SMEs and households with net savings stand to gain the most from interest rate liberalization.

The current rate of 6.5 per cent has produced an actuarial gain for the Fund quot .

A recent study found that taxing capital gains and dividends as ordinary income, subject to a maximum 28 rate on long term capital gains (the pre 1997 rate), could finance a cut in the corporate tax rate from 35 to 26 .

The Chinese could abolish capital controls and let the renminbi s exchange rate float.

And, to address volatile capital flows, countries should increase exchange rate flexibility, maintain adequate international reserves, and implement carefully designed capital controls.

Establishing clear and comprehensible municipal accounts, independently audited with results published, would help municipalities to gain access to capital.

The liberalization of financial markets has made it easier for larger SMEs to gain access to international capital markets.

With current and capital account surpluses, the renminbi s exchange rate is still under upward pressure.

As a result, market oriented interest rate reform is now needed to help optimize capital allocation and support the development of China s financial market, thereby laying the groundwork for future capital account and exchange rate liberalization.

With a lower capital stock, output would trend downward, reducing government revenues and substantially offsetting the direct gain from the tax.

Advances to the Working Capital Fund, being based on the rate of assessment, were similarly distorted.

Say a 100 and 25 a week cash benefit. And he'd rate around 50,000 capital sum.

The top personal income tax rate (also levied on capital gains), the sales tax rate, the corporate tax rate, and the gas tax are all at or near the highest of any state.

In earlier times, growth was fueled by capital scarcity capital investment attracted a high rate of return, and this created a virtuous circle of saving and investment.

(By contrast, fiscal and exchange rate policies rarely imply comparable temporal trade offs, and thus are difficult to exploit for political gain.)

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The tragedies of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Georgia alert us to inconsiderate and irresponsible attempts to gain political capital from nationalistic sentiments.

Also driving China s high investment rate is the declining efficiency of investment capital, reflected in China s high incremental capital output ratio (annual investment divided by annual output growth).

The country s investment rate now stands at more than 50 a clear reflection of China s low capital efficiency.

The problem? An invasion of short term capital flows fleeing the slow growth, low interest rate advanced countries.

Sana'a is the fastest growing capital city in the world with a growth rate of 7 , while the growth rate of the nation as a whole is 3.2 .

Differences arising from the conversion of currencies at the United Nations rate of exchange are accounted for as gain or loss on exchange.

Transparency should be enhanced, since ratings had a significant impact on the ability of countries to gain access to capital from global financial markets.

Over time, however, the interest rate premium is likely to be small, because higher capital requirements and contingent capital should significantly reduce the likelihood of ever reaching the triggers.

As the only major economy with capital controls, China has created its own exorbitant privilege it can determine its exchange rate because no other big countries impose capital controls.

The saving rate is the lifeblood of any economy, because foreigners cannot be expected to finance capital investment forever.

Managing the exchange rate becomes much more difficult when capital is free to come and go as it pleases.

High world oil prices and capital inflows are strengthening the balance of payments and contributing to exchange rate appreciation.

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Since the peak annual rate of capital inflow was 803 billion (in 2006), the increased household saving has the potential to eliminate almost all of America s dependence on foreign capital.

The downgrade could, moreover, force the US Treasury to raise the interest rate on new bonds, in which case China would stand to gain.

While Palestine would gain economically, Israel would gain politically and socially.

Nor has it liberalized labor and product markets, and it maintains strict control over the exchange rate and capital account.

A high rate of private saving and strong inflows of capital from abroad have supported investment in plant and equipment.

The same can be said of capital inflows and the upward pressure that they place on the real exchange rate.

However, doctors in other countries, such as the United Kingdom, have accused China of abusing its high capital punishment rate.

Indeed, because of crime and corruption, that country was marked by the highest rate of capital flight in the world.

2002 Capital flows and the exchange rate regime and their role in developing countries and emerging economies, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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