1.   And most of them think the market will pick up when it becomes clear the Fed is finished raising rates.

2.   Avis said it was looking at each market and raising rates only where it felt the Hertz increases were not being offset by special discounts.

3.   Because dozens of companies are raising rates state by state, there is no centralized tally of the changes.

4.   Bond investors, though, grew more confident that the Fed would forego raising rates next week.

5.   But most analysts were reluctant to say that the Fed was finished raising rates, saying the strategy would depend on whether consumer spending picks up this spring.

6.   But this time the Federal Reserve, which brought on the slowdown by raising rates relentlessly all last year, is standing pat.

7.   Economists said, though, that any backing away from raising rates would still leave the Fed a long way from cutting them.

8.   Expectations U.S. rates will remain on hold and a shaky Nikkei index have boosted confidence the Bank of Japan will put off raising rates as well.

9.   Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William McDonough added to optimism the central bank will hold off raising rates again soon, traders said.

10.   Given the shakiness of the recovery and the need to help ailing Japanese banks, the Bank of Japan will probably put off raising rates, he said.