31.   As a result, when reimbursement rates are cut, she said, the Medicaid-only HMOs become especially vulnerable.

32.   As a result, ABC has rapidly followed NBC in cutting its rates per thousand viewers, known as cpm.

33.   As a result, countries with historically higher inflation have been systematically cutting rates for several months to bring them in line with those of Germany and France.

34.   As inflation falls, short-term real interest rates rise, unless the ECB cuts nominal rates.

35.   As events turned out, the bank cut rates more than expected.

36.   As expected, the minutes also indicated some disagreement within the federal Open Market Committee over how much to cut rates.

37.   At the same time, many are betting the central bank will cut rates later this year.

38.   At the time, the central bank said it had cut rates to bolster economic growth and reduce the jobless rate.

39.   Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium also cut their rates.

40.   Banks benefit when rates are cut because they can keep more of the money they take in on personal loans, credit cards and mortgages.