Is Dollar-Based Salvation Coming?
The hope that the troubling surge in inflation will soon pass draws on fresh hope born of the widely reported outlook for new-found strength in the dollar. And the hope doesn't come a moment too soon.
Sluggish growth, inflation to persist: Fed's Evans
Slow economic growth and elevated inflation will probably continue until 2010, Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans said Friday.
Why the buck stops here
The dollar has had a nice run, but a soft economy is likely to cut the rally short.
Australian Dollar Falls This Week on Rates, N.Z. Dollar Rise
The Australian dollar fell, takingits loss from a 25-year high reached a month ago to 12 percent,
as prices of commodities slid and traders bet on lower interest
rates. The New Zealand dollar headed for its first rise in five
weeks.
Kiwi will keep on falling: experts
The New Zealand dollar closed below US70c for the first time in 11 months last night and with more Reserve Bank rate cuts on the way there is little to stop it falling further, currency watchers say.
RBA confirms rates will fall - but when?
The central bank has given its loudest signal yet that it is about to cut interest rates, as data shows wage inflation remains under control.
Is the whole world slowing?
With Europe now joining the United States, Japan and Canada in the dumps, none of the Group of Seven economies is growing anywhere close to their potential.
Cocoa Falls in N.Y. as Dollar Gains, Gold, Crude Pushed Lowe
Cocoa fell in New York as the dollargained, damping demand for commodities including gold and crude
oil as hedges against inflation.


