1. And expectations for higher bond prices got an additional boost when the government forecast later Friday that industrial production would fall in June and remain lackluster in July. 2. In another report, the government Friday forecast there will be no growth in industrial production in the months ahead. 3. Later Friday the government forecast industrial production would fall in June and remain lackluster in July. 4. Most Kansas City wheat and Chicago grain and soybean futures prices closed lower Thursday after a private firm predicted larger U.S. harvests than the government has forecast. 5. Soybean futures fell, even after the USDA said export shipments increased, amid concern that the government still forecasts a large fall harvest, traders said. 6. The government already has forecast that stockpiles of corn could drop low enough by August to cause isolated shortages. 7. The government forecasts that economic growth will remain high this year. 8. The government has forecast that economic growth stagnated in the third quarter. 9. The government forecast sluggish growth in coming months. 10. Those expectations grew after the Japanese government Friday forecast weaker industrial production in months ahead. |