81.   It was the third such move last year to slow the economy and, the Fed hoped, ease inflationary pressures.

82.   Japanese bonds rose on optimism a reduction in U.S. government debt will ease pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, a trader said.

83.   Japanese bonds rose for the second day on optimism reduction in U.S. government debt will ease pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

84.   Japanese stocks rose, led by banking and electronics shares, as the governments key survey of business sentiment was below expectations, easing pressures to raise interest rates.

85.   Labor costs, a key inflation component, barely budged in the second quarter, easing the pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

86.   Lower interest rates also translate into lower borrowing costs for corporations and ease pressure on corporate profit margins, he said.

87.   Media-Most is looking for a foreign investor who could help ease the pressure from Gazprom.

88.   Moreover, the American economy was taking off, easing the pressure on Clinton to reverse trade deficits.

89.   Now those yen are being repaid, pushing up the value of the yen and easing the pressure on Asian currencies.

90.   On the Israeli side, government ministers said there was an active search under way for arguments and actions that would persuade the Americans to ease their pressures.