1.  A report showing falling business confidence lifted hopes that slowing economic growth will prompt the Bundesbank to cut rates soon.

2.  And the Bundesbank is starting to bolster the hopes rates will be cut.

3.  As a result, to keep to their schedules, the television companies had to cut rates, resulting in falling revenues.

4.  Belt-tightening would allow the debt ratio to fall faster or income-tax rates to be cut.

5.  Corporate tax rates have been cut, too.

6.  With standard variable rate mortgages, lenders can be quite slow to cut their rates.

7.  He cut his rates to drive out rivals.

8.  Maximum tax rates were cut in the mining sector and in certain parts of the petroleum sectors, and an annual inflationary adjustment mechanism was established for corporations.

9.  Rates are also cut in countries where currencies are most closely linked to the deutschmark.

10.  On the other hand, industry wants rates cut.