91.   Upbeat economic data -- with a jump in housing starts for May and a drop in first-time jobless benefits applications -- temporarily sent long-term rates higher.

92.   Money supply and average weekly initial claims for jobless benefits were unchanged.

93.   Of the total, it was dragged down by weakness in five areas -- money supply, stocks, jobless benefit claims, interest rates and consumer sentiment.

94.   Queues of people filing new claims for US jobless benefits had fallen in recent weeks, suggesting an abatement in the rate of job losses, Greenspan noted.

95.   Queues of people filing new claims for US jobless benefits had fallen in recent weeks, suggesting an abatement in the rate of job losses.

96.   Share prices opened lower on Wall Street early Thursday on higher long-term interest rates following the release of a drop in first-time claims for jobless benefits.

97.   Some analysts said the greenback drew some support from a surprise drop in US new applications for jobless benefits.

98.   The legislation, intended to encourage the unemployed to seek work, also tightens up criteria for payment of jobless benefits.