rates

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However, in June 2026, the ECB raised rates to 2.25% as it reacted to rising prices triggered by the Iran war.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Hotel room rates in several popular European destinations are considerably lower year over year, too.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Requests for these facilities were denied at far higher rates: 65% on average across all the insurers for long-term care hospitals, and 54% for inpatient rehab.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Sustained higher inflation could push rates up, but the weakness of the UK's jobs market and sluggish economic growth in general means this is by no means certain.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Between 1960 and 1990, for example, official crime rates in Finland, Germany, and the United States were close to identical.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander