41.   A drop in consumer spending would lessen the risk that inflation, which erodes the value of fixed income securities, will accelerate.

42.   A rate boost could signal concern that inflation, which erodes the value of bond interest and principal payments, would accelerate.

43.   A rising mark makes German exports less competitive and erodes the value of exporters foreign currency earnings.

44.   A rising yen drives down shares of auto and electronics makers by eroding the value of dollar-denominated profits and pressuring them to raise prices in foreign markets.

45.   A policy shift could signal concern that inflation, which erodes the value of bond interest and principal payments, would accelerate.

46.   A lower peso would erode the value of local bank deposits.

47.   A strong economy and the inflation that usually accompanies it erodes the value of long-term securities like bonds.

48.   A rising inflation rate erodes the value of bond interest and principal payments.

49.   A surge in consumer spending could raise the specter of faster inflation, which erodes the value of fixed income securities.

50.   A rate cut would indicate little threat of accelerating inflation, which erodes the value of fixed-income assets, such as bonds.