51.   Despite the influx of state dollars, rising property values in the state obliged many local school districts either to raise or to hold steady the school tax rate.

52.   Earlier this week, the Fed decided to hold interest rates steady at a regular policy meeting.

53.   Earlier this week, the Fed decided to hold interest rates steady at its policy-making meeting.

54.   Earlier today, the Mortgage Bankers Association of America said its weekly index of market mortgage applications held steady last week.

55.   Even so, the overpowering message from the employment report about a slowing economy means the Fed is likely to continue holding interest rates steady, analysts said.

56.   Even if the models predicted that the polar temperature would drop below the freezing point, the researchers just fudged it and held it steady.

57.   Even though the Fed disappointed some investors by holding rates steady yesterday, many still expect a move in the months ahead.

58.   Elsewhere, soybean futures held steady as traders waited to see whether rain would ease dry conditions in South America.

59.   Fed policy-makers on Wednesday voted to hold rates steady for the eighth consecutive meeting.

60.   Even now that crude oil prices are slipping, gasoline prices are holding steady.