Sentence examples for hiked rates from inspiring English sources

Midland imposed sharp restrictions on outdoor watering and hiked rates, albeit temporarily, on water hogs.

Officials had hiked rates numerous times recently in an attempt to curb inflation.

Since March the bank has hiked rates by 2.5% points and they are now at 8%.

The ECB hiked rates, even though it was obvious that the rise in inflation was a temporary blip driven by commodity prices.

The Federal Reserve chair, in a statement to Congress, accepted there has been a marked deterioration in the global economic and financial outlook since December, when the Fed hiked rates for the first time since the financial crisis.

"There is no doubt in my mind that without the financial crisis, and maybe the strong euro, they would have long since hiked rates," said Erik Nielsen, chief Europe economist at Goldman Sachs in London.

"With inflation forecasts for next year sliding, the Bank is under no pressure to hike rates.

Hiking rates would only exacerbate the problem, encouraging more saving and less investment.

If inflation rises, the bank will hike rates again, he says.

These wholesale rises are putting much more pressure on other suppliers to hike rates than EDF," said Todd. onsumers.

"Accordingly, it is unlikely that other central banks in the region will follow suit and hike rates anytime soon".