21.  Any sign that economic growth is feeding through to prices could raise concern that the Federal Reserve might have to raise rates at its next meeting on March 25.

22.  Derivatives are contracts whose value is tied to the price of some other asset, such as a stock, bond, commodity, currency or index.

23.  Derivatives are contracts whose value is tied to the price of some other asset, such as a stock, bond, currency or commodity.

24.  Derivatives are contracts whose value is tied to the price of some other asset, such as a stock, bond, or commodity.

25.  Derivatives are contracts whose values are tied to the price of some other asset, like a currency or bond.

26.  Derivatives are financial creations whose value is based upon, or derived from, the price of some underlying item, like stocks, bonds, commodities or currencies.

27.  Derivatives are often-risky investments whose value is tied to the price of some other asset.

28.  Derivatives are securities such as options and futures that trade based on the price of an underlying asset, in this case a currency.

29.  Derivatives, including futures contracts, allow investors to make leveraged bets on the price of some underlying security.

30.  Degussa also expects demand for precious metal prices to be stable in 1998.