81.   Hong Kong rates have been kept high in recent months to protect the Hong Kong dollar from speculative selling.

82.   In addition, U.S. labor markets remain tight, Melcher said, which will keep wages high and help drive consumer prices higher.

83.   In addition, U.S. labor markets remain tight, Balestra said, which will keep wages high and help drive consumer prices higher.

84.   In an effort to lower inflation, the central bank has kept interest rates high, keeping the shekel relatively strong.

85.   Interest rates had to be kept high to defend the baht.

86.   Interest rates are kept high, eating into corporate profits and hurting bank liquidity.

87.   Interest rates have been kept high because the central bank is defending the baht fiercely, if not fruitlessly.

88.   International organizations are trying to mediate the beginning of talks between the Democrats and the Socialists, but both sides refuse, keeping tensions high in the country.

89.   It has only one monetary policy -- that is, keeping interest rates high to kill the Thai corporates.

90.   Interest rates have been kept high intentionally by the authorities to defend the baht and to discourage investors from buying US dollars.