1.   Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer said currency weakness can ultimately be cured only by countries themselves, not by central banks.

2.   Countries like South Korea and Thailand are experiencing bankruptcies, plummeting real estate and financial-asset prices and currency weaknesses.

3.   Countries like South Korea and Thailand are experiencing bankruptcies, plummeting real estate and financial-asset prices and currency weakness.

4.   Currency weakness pulled down bonds in France, Italy and Sweden as their declining currencies threatened to deter international investors from investing in their bonds and other assets.

5.   Currency weakness raises the price in those countries of U.S. goods and services, dampening demand for those products.

6.   Some institutional investors, however, have been deterred by the currency weakness plaguing the rand in recent months.

7.   The company blamed currency weakness and said price increases in the second half should result in an improvement.

8.   The first concern, he said, is that the currency weakness will generate inflationary pressures by increasing the prices of imported goods.

9.   Besides boosting an image of destinations made cheap by currency weakness, renegotiation of bilateral aviation agreements could also help shore up the regional tourism industry.

10.   Currency weakness, higher import duties, hike in interest rates and lending curbs will put a cap on earnings growth as costs escalate.