91. The central bank has been hiking interest rates in an effort to contain inflation and keep the economy from overheating. 92. The Federal Reserve boosted short-term rates again this week, the seventh increase in a year to slow the economy and contain inflation. 93. The Fed has been raising rates in an effort to slow the economy just enough to contain inflation. 94. The Fed has boosted short-term rates six times this year in an effort to slow the economy and contain inflation. 95. The jobs data also boosted demand for dollars because bond traders bought long-term dollar-denominated Treasuries, figuring that the Fed will act to contain inflation. 96. The rate hikes are designed to boost borrowing costs and try to cool consumer spending, something that would help contain inflation. 97. They have obviously learned the lesson from the earlier depreciations, so inflation has been contained at a low level. 98. This sector has been curbed by six interest-rate increases engineered by the Federal Reserve this year to slow the economy and contain inflation. 99. Until recently, mortgage rates have risen in step with seven short-term rate increases engineered in the past year by the Federal Reserve to contain inflation. 100. In an effort to slow economic growth and contain inflation, the Fed had pushed the rate from three to six percent over the year ending in February. |