greenback
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And the yuan’s recent advance was supported by the greenback’s weakness, China’s improving economic fundamentals and seasonal foreign-exchange settlement by enterprises, Pan said.
A widely followed gauge of the greenback was surging toward its highest level in over a month and a half this week.
From MarketWatch
One place investors have found safety: the greenback.
But currencies usually regarded as even safer in a crisis fell against the greenback: The Swiss franc was down 0.5% at the same time, the yen off 0.3% and gold down 4%.
First is a shift by investors into “real” assets as a hedge against a weaker greenback, geopolitical risk and inflation risk, he says.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.