As a result, the central bank s lower interest rates do not translate into increased spending on interest sensitive investment and consumption.

Interest has increased in weekly supplementation for adolescent girls and in the fortification of flour.

This has subsequently increased interest in Web typography, as well as the usage of font downloading.

Higher interest rates can spur consumption if their impact on income outweighs the increased incentive to save.

Women's interest and number in trade unions has increased, and so has their participation in training events.

Currently, new investors' interest is picking up, and some investors established before 1998 have dramatically increased capacity.

As a result, the People s Bank of China has raised interest rates substantially and increased banks reserve requirements.

The increased interest rates are likely to retard private investment, which lowers future growth in employment and wages.

This led to increased flows into the carry trade, which for a while increased its success, because higher inflows tended to exacerbate the weakness of the low interest rate currencies.

Moreover, ECB chief economist Otmar Issing predicts long term interest rates would go up not down as inflationary expectations increased.

The interest of great powers in those natural resources had also led to an increased military presence in those areas.

Compared to 2003, total 2004 income, inclusive of interest income and other income, increased by 7 per cent to 882 million, and total 2004 expenditure increased by 12 per cent to 836 million.

Biodiesel is already commercially available in Europe and the United States and interest in producing increased volumes of biodiesel is intense.

Moreover, ECB chief economist Otmar Issing predicts long term interest rates would go up not down as inflationary expectations increased. So cutting interest rates would not only be stupid it would be crazy.

As a result of the increased attention paid to technical subjects at primary schools, girls are now taking more interest in them.

These changes have increased the complexity of the international investment regime, and should broaden interest in developing a more effective investment protection framework.

Profit margins decreased on large vehicles due to increased incentives (in the form of rebates or low interest financing) to offset declining demand.

This dialogue and interaction on issues of common interest have increased the relevance of the reports, improved implementation of recommendations and enhanced transparency.

The government s macroeconomic stabilization efforts, coupled with policies that increased the country s growth potential, allowed the interest rate to fall over the last decade.

Indeed, increased debt servicing obligations resulting from higher interest rates, along with weakening export prospects, ran the risk of reproducing an unsustainable debt burden.

Specified products are those products that present an increased risk of endangering a legitimate interest (i.e. protection of life, health and property of citizens).

In discussions of their current and future plans, the Meeting participants identified several areas of common interest for increased inter agency coordination and cooperation.

Despite these scary results, the interest rate spread for Italian government bonds relative to German bunds has increased by only 40 basis points since the election.

According to standard trade theory, a global labor glut ought to imply an increased rate of return on capital, which again pushes interest rates up, not down.

If nominal interest rates are lower than the real return on investment associated with GDP growth the result is financial repression and increased income and wealth inequality.

Over the years, our resolution has been gaining increased support, which is a reflection of the growing international interest in finding collective ways to keep space peaceful.

Reviewing issues of the DWP of particular of interest to his country, he said that under the WTO, developing countries agreed to give up flexibility in their domestic agriculture policy in exchange for increased market access for products of interest to developing countries.

Stressing the need for increased access to markets, in particular for goods and services that are of export interest to developing countries, inter alia, through multilateral trade negotiations,

Those intergovernmental forums have served as a stimulus for work in the field of criminal justice and the interest generated by them over the years has increased considerably.

At the January meeting of the ECB s Governing Council, for example, Trichet virtually pre announced that European interest rates would be increased in March just before the April French elections.

The interest rate on ten year Treasuries increased from about 4 in the mid 1960 s to 8 in the mid 1970 s and 10 in the mid 1980 s.

We note with great satisfaction the increased interest in the work on that topic, which is open not only to States parties to the Rome Statute but to all States.

You shall not lend on interest to your brother interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest

Increased uncertainty concerning the safety of deposits will push up interest rates and deepen Europe s recession, and may also trigger capital outflows from the eurozone s weaker peripheral economies to the core.

The possibility of the release of toxic chemicals by terrorists has given rise to the increased interest by States parties to the Convention in implementation of article X of the Convention.

But with increased power comes increased responsibility.

Indeed, since late 2003, when the Fed first cut interest rates to 1 , triggering the US housing bubble, dollar reserves in emerging markets have increased six fold, reaching 7 trillion by 2011.

The increased capabilities of the Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite (RADARSAT) 2, to be launched in 2006, are of special interest, as they will allow much better resolutions for digital elevation model extraction.

If Greece had remained outside the eurozone and retained the drachma, the large increased supply of Greek bonds would cause the drachma to decline and the interest rate on the bonds to rise.

We also believe that through the process of adopting the Protocol, interest in and understanding of the 1994 Convention among States has increased significantly, which should also be regarded as another important development.

But the creation of the euro caused a sharp fall in interest rates in the peripheral countries, leading to debt financed housing bubbles and encouraging their governments to borrow to finance increased government spending.

Noting that the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol on 16 February 2005 has increased interest and activities in the clean development mechanism in developing countries and consequently the need for capacity building,

Reaffirm their commitment to explore opportunities for increased regional cooperation in areas such as environment protection, social protection, health, education, tourism and other fields of mutual interest, which became priorities in South East Europe.

The effective interest rate, effective annual interest rate, annual equivalent rate (AER) or simply effective rate is the interest rate on a loan or financial product restated from the nominal interest rate as an interest rate with annual compound interest payable in arrears.

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