Rate

Rate may refer to:

Science and finance

Rate function, a function used to quantify the probabilities of a rare event

Rates (tax), a type of taxation system used to fund local government

Reaction rate in Chemistry

Exchange rate, specifies how much one currency is worth in terms of the other

Human growth

Birth rate, the natality or childbirths per 1,000 people per year

Mortality rate, a measure of the number of deaths in some population

Other uses

Rate (mathematics), a specific kind of ratio, in which two measurements are related to each other (often with respect to time)

Rate of travel, or velocity
Bit rate, number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time

Rate of travel, or velocity

Bit rate, number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time

Naval rating or rate, terms used to designate specialty or seniority of enlisted naval personnel

Rate of a ship, a term indicating a sail ship's firepower in the British Royal Navy

Rates (Portuguese parish), a Portuguese parish and town located in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim

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SPHD: Lagging This Year, Likely Will Again Next Year

Seeking Alpha 23 Oct 2018

The fund's top sectors by weighting are Real Estate and Utilities, two areas that notoriously underperform when interest rates are rising ... As you can see, Real Estate is lagging, which is somewhat expected as we have seen rates rise three times already this year ... With commercial properties at their highest levels in decades and interest rates rising, future investors may certainly pause before bidding prices up higher....

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Unemployment Looks Like 2000 Again. But Wage Growth Doesn’t

Longview News-Journal 23 Oct 2018

Most prominently, the unemployment rate has fallen steadily over the past nine years ... Although the overall labor force participation rate has been largely flat over the past three years, it is rising when adjusted for the aging of the population ... But virtually all of these agree that wage growth today is much slower now than it was on the eve of the 2001 recession, with its identical unemployment rate....

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Exports lead way as factory-gate price slump accelerates

Irish Independent 23 Oct 2018

The data are seasonal and the CSO cautioned that they were subject to exchange rate fluctuations ... Euro area HICP inflation, the measure looked at by the European Central Bank, accelerated to 2.1pc year over year in September from 2pc and the bank looks set to hike interest rates for the first time since its premature rise in 2011 ... Critics of the bank say it may fail to get rates off the ground before the next economic crisis hits....

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Banks lead US stock slide, extending market's losing streak

Corvallis Gazette-Times 23 Oct 2018

The latest losses came as traders geared up for a busy week of company earnings reports that should help answer how Corporate America is coping with rising interest rates, inflation and the impact of global trade disputes ... Investors have been worried in recent weeks about potential threats to corporate growth, including rising interest rates, trade tensions between the U.S....

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Chinese yuan weakens to 6.9338 against USD Tuesday

Xinhua 23 Oct 2018

In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate ......

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Banks lead stocks' broad slide, extending market's losing streak

The Los Angeles Times 23 Oct 2018

The latest losses came as traders geared up for a busy week of company earnings reports that should help answer how corporate America is coping with rising interest rates, inflation and the effects of global trade disputes ... Investors have been worried in recent weeks about potential threats to corporate growth, including rising interest rates, the U.S.-China trade war and some sluggish reports about housing construction and sales....

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Slide led by banks weighs on US stocks, losing streak grows

Ellensburg Daily Record 23 Oct 2018

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Banks lead US stock slide, extending market’s losing streak

Lima Ohio 23 Oct 2018

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Cervical screening: Millions missing smear tests

BBC News 23 Oct 2018

Is there scraping in a smear test? The truth about what it really involves Where are screening rates lowest?. London has some of the lowest rates of women screened for cervical cancer ... Cambridge and Oxford also had rates of 54 and 55%. In Leicester it was 60%, rising to 61% in Luton and 62% in Manchester, Slough, Haringey and Birmingham....

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C/A deficit narrows 2.6pc in July-Sept

The News International 23 Oct 2018

The SBP projected the current account deficit for 2018/19 at around six percent on an expected rise in international oil prices. “Exchange rate depreciation and other administrative measures, especially the increase in import duties, would help moderate growth in imports barring any major shock to international oil prices,” the SBP said in its latest report ... “We attribute this growth to rising international oil prices....

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S&P posts fourth straight loss

Times Union 23 Oct 2018

Banks led a broad slide in U.S ... The latest losses came as traders geared up for a busy week of company earnings reports that should help answer how Corporate America is coping with rising interest rates, inflation and the global trade disputes ... ....

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Proposed legislation would modernize Ohio's young driver licensing system

Norwalk Reflector 23 Oct 2018

Moreover, teen crash rates continue to rise in Ohio, putting everyone at risk ... The study found that when a teen driver has only teen passengers in their vehicle, the fatality rate increased 51 percent. In contrast, when older passengers (35 or older) ride with a teen driver, overall fatality rates in crashes decreased 8 percent ... Researchers pinpointed that when teens were carrying teen passengers, fatality rates jumped.....

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Asia and Europe work together to meet challenges

China Daily 23 Oct 2018

Second, the risks facing global economic stability are rising ... The rise of the US economic growth rate and the increase of interest rates by the Fed, together with the downward growth rate and monetary easing of other countries led to capital reflows to the United States, appreciation of the US dollar, as well as currency depreciation in other countries, and monetary crises in some emerging markets....

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