81.   A decline in rates on money market funds and certificates of deposit could start the race for higher yields, leading some investors back to the ARMs market.

82.   A drop in the implied rate on interest-rate futures contracts also highlights reduced expectations over a Bundesbank rate increase anytime soon.

83.   A lower fed funds rate stimulates the economy by helping drive down loan rates on everything from automobiles to homes.

84.   A lower tax rate on capital gains.

85.   A growing consensus that rising rates on fixed-income investments are too good to pass up was behind the selling, Cave said.

86.   A jump in Treasury yields translates into higher rates on everything from mortgages to corporate bonds.

87.   A flat tax would impose a single tax rate on all wages and pensions of individual taxpayers.

88.   A fully franked dividend means the company has paid the full tax rate on it.

89.   A number in line with expectations would augur for leaving rates on hold.

90.   A lower debt rating would likely force the bank to pay investors higher rates on subsequent offerings of bonds backed by credit-card payments.