longer-term interest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinterest
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interest
noun
uk/ˈɪn.trəst/us/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is fair to tenants, who are themselves ratepayers, it makes economic sense and it is in thelonger-terminterestof the housing stock.
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Would not that work in thelonger-terminterestof the consumer?
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The minority of younger people, though theirs was thelonger-terminterestin the block, could be persistently outvoted till the block fell into extreme disrepair.
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We believe that we can do it consistently with a fall in medium- andlonger-terminterestrates.
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There is nothing that equips those on the right in politics to intervene to protect the wider andlonger-terminterestthat we call the environment.
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More than ever it has to be built upon consent, working together and pushing aside sectional interests, because thelonger-terminterestis more important.
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For industries thelonger-terminterestrates are more important than the short-term interest rates.
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The immediate benefit of that—longer-terminterestrates—is there for all to see.
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None the less, thelonger-terminterestrates are significantly lower and the yield curve is unusual.
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Will he not recognise that in all probability it will be in the consumer'slonger-terminterestto face the problem now rather than later?
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My noble friend is of course quite right that one of the major benefits of a single currency will be the reduction oflonger-terminterestrates.
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In many ways, the consequences are favourable—for example, the shape of the yield curve, longer-terminterestrates having been driven down, with benefit to manufacturing industry and commerce.
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Most of the financial markets will turn to the differentlonger-terminterestrates and the different costs of the bonds being issued in the member state capitals.
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Shareholding by employees, who have alonger-terminterestin their companies, will have a beneficial impact on the short-term outlook of many in power in this country.
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Longer-terminterestrates have come down significantly.
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This rate ultimately affects thelonger-terminterestrates throughout the economy.
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Actual and prospective increases in short-term interest rates will be reflected in turn in higherlonger-terminterestrates and in tighter financial conditions more generally....
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