Until recently, the administration did little to dampen down such inflated hopes.
To dampen down extreme real estate speculation, interest rates have been raised several times in the last two years and now stand at 6.3%.
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It was Alan Greenspan, as chairman of the Federal Reserve, who decided that central banks like his should not try to dampen down the sort of speculation that leads to bubbles in the first place.
District Commander Ian Markwell could not say how long it would take to finally extinguish, but hoped that "probably within the next week or two", it could "really dampen down the worst of what's there".
Boston will need to slow the game down to dampen Pittsburgh's scoring threats.
If tension still remains high, use the hands-down gesture to dampen it.
Of course, launch sales have been affected to some degree by crafty gray-market importers, which Sony has sought to shut down, but that can't dampen the enthusiasm of the hundreds of thousands who have pre-ordered the sleek multimedia marvel.
As a result, he added that there was a danger that the Italian economy would be burdened by extremely high levels of taxation for many years to come, which would dampen future economic growth, making it difficult to pay down the government debt.
Qantas Chief Executive Geoff Dixon has tried to dampen hopes a little further by telling people to "take a cold shower and settle down, " while the airline's unions are "extremely concerned" about the potential job losses.
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Some cities have imposed property taxes, down payments have been increased, and more second- and third-tier cities have announced measures to dampen housing prices.
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