Sentence examples for increased benchmark from inspiring English sources

The People's Bank of China has increased benchmark interest rates four times since last October and has required the country's big banks to lock up 20.0 percent of their deposits as reserves, a record high.

The Fed increased its benchmark rate to 4.75percentt.

None of the three increased their benchmark interest rates.

With his blessing, the central bank has twice increased its benchmark interest rate this year, to 26.5%.

The Riksbank in Stockholm increased its benchmark rate, known as the repo rate, to 0.75 percent from 0.5 percent.

In October, the government increased its benchmark lending rate, in what appeared to be an effort to tamp down real estate speculation.

The comments were in the minutes from the bank's monetary policy meeting last week, when it increased its benchmark lending rate for the fourth consecutive month, to 17.75percentt a year, an increase of half a percentage point.

The comments came in the minutes from the bank's monetary policy meeting last week, when it increased its benchmark lending rate for the sixth consecutive month, by a half-percentage point, to 18.75percentt a year.

The comments came in the minutes from the bank's monetary policy meeting last week, when it increased its benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point, to 19.5percentt a year, its highest level in 18 months.

The bank's governing council increased its benchmark -- the minimum rate for two-week loans to commercial banks sometimes known as the repurchase rate -- by a quarter-point to 4.75percentt.

The Reserve Bank of India, the nation's central bank, increased its benchmark interest rate for the fourth time this year to rein in inflation even as the Indian economy continued to expand at a furious pace.