41.   INSEE attributed the fall to exceptionally low energy prices which usually rise in the colder winter months.

42.   It attributed this fall above all to increases in the cost of paper.

43.   A company statement attributed the fall in net income to higher raw material costs, a strong dollar and price declines.

44.   A JAMA spokeswoman attributed the fall in domestic production to the shift in output by Japanese auto makers to offshore plants.

45.   A spokesman attributed the fall to weak exports.

46.   Analysts attributed the fall to losses on Wall Street and ahead of the release of US producer price figures.

47.   An NSO statement attributed the fall in inflation to a slowdown in the price increases of food, beverages and tobacco, clothing and the housing and repairs sector.

48.   Brokers attributed the fall to worries about the growing prospect that US interest rates might be increased to fight the weakening dollar and rising inflation.

49.   Brokers attributed the fall to the rumour.

50.   Economists here attributed the fall to a lack of rand buyers as South African exporters hold on to foreign currency earnings in the hope of increasing profits.