"rate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- This is in contrast to the United States Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, which left their benchmark rates unchanged.
- The Bundesbank left both German benchmark rates unchanged.
- The Fed has raised its short-term benchmark rate in 11 quarter-point increments, to 3.75 percent.
- As the lowest benchmark rate of Germany, the biggest economic power in Europe, the discount rate influences others.
- On Monday, the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and other banks reduced their benchmark rates by half a point.
- But the next four increases were all at least a half-point, bringing the benchmark short-term rate to 6 percent by early 1995.
- In Britain, where the benchmark rate remained at 6 percent, economic indicators suggest that growth is slowing.
- In the 11 nations of the euro zone, where the benchmark rate remains at 4.25 percent, growth is forecast around 3 percent.
- British benchmark short-term rates are 5.5 percent compared with 3 percent in Continental Europe.
- Similar conclusions can be drawn from other potential benchmark rates, including short rated AAA rated corporate bonds of institutions deemed 'too big to fail.'
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