31.   Dealers were expecting the central bank to cut the repurchase rate by at least a quarter of a point when its monetary policy council met on Thursday.

32.   Dealers expected the monetary policy council of the Bank of France to cut its main rates by at least a quarter of a point.

33.   The monetary policy council of the bank might cut rates again when it met on Thursday, they said.

34.   The next meeting of the monetary policy council of the bank is to be held on Thursday.

35.   The rates, which will take effect for bidding on Thursday, were announced after a meeting of the monetary policy council at the bank on Tuesday.

36.   Li was to meet with Kosuke Hori, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party policy affairs research council, and other officials on Friday evening.

37.   Operators said they doubted the Bank of France would make any rate changes on Thursday at a regular meeting of its monetary policy council.

38.   The Bank of France held its key rates unchanged on Thursday after a meeting of the monetary policy council attended by two new members for the first time.

39.   The Bank of France held its key rates unchanged after a regular meeting of its independent monetary policy council on Thursday.

40.   The Bank of France held its key rates unchanged on Thursday after a meeting of its independent monetary policy council.