interest rate

Example Sentences

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The energy price rise could trigger higher wage demands and second-round effects, potentially requiring the ECB to raise its key interest rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The April report is the latest sign that the Fed interest rate cuts that markets were pricing in at the start of the year are no longer a 2026 story.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The US Federal Reserve has a long-term two-percent target for inflation and several policymakers at the central bank have indicated the possible need for interest rate hikes to address rising prices.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Isaac Stell, investment manager at the Wealth Club, said the inflation increase even left possible interest rate hikes "firmly on the table".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“The company's going to loan them the money, almost no interest rate, twenty years to pay.”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam