Sentence examples for temper inflation from inspiring English sources

The bank said its decision would help to temper inflation, which has been above the 1-3% target range.

On the other hand, the strong currency is helping to temper inflation in the euro area by, for example, offsetting the effect of dollar-denominated oil prices.

Treasuries Fall (By Bloomberg News Treasuryy bonds fell yesterday after factory orders rose in January, adding to concern the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates by midyear to temper inflation.

The government is counting on weak consumer demand to temper inflation after a steep devaluation in the real forced the central bank to increase its 2001 inflation projection to 6.5percentt.

The crisis in financial markets has been accompanied by higher gas and food prices that have put the Fed in a tough position: it must encourage lending to keep the wheels of finance turning but also be careful to temper inflation, an economic threat rising with oil and food prices.

Back then, the dramatically low federal funds rate was enough to spur a wave of borrowing by companies and individuals, so much so that a series of 17 rate increases followed from June 2004 to June 2006 as the Fed tried to temper inflation in a boom period.

But by that point it is also entirely possible that United's debt will have been eliminated altogether as a result of the soaring commercial revenues, the Premier League's bumper £5.5bn TV deal and the new financial regulations, which should help temper wage inflation.

This combined with cheaper Chinese imports of phones, steel and other finished products could help temper African inflation.

One view, often emphasized by Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, is built on the idea that an acceleration in productivity growth is likely to continue, holding down costs and tempering any inflation pressures that might result from rising wages.

The Federal Reserve -- Will low inflation temper the taper?

C1 China's Growth Slowing A string of economic indicators suggests that China has tempered recent growth and inflation, an achievement that could make it more reluctant to appease demands from the Bush administration to let its currency rise soon.