1. Bonds fell as a slumping dollar fueled concern that overseas investors may shy away from Treasury securities. 2. A central fear of the White House is that a weak dollar could fuel inflation as Americans buy higher-priced imported goods. 3. A higher dollar could fuel German inflation by increasing prices of imports. 4. A strong dollar could fuel inflation by making imports from the U.S. more expensive for Germans. 5. A swiftly rising dollar can fuel inflation by boosting the price of U.S. imports to Germany. 6. A stronger dollar also fueled a rise in steel shares, boosting overseas earnings of these exporters when repatriated to Japan. 7. A stronger dollar fueled advances among shares of exporters. 8. Greenspan told the committee Wednesday that a weak dollar could fuel inflation in the United States. 9. In turn, these dollars fueled domestic consumption and a speculative boom in real estate. 10. Stocks fell as the outlook for slow economic growth and a stronger dollar fueled concern that company earnings could decline. |