Sentence examples for close to inflation from inspiring English sources

"A base rate cut, especially one that takes it into the negative, will clearly see more providers cutting the rates on more accounts, leaving savers unable to earn anywhere close to inflation," says Anna Bowes, a director of Savings Champion.

Commenting on EDF's price increase, he said: "Any price rise is disappointing but I'm encouraged that EDF have kept their price rise much closer to inflation than some of their competitors.

In the period of 1973 1985, wage growth in the agricultural sector was closer to inflation and to those of other sectors, but over the years, wage growth in the manufacturing and service sectors increased more than in the agricultural sector.

The recent changes are more an outcome of the economy, which has been close to zero inflation for the past several years.

In an economy operating so close to capacity, inflation will rise unless growth slows from its current pace of almost 4%.

In fact, the rise in São Paulo's and Rio's bus fares comes nowhere close to matching inflation over that 30-month period.

However, Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, has approved increases close to the inflation rate and rejected a recommendation from the Commission that the wage for apprentices should be frozen.

James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St . Louis said late last week, "We are very close to having inflation targeting in the U.S".

That's the national average, and while you can search out higher rates, few FDIC-insured, 1-year deposits come close to matching inflation.

Increase rates were lower for patients with T2DM in a stable treatment stage (< 15%), than for controls without diabetes (26%) with an average annual rate (from 0.9% for TT to 2.8% for DT) close to the inflation rate (from 1.5%to2.8.8%) over the same period (except 2009).

Finally, I pay close attention to inflation expectations.