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Mar.06
3:23 PM ET
Thursday, 6 Mar 2008
US Dollar Falls to New Lows as the ECB Holds Rates Steady and Concerns Over US Growth Continue
Posted By:Gina Francolla
Topics:U.S. Dollar | euro | Currencies
The European Central Bank holds rates steady on Thursday and Bernanke suggests further rate cuts in the US, all sending the US dollar lower, and the euro and pound higher. According to Reuters, Bernanke indicated in his testimony before congress that he was more concerned about US economic growth than inflation, which erodes confidence in U.S. assets and the demand for dollars to buy them.
The US Dollar is at new lows against the Euro, at its lowest point Thursday it cost $1.5365 to buy a Euro [$$EURUSD
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The Dollar Index which measures the performance of the dollar against a basket of six currencies, the euro, yen, British pound, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and the Swedish krona, is trading at multiple year lows and is down over 13% in the last 12 months.
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