Sentence examples for increases raised from inspiring English sources

The tax increases raised the average price of a pack from $5.20 to $6.85.

Those increases raised fears that businesses were starting to lay off more workers.

The consecutive increases raised hopes for a pickup in American manufacturing in the second half of the year.

SUNY, after eight years without tuition increases, raised tuition 28percentthis yearar to $4,350 for state students at its senior college.

The fresh warning signs of an acceleration in wage and price increases raised the possibility that the Federal Reserve might raise short-term interest rates by as much as half a percentage point next month.

So far this year, the 70 dividend increases raised payouts by $5.1 billion, while the 59 cuts reduced payments by $45.1 billion, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst for S.& P. "The decreases are geometric in scale, while the increases are significantly less dramatic," Mr. Silverblatt said.

The fair wage effort hypothesis stipulates that wage increases raise workers' effort levels.

Mean liposome diameter decreases with increasing inlet pressure, number of cycles and ethanol concentration, and increases raising ionic strength.

As more orders migrate to dark pools, the probability of subsequent order execution there increases, raising liquidity.

The increases raise the possibility that contaminants from the plant are continuously leaking into the sea, he said.

Gov. Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania has proposed one of the heftiest increases: raising the tax on a gallon of beer to 25 cents from 8 cents.