With the stumpage reserve dwindled the mill was not rebuilt so the town began to disappear.

Brazil stopped making interest payments 10 months ago because its foreign reserves had dwindled to $3 billion.

The action left the agency in limbo as its reserves dwindle and economic crises mount around the world.

Some investors speculate the Central Banks' reserve may have dwindled even further in recent days.

Brazil's foreign reserves, $75 billion last summer, have dwindled to $31 billion, a main reason officials felt forced to change policy.

Today, the bank disclosed that its reserves have dwindled to about $14 billion.

The insurer says that unless it receives more than $420 million soon, its reserves will dwindle to nothing within a few months.

The city's reserves dwindled to a couple of hundred thousand dollars.

The country's once huge financial reserves have dwindled to about $7 billion in liquid assets.

Brazil's foreign reserves have now dwindled to $26 billion, roughly a third of their level last summer.