Translation of "Zinsumfeld" in English

Other factors are contributing to today's ultra-low interest-rate environment as well.

The low interest rate environment entails special challenges for investment activities.

The direct return on investments in a declining interest rate environment was the same as last year at 1.8%.

Net interest income also benefited from a favourable interest rate environment.

At the same time, the current interest rate environment is fraught with challenges.

However, the extremely low interest level is supposed to burden the segment result as expected.

This item also reflects the more favourable interest rate environment.

In the interest environment outlined above, attractive returns are thin on the ground.

The current interest rate environment can best be described as an experiment.

The majority of the world is looking at a depressed interest rate environment.

The interest rate environment remained unfavourable for the profitability of the deposit-taking business during the second quarter of 2010.

Base case represents the expected results of Interest Earnings and Economic Value of Equity in an unchanged interest environment.

For this reason, structural reforms also lead to a slowdown in economic activity in a situation where the interest rate is already low.

In the current interest rate environment, this means that the client pays LIBOR to UBS.

The increase is largely attributable to a more favourable interest rate environment, and higher margins on property finance.

VI is taking advantage of the historically low interest environment to expand the properties in the portfolio.

But with federal debt held by the public nearly doubling between 2008 and 2017 – from 39% to 76% of GDP – and likely to rise further in the years ahead, what is inconsequential today could take on considerably greater importance in an interest-rate environment that lacks the QE subsidy to Treasury financing.

The low-interest-rate environment has also caused lenders to take extra risks in order to sustain profits.

It is crucial for the sustainability of public budgets to remain beyond reproach, even if the interest rate setting returns to normal or the economic situation takes a turn for the worse and, for instance, the automatic stabilisers take effect.

In 2015, we strengthened our capital position by taking advantage of the favorable interest rate environment and our improved risk profile to extend the maturity of our syndicated credit facility to 2017 at a lower interest rate.

The strong expansion in domestic demand gave an important cyclical boost to revenues, while the surge in EU-transfers enabled governments to boost public investment without jeopardizing deficit targets," said Lubomir Mitov, CEE chief economist at UniCredit, "The solid external positions enabled the CEE-EU to benefit to the fullest from the ultra-low global interest rates and ample liquidity, keeping monetary stances accommodative with interest rates at record lows and currencies stable."

Bond funds do reflect the current interest rate environment in the market, but the price fluctuations are often muted due to the diversification of the bonds in the fund and the range of maturities.

During the past business year, the mechanical engineering industry was embedded in an increasingly dynamic market environment based on improved capacity utilization in the industry together with the stable low interest rate environment.

In the second quarter, Oerlikon succeeded to extend the maturity of its syndicated credit facility to June 2017 at adjusted favorable interest rates that reflect both the current interest rate environment and the improved corporate risk profile of the Group.

Commodities also attract a growing number of new investors all seeking higher returns in a low interest rate environment.

The historically low interest rate environment in particular is making it increasingly difficult for many banks, especially those with a considerable deposit-taking business.

Next to weak economic growth and persistently low credit quality, ultra-low interest rates have been causing additional strain for them.

But you see the problems that this causes in the bond futures market where there is a sporadic need to change the notional coupon on the future to reflect the changing rate environment.