overall Palestinian Authority performance to date has been far from satisfactory.

This bombing ... is another indication that the Palestinian Authority must take proper steps against terror, and without these steps, there will be no progress between both sides.

We certainly believe we meet the test (for having authority to sell at market rates), and we'll see where it goes from here.

We are very disappointed in our performance this quarter as we continued to feel the effects of record-high fuel prices and a tough revenue environment, compounded by the impact of Hurricane Wilma and the residual effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

I think we can look to several more months, if not years, of this kind of performance. This is a terrific inflation report - exactly the kind of thing we all like to see.

The performance ranged from excellent or nearly so to very good. There was a very high level of performance across the board.