41.   Concern the reports may come in strong, combined with expectations for more sales of bonds by corporations and other borrowers, may hurt bonds, investors said.

42.   Concern the reports may come in strong, combined with expectations for more debt sales by the Treasury and others, may hurt bonds, investors said.

43.   Equity gains can hurt bonds by enticing some investors to shift funds to stocks.

44.   Failure to reach an agreement could hurt bonds by increasing the likelihood the government will have to sell more bonds to pay for some of the bad loan disposal.

45.   Falling Argentine stocks hurt the bonds, analysts said.

46.   Further weakness in the dollar may also hurt bonds, they said.

47.   Gains in stocks could hurt bonds by tempting investors to shift funds into equities in search of better returns.

48.   He said a big number would hurt bonds and was not so sure a low number would change the negative psychology of the bond market.

49.   Higher interest rates hurt bonds because they make it more expensive for investors to fund bond purchases.

50.   Higher interest rates hurt bonds by making the return on older bonds, issued under lower rates, less attractive.