11.  Investors are reluctant to hold the American currency during the ongoing U.S. federal budget wrangle, traders said.

12.  Some analysts have begun to worry that there is no bottom in sight for the American currency.

13.  So strong is foreign demand for dollars that roughly two-thirds of all American currency is in circulation outside the United States.

14.  That, plus a surprisingly steep drop in the dollar, sent the American currency to its lowest level in more than two years.

15.  The dollar rose against the yen after Japanese oil and other importers bought the American currency in readiness for buying products overseas, traders said.

16.  The dollar fell against the deutsche mark and was little changed against the yen amid concern declines in U.S. stocks could pull the American currency lower, traders said.

17.  The projections, he said, also call for American currency to gain against Mexican, British and Italian.

18.  The problem is especially acute with hockey, which needs all the American currency it can rake in.

19.  The Russian Government pays their rent, transportation and salaries in American currency.

20.  The surging dollar is good news for companies in the region that earn much of their money in American currency.