11.   The currency has lost one third of its value against the dollar in the past five months, making dollar debts more expensive to repay.

12.   The currency lost more ground against both the yen and the dollar, and foreign investors began demanding higher interest rates from New Zealand borrowers.

13.   The German currency also lost ground against the French franc, Italian lira and other currencies as political turmoil in Europe subsided.

14.   The U.S. currency is seen losing ground against the yen amid signs that U.S.-Japan trade friction could worsen.

15.   A number of Asian currencies, including the Philippine peso and Hong Kong dollar, are pegged to the dollar and weaken as the U.S. currency loses value.

16.   At least a million Turks have lost their jobs this year, while the currency has lost around half its dollar value.

17.   But residents in the Iraqi capital seemed skeptical that their plight would end soon, and the already beleaguered Iraqi currency again lost value against the dollar.

18.   But residents in the Iraqi capital seemed skeptical that their plight would end soon, and the already beleaguered Iraqi currency again lost value Thursday against the dollar.

19.   But residents in the Iraqi capital seemed skeptical that their plight would end soon, and the beleaguered Iraqi currency again lost value Thursday against the dollar.

20.   Hit by galloping inflation, the kwanza currency is losing value daily.