41. Those sales pushed the dollar down further and prompted additional automatic sales orders that accelerated the slide. 42. Traders were also mollified by news of the agreement, pushing the dollar higher on the belief trade would no longer be a contentious issue here. 43. Traders will be reluctant to push the dollar far in either direction until Japan releases its supplementary budget Wednesday, market participants said. 44. To be sure, the dollar was pushed down against the mark, while it was helped against the yen, by sales of marks for yen. 45. Twin moves by the Bank of Japan Friday pushed the dollar to its highest level against the Japanese yen in seven months. 46. Twin moves by the Bank of Japan today pushed the dollar to its highest level against the Japanese yen in seven months. 47. When global investors sell U.S. securities, they frequently convert the dollar proceeds into other currencies, pushing the dollar down. 48. When investors buy the yen for other currencies, they often use the dollar as an intermediary, pushing the dollar down against the yen. 49. When Baker then threatened to push the dollar lower at the expense of German exports, markets around the world fell drastically. 50. An EgyptAir plane crash Tuesday near Tunis fleetingly pushed the dollar down, prompting investors to move into the traditional refuges of the Swiss franc and gold. |