21. Increasing rates tends to keep a cap on inflation, and decreasing rates tends to foster economic growth by making it cheaper for business to borrow money for expansion. 22. Lifting interest rates, on the other hand, tends to keep a cap on inflation. 23. Lifting interest rates tends to keep a cap on inflation. 24. Proponents of keeping the cap believe it helps preserve a diversity of views on the airwaves, amid sweeping consolidation. 25. The bank reiterated that stand in its monthly report, saying that the current interest rate level is appropriate for keeping a cap on inflation. 26. The ECB has lowered rates only once this year, on the theory that higher rates keep a cap on higher prices. 27. The FEC wanted to keep the caps as a check on possible corruption. 28. The oweners want to keep the cap and eliminate loopholes that have developed. |