Dollar Reserve

Global Shares Rise, U.S. Dollar Falls After Strong Jobs Data

Global shares rose on Friday and the U.S. dollar fell, after jobs data came in stronger than expected but also hinted at some slack in the tight American labor market, raising hopes the Federal Reserve might ease up on monetary tightening. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the economy generated 261,000 jobs […]

Ebbing Dollar Reserves Only Scratch on Dominance: McGeever

The U.S. dollar’s share of world currency reserves continues to ebb slowly – but reserve stashes are only one measure of its dominance of global finance, and there’s no realistic scenario where that gets derailed any time soon. Central banks and private businesses need their rainy day funds to be in liquid assets that are […]