11.   Economists say this core rate more accurately portrays price trends.

12.   Fed policymakers will get a fresh reading on inflation next week when reports on wholesale and consumer price trends in August are released.

13.   Government officials said the general price trend remains stable.

14.   Government officials and private economists say this core rate more accurately portrays price trends.

15.   He is regularly cited by administration officials as the last word in price trends, summoned before House and Senate committees and sought after by reporters.

16.   Industry group price trends tend to last for months, if not years.

17.   It is hard to track the overall price trend because high-volume users never pay retail.

18.   Its current systems generally trade long-term price trends in futures markets, and positions last anywhere from one month to one year.

19.   Lieser said the Fed looks less at current inflation than at indicators pointing to future price trends.

20.   Money supply is considered an important indicator of price trends in industrial economies.