41.   The associated easing of pressures on labor and product markets is expected to keep inflation contained.

42.   The bank, for example, could sell securities or withhold credits from commercial banks, which would reduce the money supply and contain inflation.

43.   The commission said it curtailed the increase to contain inflation and avoid higher interest rates.

44.   The Bundesbank is not alone in taking a hard look at the ever-delicate balance between containing inflation and propping up the economy.

45.   The data suggested that the Federal Reserve Board would again have to raise interest rates to contain inflation.

46.   The commission said containing inflation and not hampering economic and employment growth played a major role in its ruling.

47.   The dollar was strong, and the influx of relatively inexpensive electronics, auto parts and other goods served to revive shattered Asian economies and helped to contain inflation.

48.   The Fed is also facing a rebound in oil prices, which had been falling or depressed for several years, helping to contain inflation.

49.   The Fed action, raising the short-term interest rates it controls by three-quarters of a percentage point, was announced on Tuesday as an essential step to contain inflation.