This is drumming up fears that the damage to the economy from Hurricane Katrina will be exacerbated by Rita. Before concerns over Rita, the short-term fundamentals were positive for the dollar.

All in all, developments on Rita and the G7 statement have not made me think the dollar rally will lose momentum anytime soon.

I think it's great news for the dollar and it will probably solidify the strong upward moves that we are seeing in today's session.

I think it's a general malaise and it's affecting all parts of the (Michigan) economy. Tourism will be affected; I think people are being hit and in winter, they will be hit more than their paychecks have grown. I see nothing that will help this economy, short of big tax cuts.

I think the economy will surprise us on the upside because of what the Fed has done.

The market thinks the U.S. economy will be stronger than they thought a few months ago. That's been the big surprise.