1.   High-level meeting underway at the White House.

2.   Lead with meeting underway has moved, developments will be expedited.

3.   Some membership issues that remained unresolved then were expected to be taken care of during the weeklong meeting underway in Nashville.

4.   All eyes were also on the Federal Reserve policy-making meeting underway in Washington, although markets were not expecting a new cut in rates.

5.   Both dollar-yen and dollar-mark trading was quiet, with the FOMC meeting still underway and US unemployment data due Friday, the dealers said.