The commission on Dec. 19 gave final approval to a plan that will lead to a $184.9 million base-rate increase in 2025 for Tampa Electric Co., followed by increases of $86.6 million in 2026 and $9. ...

Base rates in Buncombe, Watauga and Yancey counties, for example, will increase by 4.4% in 2025 and 4.5% in mid-2026.

Pantheon Macroeconomics, for example, assumes there will be no more cuts after August and no cuts next year.Others expect further cuts, with Deutsche Bank forecasting reductions in November, December, ...

Hungarian central bank governor Mihaly Varga holds a press conference after the bank left its base rate steady at the European Union's joint-highest 6.5% level, in Budapest, Hungary, April 29, 2025.