21.   Are rising prices reflecting the true cost of eating out, or are restaurants simply lining their larders?

22.   As it turned out, rising lumber prices were virtually offset by lower prices in other goods, the company said.

23.   Banks and insurance companies got a boost from rising bond prices, which boost the value of the large bond portfolios financial-service companies usually hold.

24.   Because of rising drug prices, fewer retirees are getting drug coverage from their employers health programs.

25.   Bond investors prefer moderate growth without inflation, because rising consumer prices erodes the fixed value of debt securities.

26.   Bond market participants have been worried about rising commodity prices in recent weeks, fearing that the price increases would soon be passed on to consumers, accelerating inflation.

27.   Bond prices fell sharply as investors seemed convinced that the Federal Reserve was now even more likely to increase interest rates to quell rising prices.

28.   Bonds pared earlier gains as some traders took rising commodities prices as a sign inflation might accelerate later this year.

29.   Both companies have surrendered virtually all of the gains they made this summer, when their share prices doubled on rising aluminum prices.

30.   Bond investors prefer moderate growth and little inflation since rising consumer prices erode the fixed principal and interest payments they receive on their bond investments.