91.   MBf Northern Securities senior economist Dr Muthi Samudram said the only way to satisfy demand for the US dollar is to woo more foreign direct investments into the country.

92.   Mario Angastiniotis, senior economist at MMS International, said Canada Trust is gambling that the U.S. Federal Reserve will lower rates at a key meeting next month.

93.   Meanwhile, senior economist at TA Securities Anthony Dass said that if interest rates were increased further, businesses and companies will go bust.

94.   Mineko Sasaki-Smith, a senior economist at Morgan Stanley, said she expected the downward trend in the trade surplus to continue for a few months.

95.   Much would depend on whether the U.S. economy recovers in the coming months, said Junichi Makino, senior economist with Daiwa Institute of Research in Tokyo.

96.   Not plowing investments into the Pacific Rim is shortsighted, said Michael Aho, senior international economist at Prudential Securities,

97.   Senior economist from TA Securities Bhd, Mr Anthony Dass said more people will seek part-time jobs as their second jobs to supplement their income.

98.   Senior economist M. Sadli said that a by-product of implementing the IMF-sponsored economic reforms would be administrative and political reform.

99.   Senior economist Sri Mulyani Indrawati recently said an adequate legal infrastructure and a transparent government would be vital in helping to solve the economic crisis.

100.   Robert Brusca, senior economist at Nikko Securities in New York, cautioned against reading too much into the February trade improvement.