We will continue to cooperate with the Federal Reserve Board, seeking a steady policy that ensures price stability without keeping interest rates artificially high or needlessly holding down growth.

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"The question of moral hazard has gone out the window now, and people are just focusing on keeping some sort of stability in the financial system, " said Mark Durling, a strategist at Brewin Dolphin in London.

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The European economists say that inflation has become less persistent over time, as monetary policy has become concentrated on price stability and on keeping inflationary expectations low.

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The stability in Northern Iraq, keeping this Kurdish situation under control, how important is that to U.S. foreign policy?

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These are set to ensure a broad balance between overall supply and demand over the medium term (the next two years or so) thus keeping the economy on a path consistent with price stability.

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Kent Hughes, director of a program that deals with global economic issues at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, gives Paulson "high marks" for keeping his eye on U.S. financial stability and being able to respond to a crisis, and he adds that boosting competitiveness is a task that extends beyond the boundaries of just the Treasury Department.

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That freedom from government interference is not for its own sake but for a higher purpose of keeping prices stable, which in turn underpins economic and social stability.

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