benchmark
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It was also the last time the Bank of Japan’s benchmark interest rate was as high as 0.75%.
In a widely expected decision, the Bank of Japan's policy board, led by governor Kazuo Ueda, increased its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percentage point to "around 0.75%" on Friday.
From BBC
After the release of a third version of Gemini in November, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a “code red” for the company to help it regain its lead on key model-performance benchmarks.
That hasn’t stopped a steady stream of upbeat 2026 outlooks from strategists, nearly all of which see high-single or double-digit percentage gains for the benchmark index, including from formerly cautious voices.
From Barron's
That time period was at the end of a long economic expansion, so the unretirement rate then could be looked at as a benchmark for a “good” job market.
From MarketWatch
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