11.   German government bonds rose amid increasing hopes the Bundesbank will cut interest rates early next year and favorable inflation figures released from a major German state.

12.   He had reason to believe this might work when one Democrat, Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia, became a co-sponsor of his tax cut early in the session.

13.   He said that some investors had been expecting the economy to slow down even more and prompt the Fed to cut interest rates early next year.

14.   Hopes of an interest rate cut early next year is beginning to attract more investment into stocks, he said.

15.   Hopes of an interest rate cut early next year is beginning to attract more investment into equity, he said.

16.   Investors are looking for signs of a slowdown in economic growth which would pave the way for an interest rate cut early next year.

17.   Investors are concerned that the trade gap will prevent the central bank from cutting interest rates early next year as expected.

18.   Lower inflation will pave the way for an interest rate cut early next year, analysts said.

19.   Now some investors are even expecting the central bank to cut rates early next year.

20.   Other stocks rallied on hopes of an interest rate cut as early as this month as economic growth and inflation slow.