Sentence examples for rates raised from inspiring English sources

We will enable city and county regions to retain 100% of additional business rates raised from growth in their area.

In contrast, prime borrowers with adjustable-rate mortgages enjoy fixed rates for five or seven years, with interest rates raised at longer intervals after that.

An English Devolution Act transfers £30bn of funding to city and county regions, which retain 100% of additional business rates raised in their areas.

The first is the public finances, which have deteriorated as promised spending cuts have failed to materialise and higher interest rates raised debt payments.

Tumbling exchange rates raised the real burden of foreign-currency loans, forced policymakers to keep interest rates high and pushed up the fiscal costs of bank rescues.

Sentiment was already weak following a turbulent start to the year when prospects of a slowdown in global growth and lower interest rates raised questions about the bank's future profits and dented the share price.

Everyone I talked to said, "raise rates, raise rates, raise rates".

But he conceded that the high rates raise questions.

"This means bringing investment levels down slowly, raising interest rates, raising the value of the currency and raising wages".

Lower interest rates raise the odds that risk takers can sell bad investments with less of a loss.

An increase in rates raises borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, leading to deferred spending and slower growth and inflation.