51.   Traders interpreted his comments as the clearest signal yet that Japan might take action if the dollar surges against the yen.

52.   Traders interpreted the comment as a sign that the central bank is not unduly concerned by the movements or ready to take action to prop up the rupee.

53.   Traders interpreted the comments to mean there would be no hike in interest rates for the time being if the expected economic slowdown market materialises.

54.   Henderson said the currency temporarily spiked down after Fraser spoke as some dealers interpreted his comments as a sign that interest rates would not be lifted quickly.

55.   His comments were interpreted as meaning that a provocation by the Phnom Penh army could not be discounted.

56.   His comments were interpreted as an attempt to respond to a wave of national insecurity over crime in order to regain political territory recently lost to the Labour Party.

57.   Confusion over how to interpret recent comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan caused traders to proceed cautiously.

58.   Dealers said the markets had negatively interpreted this comment, sparking the slide in the rand.

59.   Traders interpreted the comment as holding out the possibility of Federal Reserve interevention to raise US intrerest rates.

60.   Traders on both occasions interpreted his comments as signalling a move by the Fed to raise short-term interest rates and staged a selloff in response.