1.   And prices may fall on their bonds as investors demand higher yields for the extra risk, investors said.

2.   And lenders, although willing, have demanded higher yields, compared with the risk-free benchmark.

3.   As a result, Wall Street firms and investors could demand higher yields.

4.   At the slightest hint of inflation, they demanded higher yields, which made the bond market far more volatile and sensitive to economic trends.

5.   A weaker currency makes peso-denominated stocks less valuable and forces interest rates higher as fixed-income investors demand higher yields to compensate for currency losses.

6.   For over a month, the central bank failed to sell all of the debt offered at its auctions because buyers were demanding yields it considered too high.

7.   If investors see a danger of inflation accelerating, they demand higher yields as compensation.

8.   If bond investors start demanding more yield as compensation for expected higher inflation, pushing down prices, stocks may start to look high-priced in comparison.

9.   If investors are convinced, they would demand lower yields to hold Italian bonds, reducing borrowing costs for the Italian government as well as companies.

10.   Investors demand higher yields on fixed-income investments such as bonds when inflation is expected to accelerate because their payments will be worth less over time.