Sentence examples for rate is bumping from inspiring English sources
The embossed numbers on our credit cards have worn thin, the housing market shows signs of rolling over and the savings rate is bumping along near zero.
The Bank of Canada's bank rate was bumped to 5.25percenttoto damp inflationary pressures and to maintain a spread of 50 basis points, or fifty-hundredths of a percentage point, with the United States federal funds rate of 5.75percentt.
With Florida, Boston College, Connecticut, Florida State and Tennessee winning this weekend, Miami's strength-of-schedule rating was bumped from 40th to 34th.
The Third Avenue Value Fund has seen an estimated $1.9 billion in inflows since its star rating was bumped from three in 2003 to five today.
Shakira is bumping along!
RICHARD PETERSON, director of capital markets, Thomson Proprietary Research: Something further to consider about the high-yield market is that the default rate has been bumping around at almost historic lows.
There is no logical explanation for infrastructure spending collapsing at a time when interest rates for municipalities are bumping along at historically low rates--at least the lowest since the 1960s.
Ms. Gillibrand and Ms. Ray argue that the reimbursement rate should be bumped up by 70 cents a child.
California began the year with the nation's highest state income tax rate but was bumped down by Hawaii, then New Jersey and then Oregon, as states struggled to close yawning budget gaps.
As a result, the rate will be bumped from $7.25 to $7.31 an hour as of June 1.
