1.   Accelerating inflation remains a danger, Issing said, especially in light of large public debts in many countries.

2.   Earlier, Issing said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that a relationship exists between the growth of the money supply and the pace of price increases.

3.   Issing said Germany runs no risk of a stronger inflation rate.

4.   Issing said he sees no evidence at any level that inflation in Germany is poised to rise.

5.   Issing said the surprise contraction of the money supply in July was the key factor in the decision to cut rates.

6.   Issing said yesterday the dollar-mark exchange rate was a matter for markets and not for central banks.

7.   Issing said a separate treaty is needed to set conditions for continued membership in a future European monetary union because sanctions under the current treaty are too weak.

8.   Issing said bonds that trade on the open market should be switched from the deutsche mark to the new currency, the euro, initially a unit of account.

9.   Issing said a strict adherence to the debt and deficit criteria was indispensable for the stability of the single currency, the Euro.

10.   Issing said he saw no inflation risk in the double-digit figure.