21.   Boosting that rate, in effect, encourages investors to hold onto rubles and discourages currency speculation.

22.   Britain last week reported its highest inflation rate in three years, fueling speculation the government will boost rates again before year-end.

23.   Britain last week reported its highest inflation rate in three years, spurring speculation the government will boost rates again before year-end.

24.   But in the past, moves to boost rates have fallen victim to decisions by companies that always seemed to choose volume over profits.

25.   But some have questioned if enough is being done to improve the environment and boost survival rates of fish leaving and returning to the lake.

26.   But Youngdahl and other economists maintained that the report takes some pressure off the Fed to boost rates.

27.   Central banks boost rates to slow inflationary growth.

28.   Central bankers will meet three more times before year-end, and they are likely to watch labor gauges to determine whether they need to boost rates to control inflation.

29.   Early studies indicate the cure rate may be boosted when interferon is combined with another antiviral, ribavirin.

30.   Even if central bankers refrain from action next month, few investors expect that means they are through, since the Fed rarely boosts rates just once.