31.   Kinoshita cited the sustained recovery in corporate earnings as the main factor supporting private capital investment and the broader economy.

32.   Matsushita said domestic demand such as corporate and consumer spending needed to replace the public sector as the locomotive for sustained recovery.

33.   Matsushita said the central bank needed to continue monitoring economic indicators, adding that the policy priority was to enhance the base for sustained economic recovery.

34.   Paul Farrell of Chase Manhattan Bank said traders were using every slight rise in the dollar to sell off the greenback, preventing any sustained recovery.

35.   The government agency said it forecast a continued recovery in business sentiment until the end of the year and a sustained recovery in private sector capital spending.

36.   The market, however, saw some support buying on the downside thanks to underlying expectations for a sustained economic recovery, dealers said.