31.   But this time the increase was steeper than expected, a fact which seemed to reassure the markets.

32.   But while the higher rates reassured financial markets, which still fear a return of inflation, British employers worry about the effect on business and hence employment.

33.   Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke reassured the market that the budget deficit was continuing to fall.

34.   The move to reassure the markets came a day after the dollar fell to a post-World War II low against the Japanese yen.

35.   The move to reassure the markets came a day after the dollar fell to a post-World War II low against the yen.

36.   The report should reassure financial markets worried about inflationary pressures building in the expanding economy.

37.   Those figures reassured the market, which had feared higher ones pointing to inflation and perhaps higher interest rates.

38.   Traders said polls predicting victory for the ruling Kohl coalition reassured the market.

39.   Traders said the French supplementary budget presented on Thursday had reassured the market in the light of greater budget austerity.

40.   They intend to ensure that this view prevails, which helped reassure financial markets.