81.   Like a bungee jumper who finally reached the end of his rope, the Japanese yen made a mighty bounce last week.

82.   Okinawa is too remote for manufacturing, especially when the strong Japanese yen is making all of Japan unattractive for factories.

83.   Second, by helping to push up import prices a weaker yen will make deflation less likely.

84.   The company was also able to save money on costs of imported goods, which the strong yen made cheaper.

85.   The high yen made it a matter of profits, rather than politics, for Matsushita to increase imports and reduce exports.

86.   The Japanese economy is in serious trouble, in part because the soaring yen makes its goods so expensive in falling dollars.

87.   The high yen is making exports from Japan unprofitable.

88.   The outlook for next year is even better as an improving economy spurs demand and a weaker yen makes Japanese steel cheaper on overseas markets.

89.   The rising yen makes Korea-made goods cheaper than Japanese products in overseas markets and gave a boost to exporters such as Samsung Electronics Co.

90.   The second-quarter GDP figures will help clarify whether the several trillion supposedly unspent yen finally made its way into the economy, economists said.