21.   Now investors and traders are trying to gauge whether the rebound will continue or peter out as high rates stifle growth.

22.   Over the past year, profit growth was stifled by stiff competition and a big cutback in consumer spending.

23.   Republicans said they would stifle growth of the health care market.

24.   Since Brazil has had difficulty reigning in public spending, many investors have cut their holdings of Brazilian securities because they feel this stifles economic growth.

25.   That move may eventually stifle growth in the region, crimping demand for U.S. goods and services.

26.   The group says it fears the legislation could stifle the growth of Internet commerce.

27.   The practical effect of this regulatory explosion was to stifle economic growth, which choked off a lot of job creation.

28.   The report and others like it could mean that manufacturing, while up from the low levels of the second quarter, is stifling economic growth, economists said.

29.   They joined civil liberties groups in lawsuits charging that the restrictions would stifle growth of the worldwide computer network.

30.   To be sure, some investors say the best medicine for bonds would be if the Fed further stifled growth by not cutting overnight interest rates.