Sentences with phrase «rather than the current rate»

CORE would also roll back the clock on the percentage of students who must score at proficient or better for a school to meet the annual growth target to the 2010 - 11 level of 67 percent, rather than the current rate of 90 percent, giving schools time to implement the new system and see some results.

Not exact matches

In his opinion, the Federal Reserve funds rate should be closer to 3 % rather than the current 0.5 %.

Gordon is curious about an untested policy called «price - level targeting,» which would refocus monetary policy on achieving an absolute increase in prices over time, rather than the current emphasis on the rate of change.

As someone who teaches and advises in the field and has an obligation to keep current with emerging developments, given the significant rate of change in the last ten years, I could not imagine how a director of a company could remain current without ongoing requirements rather than passing familiarity or osmosis (I am speaking here of directors who have chosen not to upgrade their education).

Instead of just working for Vox.com, I could form DylanCorp LLC, contract with Vox to provide writing services, and pay a 15 percent rate on DylanCorp's earnings rather than my current 25 percent rate.

To an insignificant statistical difference (e.g. advisory bulls are 52.7 % rather than 53 %, and the comparison between current interest rates and those 6 months ago varies slightly from day - to - day), we are once again at a condition that I've called «Hazardous Ovoboby» - overvalued, overbought, overbullish, yields rising.

To do so would either create massive hyperinflation (devaluation) of our current fiat currency, massive swings (politically rather than market driven) in the price of the metal, or create such a high conversion rate as to be nearly meaningless.

Rather than forecasting how fast a company's earnings will grow, look to estimate the growth rates that are implied by the current share price.

Level targeting corrects for the bygones problem in growth rate targeting, making up for past mistakes rather than embedding those errors in current policy.

While Madigan would have Illinoisans believe it would only be a tax increase on the rich, recent history and Illinois» spending problems dictate the middle class would face tax hikes under a progressive tax system — where income is taxed at increasingly higher rates, rather than the current flat rate of 4.95 percent.

Instead, it reflects a tendency to respond to all economic data as if it is coincident (reflecting the current state of the economy) rather than carefully distinguishing leading data — primarily new orders and order backlogs, from coincident data — primarily income and production, from lagging data — employment figures, particularly payrolls and the unemployment rate, which are essentially the most lagging data series in economics.

Importantly, this requires an improvement in the utilisation rate of the current workforce rather than additional investment.

However, unlike in the late 1980s, the current increase in the ratio has been mainly driven by the decisions of households to increase their levels of debt, rather than by a significant and unexpected increase in interest rates.

Finally, rather than falling, if the value of loan approvals was to grow by 2 per cent per month from the November 2003 level until the end of 2004, housing credit growth would be expected to remain at around its current rate of close to 25 per cent.

Given that short - term interest rates would be hard - pegged at zero even with a monetary base / nominal GDP ratio a fraction of the current size, it remains important for the FOMC to consider reducing or terminating the reinvestment of proceeds from maturing holdings sooner rather than later.

Underpinning all this is the sense that the Oyston's deliberately frugal approach to the Premier League was been for their own benefit and profit, rather than the club's, a sense that was reinforced in 2012 when it emerged that Karl had paid an # 11 milion salary ($ 16.7 million USD at current exchange rates) to a company owned by his father, and a total of # 26 million to connected companies.

This is a theoretical construct rather than a numeric claim - in other words, it could equally be used to justify tax increases, if current rates were to the left of the peak on the curve.

A critical flaw of the current system is that the «slab» structure of the tax causes distortions in the market as rates are applied to the entire value of the property, rather than the marginal value above each threshold.

The pledge unanimously passed and signed by the Town Board at its April 11 meeting went on to ask «the New York State Legislature to commit to these same clean energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.»

Recent CentreForum reports, «Tax and the coalition» (pdf) and «A relief for some» (pdf), proposed limiting tax relief on contributions to pensions to the standard 20p rate and restricting the lump sum which can be taken tax - free on retirement to # 42,475 (the rate at which higher rate tax starts) rather than the current # 450,000.

In other words, if greenhouse gas emissions continue at current rates, the world would see an extreme La Niña event every 13 years, rather than every 23 years.

Rather than lay out the case for the brokenness of the current virtual school model, I would encourage you to simply do a Google search for «virtual schools» and see what results pull up in the News section — academic problems, high attrition rates, low retention rates, etc..

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

The cash balance would guarantee all teachers a pre-determined rate of return — 5 percent in this example — and provide a steady accrual of retirement benefits rather than the current back - loaded system.

The Amazon pricing isn't quite so good for UK customers as the new Fire just removes the dollar sign and replaces it with a sterling sign at # 49.99 rather than using the current exchange rate which would price it around # 35.

Ask if you can lock in some or all of your line of credit to a fixed rate at current mortgage rates rather than wait for a potential mortgage rate increase in 2014.

So if you're looking to buy a new home or refinance your current mortgage, the better option is likely to lock in a rate sooner rather than later.

Given today's current mortgage rates, present loan limits and attendant insurance costs borrowers with an interest in an FHA mortgage may want to consider financing or refinancing now rather than later.

If the interest rates on your current loans are fairly high, you may want to consider refinancing sooner rather than later.

A 5 % minimum payment rather than 1.5 % (current) won't kill me, but a $ 10 monthly fee would be roughly the same as a 4.8 % interest rate at this point.

Issuing Company: ETF Securities Ltd Ticker: PPLT Expense Ratio: 0.60 % Tax Treatment: From the prospectus, «Under current law, gains recognized by individuals from the sale of «collectibles,» including physical platinum, held for more than one year are taxed at a maximum federal income tax rate of 28 %, rather than the 15 % rate applicable to most other long - term capital gains.»

You can also try talking to the current holder of your loans, to see if they'll reduce the interest rate on your loans rather than lose your loans to another lender.

This type of mortgage, rather than having a fixed interest rate, has a variable rate that changes along with current prevailing interest rates.

If you're considering buying a home or refinancing your current mortgage, we strongly recommend that you take action sooner rather than later to avoid the risk of locking in a higher rate.

New interest rates are calculated based on the borrower's credit history and overall financial health, as well as current financial market conditions, rather than the weighted average of the included loans.

With mortgage rates at high levels on the year and poised for more upward movement, it definitely makes sense for most borrowers looking to buy a home or refinance their current mortgage to lock in a rate sooner rather than later.

You'll see this or similar language in the prospectus of many metals ETFs: Under current law, gains recognized by individuals from the sale of «collectibles,» including physical platinum, held for more than one year are taxed at a maximum federal income tax rate of 28 %, rather than the 15 % rate applicable to most other long - term capital gains.

But wait... We know revenue, fee rates & margins are growing steadily, plus we also know intrinsic valuation ultimately depends on AUM (rather than current profitability).

The argument for converting to a Roth IRA is that you get to take advantage of current tax rates rather than risking higher tax rates in the future.

We'll continue the marine theme by pointing out that in spite of FHA's good intentions, its short refinance program is likely to function as an anchor rather than as lifesaver, tossed to drowning homeowners who can't refinance to current low mortgage rates.

In his opinion, the Federal Reserve funds rate should be closer to 3 % rather than the current 0.5 %.

IF you want some more TYP points, AND you would use them at the 1.6 rate of the Prestige rather than your current 1.25 AND you would do it before next July when the Prestige devalues THEN you might want to apply for a Prestige card now.

Is it not the case that if the relative lack of El Niño's and predominance of La Nina's is in fact due to global warming, rather than natural variability, then the current increase in the rate of warming of the ocean below 700m may continue.

They report that stopping deforestation and allowing young secondary forests to grow back could establish a «forest sink» — an area that absorbs carbon dioxide rather than releasing it into the atmosphere — which by 2100 could grow by over 100 billion metric tons of carbon, about ten times the current annual rate of global fossil fuel emissions.

International comparison of, e.g., Gross Domestic Products of countries can be based on the purchasing power of currencies rather than on current exchange rates.

purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP estimates based on the purchasing power of currencies rather than on current exchange rates; such estimates are a blend of extrapolated and regression - based numbers, using the results of the International Comparison Program (ICP); PPP estimates tend to lower per capita GDPs in industrialized countries and raise per capita GDPs in developing countries

Also, the effects of using exchange based values rather than PPP badly understate the current output and wealth of the third world, and the growth rates projected for the developing nations range from very optimistic to just plain looney.

Universal Life The universal life policy is actually more than interest sensitive as it is designed to reflect the insurer's current mortality and expense as well as interest earnings rather than historic rates.

Even if your current provider offers some suggestions to keep your insurance rates down, you should still start to shop around sooner rather than later.

A sensible solution may be to confirm that your home and its contents are insured for replacement value rather than the depreciated value at current market rates.