11.   European rate rise concerns weakened the dollar, pulling French stocks lower as investors fretted that corporate export earnings might be hurt.

12.   Even a modest decline in the flow can weaken the dollar and drive up the prices of imported goods.

13.   Even a slowdown in the inflow of foreign investment will weaken the dollar, analysts say.

14.   Higher rates often make the yen more attractive to foreign investors and weaken the dollar.

15.   Higher German rates help the mark by making mark deposits and bonds more alluring and weakening the dollar.

16.   In the currency markets, this has led to some speculation that the United States would attempt to weaken the dollar, to make American goods more attractive abroad.

17.   It also lessens concern that trade tension between the U.S. and Japan might soon emerge, which could weaken the dollar.

18.   Lower American interest rates would, other things being equal, probably weaken the dollar, thus taking some pressure off those emerging currencies that are linked to it.

19.   Propping up or weakening the dollar would require interventions that might do more harm than good.

20.   Slower growth tends to diminish the attraction of Australian assets to investors, thereby weakening the dollar.