11.   Italian stock indices have been boosted in recent months by hopes that slower inflation would induce the central bank to lower rates.

12.   June marked the fourth consecutive month of slower inflation than in the year-earlier month.

13.   Slower inflation could allow borrowing costs to fall, which would stimulate economic growth and boost company earnings.

14.   Still, analysts say investors have reason not to sell bonds yet, as proof of slower inflation and economic growth piles up.

15.   That suggests a weakening economy and a weakening economy means slower inflation.

16.   That pointed to slower inflation and diminished expectations of an interest rate increase.

17.   The evidence of slower inflation comes one month after Labor Department figures suggested price increases may be accelerating.

18.   The evidence of slower sales -- meaning a slower economy and therefore slower inflation -- should have helped the bond market.

19.   U.S. stocks resumed a record-setting streak amid signs of slower inflation and rosy projections for computer companies like Hewlett-Packard Co. and Intel Corp.

20.   U.S. stocks rose amid signs of slower inflation and rosy projections for computer companies like Hewlett-Packard Co.