I take this to mean that the Fed itself suspects strongly that another emergency rate cut will be needed well before the next regular meeting in May.
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Belgian's central bank held its discount rate unchanged at 3.50 percent and its emergency rate for overnight lending at 8.00 percent.
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The base did not have to pay emergency rates to get this quick response because the task prices were set in the contract at the time of bid.
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SAN FRANCISCO ( AP ) _ The state Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to grant emergency rate increases to two cash-strapped utilities that serve 25 million Californians.
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The absorption rate sets the floor for money market rates, and the emergency rate is the rate at which the central bank lends to commercial banks at short notice.
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The Bank of Portugal last cut rates on May 9, when it sliced 30 basis points off the repo rate, and 10 points off the absorption and emergency rates respectively.
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Southern California Edison and the state's other ailing utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, applied for emergency rate increases last month because they said they were sustaining huge losses.
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The freeze has remained in effect _ except for a temporary, emergency rate hike granted by the PUC last month _ even as wholesale power costs have skyrocketed since last summer.
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An emergency rate increase averaging 9 percent is expected to be made permanent, and the state's 1996 deregulation law allows for an additional 10 percent hike in March 2002.
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Nevertheless, the new-93 version of the Allison had a war emergency rating of at sea level, making this prototype one of the fastest Kingcobras built, attaining at.
