For the week, the Canadian dollar - still supported by high interest rates - was up 1 percent at 1.1633 to the dollar.

Many strategists expect the Nikkei index to rise to 21,000 to 25,000 next year, supported by low real interest rates and strong corporate earnings.

House prices are currently being supported by very low interest rates (which is slowing the falls), but they can't be delayed for long.

Currencies are generally supported by higher interest rates.

All currencies are supported by higher interest rates, so if United States yields fall, the dollar would also be expected to drop.

Prices were supported by continued low interest rates and solid gains earlier in overseas markets.

The mark, like all currencies, would be supported by higher interest rates.

The dollar, which is supported by higher interest rates, fell sharply after the Fed's move.

The German mark, as all other currencies, is supported by higher interest rates.

On the up side, the dollar may be supported early in the year by higher American interest rates.