China's strict capital controls are designed to shield the economy from flighty foreign money.

Labour Minister Lisa Raitt had said she wanted to shield the economy at a time of global uncertainty.

Indonesian authorities have been putting pressure on banks to crank up lending in order to help shield the economy from the global economic crisis.

The first is the government's economic growth target and the second is a spending plan to shield the economy from the global financial crisis.

But he also reiterated the bank's view that it could not set monetary policy in a pre-emptive way to shield the economy against worst-case scenarios.

The SNB set the 1.20 threshold more than two years ago to stave off deflation and shield the economy from recession.

Ireland's large and less affected multinational sector has shielded the economy from the worst of the crisis.