A high discount rate causes loans to be more expensive and encourages people to save more money. This could be considered ...

Directors at two-thirds of the Federal Reserve's regional banks voted to leave the interest rate charged to commercial banks ...

The average tuition-discounting rate for the fall of 2005 was roughly the same at private colleges as it was two years earlier, according to a survey by the National Association of College and ...

Tuition-discounting rates remained level for the fourth consecutive year in 2001, according to a recent study, but the largest discounts increasingly are being given out by the colleges that can least ...

In regulatory cost benefit analysis the discount rate translates future value to present terms. Regulatory costs, such as investments in pollution control equipment or redesigning nutrition labels, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. She writes about strategic financial issues in higher education. Beyond the average tuition discount rate, schools are providing ...

Massachusetts has some of the highest electric rates in the country, and every year, many residents struggle to pay their utility bills. To help to make energy more affordable, utilities offer ...