71.   Recent consumer price reports suggest the Bundesbank will have to keep rates steady to control inflation, they said.

72.   Prospects for lower German interest rates receded after consumer price reports from three Western German states showed Friday that inflation accelerated for the first time in months.

73.   Retail sales and money supply figures are due for release Wednesday and a key retail prices report Thursday.

74.   Stocks retreated after an early rally prompted by the producer price report.

75.   Still, other price reports have shown inflation remains tame.

76.   Still, some economists saw hints of inflation in the producer prices report.

77.   Still, a U.S. consumer price report due tomorrow is expected to show inflation remains under control, suggesting that U.S. interest rates may be on hold as well.

78.   Swiss stocks fell for a fifth day even after a U.S. consumer price report showed inflation remains weak.

79.   Still, a later report that consumer confidence surged in February spooked investors, and erased an early rise in bond prices linked to the price report.

80.   Swiss bonds are expected to be little changed before a government bond auction next week and amid expectations a consumer prices report will show inflation remains benign.