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Business Definition for: Cheap Money

  • low interest rates, used as a government strategy to stimulate an economy either at the initial signs of, or during, a recession

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The end of cheap money - The end of cheap money; Interest rates.
Interest rates will soon have to rise in America, just as they already have in Britain and Australia MONEY has never been so cheap and so easy to obtain. The average of short-term interest rates in America, Japan and Europe is at its lowest ...
Tags: America, deflation, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, inflation
Research articles 2004-04-24
Rich Hofmann | Educate us, Eagles
EAGLES OWNER Jeffrey Lurie says it is the media's job to educate the fans about how the money stuff in the NFL works, so as to show everyone that the Eagles aren't cheap. I've done my bit. I wrote a whole column last season about how much cash they...
Tags: NFL, PRODUCTIVITY, talent
Research articles 2006-03-30
SABMiller Year Earnings Rise, See Further Progress
SABMiller Year Earnings Rise, See Further ProgressBuy RuneScape Money, RuneScape GoldBuy RuneScape Money, RuneScape Gold on runescapegogo.comhttp://www.runescapegogo.com1.We are a professional game service company,and sell cheap runescape gold and more others. We are making a great efforts to improve the players'game experience.2.Our business philosophy is user-orientated, integrity.And immediate payment, never in...
Tags: Runescape Gold, SABMiller, year earning
Discussion threads 2007-05-17
LosAngeles
Jane Wright went to LA, cruised about in a hearse and cursed the beautiful people l How did you get there? After much wailing and gnashing of teeth because I couldn't get a cheap flight, I eventually stumped up #656 to fly Air Canada via Toronto. However,...
Tags: Air Canada, HARDWARE, Hollywood, MARKETING, Servers, TVs
Research articles 2000-01-09
Recognizing an Inflationary Bias: The Fed's rising interest rates could mean more expensive money - or not.
Is money cheap or expensive? Controversies over "cheap money" have roots in the bullionist crisis of the 1790s involving the British central bank. From its founding in 1694, the Bank of England assumed a monopoly privilege, making it the de facto central bank of Great Britain. The bank received all...
Tags: bank, Bank of England, Federal Reserve Board
Research articles 2004-08-01
Analyzing The Dollars And Cents Of Retail EPOS Software
Of course, everyone is fully aware that software for your business is not cheap. But at the same time, the prices that you are paying for much of your inventory may not be so cheap either. Just as you will not sacrifice items that sell well in your store due...
Tags: Software, Associated Content, Tools & Techniques, Management
White papers 2008-05-15
Homes: Design for living 7: PS Cabinet
Much consternation in the IoS office at last week's dig at Ikea's Billy bookcase. Not fair they cried - Billy is good because it's cheap. Michael Marriott's Croquet shelving (Design For Living, No 6) starts at pounds 440 for one bookcase. For that much money you could start your own...
Tags: furniture, IKEA
Research articles 2001-07-29
Taxpayer money wasted on cheap politicians
I don't make $1 million a year, but I think every member of Congress should be paid at least that much. It's not because those turkeys in Washington deserve it. It's because we deserve a lot better people than we have in Congress. The cost of paying every...
Tags: CAREER, deception, re-election, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2005-12-29
Britain's Beagle mission to Mars done 'on the cheap': inquiry
LONDON AFP — Beagle 2, the ill-fated British space probe that vanished while attempting to land on Mars, failed because the country's government wanted a mission to the Red Planet "on the cheap", a report by lawmakers said Tuesday. The committee of British MPs attacked the government for failing...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, European Space Agency, Government, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2004-11-01
NASA invests in new generation of rockets
For the first time, NASA has decided to put money into start-up rocket companies in hopes of spurring a new generation of rockets that could eventually make space travel cheap and commonplace. And as the first step, the agency decided to fund four competitors to develop a cheap way to...
Tags: NASA
Research articles 1997-06-17
Can the government talk cheap? Communication, announcements, and cheap talk
I. IntroductionA great deal of attention has recently been focused on communication in economic contexts. While some models of credible announcements have been based on reputational forces or penalties imposed by third parties, as in Sobel |21~ and Cothren |4~, several recent papers have addressed the possibility of communication through...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Government, SOFTWARE, speaker, Stein
Research articles 1993-10-01
Northern rocked, City shocked, and bad news for everyone else
Yesterday something happened that I have not seen in my lifetime, a run on a major British bank. There were queues outside Northern Rock branches as depositors tried to get their money out. This is the sort of event that happened in America after the Great Crash of...
Tags: bank, Bank of England, Britain, financial
Research articles 2007-09-15
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Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., TVs
Research articles 2002-09-29
I Never Say 'Cheap,' I Hate the Word
Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld recently presented his debut collection for Sweden's fast-fashion company, H&M. Lagerfeld spoke to NEWSWEEK's Jenny Barchfield in Paris about melding mass and luxury. Excerpts: BARCHFIELD: Why go to work with H&M? LAGERFELD: Because I believe inexpensive clothes--I never say "cheap," I...
Tags: extremes, Manufacturing, Newsweek, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2004-12-20
Opus Southwest Speculates with New Phoenix, Ariz., Office Buildings.(Originated from The Arizona Republic)
Apr. 2--Not too long ago, you could nearly see through dozens of Valley high-rises because they were so empty. Cheap money with loan payments built into some credit agreements allowed speculative developers to build wherever they saw vacant land. Apr. 2--Not too...
Tags: Microsoft Office, Phoenix Technologies, Valley
Research articles 1997-04-02
Money: It's a cheap transfer. But is your plastic guilty of foul
Mouthwatering credit card deals, offering introductory rates of 0 per cent and low rates of interest for the lifetime of a balance transfer, have left British consumers spoilt for choice. But beware: that eye-catchingly cheap credit could carry a sting in the tail. Exclusive research conducted for...
Tags: Morgan Stanley, SALES
Research articles 2002-11-17
Sharp Electronics Corp. (offers rebates on vacuum cleaners) (Media) (Brief Article)
MAHWAH, N.J.--It's not exactly dirt cheap, but Sharp Electronics Corp. is offering some money back on its Twin Energy vacuum cleaners. MAHWAH, N.J.--It's not exactly dirt cheap, but Sharp Electronics Corp. is offering some money back on its Twin Energy vacuum cleaners.
Tags: cleaner, Sharp Corp.
Research articles 1995-01-30
Anti-money laundering rules may come cheap.
Byline: Ross Kelly Sep 26, 2005 (Money Management - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Accountancy firm Deloitte has launched an online anti-money laundering AML program, "AMLcheck". The software is designed...
Tags: accountancy, Deloitte LLP
Research articles 2005-09-26
Phoenix's dirt-cheap homes
Phoenix Technology's solution to provide cheap and stable housing for Asia's teeming billions is absolute rubbish -- literally.
Tags: Phoenix Technologies
Research articles 2000-03-03
Projections See Stronger Economy On The Horizon; Effect Of Rising Rates Is Queried
Signaling an end to an era of cheap money, the Federal Reserve Board last week hiked its target for the bellweather Fed Funds rate by 25 basis points from its 46-year-low of 1%. Signaling an end to an era of cheap money, the Federal Reserve Board last week hiked...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board
Research articles 2004-07-05