11.   U.S. bonds rallied for a second day, pushing yields to their lowest this year, after the government reported a surprise drop in producer prices.

12.   U.S. bonds rose after a government report showing a surprise drop in producer prices allayed concern that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week.

13.   U.S. stocks rose as a government report showing a surprise drop in producer prices sent bond yields lower, increasing the attractiveness of owning stock.

14.   Yields dropped to their lowest this year on Friday in New York in response to the U.S. Labor Department reporting a surprise drop in producer prices.

15.   Prices on the London Stock Exchange surged on Tuesday, boosted by strong gilts, a bullish Wall Street and a surprise drop in U.S. February retail sales.

16.   The surprise drop in local costs should also boost Mexican exports, whose growth under NAFTA did not match that of its imports from the United States.

17.   But fears of a rise in British interest rates appeared to diminish slightly after a surprise one percent drop in UK November industrial production.

18.   The trend was also helped by the surprise drop in US durable goods orders in July, which makes another increase in American interest rates less likely.

19.   Wall Street analysts had expected them to remain unchanged, and that surprise drop helped push down long-term interest rates.

20.   Wall Street hit the record Tuesday thanks to a net drop in long-term interest rates after a report showed a surprise drop in US production prices in August.