21.   Investors are searching for clues to whether the Fed will raise interest rates to slow the economy from its torrid first-quarter growth rate and stifle inflation.

22.   Investors are betting that the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee would raise interest rates to slow the economy and stifle inflation before January.

23.   Investors are betting that the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, will raise interest rates in order to slow the economy and stifle inflation.

24.   It may force the Bank of Mexico to raise local interest rates to stifle inflation, which would hurt company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders.

25.   It also said the easing labor markets caused by job cuts should stifle inflation, sending a message that it feels free to continue cutting rates.

26.   It raises the cost of borrowing to slow growth and stifle inflation.

27.   Most analysts expect an economic slowdown in several Asian nations to curb demand for U.S. exports, crimping growth and stifling inflation.

28.   On Tuesday and Wednesday, Fed policy-makers will decide whether to raise short-term interest rates to slow economic growth and stifle inflation.

29.   That would keep alive speculation that the Federal Reserve will raise bank lending rates before long to stifle inflation.

30.   The central bank raises rates to cool the economy and stifle inflation.