RAISE HELL

Hi, there. I'm sorry I have missed a few lessons: I'm on sick leave but I hope I'll soon be back at the school.
As the other day, in class, somebody mentioned the VAT increase in Spain and we talked about the verbs RISE (intransitive) and RAISE (transitive), I'm including on this post a couple of links to articles about this subject in which we can see the use of these two verbs. Do you feel like reading about the economy?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9391554/Spanish-PM-Mariano-Rajoy-raises-VAT-3pc-in-shock-U-turn.html#

http://www.tmf-vat.com/tmf-in-the-media/spanish-vat-rate-to-rise-from-18-to-21.html