11.   The fear of an imminent rate boost by the Fed has abated, according to a poll of economists and bond traders by Bloomberg News.

12.   The satellite rate boost will only exacerbate the problem, lawmakers and industry officials say.

13.   Translated from Fedspeak, this says the numbers must be convincingly good before they trigger a rate boost.

14.   Analysts are predicting that the next increase, the fifth rate boost since last June, will occur Tuesday.

15.   The increases will come just six months after the last rate boost.