This appears to be a low risk activity.

Some central banks began to raise interest rates pre emptively, albeit in small steps to counter the risk of potentially higher inflation in 2005, signalling the end of the low inflation, low interest rate environment of the last two years.

Under the Convention, the risk of third party litigation appears low.

(c) The risk of significant harm to the environment and the availability of means of preventing such harm, or minimizing the risk thereof or restoring the environment

It already provides sustainable produce with low food miles while protecting the environment.

Though their loan recipients were high risk by ordinary standards, the default rate was extremely low.

Second, there is a distinct risk that the external environment will deteriorate in the coming months.

If they leave their family environment they risk criminal charges, incarceration and stigmatization from the community.

Due to their extremely high importance, foods are considered to be high risk factors of the environment.

This new generation of confidence building measures falls within a broader goal of consolidating a regional low tension environment.

In the view of the Panel, such preserves are feasible, cost effective and pose a low risk of adverse impacts.

However, it seems that just because it's a 'low risk day' doesn't mean that you won't get pregnant from intravaginal ejaculation.

In the view of the Panel, such a preserve is feasible, cost effective and poses a low risk of adverse impacts.

This underlines their large significance as risk factors from the environment for chemical, biological, parasite or some other contaminations.

Numerous risk reduction actions are needed to protect human health and the environment from the unsound management of chemicals.

Despite the enormous challenges currently facing the world in the area of environment protection, the financial resources allocated to the institutions expected to implement environment protection programmes remained low, unstable and unpredictable.

Although Mongolia is considered to have a low prevalence of HIV AIDS, a number of risk factors render the population potentially vulnerable.

In an environment of zero or near zero interest rates, creditors have an incentive to extend and pretend that is, roll over their maturing debt, so that they can keep their problems hidden for longer. Because the debt can be refinanced at such low rates, rollover risk is very low, allowing debtors who would be considered insolvent under normal circumstances to carry on much longer than they otherwise could.

If people get discouraged by the situation there is a risk of low turnout in the second round of signature petition, said Salamanca.

The results will help to ensure that salvage operations can be conducted with minimal risk to humans and the marine environment.

(g) Preservation of a high quality institutional image and signature in an environment of increased levels of financial and operational risk.

I extract information from a specific environment using very low tech data collecting devices generally anything I can find in the hardware store.

I extract information from a specific environment using very low tech data collecting devices generally anything I can find in the hardware store.

Over the past year, humanitarian assistance workers have operated in a high risk environment in responding to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan.

First, just because the maximum elevation is low does not necessarily mean that the territory is at risk of being submerged by rising water levels.

Kuwait's risk assessment uses low , central , and high values for four input variables (background mortality, population, exposure concentration and concentration response coefficient) to characterize uncertainty.

When yields on risky bonds decline toward those on safe assets, it is fair to conclude, he argues, that someone is taking on excessive risk. The problem, then, is how to determine exactly when risk premiums are too low.

The relatively low interest rates on both short term and long term bonds are now causing both individual investors and institutional fund managers to assume duration risk and credit quality risk in the hope of achieving higher returns. That was the same risk strategy that preceded the financial crisis in 2008.

The United Kingdom and France are pressing hard for indirect military intervention supplying arms to the rebel side, in their view, would be a low cost, low risk, potentially high return option. And the European Union has now lifted its ban.

With its high value, relatively low bulk and ease of transport, easily disguised identity and origin and the potential to exploit the market demand unmet by restricted supplies, the caviar trade offers organized criminal groups a low risk, high profit activity.

The application of selective vector (transmitter insects) control should be in line with the epidemiological stratification of the country into high , moderate and low risk zones.

Disaster related legislation and regulatory frameworks within the context of strengthened national systems are essential to creating an enabling environment for disaster risk reduction.

Banks and investors consider them to be high risk due to their limited assets, low level or lack of collateral, lack of business history and market volatility.

The work of UNRWA personnel, and not least that of its local employees who were the great majority, involved operating in a high risk environment.

Moreover, in a risk off environment, when investors are risk averse or when equities and other risky assets are subject to market and or credit uncertainty, it may be better to hold negative yielding bonds than riskier and more volatile assets.

These actors are best placed to recognize and address disaster risk accumulation in their own environment, and represent the first line of response in case of disaster.

(a) Risk of causing significant transboundary harm includes risks taking the form of a high probability of causing significant transboundary harm and a low probability of causing disastrous transboundary harm

An investment grade rating reflects the credit rating agencies' belief that the probability of payment of the bond is high and the financial risk associated with the investment is low.

First, they were trapped in a vicious circle of low income, low savings and low investment, leading to low productivity and low growth.

In the context of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), UNDP has initiated a programme for integrated risk management and climate change adaptation for a growing portfolio of projects.

Low interest rates eventually jump started the expansion through a house price bubble that supported a debt financed consumer spending binge and triggered a construction boom. Meanwhile, prolonged low interest rates contributed to a chase for yield in the financial sector that resulted in disregard of credit risk.

And the CEA goes further, estimating that conflicted investment advice leads to a one percentage point drop in return. In today's low interest rate environment, that's a huge potential loss.

The problem is that banks continue to offer big mortgages while having little of their own skin in the game. The IMF estimates that the average mortgage risk weight in Europe and Asia was 14 and 15 , respectively, with some banks using a risk weight as low as 6 .

Labor force participation will be key to shaping this environment. As it stands, the low official unemployment rate can be explained partly by declining participation rates, especially among workers aged 25 54.

Within each region, factors such as convenient and accessible air transportation, good communication capacity, low security risk, political stability and acceptable infrastructure and amenities should be considered in locating regional and subregional centres.