71.   Monthly payroll reports are typically viewed as the most important economic studies the government prepares, partly because low unemployment can presage a rising inflation rate.

72.   Mexican stocks fell for the third time in four sessions amid investor concern that rising inflation may push borrowing costs higher and company earnings lower.

73.   Nearly everyone is expecting a robust holiday shopping season this year, and the knee-jerk interpretation is a steamy economy with rising inflation.

74.   Norway is not a member of the European Union, and analysts worry about its rising inflation rate and dependence on oil prices, which have fallen recently.

75.   Neither consumers nor manufacturers are optimistic enough to bring on a period of brisk economic growth and rising inflation, analysts said.

76.   Now, even the wealthiest Haitians are beginning to grumble about runaway food prices, shortages and wildly rising inflation.

77.   On Friday, the Bank of Italy raised two key interest rates to combat rising inflation.

78.   Other investors and analysts also reckon that hints of rising inflation will convince the Fed to raise rates in coming months.

79.   Other investors and analysts also expect hints of rising inflation will convince the Fed to raise rates in coming months.

80.   Phillips said the chief threat to rising inflation lies in food costs.