivially better than 100 .

Whereas the proportion of States that included public information campaigns in their national strategies increased slightly, the proportion of States that based their campaigns on needs assessment was still low, especially in Sub Saharan Africa and in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Fund's information technology staff currently represent less than 15 per cent of its total staff, which is in the low to acceptable range for an organization of its size.

In general, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries maintain low or modest external debt stocks and debt to GDP ratios and have accumulated substantial foreign assets.

If the problem were that supply is too great, then new emissions of government debt would be accompanied by low prices that is, by high interest rates.

If the problem were that demand is too great, then new emissions of government debt would be accompanied by high prices that is, by low interest rates.

This holds down interest rates on that debt in the short run, but creates even bigger potential losses in the case of potential default.

As familial incidence rate is still relatively low, it is believed that behavioral aspects may play a larger role in RMD than family history and genetics.

The proportion of countries that base their campaigns on needs assessment is especially low in Latin America and the Caribbean and Sub Saharan Africa.

It is sobering to note that almost half of high debt episodes since 1800 are associated with low or normal real (inflation adjusted) interest rates.

Up to the late 1990 s and the advent of monetary union, most European Union sovereign debt was domestically held in 1998, the overall ratio of foreign held debt was only one fifth.

Historically the debt portion of a LBO will range from 60 90 of the purchase price, although during certain periods the debt ratio can be higher or lower than the historical averages.

The ratio of total public debt to GDP was less than 22 in 2007 2008, before the global financial crisis.

In advanced economies, the main mechanisms for transmitting balance sheet damage to the real economy were credit rationing and reduced consumption due to loss of net worth in households.

These subsidies are dangerous they encourage excessive risk taking and very high leverage meaning a lot of debt relative to equity for each bank and far too much debt relative to the economy as a whole.