11.   All the same, inflationary pressures will keep interest rates high, attracting investors into fixed-rate securities, analysts said.

12.   Brazilian stocks plunged, dragged down by telephone companies and utilities, on concern that corporate profits will suffer if the government decides to keep interest rates high.

13.   But when the temperature is kept too high for too long, the result is simply boiled, rubbery meat.

14.   Central bank officials believe the new bands will give them greater flexibility to lower interest rates, which have been kept high to fight inflation.

15.   Central banks that are independent of government influence are generally more willing to keep interest rates high to curb inflation.

16.   Companies are determined to keep profits high even as fierce competition puts a lid on price hikes.

17.   Fares on all these flights would still be kept artificially high by Tokyo.

18.   Federal Reserve policymakers should strive to keep employment high and should be wary of calls to reduce inflation to zero, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alice Rivlin said today.

19.   Frenkel has kept rates high to cool the economy and check inflation.

20.   From a business perspective, that will serve to keep demand high and probably guarantee frequent sellouts.