1.   It was the first rate reduction in three years.

2.   It was the first rate increase in more than two years.

3.   It was the first rate increase in two years.

4.   It was the first rate increase by the Fed in more than two years.

5.   Such a move would be the first rate increase in Japan in nearly a decade.

6.   That was the first rate increase in more than two years.

7.   That was the first rate increase in two years.

8.   The action, the first rate increase in more than two years, was taken as a preemptive strike against rising inflation.

9.   The action, the first rate increase in more than two years, was a preemptive strike against higher inflation, central bankers said.

10.   The Federal Reserve moved this week to raise the overnight bank lending rate by a quarter point, the first rate increase in more than two years.