Sentence examples for rate has edged from inspiring English sources

The unemployment rate has edged higher.

After declining in 2014, the unemployment rate has edged up again.

Geneva's corporate tax rate has edged up to about 24 percent, Mr. Orler said, but that is a "starting rate".

Muni's driver absentee rate has edged down from 13.7 percent in 2010 to 12.9 percent in 2011.

During this recovery, the number of discouraged workers has risen so markedly that the official unemployment rate has edged down since last summer.

Plus there's a directional problem — in the last couple of years our infant mortality rate has edged up, after 40 years of going down.

The ONS said the unemployment rate had edged down from 5%to4.9%9% and was last lower in the July to September period of 2005.

David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) noted that while the youth unemployment rate had edged down, it was still much higher than for other age groups.

According to the ISM, prices are increasing at a faster rate, having edged up half a percentage point to 71% in the index's terms, continuing a 16 month trend.

The good news is that his image rating has edged up a little bit.

Opinion polls show the president's approval rating has edged up to around 60%.