91.  Some discouraging economic statistics announced by the central bank on Thursday also appeared to have fed the stock market collapse.

92.  South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia have all announced sharply better economic statistics in recent weeks.

93.  Still, investors were reluctant to push gilt prices too far before key U.S. economic statistics this week, which could set the near-term tone for global interst rates.

94.  Strathy expects the TSE will continue its climb next week, although there could be some reversals if investors react badly to new economic statistics.

95.  Still, sterling may be vulnerable to setbacks if economic statistics in coming month show that U.K. growth is not as strong as traders perceive.

96.  That sort of detail simply gets lost in crude economic statistics.

97.  That combination, highlighted in new economic statistics released today, fueled a rally in bond markets as investors found little reason to worry about inflation accelerating.

98.  The bond market ignored other economic statistics released Friday that pointed to further strength.

99.  The Bank has even begun releasing economic statistics on the internet.

100.  The best argument against that bearish outlook right now has nothing to do with economic statistics or inflation.