1.   The real rate as measured by the rate on long-term government bonds has actually risen since the end of the cold war.

2.   It has never stopped rising since.

3.   Prices are rising only slowly, and retail sales have begun to rise since Christmas, thanks to heavy price cuts which have produced some irresistible bargains.

4.   Along the Texas-Mexico border, unemployment had been rising since the beginning of the year, particularly in retail and trade jobs.

5.   Although unease among Jews has risen since Palestinian police used weapons supplied by Israel to fire on Israeli troops, Yasser Arafat has rigidly refused to compromise.

6.   And even though Treasury bond yields, mortgage rates and other borrowing costs have risen since February, there are few signs of a slowdown so far.

7.   And whereas the number of jobs in chip making has hardly risen since the recession, employment in firms selling chip-making equipment has soared.

8.   As interest rates have risen since earlier this year, the value of these instruments have tumbled in value.

9.   At the same time, criticism of such statements has risen since the bombing in Oklahoma City last month.

10.   Automakers and other manufacturers have watched their inventories rise since then and are likely to cut production in the autumn, economists said.