However, these acts permitted independent rate making by conference participants, and the 1998 Act permitted secret contract rates, which tend to undercut collective carrier pricing.
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For example, Dial-a-truck ( DAT ) offers RateView for carriers, brokers and shippers, providing access to shippers contract rates and spot market ( broker buy ) rates.
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Just after the Fed's July move, the December contract rate fell to as little as 5.4 percent, a sign of expectations the Fed would reduce rates further.
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Expected contract rates for the operators at the time was free for the first two years with the rate going to around 10 cent per subscriber there after.
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Recently, however, and despite the continuing Fed cuts, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has risen to an average contract rate of 7.2 percent, up from 7.18 percent the previous week.
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Just after the Fed's July move, the December contract rate fell to as little as 5 . 4 percent, a sign of expectations the Fed would reduce rates further.
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Most banks or states strictly limit the amount a contract rate may be marked up ( by giving a range of rates at which they will buy the contract ).
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Transfield argued they should only pay an amount reflecting the difference between the first contract rate and the market rate for daily hire during the delay, at the market rate prevailing then.
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The issue in that case was whether United Gas could increase the contract rate for natural gas to the cement plant by unilaterally filing a new rate schedule with the Federal Power Commission.
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Recently, however, and despite the continuing Fed cuts, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has risen to an average contract rate of 7 . 2 percent, up from 7 . 18 percent the previous week.
