The dollar started Monday on the front foot, with a reading on US inflation and the Federal Reserve's last policy meeting for the year likely to set the tone for the week, while rising deflationary pressure in China leant on the yuan.
It dropped to as low as Tk 123 this evening
The dollar held close to a six-month peak as jitters over China and global growth weighed on risk appetite, while the yen strengthened as Japan's top currency diplomat sent a warning about the currency after it earlier dropped to a 10-month low.
The dollar eased from a 12-week peak on Monday as traders weighed the US monetary path after Fed Chair Jerome Powell left open the possibility of further interest rate increases, while the yen hovered close to its lowest in over nine months.
The dollar was on the defensive on Monday after a mixed US jobs report provided little directional conviction and as market focus turned to inflation data from the world's two largest economies due this week.
The dollar struggled to make headway on Wednesday after a cut on the US government's top credit rating by Fitch raised questions about the country's fiscal outlook, though it drew some support from a relatively resilient run of economic data.
The end of the dominance of the US dollar is nigh as the Chinese yuan rises and the rest of the world sees the peril of the West's failed attempt to bring Russia to its knees over Ukraine, one of Moscow's most powerful bankers told Reuters.
The dollar is up 2.5 per cent from its recent low against a basket of currencies and stands near its highest level since March.
If investors agree on one thing this year, it's that the dollar is going to fall. That's made the greenback's 2 per cent bounce over the last month particularly confusing.
The end of the dominance of the US dollar is nigh as the Chinese yuan rises and the rest of the world sees the peril of the West's failed attempt to bring Russia to its knees over Ukraine, one of Moscow's most powerful bankers told Reuters.
The dollar is up 2.5 per cent from its recent low against a basket of currencies and stands near its highest level since March.
If investors agree on one thing this year, it's that the dollar is going to fall. That's made the greenback's 2 per cent bounce over the last month particularly confusing.
The dollar rebounded on Monday and hit a one-month high against the yen, as resilience in core US retail sales and impressive Wall Street bank earnings raised market expectations for an interest rate hike from the US Federal Reserve in May.
The US dollar will weaken against most major currencies this year as the interest rate gap with its peers stops widening, putting the currency on the defensive after a multi-year run, according to a Reuters poll of foreign exchange strategists.
The taka has weakened further against the US dollar as the Bangladesh Bank has started selling the American greenback to banks at Tk 103.
The dollar was firm on Monday, while the yen hovered near its seven-week peak as investors assessed moves made by authorities and regulators to rein in worries over the global banking system.
The dollar was under pressure near seven-week lows on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve sounded close to calling time on interest rate hikes, which markets think are more or less over.
US-led international sanctions on Russia have begun to erode the dollar's decades-old dominance of international oil trade as most deals with India - Russia's top outlet for seaborne crude - have been settled in other currencies.
Bangladesh Bank yesterday depreciated the taka further by selling the local currency to banks at Tk 102 for a dollar.
