21.   Bond prices have also risen as Tokyo stocks continue to flounder, darkening the economic outlook and further bolstering the case for low interest rates.

22.   Bonds gained earlier as Tokyo stocks sank, weighing on the economic outlook and boosting expectations the Bank of Japan will keep rates on hold.

23.   Bonds and stocks have faltered, the economic outlook is for more steady growth and inflation remains quiescent.

24.   Bonds will probably rise, driven by pessimism the economic outlook will remain too shaky to withstand higher interest rates.

25.   -- Yurko, on the economic outlook in the U.S.

26.   A brighter economic outlook strengthened the allure of stocks.

27.   A Japanese government report showed the economic outlook is still cloudy.

28.   A minus figure in the diffusion index indicates that more managers are pessimistic about the economic outlook than optimistic.

29.   A negative number means most managers are pessimistic about the economic outlook.

30.   A rebound in stocks could weigh on bonds if it convinces traders that pessimism about the economic outlook is overblown.