Under the current law, the 15 percent rates are good only until 2008.

The result has been an 81 percent rate this season.

Others still quality for the program, but at an 11 percent rate.

Last year, he was safe only 27 of 47 times, a 57 percent rate.

The economy has been growing at a 3.5 percent rate for the past six months.

That is a 6.3 percent rate of increase for the six months through March.

New York's 50 percent rate is lower than that of 39 other states.

Pay and benefits rose at a 3.5 percent rate for the last year.

You end up with $126,005, or $86,943 after Federal tax is paid at the 31 percent rate.

Still, that is much lower than the 11.2 percent rate in January 2003.