71.   Currency markets will be closed Wednesday in the U.S. and Europe in celebration of Christmas.

72.   Currency markets, particularly in Asia, have been in turmoil.

73.   Currency markets in Southeast Asia have been roiled since the Thai baht was devalued, followed by the Philippine peso.

74.   Currency markets were also little changed on the news.

75.   Currency markets are ideal laboratories for studying the phenomenon of self-fulfilling expectations.

76.   Currency markets have been wondering whether the United States might moderate its strong-dollar policy.

77.   Does the turmoil, which previously had been confined mainly to the currency markets, pose a serious threat to the American economy?

78.   Fidelity Investments said it plans to liquidate three portfolios that invest in the non-dollar currency markets at the end of the year.

79.   Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo has said the bank should intervene in the currency market to buy dollars, which would weaken the peso.

80.   Fischer also said the floating of the currency was done partly in response to turbulence in regional currency markets.