Focus Shifts to Dollar and Rates
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The post-election stock market rally  has been rudely interrupted by the implications of a sliding  U.S. dollar, higher interest rates, the U.S. current account  deficit and Friday's rebound in oil prices.
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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 broadly steady against  major currencies on Tuesday as markets looked to the U.S.  Federal Reserve to raise interest rates later in the session  and signal the future pace of monetary tightening.
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The dollar crawled up from a record low  against the euro on Tuesday, though the market stayed focused  on the U.S. deficits and a growing belief that central banks  will not soon stand in the way of the dollar's decline.
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The dollar edged up on Tuesday, taking a  breather from recent heavy selling after the European Central  Bank chief warned against the euro's rapid climb and ahead of a  decision on U.S. interest rates.
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The dollar stayed in tight ranges on Tuesday as the market looked beyond a widely expected U.S. interest rate raise later in the day and focused on what the Fed would say about the possibility of further increases.
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The dollar gained tentatively on  Monday, recovering from last week's record low against the euro  and a 4-1/2-year trough against the yen as traders turned their  sights to U.S. economic reports due later in the week.
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The dollar edged slightly downward Tuesday as markets awaited a Federal Reserve decision on interest rates.
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The dollar jumped to a two-month high  against the euro on Tuesday as the market swung its attention  back to the attraction of rising interest rates in the United  States.
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The dollar moved in narrow ranges against  the yen on Monday as option-related and exporter selling capped  the U.S. currency and traders awaited the Bank of Japan's key  corporate sentiment survey.
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The dollar bounced off recent four-week lows against the euro and yen on Monday in thin August trade with investors focusing on US data and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief later in the week.
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The dollar edged toward a two-month high  against the euro on Friday, buoyed by expectations that U.S.  interest rates will continue to rise steadily, attracting funds  to the United States.
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The dollar fought back from one-month  lows against the euro and Swiss franc on Wednesday as investors  viewed its sell-off in the wake of the Federal Reserve's  verdict on interest rates as overdone.
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The dollar edged down against other  major currencies on Tuesday as investors awaited U.S. economic  indicators later in the day for clues on the pace of future  U.S. interest rate rises.
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Financial markets and economic policymakers around the globe all were focused last week on the shrinking value of the dollar. The greenback fell to its lowest level in years against both the yen and the euro
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The dollar slipped to just over a cent above this month&#39;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 US currency.
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The dollar recouped earlier losses  against the yen on Thursday, but currencies shuttled in narrow  ranges as investors awaited direction from U.S. growth data and  comments from Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan.