Sentence examples for a rating increase from inspiring English sources

The company had never had a rating increase from S.&P. or Moody's Investors Service since it was spun off from AT&T in 1996.

While a rating increase would mean that California's bondholders were more secure, it would not necessarily mean more money for the programs that didn't make it onto the seniority list.

He wants the state to permit a rate increase.

He does not expect a rate increase until late 2002 or early 2003.

But July is still too early for a rate increase.

But does the economy need a rate increase?

WP: You said the economy can handle a rate increase.

Just as an unanticipated rate cut would pull down stock prices, so would a rate increase.

But Mr. Raacke said the difference between a surcharge and a rate increase was just semantics.

Expectations of a rate increase have recently fallen.

He added that the utility could avoid requiring a rate increase by better economizing current revenues.