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What Does a Rate Cut Mean for Discount Retailers?

When the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to lower the federal funds rate by 50 basis points—rather than a widely ...

The US Federal Reserve lowered the discount rate to 4-4.25% per annum

The US Federal Reserve System (FRS), which performs the functions of the central bank, has decided to reduce the target range ...
Forbes

This Other Fed Keeps Lowering The Interest Rate

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Institutional Investor

Discount Rates and Pickup Lines

A guy walks into a bar. There, at the table next to the fireplace, he sees a lovely young woman reading. He’s overwhelmed with her beauty, and, almost without realizing it he’s walking up to her. And ...
WTNH

Eversource announces new discount rate to begin Friday in Connecticut

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Eversource’s new discount rate for low-income households in Connecticut will start Friday, according to an announcement Thursday from the energy company. The rate is for ...
Business Wire

Milliman analysis: Falling discount rates erode $8 billion in corporate pension funding in November

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the results of its latest Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 ...
WBUR

National Grid proposes more generous discount rates for low-income electric customers in Mass.

Massachusetts has some of the highest electric rates in the country, and every year, many residents struggle to pay their utility bills. To help to make energy more affordable, utilities offer ...
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Illinois Commerce Commission urges customers to enroll in new discount rates

CHICAGO, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Commerce Commision (ICC) wants its customers to enroll in the new Low-Income Discount rates. The rates would be available to eligible ICC natural gas ...
Business Wire

Milliman analysis: Corporate pension funding improves in October after discount rates rise for the first time since April

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the results of its latest Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 ...
Pensions&Investments

Pension risk transfer premiums rise in March due to hike in discount rates — Milliman

U.S. pension risk transfer premiums rose slightly in March as a result of rising discount rates, a study by actuarial and consulting firm Milliman showed. The estimated average premium among the ...
JSTOR Daily

On discount rates for economic evaluations in global health

Health Policy and Planning, Vol. 35, No. 1 (February 2020), pp. 107-114 (8 pages) Choices on discount rates have important implications for the outcomes of economic evaluations of health ...