101.   The comment was quickly interpreted here as a statement that the United States now favors keeping the dollar at its current level, but not pushing it higher.

102.   The Fed curbs inflation by pushing interest rates higher, while it attempts to spur economic growth by cutting interest rates.

103.   The Nasdaq composite index, pushed higher in recent sessions by technology stocks, fell when those stocks declined.

104.   The prospect of slowing growth, combined with investors looking for a haven in the Treasury market, helped push prices higher and yields, lower.

105.   The spread between long- and short-term debt is shrinking as reports provide more evidence that the economy is keeping up its robust pace without pushing prices higher.

106.   They lack the appetite for pushing prices higher, though, in hopes that would draw out additional offers from dealers of previously issued bonds, he said.

107.   To be sure, some investors pushed shares higher in anticipation of the earnings report.

108.   Traders said expectations of the sale pushed shares higher than earnings prospects warranted.

109.   Traders are on the lookout for evidence that competition for workers is pushing wages higher, since Fed officials indicated they view that as a harbinger of inflation.

110.   U.S. prices have been pushed higher by tight supplies here, a result of booming exports last year.