21.  That too could drag down the Australian currency.

22.  That means lessening demand for the Australian currency.

23.  The Australian currency also slumped against the New Zealand dollar.

24.  The Australian currency is known informally as the Aussie.

25.  The Australian currency will recover soon, Rothfield predicted.

26.  The Australian currency fell as commodity prices declined.

27.  The Australian currency has also benefited from a narrowing current account deficit, long a sore point for foreign investors.

28.  The Australian currency was also helped today by talk that Japanese investors had bought Australian dollars in order to buy Australian bonds.

29.  The Australian currency also strengthened against the yen as Japanese investors bought Australian bonds, seeking higher yields than those available at home, traders said.

30.  The Australian currency also was undermined by economic malaise in Asia, traders said.