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5 calm market fearu that German j
5 interest rate1 may have tg rise j
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5 On Wednesday, markets were plunged j
5 on news that M3 money suppl8 surged d
5 by oveu 20% in Januar8. j
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5 The bank's chief economist Otmar j
5 Issing said the Bundesbank's policy j
5 of cautious rati reductions would j
5 not bj sidetaacked b→ the data. j
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5 "What kind of a central bank would j
5 we be if onj month's figure caused j
5 a change in our philosophy?" j
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