21.   Jimmy Carter was ruined by runaway inflation, George Bush by a dead job market.

22.   Most of these presidents owe their high standings in the polls to their conquest of runaway inflation.

23.   President Fernando Henrique Cardoso had halted runaway inflation through the introduction of the real, with a policy of gradual controlled depreciation against the dollar.

24.   Prepaid-tuition plans offer more of a hedge against runaway inflation.

25.   Such a mass migration to stocks is relatively new for Brazil, where years of runaway inflation kept investors tied to bonds because they provided stable returns.

26.   The central bank reduces interest rates when economic contraction, or recession, appears to be a greater risk than runaway inflation.

27.   The currency crisis, runaway inflation, and food shortages that began last year, have fueled animosities and shortened tempers.

28.   The Fed changes bank borrowing costs to steer the economy clear of recession and runaway inflation.

29.   The Iranian economy has long suffered from runaway inflation and low growth.

30.   The latter means making some provision for uncontrollable circumstances, such as illness or runaway inflation.