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By the 1990s, China was emerging as a leader in low-cost production, with retailers such as Zara and Forever21 relying on Chinese manufacturers for much of their merchandise.

The analysts view it “as a relatively low-cost/risk strategy to take advantage of spot gold prices and latent mill capacity,” they say.

The agenda item described it as low-cost and high impact, “which is exactly the kind of program I think we want to fund,” he said.

“The Appalachian Basin contains an abundant, low-cost dry gas supply but faces severe pipeline bottlenecks that limit the flow of gas to high-demand markets.”

They then allocate low-cost loans to individual home buyers.