However, rates have been so low for so long that the few small hikes that have occurred haven't really meant too much to most of us. (realtybiznews.com)
It keeps both the six research directorates and NSF's education directorate at their combined 2016 totals, of $ 6.033 billion and $ 880 million, rejecting small hikes in each account requested by Obama. (sciencemag.org)