1.   Also lifting gold prices higher were signs that the U.S. economy may be expanding at a fast enough pace to raise the inflation rate.

2.   Sluggish business has deterred stores from lifting prices and kept inflation low.

3.   To gain IMF approval, the government must make wide-ranging economic changes, including lifting price controls and exchange restrictions.

4.   At the request of California officials, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday approved lifting price caps on wholesale California electricity to ease the power crunch.

5.   That would involve lifting price freezes on staples and gasoline.