Sentence examples for curtail speculation from inspiring English sources

The transport minister, Hamed Akobi, sought to curtail speculation.

Any attempt to curtail speculation, by contrast, is likely to make life harder for firms and oil more expensive.

The second part of the government's action is an effort to curtail speculation that officials think might be contributing to moves in the yen.

A Robin Hood tax also serves to curtail speculation in essentials, as in food and fuel, and start lowering the costs that are devastating families.

Federer's decision to discuss his back problems in some detail could have been intended to curtail speculation that his withdrawal from Dubai was linked to the political issues that have disrupted this week's women's tournament there.

Beltran's decision to do his physical rehabilitation at spring training was a relief for the team because it should curtail speculation that he harbors ill will over the Mets' public rebuke of him for having the operation before they felt they had given their full consent.

The commission has come under withering criticism this summer, accused of failing to curtail excessive speculation in commodity markets.

He urged an "open mind" about the use of higher interest rates and changes in the Fed's investment portfolio to curtail such speculation.

There were yet more hearings on Wednesday, and by Thursday evening, the House had passed, by a wide margin, a bill calling on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to curtail "excessive speculation".

It is working to improve financial regulation to curtail excessive speculation — for example, by requiring banks to raise a larger portion of funding in the form of capital rather than debt, a bet on the future of the company rather than a low-risk loan.

Government officials knew that when they signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, meant to re-regulate Wall Street and curtail runaway speculation.