1.   A lower dollar also makes their products more expensive and less competitive abroad.

2.   And the Japanese government may continue to encourage a weaker yen because it would make its exporters more competitive abroad.

3.   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gov. Gabriel Singson rejected a call from exporters to devalue the Philippine peso to help make exports more competitive abroad.

4.   A ballooning trade deficit has increased calls to weaken the real to make Brazilian exports more competitive abroad.

5.   A fall in the value of the U.S. currency against the mark makes German exports less competitive abroad and reduces the value of repatriated dollar-denominated sales.

6.   A higher franc also makes Swiss products more expensive and thus less competitive abroad.

7.   A falling dollar hinders European exporters by making their products less competitive abroad and decreasing the value of their dollar sales when converted to marks and francs.

8.   A rising dollar helps European exporters by making their products more competitive abroad and increasing the value of their dollar sales when converted to marks and francs.

9.   A rising dollar helps exporters by making their products more competitive abroad and increasing the value of their dollar sales when converted to marks and francs.