He continued to pin further interest rate reductions to slower growth in M3 money supply, the Bundesbank's primary indicator for setting rates.
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He urged changes in the law to give the post office more flexibility in setting rates and services to contend with rising costs.
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Michael Klein, a spokesman for the Division of Insurance, said Johnston sought the meeting with Ruthardt to simplify the process of setting rates.
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Another rate cut is seen hinging on slower expansion of the M3 measure of money supply, the Bundesbank's primary indicator for setting rates.
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A New York law's formula for setting rates paid to independent power producers required Niagara to buy electricity at twice the market rate.
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Both Jochimsen and council member Ernst Welteke warned, though, that another surge in the dollar's value may change the scenery for setting rates.
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Henderson said laws regulating post office operations must be changed to provide more flexibility in setting rates and services to contend with rising costs.
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But he also deflected all questions about transmission to the federal government, which he said had the authority over setting rates and reimbursing investors.
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The agency has been frustrated by its inability to persuade Congress to pass legislation giving it more flexibility in setting rates and changing services.
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The central bank gave itself added flexibility in setting rates last week by deciding to set its key securities repurchase rate weekly instead of biweekly.
