41.   Capital markets have responded to the rate cut.

42.   Currency markets responded quickly to the announcement, sending the dollar up more than a yen against the Japanese currency in a matter of minutes.

43.   Currency markets responded quietly to complicated trade numbers.

44.   Equity markets on Wall Street responded to data showing strong consumer spending.

45.   Financial markets responded immediately.

46.   Financial markets responded immediately and positively.

47.   Financial markets have responded nervously since Juppe pressured tough-talking Finance Minister Alain Madelin to resign in August after Madelin urged cuts in civil service jobs.

48.   He added that the market was not responding to good year-end results of listed companies.

49.   He said the markets were responding favorably to the long-anticipated move by financial authorities.

50.   It remains to be seen how other European markets will respond to the move, which some may view as a threat to their own profitable turfs.