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 ...

The dollar was lower against the yen in Asia Monday, though it was off the lows triggered by remarks Sunday from a Japanese cabinet minister suggesting the yen's correction from excessive strength was nearly over.

The rupee had lost 11 paise to close at 54.88 against dollar in the previous session on Friday due to sustained demand for the US currency for oil and gold related payments. Meanwhile, the BSE benchmark Sensex surged 137.84 points, or 0.68 per cent, ...

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

It wasn't long ago that the Canadian dollar was one of the world's most robust currencies, and that exposure to the weak U.S. dollar was a risk to be avoided. Now, there's a different type of currency-related risk that should be top of mind. That is ...

But there's one outpost where greenbacks have never been stronger: in socialist, anti-imperialist Venezuela, whose government rails against American-style capitalism as the bane of humanity. The dollar is not just holding steady here - it is ...

PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC-T party has said it would maintain the current US dollar-dominated currency regime during its first five years in power if it forms the country's next government.

Commodity prices mostly weakened this week, hit by a stronger US dollar and falling demand for raw materials amid persistent concerns about the state of the troubled global economy, analysts said.

Some would argue that the relative strength of the US economy is also creating USD demand as foreigners buy up US assets.

Investing.com - The U.S. dollar traded mixed against its major rivals in Asian trading Monday even as dollar-denominated metals such as gold and silver tumbled on increased selling pressure.