1.   The currency crisis, with higher mortgages and interest rates, means that consumers have far less disposable income.

2.   Top of the agenda will be the currency crisis.

3.   Apart from reducing the budget deficit, the cuts were intended to reassure financial markets after the European-wide currency crisis forced the floating of the markka.

4.   The extremely lucrative trade in endangered species is proving irresistible to countries in grave currency crisis.

5.   Amid growth in asset management, Goldman has experienced some turbulence in its Asian businesses, particularly as a result of the currency crisis in Southeast Asia.

6.   An expected slowdown in demand growth for the metal because of the recent currency crisis in southeast Asia will only be temporary, he said.

7.   Analysts said moves to tighten credit following the currency crisis sweeping Southeast Asia may help stabilize financial markets, though at the cost of slower economic and profit growth.

8.   And as Thailand and other Southeast Asian economies suffer through a currency crisis, businesses in those country may cut prices to attract dollars and stabilize their economies.

9.   And as Thailand and other Southeast Asian economies suffer through a currency crisis, businesses in those countries may cut prices to attract dollars and stabilize their economies.