Sentence examples for to raise a rate from inspiring English sources

The Postal Service must go through an arduous legislative review each time it wishes to raise a rate or close an office -- and not surprisingly, few members of Congress will vote to allow any post offices to close in their districts.

Interest rates: On Wednesday, Federal Reserve monetary policymakers are expected to raise a key interest rate after a two-day meeting.

-- Fed chief Janet Yellen gives reasons to raise a key interest rate.

They are widely expected to raise rates a quarter of a percentage point and follow that with similar increases periodically over the next 18 months.

Economists expect the Reserve Bank of India to raise rates a further 50 hundredths of a percentage point in the remainder of 2011, a Reuters poll earlier this week showed.

They also use these loss of lines as an excuse to raise rates -- your rates.

Its decision last week to raise interest rates a quarter of a percentage point was more of a pinprick than a body blow to the economy.

Mr. Trichet said the vote to raise rates a quarter point was unanimous.

The Federal Reserve is meeting this week to decide whether to raise rates, a decision that will affect the interest consumers pay on almost all loans.

Brad DeLong is puzzled by Martin Feldstein's mental contortions as he tries to come up with a reason to raise interest rates in a depressed economy.

All its members could muster was a shift from an inclination to raise rates to a neutral monetary policy stance.