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[reyt] / reɪt /








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That’s around a 3.8% withdrawal rate a year, which is a relatively modest rate.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

But it warned this rate of growth would slow to between 4% and 5% between May and July as the rising cost of living begins to bite.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

With a 6.5% rate, that same buyer can afford a $384,000 home.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

But revenue last year under $19 billion and a growth rate of 33% look unremarkable.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

A mortgage created in early 2005 might have a two-year “fixed” rate of 6 percent that, in 2007, would jump to 11 percent and provoke a wave of defaults.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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