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Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... so it seems. "So it seems" because another US stat released overnight shows that the rallying US dollar - the US dollar index is now at its highest level in just over a decade, up by 21.1% in 52 weeks - is taking its toll on America. "The Strong Dollar ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... surging US dollar. Bloomberg's headline says it all, "Stronger Dollar Punishes US Earnings From P&G to DuPont". "The US Dollar Index rose to the highest since September 2003 on Monday, adding to this year's 4% gain. The measure, which Intercontinental ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... our two objectives. So obviously we would take that into account." JP Morgan's narrow effective exchange rate US dollar index was around 87.38 at the time. As at last Friday's close, it read 88.02. If the Fed goes ahead and makes the final cut this Wednesday ...

October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... Eurozone. There's overvaluation, there's deteriorating market technicals. There's the sharply ascending US dollar. The US dollar index (against major currencies) has risen by 6.7% from its 2014 low (1 July). Surely Shirley, this would, in time, show ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... per cent appreciation of the US dollar versus most currencies in "the first few weeks of May" as you say, the US dollar index - measured against both the majors and its broader trading partners - remains below its 2008 level. This is hardly what I can ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... of the 3.2 per cent growth. Exports also provided a positive contribution of 1.04 per cent. They better or the US dollar index's decline from a high of 80.52 in the middle of last year to 73.25 by end 2010 would have been all for nought. This is a positive ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... briefly touched US$1.004 at 2318 hours Friday local time. And for an overall calibration of US dollar weakness, the US Dollar Index fell to its lowest level since early December 2009 last week. Not if I can help it. Export to me? I export to you. Yohikido ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... and in turn that of the US. The euro fell to a four-year low of $US1.2237 before moving higher. The ICE Futures US dollar index, which measures the US dollar against a basket of six currencies, rose 0.1 per cent. Energy stocks, which make up about 10 ...
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