41.   Room rates have yet to be set.

42.   Still, traders said that as many market participants expect the Bundesbank to cut rates, lower German rates might not have a big impact on the mark.

43.   Thai rates also have to remain attractive relative to those in other countries to attract much-needed foreign loans.

44.   Stock market participants chose to see the benefits that stable rates would have on profits.

45.   Strong slaughter rates have likely left meatpackers with plentiful beef supplies, further weighing on prices.

46.   That lesson was ignored because fixed rates have such clear attractions when things are going well.

47.   The crime rate had to do more with demographics and socio-economics, he concluded, than police tactics.

48.   The graduation rate has more than doubled.

49.   The increasing unemployment rate has a positive side for employers, who for the last several years have watched rising salaries push the limits of payroll budgets.

50.   The overnight borrowing rate has more than doubled in the week since the devaluation of the baht.