31.   MSCI indexes are commonly used by fund managers to track the performance of their own portfolios.

32.   Once the spring auction results are added, the index could be used to help determine how the current economic downturn is affecting the art market.

33.   The index is used as a gauge of changes in job supply.

34.   The index is often used by companies and governments to calculate cost-of-living allowances for employees based abroad.

35.   The indexes are commonly used by fund managers to track the performance of their own portfolios.

36.   The three indexes are used together as a barometer of overall economic trends.

37.   In the long term, the department said the index might be used to formulate national housing and property policy.

38.   MSCI indices are used by institutional investors as a benchmark for measuring the performances of, and allocating assets to, regional bourses.

39.   The index is used as a gauge of economic activity six to nine months in the future.

40.   The index is used to predict future economic growth.