Sentence examples for rate eased from inspiring English sources

In July, Germany's 12-month inflation rate eased to 1.8%.

South Africa's consumer-price inflation rate eased to 5.3% in September.

But Russia's inflation rate eased to 10.4% in the same month.

Although the Labor Department reported last week that the unemployment rate eased slightly in September, a separate survey found that business payrolls fell for the first time in five months.

BEIJING, April 15 (Reuters) -- China's economic growth rate eased in the first quarter, while its inflation rose to a 32-month high, putting pressure on the government to do more to rein in prices and keep the economy from overheating.

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He sees the trend growth rate easing over the coming decade, but not dramatically.

"Most economic indicators remain far weaker than they normally are this far into an interest rate easing cycle, suggesting monetary conditions are still too tight," Mr. Oliver said.

In Europe, shares followed Japans lead as the bullish trend was backed up by hopes for an interest rate easing amid signs of an economic slowdown.

Japans Nikkei index rose 160.06 points to 14428.27 overnight on expectations of a U.S. rate easing and reports that Prime Minister Keizo Obuchis government will launch an ambitious new package worth 24 billion yen to stimulate the countrys sluggish economy.

But he didn't take the one step that could immediately reduce the record-high overdose death rate: easing access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with methadone and buprenorphine by reducing onerous regulations.