Sentences with phrase «improved at an interest»

This guaranteed minimum value may be the premiums paid (or a percentage of them) improved at an interest rate such as 0 to 2 percent.

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The notes from the meeting show that a number of Fed officials feel that interest rates could begin to be raised from their current artificially low levels sooner than the current target of sometime in 2015 should certain economic factors continue to improve at a rapid pace.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes from its meeting at the end of July, and it looks like Fed officials broached the subject of raising interest rates earlier than planned, but ultimately decided to wait for more evidence of an improved economic outlook.

That willingness to sell his shares back to the company at a premium, a practice known as «greenmail,» led to accusations he was not interested in improving or running the companies he challenged.

Simultaneously, when conditions are improving, business demand for loans rise, and banks respond by increasing their supply of loans, which are more profitable at higher interest rates.

Meanwhile, with a series of supportive economic factors at play «we expect the country's real estate market to continue the strong showing it posted in the second half of 2013,» Soper said, noting among other things favourable interest rates and an improving U.S. economy fuelling demand for Canadian exports.

A sub-field of AI known as «machine learning» is particularly promising — this discipline is interested in creating algorithms that improve at tasks over time to come to original conclusions.

The presentation suggested that such a facility would allow the Committee to offer an overnight, risk - free instrument directly to a relatively wide range of market participants, perhaps complementing the payment of interest on excess reserves held by banks and thereby improving the Committee's ability to keep short - term market rates at levels that it deems appropriate to achieve its macroeconomic objectives.

With fiduciary advisors at the helm, sponsors and participants will benefit from improved plan design and investment options with lower costs, as advisors will be prohibited from designing plans loaded with higher costing options that are not in a plan's best interest.

Even a 401 (k) rollover into an IRA — which would require exemption from the fiduciary rule using a Best Interest Contract Exemption (BICE) because it's expected to cost more than the 401 (k) plan — can improve the quality of a client's investments if the client couldn't access that asset in his or her 401 (k) plan, said Joe Taiber, managing partner at Taiber, Kosmala & Associates.

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 PRPA has already completed substantial pre-development work at the sites, improving access, in anticipation of private development spurred by a Request for Expressions of Interest (REI) that was issued late last year and, the port authority said, «garnered a high level of response from maritime industry, manufacturing, and energy companies.»

This apparent piqued interest has come at the perfect time for the Ethereum network, as the innovative technology races to explore multiple scaling solutions, as well as ways by which to improve usefulness (e.g. Solidity, mobile SDKs) and security.

With economic conditions in Japan improving in recent months, the Bank of Japan had begun to prime markets for an end to its zero interest rate policy at its 17 July meeting but, in the event, the collapse of a large Japanese retailer, Sogo Co, prompted the Bank to hold off its decision.

Interest rates are stuck at historic lows, so affordability is actually improving as the market cools, though it still takes about 42 % of pre-tax income to cover the typical costs of owning a detached home.

I do think annuity rates will improve quite dramatically at some point before we retire, simply because interest rates are currently at a 300 year low

Powell recognizes the limits of monetary policy when he notes that «ultimately, the only way to get sustainably higher interest rates is to improve the broader environment for growth, by adopting policies designed to increase productivity and potential output over the long term — policies that are mainly outside the scope of our work at the Federal Reserve.»

He became president of the Kiva Club, the Indian society at the University of New Mexico, and guided its interest toward both a recovery of traditional Indian thought and efforts to improve the conditions of Indians in American society.

It is a great advance when people who have been powerless and plagued by apathy or fatalism organize to improve their lot, and this means creating instruments of political and economic power that enable their interests to be felt by the community at large.

The firms that have shut down have in many cases moved overseas, or diversified into other product lines, or obtained huge tax write - offs with which to buy other companies or simply invested at high interest instead of improving productive capacity.

Besides being democratic and transparent in group activities and taking interest in studying issues related to organic agriculture, MASIPAG also aims to strengthen farmers control over the selling of their produce while improving productivity and sustainability and achieving food self - sufficiency at local level.

WLA has a vested interest in improving the health and diversity of the agriculture sector, and our Charter recognises the important and positive role that women can contribute as a result of increased participation, particularly at senior / executive levels within organisations.

If you're interested in taking a stand at the new and improved London Wine Fair, have a look at our exhibitor pages here or contact: [email protected] to find out more.

MomsRising.org members, joined by advocates at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, urged the chain to improve the nutritional quality of its kids» meals by removing soda from the kids menu.

Holding a summit to tackle the tough issues of food insecurity, exploitation of food workers, and food waste at the opulent Ritz Carlton in San Francisco provoked an interesting contrast, but the collection of industry, NGOs, media and students in attendance were indifferent to their surroundings and intently focused on improving the world's food system.

Bettors may also be interested to know that if a team is receiving more than 50 % of spread bets in one of these «must - win» games, this fade system improves to 45 - 28 ATS with +15.1 units won and a 20.7 % ROI.

Arsenal already have Nacho Monreal and Kieran Gibbs as options at left - back, though the latter lost his place in Arsene Wenger's side this season, while Monreal's improved form has attracted some whispers of interest from La Liga duo Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, according to claims by the Daily Express in the last few days.

Indianapolis improved to 7 - 4 with a win over the Jaguars — making the playoff division title race in the AFC South a little less interesting, at least for now.

Interesting to see how much Trubisky improves (if at all) with an offensive - minded coach and weapons around him

Normally he's very direct and objective, he doesn't waste time, he doesn't try to get people to be interested in his players to improve their situation at their club.

It's interesting to see how Walcott got an assist and the Ox is improving at Liverpool and left us despite a 60k a week pay cut compared to what he would've earned here.

Aulas is just trying too milk us dry, cause he knew we are the only club interested in him this transfer window.@Arsenal should sign him at all cost cause he will definitely improve our team

The fact that such a suggestion should be made in a manifesto for improving the Scottish League is interesting, as previous attempts at advancing the SPL centred around removing Celtic and Rangers and entering them into the Premier League.

Juventus have told highly rated midfielder Arturo Vidal that he will be sold at the end of the season if he does not improve his performances during the remaining months of the campaign, report the Express, despite repelling interest from Manchester United in the Chilean box - to - box star throughout the entirety of the summer transfer window.

There is likely to be plenty of interest in the former Saints man as he has shown previously the talent that he possesses and at just 21, he has plenty of time on his side to improve and develop his game.

In most cases, change will often be a positive thing, and even if things do not improve at first, at the very least, life at Arsenal will be a little more interesting.

Whether they are interested in a fun summer activity or improving their soccer skills, they will find themselves a home at College Park Soccer Camps.

Advanced sports clinics are offered to experienced middle school girls who are looking to improve their skills and prepare themselves to compete at the high school level in their sport of interest.

It will be interesting to see how things pan out for Sterling once players like Sturridge and Gerrard return as well as any signings likely to be made in the January transfer window but for now as long as he is in the team, Sterling looks settled and assured and can only improve with age so a run of games is always likely to result in consistent performances which is what he, Liverpool and the current England manager, Roy Hodgson, who was watching in the stands at White Hart Lane, will be hoping for.

This week at Folksy we've been talking about how we can improve the homepage, and make it a more interesting place.

A Study Looks at Collaborative Interdisciplinary Maternity Care Programs on Perinatal Outcomes The Canadian Medical Association Journal published an interesting study examining how a team approach to maternity care might improve maternal and neonatal outcomes.

These uses may include providing you with more effective customer service; making the sites or services easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information; performing research and analysis aimed at improving our products, services, and technologies; and displaying content and advertising that are customized to your interests and preferences.

NYSATA, founded in 1976 and incorporated in 1989, stands to advance, encourage and improve the profession of athletic training (AT) by developing the common interests of its membership for the purpose of enhancing the quality of healthcare for the physically active in New York State.

For us who work closely with manufacturers and provide lots of feedback to improve products the seats were not new but some offered an interesting first look at functionality.

In part, the clash pits residents concerned about preserving recreational space at a neighborhood park against Park District officials with a broader ecological interest in improving the quality of area waters and contributing to flood - control efforts.

This competitive grant program supports states with the interest and ability to expand and / or improve their evidence - based home visiting programs to ultimately ensure better outcomes for children and families living in at - risk communities.

Smith, along with fellow designers Jim Sacherman and John Toor at the Palo Alto Design Group, had a personal interest in improving the design of breast pumps.

Fourth, higher quality maternal interactions have been shown to improve brain development at 5, 10 and 24 months.34 Fifth, there is growing evidence to suggest that the beneficial effects of exclusive breastfeeding may be moderated by the infant's genome, 35,36 and the metabolism of the fatty acids in maternal breast milk.37 For example, Krol et al. 36 showed that infants exclusively breastfed for a longer duration (above the 50th percentile) showed a heightened sensitivity and interest in a happy visual stimulus (eyes) than infants exclusively breastfed for a shorter duration (below the 50th percentile).

With thousands of construction workers out of work and interest rates at record lows, there is a growing consensus that investing now in improving our infrastructure, particularly housing, would give an immediate boost to the economy, encourage more private sector investment, and give us a long - term return as we strengthen our economy for the future.

At the end of the day, Facebook is interested in improving the News Feed in order to enrich the user experience.