71.   Some traders speculate that the Bundesbank could also cut its discount rate tomorrow, when its policy makers resume their biweekly meeting after their four-week summer recess.

72.   Speculation has mounted that the Bundesbank will lower the securities repurchase rate at its next policy council meeting Thursday, the last before a summer recess.

73.   The administration will be forced to address that question this week when Congress returns from its summer recess.

74.   The Assembly and Senate were supposed to have left on their four-week summer recess last Friday.

75.   The bill is expected to reach the House floor for consideration before Friday, when the summer recess begins.

76.   The California delegation is hard at work during its summer recess.

77.   The Bundesbank meanwhile meets tomorrow for its last biweekly monetary policy meeting before the summer recess.

78.   The Bundesbank policy makers today will resume their biweekly policy-setting meeting after a four-week summer recess.

79.   The Bundesbank holds its biweekly meeting on monetary policy next Thursday, its last before a four-week summer recess.

80.   The Bundesbank meets tomorrow for its last biweekly monetary policy meeting before the summer recess.