1.   As a result, the Bank of Japan has no room to raise rates until the first quarter of next year, analysts say.

2.   As for the timing, Siegel said the company was not ready to announce the new rates until Wednesday morning.

3.   As a result, many economists have concluded that the Fed will not move again on rates until next spring regardless of what the economic data say.

4.   Bank of England Governor Eddie George and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke meet tomorrow, although they are not expected to lower rates until next month.

5.   Consumer advocacy groups have petitioned the FCC to freeze cable rates until the problem is resolved.

6.   Coupon bonds pay interest periodically at a fixed rate until maturity.

7.   Economists at Deutsche Bank Research, reflecting the view of many experts, still predict that the bank will probably not raise rates until next year.

8.   Economists said the Fed probably would not seriously consider raising rates until August, especially if the unemployment rate continues to rise as it has in recent months.

9.   Even so, he said, the Fed will probably not begin raising rates until late summer or early fall.

10.   Employees could elect to receive their severance pay either in a lump sum or paid monthly at their existing pay rate until the severance amount is exhausted.