Friday, 25 May 2007

Dollar set for fourth straight weekly gain vs euro

(Reuters) - The dollar rose to a six-week high against the euro on Friday, on track for a fourth straight week of gains driven by reduced expectations that the Federal Reserve will trim interest rates this year.

A crop of solid U.S. economic data this month has led investors to price in less than a 50 percent chance the Fed will cut benchmark rates by the end of 2007, in contrast to early this year when more than one cut was fully priced in.


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