(The winning consortium offered a slightly lower rate).
But so far, he said, companies have been paying bonuses at just a slightly lower rate than last year.
(The rest of New York State has a slightly lower rate because the city imposes a personal income tax).
Before this autumn's financial meltdown, the IMF was predicting GDP growth of 6.6% this year; now it is predicting only a slightly lower rate.
If something happens to boost investors' confidence in the U.S., then they are generally willing to lend us money at a slightly lower rate: bond prices rise and interest rates fall.
The modelling actually shows the economy would continue to grow strongly while meeting such a target, but by a slightly lower rate than it would if we did nothing.
Having a dense branch network not only helps banks gain a large share of the market, it also allows them to charge a bit more for loans or pay a slightly lower rate of interest.
In New Lebanon and Hamilton Avenue Elementary, black and Hispanic students are passing state tests at only a slightly lower rate than in the other schools — in math, the difference is six percentage points.
This was a slightly lower rate than for the first quarter, but the markets took that as a positive sign that China's use of monetary tools to stop the economy from overheating may be working.
People should also consider how much cash they have in reserve for emergencies and unexpected housing costs, Ms. Gaither said; that may be more important than a slightly lower rate.
Under the Turnbull government's new policy Arena will co-manage a new Clean Energy Investment Fund set up underneath the CEFC, with a mandate to lend to earlier stage and slightly riskier projects, and generate a slightly lower rate of return.
