Polish central bank cuts key interest rates by half percentage point

AP Worldstream;  May 29, 2002 ;     250 words ......reducing key rates by half a percentage point. The decision means the National...interest rates by a total of 6 percentage points since Prime Minister...day intervention rate to 9 percent from 9.5 percent. The discount rate was cut...

of Canada Rate Up 1/4 Percentage Point

Xinhua English Newswire;  February 3, 2000 ;     113 words ......its rate Thursday to 5.25 percent, up one-quarter of a percentage point. The bank also set its overnight rate at 5 percent. The rise came after the...rate by one-quarter of a percentage point to 5.75 percent Wednesday. Both are moving...

Fed kicks rates up another notch, and likely will again Quarter percentage...

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 3, 2005 ;     485 words ......federal funds rate by one-quarter of a percentage point, to 2.50 percent. It was the sixth such increase since last...prime lending rate by one-quarter of a percentage point, to 5.50 percent. This rate, used for many short-term consumer...

Polish central bank raises interest rates by half percentage point

AP Worldstream;  June 30, 2004 ;     145 words ......its interest rates by a half percentage point Wednesday, adjusting rates...inflation spiked from 1.7 percent in March to 3.4 percent in May amid high oil and food...intervention rate was hiked to 5.75 percent from 5.25 percent. The rate...

Savers win as interest rates go up Fed raises amount by one-quarter...

Oakland Tribune;  July 1, 2004 ;     446 words ......key short-term interest rate by a one-quarter percentage point to 1.25 percent Wednesday, its first rate increase in four years...the Fed's move. The fact is, a quarter of a percentage point increase in interest translates to just $2.50...

Writethru: U.S. Fed cuts key interest rate by half percentage point to 3.0...

Xinhua News Agency;  January 30, 2008 ;     420 words ......U.S. Fed cuts key interest rate by half percentage point to 3.0 percent WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua...each other on overnight loans, by 0.75 percentage point to 3.5 percent. The 0.75-percentage-point cut was the biggest rate reduction since...

GRADUATION RATES UP BY 1 PERCENTAGE POINT.(Sports)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  September 28, 2006 ;     174 words ......An overall increase of 1 percentage point in graduation rates might not...three-quarters of college athletes, 77 percent, graduate within six years...increase over last year's 76 percent. One percent is good, very good, Brand said...

Rates rise by one-quarter of a percentage point; Fed indicates future...

AP Worldstream;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......funds rate by one-quarter of a percentage point, to 1.25 percent. This rate...decision triggered a one-quarter percentage point increase in commercial banks...indicating a series of one-quarter percentage point increases spread into next year...

Higher Payout Floor for Foundations Questioned; Study Says Increasing IRS...

The Washington Post;  April 27, 2000 ;     669 words ......assets if they were required to pay out a higher percentage of their endowments in grants, a study has found...regulations, foundations must distribute at least 5 percent of their total worth annually. While a few voluntarily pay out 7 percent or more a year, some advocacy groups argue that social...vast ...

The Federal Reserve's decision to cut a key interest rate by 0.75 of a...

New Haven Register;  March 19, 2008 ;     628 words ......interest rate by 0.75 of a percentage point, coupled with some better...charge each other, to 2.25 percent, its lowest point since late...Dow rocketed 420.41, or 3.51 percent, to 12,392.66, the largest...index rose 54.14, or 4.24 percent, to 1,330.74, and the Nasdaq...

BUSINESSES TACK ON HIGHER SALES TAX; NEW 1 PERCENTAGE POINT INCREASE...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 2, 2004 ;     469 words ......noticed. That's because an extra 1 percentage point in tax tacked onto a $16 inspection...raise the county sales tax by 1 percentage point, from 3 percent to 4 percent...automatically charge the extra 1 percentage point, people weren't complaining...

Growth Rate Projection to Be Lowered to 4-5 Pct for 2001 The government is...

Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  June 14, 2001 ;     434 words ......country will not be able to attain the projected 5-6 percent growth because of a continuing decline in exports...cutting the previous growth projection by about 1 percentage point to 4-5 percent for 2001. Over the weekend, the state-run Korea Development...revised its earlier annual growth ...

European Central Bank cuts key interest rate by quarter percentage point

AP Worldstream;  March 6, 2003 ;     466 words ......interest rates by a quarter percentage point Thursday but the reduction...key refinancing rate to 2.5 percent from 2.75 percent, where it...the ECB would cut by a half percentage point or a more modest quarter-point...

Federal Reserve Cuts Rates by Quarter Percentage Point

Xinhua News Agency;  August 21, 2001 ;     336 words ......funds rate by one quarter of a percentage point in a bid to boost a sputtering...discount rate by one quarter percentage point to 3 percent. "Household demand...including five straight half percentage point reductions. This represented...

FED GETS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH KEY RATES HALF PERCENTAGE POINT HIKES ARE...

The Boston Globe;  May 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ......five years raised interest rates by a half percentage point yesterday, signaling a more aggressive...for overnight loans between banks, from 6 percent to 6.5 percent - that is up from 4.75 percent before the campaign began. And the discount...