41. Moreover, Fed Vice Chairman Alice Rivlin said today Fed policymakers should strive to keep employment high and should be wary of calls to reduce inflation to zero. 42. Norway must resist that urge and keep to its program of reducing inflation and using oil money to pay pensions, he said. 43. Ortiz said those rates will gradually come down as investors become convinced that strict monetary policy is reducing inflation. 44. One of the goals was to return more professors to the classroom and reduce grade inflation by the teaching fellows. 45. Rates also declined because investors are betting the crisis in Asia will reduce inflation in this country. 46. Republican supporters of the accounts contend they would help reduce inflation in health care costs by giving the insured a reason to keep costs down. 47. The Fed provoked the earlier contractions by raising interest rates to slow the economy and reduce inflation. 48. The Fed cited moderating economic expansion and reduced inflation. 49. The Federal Reserve then steps in, raising interest rates to slow the economy and reduce inflation. 50. The Fed cited modersmg economic expansion and reduced inflation. |