61.   Since then, the EU countries have acted almost two dozen times to alter European currency values though minor or wholesale devaluations.

62.   The bitterly debated budget, however, may not appease Swedish markets, where the currency value has dropped and interest rates risen in uncertainty over the economy.

63.   The company was also eager to take advantage of cheaper assets in the region stemming from falling currency values.

64.   The gradual cuts have been aimed at avoiding the sharp plunges in currency values that hit neighboring countries like Indonesia and Thailand so hard.

65.   The reality is Malaysia is competing with everyone else in the region, where currency values have dropped as well.

66.   Their stock markets were now also half their domestic currency values before the crisis.

67.   Currency values were little changed on Thursday on a very quiet Paris forex market, many other European markets including London being closed, operators said in late afternoon.

68.   Other currency values changed little, the dollar remaining at its weak Friday levels as American markets were closed Monday.

69.   Pohle said that if changes in currency values are disregarded, turnover actually rose by eight percent.

70.   Steve Hannah said that the Bundesbank might wait until after the French presidential elections in April and May to increase rates, to keep European currency values relatively stable.