91. Someone will really pay the price down the road. 92. Some analysts had expected the salary announcement, made last night by President Rafael Caldera, to drive stock prices down, especially those of labor-intensive, industrial companies. 93. Still, the weak currency could push bond prices down and yields up, since it indicates investors have less of an appetite for U.S. securities. 94. Such drying up of demand should push prices down quickly, he said. 95. Such a move would have increased the supply of U.S. bonds, driving their price down and yields up. 96. Specialty retailers like Lechters, which rely on brand names like Rubbermaid to pull in customers, decimated their own margins to keep Rubbermaid prices down. 97. STOCKS RISE AND BONDS FALL The employment report sent stock and bond prices down, but only stocks recovered. 98. That prospect, he told stock analysts earlier this month, is helping drive electricity prices down now. 99. That in turn led to a vicious cycle as increased short selling pushed the price down further, said Atkinson. 100. That was not a big move, but bigger ones were to come soon, as speculators sold bonds, driving prices down and interest rates up. |