Sentence examples for based on a basket from inspiring English sources

An SDR's value is based on a basket of the dollar, euro, pound and yen.

It recently announced plans to offer futures based on a basket of 12 bottles of vintage Bordeaux red wine.

The Office for National Statistics ONSsaidaitsits consumer prices measure, based on a basket of goods and services, slipped 0.2% in June from May.

He said the I.M.F. could play a part, perhaps by expanding the role of special drawing rights, its accounting unit, which is based on a basket of currencies.

Some officials of the G-20 and I.M.F., as well as in China, have been pushing for an alternate reserve currency based on a basket of virtual currencies overseen by the I.M.F.

Ecu, abbreviation of European currency unit, a notional unit of exchange, conceived in 1979, based on a "basket," or weighted combination, of the currencies of nations that belonged to the European Economic Community EECC; ultimately replaced by the European Union).

One silver bowl based on a Zuni basket had inlaid niello and turquoise zigzag patterns.

To account for these differences, economists make adjustments based on a comparable basket of goods and services across the globe, so-called purchasing-power parity (PPP).

The Consumer Price Index, based on a fixed basket of goods and services (energy and food included), is up 3.6%.

Medicare rates have also, in the past, increased each year based on a market basket index, which essentially keeps the rates in line with inflation.

Terminal elimination half-lives in nonoccupationally exposed humans were calculated to be on average 64 days (range 23 219 days) (Geyer et al. 2004), using the daily intake for total HBCD in adult humans based on a Swedish market basket study (Lind et al. 2002).