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Dovish central bank stance hits pound
Sterling slid against the dollar on Wednesday, on expectations of UK interest rate cuts by the end of the year

Dollar reaches seven-month peak
The dollar climbed to a seven-month high on Tuesday as US producer price inflation came in much stronger than expected

Dollar on the rise, at least for now
The recent appreciation of the dollar is a correction from its deep fall but it is unlikely to be the start of a recovery, and may be over after the first hooray

View of the day: Capital flows aiding dollar
An improving US trade deficit and the resultant changes to global currency reserves look increasingly supportive of the dollar, says Stephen Hull at Lehman Brothers

Libor on the rise amid banking stress
The key rate at which banks lend to each other in dollars hit its highest level in two months, suggesting there could be more turbulence ahead for the financial system

Dollar hits the comeback trail
Does the current dollar rally mark a fundamental change in sentiment towards the US currency? Simon Derrick at Bank of New York Mellon answered readers' questions on August 18

Pound's plight worries US tour industry
Travel officials fear that belt-tightening Britons' predilection for US trips will wane – and with it their near-£15bn annual contribution – if sterling continues to slide

Sterling
The pound has fallen for the past eleven days against the US currency – its longest slide in 37 years. How much lower might it go?

Aussie dollar's fall from grace
Of all the currencies to have suffered from the US dollar's recent resurgence, the Aussie's fall from grace is among the most remarkable

Bleak UK forecast sends pound lower
Sterling plunged against the euro and the dollar as the Bank of England gave its bleakest economic assessment for more than a decade and financial markets priced in a series of interest rate cuts

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