51.   Other reports this morning gave conflicting signs to bond investors.

52.   Reports yesterday gave the policymakers little reason to consider increasing the rate.

53.   Press reports gave conflicting views as to whether she had cancer.

54.   Prices of Treasury securities were nearly unchanged as two Commerce Department reports issued Wednesday gave more fresh evidence that the economy is losing momentum.

55.   So it treats it as a discontinued operation, and its latest quarterly report gives no details about its balance sheet.

56.   Some industry analysts said the report could give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration more ammunition to argue that tobacco should be regulated as an addictive drug.

57.   Some investors speculate that a strong earnings report will give management an upper hand as it battles a group of dissident directors for control of the company.

58.   Still, some investors said weak reports may not give bonds much of a boost.

59.   Stocks and bonds rose today as the report gave investors no reason to expect the economy is departing from its path of steady, low-inflation growth.

60.   That report will give central bankers insight into whether labor costs are rising so fast that an inflationary spiral is threatened.