61.   Adding to investor concern were comments from Federal Reserve officials that were seen as suggesting that central bankers may be poised to raise rates.

62.   Administration officials were joined in those concerns by finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven leading industrial nations.

63.   Ahead of Brash signing the agreement, offshore clients had been asking whether the central banker would wear the new policy, Clarke said.

64.   All day Tuesday the markets were clearly jittery, with traders betting that the finance ministers and central bankers would issue a vague, soothing statement.

65.   All in all, industry executives and European central bankers said the conversion seemed a success.

66.   Both reports are scheduled for release next Friday, just two days after U.S. central bankers meet on interest rate policy.

67.   But a few days ago, as the crisis became more serious, Clinton summoned finance ministers and central bankers from the same countries to discuss the problems.

68.   Business Week cited interviews with Greenspan and Rivlin at a conference last week of central bankers and economists at Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

69.   But almost as soon as Issing and Trichet had spoken, other central bankers began sending out a decidedly more hawkish message.

70.   But central bankers have quickly raised interest rates to head off potential inflation and keep the newly unified currency strong, disappointing the United States.