81.   Financial circles regard that rate as actually being a key rate.

82.   Financial circles remain cautious however.

83.   Financial circles said that even before setting up his government, Kengo was intent on controlling government finance - of which the opposition press has constantly denounced the deterioration.

84.   Financial circles were waiting Monday for an evening interview prime minister Felipe Gonzalez was to have with the first television network.

85.   The rate increase, demanded by financial circles, is aimed at supporting the slumping ruble.

86.   The Paris Bourse was down by almost one percent at the close Wednesday as financial circles expressed disappointment, traders said.

87.   There is general agreement in City financial circles that the off-loading of stocks might well cause a slow-down in economic growth here.

88.   London financial circles had been expecting Brown to sanction a rise in interest rates of either one-quarter or one-half percent from the current six percent.

89.   Money supply growth remains higher than the government target range, while financial circles fear new inflationary pressures.

90.   Manufacturing remains mired in recession, while jobs continue to disappear in financial circles.