71.   The reports, and later statistics on manufacturing, suggested that wage pressures may be easing, giving the Fed leeway to leave rates steady.

72.   The report could push U.S. Treasury bond yields lower because it tracks other data showing some slackening in labor markets, which could ease wage pressures.

73.   The report lacked the numbers to warrant any inflation concern though it continued to show that wage pressures are evident for specific skilled workers.

74.   The survey saw labor markets tight, but with little or no wage pressure.

75.   The U.S. economy is continuing to expand at a moderate pace with subdued wage pressures and overall stable prices, the Federal Reserve said today.

76.   This time, however, there has been relatively little wage pressure from a more subdued work force with less bargaining power.

77.   Though the Fed suggested low unemployment has yet to translate into a full-blown case of rising inflation, the report contained cited some evidence of wage pressure.

78.   To prevent inflationary wage pressure, demand had to slow.

79.   U.S. businesses stepped up efforts to recruit new employees in February, a sign wage pressures may rise, the Conference Board said today.

80.   Wage pressures are building up slightly, but this is after months of very modest wage gains.