31.   Investors went on a buying spree Friday, encouraged by a government employment report that could bolster the case for an interest rates cut early next year.

32.   Many economists believe that decline will give the ECB leeway for a rate cut as early as July.

33.   OPEC refused over the weekend to commit to any production increases that could bring prices lower, even hinting it may cut output early next year.

34.   Polleit expects inflation to begin slowing in May and predicted that the ECB will cut interest rates early in the third quarter.

35.   That raises the possibility of an interest rate cut early next year.

36.   The ECB might then have leeway for a rate cut as early as July.

37.   Wall Street went on a buying spree Friday, encouraged by a government employment report that could bolster the case for an interest rate cut early next year.

38.   Signs of a deterioration in job prospects prompted speculation Thursday that Australian official interest rates could be cut as early as next week.

39.   That view is shared by Veit, who says present circumstances are very favorable to a rate cut as early as Thursday.

40.   The last several New York mayors have cut staff early in their tenures only to allow them to expand as finances improved, he said.