Sentences with phrase «federal rating based»

Since 2003, schools have been issued a yearly federal rating based primarily on whether enough of their low - income, minority, special education and limited - English students passed state reading and math tests.

Not exact matches

At the March 20 - 21 meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to raise its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to a range of 1.50 % to 1.75 %, as had been widely expected.

To tweak interest rates, the Fed adjusted the federal funds rate, also known as the interbank lending rate, which is used by financial institutions to set the prime rate, or the base rate upon which other interest rates are set.

This week, Federal Reserve officials signaled further interest rate increases in 2018 based on evidence of steady U.S. growth, while the heads of the ECB and the Bank of England seemed in no rush to push rates higher in the wake of disappointing economic data out of Britain and Europe.

If firms act to reduce that tax base in response to an increase in the federal rate, then provincial revenues will fall, even if the provinces haven't changed their rates.

Both the federal and provincial governments apply their respective corporate tax rates to a common tax base.

The current federal corporate tax rate is 15 per cent, so that implies a tax base of about $ 263 billion.

Earlier in the month, the Federal Reserve raised the funds rate by 25 basis points, its fifth increase since December 2015, which impacts some of the terms by which you borrow money and access credit.

Liz Ann Sonders, Charles Schwab; Lori Calvasina, RBC Capital Markets; Steve Grasso, Stuart Frankel; and Joe Davis, Vanguard, discuss the Federal Reserve deciding to raise rates by 25 basis points at the March FOMC meeting.

In her speech on Friday, she made headlines saying, «Based on my outlook, I expect that it will be appropriate at some point later this year to take the first step to raise the federal funds rate and thus begin normalizing monetary policy.»

Your APR can vary, as it's based on the U.S. prime rate (set by the Federal Reserve) and whatever additional margin your lender tacks on.

(1) The tax effect for the U.S. jurisdiction is calculated based on an effective rate considering federal and state taxes, as well as permanent items.

, as it's based on the U.S. prime rate (set by the Federal Reserve) and whatever additional margin your lender tacks on.

At July 28, 2012, borrowings under the Asset - Based Revolving Credit Facility bore interest at a rate per annum equal to, at NMG's option, either (a) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (i) a defined prime rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 1/2 of 1.00 % or (iii) a one - month LIBOR rate plus 1.00 % or (b) a LIBOR rate, subject to certain adjustments, in each case plus an applicable margin.

At April 27, 2013, borrowings under the Asset - Based Revolving Credit Facility bore interest at a rate per annum equal to, at NMG's option, either (a) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (i) a defined prime rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 1/2 of 1.00 % or (iii) a one - month LIBOR rate plus 1.00 % or (b) a LIBOR rate, subject to certain adjustments, in each case plus an applicable margin.

Although rates on federal student loans are fixed for life, rates for new borrowers are reset annually, based on the outcome of an auction of 10 - year Treasury notes held in July.

This element is offering a market based pricing of the market's expectation for the Federal Funds Rate, the instrument of Federal Reserve policy.

All federal student loans carry an interest rate and requirement to repay principal plus interest based on the type of loan funded.

If you currently have a federal student loan issued after 2006, your interest rate will not change based on the market.

Some of the data in the figure comes from DR's table 1 showing the number of basis points (hundredths of a percent, so 100 bps is one percentage point) that the Fed has reduced the main tool it controls — the Federal funds rate — over a number of recessions.

Loans under the new credit facility bear interest, at our option, at (i) a base rate based on the highest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50 % and an adjusted LIBOR rate for a one - month interest period in each case plus a margin ranging from 0.00 % to 1.00 %, or (ii) an adjusted LIBOR rate plus a margin ranging from 1.00 % to 2.00 %.

The Federal Reserve has lowered short - term interest rates by 100 basis points in a month — an action they describe as a «rapid and forceful response» of monetary policy both to the changing circumstances and the changing behaviour of the US economy.

Prime rates are based on federal fund rates.

Loans under the new credit facility bear interest, at the Company's option, at (i) a base rate based on the highest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50 % and an adjusted LIBOR rate for a one - month interest period in each case plus a margin ranging from 0.00 % to 1.00 %, or (ii) an adjusted LIBOR rate plus a margin ranging from 1.00 % to 2.00 %.

Borrowings under the credit facility bear interest, at our option, at (i) a base rate based on the highest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50 %, and an adjusted LIBOR rate for a one - month interest period plus 1.00 %, in each case plus a margin ranging from 0.00 % to 0.75 %; or (ii) an adjusted LIBOR rate plus a margin ranging from 1.00 % to 1.75 %.

Loans under the credit facility bear interest, at the Company's option, at (i) a base rate based on the highest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50 % and an adjusted LIBOR rate for a one - month interest period plus 1.00 %, in each case plus a margin ranging from 0.00 % to 0.75 % or (ii) an adjusted LIBOR rate plus a margin ranging from 1.00 % to 1.75 %.

Assumes cost basis of $ 5,000, that the investment has been held for more than a year, and that all realized gains are subject to a 20 % federal long - term capital gains tax rate.

The federal government and majority of the provinces would determine the final rate, based on the Chief Actuary's recommendations and the outcome of the public consultations.

That means price increases, and that augurs inflation, which would mean, at some point, rate hikes, though up from an admittedly narrow and quite low range of 25 — 50 basis points via the federal funds rate.

After a number of years of Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP), the increase in rates stopped for around 11 months until December 2016 when the Federal Reserve promised to increase interest rates by 25 basis points.

Based on that knowledge base, how do you rate the new federal crowdfunding rules, by comparison?

With inflation well below its longer - run goal and high unemployment, the FOMC decided at its March meeting to maintain a «highly accommodative» policy stance: a federal funds rate in a range of 0 to 25 basis points with forward guidance based on economic thresholds.

While this move will likely cause some anxiety, we view the chances of a significant inflation overshoot relative to target as low and think that the Federal Reserve can and will stay on a gradual rate hike path (our base case).

The Federal Reserve has collected average rates on 30 - year fixed rate mortgages for decades, based on weekly reports from lenders across the US.

An increase in the federal rate will reduce the size of a common federal - provincial tax base.

The policy experiment is to change the combined CIT rate, see what effect it has on the tax base, apply the (new) federal rate and the (old) provincial rates and compare the result to the base case.

I remember when the Federal Reserve used to do things like drop 50 - basis - point inter-meeting rate - hike bombs on the... Read More

Based on these assumptions, we estimate the amount we expect to indefinitely invest outside the U.S. and the amounts we expect to distribute to the U.S. and provide for the U.S. federal taxes due on amounts expected to be distributed to the U.S. Further, as a result of certain employment actions and capital investments we have undertaken, income from manufacturing activities in certain jurisdictions is subject to reduced tax rates and, in some cases, is wholly exempt from taxes for fiscal years through 2024.

The ranking is based on rates listed in federal and state insurance marketplaces and data compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

The interest you'll pay is most commonly based on a benchmark rate, usually the federal funds rate.

Under the first of those agreements, we generally will be required to pay to the Continuing LLC Owners approximately 85 % of the applicable savings, if any, in income tax that we are deemed to realize (using the actual applicable U.S. federal income tax rate and an assumed combined state and local income tax rate) as a result of (1) certain tax attributes that are created as a result of the exchanges of their LLC Units for shares of our Class A common stock, (2) any existing tax attributes associated with their LLC Units the benefit of which is allocable to us as a result of the exchanges of their LLC Units for shares of our Class A common stock (including the portion of Desert Newco's existing tax basis in its assets that is allocable to the LLC Units that are exchanged), (3) tax benefits related to imputed interest and (4) payments under such TRA.

While there are different types of federal loans, they often offer specific benefits over private loans, such as income - based repayment plans (which we will cover later) and fixed interest rates.

Installment lenders were not included in a 2006 federal law that banned selling some classes of loans with an annual percentage rate above 36 percent to service members — so the companies often set up shop near the gates of military bases, offering loans with annual rates that can soar into the triple digits.

What we essentially saw was a forecast that conveyed two tightenings over the course of 2016 — two 25 - basis - point increases in the federal funds rate.

Given the strong labor market, it is likely the Federal Reserve will raise short - term rates by 25 basis points at their June meeting.

According to Bloomberg data, U.S. equities, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, barely budged; long - term U.S. Treasury rates are currently trading within 10 basis points (bps) of where they were on January 1; and, with the exception of the last two weeks of the year, the Federal Reserve (Fed) sat on its hands.

As widely expected, the Federal Reserve hiked its policy rate by 25 basis points at their June meeting.

Reflecting indications that US economic growth remains robust and concerns that inflationary pressures may be building, markets are now expecting the federal funds rate to reach 3 1/4 per cent by August, which implies 25 basis point increases at three of the next four FOMC meetings (Graph 17).

The Federal Reserve has just ended its latest FOMC meeting, and the first such gathering under the stewardship of Jerome Powell, and voted to raise the federal funds rate target by 25 basis Federal Reserve has just ended its latest FOMC meeting, and the first such gathering under the stewardship of Jerome Powell, and voted to raise the federal funds rate target by 25 basis federal funds rate target by 25 basis points.

The bank anticipates a 25 basis point rate hike at the December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting followed by 100 basis points of rate increases during 2016.