high-interest
adjective[before noun]
FINANCEukusused todescribebondsor otherinvestmentsthatearna lot ofmoney:
ahigh-interestsavingsaccount.
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Interestingly, a solution to the originalhigh-interestproblem was dollarization of public debt, while the current evidence and research makes one seriously question such a dollarization policy.
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The commissioners moved to make up the shortfall by buyinghigh-interestcoupons, therefore exacerbating the future capital growth of the capital fund.
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The experiment of stabilising the economy by limiting the growth of the money supply, helped by a deflationist,high-interestpolicy, is palpably not working.
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Other things being equal,high-interestrates are more likely to stimulate savings than low-interest rates.
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We are not ahigh-interestrate country at all.
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The banks have enjoyed massive windfall profits in a veryhigh-interest-rate regime.
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That is because all family income is used to fundhigh-interestmortgages.
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Her home was worth £47,000, and she took out a bond that was described to her as ahigh-interestbond.
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I have tried to explain about the international phenomenon ofhigh-interestrates.
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They cited companies that lend money door to door and encourage people to take outhigh-interestloans, which they cannot afford to repay, and rogue traders.
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A period of financial hardship followed and the club left administration after receiving a 10mhigh-interest emergency loan which continued to burden the club.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has raised funds through fixed deposits, a term forhigh-interestterm deposits issued by industrial companies rather than banks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They sought a $15 millionhigh-interestloan to cover the costs of the prize money, and to complete the construction of the course.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its actual purpose was to re-negotiate previoushigh-interestgovernment loans amounting to 31 million through market manipulation and speculation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The prospect of two juggernaut teams on a roll, or the irresistible force meets the immovable object, creates ahigh-interestspectacle.
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