curb
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The traffic curbs were meant to ensure the country is "able to get through the oil difficulties facing the world by using it systematically", he added in an audio message to reporters.
From Barron's
Brazil's central bank kept its benchmark Selic rate at 15 percent in January, for the fifth time in a row, in a bid to curb inflation which stood at 4.44 percent the same month.
From Barron's
The moves briefly triggered a halt in trading in a bid to curb volatility.
From Barron's
It has built up a strategic national oil reserve while promoting electric vehicles and other technologies to curb its reliance on oil consumption, which is expected to peak by next year.
“Perhaps this time around baht could also fall into the mix given a combination of tourism disruption and increasing curbs on gold transactions recently announced by the central bank,” Wan adds.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
