71.   After an inflation warning last week from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, speculation intensified the Fed will raise interest rates soon to keep inflation from accelerating.

72.   All of that was good news for bond investors, who like slow economic growth because it keeps inflation under control.

73.   Both economic growth and inflation are well within the ranges set by the Bank of France, which steers interest rates to keep inflation in check.

74.   But Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, warned that interest rates might have to rise to keep inflation in check.

75.   But if productivity growth should remain strong as the economy slows, it would help keep inflation in check, giving the Fed more leeway to hold rates down.

76.   Canada, Sweden and Britain as well as New Zealand now set annual goals and expect monetary policy to be adjusted to keep inflation within those bounds.

77.   Canadian government bonds rose with U.S. Treasuries amid optimism rising interest rates will slow the U.S. economy enough to keep inflation at bay.

78.   CANADIAN government bonds rose with U.S. Treasury securities amid optimism rising interest rates will slow the U.S. economy enough to keep inflation at bay.

79.   By leaving rates alone, the Fed suggested the economy will slow enough from its heady first quarter growth rate to keep inflation in check.

80.   Central bank policy-makers meet Tuesday and Wednesday to consider whether rates are high enough to keep inflation from picking up.