4.1.8) To encourage small savers proper incentive programs need to be undertaken and bonds, shares and mutual
funds at attractive rates may be offered.
As banks and institutional lenders eventually made better use of technology and provided
funding at attractive rates, they have claimed market share at the expense of alternative lenders.
Not exact matches
It has done this by offering
attractive interest
rates on banks» reserves held
at the Fed, so the banks keep their excess
funds there instead of lend them out to borrowers in the economy.
«It's an
attractive option for companies like SoundCloud that have a solid credit
rating, and offers an appropriate
funding option for a company
at our growth stage.»
Monetizing deficits has never been more
attractive for the United States, which today benefits from its foreign lenders» willingness to be repaid in US
funds, putting them
at the mercy of the US dollar exchange
rate.
Given the risk of early stage investing and venture capital's famously high mortality
rate of portfolio companies, it is imperative that
fund managers earn high return multiples
at these more modest M&A exit values to offset casualties and drive
attractive returns.
In June, loan approval
rates at credit unions improved slightly to 43.7 % from 43.6 % in May, while approval
rates by alternative lenders slipped for the fifth consecutive month to 63.2 % in June, from 63.3 % in May «Entrepreneurs are getting
funding from banks
at attractive interest
rates.
The basic idea is that the
fund or ETF will offer an
attractive dividend yield while offsetting
at least some downside risk if interest
rates rise.
Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to
fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange
rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare
rates and occupancy levels
at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of
attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The introduction of money market
funds (and the elimination of regulation Q, a ceiling on credited interest
rates) helped prolong the inflation of the 70s, because the Fed couldn't control liquidity the way that it used to; money market
funds just kept supplying liquidity
at interest
rates investors found
attractive.
Peer - to - peer lenders like Prosper and Lending Club run online platforms that can quickly and automatically match borrowers seeking a loan to an investor willing to provide the
funds for that loan
at an
attractive interest
rate.
The use of the Fed's Term Auction Facility, which allows banks to borrow
at relatively
attractive rates against a wider range of their assets than previously permitted, saw borrowing of nearly $ 50bn of one - month
funds from the Fed by mid-February.