1.   A waning consumer interest in functional athletic footwear is compounding the problem.

2.   Falling wholesale prices reflect waning consumer demand for pork products, analysts said.

3.   Falling wholesale prices reflect waning consumer demand for pork products.

4.   Falling wholesale prices reflect waning consumer demand for pork.

5.   Falling commodity prices, signs of waning consumer confidence, and other harbingers of growth and inflation also encouraged Fed officials to wait, analysts say.

6.   Falling wholesale prices reflect waning consumer demand.

7.   Falling commodity prices, signs of waning consumer confidence, and other gauges of future growth and inflation may encourage Fed officials to wait, analysts say.

8.   Furthermore, the waning consumer demand could help bring about lower rates later in the year.

9.   Stocks of department stores and clothing retailers were among the biggest decliners amid signs of waning consumer spending.

10.   Stocks of department stores and clothing retailers were among the decliners as signs of waning consumer spending weakened their profit outlook.