Sentence examples for for the benchmark from inspiring English sources

Alternate starting dates of 2020 and 2023 for the benchmark are other options under discussion.

The Fed has cut its target for the benchmark federal fund rates to 4.25percentt from 5.25percentt last summer.

This was the longest streak of consecutive positive trading sessions for the benchmark stock index since 1988.

As the market climbed, Treasury notes slid for a seventh day, the longest losing streak for the benchmark 10-year note in almost a decade.

Over all, the price-to-sales ratio of the portfolio companies was 0.829 when the stocks were bought, compared with 1.64 for the benchmark Russell 2000 index.

Prices for the benchmark grade of oil, West Texas Intermediate crude, rose $4.51 to close at $100.01 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The bale of wool has a fiber width of 11.6 microns compared with an average width of 21 microns for the benchmark.

The market rally eased demand for the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, sending it down 31/32 to 101 28/32.

"Being in the video game space was never strategically necessary to begin with," said Frederick Moran, an analyst for the Benchmark Company.

In the bond market, prices rose for the benchmark 10-year bond as the interest rate fell to 3.33 percent from 3.4 percent late Friday.

Fed policy makers will for the first time publish projections for the benchmark federal funds rate and will also update their forecasts for economic growth, unemployment and inflation.