31.   Expectations that U.S. monetary authorities will wait for further signs the economy is slowing before trimming interest rates also kept European bonds in check, analysts said.

32.   Gilts were little changed earlier, having failed to react to a meeting of British monetary authorities that probably agreed to leave official interest rates unchanged, analysts said.

33.   He also attributed the slowdown in inflation to the ability of monetary authorities to keep money supply well within limits set by the International Monetary Fund.

34.   Gramm argued that any rescue effort for Mexico must include demands for monetary reform, including institution of a separate monetary authority similar to the U.S. Federal Reserve.

35.   Gramm wants Mexico to set up an independent monetary authority modeled after the U.S. Federal Reserve Board.

36.   He said Malaysian monetary authorities are expected to keep the yields high to contain inflationary pressures amid an expanding economy.

37.   Hopes that German monetary authorities will cut interest rates as soon as tomorrow also bolstered shares.

38.   In face of the slow recovery, monetary authorities will keep interest rates low to spur borrowing, investors and traders said.

39.   In face of the slow recovery, monetary authorities will keep interest rates down in order to spur borrowing, investors and traders said.

40.   In Hong Kong, monetary authorities again intervened to buy stocks.