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Federal Reserve Board Gov. Wayne Angell said the recent behavior of the commodity and money markets indicates a favorable trend in lessening inflationary pressures and expectations. Year-to-year increases in some commodity prices, particularly gold, he said, are ”coming down

dramatically.” Angell, in San Francisco, also held out hope that interest rates could fall next year, if Congress deals with the federal budget deficit.