91.   However, Ong said the near-term outlook for banks remained weak over concerns about their exposure to property companies and foreign currency loans.

92.   In a statement, S and P said the outlook for both remained stable.

93.   In east Germany, the industrial outlook remains as bleak as ever, IFO said.

94.   It added that the outlook remained negative.

95.   And in Japan, the economic outlook remains uncertain.

96.   As a result, he said the outlook remained positive, with the main risk coming from an external shock to the economy.

97.   But BA said the outlook remained uncertain.

98.   But the longer-term outlook remained bright.

99.   But Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said in a joint statement with Council of Economic Advisers chairman Joseph Stiglitz that the economic outlook remains favorable.

100.   Coffee prices rode higher on the back of speculative buying though the outlook remains glum with a supply glut weighing on the market, traders said.