The rate cut should help stabilise prices in the market.

The result is a tightening of supply that could stabilise prices in the coming months.

The Fed's mandate to stabilise prices and maximise employment is fuzzier than a simple inflation target.

Nor will it necessarily restore consumer confidence in beef and stabilise prices for farmers who have faced unrelenting turbulence since 1996.

Oil climbed to the highest level in more than three weeks amid speculation that crude producers will revive talks to stabilise prices.

The central bank said it had been intervening in the rupiah and bond markets to stabilise prices and would continue to do so.

Energy shares rebounded from their lowest level since September after Opec nations were said to be working towards securing a deal that would stabilise prices.

Another big boost may come if the government-owned National Portfolio Fund, set up during the 2008 market crash to stabilise prices, begins buying in earnest.

So they decided to concentrate on stabilising prices.

They were offered in government-run retail outlets that contributed to stabilising prices and easing the hardships of ordinary Syrians, businessmen say.

Given stabilising prices, some major developers said they are planning to raise prices for new luxury projects in prime areas this year.

Robert Prior-Wandesforde at Credit Suisse said slowing inflation, which reduces gold's attraction as an investment, and stabilising prices should also help to reduce gold purchases.

Ireland is allowed to produce 1.1 billion gallons of milk annually as part of the EU scheme which stabilises prices and prevents market gluts.