1.   Still, the benefit of a little euro weakness could outweigh the costs, some say.

2.   That means that euro weakness matters little for Germans buying goods with marks or Italians with lire.

3.   But the euro scraped a bit higher against the dollar Monday after European Central Bank president Wim Duisenberg warned that persistent euro weakness might increase the risk of inflation.

4.   Currency traders said the yen benefitted from euro weakness in its trading against the dollar.

5.   European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg warned that persistent euro weakness might increase the risk of higher inflation.

6.   But heavy declines in US stocks helped temper euro weakness, he said.