Sentence examples for has kept the benchmark from inspiring English sources

The Bank of England has kept the benchmark interest rate at 0.75%, where it has stood since August.

The committee has kept the benchmark overnight federal funds rate at a record low of 0-0.250-0.25% December 2008 as the global economy struggled with the worst recession since the Great Depression.

The trade concerns also might have kept the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield and 30-year yields under pressure most of the day Thursday, though the 10-year yield bounced back to 2.9% early Friday.

The Fed has kept its benchmark short-term interest rate — the federal funds rate, at which banks lend to each other overnight — near zero since December 2008.

Yet the bank has kept its benchmark rate at just 1% since September 2010.

The Fed has kept its benchmark rate at a record low near zero since December 2008.

In addition to spending $85 billion on bonds to push down long-term interest rates, the Fed has kept its benchmark short-term interest rate near zero.

The Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark lending rate unchanged at 5.25% for two consecutive policy meetings, which are held every six weeks.

The Fed has kept its benchmark lending rate near zero for more than six years, underpinning a strong rally in U.S. stocks.

The central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate at 1% for two years, encouraging Canadians to pile up debt, particularly in mortgages.

The central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low 1 percent since May 2009, and has used an immense asset-purchasing and bank-lending program to try to bolster the recovery.