11.   Major cities were calm Tuesday, and the Indonesian currency continued to rally on the news of the leadership change.

12.   National currencies will continue to exist as legal tender for three years, with their exchange rates to the euro irrevocably fixed.

13.   Regional currencies have continued their slide, sparking concerns of higher import costs, wider current account deficits and slowing economies.

14.   The central bank has hinted it would tighten credit if the currency continues to depreciate.

15.   The currency continues to plummet.

16.   The U.S. currency has continued rising even after the Group of Seven industrialized nations Saturday halted their two-year campaign to strengthen the dollar.

17.   Though billions of dollars have been made available to all three, their currencies have continued to fall on concern for their economic outlooks.

18.   A dollar rally early this week was cut short Thursday after budget talks collapsed and the currency continued its slide Friday until the House action.

19.   Beijing is seeking an assurance from Washington that it will intervene to stabilise the yen should the Japanese currency continue to fall.

20.   But few financial institutions are willing to sell dollars, as they expect the currency to continue to gain in value.