41.   The unexpectedly strong sales abroad buoyed the dollar in world currency markets and led analysts to raise estimates for overall growth of the economy during the third quarter.

42.   Those purchases continue to buoy the dollar, traders said.

43.   Today the dollar was buoyed during Asian trading hours as Japanese investors sold yen seeking better returns abroad, traders said.

44.   U.S. support for a strong dollar also helped buoy the dollar, traders said.

45.   While the gain barely exceeded expectations, when combined with an increase in jobless claims last week, it buoyed the dollar.

46.   Buoying the dollar was a belief among traders that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its policy-setting meeting later this month.

47.   In early Tokyo trading, the dollar was buoyed by growing buying interest from Japanese investors who want to invest in dollar-denominated assets, they said.

48.   In currency dealings, the dollar was buoyed by short-covering ahead of daily exchange rate price-fixing operations, traders in Tokyo said.

49.   In addition to the unrest in Indonesia, the dollar has been buoyed by persistent pessimism about the recovery prospects of the anemic Japanese economy, traders said.

50.   Many players anticipated that central banks of major industrial nations may again join forces to buy dollars following their successful attempts last week to buoy the dollar.