71.   Even so, traders said investors keep buying the dollar because interest rates in Japan are substantially lower than those available abroad.

72.   Everybody bought dollars.

73.   Expectations that the Bank of Japan and the Fed would buy dollars again would support the U.S. currency against the yen, traders said.

74.   Essentially, this means that the government has to buy the dollars it needs elsewhere to prevent a depletion of reserves.

75.   Even so, traders bought dollars on expectations that the Bank of Canada will move soon to narrow the gap between Canadian and U.S. official rates.

76.   Expectations the Bank of Japan will buy dollars for yen kept the U.S. currency from declining, traders said.

77.   Faust said he bought dollars with marks and yen in recent weeks at close to its current levels.

78.   For now, a stock analyst at a big German bank said, no one wants to buy dollars.

79.   Foreign central banks bought dollars on several occasions this year to support the U.S. currency.

80.   Foreign investors need to buy dollars to invest in U.S. securities.