A discussion of factors that affect determination of the dollar's value in foreign-exchange markets, with an emphasis …

Some market observers attribute the dollar's recent drop against the mark and yen to a type of currency option known as … the knockout option. Although knockouts did contribute modestly to the dollar's fall, their full impact was felt to a much …

U.S. manufacturing industries are becoming increasingly sensitive to changes in the international value of the dollar …. A look at recent studies of exchange rate effects on industry performance suggests that the 1997-98 rise in the dollar …