1.   As head of the Fed, he can insulate the economy from all but the most extreme collapse of foreign economies.

2.   Netanyahu feels a high tech economy may be insulated from the constant tensions in the region.

3.   The best way to insulate an economy from investor flight is to cut excessive borrowing.

4.   There is every reason to believe that he could similarly insulate the economy today from a turnaround on Wall Street, but he would prefer not to be tested.

5.   If the US economy is relatively insulated from the Asian crisis, then it should benefit from this crisis by buying the region cheaply and tearing down regulatory barriers.

6.   Malaysia says it is being forced to insulate its economy to protect itself from attacks by currency speculators and from being swamped by multinational companies.

7.   Looking to insulate the economy from volatile world oil prices, Norway invests petroleum revenues into a government fund, the income from which supplements public spending.

8.   That insulated the economy from the panicked flight of foreign capital blamed for worsening the Southeast Asian turmoil.

9.   Such moves increased unemployment and raised prices, but also opened markets to more goods and most importantly, insulated the economies from Russia.

10.   They have described the controls as providing breathing space to insulate the economy from the effects of foreign speculation.