Quantitative Easing is the term given to the Federal Reserve's policy of printing 1,000 billion new dollars annually in order to finance the US budget deficit by purchasing US Treasury bonds and to keep the prices high of debt-related derivatives on ...

NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - The dollar rose to a 4-1/2-year high against the yen and a near three-year peak against a currency basket on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stoked speculation the U.S. central bank could slow its ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaican dollar lost against both its North American counterparts at the end of trading today. The US dollar traded for an average J$99.11, up seven cents from yesterday while the Canadian dollar went for J$97.37, a 30-cent gain.

US$ dollars have been flooding the financial markets ever since Bernanke launched quantitative easing allegedly to turnaround the US economy.

The dollar started higher in early trade on the growing view that the U.S. Federal Reserve is leaning toward winding down its monetary-easing program.

Video summary: The US Dollar continues to surge, but we look at key reasons why the Greenback could hit even higher highs--particularly versus the Aussie and Swiss Franc.

The US dollar has not let go of its tight hold on its Canadian cousin, as USD/CAD punched through the 1.03 line in Wednesday's European session.

TOKYO -- The U.S. dollar soared above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years Friday, driven by aggressive credit-easing aimed at reviving Japan's sluggish economy and improved U.S.

The rupee today declined by a hefty 37 paise to trade at a fresh six-month low of 55.83 in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on sustained dollar demand and strengthening of the US currency overseas. Forex dealers said besides dollar ...

We had a wild session on Wednesday in the US Dollar Index markets, as prices filled an entire 100 point range. We close near the 84.25 level, which of course is a slight pullback from the highs that were just below the 84.50 level, a place that we ...