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 The dollar finished softer yesterday,
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 tilted lower by continued concern about the stock market.
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 We're trading with a very wary eye on Wall Street,
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 said Trevor Woodland, chief corporate trader at Harris Trust & Savings Bank in New York.
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 No one is willing to place a firm bet
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 that the stock market won't take another tumultuous ride.
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 News of the major earthquake in California Tuesday triggered a round of dollar sales in early Asian trade,
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 but most foreign-exchange dealers said
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 they expect the impact of the quake on financial markets to be short-lived.
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 Despite the dollar's lackluster performance,
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 some foreign-exchange traders maintain
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 that the U.S. unit remains relatively well bid.
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 Harris Trust's Mr. Woodland noted
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 that the unit continues to show resilience in the face of a barrage of headline negatives in recent weeks,
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 including rate increases in Europe and Japan, aggressive central bank intervention, a 190-point plunge in New York stock prices, an unexpectedly poor U.S. trade report and action by the Federal Reserve 
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to nudge U.S. rates lower.
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 While Mr. Woodland doesn't predict a significant climb for the U.S. unit in light of recent moves in interest rates around the world,
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 he noted 
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that its downside potential is surprisingly and 
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-- for dollar bulls --
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 impressively limited.
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 In late New York trading yesterday, the dollar was quoted at 1.8485 marks, down from 1.8667 marks late Tuesday, and at 141.45 yen, down from 142.75 yen late Tuesday.
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 Sterling was quoted at $1.5920, up from $1.5753 late Tuesday.
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 In Tokyo Thursday, the U.S. currency opened for trading at 140.97 yen, down from Wednesday's Tokyo close of 142.10 yen.
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 Since Friday's dive in stock market prices, the Fed has injected reserves into the banking system in an effort 
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to calm the markets
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 and avert a repeat of 1987's stock market debacle.
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 Some analysts note 
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that after last week's stock market tailspin and Tuesday's California earthquake, it's hard to gauge 
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where the central bank wants the key federal funds rate.
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 They say
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 that the earthquake,
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 by preventing many banks from operating at full capacity,
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 has given the Fed an additional reason 
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to keep liquidity at a high level.
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 The Fed did, in fact, execute $1.5 billion of liquidity-enhancing customer repurchase agreements, the third set of repurchase orders in three days.
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the additional liquidity should tend to reduce the federal funds rate.
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 For now, traders say 
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the foreign exchange market is scrutinizing both federal funds and events on Wall Street.
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 They note
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 that the dollar remains extremely vulnerable to the slightest bad news from the stock exchange.
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 Indeed, the U.S. unit edged lower
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 as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped about 13 points in early trading.
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 A slight recovery in the stock market gave currency traders confidence 
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to push the dollar higher 
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before the unit dropped back by day's end.
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 Some dealers noted 
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that nervousness over the recent sharp dive in stock prices could intensify 
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following suggestions by Bank of Japan Governor Satoshi Sumita
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 that appeared to advise Japanese investors to be very careful in investing in U.S. leveraged buy-outs.
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 Dealers suggest
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 that the only positive news on the horizon
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 that could detract attention from equities transactions
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 is September's U.S. consumer price data.
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 The figures, due for release Friday, are expected to show an uptick in inflation to 4.8% from 4.7% in August.
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 If the figures show a hefty rise in inflation,
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 they could militate against easing by the Fed.
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 On the Commodity Exchange in New York, gold for current delivery rose $1.30 to $368.70 an ounce in moderate trading.
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 Estimated volume was three million ounces.
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 In early trading in Hong Kong Thursday, gold was at $368.15 an ounce.
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