21.   Ironically, this very belief helps keep long-term rates high, and thus ensures that no such boom seems imminent.

22.   It would probably get a higher price with one buyer, but that buyer would have enough market power to keep rates high.

23.   Japanese bonds rose for the first time in four days after the Bank of Japan signalled its intention to keep overnight rates from rising.

24.   Lack of rate controls has encouraged competition, keeping rates in Missouri among the lowest in the nation, they said.

25.   Little new supply there has kept vacancy rates among the lowest in the U.S., while rents rise faster than in most markets.

26.   Matsushita, the bank of Japan governor, said this week the central bank will keep rates at record lows until the economy is back on track.

27.   Most traders expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep rates where they are, lacking signs of inflation, at its Federal Open Market Committee meeting next Tuesday.

28.   Some analysts say the bank provided extra liquidity to the money market to offset a scarcity of funds and keep the rate from rising.

29.   Some investors and traders say the poor health of the economy may keep rates from climbing a lot higher.

30.   Some customers complained, but most seemed to appreciate the cable operator was trying to keep their rates in check.