111.   WestpacTrust economist Donna Purdue said the positive figures suggest a reasonably broad-based pick up in consumer spending.

112.   Zimbalist said the difficulty of counting private output might mean the economy grew more quickly than official figures suggest.

113.   A number of market players concluded from the report that global supply was not as limited as the LME stock figures had suggested.

114.   At Paribas Capital Markets analyst Paul Hammett said that the figures suggested that the Bundesbank was unlikely to be in a hurry to cut its key rates.

115.   But figures suggest the indirect cost could be high, particularly if Washington raises the stakes.

116.   During the parliamentary debate Tuesday, extreme right wing senator Carl Werth said police figures suggested there were eight million illegal immigrants in South Africa.

117.   Economists agreed that the latest figures suggested that Britain would keep borrowing within this target.

118.   This was because the figures suggested that the Bundesbank would not hurry to reduce its interest rates after the summer holiday.

119.   These partial figures suggested that Beninese voters preferred to back their own local candidate.

120.   Official figures suggest that Chen is right in believing the worst is over.