41.   The government has been preoccupied with an austerity program imposed after the collapse of the Soviet Union sent currency values spinning.

42.   The stamps come in different currency values.

43.   They help companies with far-flung international operations reduce their risk from swings in currency values and from interest-rate movements abroad.

44.   They say Britain would lose its independence to set interest rates and currency values to a new central bank dominated by the Germans.

45.   Ultimately, currency values are set by global capital flows rather than attempts by central bankers.

46.   U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said Friday during a visit to Japan that he opposed adjusting currency values to keep Japanese exports from rising.

47.   Where the rest of Wall Street sees questions about mainframe computer prices and shifting currency values, these investors see a no-brainer.

48.   Without a single currency, or some rough approximation of one, sudden shifts in relative currency values will continue to play havoc with trade flows.

49.   Other issues left on the table included ways to better manage wild swings in currency values both in developing countries and industrial nations.

50.   Politicians hoped the cutbacks in an emergency budget bill could relieve pressure on the economy from falling currency values, rising interest rates and a monstrous public debt.