61.   It is also a benchmark rate, on which other loans, such as housing and car loans, are based.

62.   Last week, amid market expectation about rising rates, Bank Indonesia decided to maintain the benchmark rates at the current level.

63.   Many people expect the central bank to lower its benchmark rate today, paving the way for consumer rates to fall.

64.   That again results in a higher benchmark rate which banks use to determine the interest they charge when lending money to among others -- you and me!

65.   The central bank will announce the benchmark rates for rupiah and foreign exchange deposit savings every Friday afternoon, which will be valid for the following week.

66.   The ECB is widely expected to reduce its benchmark rate at a regular meeting Thursday.

67.   The discount rate is the cheapest form of bank refinancing and the main official benchmark rate.

68.   The prime is the benchmark rate for many business and consumer loans.

69.   The Reserve Bank has raised its benchmark official cash rate twice in the past month.

70.   These two benchmark rates act as the floor and ceiling for the rate at which the Bank of Portugal lends money to banks.