61.   Observers said that the main justification for the reduction was a wage agreement, judged moderate, which was approved last week.

62.   Safeguarding jobs via reasonable wage agreements should be the top priority for wage-negotiating partners, Kannegiesser said in an interview published in the regional daily Berliner Zeitung.

63.   Still, Confindustria says the anti-inflation struggle, which has been helped by moderate wage agreements and a stronger lira, has not been completely won.

64.   The bosses also want smaller firms to have the right of temporary exemption from wages agreements.

65.   The Commission noted that wage agreements in some countries had made their industries less competitive.

66.   The deal will see new collective wage bargaining agreements for employees of the theatre.

67.   The industrial action hit three Volkswagen plants although the automaking giant has in-house wage agreements that are not affected by the IG Metall negotiations.

68.   The higher taxes together with moderate wage agreements could lead the Bundesbank to offset those restrictive factors by loosening policy one last time, he said.

69.   The ministry also said that prices were steady, interest rates were falling and wage agreements should be moderate.