11.   The comments echoed statements he made last month, and persuaded many investors the first Fed rate increase in more than two years is imminent.

12.   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.

13.   U.S. stocks and bonds fell after the Federal Reserve raised the overnight bank lending rate a quarter point, the first rate increase in more than two years.

14.   It was the second rate increase by the Bank of Canada in less than three weeks and the fourth this year.

15.   It was the second rate increase the bank has made this year.