21.   Brown predicts moderate growth for NationsBank stock in the near future.

22.   But Boeing sees the military airplane sector having only moderate growth in the coming years as U.S. defense department budgets flatten out or even decline.

23.   But both reports are expected to show a continuation of the same moderate economic growth that has kept inflation low.

24.   But higher expenses and forecasts of moderate growth helped drag down shares of Pepsico.

25.   But moderate growth with contained inflation would probably not sharply undermine the stock market if long-term interest rates are falling.

26.   Buying was encouraged by a report on September producer prices that showed inflation in check and by retail sales data that pointed to moderate growth.

27.   Canadian government bonds rose on optimism that low inflation and moderate economic growth will allow the Bank of Canada to hold off raising interest rates anytime soon.

28.   Canadian government bonds rose as traders anticipated that low inflation and moderate economic growth will enable the Bank of Canada to hold off raising interest rates anytime soon.

29.   Canadian government bonds rose for a fifth day on expectations moderate economic growth will let the Bank of Canada leave interest rates unchanged.

30.   Concern that moderate economic growth could still spark an acceleration of inflation, eroding corporate profits, helped to push stocks lower, analysts said.