1.   And the demand for rentals could build as interest rates rise or consumer confidence erodes, developers said.

2.   And that process could be delayed by consumers, whose confidence has been eroding.

3.   As confidence has eroded, so have bond ratings.

4.   But he also documents how, despite those successes, public confidence eroded.

5.   Confidence is eroding.

6.   Early reporting indicates that consumer confidence is eroding, but other forces are probably more important than concerns about the market.

7.   Last year, though, Bjornson says he saw that confidence erode.

8.   Massachusetts employers put the brakes on hiring in September, as defense contractors and computer makers cut back, and confidence eroded among employers.

9.   Player confidence was eroding.