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- Revised Birth and Fertility Rates for the 1990s and New Rates for Hispanic Populations, 2000 and 2001: United States
- This paper presents revised birth and fertility rates for 1991-99, as well as previously published revised rates for 2000-2001, based on populations consistent with the April 1, 2000, census. Rates are presented by age, race, and Hispanic origin of mother; by age, race, Hispanic origin, and marital status of mother;...
- White papers 2003-08-04
- Insurance Definitions - R
- This paper covers various terms of insurance which starts with R e.g. RATE: The cost of a unit of insurance, usually per $1,000. Rates are based on historical loss experience for similar risks and may be regulated by state insurance offices; REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT: Investments generally owned by life insurers...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- ACE Limited Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Ladies and gentlemen our question and answer session is conducted electronically. [Operator Instructions]. We will go first to Josh Smith with CREF. Josh Smith - TIAA-CREF Hello, can you hear me? Evan G. Greenberg - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-24
- Tarheels Dig In Against State's Insurers
- Summer hurricanes haven't rolled in off the Caribbean yet, but the news from some southern states isn't good for property insurers, especially Progressive Corp. and GEICO, which specialize in auto coverage. Florida continues to duke it out with State Farm, the nation's largest property insurer, over whether...
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- Summer Tourism in Squaw Valley Means Discounts
-  I'm staying at the Squaw Valley Lodge in Olympic Valley, Calif. (part of Squaw Valley and once home to the 1960 Winter Olympics) which is in the midst of a discount dilemma. In an effort to draw dollars to the primarily winter retreat, it's offering wine festivals, markdowns and...
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Credit Card Bill Of Rights Explained
- Maggie Rodriguez speaks to Jill Schlessinger about customer entitlement.
- Videos 2009-05-20
- 3 Expert Tips for First-Time Homebuyers
- Dear Ali: I need some expert advice about buying my first home. I am a 26-year-old teacher who feels that my job is stable. My apartment lease is up in January, and I figure now is about the best time in the recent past or near future to buy a...
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
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- Interest Rates Will Return to Normal, Whatever That Will Be
- Negative inflation and negligible interest rates confirm we are living in extraordinary times. But before asking when things will return to normal we should question what now constitutes normality.  I spent much of my life thinking any interest rate below 10 per cent would be low. That...
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- What Are Interest Rates Telling Us? Part I
- Link to Part II Link to Part III How far are we from a decent recovery in the U.S. economy? Economists often look for an answer in the relationships among different interest rates. Assuming that cyclical patterns of the past will apply to the...
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- US mortgage rates rise, may curb demand
- By Julie Haviv of Reuters NEW YORK - US mortgage rates rose in the latest week as Treasury yields climbed, a move that may dampen home loan demand. Interest rates on US 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5.29 per cent for the week ending Aug. 13, up from the previous week's...
- News items 2009-08-13
- OECD Sees Fed, ECB Rates on Hold Into Late 2010
- PARIS (Reuters UK) - The world's key central banks will not need to start raising policy interest rates until late 2010 due to low inflation and economic slack, and can then proceed gradually, the OECD said in a report published on Thursday.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said it...
- News items 2009-11-19
- THE WEEK AHEAD: How high will the RBA lift rates?
- It's always important to keep in mind that it is the level of interest rates that matter for the economy, not the change in rates. While some borrowers may have been disappointed that rates were lifted again this month, the cash rate is still super low at 3.75%. Before the...
- News items 2009-12-07
- Big four banks put home-loan rates under review
- AAP Australia's big four banks are reviewing their standard variable mortgage interest rates after the Reserve Bank of Australia unexpectedly increased the overnight cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 per cent. "We're reviewing our rates," Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd spokesman Steve Batten said. Spokespersons from ANZ Banking...
- News items 2009-10-05
- Westpac Justifies Rates Rise
- Westpac Banking Corporation has justified its recent increase to home loan rates, saying that it would do no one favours to offer rates that were unsustainable.Australia's second largest home loan lender also says it already absorbed some of the rising costs of funding."We absorbed some of the external cost...
- News items 2009-12-16
- Westpac Justifies Rates Rise
- Westpac Banking Corporation has justified its recent increase to home loan rates, saying that it would do no one favours to offer rates that were unsustainable. Australia's second largest home loan lender also says it already absorbed some of the rising costs of funding. "We absorbed some of the external...
- News items 2009-12-16
- Rising Interest Rates Are Killing the Recovery
- A sheaf of economic indicators this week indicates the recovery is in deep trouble. The biggest shock was a sharp increase in bond yields. The yield on 10 year Treasury bonds rose to a peak of four percent, the highest since last August, before pulling back to...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- RBA begins raising rates 'gradually'
- THE Reserve Bank said today's rise in interest rates was the start of a gradual tightening in monetary policy. The board of the RBA announced that it will lift the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 per cent - the first rate increase in Australia since March...
- News items 2009-10-05
- Reproduction Rates for 1990-2002 and Intrinsic Rates for 2000-2001: United States
- This report presents revised rates of reproduction for 1990-93, reproduction rates for 1994-2002, and intrinsic rates for 2000-2001. The revised rates for 1991-93 are based on populations consistent with the April 1, 2000, census, as are the rates for 1994-2002. This report provides information on fertility patterns critical to understanding...
- White papers 2004-03-18
- Nonprofit mailing rates: unfair advantage? For the first time since the dawn of the Republic, the future of nonprofit rates is being called into serious question
- Nonprofit mailing rates: Unfair advantage? When it comes to postal rates, just about everyone has some ax to grind. Preferred mailing rates, more commonly termed "nonprofit rates," have often been the cause of controversy among mailers and politicians. But at no time have these rates--which, unlike regular...
- Research articles 1988-07-01
- BofA: Card rates won't go up ahead of law
- NEW YORK - Bank of America on Tuesday pledged not to hike credit card interest rates or fees before a new law intended to reform industry practices takes effect in February. Since most Bank of America customers have variable rate cards, however, they could still see their interest rates go...
- News items 2009-10-06
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