71.   Lower bond prices increase yields, making bank stocks, whose returns include dividends, less attractive.

72.   Lower corn prices increase the profits of feedlots that raise cattle to market weight.

73.   Lower prices could increase consumption exponentially.

74.   Many convertible securities are risky because their prices have increased in step with the underlying stock, making them more sensitive to swings in stock prices.

75.   Many Fed officials have been concerned that the recent pace of economic growth and rising labor costs will eventually cause consumer prices to increase.

76.   Meantime, new figures from the Agriculture Department suggest food prices may increase.

77.   Not everyone will be complaining if prices increase in coming months.

78.   Of course some prices have increased substantially in the past decade.

79.   Oil futures prices have also increased recently, but analysts say those are being pulled upward by higher gasoline prices.

80.   Oil prices have increased to allow Iraq to capitalize on its primary resource.