61.   Business circles are said especially to fear a rise in inflation and interest rates -- two indexes which had tended to fall over the past months.

62.   Business circles mainly criticized the rate rise.

63.   Business circles want the government to give priority to control of the rise of the yen against the dollar.

64.   Business circles were tired of what they saw as weak government under Gonzalez because he had to rely on a Catalan party to get legislation passed.

65.   Business circles hailed the changes but urged the government to hasten the lifting of all bureaucratic controls.

66.   Business circles warn that jobs will be lost if the national minimum wage Labour has pledged to introduce is set too high.

67.   But persistent speculation remained, with one rumour in business circles saying Suharto was going to have a heart bypass operation.

68.   But Buchacz added that at meetings with Japanese authorities and business circles, he found them concerned about high inflation and unemployment in Poland.

69.   But business circles and trade unions applauded the Dini cabinet.

70.   Business circles also remain divided on the issue.