41.   Finance Minister Bodi Chunnanon last month said higher oil prices and flooding could fuel more inflation.

42.   For the first time in years, drilling for oil in Kansas is on the upswing, and credit is being given to higher oil prices.

43.   Gasoline futures followed heating oil higher though its gains were limited by the large rise in gasoline inventories.

44.   Further fighting with Iraq -- which fired missiles at U.S. war planes flying through Iraqi no-fly zones last week -- would mean higher oil prices.

45.   Given falling stock prices, higher oil prices and tightened credit, a significant slowdown in economic growth is a growing likelihood.

46.   Given time, higher oil prices induce people to drive smaller cars, heat their homes with gas and generally cut back on their oil consumption.

47.   Greenspan Says Oil Has Small Effect Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, said the effects on the economy from higher oil prices had been modest so far.

48.   Garzarelli said higher oil prices and the unwillingness of U.S. banks to extend more credit for consumer purchases will combine to reduce spending on consumer durables next year.

49.   Greenspan also cited the risk of higher oil prices and signs that consumer spending could be held back by rising levels of personal debt.

50.   Greenspan said the effects on the economy from higher oil prices so far have been modest.