Sentences with phrase «against a basket of the currencies of»

Volatility in currency markets could cause problems because Beijing sets the value of the yuan against a basket of the currencies of its major trading partners.

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The dollar, traded against a basket of major currencies, rose as high as 92.566, the highest since Jan. 10, before retracing to 92.454.

Elsewhere, the dollar held at a three - month high against a basket of currencies, after having received a boost from U.S. 10 - year Treasury yields holding near the key 3 percent level.

NEW YORK, May 2 - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as investors digested a statement from the Federal Reserve, which left interest rates steady and said inflation had «moved close» to its target, while the dollar climbed late against a basket of currencies.

It was up more than 2 % against a basket of other major currencies.

The dollar, measured against a basket of currencies, has now given up more than half of the gains it notched up this month when investors rushed into the greenback as equity markets suffered a violent sell - off.

LONDON, April 11 - The U.S. dollar slipped to a two - week low against a basket of currencies on Wednesday as trade war fears receded but uncertainty over possible Western military action against Syria bred risk aversion among some investors.

two - week low against a basket of currencies.

Since the election, the dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, has risen 3.6 percent.

MARKETS: The dollar held near a four - month high against a basket of major currencies, buoyed by the outlook for a strong U.S. economy and rising yields amid signs of slowdown elsewhere, especially in Europe.

NEW YORK, April 13 - The dollar was little changed against a basket of major currencies on Friday as traders waited for more clarity on a possible Western military intervention in Syria.

The dollar index, which tracks the U.S. currency against a basket of six major peers, was little changed at 95.693, holding above Friday's 95.384, its lowest since July 5.

SINGAPORE, May 3 - The dollar traded below a four - month high against a basket of currencies on Thursday, with the focus shifting to economic data after the Federal Reserve did little to alter market expectations for further interest rate rises this year.

The U.S. dollar rose to a two - week high against a basket of currencies on Friday on rising U.S. yields, while sterling extended a decline in the wake of dovish comments from the head of the Bank of England.

NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters)- The U.S. dollar rose to four - month highs against a basket of major currencies and world stock indexes mostly edged lower on Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of a Federal Reserve meeting and possible indications on the interest rate outlook.

NEW YORK, Dec 29 - The dollar fell to its lowest in over three months against a basket of major currencies on Friday, on track for its biggest annual drop since 2003, on doubts over durability of a pickup in U.S. economic growth in wake of last week's tax overhaul.

NEW YORK, Dec 29 - The dollar fell to its lowest in over three months against a basket of major currencies on Friday, marking its steepest annual drop since 2003, on doubts over durability of a pickup in U.S. economic growth in wake of last week's tax overhaul.

NEW YORK, Feb 5 - The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Monday as the U.S. bond market selloff levelled off after the 10 - year yield hit a four - year peak on worries that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates faster to counter signs of wage pressure.

U.S. stock index futures pared gains on the data, while the dollar slipped against a basket of currencies.

One of the key drivers has been the dollar, which has lost 3.2 % against a basket of major currencies so far this year, a decline that was exacerbated last week when U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested President Donald Trump's administration favored a weaker currency.

* The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was little changed at 90.800, lower than 91.076 hit in the previous session, its strongest level since Jan. 12.

This is despite the 30 % appreciation of the yuan against a basket of currencies over the past decade.

GLG's Henry Dixon also highlighted to CNBC that on a purchasing power parity basis - which evaluates a currency's theoretical equilibrium versus other currencies based on the price of a basket of goods - the British pound looks very cheap against the U.S. dollar and «fractionally» cheap against the euro.

The dollar's index against a basket of six major currencies stood at 91.561, steady on the day but down from Friday's high of 91.986, its...

Prices for U.S. Treasuries extended losses after the data while the dollar rose against a basket of currencies.

The gains came despite a higher dollar, which is at its strongest since Jan. 11 against a basket of currencies.

The dollar was under pressure, with the index down by 0.64 percent around Europe's close, against a basket of foreign currencies.

The greenback is up 4.5 percent year to date against a basket of currencies, and up 3 percent over the past month.

The dollar's 9 % decline this year against a basket of global currencies helped greatly.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of global currencies, is up more than 7 percent over the past year.

The dollar was little changed against a basket of currencies while prices for U.S. Treasuries rose.

SYDNEY (Reuters)- The dollar rose to its highest in over four years against a basket of currencies on Thursday after the Federal Reserve's guidance on interest rates highlighted the diverging pathways between the United States and other rich nations.

The dollar fell against a basket of currencies, while prices for U.S. Treasury debt rose.

On the other hand, the recent appreciation of the yuan against a basket of currencies created by the Chinese government, is mainly artificial.

Excerpt below: The dollar fell some 10 % against a basket of currencies last year, the first annual decline in five years.

The U.S. dollar posted rare gains against a basket of rival currencies after New York Fed President William Dudley said interest rates are on track to rise gradually.

This kind of money has been made by speculating on Brazilian, Indian and Chinese securities and those of other countries whose exchange rates have been forced up by credit - flight out of the dollar, which has fallen by 7 % against a basket of currencies since early September when the Federal Reserve floated the prospect of quantitative easing.

Even though the dollar has raced to 14 - year highs against a basket of currencies in the wake of the Fed meeting, only a slim majority - 52 percent of poll participants who expressed a view - thought the euro / dollar exchange rate would break below parity in 2017.

The U.S. dollar appreciated significantly in anticipation of steady economic growth and rising interest rates in 2014 and 2015, returning 12.8 % and 9.3 % (respectively) against a trade - weighted basket of international currencies.

Against a basket of currencies, the dollar index was trading at 92.450, after reaching the highest since late December at 92.834.

The policy framework of the MAS is focused on managing the Singapore dollar's nominal effective exchange rate (NEER), or the trade - weighted exchange rate, against an undisclosed basket of currencies, rather than interest rates.

As the USD is the largest component in the basket of global currencies against which other currencies» purchasing power are measured, and the ruble lost 58 % in valuation versus the USD just from June 2014 to January 2016, I would dare claim that a 58 % devaluation qualifies as a crash.

The dollar rose to the highs of the year against a currency basket on Tuesday as investors awaited a FED meeting expected to point to another possible rate hikes this year.

U.S. DOLLAR VERUS OTHER MAJOR CURRENCIES The United States Dollar Index or DXY measures the performance of the dollar against a basket of other currencies including EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, CHCURRENCIES The United States Dollar Index or DXY measures the performance of the dollar against a basket of other currencies including EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, CHcurrencies including EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, CHF and SEK.

Typically whenever a currency has been an outlier against a broad basket of currencies, it has been a poorly performing one because of problems in that country (though there are exceptions to this rule of thumb).

Further measures are likely during the year as the authorities grapple with slowing growth, adverse balance of payments flows, and the desire to maintain a stable currency against a basket.

Measured against a basket of currencies, it has gained about 17.5 percent in value since the inauguration, more than any other major currency.

The U.S. dollar pared gains against a basket of major currencies on Friday after data showed the U.S. economy created fewer jobs than expected in December.

In the last week, the upcoming Japanese election has caused the yen to fall against a basket of other currencies.

Against a basket of major currencies, the United States dollar rose.