1.   The high cost of borrowing is inhibiting investment by industry in new equipment.

2.   He warned, however, that the perception abroad that Yugoslavia was on the brink of disintegration and civil war was inhibiting foreign investment in the country.

3.   A top Bordon economic adviser said there would be no changes in economic policy that would inhibit foreign investment.

4.   High taxes and social welfare contributions inhibit investment by companies and reduce their international competitiveness, he said.

5.   Higher interest rates ratchet up corporate borrowing costs, inhibiting investment and slowing growth.

6.   The Bush administration opposes them on the grounds that they distort the market by inhibiting investment in new plants.

7.   The task force questioned whether the provision inhibits investment in new generating capacity.

8.   These successes have not been lost on policy makers in California, who have tried in recent years to reduce taxes that inhibit new investment in semiconductor plants.

9.   He cited a recent European Union study that the higher prices charged to foreign companies was a key factor inhibiting investment in China.

10.   The Clinton administration told Congress Wednesday that forcing U.S. companies doing business in Northern Ireland to follow nondiscriminatory hiring practices could inhibit investment.