Sentence examples for spate of rate from inspiring English sources
Andrew Hagger of financial website MoneyComms has said that the spate of rate cuts "could really put the brakes on current-account-switching activity".
Many people who took out tracker mortgages before the recent spate of rate cuts will benefit as the rates charged on them are tied to the Bank rate.
That means that its current spate of rate cuts will save the day.
U.S. stock markets rejoiced this morning after the Federal Reserve Board announced a pre-emptive interest rate cut, a highly unusual move in ordinary circumstances and especially coming on top of a recent spate of rate cuts that have cumulatively reduced rates by 2%.
A recent spate of interest rate cuts, however, should help speed the recovery before year-end and make for faster growth next year, analysts said.
As if to bear this out, the Swedish economy grew at a sizzling annual rate of 5.6% in the second quarter of 2006, enough to trigger a spate of interest-rate rises by the central bank.
Only weeks ago, the markets were fainting as investors feared rising inflation and a further spate of interest-rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
Although it is still one of the poorest neighborhoods in Manhattan, East Harlem has seen a recent spate of market-rate condo and co-op construction, and there were concerns that Uptown New York would drive up the real estate market.
Last summer a spate of failures kicked the default rate for U.S. speculative-grade (i.e., junk) bond issuers up to its highest level since the 1991 recession.
News of President Felipe Calderón's 1.2bn peso "Vive México" tourism campaign, with its promise of discounts, was – for the traveller at least – encouraging, and a cursory surf of the web revealed a spate of special offers and slashed rates: "Get up to 70% off!" promised Expedia; "Pay half price for paradise" announced Travelocity.
After a spate of shootings, and with a rising murder rate, the police here are saying gangsta rap is contributing to the violence, luring gang members and criminal activity to nightclubs.
