The banking industry got pinched with short-term rates in 2005. But now that it appears the (Federal Reserve's) rate tightening is coming to an end, net interest margins should stay stable as banks get more visibility on how to price loans.
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It was unbelievable. I pinched myself every day I was out there learning from the best. It was awesome, because he treated me so well and even has called me a couple a times since we finished my training.
I never had any childhood, for the word means sunshine and freedom from care. I had a starved and pinched little childhood, as far as love and merriment go.
We saw softness in apparel and other seasonal merchandise in the latter part of March, ... While higher gas prices pinched tax refund money, consumers have also indicated that they traveled less to shopping centers. The impact from that aspect may not be huge but it was a factor.
If the Fed continues to raise rates, adjustable-rate mortgages will continue to get pinched. That's going to take people who are stretching to buy homes off the table.
Certainly I think the lower-income consumer is feeling pinched.
Defensively, they pinched inside to close off running lanes, and did a great job in coverage. Offensively, Emmert is a very gifted athlete, who gets away and makes plays when you think you've got him.
It looks like that number is tracking at 6.8 percent, slightly higher than what we expected, ... We did expect it would be a lot stronger but sales got pinched at the end of the month because of cooler temperatures in some parts of the country.
We're afraid that it's a pinched nerve and he could suffer palsy if it's not treated.
Her ear infections were so bad, they got into the bone and pinched off the nerves in her face.
When the needle moved it pinched something then I felt this excruciating pain. I first clenched my fist because the pain was so intense, then lots of blood was running onto my shirt, from my arm.
From my drive to my acceleration phase, it felt like someone pinched my right leg. Two steps later, it felt like someone punched me. Then I buckled. After I felt myself buckle, I took one wide step to get to the middle of the lane.
The US should have pursued the war on terror more seriously. If they'd pinched the ears of Pakistan to make them do more when the war had started, we would not be in the situation we are now. These are fundamental issues that need to be resolved. Nowhere in the world is the use of military force against your own people the answer.
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.
It seems everyone in Hollywood is getting pinched, lifted and pulled. I'm looking weird because I'm not.
There's a tremendous amount of Alaskan snow crab available, and is going to be available. It's unfortunate. Crab fishermen their cost of business has gone up, and so has ours. So we're all being pinched.