1.   Even with these concessions, the governor can legitimately claim he has curbed spending more than usual for an election year.

2.   Higher bond yields and interest rates may curb consumer spending later this year, helping to blunt economic growth and restrain inflation, MacKinnon said.

3.   One effect of higher rates is to curb consumer spending, and French consumers are already spending too little to propel the economy into a full recovery.

4.   The largest part of the effort in balancing the budget comes from curbing entitlement spending for programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, experts say.

5.   Venezuelan stocks fell for a second session on mounting concern that the government would fail to curb social spending, leading to higher inflation and hurting company earnings.

6.   Hit by falling wages and worried about jobs, consumers are expected to further curb spending, it said.

7.   Hit by declining wages and worried about jobs, consumers are expected to further curb spending, it said.