Others agreed that sentiment toward the dollar remained bullish.

The Bush Administration appears to have ended its "benign neglect" toward the dollar.

"Consequently, today's late selloff was really no indicator of the market's sentiment toward the dollar."

He said the overall sentiment toward the dollar remained bearish.

Currency dealers said a pessimistic attitude toward the dollar prevailed in the foreign exchange markets.

But they said the market was predisposed toward the dollar.

We're still in a bearish mode toward the dollar here.

But they said market sentiment toward the dollar remained strong amid continued political and economic unrest overeas.

"What we want is an end to Washington's benign neglect toward the dollar," said one German economic policy maker.

Nobody could quite figure out the Federal Government's stance toward the dollar.