There is, however, scant accountability.

In some cases, the targets are set at 50 per cent, a very low level.

Only consumption is lagging.

The Fed held this rate too low for too long.

At a lower level, too, China has unleashed an impressive charm offensive.

Global food stocks are at historic lows.

Our relations with Russia are at an all time low and dangerous level.

If, for example, an agency working to reduce poverty in Africa cuts staff with expert knowledge, it is more likely to end up funding projects that fail.

The pressure to keep administrative expenses low can make an organization less effective.

This ink stain will not wash out.

Brazil s unemployment rate, for example, is at lows not seen for decades.

But the bad news is that even if interest rates are expected to remain low for a while, they will not stay this low indefinitely.

But the bad news is that even if interest rates are expected to remain low for a while, they will not stay this low indefinitely.

Popular equity investments, such as shares in Safaricom, are already trading at unexpectedly low levels.

Short term interest rates in the US, at 1.25 , are at a 40 year low.

But in the case of Japan, military spending is already low, as are interest rates.

It is unlikely that Musharraf s latest gambit will succeed, as his popular support is at its lowest ebb.

Countries are experiencing strong growth, inflation is low, and the threat of crisis has receded considerably.

All of these yields have since moved slightly higher, but they remain exceptionally low.

Although the Federal Reserve kept interest rates low for a protracted period, the corporate sector did not increase its investment.

Another key actor is Saudi Arabia, whose relations with Syria are at an all time low.

He sees his strongest weapon in knowledge of football, from the lowest competitions to representation.

This hierarchical structure of complex causal systems seduces us into a sense of understanding at a high level, which is then mistaken for having an understanding at a lower level.

For one thing, its purchasing power is already scraping along at a fairly low level globally indeed, near an all time low, according to the Fed s broad dollar exchange rate index.

I will keep drawing until the last drop of my ink.

Migration quotas should be preferred to other types of restrictions on the ground that they allow at least a part of the potential welfare gains from migration to be realized. Quotas could be established at levels set on the basis of past periods of high migration say, an annual flow of 400,000 people to the EU.

Quotas could be established at levels set on the basis of past periods of high migration say, an annual flow of 400,000 people to the EU.

The US Federal Reserve promised to hold down longer term rates, but its commitments in that direction now seem ineffective.

This implies that interest rates may, in fact, need to stay low for a very considerable period.

Despite the massive tax cuts of 2001 and the increase in military and security spending, the US experienced a prolonged jobless recovery.

With little wage inflation, high goods inflation is unlikely.

In part this is accomplished by explicitly reducing entitlements and raising retirement age from absurdly low levels.

China press freedom was at the lowest level in Reporters Without Borders' 2015 index.

Mary prefers playing the game on Easy Mode so she can enjoy the story without worrying about the combat.

I don't think these ink stains will come off.

Instead of ink, there was some unidentified liquid in the bottle.

When the Fed kept interest at unusually low levels for an extended period of time, so did the ECB.

This is especially true for government borrowing, but corporate interest rates, too, are at record lows.

A commitment to hold down nominal interest rates for a longer period of time should stimulate aggregate demand immediately.

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As a follow up to the Eastern Partnership summit, the EU must initiate lower level meetings of interior ministers to discuss migration, visas, and counter terrorism, and should seek to integrate Ukraine and Moldova into the European energy market.

For decades, developing countries dreamed of a nirvana of sky high commodity prices and rock bottom international interest rates.

China s effort to hold down the value of the yuan vis à vis the dollar is thus a costly and pointless policy.

The Rousseff administration has kept the reported inflation rate artificially low by suppressing prices for state run services.

Short term interest rates are astonishingly low only 2 in the euro zone, just 1 in the US, and zero in Japan.