51.   Signs of wage pressures in the manufacturing sector.

52.   Some reported increased wage pressures.

53.   Some say the six-cent rise seen in the average hourly earnings component of the August employment report is a warning that wage pressures are on their way.

54.   Some wage pressures are cropping up, but in general, inflation remains quiescent.

55.   So far, the Fed has adopted a wait-and-see attitude about the wage pressures.

56.   Some analysts pointed to the strike at United Parcel Service as evidence that wage pressures are increasing.

57.   Still, it suggests labor markets remain tight, which Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has warned raises the risk of that wage pressures that could speed inflation.

58.   Still, many economists insist that wage pressure will increase soon.

59.   Taken together, the two reports helped ease concerns that a buildup in wage pressures might prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

60.   Still, the central bank said today wage pressures posed the biggest risk to inflation.