Tag: US dollar

• Monday, January 17th 2011 - 20:59 UTC

  Brazilean Central Bank Intervenes in Futures Dollar Market to Stop Real Appreciation

  

  Dilma Rousseff has taken measures to stop the appreciation of the real. The Brazilian Central Bank swapped all of the currency futures contracts in a reverse swap auction. This way the institution headed by Alexandre Tombini disembarks in the futures market.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 20:16 UTC

  Chile’s measures to weaken the Peso are working in the short term

  

  Chile's peso was operating Thursday at 495 to the US dollar after depreciating around 6% in two sessions on a 12 billion US dollars central bank intervention program announced this week.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 12:05 UTC

  Record prices for copper plummet the US dollar to new lows against Chilean Peso

  

  The US dollar ended 2010 at a record low vis-à-vis the Chilean peso which has soared on the strong global demand for copper, the country’s main export. On Friday December 31st the US dollar was operating at 467.30 and 467.80 in Santiago’s money markets, which is the lowest since May 19, 3008 with 467.40.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 11:56 UTC

  Gold forecasted to break above 1.500 USD in 2011 after 29% rise in 2010

  

  Gold closed 2010 with its strongest annual performance since 2007 and marking a fifth straight month of gains in December, driven by a weaker dollar and global economic uncertainty.

• Saturday, December 18th 2010 - 00:22 UTC

  Chilean Senators warn about ‘social impact’ of cheap US dollar for farm areas

  

  Senators representing agricultural parts of Chile strongly criticized the Central Bank and President Sebastian Piñera this week for turning a deaf ear to the “social, cultural and economic problems” created by the falling value of the US dollar, now hovering at 470 pesos to the dollar.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2010 - 17:11 UTC

  US dollar to strengthen, but US fiscal health worse than Europe’s warns China

  

  The U.S. dollar will be a safe investment for the next six to 12 months because global markets are focused on the Euro zone's troubles but the US fiscal health is worse than Europe's, an adviser to the Chinese central bank said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 06:16 UTC

  “The dollar strength rests on the fundamental strength of the US economy”

  

  Following is a text of a letter from President Barack Obama to G20 leaders due to meet in Seoul from tomorrow. The letter was sent on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2010 - 01:02 UTC

  Geithner vows not to devalue the dollar for export advantage

  

  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner vowed that the United States would not devalue the dollar for export advantage, saying no country could weaken its currency to gain economic health.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2010 - 00:57 UTC

  World Bank warns the US about consequences of dollar liquidity

  

  Surging capital inflows threaten Asia's economic stability, the World Bank warned after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sought to draw the venom from a global row over currencies by vowing not to devalue the dollar.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 05:37 UTC

  Gold hits a new record as investors seek protection against sinking US dollar

  

  World stocks jumped to a six-month high, gold hit another record, and the dollar weakened on Wednesday on expectations that the US Federal Reserve will further loosen monetary policy, boosting risk appetite.