benchmark
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The family’s net premium for the benchmark Silver plan would jump to $699 a month this year from $414 a month last year, according to Covered California.
From Los Angeles Times
The Conference Board’s benchmark reading of consumer confidence slumped to a 12-year low this month, with a greater number of respondents expecting conditions to worsen over the next six months.
From Barron's
Lapointe is also one of the 10 economists surveyed who predict no change in the benchmark rate for the rest of this year.
The Fed is likely to make only minor changes to its policy statement Wednesday while keeping its benchmark rate in a range between 3.5% and 3.75%.
—Oil benchmarks eased as traders monitor global supplies and the impact of a massive storm on U.S. production.
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