1.   Arguably, those two developments indicate an economic cooling down, which would lessen inflation concerns and nullify the need for further rate hikes.

2.   All of these factors would tend to lessen concerns about a return of inflation.

3.   But in the past year, the economy has come roaring back, and this has lessened concern about financing.

4.   But that did not lessen the concern that the dollar would be devalued.

5.   In general, signs of economic weakening are favorable for the bond market because they lessen concerns about inflation, which erodes the value of bonds.

6.   It also lessens the concern that U.S.-Japan trade tension may flare up.

7.   It also lessens concern that trade tension between the U.S. and Japan might soon emerge, which could weaken the dollar.

8.   That move has lessened the concerns of Ackerman and his colleagues.

9.   The release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa and his election as president of a post-apartheid nation lessened another concern.

10.   The rising stockpiles lessened concern that pork belly inventories would be lean when seasonal demand peaks.