The BOJ would be right to worry, of course, if interest rates were rising because of a growing risk premium, rather than because of higher inflation expectations. The risk premium could rise, for example, if investors became uncertain about whether Kuroda would adhere to his commitment.

Premium and method of premium payment

When investors make less risky loans, they require a lower risk premium , thereby reducing the cost of borrowing to the borrower.

Moreover, if Italians held all Italian public debt, any increase in the risk premium would be less burdensome. Even if the risk premium doubled, to 500 basis points, the Italian government s debt service costs would rise, but the money would be paid to Italian investors (whose higher incomes could then be taxed away).

The greater the risk, either the higher the premium that investors require, or if it is deemed unacceptable, tohey seek other destinations for their investment.

With the risk premium at current levels, there is a real danger that Greece may not be able to extricate itself from its predicament, regardless of what it does, because further budget cuts would further depress economic activity, reducing tax revenues and worsening the debt to GDP ratio. Given that danger, the risk premium will not revert to its previous level in the absence of outside assistance.

In 2002, for example, the income thresholds for the Premium Subsidy program were increased, which made it easier for individuals and families to qualify for premium subsidy.

The premium on accurate and careful listening has simply disappeared.

Article 37 Unless otherwise specified in the contract, the insurer shall reduce the premium and return the corresponding premium paid pro rata to the number of days, if either

Article 56 After the establishment of the contract, the applicant may pay the premium by a single premium or by installments in accordance with the terms of the contract.

Tensions in financial markets have hit new highs. Most telling is that Britain, which retained control of its currency, enjoys the lowest yields in its history, while the risk premium on Spanish bonds is at a new high.

Article 13 Once an insurance contract is formed, the applicant shall pay the premium in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract and the insurer will be at risk effective from the date as specified in the insurance contract.

Monetary policy may have bolstered stock prices in two ways, either lowering the discount rate by compressing the equity risk premium, or simply reducing risk free rates for long enough to raise the present value of stocks. In either case, equity prices should level off at some point, allowing earnings to catch up, or even correct downward.

In addition, international financial markets perceive Colombia s economy as being fundamentally sound. The current risk premium for government borrowing in international markets is very similar to that paid by Peru and Brazil, and much less than that demanded of Argentina, Venezuela, and Ecuador.

It's when you charge a premium for people to drive on congested roads.

In addition, the Work Premium is better harmonized with other income support programs.

The growing demand for natural resources puts a premium on promoting regional cooperation policies.

Addressing the situations of internal displacement placed a premium on partnerships, namely with NGOs.

St. Helena coffee is considered one of the highest quality, premium coffees in the world.

How much government debt is too much is an open question, because tolerance for public debt is highly dependent on prevailing perceptions. The risk premium attached to the interest rate is the critical variable once it starts rising, the existing rate of deficit financing becomes unsustainable.

Moreover, it was stated that reliance by third parties was justifiable only when the document provided conclusive evidence, such as for negotiable bills of lading, while no premium on reliance was due to parties willing to take a risk on the basis of less secure documents.

failing to file the insurance clauses and premium rates for its proposed insurance products as required.

Article 36 If the extent of risk to the subject matter of the insurance increases during the period of the contract, then the insured shall, in accordance with the contract, promptly notify the insurer and the insurer shall have the right to increase the premium or terminate the contract.

They are capable of distinguishing, however imperfectly and belatedly, between macroeconomic conditions in various countries. This is why interest rate spreads within the eurozone have been widening, with Germany and the Nordic countries benefiting from lower borrowing costs and the problem countries being punished by a high risk premium.

The State applied a voluntary insurance policy to farmers with the premium decided by Provincial People's Committee.

The third shock was the euro, which has induced a rapid convergence of long term interest rates, which in some countries had been five to seven percentage points above the German level. Freed from exchange rate risk, international investors no longer demanded a risk premium from these countries and were willing to provide funds to all of them under the same favorable conditions that previously had been reserved for Germany.

In some countries with high levels of debt and impaired growth, fiscal stimulus could raise the risk premium on sovereign debt and be counterproductive others have more flexibility. Countries vary widely in terms of household balance sheet damage, which clearly affects the propensity to save and hence the multiplier effect.

The reduction with respect to general property insurance results from more favourable premium rates negotiated with the provider.

And they come to the market knowing what grades their products will achieve in terms of a price premium.

Children living in low income families are eligible for premium free health benefits through the Alberta Child Health Benefit.

In Senegal too, the customs officer and his superiors receive a premium in case of detecting and preventing smuggling.

While expectations of faster earnings growth may well be contributing to elevated P E levels, the current situation is complicated, to say the least. What is certain is that expectations of high earnings growth would have a more durable positive effect on P E levels than the suppression of the equity risk premium.

Moreover, confidence in the Federal Reserve is high, and the last remnants of the 1970's inflation risk premium have been wrung out of interest rates. As a result, even after output levels return to their potential, interest rates will stay low by the standards of the 1980's and the 1990's.

Yet the risk premia on non Treasury assets have soared to barely believable heights the annual interest rate premium for holding a CD issued by a private bank now stands at five percentage points. And it is this rise in risk premia that threatens to send the global economy into a deep recession, and turn the financial markets from a spectacle of schadenfreude into a malign source of unemployment and idle factories worldwide.

All members would, in principle, be eligible, but premium rates would be differentiated and established on the basis of quantitative criteria. The scale of premium rates would need to be transparent but the actual cost of access for individual members would remain strictly confidential (as in any insurance contract).

As the sole selected Best of the Best product from China, China Airlines Premium Business Class cabin design is attractive.

Theoretically, 536,000 households could benefit from the Work Premium, compared to the 30,000 households who benefited from the PWA program.

And, because globalization places such a high premium on the provision of information, that process itself is subject to extortion.

The interest rate premium that the market would inevitably demand from a young sovereign like Scotland could be minimized by issuing debt in sterling, thereby protecting investors from additional devaluation risk. But, without its own currency issuing central bank, Scotland would forego seigniorage (profits from central bank operations that typically benefit the national treasury).

The European authorities accepted a plan that would reduce the deficit gradually, but the markets were not reassured. The risk premium on Greek government bonds continues to hover around three percentage points, depriving Greece of much of the benefit of euro membership namely, being able to refinance government bonds at the official discount rate.

Benefits include premium free Alberta Health Care, dental care, eye care and glasses, prescriptions, essential diabetic supplies and emergency ambulance services.

During this period, the Vietnamese State places great premium on development of social welfare policy, especially for rural and remote areas.

Multinational force and Iraqi commanders place a high premium on close cooperation to ensure that their actions are complementary and coordinated.

The spectre of nuclear terrorism has placed a new premium on the need to strengthen the global nuclear non proliferation regime.

In 2004, the government announced that, as of January of 2005, the Work Premium would replace the Parental Wage Assistance program (PWA).