As the global economy recovers, pressure is increasing on China to loosen that peg, which nearly all currency experts believe would cause the yuan to
rise against the greenback.
The yuan has been
rising against the greenback since early morning Wednesday, after a four - day depreciation.
Not exact matches
Since the election, the dollar index, which measures the
greenback against a basket of currencies, has
risen 3.6 percent.
The
rise in dollar terms is lower because the
greenback has strengthened
against the Chinese currency during the period.
Europe's common currency
rose to two - and - half year highs
against the
greenback Monday.
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.
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.
CFB have suffered back - to - back losses due to the high Aussie dollar but, as the dollar falls
against the
greenback, their profits
rise.
The $ 10
rise in the price of crude oil between the 1st and 22nd of August strengthened the Canadian dollar
against the
Greenback.