51.   Because bullion is priced in U.S. dollars, a stronger dollar reduces demand for gold by making it more expensive to buyers using other currencies.

52.   Bank shares fell amid concern a slowing economy and higher interest rates will reduce demand for loans, hurting profits.

53.   Banks are also hurt because higher rates reduce demand for loans, while increasing the interest payments they pay on deposits.

54.   Beginning a decade ago, state utility regulators tried to encourage consumers to reduce their demand for electricity.

55.   Beside increasing the supply of temporary workers, the recent layoffs have also reduced the demand for such jobs as companies cut their temporary work forces as well.

56.   Blatter noted that the proposal would actually reduce the demands on players, since meaningless friendlies and mismatch qualifiers would be eliminated.

57.   Bonds declined in Asian trading as stock markets there steadied -- reducing demand for U.S. government securities as a refuge from tumultuous overseas markets.

58.   A belief that the economy was slowing would tend to buoy the bond market, by making further Fed tightening less likely and by reducing the demand for credit.

59.   A currency crisis in Southeast Asia and a slowdown in the Japanese economy is reducing Asian demand for copper, traders said.

60.   A growing economy could reduce demand for bonds by increasing the possibility of a rise in interest rates and by making stocks a more attractive investment.