1.   Hence, in transitional flow, as a turbulent slug grows the flow rate reduces.

2.   Also, lower rates reduce borrowing costs and make stocks more attractive when compared with fixed-income securities.

3.   Banks are also hurt because higher rates reduce demand for loans, while increasing the interest payments they pay on deposits.

4.   Cutting federal income tax rates will certainly reduce tax payments, especially for those at the upper end of the income distribution.

5.   Cutting tax rates now would reduce the flow of revenues, shrinking the all-too-recent budget surpluses and pushing up interest rates for everyone.

6.   Falling rates reduce borrowing costs for companies, making it easier for them to finance their businesses.

7.   Falling rates reduce what banks can charge customers on loans at a time when deposit rates are already too low to cut further.

8.   Higher rates can reduce investor demand for gold b making fixed-income investments more attractive.

9.   Higher rates could reduce the value of bonds issued when rates were lower.

10.   Higher rates reduce corporate profits by raising the cost of financing and cutting into consumer demand.