1.   Again as before, the more governments recognize this and try to talk the dollar up, the faster the currency falls.

2.   Foreign-currency borrowings swell as currencies fall.

3.   If the U.S. currency falls, the U.S. and Japanese central banks are expected to buy dollars again, traders said.

4.   Local newspapers reported this morning, citing private economists, that Bank Indonesia was likely to let the currency fall below the band rather than intervene.

5.   New Zealand bonds declined after the domestic currency fell and amid worry the currency fall further.

6.   So certain were many investors of that stability that they refused to pay the cost of insurance, through hedging, against a currency fall.

7.   Some traders reckon that Japanese authorities may let the currency fall further, as long as the decline happens gradually.

8.   That tempts other countries to let the value of their currencies fall.

9.   The Asian crisis helps prevent the Swedish economy from overheating as exports to Asia slow down and the cost of products from countries with devalued currencies falls.

10.   The intervention today followed reports in local papers that Bank Indonesia was likely to let the currency fall below the band.