111.   Irina Yasin, a spokeswoman for the Central Bank, said the bank would continue to defend the currency within the trading band that it announced late last year.

112.   It spent nearly dlrs two billion to defend the currency Wednesday.

113.   It would be one of several bilateral accords between central banks in Asia designed to defend currencies against speculation.

114.   Korean financial authorities have promised to continue defending the currency by selling dollars for won in the open market.

115.   Lower U.S. interest rates would help a number of countries struggling to defend their currencies by lowering the value of the U.S. dollar on global markets.

116.   Look what happened to any of the southeast Asian central banks that tried to defend their currencies.

117.   National Bank Governor Lyubomir Filipov declined to say whether the central bank would raise the base rate to defend the currency.

118.   On regional currency issues, Claessens said East Asian countries have little choice in the short run but to maintain high interest rates to defend their currencies.

119.   Sheu has refused to resign, saying the Central Bank gave up defending the currency because the U.S. dollar was gaining strength on world markets.

120.   Some think we can defend the currency using high interest rates.