51.   Last week after much haggling, bank governor Antonio Fazio said a decision would not be long in materialising.

52.   The Bank of England is not an independent central bank, and monetary policy decisions are made by the Treasury, after consulting with the bank governor.

53.   The bank governor has been pressing for an increase in interest rates, but Clarke has so far refused.

54.   The fresh ones will also have new features designed to foil counterfeiters, bank governor Jean-Claude Trichet said.

55.   The ministers and bank governors made clear that they viewed present exchange rates as correct, fixing a previous imbalance.