In his second Congressional appearance in two days, Mr. Greenspan seemed quite prepared to take further steps to counter inflation.

And, of course, low interest rates depress our exchange rate - the only way we could counter foreign-origin inflation.

Following the decision Monday to float the currency, Mr. Cardoso can no longer rely on pegging the real to the dollar to counter inflation.

The beginning of the decade saw an economic crisis develop due to high tariffs and the introduction of low-valued silver coinage to counter growing inflation.

To counter inflation, spending of oil revenue was restricted.

The O.E.C.D. sees the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in late 1992 to counter inflation.

I am not yet convinced that the Government have the policies to counter inflation.

By trying to counter inflation, the government set price controls on many basic commodities.

You can't live on minimum wage, it never goes up to counter inflation.

But that rate is not enough to counter rising inflation and the threat of recession in every Member State.