Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Dollar's Trade-Weighted Index Falls to a Record Low on Economic Slowdown

(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve's trade-weighted
dollar index this week fell to the lowest since its inception in
1971 on speculation slowing U.S. economic growth will stop the
Federal Reserve from raising interest rates.

``Breaking through those levels marks a new stage of the
week dollar trend,'' said Koji Fukaya, senior currency
strategist in Tokyo at Deutsche Securities. ``The dollar's
depreciation may further accelerate.''


Read more at Bloomberg Currencies News

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