91.   Bonds were little changed as traders debated whether a possible rebound in housing, labor and manufacturing herald a return to higher inflation rates.

92.   Bond yields soared on the days the reports were released, as concern mounted that a faster economy would push inflation rates higher.

93.   Bonds were little changed as traders debated whether signs that housing, labor and manufacturing are rebounding herald a return to higher inflation rates.

94.   Both had inflation rates and budget deficits way above the targets set by Maastricht Treaty.

95.   Bond markets took the rate cuts as confirmation that central banks see inflation easing and that actual inflation rates are coming in lower than predicted.

96.   Brazil has a policy of gradually devaluing the real to keep pace with the inflation rate.

97.   -- Economic indicators measure interest rates, inflation rates, employment statistics and the like.

98.   A government report that the annual inflation rate declined in January failed to bolster share prices.

99.   A drop in Western German consumer prices pushed the inflation rate back down to where it was two months ago and left economists skeptical of further declines.

100.   A falling inflation rate also fueled the recovery, he said.