1. These regions have similar inflation outlooks, low-cost labor and projected growth rates two to four times our own growth rate. 2. Also giving market analysts pause was a rise in prices of commodities that may suggest that the current benign inflation outlook may not last much longer. 3. Also optimistic on the inflation outlook is the U.S. Treasury, which today unveiled plans to start selling bonds that would pay interest at a rate tied to inflation. 4. And the inflation outlook for this year is more moderate prices, in part because economic growth has slowed. 5. And, some economists thought the bank would have been more cautious in its inflation outlook because of the recent money supply figures. 6. As for bonds, prices have continued to fall as concern about the inflation outlook in that market grows. 7. Australia Treasurer Peter Costello said while the inflation outlook is better than the government forecast, the prospects for unemployment are less encouraging. 8. Bonds gained on the favorable inflation outlook, sending yields lower and making returns on stocks relatively more attractive. 9. A benign inflation outlook buoys bonds because it means fixed interest and principal payments keep their value better over time. 10. A benign inflation outlook and a possible cut in interest rates in Germany pushed bund yields even lower than their U.S. counterparts. |