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Japan's trade balance for February, which was released on Thursday, is a reflection of the less favorable implications of a rapidly depreciating currency, which has fallen over 22 percent against the greenback in the past six months.

The euro was up 0.73 percent to $ 1.2032, on pace for its biggest single - day percentage gain against the greenback in about two months.

China may have played an early card in this week's trade summit with the United States as officials pegged the yuan at the lowest levels against the greenback in more than three months as the country's trade surplus swells to $ 58.25 billion.

The yuan lost against the greenback in the previous day to as low as 6,5430 after the central bank changes two regulations on foreign exchange, seeming to indicate to let the yuan move more freely.

In fact, while our dollar has appreciated strongly against the greenback in the past five years, it is trading within a tight range against other major currencies.

Not exact matches

Rate hikes in the U.S. cause the greenback to appreciate against the loonie, which currently stands at around US77 cents.

The greenback has climbed 4.28 percent against the euro and a modest 0.43 percent versus the pound in the same period.

The yen traded near 108 against the greenback Monday morning, the Japanese currency's weakest level versus the dollar in more than two months.

Russia's sovereign credit rating was recently downgraded by ratings agency Moody's, while its currency slumped to record lows against the greenback amid ongoing incursions in Ukraine and the risk of harsher sanctions from the West.

The greenback may lag further against its peers in 2018 as investors expected other major central banks to reduce their stimulus while the Federal Reserve has signaled it would raise interest rates further, analysts said.

«There is a bit of a risk - off undertone to markets here,» said Shaun Osborne, currency strategist at Scotia Bank in Toronto, referring to the yen's performance against the greenback.

The recent plunge in the value of the Canadian dollar against the greenback is more than temporary, most Canadians seem to think.

* 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.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's hryvnia has dropped nearly 80 percent against the greenback this year, to trade at 15,7085 per $ 1 on Monday, off last month's all - time low of 15,8817, weighed by tensions between government forces and rebels in the country's eastern regions.

As I said, the greenback's been on the decline for most of the year so far, but it slumped to a 13 - month low against the euro last week following European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi's remark that «monetary accommodation» would continue in the European Union (EU) until at least the end of the year.

In April however the single currency has fallen rapidly to a four - month low against the dollar, with the greenback buoyed by the U.S. Treasury yields topping three percent and expectations the Federal Reserve will further raise interest rates.

The Japanese yen is the overall winner against the greenback, underpinned by another bad day in Wall Street.

Investors sold the greenback against most major currencies, as the potential for an asset purchase tapering when the FOMC meets in two weeks was diminished slightly.

The rise in dollar terms is lower because the greenback has strengthened against the Chinese currency during the period.

As US consumer prices declined unexpectedly on a month - to - month basis, Treasury yields retreated, while the Dollar remained under pressure against the Euro (although a break above 1.24 didn't happen in the EUR / USD), while the safe - haven Yen regained some of its recent losses against the Greenback.

It is hard to remember now, but much of that $ 4 trillion in IOUs was racked up when developing markets finance ministers blasted Washington for driving the greenback down, and the Chinese yuan seemed poised to rise against the dollar indefinitely.

Therefore the ECB can be considered more likely to hike relative to the Fed, leading to some possible interest rate differential induced strength in the Euro against the Greenback.

When oil prices fall, the loonie typically follows suit, especially against the greenback as oil prices are denominated in U.S. dollars.

Mumbai: The rupee firmed by 13 paise to 66.53 against the dollar in early trade on Thursday on increased selling of the greenback by exporters and banks.

With a couple notable exceptions, the consensus on the street appears to be that the single currency will rise to 1.25 or 1.30 against the greenback by the end of the year, supported by accelerating economic growth in the Eurozone and an end to the European Central Bank's (ECB) quantitative easing program.

The greenback remained in the 83 - yen range, its strongest level against the yen since last April.

The greenback, which had been in a bull run against the loonie since the middle of last year, touched nine - month highs of 1.3124 earlier in March.

Over the past 12 - months the Canadian dollar has lost 15 % of its value against the U.S. greenback and today it dipped below the 70 - cent mark for the first time in 13 years.

Given how low our dollar has fallen against the greenback, any suggestions for investing in a US index?

The $ 10 rise in the price of crude oil between the 1st and 22nd of August strengthened the Canadian dollar against the Greenback.

Peter Foster over at the Financial Post in Canada has penned a pretty devastating take - down of David Suzuki's hypocritical crusade against foreign money (American greenbacks) finding its way into the coffers of Canadian non-profit groups.