Sentences with phrase «make changes in rates»

The Bank is not expected to make any changes in rates or policy today but you never know what can happen at these meetings.

First and foremost, if there is some major transaction that could positively or negatively impact the operating or financial profile of a company, we would make a change in the rating.

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That doesn't leave Square a lot of wiggle room if the credit card companies decide to raise interchange fees: «Because we generally charge our sellers a flat rate,» higher swipe fees «could make our pricing look less competitive, lead us to change our pricing model, or adversely affect our margins,» the company said in its prospectus.

Changing this rate is a kind of lever that the Federal Reserve can pull to make things happen in the economy.

In the weeks leading to the release of Canada's 2017 federal budget, there was plenty of speculation that Finance Minister Bill Morneau might raise the capital gains inclusion rate, make changes to dividend tax credits, and more.

In the heat of the battle for ratings and students, the traditional programs are making changes.

Here's a list of the changes I would make in the first three months, and here's a breakdown of how those changes will improve SEO results and conversion rates.

«When you have thousands of people coming to your site every day, if making one little change like putting a security logo on your checkout page makes a 1 percent difference in conversion rate a day that can make a huge impact on your bottom line over time.»

If we want to break past lackluster economic growth rates and make meaningful change in lives and livelihoods, we need to move beyond incremental innovation (think slightly - better iPhones) toward revolutionary innovation (think new energy systems, next - generation electronics, and cures for Cancer and Alzheimer's).

In her 2012 TED Talk, Melinda Gates makes the argument that many of the world's social change issues depend on ensuring that women are able to control their rate of having kids.

A year ago, Fortune made some predictions about how the stock market, the lending market, and the world in general would change following that year's hike, Janet Yellen & Co.'s first interest rate increase in nine years.

Changing the headline can make a huge difference in your response rate, even if you don't change one word in the rest of the sales letter.

However, if you continue to make your payments on time, keep your balances low, and manage the accounts you have responsibly, over time, your credit rating will increase and you'll see a change in the prequalification offers you receive.

By referencing offshore rates they have made three weaker fixes in the world before changing their minds on the third day,» he said.

We are seeking to require prior consent and approval of any changes made to the LIBOR or reference benchmark rate in the final credit agreement as a condition of investing.

The Federal Reserve can control the supply of money and sets important federal funds rate that makes headlines whenever it changes (or analysts think it may change in the near future).

However, the Report fails to note that this is due to the growing surpluses in the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans, given the premium rate changes made in the mid-1990s to put these plans on a sustainable path.

The following factors are making me wonder if I should sell instead: market is still very high and inventory is even tighter than last year, but economy might change directions this year, rate hikes coming, I might be able to get the same cash flow from a REIT, and I have no intention of moving back in.

There is, of course, a very important distinction to be made between a permanent, but one - time, shift in the level of prices and a persistent increase in the rate of change of prices, though in practice it may be very difficult to tell the difference.

I'm referring to statements such as the conditional commitment we made in 2009 — when we pledged to keep the key policy rate unchanged for a year as long as the outlook for inflation didn't change.

The calculation is a weighted average dollar savings of CommonBond refinance loans and assumes interest rates will not change over time, members make all payments on time, members enroll in ACH, and they do not pre-pay their loans.

Demographic and economic changes, along with the low interest rates that followed the financial crisis, have upended the calculations that many Canadians made in planning for retirement.

You might be willing to put up with the occasional fee if you have a big chunk of change in your savings account and that tasty interest rate makes it worth your while.

However, if the ordinary shares or ADSs are treated as traded on an «established securities market» and you are either a cash basis taxpayer or an accrual basis taxpayer that has made a special election (which must be applied consistently from year to year and can not be changed without the consent of the IRS), you will determine the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized in a non U.S. dollar currency by translating the amount received at the spot rate of exchange on the settlement date of the sale.

Which doesn't cover investments in shares, the returns on which are directly affected by changes in the corporate tax rate (or the myriad of other investment vehicles liked bonds, REITs, mutual fund trusts, etc. that make up the bulk of the universe for Canadian investors).

Unfortunately, since it is difficult to accurately forecast future interest rates and all the other factors that are changing simultaneously in financial markets, this algorithm by itself will not make you instantly rich.

«The good news is that the recent changes in the U.S. tax system have many of the key ingredients to fuel economic expansion: a business tax rate that will make the U.S. competitive around the world; provisions to free U.S. companies to bring back profits earned overseas; and, importantly, tax relief for the middle class.»

The ECB's monetary policy in September was a non-event, with the governing council neither making any changes to the existing policy nor adding new ones as they voted to leave interest rates and non-monetary policies on hold.

In response to this and other changes, most issuers decided to ditch fixed - rate cards and make their credit card interest rates variable.

Make sure that your product can be legally sent to your backers (and their country), and keep in mind that customs rates and import taxes are variable and can change over time.

While such a rate of expansion will clearly not be sustainable in the longer run, there is little sign at this stage that the appetite for borrowing has been restrained by the recent increases in interest rates, even though the higher debt burden of households might be expected to make them more responsive to interest rate changes.

But as I have said before, while the changes in interest rates make the news, it is the level of interest rates that matters most for economic behaviour.

Additionally, the U.S. economy has dramatically changed over the past several years, with structural factors (largely the result of technological innovation and shifting demographic trends) influencing it in a manner that makes comparisons to past rate hiking cycles less relevant.

Overall, as the statements after the past five Board meetings have made clear, the sequence of changes to the cash rate, other adjustments by lenders in response to the rise in term funding costs since mid 2007 and tighter credit standards have combined to produce financial conditions that are tight.

I would make one other observation that I think is important here, and that is that we believe it is very important to keep in mind the level of interest rates, not just their changes.

The budget calls for tax reform that largely mirrors the House GOP's «Better Way» plan, though it does not mention much of the aspects that would pay for the changes in «Better Way» or other ways to make up for the revenue loss from the rate reductions it calls for.

Even if you plan on being out of the home well before in the introductory period ends, it is crucial that you check the interest rate cap before signing the loan, and make sure that it is something you would be able to afford to pay in case your plans change unexpectedly.

Furthermore, the Fed would like to adhere to the so - called «Taylor Rule» (in spite of Professor Taylor's protestations that it is misinterpreting and misusing his concept), a mathematical construct that purports to make monetary policy more «scientific» by establishing an arithmetic rule for varying the administered interest rate according to the variance of «actual from target inflation» (note that «inflation» refers to the change in a price index in this case, not the phenomenon of inflation of the money supply as such), as well as the variance of economic output from «potential output» (i.e, the so - called «output gap» is incorporated in the formula as well).

Moore said the legislative changes will be in place until the CRTC, which is already investigating roaming rates, makes a decision on roaming rates.

Annual changes to that list make sure inflation rates are linked to the most common expenses for people in the UK.

Sinking Euro and Rising Dollar Make Waves in the Wine Industry: Shifting exchange rates are producing beneficial ripples of change for American consumers and European wineries.

Those two would give us great energy and work rate in midfield and if Wenger wants to bring the just back Coquelin off before the end he has a ready made replacement on the pitch in Elneny, increasing his options to change things around.

It's a shame really how people are so plastic over here.We seem to change our views so easily.Why can't people just make up their minds?It's like people don't have stance.As I've been saying and will keep saying we have many good players but as good as they are they're overrated.We've just compromised as a club.There are problems in every single role in the team, from defence to attack.Yet these problems will constantly be ignored.Some players are cleary not good enough but say it and the stats lovers will come out.The main problem wrong with the team is the centre.The other problem is Wenger and his misuse of players.I for one don't really rate Ramsey - Xhaka partnership in a sense that it's defensively weak with Xhaka not good enough defensively and Ramsey very inconsistent.The only player excellent defensively in the centre in Arsenal's team is Coquelin and I think he should be playing though many won'tsee why.Look how easily the balls went through the midfield.Coquelin should be partnered with another CM in our current team.People shouldn't deceive themselves Xhaka that Xhaka isn't a DM.He's just not good defensively admit it.We need a DM more than a CM in my opinion or a hybrid like Sanches or Jankto.

Well attitude can hinder progression is a fact but from what I've watched Chris is better and is more rated than his brother in Arsenal.Also attitude can change so there's still more hope.There a lot of players with bad attitude even in their early years but are still making it big.As for Bendtner having that talent well every one is entitled to his opinion.

The likes of koscielny, coquelin, monreal and ospina have also made a difference, but also wenger has made changes to the attacking side of the game, players like podolski and sanogo have been moved out as they simply offer little to the team in way of work rate when we don't have the ball.

At the rate at which we are going players will be worn out before mid — season, we cant be making changes in the 84th minute all the time!

The former Chelsea and Inter Milan boss is rumoured to be ready to make a wealth of changes to the side that Manuel Pellegrini took to second spot in La Liga last term and started the process earlier in the week when he signed Benfica's highly rated Argentine wide man Angel Di Maria.

Feedback from more than 200 participants involved in the pilot has been overwhelmingly positive, with 94 % rating the resource as «excellent» or «good» and just under two thirds (65 %) intending to make a change to their school food culture as a result.

Given the cultural hand - wringing over decreasing marital rates, divorce and stepparenting, and the rise in non-nuclear families and non-marital births, her proposal to create a legal status seems to make a lot of sense; family law has not kept up with the vast changes in the marital landscape.

Citing a phenomenon called «risk compensation» - in which the use of protective equipment is thought to result in behavioral changes, such as the adoption of more dangerous playing techniques, which can result in a paradoxical increase in injury rates - they also fear that that making helmets mandatory could actually lead to an increase in concussion rates in the sport.