1.   Cooling inflation, a stable euro and a slowing economy combined to ease the need for an immediate hike.

2.   Dan Mahoney, memory marketing manager for Hitachi, said some PC makers have resisted an immediate hike but agreed to changes later in the year.

3.   Ghesquiere said documentation of the economy was continuing but the impact of tax reforms was not yet apparent as there had been no immediate hike in revenue collection.

4.   Governor of the Bank of England Eddie George had climbed down publicly from his earlier demands for an immediate hike in interest rates.

5.   The market expects an immediate hike of US interest rates of the GDP increase comes in at more than three percent.