Dollar retreats from near three-year peak vs basket of currencies. By Wanfeng Zhou. NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar fell against the euro and yen on Monday as traders pared back expectations Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaican dollar today strengthened marginally against its US counterpart to trade at an average $98.96, three cents lower than it closed on Friday.

Gold Silver GLD IAU SLV After seven straight session losses, Gold reversed course on Monday posting a strong gain. The precious metal's fortunes improved as equities slipped and the U.S. dollar declined against other currencies. Gold futures for June ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar rose against the yen on Tuesday after a Japanese minister clarified remarks about the yen's drop, but many awaited the Federal Reserve chief's testimony before adding to bets on a stronger U.S. currency. Speculation the ...

Quantitative Easing is the term given to the Federal Reserve's policy of printing 1,000 billion new dollars annually in order to finance the US budget deficit by purchasing US Treasury bonds and to keep the prices high of debt-related derivatives on ...

The rupee today strengthened by 16 paise to trade at 54.95 against the dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange on selling of the US currency by exporters. The local currency had lost 23 paise to close at five-month low of 55.11 a dollar yesterday due ...

A set of better-than-expected Q1 earnings reports, a marginally improving jobs picture, falling demand for raw materials globally and an increase in central bank interest rate cuts have helped the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) resume its upward path.

The Australian dollar was back in favour overnight after the US government was warned it will be downgraded again unless it deals with its debts.

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I have included one Elliott Wave count of gold at the very end...it is not important to understand the wave count, just the implied direction, which should be hinted at the US Dollar Index. I was following a pattern for 5 years that changed due to one ...