Rate Outlook Buoys Dollar
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The dollar rose against a broadly weaker  yen and held near a two-month high against the euro on Friday  as Federal Reserve officials continued to hint at a steady  rises in U.S. interest rates.
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The dollar hovered near a two-month high  versus the euro on Thursday after upbeat economic data  reaffirmed the view that likely future U.S. interest rate rises  would lure more funds to the United States.
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The dollar extended gains against the euro on Wednesday amid heightened prospects that the U.S. Federal Reserve would continue to raise interest rates due to its outlook for higher inflation.
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Hopes for a healthy rise in US employment levels prompts a rise in the value of the dollar after days of sharp declines.
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The dollar rose above an all-time low against the euro on Tuesday, while stocks and bonds ended little changed as markets stayed cautious before the Federal Reserve's Wednesday meeting on interest rates.
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The dollar rose across the board on  Thursday after the European Central Bank left its key interest  rate unchanged, focusing the market on interest rate  differentials.
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The dollar held steady across the board  on Friday as the market readied itself for a U.S. jobs report  later in the session which is likely to set the tone for  expectations of U.S. interest rate rises.
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The dollar stabilized on Friday after  rallying in the first week of 2005, as the market waited for  closely-watched U.S. jobs data for clues on future interest  rate policy.
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The dollar edged up on Wednesday,  recovering some of the losses it made after the Fed raised U.S.  interest rates as expected but did little to change the  market's view that monetary tightening would continue at a  moderate pace.
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The dollar advanced across the board  on Wednesday, receiving a boost from Federal Reserve Chairman  Alan Greenspan, who signaled further increases in U.S. interest  rates.
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The dollar edged up on Friday, building  on the previous day's rebound from multi-year lows on  speculation that a strong reading for upcoming U.S. jobs data  could highlight the long-forgotten attraction of U.S. assets.
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The dollar gained ground on Wednesday,  as investors took profits on other major currencies on signs  that currency strength may prompt some central banks to scale  back interest rate tightening.
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The dollar clung to gains against the euro sparked by an unexpectedly strong reading in a regional index of manufacturing.
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The dollar retained most of the previous  session's gains against the euro on Monday after a positive  U.S. jobs report last week reinforced expectations for an  interest rate rise later this month.
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The dollar posted gains against the  euro on Tuesday, digesting a slew of U.S. economic data that  failed to substantially alter expectations for Federal Reserve  interest rate hikes.
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The dollar held firm against the yen and  the euro on Thursday on upbeat U.S. manufacturing data, but  many traders expected range-bound trading ahead of next week's  Federal Reserve meeting.
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The dollar slipped to just over a cent  above this month's record low against the euro on Monday but  won a bit of ground versus the yen, with investors focusing on  the broadly bearish outlook for the U.S. currency.