In 2007, the Social Security Trustees suggested that either the payroll tax could increase to 16.41 percent in 2041 and steadily increased to 17.60 percent in 2081 or a cut in benefits by 25 percent in 2041 and steadily increased to an overall cut of 30 percent in 2081.
effective rate of protection. the real amount of PROTECTION accorded to domestic suppliers of a final product when a TARIFF is applied to a competing imported final product (see IMPORTS), but either no tariff, or a lower rate of tariff, is applied on FACTOR INPUTS that are imported to produce that product.
Riskfree Rate in Practice. ï® The riskfree rate is the rate on a zero coupon government bond matching the. time horizon of the cash ï¬ow being analyzed. ï® Theoretically, this translates into using different riskfree rates for each cash. ï¬ow - the 1 year zero coupon rate for the cash ï¬ow in year 1, the 2-year zero. coupon rate for the cash ï¬ow in year 2 ... ï® Practically speaking, if there is substantial uncertainty about expected cash.