31.   Traders interpreted the comments as a signal the central bank will keep rates near current record lows.

32.   Traders interpreted comments by Greenspan, reported in the Australian Financial Review, as a sign the U.S. central bank would be slow to raise interest rates.

33.   Traders interpreted those comments to mean that the Fed might raise the so-called federal funds rate, the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans.

34.   Peres comments were interpreted as a positive signal to Syria aimed at invigorating the seemingly stalled talks.

35.   Although he did not elaborate, union leaders said they interpreted the comments as a veiled threat to fire striking teachers.

36.   Bond investors interpreted his comments to mean that the Fed is not likely to cut interest rates soon.

37.   But some critics interpreted the comments by Sharon and Arafat largely as public relations efforts by a pair of leaders facing mounting difficulties.

38.   In currency exchange, the dollar fell against the yen after traders interpreted comments by Bank of Japan governor Masaru Hayami as a sign of a future rate hike.

39.   Japanese officials said earlier this week that currency levels should be left to the markets, leading traders to interpret the comments as approval of the weaker yen.

40.   Rubin put the dollar in a tailspin Friday when dealers interpreted comments he made in Washington as suggesting the currency may have hit the desired peak.