31.   The IMF has prodded the government to stabilize the economy as well as take some of the steps it needs to foster growth in coming years.

32.   The IMF was created near the end of World War II to stabilize the economies of what was then a cozy clique of advanced capitalist countries dependent on America.

33.   The merger will help stabilize the economy of the Hokkaido region, Mitsuzuka said.

34.   The policy immediately brought down inflation and stabilized the economy, though it has since been blamed by critics for weakening exports.

35.   There is less optimism now, especially since Chechnya is diverting political will from the painful, vital task of stabilizing the economy and cutting the budget deficit.

36.   These were primarily directed to stabilizing the economy and to making distress loans to farms, homeowners, banks, and other enterprises.

37.   They are instituted to buy time to stabilize an economy.

38.   They have told him that while the tight monetary policy would be painful for the next year or so, it was the best hope of stabilizing the economy.

39.   They stabilized the economy in this county.

40.   They had to stabilize their economies by controlling inflation and by keeping government spending in line with tax revenues.