1.   Analysts said investors are betting the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates later this month to keep the economy from falling into a recession.

2.   And in that world Greenspan is charged with keeping the economy growing, which means keeping inflation down.

3.   At that point, Mideast crude oil that keeps national economies humming in the United States, Canada and Western Europe would stop flowing.

4.   At the time, many investors said the Fed was likely to continue cutting rates this year to keep the economy from sliding into a recession.

5.   Beginning in February of that year the central bank began ratcheting the rate higher to keep the economy from gathering too much strength and boosting the risk of inflation.

6.   A fair number of influential Cuban officials appear to believe that deep changes will have to be made simply to keep the economy from collapse.

7.   A stronger economy may prevent the Federal Reserve from lowering bank lending rates and could even prompt the central bank to raise them to keep the economy from overheating.

8.   Aiming to keep the economy from overheating, the Fed has raised interest rates three-quarters of a percentage point since June.

9.   Alan Greenspan and his colleagues try to keep the economy on a steady course.

10.   Alan Greenspan faces complicated crosswinds as he and the Federal Reserve raise interest rates to keep the economy from overheating.