How do I do a RegExp replace inside a jQuery template?

Suppose I have

{ price: '$ 9.99 USD' }

and in my jQuery template I want to do this

{{html String(price).replace(/([^A-Z ]+)/gi, '<em>$1</em>')}}

Check out this fiddle and notice the change in output that adding/removing the $1 makes: http://js开发者_如何学编程fiddle.net/brettwp/KNAtz/

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Is $& what you want?

http://jsfiddle.net/KNAtz/5/