I will take other jobs reluctantly because you have to beat inflation.

He said he would freeze prices, beat inflation, provide jobs for everybody.

Ministers ordered the freeze to try to beat inflation, which is running 20 percent a month.

"You can beat inflation by two or three percentage points today with conservative investments," he said.

Still, the total Federal research and development budget, up 4 per cent to $72 billion for 1995, only slightly beats inflation.

If historic trends hold, it is reasonable to expect home prices to only slightly beat inflation over the long term.

All the broad categories beat inflation in the 65-year period covered, but some a lot more than others.

And better to buy a bond that's built to beat inflation than trying to predict where prices will head.

State revenues, meanwhile, are projected to grow by about 4 percent a year, or barely enough to beat inflation.

After a long fight to beat inflation, the government does not feel sympathetic to these demands.