1.   Optimists reckon house prices will move up with inflation this year.

2.   But a few other economists warned that wage increases and other pressures could start to rekindle inflation this year, should the Fed continue to lower interest rates.

3.   Fed policymakers hoped the rate increases would brake economic growth enough to avert rapid price inflation this year, without stalling the economy into a recession.

4.   However, with managed care companies pressuring pharmaceutical companies to contain prices, drug prices have been rising below the rate of inflation this year.

5.   In fact, inflation this year, outside the volatile food and energy sectors, has been lower than anticipated.

6.   Israel has managed to trim inflation this year.

7.   Investors are showing increasing concern that continued low unemployment could reignite inflation this year.

8.   Many investors also have been concerned that higher wages may lead to accelerated inflation this year.

9.   That would reduce the value of the capital gain by the amount of inflation every year and thus lower the tax paid.

10.   The brackets are adjusted for inflation each year.