1.   A national economy that is expanding without creating inflationary pressures that would force the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

2.   Government also jumped on the bandwagon, first with wage restraint policies and later with restrictive monetary policies to reduce inflationary pressures.

3.   Moderating economic expansion in recent months has reduced potential inflationary pressures going forward.

4.   The dramatic events of Black Wednesday leave little chance of avoiding a quick revival of inflationary pressure.

5.   The bank is worried about mounting inflationary pressures.

6.   Inflationary pressures continued to slacken last month.

7.   They also discussed the inflationary pressures in the world economy.

8.   The communiqu added that consumers in the industrialized countries should not be protected from rising oil prices through higher wages as this would only serve to fuel inflationary pressures.

9.   The move was designed to ease the depreciation of the yen, dampen inflationary pressure and restore investor confidence.