1.   Bond investors fretted that faster growth will spur a rise in inflation, which erodes the return from fixed-income investments.

2.   Eventually, though, the robust growth will spur concern that inflation is poised to accelerate.

3.   Expectations that growth will spur inflation were countered by comments from Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alice Rivlin and Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Alfred Broaddus.

4.   If economic growth spurs an acceleration of inflation, that would diminish the value of fixed bond payments over time.

5.   It seemed that interest rates in Europe would fall further and faster than those in the U.S., as governments there sought to spur economic growth.

6.   Not having to worry about money once there has spurred the growth of many all-inclusive resorts.

7.   Some investors said low inflation and slowing economic growth probably will spur the Fed to lower rates by a quarter point again at its next meeting.

8.   Such growth probably would spur the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates further, Gruber and others said.

9.   Such growth would likely spur the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates further, he and others said.

10.   That growth has spurred some concerns in San Martin de los Andes that conservation may be losing priority to the economic needs of the Mapuches.