Short-term interest rates, already near zero in the United States, cannot be lowered any further.
People who had had a greater intake, above 1,100 milligrams daily, did not see their risk lowered any further.
But since the Fed lowered its benchmark Fed funds rate to near zero in December 2008, short-term rates have ceased to be a meaningful indicator because they cannot be lowered any further.
Interest rates are already at zero, though (and have been for a while), so the Fed cannot lower them any further.
If you lower any further the hip flexors become more involved - what we are aiming for is lower abs.
Given that our biggest companies already pay far less than that "burdensome" rate, can there be any question that lowering it further would produce more generous CEOs and slay dreaded China at the same time?
As for Ms. Spodek, she declared that buyers were "taking advantage" of sellers, and that she would not sell if she had to lower her price any further.
Ms. Romer said that demand remained constrained by tight credit, state and local government budget shortfalls, subdued demand by consumers and foreign markets, and the inability to lower interest rates any further.
The committee believes that lowering it further would be counterproductive as it would compress commercial bank lending margins.
But Maurice Lindsay and Wigan's majority shareholder Dave Whelan warned yesterday that lowering it further would be a retrograde step.
