1.   A complete breakdown of budget talks could push rates back up, at least temporarily, analysts concede.

2.   By then, car crime had pushed insurance rates up beyond the ozone and way past the stratosphere.

3.   While big and small banks are both pushing up rates, they are doing so for different reasons.

4.   If wages start to rise more rapidly, it will push the rate of inflation up.

5.   The increase in demand for borrowing will push up rates.

6.   An unexpected drop in the Producer Price Index gave investors hope the Federal Reserve might not have to push up rates to avert inflation.

7.   Analysts said they did not expect the Fed to push rates up before the committee mets in September.

8.   And most people think it would take some pickup in inflation to spur the Federal Reserve Board to push rates higher.

9.   And there is always the possibility of power plant failures that could create shortages and push rates up even more.