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The bank's worry was that today's inflation, which inched up to 4. 1% in July, might influence how wages and prices are set for the future.

As the front line of fighting between rebels and government forces inched closer to Ajdabiya, the city remained relatively calm.

Digging his fingernails into the rubble window seals, he inched his way toward the front.

Over the last decade, the Chinese have steadily inched up in the rankings of supercomputers.

Meanwhile, Russian stocks inched higher Monday after bouncing back on Friday after a week of heavy losses.

She inched her way along, never letting herself so much as blink, even when her eyes burned.

Quietly, so as not to disturb the child's mother, he rose from the bed and inched toward the cradle.

I inched backward. Then I turned and tiptoed toward the Indian and Vargas and in a whisper told them what I had seen.

The children inched through the traffic .

Beer and wine sales have inched up as well over the last few years.

As he inched around a curve, he saw in his rearview mirror a swarm of people running toward the truck.

I stood up, inched my way past knees and walked until I took up a spot near the stage where I could stand without occluding anyone's view.

Meanwhile, the purchasing managers index has inched down, although it is still forecasting continued economic growth.

The poor girl inched toward the phone on knees and hands, her wound bleeding .

As the UN talks inched on, news came that an "ice bridge" yoking the Wilkins ice shelf to the Antarctic Peninsula had snapped.

The patrol car inched down the empty street and I turned cautiously toward Elgie.

Consumer prices are rising uncomfortably fast, and people's expectations of future inflation, by some measures, have inched upwards.

Britain was an outlier. There, trust in the state fell (from 41% to 35%), whereas trust in the private sector inched up, from 45% to 47%.

As he stroked the dolphin's smooth skin, Grid Eye inched closer.

Today, that gender gap has reversed. Male happiness has inched up, and female happiness has dropped.

The ISM non-manufacturing survey showed that service sector activity only inched higher in May while new orders fell slightly.

The futures market inched down the probability of a Fed rate hike in August from about 85 per cent to about 70 per cent.

gold and bonds inched up, but trading volumes in most markets were low as participants awaited major developments in the conflict.

"So do I, " I parried. "Two. " As he inched down, I inched up.

Arm in arm, we inched up the aisle, lurching with the turbulence.

We have inched towards a more rational public discourse about science and risk.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks inched higher in early trading Monday after a fresh round of mergers and acquisitions.

While this flight lasted only 10 minutes, it was a test that inched jetpacks ever closer to our garages.

Cutaneous examination reealed a diffuse, macular, erythematous rash that inched the back, arms, and legs but spared the hands and feet.

They stood united on issues like Iran and North Korea, yet inched no closer on the missile defense issue.

Meanwhile, Seret had inched along the car toward Stephen.

In the mid-1990s the two nuclear-armed states inched to the brink of war over the island.

Analyst estimates have inched up as the market rallied.

Something bright white was gleaming on the ground. They inched closer.

He seized the elf's bony wrist as Dobby's hand inched toward the water jug.

Ron and Hermione grabbed him, and they inched toward the message, eyes fixed on a dark shadow beneath it.

As we inched along, we noticed a group of mountain goats about a hundred feet above us.

Another factor is the drop in the number of adult smokers: It has now inched below 20 percent, according to 2007 CDC data.

He inched along the narrow window ledge.

inched my way through the narrow space between cars.

The Conference Board's consumer confidence index likely inched up to 50. 5 in August from 50. 4 last month.

An ambulance inched its way through the crowd.

Water inched its way up the steps.

The business inched along until acquiring its first major account in 1995.

Numbers of excess rail cars and vacant homes have also inched down.

The annualized growth rate inched up to negative 24. 0 percent from negative 24. 5 percent.

Now the car slowed and stopped, inched forward, stopped, again.

Then I stretched out and reattached the righthand one a little higher up, after which I inched my legs into new positions.

When she reached the top, she tossed the boys' skates down to them, and they inched up the hill after her.

The traffic inched along, with horns honking.

For thousands of years, the number of people in the world inched up.

Diesel demand for road vehicles inched up 0. 5 percent but failed to offset a 6 percent fall in gasoline.

In 2009, its net revenue inched up just 0. 4%, weighed down by weak sales of most electronics amid the faltering global economy.

Rents in Tokyo also inched up (see chart).

He inched the table to the wall.

The mountain climbers inched their way along the path.

The cat slowly half-inched his game.

My car was half-inched last night.

Benchmark US crude dipped 88 cents to $57. 24 a barrel, having briefly broken above $60 earlier this week. Gold inched higher.

The Fund inched down its forecast for global growth this year to minus 1. 4 per cent.

The worm inched along.

Michigan and Montana barely inched up, by about 0. 3% in each case.

In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 Average inched up just 0. 2 per cent, but did set a fresh six-month closing high.

Last year was the second in a row when liberty, as defined by Freedom House, inched back.

What prices are doing: Crude prices inched 25 cents higher to $86. 87 a barrel.

At 1: 54 p. m. , they inched closer: 207 to 226, as some representatives changed their votes.

In 2009, when the global flows fell 43%, China's inched up by 1%.

Without any housing bubble to burst, the area's median home price even inched up last year.

Gold inched lower to around $1, 050 per ounce but was not far from a record high above $1, 060 hit on Thursday.

However, the weighted index in Taipei inched down 0. 1 per cent to 6, 980. 88.

Singapore, on the other hand, inched up right behind Hong Kong, ranking No. 8 in Asia and No. 42 world-wide.