21.   It is often possible to see three month interbank outside the one-quarter per cent band with regard to base rate.

22.   Then it goes back up to the base rate.

23.   Analysts in the City disagreed, seeing the survey as the latest evidence indicating that higher inflation is on the way unless base rates increase.

24.   Former Chancellor Kenneth Clark last raised the base rate in October, also by a quarter-point.

25.   High street retail banks mirrored the cut by lowering their base rates.

26.   In addition, money is added to the base rate when the commercial is to be played in major cities.

27.   In an interview with Bloomberg Information Television, Clarke also declined to rule out another rise in U.K. base rates.

28.   In general, the larger companies have claimed they cannot afford to offer larger discounts because state regulators have set base rates unrealistically low.

29.   Loans offer more consistent returns than bonds because they pay interest that floats, or varies, based on changes in some predetermined base rate.

30.   Montreal-based Air Canada said the new base rate also will apply to flights to countries besides the U.S. although no maximum payment amounts are set.