41.   Early in the day, the bond market rose along with the dollar, which derived strength from signs of economic weakness in Germany.

42.   Expectations that German economic weakness will force the Bundesbank to keep interest rates low are taking their toll on the German currency.

43.   Expectations Asian economic weakness will help dampen inflation, averting official interest rate rises by the Federal Reserve and its European counterparts, prompted renewed bond market rallies.

44.   Evidence of economic weakness came through in two other government reports today.

45.   Evidence of economic weakness came through in two other government reports.

46.   Far more companies are forecasting bad news than at the end of last year, when signs of economic weakness were only emerging.

47.   Falling commodity prices today and reports of economic weakness allayed those fears.

48.   For now, though, the watchword is economic weakness.

49.   Funk said overall economic weakness, especially in Western Europe, will burden the results from the machine and plant making, automobile technology and pipe-making businesses.

50.   German economic weakness will force the Bundesbank to keep interest rates near historic lows.