P207 CEEFAX 207  Thu  7 Oct  21:26/17
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      GERMAN RATES         
      NEFT UNCHANGED       
 
  The Bundesbank's key discount and   
  Lombard rates have been held at     
  6.25) and 7.25) respectively.       
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  New bank president Hans Tietme9ju   
  ruled out any "forced interest rate 
  cuts" in a speech on Wednesday.     
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  * German M3 grew at a final annual  
  rate of 7.2% in August after a      
  7.4% increase in July, outside the  
  1993 target range of 4.5% to 7.5%.  
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  Unemployment continues to rise in   
  the former West Germany, hitting    
  an adjusted 2.38m in September      
  against 2.34m in August.            
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