31. A computer program will help set prices by analyzing the supply of certain types of insurance coverage available against the demand. 32. A bold initiative to lower food prices by flooding markets with supplies remains on the planning board. 33. A coalition of consumer advocates and sweetener users has mounted a vigorous campaign to change the program, which props up prices by restricting imports. 34. A hard-line stance on prices by Kuwait is also likely to infuriate Capitol Hill. 35. A tax would allow consumers to make their own decisions about whether to respond to higher prices by buying more efficient vehicles, driving less or economizing elsewhere. 36. A stronger krona can reduce the rate of inflation and producer prices by lowering import costs and export income. 37. Accelerating inflation also narrows the scope for the Bundesbank to lower official interest rates, which would boost bond prices by increasing the relative value of their return. 38. Accelerating inflation could prompt the central bank to boost interest rates to combat rising prices by tempering demand for goods. 39. Accelerating inflation could push the central bank to raise interest rates to cap higher prices by drying up demand. 40. Aetna executives initially thought they could get a better price by auctioning off the businesses in pieces instead of selling them as a whole. |