Dollar Rises on Fed Rate-Hike Prospects, High Oil Prices
Dow Jones
2 hours ago
0643 GMT - The dollar rises to an 11-day high against a basket of currencies, buoyed by increased prospects of an interest-rate hike at this week's Federal Reserve meeting and by higher oil prices. Strong U.S. consumer-price inflation data last week came on the heels of strong U.S. jobs data, leading money markets to price in an 87% chance that the Fed will raise rates when it announces a decision on Wednesday, LSEG data showed. Meanwhile, intensifying Middle East tensions lift oil prices, benefiting the dollar due to its safe-haven status and because the U.S. is an oil exporter. The DXY dollar index rises 0.3% to a high of 99.453. The euro falls to a one-month low of $1.1549, LSEG data show.
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