The fact that the Provident Fund humanitarian loans do not carry any interest rate (commercial or otherwise) renders the effective interest rate method for amortization inapplicable, as there are no interest deductions from the repayment instalments as required by the effective rate method.

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The funded ratios on that basis, which varied according to the rate of interest assumed, ranged from 137 to 145 per cent, with 141 per cent being applicable for the regular valuation.

Fear over the growth effects of the European Central Bank s 2006 rate increases is based on confusion between real and nominal interest rates. By the end of the year, European interest rates will have been raised 150 basis points (to 3.5 , from 2 in January).

If interest rates are low, we can attract a great deal of money from the public.

However, on a strictly technical basis, the Consulting Actuary indicated that the interest rate for lump sum commutation ought to be set at a uniform rate of about 4 per cent and that the rate has been set, at least since 1984, by the Board at higher levels in order to help the Fund s actuarial valuation.

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A major objective was to allow factor prices to reflect resource scarcities, hence the emphasis inter alia on exchange rates and interest rates.

According to the National Statistical Institute employment in Bulgaria diminished by 26.2 per cent, i.e. from 4,365,000 to 3,221,838 in the period 1989 to 1993.

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In fact, the history of the stock market's reactions to changing interest rates is mixed. Sometimes interest rate changes have the predicted effect, sometimes they don't.

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On the other hand, men's participation in agriculture decreased from 75.9 per cent to 60 per cent, while the biggest increase in their share (from 9.6 per cent to 20.1 per cent) was observed in the services sector.

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Average malnutrition rates have dropped since last year, from 21.8 per cent to 11.9 per cent this year, with severe malnutrition rates dropping to 1.4 per cent, down from 3.9 per cent in 2004.

Between 1992 and 1996, the unemployment rate has grown from approximately 10 to 30 per cent, with significantly higher rates during periods of closure.

A ten year Treasury has a nominal interest rate of less than 2 . Because the inflation rate is also about 2 , this implies a negative real interest rate, which is confirmed by the interest rate of 0.6 on ten year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), which adjust interest and principal payments for inflation.

In response to questions, the Consulting Actuary indicated that, on a strictly technical basis, the interest rate for lump sum commutations should be set at a uniform rate of about 4 per cent.

A very low or even negative nominal interest rate could produce a positive real return for a saver, if prices fall sufficiently. In fact, Japanese savers have been benefiting from this phenomenon for more than a decade, reaping higher real returns than their counterparts in the US, even though Japan s near zero nominal interest rates are much lower than America s.

My heartbeat would go from 120, to 50, to 150, to 40, to 20, to 150 again.

First, such investment would allow incomes and aggregate demand to increase, thereby raising the rate of existing capacity utilization.

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