81.   Because domestic competitors will have to hold down their prices as well, the overall inflation rate should be kept in check.

82.   Because corporate depreciation schedules are not indexed to inflation, higher inflation rates mean higher effective rates of taxation on profits.

83.   Banks, brokerage houses and other financial institutions have far more experience and expertise in tracking bond markets, currency fluctuations, inflation rates and budget deficits.

84.   Beware the talk of a new era, marked by low inflation rates, steady economic growth and perhaps free of recession, he said.

85.   Before, when companies added up what they paid in wages and benefits, like health care and pensions, the total has usually exceeded the inflation rate.

86.   Bond investors say they now expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates soon to revive the economy and they see little risk of rising inflation rates.

87.   Bond prices fell amid concern the U.S. economy is growing at a pace fast enough to accelerate the inflation rate.

88.   Bond traders said they were optimistic that slower economic growth would keep inflation rates low.

89.   Bonds also rose amid expectations the economy is growing too slowly to trigger an acceleration in the inflation rate.

90.   Bonds were also hurt by a weaker Canadian dollar, which fell against its U.S. counterpart after a government report showed the inflation rate is increasing faster than expected.