NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - The dollar rose to a 4-1/2-year high against the yen and a near three-year peak against a currency basket on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stoked speculation the U.S. central bank could slow its ...

A SHOCK contraction in Chinese manufacturing and the prospect that the US Federal Reserve could soon unwind its quantitative easing measures rocked local markets yesterday, pushing the Australian dollar close to an annual low and wiping more than ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan's central bank Thursday lowered the daily ceiling for onshore banks in unwinding their outstanding long U.S. dollar positions, a move aimed at reducing the volatility in the local currency. An official from the central bank's foreign ...

The first down payments on a US dollar bull market have been made but the emerging markets are set to suffer in its wake, according to George Magnus, former senior economic adviser at UBS, the Swiss bank.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaican dollar lost against both its North American counterparts at the end of trading today. The US dollar traded for an average J$99.11, up seven cents from yesterday while the Canadian dollar went for J$97.37, a 30-cent gain.

The dollar started higher in early trade on the growing view that the U.S. Federal Reserve is leaning toward winding down its monetary-easing program.

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The greenback, in terms of the US Dollar index, is prolonging its intraday decline on Thursday, falling to the current 83.75/80 region after overnight highs around 84.60.

The US dollar has not let go of its tight hold on its Canadian cousin, as USD/CAD punched through the 1.03 line in Wednesday's European session.

Video summary: The US Dollar continues to surge, but we look at key reasons why the Greenback could hit even higher highs--particularly versus the Aussie and Swiss Franc.

U.S. light crude oil, which is closely tied to the pace of economic growth, fell 1.2 percent. The U.S. dollar index .DXY fell 0.76 percent.