| 1 | These increases in productivity have helped the United States maintain relatively low unemployment and inflation. | |
| 2 | So does engineering a moderate rate of inflation by depreciating the dollar against the renminbi. | |
| 3 | Some economists have begun to argue that high inflation may be around for some time. | |
| 4 | He revealed that the Fed bases this contention on an index of "core inflation, " which excludes food and energy costs. | |
| 5 | Then, too, as the supply of youthful workers shrinks, wages should rise and push up the rate of inflation and the cost of capital. |