31.   A strong bond market, on the other hand, attracts foreign investors, who need to buy dollars to purchase bonds, pushing up the dollar.

32.   A strong bond market, on the other hand, attracts foreign investors, who need to buy dollars to purchase bonds.

33.   A strong peso would also allow companies to buy more dollars with which to pay back their dollar-denominated debt.

34.   A stronger dollar reduces revenue from overseas units because the local currency buys fewer dollars when the sales are converted.

35.   A shrinking trade gap means Japanese are buying more dollars to import goods, thus increasing demand for the U.S. currency.

36.   Against the yen, the U.S. currency was supported on expectations that the Bank of Japan will buy dollars.

37.   After the government imposed exchange controls one year ago, the company found itself far down a long list of businesses seeking to buy dollars.

38.   Alarmed, the Bank of Japan and the U.S. Federal Reserve began buying dollars.

39.   All but a few managers of international bond funds hedge by buying dollars and selling other currencies, according to analysts at Morningstar Inc., fund researchers in Chicago.

40.   After the morning dip against the yen, the Bank of Japan bought dollars to keep the currency from falling, traders said.