1.   Lower rates help boost growth as companies are able to borrow money more cheaply.

2.   Pessimism that tax increases proposed by the government will help consumption and boost economic growth also weighed on stocks, traders said.

3.   That may held boost economic growth, which has been slowing for the last two years.

4.   The market rose again today amid optimism that interest rates will fall later this year and help boost corporate profit growth, money managers said.

5.   Rahman also said the government had reduced duties on most raw materials to lower the cost for domestic producers and boost growth.

6.   While Duisenberg said the bank wanted governments to reform labor markets to increase employment and boost growth, he said it was prepared to cooperate in other ways.