21.   Higher rates can also weaken a currency by reducing the appeal of underlying assets.

22.   Higher interest rates, analysts said, would not only aggravate the Asian distress by further weakening their currencies but would risk slowing the U.S. economy too much.

23.   If interest wanes, so will demand for bolivars to buy the notes, and that could weaken the currency against the dollar.

24.   If combined with slack demand, though, they can persuade skittish investors that something is wrong, and weaken the currency.

25.   In Switzerland, the Swiss National Bank kept adding liquidity to the money market in a bid to keep rates low and weaken its currency.

26.   Indonesian stocks fell in tandem with the rupiah, as cuts in interest rates weakened the currency, raising concern that corporate profit growth may slow.

27.   Interest rates cuts usually weaken a currency by offering lower returns on deposits, while making equities relatively more attractive compared to bonds and other fixed-income investments.

28.   Indonesian stocks fell in tandem with the rupiah, as interest rates cuts weakened the currency, raising concerns corporate profit growth may slow.

29.   It also would further weaken currencies in Asia, because more investment money would be diverted away from Asia and into U.S. bond markets.

30.   Lower interest rates weaken a currency because they make it less attractive for depositors to hold.