31.   Reforms that have pushed growth to its fastest pace in seven years, generated successive budget surpluses, and reined in inflation made the bond sale possible.

32.   Retail sales rose at their fastest pace in more than a year in July.

33.   Since the last reduction, retail sales rose at the fastest pace in nearly five years and house prices increased for the eighth consecutive month.

34.   That Tokyo consumer prices rose in April at their fastest pace in more than three years also suggests consumers will refrain from buying.

35.   That followed a month when consumers borrowed at the fastest pace in six months.

36.   The change has fueled a surge in health care costs, which are now rising at their fastest pace in years.

37.   The dollar approached a near five-year high on a report showing the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in a decade.

38.   The economy grew at its fastest pace in the first quarter in nine years but there was no immediate sign of strong price pressures.

39.   The dollar approached a near five-year high against the yen on a report showing the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in a decade.

40.   The dollar was little changed after rising in the U.S. after a report showed the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in a decade.