1.   A government report showing prices barely budged in November deepened expectation that the Fed, like the Bundesbank, will stand pat on lending rates.

2.   A U.K. government report showing decelerating producer price inflation had little impact on gilts.

3.   U.S. stocks fell in midday trading as anxiety that Asian economic turmoil will eat into U.S. profits overshadowed a government report showing declining wholesale prices.

4.   Share prices in Hong Kong slumped Monday, pushed down by a government report showing rising unemployment in the territory because of the regional economic crisis.

5.   The U.S. dollar fell against the yen Friday after the release of a Japanese government report showing better-than expected industrial output.