1.   The projected increases come largely because farmers will no longer have to idle acres in order to participate in federal programs.

2.   The wage increases will come into effect in June.

3.   Women are working more across the board, but the biggest increase has come from women Married to higher-earning husbands.

4.   The increase comes during one of the worst recessions to hit the motor industry since the war.

5.   The increase in turnover came largely from acquisitions.

6.   American companies raised dividends at a rapid rate last year, but the increases did not come quickly enough to keep up with share prices.

7.   Analysts are divided over whether another increase is coming next week.

8.   Analysts say the crucial question is whether the increase comes on top of or merely substitutes for the cheating on oil quotas that is already taking place.

9.   Analysts now speculate another increase could come as early as November, when Fed policy makers next meet.