Despite being spared austerity thanks to the 2012 student fee regime, they have nonetheless now faced six years of static funding against rising costs.
After years of broadly static funding, a tight situation for the health service is being exacerbated by a bigger rise in demand for health services than is normal.
Even when directors' fees remain static, some funds' shareholders end up paying more.
He figures his static-50 fund would cost 0.15% of assets to run.
Equally important, Stephan says, is the report's proposal to substantially raise postdoc pay, which, given today's static federal funding, will automatically reduce the number hired.
And while our radio dials won't suddenly go to static, if funding is slashed for public media, we'll see (and hear) a sad and startling, and likely very rapid, decline in quality reporting and local programming.
If the NHS is going to cope with a future of static or negative funding growth, the big opportunities for cost savings are going to come from preventing these core customers from using as much healthcare as they currently do.
With an annual management expense ratio of 0.6%, XRO is many times as expensive as static large cap funds.
Since 1999 Josh Stewart has been skateboarding's preeminent underground director thanks to his raw, independently funded Static video series.
You could plausibly implement Vanguard's plan and just keep your fund choices static for 20 years, saving the $12,000 annual fee.
If funding remains static in the next transportation bill, there might be a greater shift to state and local money — with the help of private partners — to pay for transportation improvement and expansion.
