1.   However once the unemployment rate has stabilized at a new, higher level, so too will the equilibrium rate of unemployment.

2.   Analysts said the market had begun to believe that rates were stabilizing.

3.   But, as claims are reduced, rates will stabilize and all consumers will benefit, says Dave Hurst, public affairs liaison for State Farm Insurance Co.

4.   Even though the market may bounce around a bit more, some money managers expect long-term bond rates to stabilize or even to come down a bit.

5.   He said only that exporters want the yen-dollar rate to stabilize.

6.   Idei declined to comment on where he would like to see the yen-dollar rate stabilize.

7.   In the six months to September short-term rates stabilized, cutting into bond trading profits and narrowing the spread between lending and deposit rates.

8.   In the six months to September, however, short-term rates stabilized, cutting into bond trading profits and narrowing the spread between lending and deposit rates.

9.   In the second half, rates have stabilized, becoming less of a problem for bondholders.