21.   If, two weeks from today, the Labor Department reports job growth slowed in October, the Fed could afford to continue its waiting game.

22.   In a sign investors could be wary of the market, the pace of new buying of U.S. stock mutual funds slowed from last week.

23.   In another indication investors are growing wary of the market, the pace of new buying of U.S. stock mutual funds slowed from last week.

24.   In addition, the economy appears to be slowing from its brisk growth rate of the last several years, which should keep some downward pressure on interest rates.

25.   In another sign investors could be wary of the market, the pace of new buying of U.S. stock mutual funds slowed from last week.

26.   In other trading, municipal bond prices were steady as new bond sales slowed from the early pace of the week.

27.   Investors are concerned that by leaving rates unchanged, the Fed is gambling the economy will slow from its breakneck first quarter pace on its own.

28.   Inventories of goods at U.S. wholesalers rose in October as sales slowed from a month earlier, government figures showed.

29.   Inventory accumulation slowed from earlier in the year.

30.   Investment banking revenue rose from the year-earlier period but slowed from the fourth quarter.