61.   Indeed, these days, import prices are rising more rapidly than domestic prices as a result of the weaker dollar.

62.   Interest rate concern was fueled yesterday as rising German import prices and U.S. factory orders made a reaction from the German Bundesbank and the U.S. Federal Reserve more likely.

63.   It also reduces the risk of higher import prices, which would accelerate inflation.

64.   Lee said the risk of inflation would be much higher next year, with commodity prices creeping up and the rising dollar bringing higher import prices.

65.   Lower import prices and less demand overseas for U.S. goods will lessen the chance of an overheating economy.

66.   More to the point, import prices, by far the biggest recent drag on inflation, are apt to remain under downward pressure.

67.   Noting that the weak euro has led to sharply higher import prices, Welteke said the risks of inflation had increased measurably.

68.   Now, investors say, further dollar gains could weigh on stocks by driving up import prices and accelerating inflation.

69.   Nor does a falling euro raise import prices enough to substantially affect inflation.

70.   Oil import prices are falling, and the cost of uranium, used as fuel in light-water reactors, is not climbing as had been originally feared.