11.   A fall in the market rate of interest should make profitable some investments in the economy which were previously unprofitable, so that aggregate investment should increase.

12.   Similarly, a rise in the market rate of interest should make unprofitable some investments which were previously profitable, so that aggregate investment should fall.

13.   The implied interest rate charged by the Bank on loans to the discount houses will usually be higher than the market rate on bills.

14.   Interest rates, defined simply as the cost of borrowing, reflect the market rates prevailing at the time of obtaining a loan.

15.   A company seeking to raise funds through a bond issue, for example, will pay a coupon rate that corresponds to the current market rate.

16.   Similarly, the government, raising money on Treasury Bills and gilts, will have to offer interest rates that reflect market rates at the time of borrowing.

17.   Notice that, in addition to the various market rates of interest, the expected rate of inflation should also be taken into account here.

18.   Also weakening the mark today was growing speculation the Bundesbank will lower a key money market rate at a policy meeting Thursday.

19.   And Dell is growing even faster, outpacing the market rate in China by three to four times for a couple years running.

20.   And those fees were far below the market rate.