1.   As a result, the strong rally seen in stocks on Tuesday may have the unintended consequence of increasing the likelihood of future rate boosts.

2.   A rate boost could signal concern that inflation, which erodes the value of bond interest and principal payments, would accelerate.

3.   Experts pointed out that the Fed rarely stops with a single rate boost.

4.   Happiness arrived after a half-point rate boost convinced bond traders that inflation had been forever Greenspan-ized.

5.   Higher Japanese rates help boost the yen by making returns on yen-denominated deposits more attractive.

6.   It would be the fourth rate boost since last June.

7.   Some industry watchers said the rate boosts for second lines could have a chilling effect on Internet use.

8.   Since a further tightening of monetary policy has been widely anticipated on Wall Street, a modest rate boost has already been discounted by the financial markets.

9.   That caused concern that the first Fed rate boost in more than two years may not be the last.

10.   The drop in stock prices due to the correction also makes a rate boost unlikely, some analysts contend.