71.   Currency traders had not expected much more than vague promises of future economic coordination, partly because of squabbling among the nations.

72.   Currency traders have gotten used to a declining Japanese trade surplus.

73.   Currency traders in Europe said the dollar could extend its gains against the yen.

74.   Currency traders interpret the remarks as suggesting the dollar is too strong.

75.   Currency traders now are bracing for any effect that further losses in global stocks may have on the foreign exchange market.

76.   Currency traders said that if the administration had not acted to support the dollar, it would have continued its recent decline.

77.   Currency traders said that the repeated interventions Wednesday -- the second time in three days that central banks bought dollars in the market -- were relatively small in scale.

78.   Currency traders said there was more focus on speculation about lower U.S. interest rates and the widening strike in France.

79.   Currency traders saw that as a reassuring prospect.

80.   Currency traders spent the summer watching the Bank of Japan and the Ministry of Finance for clues on which way the dollar would go.