91.   The dollar was further bolstered in European and American trading by a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. employment in November.

92.   Traders said Japanese investors also aggressively bought German marks for yen, which indirectly bolstered the dollar against the Japanese currency.

93.   With heated global competition for capital, a rise in rates tends to bolster the dollar by increasing returns on U.S. deposits and short-term securities.

94.   Hours later currency traders said the Federal Reserve had intervened twice on Wall Street in a push to bolster the dollar.

95.   In Washington, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin confirmed that the Federal Reserve had intervened on the markets to bolster the dollar.

96.   International Monetary Fund managing director Michel Camdessus called Friday for the United States to raise interest rates to bolster the dollar.

97.   An interest rate rise should bolster the dollar, but would hit US bond and stock markets.

98.   The same trader added that solid showings by stocks and the bond market also were bolstering the dollar.

99.   Operators fear that if the Federal Reserve is obliged to raise interest rates to bolster the dollar, it would hurt the economy.

100.   That announcement helped bolster the dollar Monday.