Sentence examples for be below the rate from inspiring English sources

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will get cash rises in their budgets, although those increases will be below the rate of inflation.

The maximum acceptable rate of inappropriateness should be below the rate for the total period of hospitalization which, for the hospital and period under consideration was 34.2% (CI95% 33.3 35.1) [ 13], even though no standards have been set in this sense.

That is below the rate Germany pays for similar bills.

Russian companies and banks financed themselves abroad and interest rates were below the rate of domestic inflation.

At 1.5percentthethe federal funds rate on overnight loans between banks is below the rate of inflation, putting the "real" rate of such borrowing below zero.

That is below the rate needed for the natural replacement of the population, making Singapore increasingly dependent on foreign labor and raising the specter of an aging population and higher social welfare costs.

Inflation, which by this stage in past economic cycles has been straining at the leash, remained subdued, producing one of those rare occasions when the inflation rate was below the rate of economic growth (see chart).

Historically, the economic growth of the country has been below the rate achieved in neighbouring countries.

The Scottish jobless rate is now 5.5%, which is below the rate of 6% for the whole of the UK.

Interest rates are below the rate of inflation, and credit default risk is almost nonexistent, except for municipal bonds, of course.

This 7.4% rate compares with a figure of 7.6% for the three months to September, and is below the rate analysts had expected.