1.   Analysts see such measures as necessary to kick start the economy.

2.   Should U.S. economy start growing again at a rapid pace, as some expect, March may not be the only time the Fed raises rates this year.

3.   That could happen if the economy starts adding fewer jobs every month, they said.

4.   The Bank of Japan has kept interest rates at or near historic lows since last year in order to jump start the economy and aid ailing banks.

5.   These developments mark a test for these currency arrangements even as the transition from to market economies starts to mature.

6.   Traders contend the president and his aides sought a weak dollar to raise U.S. exports and jump start the economy.

7.   Yet Treasuries bounced back as some traders gambled that the Fed will be slow to raise rates as signs of a weaker economy start to emerge by late August.

8.   Approval of the third letter of intent Tuesday comes as the economy starts to stabilise.

9.   At the talks, Menem presented an economic plan to jump start the economy and said he and De la Rua agreed to do everything to avoid a devaluation.

10.   However, Greenspan also said the Fed is willing to keep reducing interest rates until the economy starts churning again.