51.  Germany is a member of the IEA, along with most other industrialized nations.

52.  He also said the agreement by the Group of Seven industrialized nations is definitely permeating the currency market.

53.  He contended that taxes in the United States were lower than in any other industrialized nation.

54.  He called on member states to overcome differences between industrialized nations and developing countries.

55.  He said he was enroute from London where he had attended a meeting with finance leaders of the other major industrialized nations when he was told of the action.

56.  He said the Bank of Japan must be as independent as central banks in other industrialized nations.

57.  He made the comments in the U.S. after attending a meeting of ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations.

58.  He said the central bank must be as independent as central banks in other industrialized nations.

59.  He then will meet with his counterparts from the other industrialized nations at the International Energy Agency in Paris.

60.  He said the banks involved were the central banks of the leading industrialized European nations, plus Spain and Japan.