31.   Bush said he agreed with Clinton that the government should not dip into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to depress prices.

32.   Buenaventura slumped amid concerns central banks will sell their gold, further depressing its price.

33.   But brokers say the cuts will not flood their markets with homes and depress prices.

34.   But consumer groups are skeptical, arguing that increasing competition will do little to depress prices for cable TV.

35.   But some economists said that the troubles in some Asian economies could eventually depress bond prices in this country, pushing up yields.

36.   But the rumors of Japanese selling quickly erased those gains as other buyers turned into sellers, which depressed prices and pushed yields back up.

37.   By slowing economic growth and discouraging borrowing, higher interest rates tend to crimp corporate profits and depress stock prices.

38.   But while these fears helped depress the prices of California municipal bonds, several experts said last week that the overall market was still quite healthy.

39.   Central banks are using UWderivatives to profit from their huge gold stockpiles, which has depressed prices at a time they should be rising, traders said.

40.   Central banks are using derivatives to profit from their huge gold stockpiles, which has depressed prices at a time they should be rising, traders said.