1.   Analysts and traders say employment and price reports due for release during the next two weeks will give a clearer idea where the economy and interest rates are heading.

2.   Analysts said investors were looking ahead to the January consumer prices report Tuesday.

3.   August price reports, due out as early as next week, are likely to be overlooked in favor of clues on the underlying economy.

4.   At the same time, the Labor Department will also release its July producer price report.

5.   Baden-Wuerttemberg is the first of four Western German states to release regional consumer prices reports for December.

6.   Before the release of the price report yesterday, many traders had expected the central bank to raise the rate again this month.

7.   Before the release of the price report, many traders had expected the Federal Reserve to raise the federal funds rate later this month.

8.   Bond yields fell after the producer price report.

9.   Bonds also cheered the price report.

10.   Bond yields dropped after the price report.