31.   Although the dong faces a sharp correction, analysts say it could take up to a week to see it settle into its new trading band.

32.   Economic analysts say the dong was overvalued and by expanding the trading band, the currency will face a swift correction.

33.   He also said the government-enforced trading band on the ruble, in place since July, had helped stabilize the economy and boost foreign trade.

34.   He said widening the trading band allowed the exchange rate to respond more readily to market forces.

35.   Irina Yasin, a spokeswoman for the Central Bank, said the bank would continue to defend the currency within the trading band that it announced late last year.

36.   Just a few days later, the Philippine peso had its trading band widened.

37.   Kyreyev did not say what range the new trading band should have.

38.   Lafontaine has recently toned down calls for fixed trading bands or target rates for the major currencies in the face of a cool response from the United States.

39.   Meridor said Wednesday that Netanyahu had engineered the showdown over the trading band as a pretext to force him out.

40.   Meridor said Wednesday that Netanyahu engineered the showdown over the trading band to force him out.