1.   As a result, costs are held in check, inflation remains quiescent and corporate profit margins widen inexorably.

2.   Bond investors cheered, as the price report suggested that inflation remains tame more than six years into the expansion of the U.S. economy, investors said.

3.   Bonds jumped amid optimism that inflation remains tame and that global interest rates may have peaked.

4.   But most analysts expect the Fed to cut rates in the coming months if the economy stays soft and inflation remains under control.

5.   Chilean stocks fell for a second day amid concern economic growth is set to slow while the pace of inflation remains high.

6.   Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan suggested last week the Fed could raise rates as a preemptive strike to make sure inflation remains tame.

7.   For now, inflation remains in check, Greenspan said.

8.   French bonds were little changed as economic reports suggesting inflation remains subdued were offset by a decline in German bunds.

9.   However, commentators are at odds whether the central bank could justifiably ease interest rates while the inflation outlook remains clouded, and given the charged political environment.

10.   In its latest regional economic survey, the Fed said that U.S. inflation remains contained as productivity gains and low commodity prices hold down the effects of wage gains.