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Monday, October 26, 2009

Dollar resumes slide on China report

How can they do this to us? China is supposed to support us! Could our economists have been wrong?

Dollar resumes slide on China report

Investors sell the greenback after a report says China should increase its holdings of euros and yen in its foreign reserves.


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LONDON (Reuters) -- The dollar was broadly weak on Monday, hitting a 14-month low against the euro following a Chinese report saying Beijing should increase its holdings of euros and yen in its foreign reserves.

On an otherwise quiet day for news, investors jumped on the report as an excuse to sell the U.S. currency further, though analysts said losses may be capped by concerns the dollar has limited scope for further falls.

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