Sentence examples for he raised interest from inspiring English sources

He raised interest rates, removed customs dues and liberated petrol prices, which promptly doubled.

If he raised interest rates above CPI, savers would applaud but growth would fall further.

Soon afterward, he raised interest rates slightly, again with the clear intention of sending a warning signal to investors.

He raised interest rates too much last year, a sudden chorus of critics is saying, and he has not cut them enough this year.

He raised interest to levels not witnessed before and his legacy can be seen every time George North or Julian Savea, two modern day wing behemoths, take the field.

If he raises interest rates, that will roil the markets and perhaps rekindle last summer's panic.

As chairman, he soon raised interest rates, which many Wall Streeters blamed for the stockmarket crash of October 1987.

Based on his record in keeping the expansion going, Mr. Greenspan has enjoyed widespread bipartisan support even as he has raised interest rates.

This year Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, used the opportunity to give his fullest defence yet against charges that he should have raised interest rates in the late 1990s enough to prick the stockmarket bubble before it got too big.

"In hindsight, he should not have raised interest rates the last time or two, and he should have cut interest rates in the beginning of November," said Sung Won Sohn, chief economist for Wells Fargo Bank, which has $250 billion in assets.

In 2003, he said, one bank raised interest rates from as low as 3percenttoto as high as 30percentt on four cards with a total balance of about $150,000.