31.   The Canadian dollar typically rises and falls with bonds because investors buy the currency to purchase Canadian securities.

32.   The companies can use this as collateral to buy foreign currency with Chinese yuan, said Qin.

33.   The central bank has a policy of not commenting on whether it is buying currencies.

34.   The dollar reversed early gains on speculation the Bank of Japan was buying its currency to keep it from weakening further.

35.   The dollar erased its gains after the Fed refrained from buying the currency.

36.   The deutsche mark leapt against other European currencies, prompting central banks in Spain and Italy to buy their currencies for marks.

37.   The decline prompted the Bank to sell U.S. dollars and buy Canadian currency in an effort to help the battered dollar.

38.   The National Bank of Slovakia, which keeps tight control on the Slovak koruna, bought that currency to try to support it.

39.   The Philippine central bank kept its oar in the foreign currency market, allowing the peso to touch a record low today before stepping in to buy the currency.

40.   The Seoul bank, in turn, buys foreign currency with the proceeds and repays the American and Japanese banks.