21.   Speculation built that the Bundesbank would lower rates after the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan both trimmed rates on overnight bank loans late last week.

22.   Steady bond yields and strength in economically sensitive paper, chemical and financial companies signaled that investors expect the Fed to trim rates this week.

23.   Still, analysts say, the central bank is unlikely to trim rates now.

24.   Still, some expect the German central bank to trim official rates, he added.

25.   Technology, competition and declines in the fees paid to local phone companies were going to trim rates and squeeze profit margins.

26.   The cuts by the U.S. and Japan increase the expectations that the German central bank will also trim rates, Ogg said.

27.   The dollar slumped on concern the Fed could trim rates.

28.   The current betting is the central bank will trim rates again when it meets in May.

29.   The Federal Open Market Committee began meeting today and is expected to announce Wednesday whether it will trim borrowing rates to spur economic growth.

30.   The Federal Reserve could trim short-term rates by lowering its target for the federal funds rate, the amount banks charge each other to borrow overnight, they said.