41.  Economic statistics reported Tuesday did little to alter current perceptions of the economy.

42.  Economic statistics next week will give investors more insight on inflation risk.

43.  Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan has also questioned U.S. economic statistics, particularly the productivity figures.

44.  Fed governors today were faced with economic statistics showing strong housing starts and consumer confidence, offset by slow retail sales and few signs of rising prices.

45.  Few economic statistics have been available from Washington since the start of the partial government shutdown, but the market rose Wednesday after a report from a private source.

46.  Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President J. Alfred Broaddus last week said the cold weather may distort economic statistics both in January and February.

47.  Fine also said economic statistics over the next six weeks would be crucial to the Fed and would therefore come under intense scrutiny by bond investors.

48.  Given its importance, productivity gets surprisingly little attention in the array of economic statistics issued each month.

49.  Government bonds will trade and economic statistics will be released, including employment figures for March.

50.  Greenspan, by obscuring his true intentions behind a blizzard of economic statistics and theories, helps keep his options open for the July meeting.