41. The Fed is all but certain to lower its benchmark rate on Tuesday. 42. The daily rate tends to run a few basis points higher than the benchmark repo rate. 43. The dollar was little moved after the U.S. Federal Reserve today left its benchmark rate for overnight borrowing between banks unchanged, as expected. 44. The interest rates of countries that enter the euro will have to converge because the single currency can only have a single benchmark rate. 45. The high overnight rate is already causing an increase in benchmark borrowing rates. 46. The increase in the benchmark rate will lead to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses. 47. The RBA cut its benchmark cash rate four times in the past year to spur economic growth. 48. The proposal suggests benchmark rates for nations in three levels of economic development. 49. The rate for repos or reverse repos is the benchmark rate for the Swedish money market. 50. The stubbornness of short-term rates has also limited any savings for large companies with loans tied to other benchmark short-term rates. |