11.   A report from the Confederation of British Industry yesterday showed a decline in manufacturing output growth and a squeeze on company profit margins.

12.   A report Monday on manufacturing output probably will show factories continued to churn out goods in November and the plant-use rate probably stayed below inflationary levels.

13.   A U.S. report indicating weaker manufacturing output in the Philadelphia region last month also helped bolster Canadian and U.S. fixed-income issues, traders said.

14.   But that is different from expecting -- as yakitori-bar worriers do -- a sudden collapse in manufacturing output or employment.

15.   Canadian government bonds were steady after a report showing U.S. manufacturing output fell in August raised expectations that the Federal Reserve will delay raising lending rates.

16.   Canadian government bonds were steady after a report showing U.S. manufacturing output fell in August raised expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold off raising lending rates.

17.   Canadian government bonds were little changed after a report showing weaker-than-expected manufacturing output failed to allay concern that official interest rates will rise soon.

18.   Details show only two sectors in manufacturing reported increased output in the three months through November.

19.   During the first half of the year, manufacturing output fell every month and then finally flattened out in July.

20.   Economists and traders said they expect the numbers on July manufacturing output to bolster the view that an April increase in the national sales tax was still slowing growth.