The public-sector banks' state guarantees have held down their borrowing costs and hence their lending rates.
IT, have held down inflation, and excess liquidity has instead been bottled up in asset markets.
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Deacon converted and added another penalty when he was held down in the tackle by Calderwood.
Initially he had good reason: he held down spending during his first three years.
They are being held down by central banks which are worried about the economic outlook.
With prices held down (and then, in the review for 2000-05, cut), the companies chopped costs.
Putting forward next year's budget, Mr Pina Moura insisted that wage increases will be held down.
These are the real reasons why some communities will stay dormant and prices held down.
Our feet were held down on the floor by elastic cords to keep us from floating around.
As a matter of fact, there was one week where they held down the top five spots.
But pay would have to be held down and the workforce cut by around 10%, say NHS-watchers.
Owen led a break-out that brought another attempt at goal after Tiatia was held down after a tackle.
The old consensus-building management system helped employers keep unions on side when costs needed to be held down.
But their economic costs are held down by the perhaps surprisingly efficient tax systems with which they are financed.
Instead, to maintain lifetime employment, companies held down pay and benefits for existing employees and stopped hiring new graduates.
So is it getting any easier for women to assume job positions that were traditionally held down by men today?
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In August, 8.8 million people held down temporary jobs for economic reasons while they continued to look for other work.
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The public sector has not yet had to cut jobs, and pay has been held down in the private sector.
The Fed said that core inflation was increasing but that productivity gains have held down the rise in unit labor costs.
Another George, Washington, looked good on a horse, but Martha is remembered as the one who held down the home front.
In a video posted on YouTube, Colin Kirby of Tenerifemagazine.com said security guards held down the suspect until the police arrived.
Such "middleware" software is in high demand as businesses move more tasks onto the Web, but competition has held down prices.
As the interest rates are held down by Central Bankers, then cap rates in real estate investments are also artificially low.
Remember, the corporate world learned how to make itself rich this cycle through stock options, which held down the salary expense line.
Remember, America's corporate world learned how to make itself rich this cycle through stock options, which held down the salary expense line.
Jones attended eight schools in eight years while her single mother often held down two jobs to support her family of six.
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Public-sector wages are being held down to around the level of inflation.
Prior to the digital age, the BLS could have claimed that newspaper costs were held down by public libraries that provided free access.
Fare increases have shown a similar pattern for the Delta-Northwest merger, though direct competition from AirTran in Atlanta has held down prices some.
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