71.   But at traditional department stores and smaller Japanese retailers, prices for imported goods have hardly budged, so that at current exchange rates, the expensive becomes outrageous.

72.   But in recent years it had increasingly become a straightjacket, crimping economic activity by making imported foreign goods artificially cheap and driving Argentine businesses into ruin.

73.   But it was the falling cost of imported goods that captured much of the attention.

74.   But the fall in the dollar has resulted this year in a steady rise in the prices of imported goods.

75.   But the scramble for status through expensive imported goods began almost as soon as the first furrow was plowed.

76.   But the trade deficit is actually the product of a robust U.S. economy, driven by consumer demand for affordable imported goods.

77.   But to weaken the dollar, actively or through benign neglect, would mean increasing the risks of inflation, as prices of imported goods rose.

78.   Capital inflows mean a stronger ruble, good for ordinary Russians who buy imported goods but trouble for exporters and for domestic producers who compete with imports.

79.   By itself, the steep plunge in the ruble on Tuesday increases the threat of inflation, primarily by making imported goods more expensive.

80.   Cheaper imported goods contributed to the control of prices of food and clothing.