1.   Bonds briefly pared gains after comments by two Fed officials kept alive concerns the central bank is still leaning toward raising rates again.

2.   Investors could push U.S. Treasury bond yields higher today because the report suggests consumer demand continues to climb, keeping alive concerns that inflation could accelerate.

3.   Still, signs of growth in reports this week may keep alive concern about the need for a rate increase, traders said.

4.   That could hurt earnings for food processors like Ralston Purina and Tyson Foods, while keeping alive concerns about higher food prices.

5.   That keeps alive concern that low unemployment will drive wages, and prices, higher, analysts said.

6.   That gain kept alive concerns that strong growth will eventually lead to a pickup in the inflation rate, analysts and investors said.

7.   The dollar fell against the yen for the first time in three days after a Japanese Finance Ministry official kept alive concern that Japan may raise interest rates soon.

8.   The pickup in wages growth, however, kept alive concerns that inflation may be accelerating rather than reaching a peak, as analysts have forecast.

9.   The pick-up in wages growth, however, kept alive concerns that inflation may be accelerating rather than reaching a peak, as analysts have forecast.

10.   U.S. bonds fell after reports on housing and regional economic conditions kept alive concern inflation may quicken.