"quarter" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Netherlands also raised its maininterest rates by a quarter of a percentage point.
- The central bank has already raised its target twice by a quarter of a percentage point.
- As it turned out, the history of these chairs - their provenance - raised the value by a quarter.
- As a result, the Fed has raised rates by a quarter of a percentage point on five occasions since last June.
- By contrast, the Conservatives have been able to raise public spending by nearly a quarter in real terms.
- As a general rule, studies show that chemotherapy raises the hope of long-term survival by a quarter to a third.
- He did so on April 18, 1994, raising the Federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point.
- They are expected to raise their benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point, to 2.5 percent.
- Such a move would be a sharp departure from the Fed's usual practice of raising rates by a quarter or half a percentage point.
- Every six months or so, it raises or lowers the prime interest rate by maybe a quarter of a percent.
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