71.   Cardoso has said without the fund, whose name is expected to be changed to the Fiscal Stabilization Fund, deficit spending will grow and cause higher inflation.

72.   CSFB forecasts Mexican interest rates will rise following higher inflation in September.

73.   Concern European Monetary Union would lead to higher inflation and higher interest rates is not justified, the central banker added.

74.   Concern for political stability before the May presidential election coupled with the impact of higher inflation and the slowdown in the economy are also depressing trading, traders say.

75.   Deputies want a higher inflation forecast.

76.   Despite the big back-to-back monthly increases in jobs, the bond market registered little concern Friday about whether the surge implied that higher inflation was just around the corner.

77.   Do they want lower taxes at the price of higher budget deficits, higher interest rates, higher inflation and an economic recession?

78.   DUTCH stocks fell led by financial-services companies after economic reports showing higher inflation provoked concern interest rates could rise.

79.   Economists agreed it is still too early to say whether another rate cut after this one will push inflation higher.

80.   Economists and investors were predicting earlier this year that months of steady growth and low unemployment would push inflation higher.