31. Inflation fears drove the stock market to a two-year low in November. 32. Interest rates of all types have been falling as the economy slows and inflation fears recede. 33. Inflation fears always weigh heavily on the minds of participants in the bond market, because inflation erodes the value of fixed-income investments. 34. Inflation fears are back, notwithstanding the efforts of most economists to pooh-pooh the idea. 35. J.P. Morgan shares also fell on rising inflation fears after U.S. housing starts rose more than expected. 36. Job growth is weak and that calms inflation fears, but wages are up and that raises such worries. 37. Large declines in prices of metals and oils pulled down commodity prices as a whole and lessened inflation fears even further. 38. Long rates will continue to ease along with inflation fears. 39. May sales were so much stronger than expected they prompted inflation fears among some U.S. bond investors. |