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That makes it all the more surprising that Australia's central bank opted not to increase its benchmark interest rate this month.

The Bank of Japan also kept its benchmark interest rate near zero.

In the U. K. , the Bank of England maintained its emergency bond-purchase plan and left its benchmark interest rate at a record low.

The Fed is widely expected to keep its benchmark interest rate where it has been since December -- near zero -- when it meets this week.

On January 16th the Bank of Mexico, the independent central bank, cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point (to 7. 75%).

The Central Bank responded with a half-point cut in its benchmark interest rate.

The Bank of Japan's policy board voted to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0. 5% on September 19th.

The benchmark interest rate is effectively zero, but that leaves quantitative easing and other unconventional measures.

The Bank of Korea cut its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to 4. 25 per cent last week.

Yields on Italy's new issue debt are over 6%, more than 500 basis points over the European Central Bank benchmark interest rate.

The announcement comes on the heels of last month's surprise benchmark interest rate increase.

Finally, the paper pointed out that SHIBOR is a better choice as the benchmark interest rate of money market in China.

Malaysia's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate at 3. 5%, but said it would act if the risks of higher inflation grew.

The author considered that now in China, the most suitable benchmark interest rate of the market is Shibor(Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate).

They cost around half of the Central Bank's benchmark interest rate.

The Federal Reserve has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged.

Bank Indonesia, with its eye on inflation, raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 9. 5 per cent.

Thailand cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point.

Hungary's monetary council raised its benchmark interest rate, from 8. 25% to 8. 5%, to try to bring inflation down to its 3% target.

The Fed pushed its benchmark interest rate -- the federal-funds rate -- to 1% in 2003, to fend off a dangerous bout of deflation.

In a flurry of activity it took its benchmark interest rate from 4. 25% in early October to 2% by mid-January.

The European Central Bank earlier this month resisted calls to lower its benchmark interest rate from 1. 5 percent.

Iceland increased its benchmark interest rate for the first time since its cataclysmic bank crash of 2008.

Later in the day the central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points.

The European Central Bank may keep its benchmark interest rate at 2%.

Japan's benchmark interest rate of 0. 5 percent is the lowest among major economies.

Investors will look for clues on when the benchmark interest rate, held near zero since December 16, 2008, could change.

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, to 4. 75%.

Sweden's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, to 0. 5%.

This week the BoJ kept its benchmark interest rate on hold, at just 0. 5%.

Australia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 0. 25 percentage points, to 7%.

Iceland's central bank slashed its benchmark interest rate from 15. 5% to 12%.

The benchmark interest rate was increased from 7 per cent to 8 per cent.

The central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate twice in the past 45 days, the first cuts since 2002.

Brazil's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate from 13% to 13. 75% on September 10th.

Norway's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 0. 5 percentage points, to 5. 25%, with effect from October 16th.

European Central Bank policy makers meeting in Frankfurt today kept the benchmark interest rate at a record low of 1 percent.

Norway's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate from 4. 5% to 4. 75% on August 15th.

As the benchmark interest rate in Japan is already so low, it is purchasing these assets to reduce borrowing costs for riskier assets.

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