Sentence examples for rates lost from inspiring English sources

Germany, which has consistently had low inflation and low interest rates, lost an important competitive advantage.

Several stocks that are affected by interest rates lost ground, including financial services companies like Citigroup and Merrill Lynch.

Bond funds, coping with the threat of rising inflation and interest rates, lost 1.8percentt, on average, in the recent quarter as bond prices fell.

Hundreds of thousands of British and Dutch savers lured by high interest rates lost deposits worth billions of euros after the privately-owned Landsbanki bank, the parent company of Icesave, and other financial institutions went bust when Iceland's financial system collapsed in 2008.

A review of farm workers in the Philippines found that those on piece rates lost more weight at work than those on fixed pay, so probably expended more effort (but they also made more money and could afford to buy more food).

For example, local authorities could regain their control over business rates, lost to the Treasury in 1990.The second problem is that if councils are given greater fiscal autonomy, it will tend to favour those that are already more self-reliant.

Greece, Italy and Portugal squandered the opportunity created by lower interest rates, losing competitiveness, growing slowly and building up public debt.

One lesson from the crisis — first learned in the 1930s and corroborated in several contemporary analyses — is that when interest rates lose their power to stimulate the economy, additional government spending can help generate real growth.

Bonds, of course, were massacred during those times of rising rates, losing an average 34% in value.

The Netherlands, a soccer powerhouse with a sterling credit rating, lost all of its matches.

Rep. James Rogan, James Rogan R-Calif. R-Calif.100% high-tech rating, lost his job representing Pasadena, and it with't even close.