low-rate
Americanverb (used with object)
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In other words, yields finally are reverting to normal after the low-rate era following the 2008 financial panic and European sovereign crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Like many, she also complained that a string of tax hikes and changes -- raising VAT and removing a simplified low-rate system for the smallest firms -- had made the situation even worse.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
“They have been treated like a boring investment tenant that can be ignored in the past 15 years,” she said of the low-rate environment.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Wilson soon appointed Seymour to head the California Housing Finance Agency, which helps first-time home buyers access low-rate loans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
The first motel doesn’t answer, which is not uncommon in your low-rate places.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
The junk-bond market is also one of the best early signals of a souring economy, since low-rated borrowers feel stress first.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Each time you open a pack of Pokémon cards, you don’t know what you’re going to get, maybe a low-rated Wishiwashi or a highly desired Charizard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
But in this case, default rates on low-rated corporate debt haven’t been surging, and the latest data has generally pointed to a stable economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
There aren’t a lot of countries where you can issue a low-rated triple-C bond and investors are willing to buy it knowing capital markets will remain open and robust.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
He come here to git justice, not to be slurred and low-rated.
From De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts by Zora Neale Hurston
The exoticism of high price generates curiosity, and this curiosity fills the museum, turning it into a low-rating mass medium.
From Time Magazine Archive
Papa couldn’t stand it when Mama got to low-rating Uncle Camp’s people.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
She was just too busy low-rating Miss Love to fool with me.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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