71.  Concerns that the Hong Kong dollar may come under speculative attack were adding to tension on the market, dealers said.

72.  Concerns that the Hong Kong dollar may come under speculative attack was adding to tension on the market, dealers said.

73.  Countries in this region, especially Malaysia, have also called for greater transparency in currency trading to ward off speculative attacks detrimental to economies.

74.  Currencies are no longer easy targets for speculative attacks.

75.  Dealers said sentiment could improve due to steadily stable interbank rates, which were forced higher to protect the Hong Kong dollar from speculative attacks.

76.  Defending the swap contracts, Rerngchai said Sweden and England resorted to the same strategy to defend their currencies against speculative attacks.

77.  Djiwandono said intervention by Bank Indonesia has headed off speculative attacks that had weakened the currency.

78.  Early in the currency crisis, the monetary authority lost a costly attempt to defend the peso from speculative attacks.

79.  Facing flat export growth and a financial sector crisis, Thailand effectively devalued the baht in July, sparking a wave of speculative attacks against other Southeast Asian currencies.

80.  Foreign reserves were severely depleted in a futile defense of the peso during heavy speculative attacks on the currency last July.