31. Irish exporters would be the prime beneficiaries of the punt's drop back toward its central rate . 32. Belgium soon followed with a 5-basis-point reduction in its central rate , to 3 . 70 percent. 33. That's its central rate within the European exchange rate mechanism, the grid that links 10 currencies. 34. When the lira left tZSacurrency grid in 1992, its central rate was 802 . 49 per mark. 35. It was last widened in December 1995 to plus or minus 2.25 percent of the central rate . 36. When it left the currency grid in 1992, its central rate was 802 . 49 per mark. 37. That central rate hasn't moved since 1987. 38. France and Germany are pressing for an ERM central rate stronger than 1, 000 per deutsche mark. 39. "I'd be very surprised if we saw it climbing to its central rate against the mark ." 40. France and Germany were pressing for an ERM central rate stronger than 1, 000 per deutsche mark.
