11.   A rate rise would help fight inflation by reining in growth.

12.   A stronger currency would in turn help fight inflation by making imports less costly.

13.   Bundesbank council member Franz-Christoph Zeitler said yesterday that the strong deutsche mark is an ally in fighting inflation.

14.   But government policy has kept the peso stable as a good way to fight inflation and reassure foreigners that their investments would be safe.

15.   But Blinder explicitly left open the possibility of future disagreements with his colleagues on whether creating new jobs should sometimes take precedence over fighting inflation.

16.   But his campaign speeches stress social spending over fighting inflation, and raising taxes over privatizing state industries.

17.   But then, if the Federal Reserve raises rates to fight inflation, it would further crimp company and consumer spending.

18.   Central bank officials believe the new bands will give them greater flexibility to lower interest rates, which have been kept high to fight inflation.

19.   Chilean stocks opened mixed, then fell after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan suggested U.S. interest rates may rise to fight inflation.

20.   Crockett said the central bankers agreed that the best way to stem volatility in the exchange market is by pursuing credible policies to fight inflation.