"It would leave room for further rate cuts if needed.
Inflation slowed to 2.5% in Canada, which could offer scope for further interest-rate cuts to combat the slowdown.
The marked regional variation in kidney donation rates observed in this cohort after adjustment for factors strongly associated with donation rates suggests that there is considerable scope for further increasing kidney donation rates in the UK, particularly DCD.
One solution now would be to raise the price of gas, but officials are worried that this would feed into inflation, and jeopardise the scope for further cuts in interest rates.
"The data-dependent Fed will most likely see the payroll numbers as taking pressure off any immediate need to hike interest rates, significantly reducing the scope for further policy action in September," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at IHS Markit.
But suppose house prices were to stabilise at their current level, rather than actually to fall: even if interest rates stayed low, the scope for further home-equity withdrawal would diminish sharply.
The introduction of obligatory reporting with ICD-10 codes or other relevant classification expected in 2008 will be very valuable in explaining seasonal variations in contact rates and will provide scope for further, more comprehensive studies [ 25, 26].
Summers lamented in Davos this time that interest rates were now so low the scope for further monetary stimulus was limited.
Our findings on regional variation of adjusted kidney donor rates suggest that there is considerable scope for further increasing donor numbers in many regions, particularly in the case of DCD donors.
Nevertheless, with average female participation rates nearly 20 percentage points lower than those for men, there is great scope for further increase.
