Sentence examples for rate to offset from inspiring English sources

"But the issue is, will the current rate of job growth sustain income at a fast enough rate to offset the other factors in the economy that don't look so good?" Wages are still up over the past year.

One problem with orange-bellied parrot conservation is its survival is predicated on a high birth rate to offset a high mortality rate, a model which falls apart when you are down to just 14 birds.

Set mandatory repatriation of foreign business profits at a fixed lower rate (to offset foreign taxes and special charges).

Today, the European Central Bank resisted intense pressure to cut interest rates to offset the surging euro.

The Fed wants to cut rates to offset a tightening of domestic credit.

Lacy Yeatts, a Verizon spokeswoman, said the company needed to increase rates to offset declines in pay phone income caused by use of cellular telephones, calling cards and collect calls.

But why? Careful further analysis suggested that much of the explanation lay in the behavior of central bankers, who for whatever reason were more likely to cut interest rates to offset spending cuts than to offset tax increases.

Last year it could have cut interest rates to offset the impact of the rising euro; today it should stand ready to ease monetary policy to cushion the impact of structural reform and fiscal discipline.

And the complaints did not always find sympathy: Connecticut Light and Power, the state's largest utility, said it might seek to raise rates to offset the $75 million in costs it expected to incur repairing its grid.

For the trade to be tempting to speculators, there must be low levels of volatility and large differentials in short-term interest rates to offset the risk of adverse currency moves.

Analysts in the banking industry say that lending to low-income customers, especially those with tarnished credit, is tricky and that banks sometimes have to charge higher rates to offset their risk.