1.   French interest rates have been kept higher than justified by growth and unemployment in order to bolster the French currency.

2.   That has kept interest rates higher than those in Japan and Germany, making investments in dollars attractive.

3.   That should keep rates higher on longer term bonds.

4.   The decision could keep rates higher for customers for a decade or more, both in New York and elsewhere.

5.   They like the current school lunch program, in part because the government buys surplus commodities, keeping prices higher than they would otherwise be.

6.   It said interest rates must be kept higher than pre-devaluation until economies have slowed down sharply and confidence is restored.

7.   Keeping them higher reduces the supply of money in the economy and limits inflation.