1.   Adding to that, the new government under Chinese rule has threatened to impose stringent measures to curb accelerating home prices.

2.   By pushing interest rates higher at the slightest hint of an inflation threat, traders helped dampen business activity and lessen the likelihood of accelerating prices.

3.   By pushing interest rates higher at the slightest hint of an inflation threat, traders have helped dampen business activity and lessen the likelihood of accelerating prices.

4.   By pushing interest rates higher at the slightest hint of an inflation threat, traders have helped dampen business activity and lessened the likelihood of accelerating prices.

5.   If anything, his comments today were notable for the lack of concern about the risk of accelerating prices.

6.   They also spelled out a series of specific concerns, including accelerating price declines in software and hardware, and the explosion in initial public offerings.

7.   This report, traders said, will show whether the expected slowdown in employment will be offset by accelerating prices, sparked by rising spending.