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The U.S. dollar slipped while the Aussie dollar edged higher on Monday as markets awaited an announcement of additional U.S. tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods. The U.S. Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies, traded 0.04% lower to 94.47 by 12:35AM ET (04:35 GMT). Read more

ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish lira eased on Friday, a day after the central bank raised its benchmark rate by 625 basis points in the biggest such increase in President Tayyip Erdogan’s 15-year rule. The lira <trytom=d3>, which has lost more than 40 percent of its value this year, had firmed Read more

The dollar was firmly capped while the Chinese yuan advanced on Thursday after news that Washington was seeking a new round of trade talks with Beijing reduced safe-haven demand for the U.S. currency. The euro and the pound held steady ahead of policy decisions by the European Central Bank and the Bank Read more

Russian Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin said on Wednesday the rouble has “seriously deviated” from fundamental levels but he expected it to firm to 63-64 rubles to the U.S. dollar in December this year. Oreshkin, who was speaking on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum, said he did not expect Read more

Asian currencies – from India to Philippines – were under pressure Tuesday morning even as the dollar moved slightly up. The U.S. Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of currencies, was up 0.03% to 95.13 at 11:30PM ET (GMT 03:30). The dollar lost some ground overnight against the Read more

The dollar edged higher against a basket of currencies on Monday thanks to strong U.S. August jobs data and amid fears of a potentially major escalation in the China-U.S. trade conflict. U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Friday that he was ready to slap tariffs on virtually all Chinese imports Read more

The dollar eased against the yen on Friday after a report suggested that Japan would be the next country with which U.S. President Donald Trump will take up trade issues. The U.S. currency held in relatively tight ranges against other major peers such as the euro and pound, with the Read more

The dollar sagged on Thursday as the pound led a bounce in European currencies, although skittish emerging market currencies and global trade concerns limited the greenback’s losses. The Australian dollar also dipped, failing to draw support from slightly better-than-expected domestic trade data. The catalyst behind the dollar’s fall was the Read more

The Australian dollar rose on Wednesday after data showed growth in the Australian economy accelerated in the second quarter of 2018. The AUD/USD pair rose 0.2% to 0.7191 by 12:30AM ET (04:30 GMT). The Australian economy grew by 0.9% quarter-on-quarter, compared with the estimated growth rate of 0.7%, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported Read more

The dollar and the yen strengthened on Tuesday as investors bid up safe haven assets amid tensions around global trade and strains in emerging market currencies. Fears of a hit to global growth from U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ protectionist policies have kept markets in a state of heightened Read more