Importance of Inflation Several economists said low inflation was important for raising long-term productivity and economic growth, since high inflation distorts prices, worries investors and often slows capital spending.

The exclusion of the top 10% removes from the sample potentially distorting prices paid for exceptional works; removing the bottom 10% eliminates seriously damaged works and others of doubtful authenticity.

Their bargains lead to law that restricts access to markets, distorting prices and perpetuating poverty.

The option expiration dates often distort prices.

The cash transfer does not distort prices and appears a more efficient redistributive instrument.

Maintaining liquidity means ensuring that each new issue of bonds is large enough so that trades of large size will not distort prices.

Western economists ridicule the barter economy as a perversion of the free market, saying it distorts prices and makes a mockery of tax collection.

That practice, which is endemic, distorts prices and plays havoc with traditional accounting, critics say.

The size of the philatelic market is small compared to the value of the stock market and vulnerable to aggressive buying by speculators which may distort prices.

Mr. Donovan said the computerized trading would distort prices since it would not show the range of prices but would only match buy and sell orders.