51.   Investors have an eye on the central bank, which tomorrow will set the rate at which it lends to banks.

52.   Indeed, the Rent Guidelines Board, which sets rates for rent-stabilized and rent-controlled apartments, heralds the improvement in an upcoming report.

53.   It has freed the repurchase rate to float in line with market demand, setting the rate in weekly auctions in which commercial banks put in competitive bids.

54.   It discarded the state system of setting hospital rates, allowing the hospitals to negotiate prices directly with insurance companies.

55.   Insurance companies say they need to use geography in setting rates because there are many more auto thefts in some parts of the state than in others.

56.   Kremer insisted that LIPA had surrendered none of its powers and that it retained its ability to set rates.

57.   Last year, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi attempted to prohibit insurers from using age and other factors in setting rates, but he later backed down from the proposal.

58.   LIPA would have full authority to set electric rates on Long Island.

59.   Long-term rates are set by financial markets, where long-term bonds issued by the federal, state and local governments and private businesses are traded.

60.   Many hotels are not taking reservations because they have not set rates.