1.   Capitalists were also unwilling to accept the decline in accumulation implied by the falling rate of profit.

2.   Generally, this is a period of rising consumer demand, rising investment demand, expanding output levels and a falling rate of unemployment.

3.   And falling rates have set off a new round of mortgage refinancing, which means that families are borrowing more against their homes without raising their monthly mortgage payments.

4.   Bank issues climed in reaction to the likelihood of falling rates.

5.   Banks are among the industries that benefit from falling rates, as the difference widens between their cost of borrowing and what they charge their loan customers.

6.   Banks are hurt by falling rates, because they reduce demand for credit, and could result in corporate defaults -- and therefore losses for banks.

7.   Because bond funds effectively reprice their securities every day, they dazzle in periods of falling rates.

8.   Bonds in the first half reached two-year highs on the back of the falling rates and that led to a surge in trading profit.

9.   Both companies benefit from falling rates, which increase the value of bonds they hold and boost profit margins on loans.

10.   Businesses usually take advantage of falling rates to step up investment.