Sentence examples for soften interest from inspiring English sources

That's because demand for new vehicles coupled with higher incentives from manufacturers and dealers will probably soften interest in later-model used vehicles.

Ferguson maintains that United fans should not confuse Ronaldo's sale with the £67m paid by the club in interest last year or the Glazers' frantic search for £500m in new bond loans to soften crushing interest fees, though the supporters themselves say the big issue is where most of the £80m went subsequently: to a transfer fund or to the banks.

The IMF thinks 1.5% is a more plausible figure and wants "reprofiling" of Greek debts – easing the overall burden and softening the interest rate.

With the European Central Bank also dropping the first hints that it may soften its stance on interest rates in response to the EU's dismal economic performance, financial markets followed the muted trading that marked the anniversary of September 11 with a day of retrenchment.

The portrait signaled a high, urbane point in the artist's career, after which his figurative work tended to soften up, and his interests changed.

Mr. Megna, when reminded that the plan envisioned delaying an obligation today and eventually paying it back with interest, softened his view in the process of a lengthy interview.

Showing interest softens the rejection of an offer.

But in a disappointment to investors, Mr. Bernanke offered no signal that the central bank might soften the blow by lowering interest rates for a third time this year at its next policy meeting on Dec. 11.

The fund's economists reckon that this may be because central banks view spending cuts as a stronger signal of a commitment to fiscal prudence and so are more willing to provide some monetary stimulus to soften the blow.Indeed, declines in interest rates, which also weakened countries' exchange rates, help explain why GDP did not decline even more sharply.

Jean-Claude Trichet — Heads of state will try to bully the well-regarded European Central Bank chief into trimming interest rates to soften the euro against the dollar.

With global growth softening and interest rates rising, notably in America, investors' appetite for risk may at last be fading.