Banks' holdings of mortgage bonds have fallen from almost $400 billion to just over $350 billion.And then, of course, there are the fund managers with fewer long-dated Treasuries in their portfolios than their benchmarks require.
TRT and the NAP are a good fit: the general is popular in the provinces, but is seen as a bit of a country bumpkin in Bangkok, whereas Mr Thaksin has attracted votes from aspiring young urbanites.Having few partners will suit Mr Thaksin, who describes himself as above all a manager, with few political bones in his body.
The Giants' prosperity is a tribute to an organizational structure -- a traditional hierarchy of responsibilities from owner to general manager to coach with few crossover duties -- that would have been familiar to Mara's father.
A footballer squirms at the thought of subservience to a manager with fewer commercial endorsements and less money; a general balks at being one of the few living people who doesn't publicise his opinions.
The rumor going 'round was that if you were a manager with fewer than 5 reports, you'd either be demoted, or fired.
Should the Magpies be able to get the deal over the line, for a fee in the region of £20m, it would leave manager Steve McClaren with few excuses left if he is unable to steer the club away from the relegation mire.
Klopp made eight changes to the side that swept beyond Villarreal and into the Europa League final and, though a typical end-of-season affair took the place of Thursday's intensity, the Liverpool manager was left with few complaints from a routine win.
They failed to stay up that season, but are back in the Premier League with few managers more secure in their jobs than Dyche.
One new officer, Eunice, 26, said she had been rejected for jobs at offices and stores, with few managers willing to take a chance or tailor positions to her deafness.
Here's our favorite question from the survey, conducted by the American Express Small Business Monitor, which talked to a nationally representative sample of 626 small-business owners and managers of companies with fewer than 100 employees.
