1.   This could not support weak currencies indefinitely.

2.   Along with limiting the supply of baht, the central banks of Singapore and Japan intervened to support the currency.

3.   Any signs of higher U.S. inflation and interest rates would probably prompt the Bank of Canada to raise rates to support the currency.

4.   Any signs of higher U.S. inflation and interest rates would probably prompt the Bank of Canada to again raise rates to support the currency.

5.   A weaker ringgit also forces the central bank to keep interest rates high to support the currency.

6.   A wealth of foreign exchange reserves is no substitute for sound economic policy when it comes to supporting a currency.

7.   Against the yen, the U.S. currency was supported on expectations that the Bank of Japan will buy dollars.

8.   But however effective Greenspan words may have been today in propping up the dollar, the idea of using interest rates to support the currency contains many perils.

9.   But if that changes, the dollar could come under severe pressure and the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates to support the currency.

10.   But the dollar weakened against the yen on fears that the Japanese central bank might intervene to support the currency.