11.   Many view the price jumps as temporary.

12.   Nancy Hodes-Stempler is a home shopper frustrated by the price jumps in her area, as well as the dearth of inventory.

13.   November of Hill Samuel Asset Management echoed other experts in cautioning that the price jumps made it tricky to pick winners.

14.   Others disagreed, saying the price jump was an aberration and falling consumer confidence was more worrisome to Fed policy-makers.

15.   Shulman, the Salomon executive, said a review of post-election stock price jumps shows they are often the last gasp before a market correction.

16.   That means an oil price jump can have a disproportional effect on the CPI.

17.   That price jump pretty much sums up the current outlook for oil prices.

18.   The most recent price jump in gasoline prices in the Midwest was another example of problems relating to supply and demand.

19.   The oil price jump sent inflation-sensitive bond prices, which had been rising on the jobs news, plummeting and pushed up market interest rates.

20.   The oil price jump raised concerns that inflation may rise, and push up interest rates.