Dollar Hits New 2023 High on Bets the Fed's Inflation Fight Isn't Over
Traders' belief that the central bank will have to hold rates at a higher level for longer has powered the buck to 10 straight weeks of gains.
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Traders' belief that the central bank will have to hold rates at a higher level for longer has powered the buck to 10 straight weeks of gains.
The onshore yuan languishes around 7.32 per dollar, its weakest since 2007, even after the People's Bank of China intervened to curb the slump.
The buck is likely to remain the dominant currency in international trade, India's oil and gas minister Hardeep Singh Puri told CNBC.
The international drive to end the dollar's dominance has suffered a blow, with the greenback's role in global payments hitting a record high.
Argentina needs a recession - not dollarization - to fix its plunging currency, according to Robin Brooks, chief economist at the Institute of International Finance.