21.   Traders are now indicating that the central bank should raise official rates to protect the depreciating dollar while tempering growth to avoid a surge of inflation down the road.

22.   Traders are now hinting that the central bank should raise official rates to protect the depreciating dollar while tempering growth to avoid a surge of inflation down the road.

23.   A decline in wages and salaries paid to government workers tempered wage growth last month.

24.   An economic slowdown is still in the offing, and it will surely temper profit growth.

25.   The credit crunch affecting enterprises has eased somewhat, and government loan guarantees continue to temper growth in the number of bankruptcies, the report said.

26.   Growth was tempered by a contraction in the recession-ridden manufacturing industry and in the oil and gas sector.