A strong currency keeps a lid on inflation, which in turn helps keep interest rates low.
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With sovereigns like the bund at very low levels, that keeps a lid on U.S. long rates.
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That's because of league-mandated rookie-scale contracts that keeps a lid on what newly drafted players can make.
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There are also fewer avenues for promotion than there used to be, all of which keeps a lid on pay rises.
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Bond-buying by desperate Japanese banks and insurance companies is a big part of what keeps a lid on yields elsewhere.
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A main reason for weakness is ample liquidity in the financial system, which keeps a lid on Hong Kong dollar interest rates.
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The company's shares, however, were dented by a relatively conservative outlook for 2017 as heavy investment in infrastructure and software keeps a lid on profitability.
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The U.S., for example, is likely to see a more modest rise in price as a stronger dollar keeps a lid on the cost of imports.
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Such muted inflation expectations mean consumers don't feel much urgency to buy items now lest they become more expensive later, which in turn keeps a lid on prices.
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"Low unit labor cost growth keeps a lid on consumer inflation, but should be a boon for corporate profitability," said Scott Anderson, chief economist at Bank of the West in San Francisco.
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There's a compelling argument that Amazon and other e-commerce platforms — crucially, services that let consumers compare prices — might be keeping inflation low because consumers' new knowledge of pricing keeps a lid on what retailers can charge.
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BRASILIA, May 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank is likely to cut interest rates once again to a new record low on Wednesday despite a currency sell-off as an underwhelming economic recovery keeps a lid on inflation.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Price rises in Britain's overvalued housing market will lag inflation this year and next and in London prices are likely to fall in 2018 as Brexit keeps a lid on demand, a Reuters poll found.
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"We are constantly looking for new sources of revenue," the CEO said, adding Brazil's largest wireless carrier aims to increase services offered to its customers, as a lower inflation in Brazil keeps a lid on future price hikes.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank raised its growth and inflation forecasts on Thursday as the euro zone's recovery becomes increasingly broad-based but saw inflation falling short of target into 2020 as high unemployment keeps a lid on wages.
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Inflation has missed the ECB's target of nearly 2 percent for years as high unemployment keeps a lid on wages, high debt levels choke investment, demand for goods and services remains weak and sharply lower oil prices drag down input costs.
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With much of the industrialized world struggling with anemic inflation levels, some economists argue that rapid technological development keeps a lid on prices, forcing central banks to exhaust their firepower fighting an economic paradigm shift, and leaving them with few tools for the next downturn.
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Bratton's continued position as police chief topped their list of grievances, along with his signature platform of Broken Windows policing — a theory and practice of policing that says cracking down on vandalism and lower level offenses keeps a lid on more widespread and violent crime.
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And the main point of the Pax Americana, the best case for all the money we spend maintaining it, is that it promises to keeps a lid on exactly these sorts of regional conflicts — by variously reassuring, cowing and protecting nations that would otherwise be engaged in arms races and shooting wars.
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The Middle Eastern country aims to maintain its combined exports of crude and condensate at around 2.6 million bpd for the rest of the year, even though Tehran had cleared excess oil stored onshore and offshore in recent months and its domestic demand growth keeps a lid on outbound shipments, a senior official of National Iranian Oil Company (NOC) said last month.
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Parts like the gearbox, clutch, dampers and rear wing are identical in all DTM cars. This also keeps a lid on development costs.
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