1. A stronger dollar makes securities denominated in the currency more attractive to both Canadian and non-Canadian investors.
2. Higher interest rates help the dollar by making deposits and bonds denominated in the currency more attractive to investors.
3. Treasuries also got a lift from a rally by the dollar, which made assets denominated in the currency more attractive to investors outside the U.S.
4. Higher interest rates would make the U.S. currency more attractive to foreign investors, theoretically driving up demand and, in turn, the value of the dollar.
5. Higher interest rates would make the U.S. currency more attractive to foreign investors, theoretically driving up the demand and, in turn, the value of the dollar.
6. Lower interest rates tend to make a currency less attractive to investors, reducing demand for it and pushing down its exchange rate.
7. Another said the lira had become an attractive currency because a lowering in Italian interest rates expected at the end of last week failed to materialise.
8. The mark firmed against most other currencies early on Monday as doubts over the future single European currency made the German currency attractive to investors.