| 11. | Banks use that note as a benchmark for setting commercial lending rates.
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| 12. | The measure is expected to prompt private banks to reduce lending rates.
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| 13. | Most stock investors most expect the Fed will keep lending rates unchanged.
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| 14. | Base lending rates stand at 6 percent after three cuts since December.
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| 15. | The Bundesbank today left all of its key lending rates unchanged today.
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| 16. | Base lending rates stand at 6 percent after three cuts since September.
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| 17. | The FOMC raised lending rates at its previous gathering in March.
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| 18. | Higher government deficits also raise lending rates and affect private investment.
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| 19. | It kept its overnight lending rate at 12 . 75 percent.
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| 20. | The benchmark lending rate in Hong Kong 8 . 5 percent.
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