21.   Rising stock and bond prices boost the currency because foreign investors need dollars to buy them.

22.   Reforms designed to help the ailing economy also boosted the currency.

23.   Remarks by International Monetary Fund Managing Director Michel Camdessus and Finance and Economy Minister Lim Chang Yuel also boosted the currency.

24.   Talk of ERM entry has helped boost these currencies.

25.   That could change in coming months if recent increases in interest rates boost the currency, he said.

26.   The Clinton administration will press Japan to take fiscal measures and open its markets more to exports, without asking Japan to boost its currency, she said.

27.   The dollar also drew support from speculation that central banks may coordinate dollar purchases in a bid to boost the currency now that it appears to have stabilized.

28.   The U.S. currency also was boosted by the rebound of U.S. stock and bond prices from early losses.

29.   The U.S. currency also was boosted by the rebound of U.S. stocks and bonds from early losses.

30.   The U.S. currency should be boosted by steady-to-higher interest rates from the Federal Reserve.