41.   Most economists agree that eliminating the federal budget deficit would drive interest rates lower.

42.   Mortgage bonds lagged U.S. Treasury notes, which staged their biggest rally in seven weeks, driving interest rates lower and sparking concern that more homeowners will refinance.

43.   New supplies of Iraqi oil should penetrate global markets this weekend and drive prices lower.

44.   President Bill Clinton adopted a conscious strategy of using federal economic policy to drive interest rates lower, Cisneros said.

45.   Plummeting stock values also drove yields lower as investors switched their holdings to safer fixed-income securities.

46.   Prospects for favorable plantings and production persist, traders said, driving markets lower.

47.   Securities firms often try to drive bonds lower before debt sales to drum up investor demand.

48.   Since the end of May the market has been climbing steadily, driving yields lower and attracting foreign borrowers.

49.   Signs of weakening manufacturing also helped drive yields lower in Japan.

50.   Since then, speculation that the Japanese firm will sell some of the copper it holds in London Metal Exchange warehouses drove prices lower again.