71.   Iraq will resume oil exports on Wednesday after a solo month-long embargo in solidarity with the Palestinians which produced little effect on world markets.

72.   But the daily said the nearly billion-dollar intervention Monday through Wednesday by the Bank of Japan had produced little effect.

73.   But a downward revision of growth forecasts for industrialized countries did produce an effect, inclining the markets a bit more to pessimism.

74.   The announcement said that, this year, billing for major contracts will produce its effects primarily in the second half, unlike the situation last year.