Sentence examples for refrain from raising from inspiring English sources

"However, the E.C.B. would probably immediately refrain from raising interest rates if the sovereign debt crisis escalated".

Economists and business groups, many of whom had argued that the central bank should refrain from raising interest rates to bolster the economy, welcomed its announcement Tuesday.

The five-page communiqué included a solemn pledge that G20 countries would "refrain from raising new barriers" to trade and investment over the next twelve months.

We underscore the critical importance of rejecting protectionism and not turning inward... we will refrain from raising new barriers to investment or to trade in goods and services.

The figure was lower than analysts expected, raising the possibility that the Bank of England might refrain from raising interests rates in the near future.

On Tuesday, he dropped his insistence that cabinet members refrain from raising money or organizing for a party leadership convention scheduled for November 2003.

He smiled brightly when he spoke and refrained from raising his voice.

The bond markets were so shaky that major corporations refrained from raising capital unless they needed it badly.

Even as inflation has crept up, the central bank has refrained from raising interest rates (which have not changed for 16 months) for fear of attracting more inflows.

Train ridership has soared partly because China has set fares on high-speed rail lines at a little less than half of comparable airfares and then refrained from raising them.

In recent years, Mr. Daley refrained from raising property taxes and relied heavily on revenues that rise and fall with the general economy, including the tax on real- estate sales.