Sentence examples for raises the benchmark from inspiring English sources

In a warning shot for next year's negotiations, Dave Prentis, UNISON's general secretary, has said that the consultants' new starting salary "raises the benchmark for NHS pay".

A first test for Mr Tombini after Ms Rousseff takes over on January 1st will be whether he raises the benchmark rate to curb inflation.Under Lula, Mr Meirelles enjoyed operational independence to set interest rates.

Even if the vote does not "give the government legitimacy" it "raises the benchmark that the military-backed government must continue to improve upon," says Eva Kusuma Sundari in the Jakarta Globe.

The Federal Reserve has indicated that it intends to slowly but surely raise the benchmark interest rate.

But it made no mention of raising the benchmark interest rate, which is already at 17.75percentt.

Then, the bank raised the benchmark interest rate to 4.25 percent from 4 percent even as the financial crisis was gathering force.

One council member, Andrew Sentance, voted to raise the benchmark rate to 0.75 percent from the record low of 0.5 percent.

The bank has raised the benchmark interest rate twice since April to prevent inflation in fast-growing countries like Germany and the Netherlands.

C1 Fed Raises Rates Again The Federal Reserve raised the benchmark federal funds rate on overnight bank loans to 4.25percentt from 4percentt.

The central bank's recent decision to raise the benchmark interest rate, albeit to just 0.25percentt, is worrying some analysts.

The central bank raised the benchmark interest rate to 7 percent on Dec. 20 from 6.5 percent, which was already the E.U.'s highest.