11.   Also, upward pressure on wages ebbed last month.

12.   Although it has taken awhile, tight labor markets are beginning to put upward pressure on wages, he said.

13.   Although it has taken awhile, tight labor markets are beginning to put upward pressure on wage levels, he said.

14.   Among them are upward pressure on wages, a ratcheting up of interest rates by the Fed and the sheer length of the bull market.

15.   And concerns over rising rates and inflation and their negative impact on fixed-income investments will continue to put upward pressure on bond yields, traders said.

16.   And if they decide to go elsewhere, then that will put upward pressure on U.S. interest rates.

17.   And the only signs of upward pressure on labor costs, added Dana Mead, chairman of Tenneco Inc., are for workers in high technology.

18.   And the surge in oil prices has put upward pressure on broad inflation gauges, though increases in most consumer prices have remained restrained.

19.   Any sharp rise in interest rates would certainly put upward pressure on gold prices.

20.   As a huge borrower, the federal government puts upward pressure on rates, say analysts.