1.   Also, lower rates should help U.S. stocks and bonds, and the dollar in turn.

2.   Analysts said the higher spot rates will help British Gas renegotiate the contracts.

3.   An increasing block rate would certainly help this summer, but it is just a stopgap measure.

4.   An expected pick-up in domestic growth rates also helped buoy shares, he said.

5.   And low overnight rates will help keep bond yields from rising, he said.

6.   And reunion participants could qualify for a group rate to help cut costs.

7.   And rising rates might help to account for a phenomenon that manufacturers are just beginning to report.

8.   As for income, rising rates will help swappers maintain their yields.

9.   A higher rate would help the yen by making bank deposits and bonds denominated in it more attractive.

10.   A lower tax rate also helped profit.