greenback
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Asia's worst-performing currency this year weakened to as much as 18,253 to the greenback in afternoon trade, spurring the Indonesian central bank to intervene to provide support.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
CPI and Fed officials’ comments rekindled rate-hike expectations, lifting the greenback and Treasury yields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
The greenback is up 0.1% at 158.91 yen, 0.3% higher versus the ringgit and flat versus the Singapore dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Asian equity markets were also down, with Tokyo losing more than three percent as the yen spiked against the greenback, weighing on exporters.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Even better, every other person “dropped some greenback love,” as Cool Papa would say, down into Wah-Wah Nita’s open guitar case.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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