Under current law, the state sets rates for $16 billion in hospital services.

About 21 states set rates higher than utilities' own cost, according to energy experts.

Many states set rates based in part on estimates of future oil and natural gas prices.

Each sets rates high before the other jurisdictions can do so.

A central question is what factors should go into setting rates, apart from a driver's record.

Solicitors and private doctors charge a set rate for their time so use it economically.

By contrast, private plans set rates through negotiations with health care providers.

This is owned by the party receiving the set rate payment.

Earlier tax proposals set rates far higher on oil, Russia's top export industry.

But the two sides disagreed over how to set rates for specific illnesses.

Such a ratio, known as return on equity, is the basis for setting rates.

Others say that the continued right to set rates collectively will blunt these effects.

"The purchase price was predetermined at a set rate of return," he said.

This measure would eliminate the requirement that state education spending increase at a set rate.

The surprise came in the swiftness of the decision to let the central bank set rates from here on.

This loan allows you to pay only on the interest during the two year introductory period at a lower set rate.

The government reimburses sponsors for the food at a set rate.

When they returned to work, she also supplemented their salary if it happened to be lower than the set rate.

The rate cut was not a formal part of the Government's economic package because the central bank has autonomy in setting rates.

In most states, too, insurers set rates by zip codes.

"If you favor competition, why would you want the government to step in and set rates?"

The prime is an important rate because it serves as the base against which banks set rates on many loans.

The recipient is usually charged at a set rate per second for each call, depending on plan and destination.

Its legislative authority is exercised when it makes rules or sets rates.