61. As Clinton and Gore remind audiences at almost every stop, inflation is all but nonexistent. 62. Are low inflation, more jobs, a falling deficit and lower interest rates enough? 63. As many Wall Street economists expected, the Consumer Price Index rose three-tenths of percent in May, indicating that inflation was tame. 64. At the moment, inflation is quiet, and few expect it to revive in the near future. 65. At the same time, inflation was almost nonexistent, leaving grocers little room to raise prices. 66. Austrian bonds fell, following German bunds, as the latest key inflation report out of the U.S. failed to boost optimism that inflation is not a threat. 67. Automakers rose after a government report indicated inflation is under control, heartening stock investors. 68. Because inflation is absent, interest rates can drop further, benefiting stocks, investors said. 69. Because inflation was lower than the government forecast last year, sticking to the original cash forecast for this fiscal year would result in an increase in real spending. 70. BELGIAN stocks fell after U.S. economic statistics raised doubts that inflation is under control. |