61.   Prime Minister Jean Chretien has been quick to lay blame on the Asian financial crisis for his weakening dollar situation.

62.   Analysts said other factors also contributed to the weakening dollar.

63.   Concerns about third-quarter earnings and the weakening dollar sent stocks sharply lower in early trading today.

64.   Shares on the Amsterdam Bourse took another beating Thursday as traders reacted nervously to the weakening dollar and losses on other exchanges, particularly Tokyo.

65.   The weakening dollar means exporters receive fewer yen when they bring home their dollar earnings.

66.   Traders said the peso was eroding on the heels of a weakening dollar but also because of continued political and economic uncertainty in Mexico.

67.   Base metals prices rose across the board, aided by a rapidly weakening dollar.

68.   Brokers attributed the fall to worries about the growing prospect that US interest rates might be increased to fight the weakening dollar and rising inflation.

69.   Over the first part of the year, the weakening dollar did not alleviate the trade deficit, Kantor said.