41.   Further ahead, markets are anticipating some respite for the yen when US President George W. Bush visits Japan from Sunday.

42.   He said the market also anticipated some negative impact from US employment data Friday.

43.   In Chicago, prices ended the week higher on speculative buying as the market anticipates a poor world harvest this year.

44.   In London oil prices jumped a dollar on Thursday as the market anticipated the slash in output early next year.

45.   Analysts said the Paris Bourse and the French bond market had anticipated the Thursday reduction in the French tender rate.

46.   As the figures were roughly consistent with what the markets had anticipated, relief among stock and bond traders was palpable.

47.   Bob Walberg of MMS Internation said the markets had already anticipated a half-point boost in short-term interest rates by the Federal Reserve.

48.   But the market is not anticipating changes in the monetary policies of the US or German central banks, traders say.

49.   Dollar buying however was limited as the market had anticipated the announcement of the US trade moves against Japan, said Jim Moore, a trader with NationsBank.

50.   The price of oil slipped here on Tuesday, as the market anticipated a jump in reserves of crude oil and gasoline in the United States.