41.   Steep declines in computer prices and health care costs, for example, help slow inflation, says Robert Gordon of Northwestern University.

42.   Still, the report left intact expectations for slow inflation.

43.   That doused concern the central bank might soon raise bank lending rates to curb growth and slow inflation.

44.   The agreements were designed to help slow inflation.

45.   The Bank of England already has raised interest rates five times this year to slow inflation.

46.   The central bank has raised interest rates twice in the last five months in an attempt to slow growth and help slow inflation.

47.   The central bank is expected to cut interest rates in the next few months as economic growth and inflation slow.

48.   The central bank has pushed rates higher in a bid to curb loans growth and slow inflation.

49.   The Bundesbank official said the German central bank took advantage of slow inflation to cut its key lending rates.

50.   The central bank is expected cut interest rates later this year as economic growth and inflation slow.