21.   Contributing factors were a low growth rate in the money supply and lower international commodity prices.

22.   Declines in output prices slowed from the previous survey, while increases in input prices accelerated due to rising international commodity prices.

23.   It calls for a new international commodities institution to be set up to promote diversification and end over-supply, in order to help producers by raising prices.

24.   Last month import prices were seen dropping due to soft international commodity prices.

25.   Ltd. a virtual monopoly on SICOM, a dealer at an international commodities company said.

26.   The euro was rangebound against the dollar, with investors watching for any fresh developments in the Middle East and on international commodity markets, dealers said.