As the number of people who had witnessed the Holocaust shrank, interest in Stolpersteine grew, almost in inverse proportion.
Yet if sales fall and profits shrink, interest bills must still be paid.Perhaps the biggest factor distorting reported profits comes from the treatment of employee stock options, the use of which has grown hugely in recent years.
For that matter, I can ignore my stock market losses, incredibly shrinking interest income, the proposed commuter tax and increased sales tax, rising utility bills and next year's college tuition.
The shrinking interest-rate spread between the two economies makes the dollar a less-attractive investment for traders, resulting in its continued decline.
Access shrunk, but interest never did".
I went to a shrink for a while, and then we both went, and the shrink lost interest in me.
More important, the Fed's arsenal is shrinking, since interest rates cannot go below zero.
Investors were spooked, in part, by shrinking net interest margins, which is the profit margin achieved from lending and investing.
Currently, Japan's GDP is shrinking, its interest rates are low, and its central bank is printing money in an effort to reflate the economy.
Shares of MF Global have struggled; the company barely broke even for the last few quarters as trading volumes shrank and interest rates dipped.
