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December 2005 Rates Will Not Be Raised by the Federal Reserve

year in order to ward off inflation. All bets may be off now though, given the disruptive effect that Katrina may have on the econ...

Drop in Homicide Rate in New York City 1992-2006

that happened during the 1990s that could explain the drop, including the decrease in cocaine usage, the general aging of the popu...

Improving High School Graduation Rates for Texas Minorities in the Presence of Exit-Level Testing

U.S. District Court Judge Edward C. Prado observed: "The receipt of an education that does...

Purpose of the Second Edition Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale

particularly useful in determining the prevalence of at-risk students in academic populations. Uhing et al (2005) note how the BE...

Overview of a Hospital's Reduced Rate Prescription Drug Plan

to bring a new drug to market, and the developer has patent protection only for relatively few years. To recoup its investment in...

Whites v. Blacks and Dropout Rate Disproportionment

2005). Despite the changes in college attendance levels noted above, black males are much less likely to graduate from co...

Interest Rates and the Federal Reserve System

said" ("Alan Greenspan," 2007). Slide #5: How are Interest Rates Determined? * The Fed creates monetary policy through "setting ...

The Problem of High Staff Turnover Rates of Nurses in Primary Healthcare in Saudi Arabia

great importance placed on issues such as maternity services, which are seen as lower priorities in most developing countries (WHO...

Workforce Participation Rates

riveter). But with the war, the demand for workers grew, and "everyone" agreed that women would work; they also agreed that the jo...

Digital Equality and the E-Rate

Consider, for example, the Universal Service Fund (the program more commonly called the E-rate program). The E-rate program was d...

AN EXPLANATION ABOUT INTEREST RATES

But what causes interest rates to move over time, between institutions and across borders? A great deal depends on what is set by ...

Burglary Rates and the Issue of Gun Ownership

In 2005, 3,984 burglaries were committed in the municipality. This translates to a rate of 0.011 burglaries per citizen (Nemerov,...

Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

one tool, there are also others, such as international rate of return, this is an alternative measure, and for some this is a bett...

Monetary Policies their Impact on the GDP Unemployment, Inflation and Interest Rates

This 10 page paper considers how monetary policies and the tools that implement them can impact on an economy. The paper looks fir...

The Use of Antidepressants and Increased Suicide Rates in Adolescents

adolescents there were no real treatment alternatives for these children (Brent, 2004). The common belief, in fact, was that thos...

The Bank of England Base Rate Increase of November 2006

to control inflation the final decision as to whether or not interest rates would increase was seen as residing with the governmen...

Hoshin Planning Specific to Mortality Rates for Medical Conditions

screenings, and could be admitted to hospitals for rather routine reasons. Today, many individuals are quite ill when they finall...

THE RISING RATES OF FORECLOSURES - AND THE REASONS

months after the housing meltdown began, the U.S. is still seeing a huge spike in foreclosure rates. The problems, it seems, haven...

Divorce Rate

a substantial number of divorces that would not have occurred otherwise" (Why Divorce Rates Increased, 2008). This is something th...

Causes/Effects of the High Divorce Rate

states that the "fragility of modern marriage" is related to the same factors that have elevated societys regard for this relation...

Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

more sensitive. To assess both these measures, which are both discounted cash flow measures we need to look at each and assess how...

Why Ocean Exploration Should be Funded at the Same Rate as Space Exploration

food; they provide resources (such as oil and natural gas); and they are a "highway" for commerce among countries (Exploration of ...

Internal Rate of Return

as term and nominal interest rate. This is an approach which allows for a direct comparison to be made. When an investment...

MONEY AND INTEREST RATES

might include leading inflation indicators, such as unemployment reports (low unemployment can lead to higher inflation); employme...

OVERVIEW ABOUT INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN

the companys cost of capital (and that has an IRR higher then other projects) will be looked on more favorably (Grayson, 2010). ...

FUNCTION OF CREDIT RATING AGENCIES AND MAXIMIZATION OF SHAREHOLDER VALUE

Discusses the role of credit rating agencies in maximizing shareholder value. There are 3 sources listed in the bibliography of th...

DIVERSITY AND IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT RATE

Discusses the impact of diversity on workforce percentages and future trends in retirement. There are 3 sources listed in the bibl...

Athletes, Academics and the Failure Rate

their image of dummies who are terrible academically but are passed by their professors because the team needs them, are in fact l...

Report on Crime Rates in California and Pennsylvania

hundred thousand inhabitants. California reported 193 incidents per one hundred thousand inhabitants, reflecting a 2.2 drop in cri...

Individual, Organizational and Technological Influences on the Adoption Rate of Technology in the Workplace

type and a personal cost benefit assessment. In all the categories many of the influences may be complex, often there are ...