61.   Rising interest rates often force up the yields of long-term bonds amid concern that inflation may rise, eroding the value of fixed-interest and principal payments.

62.   Should inflation rise, it could complicate expected moves by the Federal Reserve to continue cutting short-term interest rates to stimulate the economy.

63.   Since those meetings, inflation has not risen.

64.   So while it could rise in the absence of general inflation, a significant increase would be more likely if inflation in fact was rising.

65.   Some investors took that as a sign that inflation could rise, prompting the Fed to raise interest rates next month.

66.   Some analysts expect inflation to rise to double-digit rates by the end of the year.

67.   Still, a rebounding economy heightened concern that inflation will rise in the months ahead, prompting the Fed to raise rates.

68.   Stocks dipped early in the session after a U.S. government unemployment report fueled concern that inflation could rise.

69.   Still, Japan could see inflation rise if the dollar keeps strengthening against the yen by the end of the year.

70.   Spending on security and the military may cause inflation to rise, Cliggott said.